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THE GLADIOLUS FANCIER’S 
YELLOW—10 Series 
312 CATHERINE BEATH (Coutts- 
Evans ’51) LM. Very clean and deep 
yellow. Color rating 94. Excellent 
commercial, rated A. Superior exhibi- 
tion use rating, AA. Like Luxury, 
Boldface and Mid-America it tops its 
color class for Valleevue color ratings. 
Fact is Mr. Manley has rated 1328 
recent gladiolus and of them all only 
two have higher color rating (Strath- 
naver and Alter Ego). 
The florets average 4-414 inches. 
The Canadian Gladiolus Growers Club 
rated it 83 points in ’47 (their over- 
all rating), 86.6 points in ’48 and 88 
points in 749. 
Open spikes in the field stood the 4 
successive Ohio record breaking hot 
days of ’52 with no sign of a wilted 
floret. (So did many other varieties). 
But, when soggy rains came this 
variety was one of but few to be 
unaffected. (We have sold no bloom 
for about 10 years, allow spikes by 
the thousands to bloom out to tip 
before removal so we acquire early 
knowledge of what a variety can 
stand in the field.) 
Only 3 other glads received an Exh. 
AA in 1950, one of them a miniature, 
only 22 other glads out of 485 rated 
received a Com’l A, so Catherine 
Beath is starting ott on its career 
with just about every blessing Vallee- 
vue can grant. Remember, Mr. Manley 
said “the yellow group had in it the 
finest yellows ever displayed. They 
certainly spell doom for many of our 
present yellows” and this yellow re- 
ceived his highest ratings. 
In ’50 was Color Champion at the 
Ohio (East Liverpool) show. 
In ’51 firsts noted at Central Ohio, 
Ohio state, R. I. state and Ind. state. 
In the NAGC symposium of ’51 intro- 
ductions rated for exhibition, all colors, 
Catherine Beath was fourth. In CGS 
symposium, yellow section, second only 
to Spotlight in number of A_ votes 
and rates 14th in “best 50, all colors”. 
In ’52, first at Ohio (Worthington) (2), 
Empire (East Aurora) (2), Empire 
(Lima), Minn. (Albert Lea), also sec- 
tion champ, NW Ohio (Toledo) (2) 
also section champ, Ohio State (Cleve- 
land) (2) also Color Champion. 
Valleevue (Vv) ratings, 94-AA-A. 
This is our 3rd year of exclusive dis- 
tribution of Catherine Beath to U. S. 
buyers. The following prices are the 
first “break” available to commercial 
growers not listing the variety. Early 
orders are suggested. 
See illustration, page 382. 
Each L .75 M .75 (No bonus with 
single bulb purchases). 
3 L or M for $1.80. With each pur- 
chase of 3 L or M bulbs, there will be 
supplied a bonus of nine (9) S bulbs. 
(That’s 4 bulbs at the price of one 
and the one at the 10 rate besides). 
An example would be 10 L plus 30 S 
(40 bulbs) for just $6. 
Or 50 L and 50 M plus 300 S (400 
bulbs) for $60. etc. 
512 GARDEN GOLD (Rich-Evans ’48) 
LM. Six inch florets of golden yellow, 
slightly deeper in throat. Color is 
always pure and clean. Lightly ruffled, 
edges frilled. Tall, long, strong spikes. 
Propagation medium and supply is 
small. 
Takes its share of firsts in Eastern 
shows. 
Our rating 85-A-C. 
Each L .50 M .380 S .15 Bits 100/$2. 
412 GOLD (Marshall ’51) (our ’51 co- 
introduction) EM. Clear, unmarked 
yellow, somewhat ruffled. Medium- 
tall spikes, 7 open. 
In ’50 received two Awards of Merit, 
Chicago and Edwardsville, III. 
In ’51, from the 6 large and 6 medium 
bulbs on trial at Valleevue, Tom 
Manley secured firsts at Binghamton 
and East Liverpool and Color Cham- 
pion at both Central Ohio (Worthing- 
ton) and W. Va. (Wheeling). Quite 
a dividend for the variety, over and 
above the high ratings secured. 
In the NAGC R. I. symposiums Gold 
topped the 412 series and placed second 
best R. I., all colors in both exhibition 
and commercial ratings. 
In ’52 C.G.S. symposium rated A and 
16th in list of best 50 glads. 
Vv test ratings, 90-B-A. 
See illustration. 
Each L 1.00 M .75 S .50 Bits 10 /.50. 
511 GOLDEN FLUTE (Hartman ’50) M. 
Very light yellow with slight pink 
cast. Cherry pencil and slight brush 
on deep yellow lip petal. 7 inches and 
larger, 7 and more open on flower- 
heads 25-30 inches on very tall spikes. 
18-20 buds. 
Our heavy, large bulbs produced an 
average of 28 bulblets each. 
Has been seedling champion at Tri- 
State, Toledo, Chagrin Falls, Solon, 
and 2 Pa. (state) shows. Secured 
Award of merit at Detroit (Sree. 
Mich.) and American Home Medal at 
Ind. (state). Has been grand cham- 
pion at Chagrin Falls, Toledo and 
Solon. We checked 9 firsts in ’50. 
