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 Evangeline. While the price may be too high to make out on 
cutflowers in the first year or two, your criginal investment 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, Astrid, Blue Beauty, 
Friendship, Gelber Herald, Gene, Gold Dust, Heart O’ Gold, Hunt- 
ress, Invictus, June Day, June Rose, Margaret Wood, Mt. Index, 
Myrna Fay, Radiance, Red Cherry, Rhett Butler, Rose Charm, Sal- 
man’s Glory, Skyway, Snow Princess, Spun Gold, Truelove, Wedg- 
wood. 
Tried and Proven Cutflower Varieties 
Astrid, Buckeye Bronze, Burma, Chamouny, Corona, Dieppe, Eliza- 
beth the Queen, Florence Nightingale, Friendship, Gaylore, Gelber Her- 
ald, Huntress, Jeanie, Jules Amott, Lady Jane, Lavender Prince, Lead- 
ing Lady, October Sunshine, Orange Gold, Pandora, Picardy, Red 
Charm, Silver Wings, Snow Princess, Spic & Span, Tivoli, Truelove, 
Yangtze. 
Newer Promising Commercial Varieties 
Astrid, Betty Duncan, Birch Red, Boise Belle, Chief Pontiac, Co- 
lumbia, Connecticut Yankee, Dolly. Varden, Evangeline, Francesca, 
Gail, Gold, Gwen, June Rose, Ladrone, Northern Lights, Parthiena, 
Patrol, Red Wing, Skyway, Sun Spot, Trails End, White Goddess. 
