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q (540) (Fischer, 1952) (85 
Nordic Queen days) (Greta Garbo x 
Elizabeth the Queen) (Seedling No. 148-45) 
A new queen reigns in the glad world with the coro- 
nation by critical acclaim of this classically perfect, 
supremely beautiful new pastel. Nordic Queen is one 
of those glads which are so distinctive, so outstanding 
that they practically name themselves. In viewing its 
blond, feminine pulchritude, one thinks instinctively of 
the highest type of Nordic beauty—of a flaxen-haired, 
pink-cheeked Scandinavian princess—of a countenance 
bespeaking at once both character and charm. 
While it is a labor of love to describe such a wonder- 
ful glad, one feels peculiarly stumped in trying to put 
its beauty into words. Though our engraver did the 
best he could (see page 5), he was stumped, too. These 
exquisite pastels of supremely subtle coloring, so much 
of whose beauty lies in substance and sheen, simply 
cannot be reproduced adequately in a color plate. 
Actually, Nordic Queen is a soft, glowing flesh-pink, 
blending to a creamy-yellow throat. That may sound 
commonplace; actually there is nothing else like it in 
the entire glad world. The variety C. D. Fortnam 
(which was thrice voted the most beautiful glad at the 
Eastern International Glad Show at Binghamton, N.Y.) 
comes closest to it, but Nordic Queen is slightly pinker 
and, of course, much larger. It has exceptional sub- 
stance, a glistening sheen, and a delightful casual flut- 
ing. Indeed, its beauty of form is most lavish, strong 
midribs giving style and character to its unusually 
broad petals. Older fans who remember the delicate 
perfection of Prestgard’s Lotus, can think of Nordic 
Queen as a much larger, warmer-toned, and ruffled 
Lotus. 
Nordic Queen is a full sister of the famous Evange- 
line. Though a very tall glad, it is not quite as tall as 
Evangeline (which is often the tallest in the field), but 
it does have a great advantage over Evangeline in its 
perfect regularity of placement. It produces about the 
same number of bulblets as Evangeline (making it, I 
would say, a moderate propagator), but the bulblets 
grow with extraordinary vigor. 
I depend on the judgment of my friends and fellow 
glad fans a good deal in deciding which seedlings to 
imtroduce. We usually hold an informal meeting dur- 
ing the blooming season to decide. In a secret ballot 
Nordic Queen was voted first place among the Noweta 
seedlings available for introduction this year, and ina 
second secret ballot, embracing all the glads in com- 
merce, it rated a place in the mythical “First Ten” 
along with such “greats” as Burma, Dieppe, and Tivoli. 
I personally consider Nordic Queen one of the finest 
all-around glads Noweta Gardens has ever introduced. 
It is on a par with Noweta Rose and Friendship and in 
a color section—the flesh pinks—heretofore almost de- 
void of representation. 
We have bloomed this topmost beauty for seven 
years in order to bring it to you at such a modest 
introductory price. Although we expect a heavy run 
on this variety, we are imposing no limitation on the 
number of bulbs available per customer. If you prefer 
large bulbs, however, we advise you to get your order 
in early. Nordic Queen is nevertheless a superb 
bloomer from even medium-sized bulbs. 
Any size, each, $2; 6 for $10; 12 for $20. 
1L, 1M, 1S, 10 Bibts. for $6. 
5L, 5M, 15S, 100 Blbts. for $40. 
14 pint bulblets for $150. 
Southern Belle (12) (fishes 192). 
days) (Friendship x 
Dawn Glow) (Seedling No. 238-47) 
If Nordic Queen is the platinum blonde of the glad 
world, then this sparkling, fresh-toned pink with 
snowy throat and silver picoteeing is the Southern 
Belle. We like our introductions to have lots of per- 
sonality, so that once seen they will stand out in the 
viewer’s recollection. Though there are countless pink 
glads, surely no one would fail to remember such a 
striking one as Southern Belle! We thought it worthy 
of a place on our front cover, though our engraver 
somewhat overdid the pink and failed to catch the 
picoteeing. 
The first seedling we have offered that was derived 
from Friendship, Southern Belle may be described as 
a taller, larger glad than Friendship and of a somewhat 
deeper and slightly warmer tint of pink. In addition 
to its sparkling pink color and contrasty white throat, 
Southern Belle has a narrow petal-margin of shim- 
mering silver. This picoteeing is very soft and light— 
just a delicate pearly flush about a sixteenth of an 
inch wide. In no sense of the word is it a smoky 
picoteeing. The effect is quite decorative and original. 
Southern Belle is an ace performer, producing mas- 
sive, yet graceful and stretchy show spikes with as- 
sembly-line regularity. A glad of superlative health 
and a splendid propagator. A worthy offspring of a 
great variety. With Nordic Queen it makes a pair of 
stalwart, yet classically beautiful, introductions. 
We had not planned to introduce this seedling this 
year, but runaway propagation made it possible. Since 
we did not plan to introduce it, we did not send out 
any trial bulbs and hence have no comments from 
other growers. Southern Belle is such a vivid, fresh 
tone of pink, however, and such an impressive spike 
maker, that we feel that its popularity is assured. 
Southern Belle is as much a queen in its own right as 
Nordic Queen! 
Any size, each, $2; 6 for $10; 12 for $20. 
1L, 1M, 1S, 10 Blbts. for $6. 
5L, 5M, 15S, 100 Blbts. for $40. 
¥ pint bulblets for $150. 
(301) (Fischer, 1952) (65 days) 
Crusader ((Rose O’Day x Legend) x 
(Elizabeth the Queen x Lavender & Gold)) (Seedling 
No. 8-47) 
Our color plate of Crusader (Page 32) is so accurate 
that it seems superfluous to paint much of a word 
picture of this fine introduction. 
As an orchid-throated glad, Crusader is tops. Its 
large, velvety purple throat makes a flashing contrast 
with the snowy-white ground. It is far and away the 
most striking blotched white glad that I have ever 
seen. I'll refrain from odious comparisons, but you 
may take my word for it that Crusader is most out- 
standing. 
Some people compute the beauty of a glad with a 
tape-measure and an adding machine (counting buds, 
measuring florets, etc.) This nonsense arouses my ire. 
One might think that one of the new giant, soulless, 
computing machines would be the ideal judge of a 
glad’s beauty and worth. But beauty is a far more 
subtle and spiritual quality than that. I'll be happy to 
await the decision of the non-technical beauty -lover 
on the beauty and value of Crusader!! 
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