POINSETTIA From Week’s Gladiolus Garden 
Parentage — Tip Top X Unknown. 
Color — Pure light spectrum red slightly ruffled. 
Class — 450 Blooming time 85-90 days. 
Height of spike over all 50 to 55 inches. Up to 21 bud count with five to seven open with 
25 inch flower head. 
__ Stem medium, always straight and stands heat well without crooking. Opens well from 
tight bud making it an extra good commercial variety with excellent keeping qualities. 
Propagation good with bulblet germination fair from bulblet stock bulblets. Stock bulblets 
hard to germinate, but if held over one year will come perfect. 
Tested in 1950 NAGC trial gardens. Out of 61 seedlings tested, five were approved by the 
judges and POINSETTIA rated third of the five approved. Also given okeh on Florida disease 
test. 
1952 Introductory prices 
Large $2.00 Each Medium $1.50 Each Small $1.00 Each. 
1 large, 1 medium, 1 small, 10 bulblets for $5.00. 
5 large, 5 medium, 15 small, 100 bulblets for $35.00 
Bulblets 20c each, $15.00 per 100. One half pint $100.00. 
KAREN (Mazur) From Birchville Gardens 
Here is an outstanding new novelty for 1952. It is such an unusual variety that I am sure 
it is destined to go places, both as a commercial cut flower and for exhibition, and for the home 
garden. 
COLOR — Clear medium magenta shading lighter toward the throat, with the three lower 
petals having a large sulphur yellow throat. 
FLORETS — 6 to 8 well placed five inch florets open on an 18-21 bud spike with six more 
showing color, with a flowerhead of 28 inches. 
STEM — Not heavy but strong, and straight, the florets are firmly attached making it easy 
to handle. 
SUBSTANCE — Unusually good and stands up well for a long time. Spikes shown at 
Western Massachusetts show were held for 10 days and were still good at the end of the show. 
RELIABILITY — Very reliable in all ways, wherever grown. A heavy or good propagator, 
good grower and uniform bloomer from large or small bulbs and it is healthy. 
Spikes of KAREN were shown at the large Western Massachusetts show where it received 
an Award Of Merit and also was the most popular variety in the show by public vote. 
AT the RHODE ISLAND trial gardens this received the highest score for the year .85 ina 
very trying season. 
Prices for 1952 
Large $5.00 Medium $4.00 Small $3.00 Bulblets $1.00 Each 
HOWARD V. WRIGHT § (Kadel) 
From E. A. and KE. F. Quackenbush 
Class 410 Seedling X-48 
Parentage — SPOTLIGHT X [MYRNA X (MAMIE X NEW ERA) } 
HOWARD V. WRIGHT is light yellow with a somewhat deeper throat. It opens eight 
5” florets with five more showing color on a 20-bud spike. Lenght of flowerhead is 29”. Its 
wide-open florets have plain, recurved petals. Blooms in 82 days. 
Plant is strong and vigorous with broad, deep green foliage. Bulblet production and 
germination are excellent. 
Awards — 
1949, “A” rating and best seedling, Keystone. 
1950, “A” rating and runner-up for best seedling, Maryland. 
1951, American Home Achievement Medal, Maryland and Eastern International. 
Price — $5.00 per bulb for any size bulb, with the privilege of buying 10 bulblets for $5.00 
with each bulb purchased. ; 
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