Page 14 THE GLADIOLUS FANCIER'’S 
NEWCOMERS TO OUR LIST 
Our current year introductions, import releases, items returned to catalog 
after absence for propagation and cther newcomers to our list will now appear 
where they really belong, filtered into their respective color series but readily 
identified by use of bold type (such as here used). This provides optimum oppor- 
tunity to compare characteristics and prices. 
GENERAL PRICE LIST 
See “Terms of Sale” 
NOTE: For key to Series—size and color classifications, see Page 12. 
Bulbs and bulblets priced per each. 10 sold at 8 times each rate. 
3, 5 or more sold at this rate. Bulblets 25 at 100 rate. 
10 Rate does not apply to items priced “NET”. 
WHITE—00 Series 
301 GOOD LUCK (K & M) (our ’54 
ance is excellent at 6-6-6-18 and occa- 
sionally 20 buds. Good propagator 
import release) M. Clean cream fad- 
ing fast to white, spectacular throat 
of blood red with deeper center lines. 
Light ruffling at edges. Medium 
height spikes, 4-inch florets, often 
10-12 in green cream bud color before 
first opens. 6-7-5-18. 
Our ratings 85-B-X. 
Stock very limited. 
Net prices, each M .75 S .50 Blts 5/.50. 
500 LA- PALOMA BLANCA (Pfitzer) 
(our *54 import release) VE. Clean 
white but a slight creamy blend into 
throat. Given normal moisture this 
variety “goes to town’, producing 
long heads on tall plants. 5'!4-6-inch 
florets. 7-6-5-18. We suspect that 
Pfitzer considers it a worthy succes- 
sor to their Snow Princess. 
Our ratings 86-B-B. 
Net prices, each L $1.25 M .75 S .50 
Blts 10/.75. 
300 L°’ESPERANCE (K & M) (our 754 
co-introduction) M. Clean, purest 
white, cream line on lip petal. Tall 
foliage, tall 60-inch plants, long step- 
ladder spikes on strong, straight and 
wiry stems. Some evidence of a bit 
of deficiency of attachment but un- 
likely to be of any material damage 
to a 300 size glad. 4-414 inches, 
9-6-7-22. 
Vv (Valleevue) ratings 87-B-B. 
Net prices, each L $1.00 M_  .75 
Blts 10/.50. 
500 MARIA GORETTI (Salman) (our 
53 import release) E. This is a giant 
very pure white, blending into a very 
slight amount of cream in the throat. 
Color showing in buds is cream. The 
54-inch plants with wiry stems easily 
support good flowerheads with well 
placed, wide open, 6-inch florets. Bal- 
(Holland says fast). Good bud separa- 
tion and easy access to stem for low 
cutting. 
Further trials in a more normal pro- 
duction year may well improve the 
commercial rating. 
O.S.G.S. (Ohio-Vt.) ’52 ratings 89-B-B. 
Each L .60 M .40 S .20 Bits 10/.50. 
400 PALACE (K & M) (our ’53 import 
release) M. Clean, ivory tinted white, 
very pale yellow in throat. Slightly 
ruffled. Placement dependably perfect 
on tall wiry stems carrying long last- 
ing spikes of 7-6-7-20. Grown 4 years, 
commercial characteristics, including 
fast propagation, all appear excellent. 
Vv ratings 88-A-A. 
Each L .75 M .50 S .25 Bits 10/.75 
100 $5. 
200 POLAR CUB (Evans) (our ’53 intro- 
duction) M. A small glad with strong, 
tall, wiry stems carrying long heads 
of 22-30 inches with florets of 214-3 
inches (almost a miniature). Pure 
unmarked creamy white. Bit ruffled 
and recurved. Propagation satisfactory. 
Medium bulbs make 50-inch plants. 
As grown by Tom Manley at Valleevue 
Test Garden, ’51, 6 large and 6 medium 
bulbs performed within the following 
range: From M bulbs 8-9 open, semi 
formal, 18 bud average. From L bulbs 
9-12 open, double double row formal 
arrangement (seldom found in small 
glads), 20 buds on 2, one spike each 
with 23, 24, 25, 26 buds, the best spike 
(in field) being a 32-inch flowerhead 
carrying 12-10-4-26, 3-inch florets. The 
Vv (Valleevue) rating is 90 color, A 
exhibition and B commercial. 
In ’49 at Binghamton, Polar Cub se- 
cured an A rating. In ’50 at N. W. Ohio 
(Toledo) the American Home Achieve- 
ment Medal and at Pa. State 
