Hand Pollinated Gladiolus Seed 
The greatest of all thrilis in growing glads is the 
waising of seedlings. The element of suspense and the 
chance of originating a fine new seedling that you can 
name and introduce, or have introduced for you by some 
cataloger, is a vision that appeals to every person 
possessed of the slightest vestige of gambling instinct 
in his make-up. 
There is but a handful of catalogers who offer hand 
pollinated seed for sale. The process of pollination 
is not mysterious or complicated, but it does take con- 
‘siderable time, some thought in making “likely” 
matches, and diligence in keeping reliable records. 
‘To insure the buyer of getting seed that is apparently 
viable, each seed must be hand tested individually with 
fingers or forceps before counting it into a packet. So 
few are willing to go to all this trouble to produce seed 
for sale. Most find only enough time to produce seed 
for their own needs. 
The seeds offered in the crosses listed below have 
been made by my associate, Mr. David Hipple, who, un- 
ike myself devotes no time to cut-flower production or 
‘to showing. His entire summer was planned, executed, 
and dedicated to the pollination of glads so- that one of 
the best selections of crosses to be found anywhere 
could be listed in this catalog. He has made use of 
ssome of the newest and most promising varieties as 
well as employing many of the older ones that have 
proved their worth as reliable parents. 
We are again offering several crosses of miniature 
and small type glads, also some combinations of these 
~with Jarger varieties designed to incorporate the vir- 
“tues of both into the possible production of a new strain 
of medium size glads, the size group which is now 
so weak at our shows, 
In many cases only one packet per cross is available, 
and others are considerably limited. Order early to 
avoid disappointment, and always indicate alternate 
choices. 
Remember, conditions of growth being beyond our 
control, no guarantee of germination or ultimate crop is 
made, but with reasonable care you should have grati- 
fving results. and when you eventually get some stock 
«of a good one worked up Summit Gardens would like 
to be given the opportunity to introduce it for you. 
f Seeds are put up in uniform packeis of 20. All crosses 
Wisted are 50c per packet. 
CROSSES INVOLVING SMALL TYPE VARIETIES 
Arethusa x Bo-Peep 
Aria x Fairyland 
Bo-Peep x Better Times 
Bo-Peep x Little Gold 
Bo-Peep x Wedgewood 
Crinklette x Cream Orchid 
Crinklette x White Lace 
Fairyland x Bo-Peep 
Fairyland x Fifth Avenue 
Kewpie x Bo-Peep 
Kewpie x Figurine 
Lavender & Gold x Crinklette 
Little Gold x Bo-Peep 
Little Gold x Figurine 
Little Gold x White Lace 
Little King x Bo-Peep 
Lucille x Figurine 
Pink Ribbon x Bo-Peep 
Pink Ribbon x Wedgewood 
Pink Ribbon x White Lace 
Queen of the Bremen x White Lace 
Rosy Red x Crinklette 
Starlet x Cream Orchid 
Starlet x Figurine 
Starlet x Little Gold 
The Orchid x Bo-Peep 
The Orchid x White Lace 
Wedgewood x Bo-Peep 
Wedgewood x Crinklette 
Wedgewood x Little Gold 
Wedgewood x Pink Ribbon 
White Lace x Bo-Pee 
White Lace x Little Gold 
Yellow Gold x Kewpie 
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