Customer Comments on Noweta Rose 
“Noweta Rose: the best glad within miles. I had 
three bulbs. Two of them were cut the same day, one 
with 12 open and the other with 13. I never saw a 
glad open the way this did: the buds all opened at 
once. I hope to get more next spring. 
“All your 1950 introductions were superior. Little 
Gold and Heart O’Gold were great.” 
—Sherwood 8S. Colby, New Hampshire 
“Noweta Rose won the Grand Champion Award for 
me at the Red River Valley Fair at Fargo, N. D.” 
—Alex. J. Nemzek, Minnesota 
“Noweta Rose took the Division Championship in the 
500 class at our show which was described by Dr. 
Phillip Corliss as the finest glad show he had ever 
attended. Over ten thousand people saw your Noweta 
Rose and it would have been Grand-Champion if it 
had been left to popular vote. This spike was from 
one of three bulbs I purchased from you. The other 
spikes were nearly identical in every way.” 
—J. P. Wood, Washington 
“Noweta Rose was gorgeous and everyone wanted to 
know the name of it. It really stole the show as no 
other glad could have done. I hope my two bulbs 
will have a thousand bulblets. I wouldn’t care if my 
whole garden had nothing else in it. 
“Regal Red, Bonfire, Friendship, and Lavender Lace 
were all wonderful. You are making glad history 
with your introductions.” _ FF C. Wilkins, Minnesota 
“Last Friday I cut the spike of Noweta Rose with 
two open and today it is a grand spike with nine open 
and all fine. It is most wonderful.” 
—R. E. Macy, Iowa 
“T thought your seedling Noweta Rose was exceed- 
ingly beautiful at our Nebraska shows of the past two 
years. My wife was standing near the Championship 
Basket of Noweta Rose at the last show when some 
men were looking at the basket and one of them said, 
‘I would be willing to kick the bucket if I knew they 
would put that basket by my casket’.” 
—Ben C. Dale, Nebraska 
“The reaction to your Noweta Rose here was star- 
tling. Mr. Geo. N. Soffe, Secretary of the Utah Glad 
Society, with whom I grow glads, bought a large bulb 
from you. It split. The one side gave us 21 buds, the 
other 19. The first spike was cut too soon, as Noweta 
Rose seems to take about two weeks to open after 
showing color here in 92° weather, and thus didn’t 
show the form that the other did. They were 5 feet 
tall when cut. The No. 2 spike. won first in its color 
class, and a rosette of the New England Glad Society 
for best recent introduction.” 
—R. A. Diefendorf, Utah 
“I was greatly impressed with the 2 bulbs of Noweta 
Rose that I purchased from you. One had 10 open 
and 6 showing color with about 6 more buds, all of 
which bloomed. Everyone who saw it thought it the 
best glad they had ever seen.” _ewis E. Bales, Ohio 
“T shall never forget that gorgeous basket of Noweta 
Rose that was exhibited at the 1949 Nebraska State 
Show. That was a basket to end all rival baskets. I 
think it very fine of you to introduce it at so modest 
a price. Most any other person would have charged 
not less than $10, more likely $25 per bulb for such a 
variety.” —Lola E. Ayers, Iowa 
“Noweta Rose is one of the finest gladiolus I saw 
this year. Florets are a large.clear rose and the whole 
flower is exceptionally beautiful.” 
—Humphrey F. Hedgecock in the Garden Page of - 
the New York Times, August 27, 1950 
“Congratulations on your prize-winners at the 
Madison Glad Show! Your display was gorgeous and 
your entries deserved every award they received. The 
grand-champion spike of Noweta Rose (shown by Mrs. 
Feye) was a thrill in beauty and grandeur.” 
—Lindley and Anita Rozda, Wisconsin 
“At the Nebraska state show last year I was told to 
go out and select the Grand Champions (1 spike and 3 
spike) and that ‘I don’t want anyone else monkeying 
with that job’. There was No. 173-45 (Noweta Rose) 
again, entered in the 3-spike class. I was pretty rough 
with it too—but those three spikes scored 9234%, which 
is a mighty high score in anyone’s show. Very few 
things rate that. But as John Reding said: ‘If they’ve 
got it, you’ve got to give it to them.’ I have judged 
many of your seedlings that went on to victory.” 
—J. Elton Carter, Iowa 
The Gladiolus Classification System 
The number after the name of each variety in 
our general descriptive list denotes the official 
size and color classification of that variety as 
determined by a committee of the North Amer- 
ican Gladiolus Council. We list these classifica- 
tion numbers because they are helpful to cus- 
tomers in determining the exact size and color 
classification of varieties they may want to buy 
or to exhibit at glad shows conducted under the 
auspices of the N.A.G.C., where this classification 
system is used. 
Glads are classified in five sizes as follows: 
Miniature 100—florets under 214” 
through 31,” 
” through 43%” 
through 534” 
” or larger 
For instance, turn to page 13. The first variety 
described, Abu Hassan, is followed by the num- 
ber 378. The 300 means it has a floret size from 
3%” through 43%”. The 78 designates this variety 
as a deep violet. Hence the numbers after the 
variety names tell the story of the size and color 
of the individual floret as grown under field con- 
ditions from large bulbs. 
COLOR CLASSES 
Class 
00 White 00 without conspicuous marking 
White 01 with conspicuous marking 
Cream 06 
10 Yellow (Light) 
Yellow (Deep) 
Buff 
20 Orange 20 (Light) 
Orange 22 (Deep) 
Orange 24 (Red Orange) 
30 Salmon 30 (Light) 
Salmon 32 (Deep) 
Scarlet 36 
40 Pink 40 (Light) without markings 
Pink 41 (Light) with c. markings 
Pink 42 (Deep) 
50 Red 50 (Light) 
Red 52 (Deep) 
Red 54 (Black) 
60 Rose 60 (Light) 
Rose 62 (Deep) 
Lavender 66 
70 Purple 70 
Violet 76 (Light) 
Violet 78 (Deep) 
80 Smoky shades 
Smoky 82 (Orange Smoky) 
Smoky 83 (Salmon Smoky) 
Smoky 84 (Pink Smoky) 
Smoky 85 (Red Smoky) 
Smoky 86 (Lavender Smoky) 
90 Any other color. 
