In the Symposium Red Wing easily leads the scarlet class for both exhibition and com- 
mercial use. However, we were impressed this summer with the early ruffled varieties David 
Warr and Red Skin, both of which should go far as commercials. The new Tomahawk performed 
well but does not grow too tall. The older Esquire and Harold K grow the largest florets. 
The light pink class continues to grow and of the new ones that did well for us this past 
season are: Pink Diamond, beautifully ruffled and of perfect placement. Pa// Mall, a Tivoli 
seedling which so far has been healthy and should be a great commerical prospect; Look a very 
tall glad in the Evangeline shade but with better placement; Pink Chiffon, an orchid pink 
valuable for its color appeal, earliness and nice clean growth; Clarence D. Fortnam, another 
tall, ruffled beauty; Susan K, an improved Heart's Desire; and Pennant, with its soft pink and 
up to 10-12 open in perfect formal placement. We like the contrasting throat blotches of 
Contrast, Manon and Sheherazade. 
Among the deep pink glads Spic and Span is almost too well known to discuss but is still 
tops in every respect. For color value we rate Sweet 16 high as do our florists. Of course, 
Friendships is the one for early cut flowers — or all season long for that matter, Si/cherlied and 
Jessie Mae can give excellent spikes and are well liked commerically although they have to be 
exceptional to touch Spic and Span on the show table. Painted Lady is one of the truly different 
glads with its color combination of pink and white and scarlet. 
For show purposes Mid America, Poinsettia, and Leah Gorham lead the light red glads 
in the order named while the last two are excellent for cut flower use. Early Red gave us near 
perfect spikes of unusual beauty at a time when no other red glads were in bloom. 
Once again Harrisburger stood out in the field with its tall spikes of a smooth deep red 
and nice ruffling. The giants in this color are Festival with its consistently huge spikes of a rich 
deep red; Red Feather which is rapidly gaining friends for exhibition purposes; and Big Joe 
which can reach 6 ft. in height. We still think Dee Twelve has the finest color among the red 
glads and along with Birch Red, Red Charm and Nancy are the ones we use for cutting in 
quantity. 
The black red class has so many topnotchers in it now that it is hard to choose among them. 
However, Black Cherry leads for exhibition purposes with up to 10 open florets — only wish 
it had more stretch in the flowerhead. Close behind follows Dark David with its massive 51/’ 
spikes and Ace of Spades with its beautiful individual florets and long flowerhead. We have seen 
Negus with 14 open blooms and it easily overpowers the 300 group on the show table. Thunder- 
bolt gave us impressive flowerheads with 9 ruffled blooms open but often the first one is only 
a foot off the ground. Menilik seems to lack strong attachment for its large heavy blooms. 
Ruffled Ebony has the most lovely individual florets. Black Phantom, Jo Wagenaar, Mrs. R. G. 
Errey and Uncle Tom are the favorites among the older varieties in this popular color. 
Among the pleasant surprises of the summer were Edgewood with its tall near perfect 
spikes of clean light rose, Celestial Rose which looks like a topnotcher for cut flower use, and 
Julia Mae with tall slender spikes of a smooth delicate light rose. Rosario continues to give nice 
medium sized spikes with its pronounced dark throat blotch. Touchdown impresses us as a 
good local cut flower. Macushla, Miss Holland and Andrena we grow in quantity for cut Howers 
the last named is one of the favorites of the whole Arenius family for all uses. 
The medium rose group has many distinctive varieties such as Seneca, with its perfect 
exhibition spikes, Brier, one of the most beautiful of all glads, Lynne Hill with up to 9 large 
florets of an unusual shade of rose, and Glad Tidings, a clear self-color with tall formal type 
spikes in an American Beauty rose color. Folklore, Madeline Hefty and Elmer’s Rose are good 
commericals that we grow for cutting and they can give a good account of themselves on the 
show table as well. Not to be left out in this class are Rosita with its tall spikes of crinkled 
and ruffled soft rose, Burma Rose, a sport of Burma but with a softer color, Mallow, with its 
tall cuttable spikes, and Margery, the highly regarded commercial prospect. 
The deep rose varieties are still led by the grand old-timer, Burma, in spite of the many 
worthwhile new ones. Others that we like in this popular color are Cherbourg, a topnotch 
florist’s variety, Lila Wallace, a first early in a beautiful shade of rose, Modern Times, a must 
have for the cut flower man, New York, a huge exhibition type variety, and Rosy Future, one 
of the best for color. 
A customer from Staatsburg, N. Y. reports: 
Bulbs arrived last week. You haye the largest bulbs and are more generous with your oyer-count and 
extras than any other firm with which I deal. — Mr. P. R. B. 
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