gladiolus breeding and has given us some really out- 
standing originations. His best-known creation—Spic 
and Span—is pictured on page 25. 
(L 2-.25; 10-1.00) (M 10-.70) 
(S 10-.40) (Blbts. Pkg. .25) 
a wz * *k (413) (Palmer, 1944) 
Spotlight e e e e (80 days) (Picardy x 
Yellow Seedling derived from Jonquil, Dawson, Golden 
Dream, and Orange Queen) Today’s best-known com- 
mercial yellow, producing spikes of gratifying stretchi- 
ness, carrying 5-6 round, plain-petalled florets of a 
medium-deep yellow color with a tiny spark of red 
deep in the throat. Spotlight is an outstanding cutter 
and shipper and filled a long-felt need when it was 
introduced. 
(L 2-.25; 10-1.00) (M 10-.70) 
(S 10-.40) (Blbts. Pkg. .25) 
*_* * *& (200) (Baerman, 1944) (80 
Starlet O 0 days) ((Zona x Baby Dec- 
orah) X Queen of Bremen) Starlet is the best-known 
white miniature — a supremely graceful little glad, 
whose tiny, frilly, snow-sculptured blooms seem to 
perch like white butterflies on the thin, wiry stems. 
This bewitching little beauty is invaluable for wedding 
decorations and small table arrangements. A perfect 
cutter, producing uniformly tall miniature buggy-whip 
stems. We rate all the miniature glads only two dots 
for cut-flower value because so few florists are dis- 
criminating enough to appreciate their worth, which is 
really high. On page 45 is a classic arrangement of 
Starlet in an inverted “hat” vase. 
(L 2-.25; 10-1.00) (M 10-.70) 
(S 10-.40) (Blbts. Pkg. .25) 
ee ke (21D) ae (Butt 1950) 6S 
Statuette ee days) (Harlekin x Crin- 
klette) Slightly ruffled medium yellow with a large 
rose-red blotch. This ultra-tidy, circumspect little glad 
is a natural for arrangements. 
(L 1-.50; 10-4.00) CM 1-.35; 10-2.80) 
(S 1-.25; 10-2.00) (Blbts. 8-.25; 100-2.50) 
* zw *& * «(566) (Harris, 1950) (85 
Sterling e e e days) (Elizabeth the Queen 
x Rangoon) From the originator of Florence Night- 
ingale and Dolly Varden comes this lavender-purple 
version of Elizabeth the Queen. Sterling opens 8-10 
extra flat-open ruffled blooms of the heaviest sub- 
stance. Not entirely free from flecking, it is never- 
theless a choice and unusual flower. Pictured on page 
32. 
(L 1-1.00; 10-8.00) (M 1-.75; 10-6.00) 
(S 1-.50; 10-4.00) (Blbts. 10-1.00; 100-8.00) 
&_* * (480) (Bar- 
Stormy Weather re soi. Soin 
(80 days) (Ivy Robertson x Elizabeth the Queen) The 
vicissitudes of color printing have given us an excellent 
illustration of this fine smoky on page 25. Like change- 
able-silk is the subtle combination of rose and grey in 
this original glad, which has more uniform color if 
bloomed indoors. Stormy Weather, which opens 8-9 
beautifully formed, cream-throated blooms, is definite- 
ly one of the finest smokies. 
(L 1-.40; 10-3.00) (M 1-.30; 10-2.00) 
(S 1-.20; 10-1.50) (Blbts. 10-.25; 160-2.00) 
aw KK * 
Strawberry Peach ~."— 
(533) (Salbach, 1944) (85 days) The finest glad Carl 
Salbach ever introduced! This voluptuous beauty is a 
gorgeously ruffled, melting buffy-pink of unbelievable 
substance. We cut spikes of this last summer so lus- 
ciously beautiful that everyone who saw them simply 
raved over them. A sumptuous glad, whose fine form 
makes it stunning in arrangements. 
(L 2-.25; 10-1.00) (M 10-.70) 
(S 10-.40) (Blbts. Pkg. .35) 
x *& *& (300) (Fischer, 
Summer Snow 72% (919) Gs and 
(Angelica X (Sweetheart x Incense) ) The whitest of 
all white glads is Summer Snow—a virginal, glacial 
white whose snowiness extends even to the throat and 
stamens. Summer Snow produces the most uniform, 
spire-like flowerhead imaginable, each with 7-9 lacily 
ruffled blooms open at a time. A great show winner. 
(L 2-.25; 10-1.00) (M 10-.70) 
(S 10-.40) (Blbts. Pkg. .30) 
x _* (412) (Almey, 1949) (85 
Sundance e e ¢ days) ((Golden Goddess 
x Orange Sovereign) X (Rosemarie Pfitzer x Orange 
King)) Bud-counters will chortle at this church-spire 
yellow which opens 8-10 small round florets on spikes 
carrying 22-24 buds. Sundance is bound to rate high 
with judges long on mathematics and short on art. For 
myself, I am unable to go overboard for it, though I 
acknowledge its value as a cutter and also, perhaps, for 
hybridizing. 
(L 1-.25; 10-2.00) (M 2-.25; 10-1.00) 
(S 10-.60) (Blbts. 10-.25; 100-1.00) 
x *  _~=s-_s« (566) (Pletcher, 
Sunday Best  — (020) “eo dase 
Light rose-pink, paling to a throat of white and cream. 
This delicate pastel improved with us last summer, 
though we would still classify it as 460. Pictured on 
page 32. 
(L 1-.40; 10-3.20) (M 1-.30; 10-2.40) 
(S 1-.20; 10-1.60) (Blbts. 10-.30; 100-2.50) 
*¥ ¥* ¥ (417) (Roberts, 1945) (80 
Sunspot e e e days) (Picardy x Gloriola 
Seedling) Light buff with a soft reddish blur in the 
throat, Sunspot opens 8-9 round florets on very formal 
spikes. Not as striking as Pactolus, Manchu, or Sparks, 
but nevertheless quite popular and a great prize- 
winner at shows. 
(L 2-.25; 10-1.00) CM 10-.70) 
(S 10-.40) (Blbts. Pkg. .30) 
Sweet Sixteen S22 % (MOG 
eo @ @ @ er, 
(75 days) (Sport of Beauty’s Blush) The dream-girl 
of the glad world, a fresh-toned, angelic pink that is 
destined for tremendous popularity. As a sport of 
Beauty’s Blush, Sweet Sixteen shares the same mag- 
nificent growing habits, the same ease of growth from 
bulblets, the same capacity to throw five-foot spikes 
right down the row, each carrying, on bamboo-like 
stems, 7-9 open florets. You would have to look a long 
ways to find a finer cutter. Although listed with the 
pure pinks in our graphic color index, Sweet Sixteen 
is a trifle cooler than Friendship, but not enough so to 
go in the rose-pink section. Without ruffles, Sweet 
Sixteen nevertheless has such beautifully rounded 
florets, such a serene styling, such perfect placement 
that like Beauty’s Blush, which it exactly duplicates in 
form, it constitutes a criterion for plain-petalled beau- 
ty. A close approximation of the color of Sweet Six- 
yee is to be found in our color plates on page 10 and 
(L 1-.50; 10-4.00) (M 1-.35; 10-2.80) 
(S 1-.25; 10-2.00) (Blbts. 8-.25; 100-2.50) 
“I must tell of Sweet Sixteen, an immense spike with 
13 florets open at one time, even after being knocked 
down by the storm. —John Coble, Pennsylvania. 
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