SUNDAY BEST (Pletcher ’50) 566 (M). An attractive glad, and a good 
reliable performer here. We like the color, which is a light lavender-rose 
(560 here) with occasional deeper flecking and a creamy throat. Florets 
are large, round, and well placed on tall straight spikes. 6-8 widely-opened 
florets. We have to admit that the plain-petalled florets are not quite as 
attractive as the more ruffled or frilled petals of Andrena, Columbia, 
and others, but we still like Sunday Best very much. 
L $1.00, M .60, S .35, Blts. 2—.25, 10—$1.00 
SUN SPOT (Roberts ’45) 417 (M). Our first introduction is still going 
strong after six years in the shows (it didn’t start its winning career until 
the 1946 season). In fact 1951 was by far its best year to date, with at 
least 4 Grand Championships, 5 Reserve Championships, and 3 second- 
day Championships in shows thus far reported. Not only one of the top 
show winners of all time, but now a leading cut flower glad as well. 
Florists really go for this lovely ruffled apricot-buff with the rose-red 
throat spot; it combines so beautifully with all other flowers in autumn 
shades of yellow, bronze, and orange. A stunning basket or other ar- 
rangement can be made by combining Sun Spot with a few spikes of 
Orangeade or Skylark; although a vase of Sun Spot alone is very ef- 
fective. The slightly subdued throat markings of Sun Spot do not “hit 
one in the eye” as vividly as the flamboyant blotches of Pactolus, but it is 
a glad that can be used where the latter variety would be entirely out of 
place. Sun Spot is pictured on the front cover in accurate color. It is a fast 
propagating variety, and a good germinator of bulblets which grow into 
nice bulbs of good size. For a garden thrill and for blue ribbons and 
championship rosettes at the shows, plant plenty of Sun Spot this year. 
Sun Spot’s 1951 show record includes: Grand Championships at both the 
Rome and Elmira regional shows of E.S.G.S., Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, and 
Winnipeg, Canada; Reserve Championships at Tri-State, W.I.G.S.-Yakima, 
Lima, N. Y., Ottawa, Canada, and Binghamton-Eastern International; 
Second-Day Championships at Rhode Island, Rome, and Central Inter- 
national; also an almost unheard-of 3rd-day championship at the Rhode 
Island Show! In addition there were many 3-spike awards, sectional and 
divisional championships, etc., to its credit. 
L .25, M 2—.25, S 4—.25, Blts. 25—.25, 100—.75 
TARAWA (Palmer 746) 436 (EM). In spite of the annual parade of 
good new reds, we can’t yet bring ourselves to discard Tarawa. Some others 
are taller, a few are larger, but Tarawa still thrills us with its long ribbon 
of brilliant color. Slightly lighter and brighter than Crimson Tide, it 
exhibits much of the same attractive ruffling and good substance, al- 
though neither are quite as heavy as in the latter variety. Flowerhead is 
of good length, with 8 or 9 large round florets open at once. Stem below 
first flower usually a little short. 
M 4—.25, S 8—.25, Blts. 40—.25, 100—.50 
TERRIFIC (Wilson 750) 412 (EM). Introduced as the best new yellow to 
date, its performance here has been good but not as “terrific” as we 
had anticipated. Not as outstanding here as Robert Alan or Sundance 
in color or flowerhead. Maybe it just doesn’t like our soil or climate. A 
rather light shade of yellow with us; some throat markings do not add 
to its color value. We are reserving final judgment until next year; 
pate Bra ors rate this yellow one of the best. Opens quite a lot of flowers 
at a time. 
L $2.00, M $1.00, S .50, Bits. 2—.30, 10—$1.25 
“The order of glad bulbs we received from you last spring were the 
nicest we have seen, although we have ordered bulbs elsewhere for many 
years. We enjoyed the smokies, especially SOUTH SEAS and STORMY 
WEATHER, which you sent as extras.” Mrs. G. H., Missouri, 11/21/51 
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