GLADIOLUS B 
Price List 
1954 
1954 INTRODUCTION 
ELIZABETH MORRIS Sacks! 
(Vasaturo 1954) Seedling # 40-A-R-F-G 
Alsace X Arethusa 
A large orange with cream throat, very good commercial qualities 
and strong healthy grower. Tall straight spike which never crooks. 
it will open 8 - 5 inch florets and 6 more in color, 26” flower head with 
20 - 22 buds 60” over all. Very good propagation will bloom in 80 
days. Its major winnings are Blue Ribbon for Best Large Seedling in 
1949, N. E. G. S. Award of Merit in 1950, and Blue Ribbon for best 
advance Seedling in 1951. 
$2.00 each Any size bulb 
Bulblets $.50 each 
LITTLE BEACON 
(Vasaturo 1954) Seedling # 42-A-R-46-1 
Beacon X Small Red Seedlings 
A small red with cream yellow throat. Slender little spike 38” tall 
with 14 buds, 5 - 2!/. inch florets and 4 more in color. Propagation 
good, blooms in 70 days. Its Show Winnings to date include Trophy 
for Best Small Seedling for the Entire Season in 1949; N. E. G. S. Award 
of Merit in 1950; B Plus ai Western Massachusetts Show in 1951 and 
1952. Blue Ribbon at Rhode Island Show in 1953. 
$2.00 each Any size bulb 
Bulblets $.50 each 
LITTLE PEARL 
(Vasaturo 1954) Seedling # 42-A-R-47-4 
Dolores X Small Red Seedling 
A distinctive and appealing little beauty of light orange color with 
cream throat and lovely sheen which sparkles under artificial light. 
The very best for arrangements and the florists love this Little Pearl. 
Small willow spike with 12 buds 4 or 5 2!/, inch florets open and 4 
more in color. Very fast propagation and very early, will bloom in 65 
days. N. E. G. S. Award of Merit 1950. 
I have a very large stock of bulbs in all sizes of Little Pearl so 
will make the price in reach of everyone's pocketbook. 
$1.00 each any size bulb 
Bulblets $.25 each 
Grower unit prices on request 
GYladhavea 
PASQUALE VASATURO 
18 Miller Street Medfield, Massachusetts 
Telephone Medfield 98 
