SELECTING VARIETIES 
We believe each variety listed in our catalog is worthwhile and 
merits your consideration. You may or may not like a variety depend- 
ing upon your personal tastes and the use you make of the flowers. 
Soil, climatic conditions, etc., will also cause varieties to vary in per- 
formance. This may make it necessary to try and discard varieties not 
suited to your conditions. 
Cutflower growers selling blooms to florists need to grow a large 
proportion of whites and pinks. Lavender, yellow, and red are colors 
that follow in demand. The florists usually do not care for too many 
of the dark colors. If you are growing blooms for roadside stands or 
home decorations the darker colors such as blue and smokies sell well. 
Price is not necessarily an indication of the merits of a variety. 
Newer kinds must be higher in price because of scarcity of stock. We 
do advise cutflower growers to get a start in some of the newer kinds 
such as Astrid and Spic & Span. While the price may be too high to 
make out on cutflowers in the first year or two, your original invest- 
ment will pay handsome dividends by enabling you to work up a stock 
ahead of your competitor and will pay off in premium prices for blooms 
over a period of years. 
We are listing some recommendations to help you: 
EARLY VARIETIES — Abu Hassan, Adoration, Annamae, Astrid, Blue 
Beauty, Friendship, Gelber Herald, Gene, Gold Dust, Gratitude, 
Heart O’ Gold, Huntress, Invictus, June Day, June Rose, Margaret 
Wood, Mt. Index, Myrna Fay, Radiance, Red Cherry, Rhett Butler, 
Rose Charm, Salman’s Glory, Skyway, Spun Gold, Truelove, Wedg- 
wood. 
TRIED AND PROVEN CUTFLOWER VARIETIES — Algonquin, Anna- 
mae, Big Top, Buckeye Bronze, Burma, Chamouny, Corona, Dieppe, 
Elizabeth the Queen, Firebrand, Gaylore, Gold Dust, Harmau, 
Huntress, Jeanie, Jules Amott, Lady Jane, Lav. Prince, Leading 
Lady, Marg. Beaton, Mother Kadel, Orange Gold, Pandora, Picardy, 
Purple Supreme, Red Charm, Silver Wings, Snow Princess, Spot- 
light, Truelove. 
NEWER PROMISING COMMERCIAL VARIETIES — Astrid, Betty 
Duncan, Birch Red, Boise Belle, Chief Pontiac, Conn. Yankee, 
Evangeline, Florence Nightingale, Friendship, Genghis Khan, Gold, 
Ladrone, Lady Marion, Nancy, Margaret Wood, Mt. Gem, October 
Sunshine, Parthiena, Patrol, Preview, Red Cherry, Red Wing, Rose 
Charm, Salman’s Glory, Skyway, Sparks, Spic & Span, Sun Spot, 
Tivoli, Victory Queen, White Goddess. 
