Happy New Year-1953! 
Once again we wish to extend cordial greetings to our old friends and 
customers; as well as those new friends who might be induced to send us 
an order this season. 
The Ladies, especially, will notice that we have a department now for 
the small or miniature type gladiolus; and have purchased and grown about 
25 or more varieties. In many of these we have enough stock to supply a 
good many “collections,” such as we are listing, and we hope that a sub- 
stantial number of our friends will have a try with these small glads for 
an added thrill. We do not have the stock to sell them wholesale, so far, 
but hope to in another season or two. 
There are a good many new varieties being placed on the market from 
year to year, but in many cases we are very partial to one of the older sorts, 
unless the new Glad shows superior quality. We have not yet found some- 
thing that we believe surpasses Red Charm, Burma, Aureole, Elizabeth The 
Queen, Friendship, Wedgwood or Mother Fischer—in their respective 
classes. Bring ’em along boys, if they are better, and we will soon find it 
out. Tyrone and Gold, two of the newer things made a fine showing this 
season, and might make the grade in one more try. Columbia was also 
great; Flashlight too, and the great “Silcherlied” was a grand glad. Maybe 
they will wiggle into our heart-strings strong enough to displace some- 
thing—another season. 
You can read symposiums in every Glad Bulletin, or Glad Fanciers 
Guide Book, so we will not go on into that. Suffice to say that we had a 
grand time through the summer, enjoyed the Big Show here, and had a 
great time with our own seedlings. Hope to bloom some “miniature” 
seedlings next summer; and a good many the year following. Come on 
over and visit our garden. Fifteen acres of nice glads. Hope to see a lot 
of you in Cleveland at the Convention. 
TERMS OF SALE: 
All orders at the retail price will be prepaid to your address providing they amount 
to $3 or more. Parcel Post rates have reached a point where smaller orders bring us 
a loss (postage considered). We try to include some extra bulbs with every order for 
every customer to try out. Customers in Iowa should add sales tax. Dust your plants 
with 5% DDT dust, as soon as three leaves are up, and apply it every ten days, and you 
will have fine bloom, assuming that you have some rainfall and fair cultivation. 
ALL COLLECTIONS—WILL BE LABELED—EXCEPT 
MIXTURES ON PAGE 15. 
Soy Bese 
