THISISIT (Spencer ’49) 482 (EM). If you have never had a really fragrant 
glad, we suggest you try Thisisit. Then, next summer, about the middle of some 
morning, test it for fragrance. Like Cologne, Thisisit seems to need a certain 
amount of warmth or sunshine to bring out its full fragrance; yet the heat of 
the midsummer afternoon sun may dissipate most of the scent. If newly opened 
flowers are cut and brought inside, they usually hold their fragrance quite well 
for some time. It has a real “‘rose’”’ scent; not always strong but very pleasing. 
M .25, S 2—.30, Bulblets 10—.25. 
TRAIL’S END (Ficht ’49) 562 (M). One of the finest glads we grow, in a color 
that is not yet common in glads. An attractive shade of medium orchid-rose, 
blending to quite a large creamy center. The sturdy, husky spikes make an 
imposing sight with their many-open florets on tall stems and moderately long 
flowerheads. A better grower here than Folklore, Orchid Belle, and others of 
somewhat similar coloring. A good propagator, and makes nice solid bulbs. 
L .30, M .20, S 2—.25, Bulblets 15—.25, 100—$1.50. 
TYRONE (Deam ’52) 466 (EM). This looks like a topnotch new lavender; 
seems to have about everything. Just the type that should make a great com- 
mercial as well as a dandy show flower. The color is a lovely medium lavender 
with a small white center; a few rose-lavender dots not detracting from the 
pleasing effect. It opens a nice ribbon of florets on good spikes. It increases 
well. Tyrone has won a great many important prizes at the shows, including 
these during 1952: Grand Champion and Reserve Champ at Wabash; best 
3-spike recent introduction, Purdue; and champion 3-spike at Champaign 
County (Rantoul), Illinois. 
L $2.00, M $1.50, S $1.00, Bulblets .25, 10—$2.00. 
VALDA (Barrett 751) 566 (EM). A strong-growing new lavender with plenty 
of stretch. Color is a pleasing medium-dark lavender with slight throat markings. 
Floret shape is rather unique, the flowers having unusual vertical length. There 
is some ruffling of the six to eight open florets. Very tall and an easy grower, 
this has appealed to us as being quite worthwhile. Extremely vigorous. 
L $2.00, M $1.50, S .75, Bulblets .25, 10—$2.00, 100—$16.00. 
VALENTINE (Larus ’52) 421 (M). A big salmon-orange with a large blotch of 
deeper orange. Much admired by most people, and can make quite a sensational 
spike when well grown. We should think it would be a good variety to grow for 
the shows in the uncrowded orange class. 
L $2.00, M $1.50, S $1.00, Bulblets .20, 10—$1.50. 
VISION (Roberts 753) 331 (M). See 1953 Introductions. 
VOO-DUN-IT (Kadel 52) 490 (EM). A most interesting novelty, being sort 
of a mahogany-bronze with a small creamy yellow throat on which is some rose 
stippling. As with its parent, Voodoo, the florets are not always regularly placed 
on the tall willowy stems. As a novelty we have seen nothing like Voo-Dun-lt. 
Its bizarre beauty will thrill you, if you are a fancier of the odd and unusual 
in glads. 
M $2.00, S $1.00, Bulblets .30, 10—$2.50. 
WHITE CHALLENGE (Arnett ’47) 501 (M). A good variety to grow for blue 
ribbons and championship rosettes; a well-grown spike with its nine or ten huge, 
round florets open can challenge any of the newer whites on the show bench. 
There is a small subdued rose throat marking, and often a faint pink infusion 
over the whole flower. Not a pure white but still a good one. Grand Champion 
of the show at Tennessee, and Springfield, Illinois, Reserve Champ, Midwest 
show, and best giant open entry in both 1- and 3-spike, Michigan, all 1952. 
L .20, M 2—.25, S 3—.25, Bulblets 20—.25, 100—$1.00. 
“<<... BOISE BELLE, SUN SPOT, and PERSIAN RUG were especially 
outstanding.”’ —P.J.B., Pennsylvania, 11/10/52 
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