FIELD DATA REGARDING OUR 1953 INTRODUCTIONS 
Percent with Percent Percent 
Maximum 
Number No. Open 
Height of Buds Outdoors Propagation 
Pink. Chiffonaeee: D2 meee 6 eases (eee Very Good. _-_- 
Ruffled Ebony __.54”____- l Gio Gage Very Good. --- 
Rosario meee aee 52 eee PAW es: i oe Very Good. _-_- 
Rosebud Picotee__48”____- 18 ee (aeaes SLOW yee eee 
Recompense -_-_-__- 57 ME ee PPLE a rie Lie Moderate ____- 
Bulblet Perfect Free from of Tall 
Germination Growth Placement Crooking Spikes 
Excellent. ---_.- Excellent ----- 93 o-2eee 95° ee 95% 
Excellent. =. o- Excellent ____- Jose ee 05°) ee 95% 
Excellents__2_< Very (Goode 5 co =aeen 98 oe 95% 
Excellent. ----- Excellent -_-___- pee aid On ereh 95 Toe ae 95% 
Excellent. ___2- Average -_-_-_-- 99762 ee Se eS 99% 
Comments On Last Year’s Introductions 
New York: “I agree with you on the reclassifica- 
tion of Southern Belle, but no matter where you put it 
I would rate it highly among the new ones.’—Mike 
Sherman. 
Wisconsin: “The bulbs from your Treasure Chest 
Collection did very well for me. I won blue ribbons 
on Ginger, Crusader, and Southern Belle, Section 
Champ with Nordic Queen and Section and Division 
Champ with Helios at Sheboygan, Wisconsin . . . I 
cannot express my feelings when you consider that I 
had only one bulb of each.”—Jerry Merchart. 
Montana: “Nordic Queen was perfectly beautiful— 
a champion spike. But trailing close behind are 
Cream Orchids, Mother Fischer, Flora, Chivalry, En- 
chantment, Velvet Mantle, Friendship, Magnet (very 
tall), Sweet Sixteen, Heart O’Gold, Lavender Lace, 
White Lace, and Little Gold. I do not believe I have 
ever previously had such fine glads in all my 23 years 
of raising them.’—Mrs. Fred Varnum. 
Minnesota: “Your Southern Belle and Nordic Queen 
were beautiful in color and outstanding in perform- 
ance in our garden. We consider them your leading 
introductions of ’52. Chivalry also—a lovely lavender. 
We plan to stock more of them next year.”—Mr. & 
Mrs. H. E. Henricksen. 
Massachusetts: “During July we had 22 days with 
very little rain. Conditions were bad enough to have 
this declared a disaster area. We were not set up to 
water and I gave our glads just regular care, feeling 
that varieties one must pamper are not worth the 
trouble. It was under these conditions that your bulbs 
did so well... 
“Flora is a great glad—looks as if it will be tops or 
near it of all the rose glads. After seeing your picture 
of Crusader, I expected a lot, but it surpassed my 
expectations. Helios bloomed during hot weather with 
6 or 7 wide open florets on a 60” spike. Wish I could 
make Gold put up a flowerhead like Helios.”—Harry 
J. Dewey. 
Wisconsin: “Your 1952 introductions are all beauti- 
ful and it would be hard to choose a favorite, but 
Crusader would be my choice. This perky little glad 
has just the right size and shape to please the local 
florists. Nordic Queen is lovely but so is Southern 
Belle and so on right down the list.”—Mr. & Mrs. Ray 
Graf. 
Connecticut: “Keep your seedlings coming — they 
surpass most on the market and one doesn’t tire of 
them, nor will they fade away with the years as most 
glads have done.”—Helen V. Peterson. 
Minnesota: “Nordic Queen was good enough to be 
a candidate for grandchampion in any show but it 
bloomed between shows. Ginger crooked badly but it 
is a lovely color. Flora looks like a dandy commer- 
cial.’—Florence and Leslie Ash. 
Missouri: “Of your ’52 introductions, Nordic Queen, 
Chivalry, and Flora have not yet bloomed. Southern 
Belle took a first at the Southern Illinois Glad Show at 
Edwardsville on July 20. Ginger and Helios please 
me particularly. The spikes are excellent with beau- 
tiful placement.”—W. C. Berkemeyer. 
California: “Everything I received from you did 
very well. Nordic Queen was very good but I think 
it will be even better after being acclimated. Elmer’s 
Rose was excellent and Ginger looks like one of your 
best varieties. Cream Orchids was 100% better than 
last year.”’—Peter Herborn. 
Ohio: “Magnet was the most beautiful glad I ever 
saw in this vicinity.”—Mrs. Cecilia Clapp. 
Wisconsin: “I think Helios is as nice as Gold. All 
your ’52 introductions were first rate.’—Arno G. 
Schuttler. 
Utah: “Helios was very beautiful, being chosen Best 
Recent Introduction and Reserve Champion at our 
State show. 
“Mother Fischer (my favorite) was Best Recent In- 
troduction, Reserve Champion, and Second Day Queen 
at our Salt Lake City show. 
“Knighthood won Sweepstakes at our local flower 
show. Its color is tops. 
“Your. glads performed wonderfully . . . Keep ’em 
coming!”—John C. Roberts, Secretary, Utah Gladiolus 
Society. 
South Dakota: “We were immensely pleased with 
Magnet, which proved to be a tall, vigorous grower 
with up to twelve open florets of a lovely rose hue. 
Some of our other top favorites were Heart O’Gold, 
Strawberry Peach, Stormy Weather, Beauty’s Blush, 
and Bonfire.’—Mrs. Basil Henderson. 
Minnesota—“Pink Chiffon will unquestionably domi- 
nate its color class.”—W. E. Rixe. 
Oregon: “25-47 (Pink Chiffon): This is really a 
nice pastel—I think my favorite of the group. Had a 
medium spike although only five opened in the field. 
i was extremely hot then—around 100°-106° every 
ay. 
“282-46 (Ruffled Ebony): This is a very, very beauti- 
ful flower. It opened five before the lower one went. 
I especially like the terrific sheen this flower seemed 
to have.’—Henry W. Turk. 
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