Sans Souci for its grand color and tall reliable growth. Both Dancing Flame and Flame Girl 
can make outstanding spikes of rich scarlet while a well grown Harold K. is truly immense 
in a deep scarlet shade. Carnival and Scarlet Glory are eye catchers with their contrasting 
throats of white and cream. We also like Atom, the most popular miniature, and Red Cherry, 
a fine early cutter. 
The light pink glads are always well represented and this year is no exception. Clarence 
D. Fortnam has proven to be a fine commercial as well as being one of the most beautiful. 
Miss Holland, much like the old Coryphee in color, is a straight strong grower and should 
become widely grown. Sweet 16 we look to go all the way as a commercial — its beautiful 
color and near perfect growing habits make it a must have. Skyway and Friendship are two 
valuable early ones while Evangeline can certainly make tall impressive spikes from all size 
bulbs and in spite of misplacing is a grand commercial and show variety. The cherry throated 
Conn- Yankee ranks with Spic & Span as the leading winner of grand championships. 
Two 1952 introductions stood out in the deep pink class — Painted Lady, to us similar 
to, but even more striking than Boise Belle, and Jessie Mae a highly ruffled cut flower type 
variety. Kokomo Giant made huge spikes with up to 9 formally placed blooms open at once 
while Citation grew the tallest of anything in our fields — some spikes reaching 61/)’-7’ in 
ey iee Of course Spic G Span goes on its merry way winning Grand Championships left 
and right. 
Among the light red varieties Poimsettia lived up to our expectations with its fine spikes 
and good healthy growth. It should make a topnotch cut flower. Mid America and Leah 
Gorham we expect to continue as the leading exhibition varieties. 
Our favorite of the deep reds is Dee Twelve which we think has the finest color of the 
red varieties as well as being a tall reliable grower. Also catching our eye this year were Capt. 
Kidd and Deep Velvet with their smooth velvety color. Big Joe certainly lives up to its name 
with huge spikes but Jo Wagenaar runs it a close second for size and has better placement. 
The “big noise” of the black reds is Dark David with its huge florets and good healthy 
growth tho we wish the color was a bit clearer. Black Cherry still leads for blue ribbons but 
is getting more competition from Mrs. R. G. Errey, Hamlet, and Black Knight as well as Dark 
David. We especially like Ruffled Night for its clear glistening color, excellent ruffling, and 
neat precise spikes. The two darkest ones for us are Abesinnie and Negus, two new ones from 
Holland. 
The light rose class we think has some of the most outstanding of the newer glads. 
Fransesca, on sheer beauty alone, would be a topnotcher but combined with good growth and 
health is truly outstanding. Pennant gave us wonderfully consistent growth, every spike like the 
one before with 8-10 formally placed blooms open on a 41/4’ spike. Glad Tidings is a deeper 
shade — just the color the florists are looking for — and gave us many fine spikes. We feel 
Andrena is a much overlooked glad because with us it has everything — beautiful color, a 
100% cutter, good propagation, and health. It is one of our favorites. We also prefer Elmer 
Rose to Noweta Rose, even tho it doesn’t open as many, because of its clearer color and more 
consistent growth. Rosy Future has proved itself a fine commercial because of its fine habits 
and clear color. 
Karen is attracting much attention among the deep rose glads due to its distinctive color 
combination. Noweta Rose still leads the exhibition varieties although New York, a new one 
from Holland, should provide stiff competition. Madeline Hefty is a fine cutter and a most 
reliable grower and appeals to us as a commercial. Lila Wallace, with its slender graceful 
spike is a topnotch arrangement variety and Mallow is about the tallest in this color. 
Grown only from small bulbs by us, Heirloom showed much promise. We thought the 
color and spike formation to be tops, the only question remaining is how tall it will be from 
large bulbs. This year’s introduction, Princess, should go far on the show table and we are 
quite enthusiastic about its commercial qualities. Tyrone has that true lavender color we like 
but only would open six blooms for us this year. Sublime is a much earlier variety than 
Tyrone in a similar color. Bridal Orchid can be breathtaking when the color is clear while 
Sunday Best and W. H. Hosmer have proven to be fine commercials. Orchid Fantasy should 
win easily in the 366 class and Wedgwood is, of course, one of the most beautiful and a must 
have for arrangements. 
King David and The Rajah seem to have jumped to the head of the purple class. Both 
are reliable growers The Rajah the tallest and King David able to open the most. We like 
both for any use. Last year’s introduction, Royal Scot, gave us topnotch spikes of rich royal 
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