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GLADRIDGE GARDtHS 
R. M. FULLER 
PERRY, OHIO 
MIDDLE RIDGE ROAD 
GLADIOLUS FOR 1954 
Abu Hassan (378) Holland ‘47 (77) 
Beautiful deep violet blue. Like Pelegrina 
in color but a much better glad. 
Athene (300) Kuhn ‘49 (75) 
White shading to cream in throat. Will open 
10 florets on a tall spike. Promising for 
both show and cutflower use. 
Aureole (410) Pruitt ‘49 (80) 
Medium yellow with distinctive beautiful 
round ruffled florets. Very popular. 
Benjamin Britten (358) K & M ‘49 (80) 
Tall growing deep lavender approaching 
light purple. Good cutflower. 
Betty’s Choice (362) Harris ‘45 (90) 
A ruffled rosy mauve with cream blotch. 
Very beautiful and unusual color. 
Betty Duncan (422) Benedict ‘49 (85) 
Lovely orange blending to a clear golden 
throat. Good cutflower tyre. 
Birch Red (522) Rich ‘45 (90) 
Smooth sparkling medium red. Its good 
growth and beautiful color will excite any 
cutflower grower. 
Black Cherry (554) Rich ‘48 (85) 
Giant black red that will open 9. 
winner at the shows. 
A prize 
Blue Beauty (476) Pfitzer ‘36 (75) 
Light violet blue. Popular standard in its 
color. 
Blue Lagoon (478) Snyder (70) 
Medium blue with slightly lighter throat. 
Good propagator and grows tall. 
Boise Belle (433) Roberts ‘48 (95) 
A stunning color combination of yellow 
with a wide pink edge around the whole 
floret. Grand champion spike in several 
shows and a good cutflower. 
Brier (462) Palmer ‘51 (90) 
- Clear lively rose lavender. 
Burma (564) Palmer ‘43 (88) 
Popular large deep ruffled rose. 
well placed blooms. 
Chamouny (362) Baerman ‘38 (85) 
Light cerise rose with silver line on the 
edge of petals. Popular with florists. 
Chief Pontiac (524) Snyder ‘48 (85) 
Clear deep orange scarlet shading deeper 
in the throat. Very tall grower that open 
6 blooms. 
Citation (542) Beaton ‘49 (95) 
Very tall vigorous grower. Color a bright 
geranium pink with creamy white throat. 
Unusually good color for such a giant in 
size. 
Clarence D. Fortnam (440) Kadel ‘50 (90) 
Blush pink that makes a model spike of 10 
ruffled and fluted florets. A double-bar- 
relled hit for both the show bench and cut 
flower grower. 
Columbia (407) Roberts ‘51 (86) 
Like Corona but a better color with a more 
even pronounced edging of rose. While Co- 
lumbia is smaller than Corona it is thought 
to be more resistant to disease. 
Beautiful color. 
Opens 8 
Cordova (432) Palmer ‘49 (70) 
A beautiful early rose-salmon. Generally 
overlooked in the rush to work up stock of 
Friendship but a very valuable early va- 
riety in its own right. 
Cotillion (545) Butt ‘48 (85) 
Deep rose pink with a creamy yellow 
throat. Excellent show glad that will hold 
10 open. Inclined to crook under certain 
weather conditions. 
Daisy Mae (521) Lins “45 (30) 
Color salmon or orange pink with reddish 
blotch. Color a bit coarse but you must 
admire its exceptionally vigorous growth. 
Valuable for late cutflowers. 
Dieppe (436) Hassall ‘45 (85) 
Ruffled deep salmon red with deeper 
blotch. A real topnotch variety for all pur- 
poses. 
Dolly Varden (533) Harris ‘49 (95) 
Peep salmon pink with an attractive cream 
throat. Opens up to 8 huge florets. Much 
like Aladdin in generous fluorescence and 
makeup but it grows taller. Topnotch glad 
for either exhibition or commercial use. 
Elmer’s Rose (462) Fischer ‘51 (85) 
Heavily ruffled deep rose that holds up to 
8 open with 22 buds. A truly beautiful va- 
riety. 
Elizabeth the Queen (566) White ‘41 (86) 
Beautiful deep ruffled lavender. The stand- 
ard cutflower lavender. 
