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trial—to allow them by actual performance to merit our recommendation. We 
readily concede that some of these new varieties may be “World Beaters” in some 
sections of the country, but natural “flops” for us. We have been and always will be 
ultra conservative in listing only top notch glads of meritorious performance. 
Frankly, we feel that the high prices asked for some of the new introductions are 
altogether out of proportion to the value received. 
WINNING AT THE SHOWS 
Have you ever won a blue ribbon at a garden club, County or State Fair? 
Maybe you have exhibited at a glad show? Why not start this year — you will get 
real enjoyment and a thrill that you will never forget — when you spy that blue 
ribbon on one of your entries. Every year certain varieties are blue ribbon repeaters, 
in other words they are reliable and consistent performers. Briefly, we will comment 
on some of these meritorious varieties, and how they performed the past season. 
This may assist you in selecting varieties with a show winning reputation. 
WHITE—ANNA MAE has no competitor arrangements you really have some- 
as an early cut flower white. WHITE 
CHRISTMAS is one of our favories— 
on account of its extreme ruffling, al- 
though sometimes a lower floret comes 
misplaced. FLORENTINE—has larger 
florets and still more frilled and fluted 
than White Christmas, it is really a 
dandy. We were greatly impressed 
with FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE due 
to its double row arrangement with 
many open—it was a real thrill. If 
you like ’em large with a show repu- 
tation then WHITE CHALLENGE is 
the one you would like. FREEDOM— 
in the 300 class is always a consistent 
performer. MOUNT INDEX with a 
charming yellow blotch in the throat, 
and SUMMER SNOW, although smal- 
ler florets and whiter produced long 
graceful spikes. A pure white glad 
with extra heavy substance is SILVER 
COURT. It ranks with the best. We 
were amazed at the amount of ex- 
treme heat VIRGIN could take with- 
out complaining. 
PINK—In this class we will comment on 
the light and deep pink as well as 
salmon and salmon pink. If you can 
manage to have SPIC and SPAN and 
CONNECTICUT YANKEE in bloom 
at show time you can depend on them 
Winning Stor "you. CONNECTICUT 
YANKEE with that distant throat 
blotch enhances its exquisite beauty. 
JUNE DAY was one of our earliest 
bloomers, and is very dainty. This 
applies to TRUE LOVE as well—an- 
other nice one. LITTLE SWEET- 
HEART is rightly named—it is just 
that — and when combined with 
WEDGEWOOD, a darling lavender, in 
thing. TREASURE ISLAND has a 
cool. refreshing touch of rose that en- 
hances its beauty. BEAUTYS’ BLUSH 
—a subdued shade of pink on white, 
or soft pink impressed us very much 
on account of its strong, vigorous 
growth. Other dependable varieties in 
this classification are PHANTOM 
BEAUTY—CORAL GABLES—BOISE 
BELLE — LIPSTICK — DEBORAH 
SAMPSON and HEARTS’ DESIRE. 
CREAM—CONNIE G is a gorgeous show 
tvpe flower — a dandy. SALMONS’ 
GLORY and SPARKS with their dis- 
tinct throat blotch always attracts at- 
tention. LAKE PLACID adds zest to 
its attractiveness with its yellow lower 
petal. For uniformity and consistency 
there is no doubt but BLONDIE tops 
them all. 
LAVENDER—When well grown, ELIZ- 
ABETH the QUEEN still ranks at the 
too in the large class, although SI- 
BONY is going to be a worthy rival. 
Wish we could get them to stretch out 
a little more. For early flowers MYR- 
NA FAY and HUNTRESS are very 
good. although HUNTRESS will fleck 
sometimes. In the 300 class WEDGE- 
WOOD is an exquisite lavender that 
is charmingly beautiful. It will not 
failtyou.s Try’ it: 
SCARLET—In the scarlets we liked 
DIEPPE for its distinctive color and 
RED CHERRY for its early blooming. 
Both are very good. 
RED—BIRCH RED with its silvery sheen 
is a winner among the reds, NANCY, 
although having smaller florets will 
make a good commercial. REGAL 
