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WHEN YOU THINK OF FRAGRANT GLADS 
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1953 THINK OF’ 1953 
O. EB, Spencem-103 #, Glen Avenue ORE gee ee 
Dear Friends, 
This 14s my eleventh catalog and 1953 will be my 
27th year of hybridizimg glads.1I made my first fragrant cross- 
es with Mibloom in 1933, I now have 8 fragrant varities of my 
own breeding in this catalog. Most of the early fragrant var- 
feties were “chance crosses", My seedlings have bsen the result 
of eroSsing and selecting for fragrance 50 that some of these 
mow carry up to 4 different strains of fragrant blood and have 
five or six generations of fragrant ancestors. Ll have been sur- 
prised that there has been so Tittle competition in this field 
but for some time many of the growers were skeptical about fra- 
grance in glads. 
Agaim this yean Blmer Gove’ has bought half of the stock of 
Pnogress and Pink Fragrance, my two new varieties for 19535, 
Othen growers will. be: listing my older varieties this year. 
We had a drovth here in Tllinois from August on until dig- 
ging time and so the erop. of large bulbs ana bulhblets was short. 
I also had a new experience this year,"Grub Worms", Seme varie- 
ties were damaged from 10% to 30%, Pink Fragrance was so badly 
chewed up that after I had sent Gove the bulbs I had promised 
him, I find I eannot. offer bulbs of it this year. MORAL--“Never 
count your bulbs until they are’ dug. 
‘My one business rule remains the same as it has always 
been, “YOU MUST BS UNCONDITIONALIY SATISFIED, WITHOUT ANY RES- 
ERVATION, AND YOU ARE TO Bs THE JUDGE." 
Sincerely, 
8 B. Spencer 
PINK FRAGRANCE 
Parentage: Frilled Fragrance X Summer Breeze 
PINK FRAGRANCE is practically the same breeding as "THISISII" 
except the sport of New Bra,Frilled Fragrance, was used in place 
of New Era in the cross, PINK FRAGRANCE is very similar to 
THISIS IT in floret form and fragrance but the color is a clear 
light pink shading lighter in the throat, instead of the warmer 
salmon pink of THISISIT, 6-8 open,43" heavily ruffled florets 
of good substance, on a 19 bud always straight spike. THIS IS:IT 
has been one of my most popular seedlings so I expect PINK FRA- 
CRANCE to be well received. 
Sorry no bulbs this year do to grub worm damage. 
PROGRESS 
Parentage: (Incense: X Incense )X(Arethusa X New Era) X Perfume ) 
PROGRESS is the first seedling to ke offered from the pollen 
parent above, which is 48X-P5, I have at least <0 more seed- 
lings from P5 on other crosses under trial. You will hear from 
them laters 
PROGRESS is a rose red leaning more toward the red, 4" florets 
up to 8 open in the field in 95 degree temperature. Medium 
height straight spike with 17 buds, PROGRESS may be a Resin ck wt 
more fragrant than THISISIT but not quite as fragrant as YELLOW 
ROSE. PROGRESS is the nearest to a fragrant ned to date, 
ANY SIZE BULB----$3,00 no BltSe 
