WHEKS Gladiolus Gardens 
State License No. 531 
SALEM, OREGON 
3130 North River Road 
GLADIOLUS FOR 1950 
ABU HASSAN (kK. & M.). Beautiful rich violet 
blue, with buds showing darker and slight fine 
penciling in throat. Five open on a tall, slender, 
but stiff spike. About the color, but very much 
better than the o!d variety Pelegrina. 
ALGONQUIN (Palmer). Early, brilliant glow- 
ing scarlet. Opens six to eight wide ruffled 
needle point blooms on tall, well placed spike. 
Nice cut flower quality. 
ASTRID (Jack). Clear, medium rose with nar- 
row throat line. Opens five to seven florets 
which are slightly ruffled. Looks like a fine 
new addition to this color class and a grand 
cut flower. 
ATHLONE (Palmer). Clear warm flesh color. 
Opens up to 10 well placed florets arranged 
in ideal formal style. Exceptionally good for 
dainty tloral work. You will be well pleased 
with this one. 
ATLAS (Pfitzer). A dark blue violet. Close to 
Elks purple in color. Five to seven open. A fine 
variety to mix with yellow in bouquets or 
baskets. 
BEACON (Pa mer). Ta!l salmon scarlet with 
cream throat. Six to eight well placed florets 
on long willowy spike. An excellent cut flower. 
BENISON (Palmer). White tinted lavender. Me- 
dium sized blooms with eight to 10 open on a 
nice straight spike. A good keeper and an ex- 
cellent cut flower variety. 
BENJAMIN BRITTON (K. & M.). Very deep lav- 
ender with smail white lines. Very beautiful 
and should make a grand cut flower. A very 
heavy propagator and bulblets germinate well, 
growing into large bulbs the first year. You 
will like this new one. 
BERNADETTE (Silva). A beautiful flesh pink 
sport of Picardy. Tall strong grower. Opens 
six to eight beautiful blooms on a tall spike. 
Similar to Picardy in habits except much taller 
and stronger, with color clearer and more beau- 
tiful. 
BLACK OPAL (Errey). Dark glistening red. 
Probably the most popular of the really dark 
reds. Makes a tall willowy spike with up to 10 
well placed blooms. Does not crook but some- 
times bends from weight of heavy flower head. 
BLUE BEAUTY (Pfitzer). A tall growing light 
blue with edges of petals overlaid violet blue. 
Probably the most popular of the blues. Has 
six to eight well placed wide open florets of 
fine form. 
BUENA VISTA (Pruitt-Majeski). An immense 
rose purple attaining a height of five feet with 
eight to 10 six-inch florets open at once. Blooms 
nicely attached and well placed. A wonderful 
exhibition variety on account of its huge size 
and color. Does not fade from heat or sun like 
many of similar colors and is a good cutter 
and keeper. You will adore this variety. 
BURMA (Palmer). Very deep, heavily ruffled 
rose, somewhat lighter in the upper throat and 
shading to a beautiful darker blotch on the lip. 
Opens seven or more on a medium height spike 
and flowers are of very heavy texture. Creates 
great interest either on the show table or in 
the garden. Especially popular with the ladies. 
CANDY HEART (Salbach). Pure flesh pink 
with a large blotch of light carmine. Opens 
five to seven well placed flowers on medium 
height spike. Well liked in the garden and very 
popular as a cut flower. 
CASABLANCA (Majeski). An excellent, very 
ruffled outstanding white. Medium sized flo- 
rets on a tall straight spike. Valuable as an 
early bloomer and its fine qualities as a cut 
flower. 
SPIC AND SPAN 
CHAMOUNY (Baerman). A distinct shade of 
deep rose shading to lighter color on edge of 
petals. Opens up to 10 blooms on a tall spike. 
Always popular with the cut flower trade as it 
is really beautiful. 
COMMANDO (Palmer). Clear light scarlet. 
Somewhat darker than the popular variety 
Valeria but much larger. Opens six to eight 
well placed blooms on a tall, slender but stiff 
stem. An excellent cut flower. 
CONVOY (Palmer). About the nearest to a clear 
true purple. Opens up to seven blooms with 
rolled back petals giving it a round effect. 
Should be a very popular variety when better 
known. 
DIEPPE (Hassall). Deep sa:mon red with darker 
blotch. Very distinctive and grand color and 
destined to become one of the finest varieties 
in its color as a cut flower or for exhibition. 
Opens five to seven on slender but stiff spike 
with florets somewhat waved and ruffled. You 
will love this one. 
ELIZABETH THE QUEEN (White). Beautiful 
lavender with darker lines in throat. Large 
ruffled blooms with seven or eight open. it is 
beyond question the best commercial lavender 
to date and very popular with all glad lovers. 
An excellent keeper when cut. Rather short 
from small bulbs but stretches to good height 
from larger ones. No garden complete without 
this outstanding variety. 
ERREY’S SCARLET (Errey). Clear scarlet with 
a distinct shade with two darker spots on the 
lower petals. Opens up to 14 florets with the 
balance of the bud showing color. 
EVANGELINE (Pa mer). A fine new very light 
rose pink with a creamy yellow throat. Grows 
to a huge size with plants up to six feet. Opens 
eight to nine fine ruff.ed b'ooms on a long, 
stretchy stem. The on y faut we can find is 
its tendency to come misplaced. 
ETHEL CAVE COLE (Cave). Early pure light 
pink shading to cream in the throat. Often 
comes flecked which doesn’t distract from its 
beauty. Opens six to nine well placed fiorets 
on medium height spike with heavy flower 
head. Very popular as a cut flower. 
FAIR ANGEL (Hatch). Cream white shading to 
a deeper cream in the throat. Opens up to 
eight large, wavy, well placed blooms on a tall 
spike and is an early bloomer. Very valuable 
as an early cut flower and fine florist variety. 
An excellent cream for your home garden. You 
will like it. 
FIREBRAND (Butt). A nice medium red that 
fairly glistens like velvet. Slightly darker in 
throat with white lines on lower petals. Very 
straight, medium tall spike with eight or more 
open and many more showing color. One of the 
better newer reds. We can recommend it highly. 
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE (Harris). One of 
the finest of the new whites. Up to eight blooms 
open on a tall, straight spike. Considered a 
grand commercial and show flower by all the 
growers and destined to be one of the best in 
its color. 
GENERAL EISENHOWER (Sa'man). A huge, 
brilliant begonia rose. Opens five to seven 
florets up to seven inches across, with most of 
the remaining buds showing color. Very tall 
grower, but doesn’t seem to stand extreme haat 
very well. 
GENGH!S KAHN (Scheer). A heavily ruffled 
medium light pink blending to a light cream 
throat. Opens six to seven nice sized blooms 
on a medium height plant. Should become very 
popular both for exhibition and cutting. 
GOLDEN ARROW (Pruitt). Pure pastel yellow 
with no markings or greenish cast to buds. 
Nice tall spike with five to eight florets open. 
Good propagator and a strong grower. 
GRENADIER (Palmer). A new and distinctive 
shade of orange buff. Makes a fine spike with 
seven to eight open on a tall spike. An excellent 
variety and a well worthwhile one to add to 
your collection. 
HUNTRESS (Jack). Extremely early light pink- 
ish lavender. Sometimes blooms come flecked 
but has been popular since introduction on 
account of its earliness and cut flower value. 
Opens six to eight well placed blooms on a 
medium height spike. You will want to add this 
one to your collection. 
