ww SO(513) (Beatrice Palmer, 
Manchu ee ore 945) (OU) days) 1G batz— 
er’s Triumph x Golden Dream) X (Picardy x Com. 
Koehl)) Prof. Palmer’s sister, who has also given us 
some fine glads, scored a bull’s-eye when she named 
this pink-flushed, lacquered buff-yellow Manchu. It’s 
hard to put one’s finger on what it is that gives this 
glad such an oriental-type personality: its unusual 
perky form or its strange blend of colors, which in- 
clude a red diamond-shaped blotch in the throat. But 
Manchu is truly a slant-eyed beauty—the geisha-girl 
of the glad patch. We cut thousands of magnificent 
buggy-whip spikes of Manchu last summer. It was 
unbelievably good. If you haven’t tried this variety, 
don’t fail to do so. It’s much more beautiful than the 
spikes in Mr. Starker’s novel arrangement on page 35 
suggest. 
CL 2-.25; 10-1.00) (M 10-.60) 
(S 10-.30) (Blbts. Pkg. .25) 
“T tried Manchu this year and, believe it or not, the 
shortest spike in the field was 67 inches and the tallest 
72 inches. Its color is different and worthy of being in 
anybody’s garden.” —C. H. Witt, Nebraska 
*_* *& (454) (Salman, 1947) (85 
Mansoer ee days) Glossy brownish- 
maroon is the phrase that best describes this tall-grow- 
ing plain-petalled Holland origination. Though prone 
to fade in the sun, the unusual color and commendable 
vigor of Mansoer have made it a fairly popular variety. 
(CL 2-.25; 10-1.00) (M 10-.60) 
xk * 
Margaret Beaton >. 
(401) (Twomey, 1937) (85 days) (Offspring of two un- 
identified varieties purchased at a dime store.) Snow- 
white with a distinct scarlet “eye”, like the Graf Zep- 
pelin or Prime Minister phlox is this whiter version of 
Salman’s Glory. One of the best of the old-timers, 
now listed for the fifteenth year. 
(L 2-.25; 10-1.00) (M 10-.60) 
(S 10-.30) (Blbts. Pkg. .25) 
Me x * s (412) (R. Pruitt, 1949) (85 days) You 
& e e e will appreciate the virility of this 
ruffled and rolled clear yellow whose tall straight 
spikes make it a worth-while late cutter. If you are 
tired of Spotlight and are looking for an all-around 
good yellow, try Meg, which comes from the originator 
of the famous Aureole. 
(L 2-.25; 10-1.00) (M 10-.60) 
(S 10-.30) (Blbts. Pkg. .25) 
* * x _* 550 Knierim, 
Mid-America se [31)) Gs iueo 
(Red Charm x Snow Cruiser) A glad-elephant of a 
silky geranium-red color, growing about 60-66 inches 
tall and opening up to ten giant florets at a time. 
Rather a floppy variety but very popular because of its 
size and nice color. 
(L 1-.20; 10-1.50) CM 2-.25; 10-1.00) 
(S 10-.60) (Blbts. 15-.25; 100-1.50) 
. *_* & (552) (Butt, 
Mighty Monarch (318) 056 
days) (Red Charm x Hindenburg’s Memory) Recom- 
mended for hybridizing because of its height and 
vigor is this deep, true red which will produce 15-bud 
spikes even from bulblets. Not a finished flower but 
seemingly a half-way step to something most worth- 
while. 
(L 1-.20; 10-1.50) (M 2-.25; 10-1.00) 
(S 10-.50) (Blbts. Pkg. .35) 
Miss Wisconsin 77> (0c 
(90 days) (Picardy x Dream O’Beauty) Its general 
excellence induced us to restore Miss Wisconsin to our 
list in spite of its poor propagation. A soft rose, mel- 
lower than Chamouny, this glad will reward you with 
truly massive flowerheads. A very regular performer. 
(L 2-.25; 10-1.00) (M 10-.60) 
(S 10-.30) (Blbts. Pkg. .25) 
Mixture For those who don’t have the hob- 
byist’s instinct to have their glads 
labelled or who like an unlabelled collection just to see 
what surprises it may have in store for them, we make 
up this mixture from the regular varieties in our list, 
often including some high priced variety that we may 
be long on and sometimes putting in a few interesting 
seedlings that were too good to discard. I don’t be- 
lieve a better mixture is available anywhere. 
(L 3-.25; 10-.70) (M 10-.50) 
(S 10-.30) (Blbts. Pkg. .15) 
“T ordered 100 of your Noweta Mix last year and you 
sent 160 bulbs. Kept 50 for myself, as I had ordered 
them for a customer. Had wonderful blooms on them 
—the best mix I ever saw. Had one that I marked and 
kept, that every way you looked at it in the sun it 
was a different color. Kind of a red but a beauty. 
Also a couple of large whites that were dandies.” 
—C. A. Livesay, North Dakota 
* ww & & (400 Fis- 
Mother Fischer 522+) (fs 
(85 days) (Pink Paragon x Elizabeth the Queen) If 
you want a white which grows 67 inches tall, which 
throws 60-inch spikes from even No. 5 bulbs, which 
produces a flowerhead sometimes a yard long, which 
has much heavier substance than even Florence Night- 
ingale, and which is, in addition, gorgeously ruffled, 
grow Mother Fischer! We are happy, indeed, at the 
fine performance of this variety, not only in the locale 
of its origination but seemingly quite generally to 
judge by the fine spikes we saw at shows last summer 
and the fine reports from customers that we received. 
(See page 6.) Mother Fischer is a white velvet glad 
like White Christmas but infinitely easier to grow, and 
from an entirely different parentage. The spike pic- 
tured on page 24 illustrates the kind of flowerhead this 
variety will give you from virtually every bulb. Some 
seasons Mother Fischer will come white as new-fallen 
snow. Other years when it is cool and rainy, there 
will be an inconspicuous lavender line in the throat. 
Either way, it is a magnificent glad, unexcelled for 
exhibition and tops also as a commercial. Mother 
Fischer was three-spike grand and second-day grand 
champion at the Minnesota State Show last summer. 
Florence Nightingale, White Goddess, Silver Wings, 
Sierra Snow, and Mother Fischer were voted the five 
leading exhibition whites in the N.A.G.C, Symposium. 
In the same symposium it was one of the thirteen best 
commercials of the 1951 introductions. 
(L 1-1.00; 10-8.00) (M 1-.75; 10-6.00) 
(S 1-.50; 10-4.00) (Blbts. 10-1.00; 100-8.00) 
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