APPRAISING THE NEW ONES 
I shall confine my remarks mostly to the newer varieties, believing that the older varieties 
are too well known to need comment. However, let me say, in many instances the newer 
varieties are no better, and perhaps not as good as many of the old stand-bys. 
Of the new whites, WHITE SYMPHONY and MOTHER FISCHER look very promising. 
Both are ruffled with good texture, tall and well placed, and should prove excellent for exhibi- 
tion or commercial uses. SILVER COURT is a clean white that impressed me with the purity 
of its color and is a welcome addition for that reason. For all around performance FLORENCE 
NIGHTINGALE still ranks very high. FREEDOM in the blotched whites continues as a leader. 
CREAM ORCHIDS, LEIF ERICKSON, and PROF. GOUDRIAN are welcome new-comers 
to the cream class, but I do not believe they can beat well grown spikes of CONNIE G or 
LEADING LADY for exhibition purposes. In creams with throat markings, our favorites are 
LA VALLE, SALMON’S GLORY, SINCERITY and SPARKS. 
The yellows are coming so fast that it is hard to keep up with them. Two new ones im- 
pressed us as being outstanding: GELBER HERCULES, a new one from Holland, is a large, 
vigorous, very-tall, medium yellow, opening up to 8 well-attached blooms, and seems a yellow 
of great promise. GOLD, undoubtedly has the purest, richest color of any yellow — a tall 
robust grower, but unless well grown, flower head is inclined to be short. BONANZA is the 
largest of the early yellows, grows tall and propagates especially well. TERRIFIC has the ability 
to open up to 12 medium sized blooms with faint red lines and will become a heavy show 
winner when stock becomes available). ROBERT ALAN, SUNDANCE, LANCELOT, GENE, 
LODESTAR, and YELLOW HERALD are all fine yellows and destined to become leading 
commercials. The best of the blotched yellows are PERDITA, MANCHU, and SPOTLIGHT. 
QUIBERON vies with PATROL for first honors in the buff class. In spite of a tendency 
to crook, QUIBERON will win many championship honors. The much heralded MARATHON 
proved a disappointment. Of the older ones, SUNSPOT, PACTOLUS, SUNLIGHT, and WILMA 
DITTMANWN are still going strong and winning Blue Ribbons. 
In the orange class, a new one that looks good is Wilson's COUNTRY CLUB and will 
offer competition to CIRCE, probably best in this class. BETTY DUNCAN looks best to us 
in the 300 class. Of the older ones, we think highly of CHFEF PONTIAC, HENRI DE GRIEVE, 
DAISY MAE, ORANGE GOLD, and OCTOBER SUNSHINE. 
Of the salmons, we think our own PINK PRIDE will step into the front ranks. LUXURY 
seems to have the size and color value to become a fine exhibition variety. MAJESTIC and 
PHAROAH are both excellent varieties, very tall and robust. POLNESIE with its ability to 
open up to 10 well placed blooms will win its share of honors. GORGEOUS DEB is one of the 
most beautiful as well as ruffled varieties in existence. This class has a long list of excellent 
varieties and the following cannot be omitted: BOLDFACE, DIEPPE, KING ALFRED, DOLLY 
VARDEN, GEN. EISENHOWER, and CORDOVA. 
SAN SOUCI, in the scarlet class, struck us as having the nicest and purest color we’ve 
seen in a long time. HAROLD K, RED CHERRY, and RED WING were all very outstanding 
in our garden. Other scarlet reds that performed well were DANCING FLAME, nice clean 
color with slender stem, BONFIRE, robust and brilliant, ESQUIRE, strong growing, FLAME 
GIRL, beautiful color, and FIRE GLEAM which opens up to 10 blooms. 
In the long list of pink glads, it is most difficult to pick out any particular variety as 
tops — there are so many that are outstanding! However, the following in alphabetical order 
take the limelight: BOISE BELLE, a beautiful pink and yellow blend; CLARENCE D. FORT- 
NAM, heavily ruffled blush pink; EVANGELINE, tall, robust beauty; MISS HOLLAND, the 
new pink sensation from across; SHEHERAZADE, another outstanding Holland variety with 
blotch; SILCHERLIED, very outstanding in our garden this past summer; SKYWAY, early 
tall commercial; SWEET 16, a sport of Beauty's Blush, but a real honest-to-goodness blush. Of 
course, we can’t omit the older CONN. YANKEE, still winning grand championships; JUNE 
DAY, earliest pink; FRIENDSHIP, lovely and early; MARION PEARL, one of our favorites, 
and PHANTOM BEAUTY. There are many other good ones, and I hope I haven’t left out 
your favorite. 
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