Evangeline (540) Palmer ‘48 (92) 
Beautiful light rose with creamy yellow 
throat. Widely heralded as the best glad 
originated by Palmer since Picardy. We 
cut hundreds of spikes almost shoulder 
high from small bulbs this past summer. 
Holds its own on the show bench frequent- 
ly winning the grand champ award. 
Florence Nightingale (400) Harris ‘47 (88) 
A grand ruffled glistening white. Many 
cutflower growers now rate this as the No. 
1 white variety. Does especially well with 
us when bloomed late in cool weather. 
Francesca (566) Tobin ‘50 (90) 
A lovely light lavender pink with a cream 
throat. Difficult to describe the pastel 
beauty of this glad. It will open 6 or more 
beautifully ruffled florets on a tall stem. 
Watch it grow in popularity. 
Fraser (432) Harris ‘50 (90) 
Heavily ruffled salmon with deeper throat. 
Husky grower with 8 open ona 22 bud 
spike. 
Friendship (442) Fischer ‘49 (70) 
Sparkling pure pink shading to cream with 
a large white throat. Opens up to 8 beau- 
tiful round ruffled blooms on a tall spike. 
Without a doubt the top early pink. 
Gail (466) Farrington ’49 (85) 
A light lavender shading to a deeper laven- 
der at the petal edges with a light pencil- 
ing of rose cerise on the lower petals. Com- 
mercial traits outstanding. 
pias Stein eels Ft 
Gaylore (423) Harris ‘44 (80) 
A deep salmon pink with cream blotch. 
Tall strong uniform grower. Should be 
more widely grown as its cutflower habits 
are of the best. 
Gene (410) Farrington ‘49 (75) 
This early light yellow merits attention on 
the basis of its strong healthy growth, rapid 
propagation, earliness and beautifully 
frilled florets. 
Giad Tidings (462) Arenius ‘52 (80) 
A new rose color similar to Miss Wiscon- 
‘sin. Opens 6 to 7 on a tall sturdy spike. 
This should be well liked by the florist. 
Gold (412) Marshall ‘51 (80) 
Gold is a big step forward in the yellow 
class. This glad combines such outstanding 
qualities as vigor, health, floret size and 
ruffling with a rare beautiful deep yellow 
color. In addition it is a fair to good pro- 
pagator, opens well in water, does not 
crook, holds 7 open well attached florets, 
and makes good sound bulbs. Its only ap- 
parent fault is a lack of stretch in the 
flowerhead but its other qualities are so 
outstanding that we find florists are 
anxious to buy this beautiful yellow. 
Gorgeous Deb (530) Wilson ‘49 (85) 
Outstanding for its beauty and intense 
ruffling. A gorgeous blend of light sal- 
mon with a bright yellow throat. A fan- 
ciers favorite that will do well on the show 
bench. 
Grace Darling (460) Harris ‘49 (85) 
A pleasing blend of light rose pink and 
white reminding one of apple blossoms. A 
tall grower opening 7 5-inch florets. 
Gray Summit (486) Butt ‘50 (75) 
This is a clean smooth gray with a creamy 
white throat. For those who want some- 
thing different in a cutflower novelty and 
a blue ribbon winner on the show bench. 
Gwen (462) Pickell ‘49 (75) 
Beautiful light rose somewhat like Betty’s 
Choice and Trails End. Said to be fragrant, 
with about half of the visitors being able 
to detect scent. A good variety with or 
without fragrance as it combines earliness, 
good growth and appealing color. 
Havelock (264) Julyan ‘48 (85) 
Fine rich deep purple. Holds 8 or more 
open and should be a prize winner at the 
shows and a good cutter. 
Hearts’ Desire (542) Fiedler “48 (80) 
An attractive light creamy pink shading 
into white with a yellow throat, florets 
heavily ruffled with 8 open on a tall spike. 
Heirloom (566) Klein ’52 (80) 
A highly advertised lavender with an amaz- 
ing show record. It is rose-orchid in color 
with a small white throat and faint white 
mid-ribs. Opens 10 or more well placed 
lightly ruffled florets. Reports vary on its 
performance. Probably will do well in lo- 
calities where one of its parents Elizabeth 
the Queen grows well. 
