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THE GLADIOLUS FANCIER’S 
506 ANNIE AMELIA (Both ’47) 749 M. 
Clean deep cream, slightly ruffled. 
Round florets, consistently of inverted 
type, making a medium tall spike of 
good outline. Good propagator. 
Excellent cut flower habits. ‘ 
Six inch florets, 6-6-7-19 buds. Height 
50-52 inches. 
Vv test ratings, 90-A-A. 
Each L .30 M .20 Bits (10/.25) 
(100 /$2.). 
506 LEIF ERICSSON (K & M) (our 752 
import release) M. What a beauty we 
have here! Clean, light sulphur cream 
blending to a stronger cream on lip 
petal. The color is outstanding and has 
the unusual soft suede, pastel finish 
so admired in Leading Lady, Luxury, 
Record and Pastel. 
A good proportion of the spikes run 
single lip throughout, a_habit most 
unusual and much to be desired since 
it maintains true color “balance” in 
the spike. 
Florets are 5-6 inches, slightly ruffled, 
well recurved, flaring wide open. Their 
substance was well tested in 3 long 
rows of bloom by the all-time Ohio 
high temperature records of 752 
without any wilting and no sign of 
a crook. 
Strong, uniformly straight spikes up 
to six feet tall. 9 or 10 or 11 open 
florets at eye level right out in the 
field with about 8-9 more in_ color 
and 5-6 green for 20-25 buds. We are 
still waiting to see the first spike 
from any size bulb with poor place- 
ment. Number 4 bulbs made hun- 
dreds of spikes with 6-8 open, with 
18-20 buds. To cap the climax we add 
that it is now a well proven fast 
propagator, with no faults, exhibition 
or commercial, that the test garden 
judges have been able to discover so 
the commercial rating has been raised 
to AA accordingly. 
Tested 3 years running because of con- 
stantly increasing appreciation it has 
emerged with what approximates a 
tie with Catherine Beath for the all 
time Vv-Ohio top rating. Leif Erics- 
son’s 90 A AA may get the nod from 
the Commercial Growers and Catherine 
Beath’s 94 AA A the nod from the 
show exhibitors. Each must decide for 
himself. They are both “tops” for 
either use. 
F.C.C., Haarlem, A.M. by R.H.S. Now 
taking its share of 1Ists, sec. and div. 
champs across the country. Second 
day champ Ohio State (Cleveland) 753 
and rates the top recent creams, all 
sizes, both as exh. and com’. in 753 
N.A.G.C. Symposium. 
test ratings 
O.8.G.S. 
90-A-AA. 
See illustration on page 13. 
Each L .20 M .20 S .10~ Bits 
(100/$1.) (Pint $12.). 
(Ohio-Vt.) 
506 REG. LEAHY (Both ’45). A some- 
what greenish cream with a light pep- 
pering of purple deep in the throat. 
The florets are ribbed and ruffled 
slightly and are round and flat. For- 
mal, exhibition placement, well at- 
tached, stems very rigid. Medium tall. 
For us it is definitely a slow propa- 
gator but the spikes it can make 
causes us to carry on. 
We have had numerous spikes with 
10 open in the field, 22 buds, one in- 
side opened 14, 
Our rating, 84-AA-C. LM. 
Supply is very limited. 
Each L .30 S 4/.30 Blts 30/.30. 
YELLOW—10 Series 
312 CATHERINE BEATH (Coutts- 
Evans ’51) LM. Very clean and deep 
yellow. Color rating 94. Excellent 
commercial, rated A. Superior exhibi- 
tion use rating, AA. Like Luxury, 
Boldface and Mid-America it tops its 
color class for Valleevue color ratings. 
Fact is Mr. Manley has rated 1603 
recent gladiolus and of them all only 
two have higher color rating (Strath- 
naver and Alter Ego). 
The florets average 4-41% inches. 
The Canadian Gladiolus Growers Club 
rated it 83 points in ’47 (their over- 
all rating), 86.6 points in ’48 and 88 
points in 749. 
Open spikes in the field stood the 4 
successive Ohio record breaking hot 
days of ’52 with no sign of a wilted 
floret. (So did many other varieties). 
But, when soggy rains came this 
variety was one of but few to be 
unaffected. (We have sold no bloom 
for about 10 years, allow spikes by 
the thousands to bloom out to tip 
before removal so we acquire early 
knowledge of what a variety can 
stand in the field.) 
So far, with ’53 records very incom- 
plete, we have noted 11 section 
champs, one division champ and two 
color champs. 
Valleevue (Vv) ratings, 94-AA-A. 
See illustration, page 17. 
Kach L .75 M 50 S 50 Bits 5 /.25. 
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