“Florentine looks very fine . . . If it repeats, it will 
jostle the top ones.” 
—Leland Phillips Murphy, Ohio 
“White Christmas, Velvet Mantle, and Florentine 
were grand, especially Florentine.” 
—Geo. N. Soffe, Utah 
“Heart O’Gold was a beauty and the first one that 
bloomed. All the others were grand, but Florentine 
was the favorite.” 
—Mrs. Grace Thurn, Iowa 
*_* (401) (Fischer, 1949) (70 days) 
Freedom e e (Angelica X (Sweetheart x 
Incense)) The white-velvet glad with the startling 
bright rose throat blotches. Freedom will open up to 
nine florets on very formal flowerheads and custom- 
arily grows five feet tall. Color is a little creamy un- 
less bloomed indoors. Opens perfectly in water. This 
glad won 21 firsts in its color class at glad shows in 
1950 but the excessive rain of 1951 was not to its liking. 
Hence the lower rating. The spike of Freedom shown 
on page 17 leans too far back to reveal properly the 
beautiful lip markings of brightest rose. 
(L 1-.25; 10-2.00) (M 10-1.00) 
(S 10-.50) (Blbts. Pkg. .30) 
< * wk *k *k « (440) (Fischer, 
Friendship -~. i515) (65 days 
((Picardy x Maid of Orleans) X (Gloaming x Seed- 
ling)) At the crest of popularity in the glad world 
today is this ravishingly beautiful new pure-pink, pic- 
tured on our back over. Throughout the entire floral 
kingdom, pure-pink is a comparatively rare color. 
Most pinks tend to fall towards either the warm side 
(salmon) or the cool side (rose). While rose and sal- 
mon are beautiful colors, too, there is something about 
pure pink that puts it at the apex of etherealness. No 
wonder, therefore, that when the noted gladiolus im- 
pressario, Elmer Gove, saw Friendship for the first 
time, he said with his inimitable bluntness, “Friend- 
ship makes other pinks look sick!” Truly, Friendship 
is the pinkest of the pinks. It is the first variety one 
thinks of when pink glads are mentioned. 
But it takes more than exquisite freshness of color 
to create the charm that Friendship possesses. It takes 
beauty of form, which Friendship also exhibits to a 
lavish degree. The florets, of which up to eight are 
open on 55-inch spikes, have the opulent, round, wide- 
open form, enhanced by a lacy ruffling, which typifies 
the highest form of gladiolus beauty. 
Generously endowed with both beauty and vigor, 
Friendship is a prime favorite with florists, who love it 
for its long ribbony spikes and frosty pink color. “If 
I could choose but one glad for my floral work the year 
round, it would be Friendship,” wrote an Iowa florist 
last year. 
Though a supreme beauty at any season, Friendship 
has the special merit of being a “first-early.” Douglas 
Neff, who handles the Noweta Gardens varieties in 
Canada, and who has the leading early cut-flower 
business in Eastern Canada, told me that he made 
more money on Friendship as a cut-flower last year 
than on any other variety. Mr. Neff took a swing 
around the continent from California to British Colum- 
The Iowa Gladiolus Society will be host to the 
Central International Gladiolus Show to be held 
at Sioux City, Iowa on August 9-10, 1952. Give 
yourself a treat and meet your friends at one of 
the biggest and best displays of gladiolus staged 
in America. 
bia last summer during the blooming season. When 
he returned, he reported that he had not heard one 
word of criticism of Friendship from any of the many 
growers he visited. All had nothing but praise for it. 
No glad is perfect, but Friendship comes extraordi- 
narily close to being fault-free. 
Whether you are a fancier or a grower of cut-flow- 
ers, it will pay you to make Friendship the keystone 
of your collection. If you order no more than 100 
small bulbs from our wholesale list, it will produce for 
you 100 lovely spikes whose size will surprise you. 
Every one without exception of the growers and fan- 
ciers who sent in their ratings on the varieties in this 
catalog, concurred in a four-star, four-dot rating for 
Friendship. Friendship was one of only three varieties 
in this catalog which were unanimously voted a four- 
four rating. Voted the third best pink commercial by 
the N.A.G.C. Symposium committee being superceded 
only by Spic and Span and Tivoli. Friendship was 
grand champion at Omaha last summer. 
(L 1-.25; 10-2.00) (M 10-1.00) 
(S 10-.50) (Blbts. Pkg. .30) 
* * *& = = «(480) (R. Pruitt, 1949) (85 
Frosty oe days) This massive orange- 
salmon Picardy derivative has such a heavy, frosty 
sheen that it was technically classified as a smoky. If 
so, it is surely about the most beautiful smoky we have 
ever seen. A few spikes last summer rated four stars. 
If you haven’t tried this, be sure to include it on your 
list. We admit, however, that it is a slow propagator. 
(L 1-.60; 10-4.00) (M 1-.40; 10-3.00) 
(S 1-.30; 10-2.00) (Blbts. 6-.25; 100-3.00) 
kk * (432) (Harris, 1944) (80 
Gaylore ee e e days) (Picardy x Maid 
of Orleans) Gaylore, always good, and always a prime 
cutter, simply outdid itself last summer. Larger and 
huskier than usual, it reminded us of the new giant in 
gladland, Dolly Varden, from the same originator, of 
which I feel sure it is the pollen parent. In color 
Gaylore is a medium-light salmon-pink with a distinct 
cream throat. Its long, tapering spikes are simply a 
joy to cut. 
(L 2-.25; 10-1.00) (M 10-.60) 
(S 10-.35) (Blbts. Pkg. .25) 
Gene *_* * (410) (Farrington, 1949) (70 days) 
e e e ((Arethusa x Shirley Temple) X 
Alchemy) This intensely-frilled, flat-open, triangular- 
floreted, translucent light yellow will open 7-8 well- 
attached florets at a time on nice flowerheads. There 
is a crystalline fragility to its beauty which belies its 
stamina. Gene has already won the plaudits of many 
fanciers and growers and, I feel sure, it will win yours. 
Our picture on page 29 falls far short of doing it justice. 
(L 1-.25; 10-2.00) (M 2-.25; 10-1.00) 
(S 3-.25; 10-.70) (Blbts. 15-.25; 100-1.50) 
General Eisenhower **~ 
(542) (Salman, 1948) (85 days) General Eisenhower, 
a massive light salmon-pink, is a bit indeterminate as 
to color, seemingly made up of two intermingled shades 
like the old W. H. Phipps. A good commercial type of 
extraordinary vigor that cuts well from small bulbs. 
(L 2-.25; 10-1.00) (M 10-.60) 
(S 10-.35) (Blbts. Pkg. .25) 
“Regal Red—a fine red; the best I ever saw. This 
created a great deal of comment.” 
—G. E. Clark, Michigan 
