EVANGELINE 560 (Palmer) — M— This has 
been called a light rose with a creamy 
throat. But to me seems more a light pink. 
Opens 8-9 huge nicely ruffled blooms on a 
long head. It is the strongest and most 
rugged grower I have. Has been well taken 
by the commercial growers and is bound to 
be tremendously popular. Does best early 
in the season before the weather gets too 
hot. I don’t care much for this one. 
Large: 2 for 35c; 10 for $1.25 
Medium: 2 for 25c; 10 for 90c 
February 
Time to order glads for March planting. Show 
the catalog to your neighbors and friends. Eat 
meat in the winter, it helps keep you warm. 
Go window shopping with your wife if you can 
do it cheerfully. Make a tamale pie. Best month 
to plant glads in Southern California. 
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE 400-88 (Harris, 47) 
—Finest Canadian white. Grows 5 ft. or 
over with 8 opening on a 22-bud spike. 
Blooms are slightly ruffled and well at- 
tached. Produces many bulblets which ger- 
minate well. It is a fine commercial white. 
Large: 2 for 25c; 10 for 90c 
Medium: 3 for 25c; 10 for 65c 
FLYING FORTRESS 586 (Wilson) — LM — 
About tops in smokies. Light smoky gray 
with an enormous head of bloom. Opens up 
to 12. I think this can beat anything on 
the show table in the smoky section. A 
spike is a bouquet in itself. Not dependable 
though. 
Large: 2 for 35c; 10 for $1.25 
Medium: 2 for 25c; 10 for 90c 
FOLKLORE 463 (Butt, ’49)—E—A pure pink 
blending to deep orchid rose with a large 
creamy white throat. Opens 7 florets at 
once. A good commercial. 
Large: 25c; 10 for $1.90 
Medium: 2 for 35c; 10 for $1.35 
FROSTY 483 (Pruitt—M—Smoky salmon or- 
ange with a light smoky edge and fiery red 
blotch over which there is a frosty sheen. 
Opens 8-10 large flowers. And with good 
culture makes a most gorgeous huge spike 
though of medium height. 
Large: 25; 10 for $1.90 
Medium: 2 for 35c; 10 for $1.25 
FRIENDSHIP 442-70 (Fischer, *49)—Beautiful 
soft pure pink shading to a cream with a 
large white throat. Florets are round and 
beautifully ruffled. Opens up to 8 on a 
medium spike. An excellent propagator and 
germinator. 
Large: 2 for 25c; 10 for 90c 
Medium: 3 for 25c; 10 for 65c 
GINGER 422 (Fischer)—M—Deep vivid orange 
shading to gold in the throat and on the lip 
on which is a flame blotch. Opens 5 or more 
heavily ruffled blooms. A very beautiful 
lively colored variety I am sure you will 
like. 
Large: 60c; 10 for $5.00 
Medium: 45c; 10 for $3.95 
GOLD 412—E—tThis will probably prove to 
be the outstanding glad. Introduced in 1951. 
Sold at $5.00 per bulb and created a sensa- 
tion among the yellows. A very ruffled, 
deep yellow that will be outstanding as a 
commercial when prices come down a little. 
Very vigorous; a good cut flower, too. 
Large: 35c; 10 for $2.75 
Medium: 25c; 10 for $1.90 
GOLDEN STATE 412 (Wheeler, 42) -L—A 
tall, ruffled deep yellow. Will open 10 flo- 
rets on a 21-bud spike. A good commercial 
as well as exhibition glad. 
Large: 2 for 25c; 10 for 90c 
Medium: 3 for 25c; 10 for 65c 
GORGEOUS DEB 530 (Wilson) — M — Light 
salmon with cream yellow blotch. A gor- 
geously beautiful variety. Opens 9 large 
flowers often over 6 inches across on a long 
head and a tall plant. One of the most ex- 
quisitely beautiful varieties in my list. 
Heavily ruffled and an all around fine va- 
riety though attachment is not too strong. 
Large: 45c; 10 for $3.75 
Medium: 30c; 10 for $2.50 
GRAND MONARCH—L—Dark brownish red 
with a striking purple blotch. It’s different. 
I don't like it. 
Large: 2 for 25c; 10 for 90c 
Medium: 3 for 25c; 10 for 65c 
GRATIA—E—A light to medium blue from 
Holland. It has a deeper blue colored violet 
shaded lower petal marked with a deep 
violet rib line ending in a white dot. A 
strong growing blue at last. 
Large: 90c; Medium: 60c 
GREAT LAKES 476 (Kuhn, *46)—M—The pur- 
est blue of any I list. A light blue that is 
quite healthy. It opens 6-7 florets at one 
time. 
Large: 2 for 35c; 10 for $1.25 
Medium: 2 for 25c; 10 for 90c 
GREEN LIGHT —M-—A ruffled chartreuse 
that is a big seller. The color is a bit washed 
out though. This glad is not a very good 
performer, though quite healthy. If you like 
a green glad try it. This is another glad 
that people see exhibited and really go for, 
but as for me she just isn’t my type. I get 
letters from some of my customers saying 
Green Light is the most beautiful glad in 
their gardens. If that is the case they either 
haven’t any good varieties or are more color 
blind than I am. 
Large: 2 for 25c; 10 for 90c 
Medium: 3 for 25c; 10 for 65c 
GREY SUMMIT 486 (Butt, *50)—M—tThe tru- 
est grey that we have, blending to a lighter 
throat. It has a silvery sheen, opens 6 flo- 
rets on a tall spike. Appeals to lovers of 
novelty colors. This was one of the most 
popular of all glads. Personally, I like most 
of the other glads better. 
Large: 2 for 35c; 10 for $1.25 
Medium: 2 for 25c; 10 for 90c 
Do Gladiolus change color? 
Positively NO, except in the very unusual case 
of a sport. No matter what anyone tells you they 
do not change in wholesale quantities. What bap- 
pens is that some varieties are strong propagators 
and others rather weak, so the first you know 
some have passed out and you have only the 
strong ones left. Don’t write to me about this 
and expect an answer to your letter. To me this ts 
a closed subject. They just don’t change color, so 
there. One glad isn’t any more apt to change 
color than little Sammy Smith is apt to look 
just exactly like little Tony Pizzini just because 
they play together and live on the same street. 
However, there is an occasional sport, maybe one 
glad out of 10,000. Let’s don’t talk about this any 
more... it rks me. 
