520 REGINA 
GUIDEBOOK FOR 1954 
416 PATROL (Palmer 746) EM. Clear 
apricot with yellow in throat. Tall 
spikes of great strength frequently 
with 10 open and balance in color. Far 
too many championships to mention. 
This is one of the varieties whose 
foliage shows occasional lack of green 
chlorophyll pigmentation. 
In 2525.C:G:S. symposium is 11th of 
“50 best”. In NAGC symposium tops 
the buffs, exh. and com’. 
Seven grand champs noted ’52, at 
Central International (Sioux City), 
Minn. (Hibbing), Empire (East 
Aurora), Ill. (Chicago), Western 
Mass., Empire (Lima) and Nebr. 
Our ratings, 84-AA-B. 
Each L .15 Bits 100/$1. 
ORANGE—22 Series 
(Incl. yellow orange and red orange) 
423 BOCCHERINI (K & M ’50) (our ’51 
import release) E. Lively, metallic 
deep scarlet orange, wide, clean cream 
dart. Color is a bit more intense than 
that of Circe, thus taking the lead 
from Circe as highest color rated 
orange. Tall spikes, well placed and 
attached. 
Vv test ratings, 93-A-B. 
Each M .20 S 2/.25. 
524 QUEEN JULIANA (de Bruyn) 
(our °54 import release) LM. Tall 
68-inch scarlet orange, slightly deeper 
in throat. Wide petalled 7-inch florets 
8-8-4-20. “Whopper” spikes of great 
vigor, long, strong stems. Good 
propagation. 
Ohio-Vt. ratings 84-B-B. 
NET Prices, Each L_ $1.00 
S .50. 
M .75 
(Palmer) (our 753 co- 
introduction) EM. Strong, tall, 60-64- 
inch plants ably support heavy but 
symmetrical 26-inch flowerheads with 
6 open, 6 in color, 6 green for a total 
of 18 bud count. In Ontario we saw 
longer flowerheads of 20 buds with 
7-8 open. The big, round florets are 
5144-514 inches flat open, waved and 
well ruffled and are of very heavy 
texture, strongly attached and well 
arranged. 
The lively color has real “eye appeal”. 
Buffy, light orange with very mild 
soft scarlet marks in throat, a very 
attractive combination. é 
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Two years trial by the Canadian G.G.C. 
won their Gold Medal Award in ’50. 
Trials in Ohio and Vermont by the 
O.S.G.S. (as successor to Valleevue) 
in ’52 produced ratings of 86 color, B 
exhibition and B commercial. 
Each L $2.00 M $1.25 S$ .75 Blts .15. 
522 TUNIA’S DELIGHT (Both) (our 747 
import release) EM. Clear, liquid 
medium orange of huge size with a 
perfect blue margin around the edge 
of every petal. 6-7-inch flat, wide 
open florets, 7-6-5-18. Strong plants. 
Fast propagation. 
Our test ratings 91-A-B. 
Prices L (2/.25) (10/$1.) M (2/.15) 
(10/.70) Blts (100/.50). 
LIGHT SALMON—=30 Series 
531 KING SIZE (Hartman) (Gove-Evans 
53 co-introduction) LM. This giant 
of giants is a clear medium-light sal- 
mon with a few carmine lines on a 
rich cream throat. Opens up to 10 or 
more 614%-8-inch well placed blooms 
on immense flowerheads 36-40 inches 
long. The plants from large bulbs 
consistently run from 6-6%4 feet with 
up to 26 buds. It has good substance 
and opens well when cut. It is a good 
propagator and makes many average 
size bulblets that germinate well. 
Here is a variety that has really gone 
to town the past few years. It has 
won 4 Grand Champs, 2 Reserve 
Champs, 8 Seedling Champs _ plus 
numerous other special awards such 
as longest flowerhead, largest floret, 
most open, best 3 spike, Award of 
Merit by Mass. Hort. Soc., etc. In the 
1951 N.A.G.C. test garden it obtained 
1 AA, 3 A and 1 B. Also A rated at 
Conn., N.E.G.S. and Binghamton 
shows. 
The Grand Champs were at Ohio 
(Chagrin Falls) ’49, Ohio (East Liver- 
pool) ’49, Conn. (Hartford) ’52 and 
Ohio (Worthington) ’52. The Reserve 
Grand Champs were at Central Inter- 
national (East Lansing, Mich.), larg- 
est Urs. show Otol .and wOnio 
(Valleevue) 751. 
53 Grand Champ Vt. State (Barrie), 
also “most open” (18) Ohio State. 
All glad fans will want to see how big 
they can grow King Size and as stocks 
increase we are sure it will have tre- 
mendous popularity. 
Ohio-Vt. test ratings 86-A-B. 
See illustration page 20. 
Prices: Each L $3.00 M $2.00 S $1.00 
Blts .25. 
