(460) (Fischer, 1951) (85 days) 
Rosebloom (Elizabeth the Queen x Rose 
O’Day) (Seedling No. 340-45) 
“Rosebloom fell on her hands, together pressed,” 
wrote John Keats of his heroine in “The Eve of St. 
Agnes” and hence the name for this soft rose-toned 
sister-seedling of Elmer’s Rose. Turn to page 17 for 
a color picture. Rosebloom is not as superior a variety 
as Noweta Rose or Elmer’s Rose, having less substance 
and being quite plain-petalled, but it does build a most 
imposing spike, has a very attractive blotch and is a 
very easy grower. We felt it was well worth intro- 
ducing and chose it for one of our premium varieties 
for 1951. 
Premium variety. Not for sale this year. To be 
used as a gratis bulb on orders of $5 or over. A $5 
order does not necessarily entitle one to each of the 
four premium varieties. 
(510) (Fischer, 1951) (70 
Autumn Moon (“white Gold X 
(Autumn Gold x Cream Seedling of Gloaming) ) (Seed- 
ling No. 62-46). 
Here is a light yellow derived from Picardy that is 
fully as large as Picardy and a much taller grower. 
Indeed it is a very free bloomer, even from small 
bulbs, which trait makes it a commercial possibility. 
Winston Roberts, who is one of the best judges of glads 
I know, wrote of this: “62-46 (Autumn Moon) was a 
very promising, early, large tall yellow, quite deep, 
with 7 open.” We had some very finished, massive 
spikes of this last summer that made garden visitors 
exclaim. Its principal fault is a tendency at times to 
show the stem. Nevertheless, good yellows are so few 
that this seemed well worth introducing. Autumn 
Moon is shown in color on page 17. 
Premium variety. 
(436) (Fischer, 1951) (90 days) (Red 
Salute Charm x Commando) (Seedling No. 
342-45) 
Here is a glad that named itself! One test of a good 
variety is sufficient distinctiveness to stand out from 
the herd. No one would ever mistake Salute for any 
other scarlet! Its style is so incredibly crisp and 
starchy that a row of it in bloom instantly reminds one 
of a row of soldiers saluting on dress parade. The 
sharp white line down the throat serves to emphasize 
the tailored effect. Salute is a rather light scarlet of 
heavy substance and strong color saturation—almost a 
red. It is really a stunning variety and one which I 
believe will quickly win its way to popularity. 
Premium variety. 
ww 4 Ww (500) (Fischer, 1951) (85 
hite ave days) (Parentage lost. May 
be derived indirectly from Picardy and Maid of Or- 
leans) (Seedling No. 128A-44) 
This huge white may make the grade as a Florida 
glad because of its unusual vigor. It produced spikes 
62 inches tall with foliage of unusual breadth. Pure 
white save for some creaminess in the throat. Among 
our ruffled whites last summer, I rated this third, only 
Mother Fischer and Florentine surpassing it in quality. 
Pictured in color on page 32. Of many seedlings 
grown in the NAGC ttrial grounds last year, White 
Wave was one of two or three receiving the top rating. 
Premium variety. 
Gold (412) (Marshall, 1951) (75 days) (Seedling 
of Orange Gold) 
The yellow and orange classes have always been re- 
latively weak. As a result, hybridizers have been 
doubly intent on obtaining something outstanding in 
these colors—especially in yellow—but without much 
success. At last, however, the yellow we have all been 
looking for has arrived! And how logical that it should 
have been produced by the hybridizer who gave us 
our leading large-flowered orange, Orange Gold, (from 
which this splendid new yellow is derived)! 
It will be a red-letter day for every glad fan when 
he sees this wonderful, new, self-colored yellow bloom- 
ing in his own garden, for Gold is about three times as 
beautiful as Spotlight, heretofore the best deep yellow. 
Gold is much deeper and richer than Spotlight, has 
much better substance and is beautifully, though not 
intensely ruffled. It grows as tall or taller than Spot- 
light and will open up to nine extremely well-attached, 
wide-open florets. The only respect in which Spot- 
light has the edge is in number of buds: Gold does not 
seem to go above 17. Indeed, in flowerhead as well as 
in vigor and height it reminds one very much of 
Orange Gold whose flowerhead also is adequate though 
not whip-like but whose total height exceeds five feet. 
With six to nine open florets, Gold makes a magnificent 
commercial, opening perfectly in water and retaining 
its deep golden color and size of floret to the very tip. 
An extra strong grower from bulblets and a fine 
bloomer from small bulbs. 
Although more of a commercial than an exhibition 
variety, Gold has won so many show awards in a 
single season that I cannot take space to list them. At 
the Central International Gladiolus Show at Madison, 
Wisconsin, we displayed three spikes of Gold which 
won the three-spike Reserve Grandchampionship and 
ey fairly be said to have been the sensation of the 
show. 
Along with three friends, I purchased one-half the 
stock of Gold for a rather substantial sum. Imme- 
diately afterwards two other growers clubbed together 
to purchase one-half of the remainder from Mr. Mar- 
shall, paying him the same sum as we had paid for 
the original half. Whereupon still another grower 
purchased from the originator one-half of the remain- 
ing quarter, again for the same sum as was paid for 
the original half. I mention this solely to illustrate 
how highly Gold is regarded by some of the country’s 
leading growers. Gold is shown in color, albeit in- 
adequately, on page 17. 
Any size, each, $5; 12 for $50. 
One bulb, any size, and 6 selected bulblets for $10. 
Se Special A: 10 bulbs and 60 bulblets for 
eee ot. Special B: 20 bulbs and 150 bulblets for 
HEIGHT AND PROPAGATION RECORD OF 
OUR 1951 INTRODUCTIONS 
Height Propagation 
ois eae Excellent 
OZR AN ree Excellent 
Runaway 
Runaway 
Excellent 
Very Good 
Very Good 
Runaway 
Runaway 
Excellent 
Moderate 
Excellent 
White Lace 
Elmer’s Rose 
Crown Jewel 
Rosebloom 
