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THE GLADIOLUS FANCIER’S 
KING SIZE 
530 LUXURY (Evans ’51) Giant un- 
marked light orange pink. Creamy 
blend on lip petal. Strong habits. 
Midseason. 
Valleevue Test Ratings 92-A-A. 
Few words. How much they mean! 
Whatever the weather, soggy and wet, 
hot, cool or dry, the spikes remain 
straight, no crooks whatever, no 
flecking or peeling, no wilting, no 
badly misplaced florets. 
Florets flare well, slightly recurved, 
almost entirely the desired inverted 
type (single lip, top petal to rear). 
Even small bulbs produce substantially 
full size florets. 
All spikes, from whatever size bulb, 
have beautiful, double row placement 
with strong attachment. = 
Luxury is a well proven gladiolus of 
easy propagation, making uniform 
giant spikes of great beauty with 
habits to perfection except in one re- 
spect. As the season progresses there 
may be some yellowing of the outer 
edges of the two lower leaves, a “gene- 
tic factor for lack of chlorophyll’ 
(green in plant cells). Not a consti- 
tutional breakdown nor a virus dis- 
coloration. Many of the best buffs 
and yellows have similar tendency. 
This has no effect on its production of 
perfect spikes for cutting or exhibition 
and the bulbs fairly glow with per- 
fect health. 
LUXURY 
The bulblets are large, profusely pro- 
duced and make very vigorous growth. 
49, Seedling Trophy, Binghamton; 
American Home Achievement Medal, 
Toledo. 
50, champ seedling Valleevue, several 
3 spike seedling champs including one 
at Ohio State (Cleveland) scoring 91 
for N.E.G.S. Silver Medal and Ohio 
Society A.M., the highest score 
awarded in many years. 
51, (yr. of intro.) starting many 
firsts across the country including 
a 9-7-4-20 Central International 
(E. Lansing). 
Luxury collected 3 As and 6 Bs in 
the N.A.G.C. test plots. 
752 ILL. NOTEBOOK Tony Koepke 
said “The spike of the year was one 
of Luxury.” 
Luxury still stands top color rated in 
its classification by the Valleevue-Ohio 
combination. 
See illustration. 
Each L .25 M .20 S .10 £&Bits 
(10/.25) (100 /$2.). 
430 POLYNESIE (K & M 749) (our 1950 
import release) LM. Lively pure sal- 
mon approaching perfection. Deeper 
than Picardy. Slight lightening of 
midribs, a few soft scarlet lines in 
throat. 
8-12 florets, 5% inches. diameter, 
slightly ruffled at petal edges, open 
with ease on long heads of perfect, 
tapering, championship caliber out- 
nee Cut flower qualities appear per- 
CCus 
This is 1 of the 14 varieties to receive 
the AA rating. 
Vv test ratings 90-AA-A. 
Bach .15." Me27.20" 7S) 5/2256. Bits 
100 /.50. 
