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ALL AMERICA SELECTIONS 
ROYAL CARPET ALYSSUM 
Silver Medal 
The rich violet counterpart to the white 
Carpet of Snow Alyssum. It is only a couple 
of inches high but spreads to 10 or more 
inches across and is covered with a sheet 
of bloom over a long season. Very uniform 
in type and color, Royal Carpet is perfect 
for edgings and ground cover. It is the first 
new alyssum in 12 years and is strikingly 
beautiful and contrasting in color with the 
white. 
COMANCHE PETUNIA 
Bronze Medal 
The reddest of red petunias, richer, bright- 
er, more uniform scarlet red and larger than 
Fire Chief Petunia, the Gold Medal Winner 
for 1949. Single flowers, 22 to 234 inches 
in diameter, have superior substance and 
provide valuable cutting material, It grows 
about 13 inches high and holds its red color 
under shady and foggy conditions, Its hy- 
brid vigor makes this a grand bedder, 
standing erect in most weather. 
FOR NINETEEN FIFTY-THREE ° 
Staying One Step Ahead 
It has always been our policy to offer our customers the best 
merchandise available, only proven flower and vegetable 
seeds and the latest gardening aids. Our catalog lists some of 
the things we have to offer. It is the many services we offer 
which cannot be pictured nor adequately described, that can 
make all the difference between success and failure in your 
garden. Come in and talk over your gardening problems with 
us. 
In line with our policy of staying “one step ahead,” this year 
we are featuring the All-America selections, the newest and 
best offered in the seed world. 
Each year the All-America Selections Council chooses new 
flowers and vegetables which have been proved noteworthy, 
and presents Gold, Silver and Bronze medals according to their 
worth. 
This year, instead of individual vegetable awards for 1953 
introduction, the All-America Selections Council announced 
a collection of the best all-time home garden vegetables chosen 
from previous All-America Selections. These vegetables 
(shown on the opposite page) provide a nicely-balanced col- 
lection for a home garden. They have high quality, flavor, 
tenderness and high yield, plus disease resistance. They are 
adapted to our local climate and soil conditions and give both 
garden and table satisfaction. 
Flowers chosen by the Council for 1953 introduction are 
shown on the left. These two All-America winners are top- 
notch novelties of long-lasting characteristics. Every garden 
can use them both. They are continuous, all-season bloomers, 
colorful and delightful. Try planting either or both in your 
garden this year and you'll be charmed with the result. 
THE JUDGES TEST THE NEW 
Making news in the Gladiolus world 
are the following outstanding varie- 
ties: 
King David—deep royal purple with 
a velvet throat. 
Edith Warr—light rose florets high- 
lighted by a faintly rose-lined throat. 
Forsythia—fluted ruffled yellow. 
Tyrone—lavender with a cream speck- 
led throat. 
Howard V. Wright — light yellow 
shading to a deeper throat. 
Columbia — creamy white florets 
edged in bright rose. 
Valentine—light orange with a deep 
orange heart shaped blotch. 
Some of the finest new chrysanthe- 
mums include: 
Alex Cumming—cerise buds matur- 
ing into rosy red flowers touched 
lightly with geld in the center. 
Jubilee—informal pompon. Crimson 
to clear red. 
Spindrift—single, daisy-type mum of 
velvety red. 
Three of the loveliest Dahlias recently 
taking awards are: 
Patricia Spollen — orange, large in- 
curved cactus type. 
Stoplight — carmine red, medium 
straight cactus. 
Marion Glenn—peony purple, medi- 
um size. 
