1952 
TYRONE (466) Deam ‘52 
A beautiful orchid lavender shading into white on the lower 
petals with slight lavender peppering in the throat. 
Tyrone’s attachment and placement are excellent and the florets 
are very tight and close against the stem, making a very flat 
flowerhead. It opens up to 9 recurved, pointed florets on flower- 
heads averaging 26 inches. Height in field averages 54 inches. 
Number of buds average 20 to 24 from large bulbs. It bloomed in 
78 days from large bulbs in our field. Florets are of double-row 
placement. 
The growth of Tyrone is very vigorous and healthy, the plant 
making clean, healthy, broad foliage. Bulblets are produced in 
good quantity and germination and growth from bulblets is excel- 
lent. Makes fine looking bulbs that handle well. It opens to the 
tip when cut tight and is an excellent keeper. Strong, tall grower 
and does not crook. 
Tyrone’s record speaks for itself as a show flower. It has the 
following phenomenal list of winnings to its credit. 
1948 Champion seedling and Reserve Grand Champion at the 
Purdue University show. 
1949 Reserve Champion seedling at Purdue. 
1950 Champion seedling and Reserve Grand Champion at 
Columbus, Indiana. 
INTRODUCTION 
1950 Champion seedling and Grand Champion of the show 
at Purdue. 
1951 Champion seedling and Grand Champion of the show 
at Purdue. 
1951 Ist in 3 spike Open; 1st in 3 spike Commercial; best 
5 spike seedling; best Basket; best in Make-up section; 
Reserve Grand Champion of the Show—all at the In- 
diana State show at Wabash. 
After seeing Tyrone at the shows and testing it in our trial garden 
for its commercial qualities we purchased a good percentage of 
the stock last spring. This additional stock has proven from its 
performance this past summer that our judgment in the variety 
was correct—that Tyrone is a top-notch lavender with excellent 
commercial qualities along with its ability to produce those fine 
show spikes. 
Price, each bulb, any size $2.00. I bulb, any size, and 10 selected 
bulblets for $5.00. No bulblets sold without the purchase of a 
bulb. The amount of stock of Tyrone is small and the price of 
large bulbs will remain the same in 1953. 
A limited number of units available as follows: 
15 bulbs, any size, and 100 selected bulblets for $ 50.00. 
30 bulbs, any size, and 250 selected bulblets for $100.00. 
Shown on the cover is the grand champion spike of the 1951 
Purdue Show—Tyrone. 
FROM OUR FIELD NOTES OF THE 1951 SEASON 
The First Thirty Named Varieties to Bloom in Our Field 
In 1951 
Rose: Charm vee eae ee et aoe ee eee, ee ee 54 Days 
Wied wood Meee eat 2 se eae eee oo ee 56 Days 
IMA ye at eae ec eae ee ee 58 Days 
Garidleligint oes Foie ers 5 eee eee oe oe 59 Days 
WW bites State etree tes Se oe oe ee nee ne eam Te eee 61 Days 
SIV WAY Bees eee cs er, ai sat nl ae aren oe ee cee ee 63 Days 
Bridal Orchid jee eas pee ee oe eee ee ee ee ees 65 Days 
Jane Day pee eer ek AAS bale oa aes ne re ie eee 65 Days 
Friendship page Sao ee. | ce ee ee eee een 65 Days 
Mytna sFay-2ee 5 ogee 2 isn, Cer eae oe Bose ees 65 Days 
AN aniae Se eee RS ed ee te eee gee 66 Days 
Gy rath ba ae aa 1s ee eee ae 66 Days 
Gene a Se Re Sos 2k ot a ee ee 67 Days 
BlackiGhe try SA ene 3h 2s haan ee de een eee aa the eemtarme a 67 Days 
Red! Cherry meet eiGis ne re eke kaeeetn eeelee ee 68 Days 
Jute: Rose 4 23 ee es ee 68 Days 
Goold ae ee eis cc Roe oe ee te 69 Days 
Mellow ?Moon eate8 soken 5340 3) ee an oo ene ee 69 Days 
CoO W Ree ae See a ee ee fe Ae eee eee 70 Days 
Blues a GOO (tie. cx eee eee ete ee ee ee oe eee 70 Days 
W/L FOStriG fee eee se ee ee ee 70 Days 
Nowetay R.0S@iiesse en yee eee ne ee 72 Days 
Blue saDe vil seer ores ne. Zeke OE eee 74 Days 
Co WELT Dees a eee a 74 Days 
Reaver 7A tity eee ee Ee dhe ee ees 75 Days 
October Sansh ities cee ye ee ee ee oe 76 Days 
BV al Lia LE CE AIA ATT Sopa ete ses ote ee ae pe ee 76 Days 
Gere Se Cpa eke omar Mea see nears ee Lee te” 76 Days 
Beauty sm Blush aaa e ce see eee ee see ead een ee 76 Days 
Vangold pas ecto hes 01 ne ae eee ae 76 Days 
The Top 15 New Glads In Our Field 
Introduced in 1948 or later. 
(Listed alphabetically — not in order of choice) 
Commercial Varieties 
Betty Duncan 
Boise Belle 
Bridal Orchid 
Exhibition Varieties 
Black Cherry 
Blue Devil 
Boise Belle 
Bridal Orchid Columbia 
Clarence D. Fortnam Evangeline 
Connie “G” Friendship 
Evangeline Gail 
Falcon Gold 
Heart’s Desire 
Mellow Moon 
Gorgeous Deb 
Heart’s Desire 
King David Red Wing 
LaValle Sherwood 
Noweta Rose Sunday Best 
Tyrone Sweet Sixteen 
Yankee Clipper Tyrone 
Our Fastest Germinating Bulblets 
Boise Belle, Chief Pontiac, Columbia, Friendship, Gold, Heart’s 
Desire, King David, Patrician, Red Cherry, Red Wing, Sherwood, 
White Goddess, White Star, White Wings, Tyrone. 
Varieties That Are Very Prolific Bulblet Producers 
Bridal Orchid, Columbia, Friendship, Glow, Heart’s Desire, Lady 
Wayne, My Dear, Patrician, Red Cherry, Sherwood, Sunday Best, 
Terrific, White Star, Wilma Dittman. 
Some of Our Most Vigorous Growers 
Birch Red, Blue Devil, Boise Belle, Bridal Orchid, Chief Pontiac, 
Clarence D. Fortnam, Evangeline, Gold, Gorgeous Deb, Harold 
K, King David, LaValle, Mellow Moon, October Sunshine, Red 
Cherry, Red Wing, Sunday Best, Sweet Sixteen, Tyrone, Wedg- 
wood, White Goddess, White Star, Wilma Dittman, Yankee Lass. 
