OUR 1951 INTRODUCTIONS 
530 LUXURY (Evans 751) Giant un- 
marked light orange pink. Creamy 
blend on lip petal. Strong habits. 
Midseason. 
Valleevue Test Ratings 92-A-A. 
Few words. How much they mean! 
Luxury is seedling No. 3-53 (H. B. 
Pitt x Sir Galahad). The Valleevue 
judges have had opportunity not only 
to study Luxury 2 years at the Test 
Gardens but also to see them a few 
miles away growing in quantity here 
in our fields. In 1950 we had 4 rows 
of Luxury in all sizes of bulbs, extend- 
ing their bloom over a long period. 
The enthusiasm of these judges and 
of many hundreds of visitors from 
far and near was unbounded. What- 
ever the weather (and we had several 
extremes, hot and dry, cool and moist 
and a long period of soggy, wet 
weather that turned exposed buds of 
many varieties to mush), Luxury’s 
beautiful color remained unflecked, 
without feathering, never wilted a 
floret, never badly misplaced a floret, 
no tendency at all for lower floret to 
look back. No crooks whatever. A 
spike production _ substantially 
100% good. 
Florets flare well, slightly recurved, 
almost entirely the desired inverted 
type (single lip, top petal to rear). 
All spikes, from whatever size bulb, 
have beautiful, double row placement 
with strong attachment. 
Luxury is a well proven gladiolus of 
easy propagation, making uniform 
giant spikes of great beauty with 
habits to perfection except in one re- 
spect. Of the 12 test gardens report- 
ing, Valleevue, Conn. G.S., Wash. G.S. 
and N.J. G.S. were the only ones to 
note it. As the season progresses there 
may be some yellowing of the outer 
edges of the 2 lower leaves. This has 
no effect on its production of perfect 
spikes and the bulbs fairly glow with 
perfect health. Three of the plant 
‘pathologists of U.S.D.A. at Beltsville, 
Md. and one of Ohio at Wooster have 
studied Luxury in our fields and in 
their own testing plots. They and Mr. 
“Foliage appears somewhat chlorotic 
(ack of green in cells) supposed to be 
due to a genetic factor for lack of 
chlorophyll. Not a constitutional break- 
down nor a virus discoloration.” They 
call attention to the fact that there are 
many desirable, reputable gladiolus 
already in commerce, especially among 
the best buffs and yellows, which have 
a similar tendency. 
Luxury is not lacking in show ex- 
perience. In 1949 at Binghamton, 
N. Y., it won the only trophy offered 
in the seedling division; at N. W. 
Ohio (Toledo) the American Home 
Achievement Medal; at Pa. (state) a 
special premium ribbon both ’49 and 
750. In 1950 at Ohio (Valleevue) it 
was both single spike Seeding Cham- 
pion and top scoring 3 spike seedling. 
At Ohio (Chagrin Falls), 3 spikes by 
Mr. Manley, from his test gardens, 
were top score 3 spike seedling cham- 
pion and champion 3 spike of the 
show. At Ohio (East Liverpool) it was 
500 section seedling champ. At the 
Ohio State Show (Cleveland) it was 
500 section seedling champ and 3 
spikes scored 91 for N.E.G.S. Silver 
Medal and Ohio Society Award of 
Merit, the highest score awarded in 
many years. 
Because we took 2 extra years to prove 
out the worthiness of Luxury for in- 
troduction with respect to the occa- 
sional partial yellowing of a leaf’ or 
two, we have meanwhile propagated 
stocks sufficient to warrant a reason- 
able introductory price sure to move 
our blooming stock into commerce in 
short order. We expect Luxury to 
reach the peak of popularity now 
enjoyed by Mid-America and Boldface 
(latter issued at $10. per bulb) within 
3 years. 
Prices, No Discount, No 10 Rate. 
Each, any size bulb, your choice, $1.50 
Units of 10 bulblets (not tied to bulb 
purchase) $1.50. 
Bulb and bulblet units to commercial 
growers sized to suit, discount 30%. 
To Catalogers 50%. 
A few quarts bulblets to spare F.O.B. 
Manley describe it 
Days Rt. Head Size 
Field 
Buds Open. 
20 
in their terms: 
Purdue U. 75 52 23 61% 9 530 
‘Md. 86 54 18 5 15 6 440 
Ill. G. S. 74 51 Di 61% 19 6 530 
N. J. G:'S 83 49 19 5% 16 441 
SE Mich. 101 57 22 5 16 7 430 
Wash. 101 53 25 6 20 10 530 
Conn 94 56 22 614, 18 5 540 
Del. 79 51 20 6 18 5 40 
W. Mass 94 55 21 5% 15 6 540 
ae pen 1 “data incomplete’’ (just) 540 
. Was 
Exper. S { 55 6% 19 
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wale ls 8 68 26 6 20 SANT Key 
$120. per quart. 
LUXURY TEST GARDEN REPORTS 
cules and 
omment Heat Straight Pl 
V. Good, 96 Good .G. G. rae o 
Clear, blends O.K. O.K. O.K. A 
No fleck O.K. O.K. Excl. A 
Harmony O.K. O.K. O.K. B 
Beautiful Fine Fine Fine B 
O.K. O.K. O.K. B 
O.K. O.K. O.K. O.K. Cc 
Good Good Fair Poor Cc 
Fair Fair Good Fair D 
(and !) D 
82.3 
92 Excl. Excl. Excl. A-A 
