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THE GLADIOLUS FANCIER’S 
582 TUNIA’S WIZARD (Both ’47) (our 
748 import release) M. Mr. Both says 
12-inch florets are well within its com- 
pass. The color is not very far re- 
moved from that of Tunia’s Mahomet. 
The throat is lighter and more orange, 
the scarlet on lip petals more promi- 
nent. The size of floret is substantially 
maintained up the spike to the 8th 
open floret. All of the florets appear 
to be of the preferred “inverted” type 
(single lip, top petal to rear). 
Plant growth very powerful. Though 
having no bulbs over size 4 unsold to 
plant, we had a spike with 8% inch 
floret for largest floret at Tri State. 
Test ratings, B-84. 
In ’51 largest floret, N. C., and Central 
International (East Lansing). 
Vv test ratings, 84-B-B. 
Each L .75 M .50 S .25 Bits .08 (100, 
$5.) (1000, $30.). 
ANY OTHER COLOR—90 
590 JACK FALLU See new items, page 
1g 
590 TUNIA’S ELITE (Both) (our 747 
import release) EM. Seven inch and 
larger, giant, round, wide open florets. 
A bit ruffled. The color is a bronzy 
orange, edged smoky orange, with 
prominent throat marking of fiery 
orange red. The substance is good and 
the florets are held rigidly on tall, 
strong stems. Good propagator. 
The more we see of this variety the 
better we like its wonderful autumn 
coloring and powerful growing habits. 
Our ratings, 84-B-A. 
Each L .15 M. .10 S .05 Bits (100, .50). 
WHITE ELEPHANT SALE 
None in substantial supply. These we 
no longer need for many various reasons. 
Some we abandon, having listed better. 
Some on trial, inferior to those listed. 
Some very good but in too small supply 
to list and to do so would cause no end 
of refunds. 
Some sold so well we have not enough 
left to warrant listing, etc. 
Of most varieties we have from 
200-600 bulbs of assorted sizes and their 
crop of bulblets. If less than 200 we 
state “Few”. 
Orders taken for these items are sub- 
ject to stocks on hand and unsold. Orders 
will be segregated or charged against 
inventory in rotation as received. No 
orders will be entertained (even if some 
stocks persist) if postmarked after Mar. 
lst as we will be too busy with regular 
deliveries thereafter. 
If you state on your regular order 
that you might prefer “extras” from 
any of these White Elephant items, we 
will gladly supply them to the extent 
we are able. 
We will sell these bulbs in $1.00 units 
(net price, no discount), supplying bulbs 
in sizes assorted as we may have them 
with bulblets added in quantity in pro- 
portion to the number of $1.00 bulb 
units available for sale. Example: If 
we have of an item 50L (currently sell- 
ing or worth .25 each, 25M (.15 ea.), 
100 S (.10 ea.) and 1000 blts we will 
allot 4L, 4M, 4S and about 80 bits. In 
some cases the blts may be worth more 
than the bulbs. We hope and plan that 
this close-out method will give you at 
least $3.00 value for $1.00. 
In many cases only a few quotations 
will be found in U. S: 752 catalogs7ein 
many other cases (at least at this writ- 
ing) there have been no U. S. retail 
offerings, to our knowledge. 
To indicate what sizes we have to 
offer we will group size letter abbrevia- 
tions to indicate. Thus LMSB means we 
have all sizes, large, medium, small 
and bulblets. 
Anthony Fokker (K & M) 583 giant 
plants, bid heads, very few, LB. 
Appasionata (K & M) 501 LB. 
Battledress (Pratt) 417 late, very few, 
LMSB. 
Blaire Marguerite (Both) 432 few, LB. 
Blue Domino (Pfitzer) 476 healthy and 
good parent, few, LB. 
Bronze Beauty (Both) 386 com’! release, 
ruffled, few, LMSB. 
Calvary (Salman) 400 Vv_ ratings 
92-B-A, a top quality cut flower 
beauty, LMSB. 
Caswallown (K & M) 362 Vv 87-B-B, 
few, LMSB. 
Dinos (K & M) 470 Vv 90-B-B, 
early, LB. 
Doris Hancock (Both) 442, few, LB. 
Dr. Pryor (Burns) 551 Vv 86-B-B, giant 
plants, LB. 
Eliz. Kath. Both (Both) 5380, 7” florets, 
few, LB. 
Expanse (Hill-N.Z.) 540, 9 open, few, 
LMSB 
Fay (Both) 416 Vv 88-B-B, LMB. 
one Favorite (Sal.) 512, Vv 85-B-B, 
eeu Ophelia (Jensen) 412 89-B-B, 
Gold Finch (K & M) 310, Vv A-A, 
few LB. 
very 
