SPECIAL OFFERS ON OUR 1954 INTRODUCTIONS 
Most glad originations introduced for around $5 per bulb are sold largely to other growers and cata- 
loguers the first year. 
By holding the price of a Noweta Gardens introduction down to a maximum of $2, 
as we have done now for ten years, we have built up an extensive first-year retail clientele for our intro- 
ductions. In fact the group of offers on this page has become one of the most popular features of our 
catalog. 
usual. 
Our low introductory prices are the result of testing and propagating seedlings one year longer than 
As a result Noweta originations are not only in better supply when introduced but more fully tested 
as to quality, and, therefore, less likely to fall down after introduction. 
Every variety is tested by experts in 
different parts of the country before being offered. All three of our introductions this year received excep- 
tionally high ratings at virtually every test garden. 
In taking advantage of any of the splendid values offered below, please remember that early orders get 
the preference in bulb sizes. Because of the heavy demand, we often run out of large bulbs. However, 
medium bulbs do give fine bloom also and excel in propagation. We predict that you'll be thrilled to bloom 
these new beauties in your own garden. 
1 Bulb, Any Size, PINK DIAMOND 
TREASURE AD CRIN a A ie sie aa ees ea Sy $2.00 I $6.00 
CHEST febulvewanvesizes FIRE OPAL. 9.5.2 ..5 92h socc53..coeee eas 52 eae 2.00 Value 
COLLECTION | 1 Bulb, Any Size, SNOWDRIFT __________...._._.____-.-------------- 2.00 for 
A 1 Bulb, Each of TWO Outstanding Seedlings, Our Choice___________- FREE $5.00 
TREASURE 
ae on { 2 Bulbs, Any Size, of Each of the Above 5 Varieties... Lees $12.00 om ae 
B 
TREASURE 
CO et on 4 3 Bulbs, Any Size, of Each of the Above 5 Varieties. $18.00 ne Miner 
C 3 
HOME j 30 Bulblets of Each of the Above 5 Varieties__...._.._.-_-.---_-.--_-- $15.00 | $27 Value 
GARDENERS £ Each of the Above 5 Varieti 12.00 (for $18 
COLLECTION | 1 L and 1 M of Each of the Above 5 Varieties_____-_-_-__------------- . or 
SMALL 100 Bulblets of Each of the Above 5 Varieties.___-______-___-------_--- $45.00 \ $57 Value 
STON 1 L and 1 M of Each of the Above 5 Varieties. -.-_.-.--.------------- 12.00 i for $37.50 
ere \ \, Pint Blbts., Each, PINK DIAMOND, FIRE OPAL, SNOWDRIFT. __$195.00 t $207 Value 
Each of the Above 3 Varieties.______-_-_------------- 12.00 for $150 
COLLECTION 1 L and 1 M of Each of the Vv r $ 
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The All-America Gladiolus Selections 
Watch for Them in 1955 or 1956! 
You may have noticed how a small number of new 
roses are publicized each year as “All-America Rose 
Selections”. Following the example of the rose grow- 
ers, a group of the larger glad growers, including 
Noweta Gardens, in January, 1953, established the 
“All-America Gladiolus Selections” organization and 
_ set up a system of 25 trial grounds scattered throughout 
the United States and Canada to test in a variety of 
soils and climates glad seedlings that any North-Amer- 
ican hybridizer may wish to enter and thereafter to 
select the few really outstanding ones for special rec- 
ognition and publicity as “All-America Gladiolus 
Selections.” 
In the summer of 1953, 29 seedlings which had been 
sent in to the A.A.GS. secretary by various Amer- 
ican and Canadian hybridizers were tested under code 
numbers in these 25 test gardens. At the January, 
age 
1954, meeting of the All-Amervica judges (in connection 
with the North America Gladiolus Council’s convention 
in Baltimore) they will compare notes on the perform- 
ance of these 29 seedlings and select by secret ballot 
any that they deem sufficiently outstanding to deserve 
to be called All-America winners. Public announce- 
ment will have to be delayed a year, or even two, 
however, until sufficient stock has been propagated to 
meet anticipated demand. This is why we say “Watch 
for the All-America Gladiolus Selections in 1955 or 
1956!” 
It is hoped that this new All-America Selections 
system will do for glads what it has done for roses, 
namely, stimulate the production of outstanding va- 
rieties and give the best varieties nation-wide publicity, 
while spreading the glad gospel generally. 
