HAROLD K (Knight-Gove ’49) 552 
While on test here as a seedling Harold K produced florets of 7” size. It is a stu- 
pendous flower of fine color, heavy substance and ood i 
satisfactorily. Harold K is an excellent deep red. - PRT Ae ee 
HEARTS DESIRE (Fiedler-Puerner ’48) 540 
Performance from bulbs and bulblets makes it easy to recommend Hearts Desire 
to the fan and to the commercial grower. The fine color heavy ruffling of this 
mid-season glad adds beauty to its imposing spikes. 
HIHO (Knight 748) 540 
This tall descendent of Ogarita with its vivid pink color and large cream white inner 
floret areas did very well here from all sizes of stock. Bulblet bloom exceeded that 
of many varieties grown from large bulbs. A mid-season variety of real merit. 
JACOBS DREAM (Johnson ’49) 506 
This sport of Marimba in a new color, cream with a tiny throat mark like Wanda 
produced some gigantic spikes here, with 6 or 7 florets. It is large enough to 
please the ‘‘size fan.’’ 
JUNE DAY (Roberts 746) 441 
With Donella, June Day is one of the earliest glads to bloom. June Day is a pink 
with a small cherry blotch. It grows to good height both from bulbs and from 
bulblets. There is little doubt that June Day is an important commercial gladiolus. 
and a fine variety for the fan. 
KELSEY (Yates-Ruehr ’46) 530 
Picardy with a qreamy white throat with no other markings characterizes this fine 
sport. Its habits are identical to those of Picardy, which makes it a fine variety. A 
basket of Kelsey at Kankakee, Ill. was very impressive. 
KLONDIKE (Snyder ’47) 412 
The deep yellow bordering on orange yellow color of Klondike is not its only virtue. 
Regular performance and easy propagation make it a fine glad. It is a tall variety. 
Florists will approve of it. 
LA BELLE (Krueger 749) 406 
At this writing many ‘‘knockout’’ spikes of La Belle are on hand to thrill the garden 
visitors, and to give the florists a sample of this superb heavely ruffled cream 
white. A complete sellout in the large bulb sizes accounts for no bloom during the 
show season to build a show reputation for La Belle, because of its mid-late bloom 
season. La Belle because of its stupendous spike requires water at bloom time. 
Pinking of the lower floret results when bud development is slow due to inadequate 
water. It will open to the tip in water. Dignity, beauty, charm, and utility are 
characteristics of La Belle which is a rapid and easy propagator. Colored slides of 
La Belle are available on a loan basis. 
LADY ANNE (Buchanan ’47) 500 
A very large white with a small yellow throat area. It is quite ruffled. Lady Anne 
is a very beautiful variety that should be a winner at the shows. 
LADY MARION (White) 466 
This greatly publicized rose lavender with its lavender pink florets merging into a 
cream center with its thumb nail size throat mark of rosy lavender is said to have 
great commercial possibilities. It grows well. 
LANCASTER (Palmer-Gove ’44) 470 
The truest purple coloring of any gladiolus belongs to Lancaster. The tall spikes of 
it with 8 open florets make fine exhibition spikes. Every show exhibitor should have 
Lancaster. 
LANCELOT (Snyder ’49) 410 
Medium to light yellow colored florets of which 6 to 8 open at one time. The florets 
are not crowded. Lancelot grew well here. 
LAVENDEL DREAM (?) 466 
A pale but intense lavender ‘‘blue’’ color, and earliness of bloom make Lavendel 
Dream and important gladiolus. It is particularly impressive in basket work. It is 
a tall growing gladiolus. 
LEADING LADY (Johnson) 506 
This excellent creamy white sport of Picardy is too well known to require description. 
LUCKY (Jack-Gove ’47) 366 
A clean lavender with a creamy white throat of about the size and color of Badger 
Beauty. It blooms in early season. 
MAUVIE ROSE (Wesselman ’48) 462 
After growing Mauvie Rose as a seedling in the summer of 1947, and again in greater 
numbers after a futile offer to purchase it, I have no hesitancy in recommending it 
as the most important commercial introduction of 1948 because of its rose color, fine 
habit and extra early bloom season. The outer petals are deep rose, and the inner 
petals blend into mauve. It makes a satisfactory but conservative spike that carrv 
5 open 4%” florets. After seeing hundreds of spikes of Mauvie Rose I am convinced 
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