SCARLET (36-37). WELCOME will be greeted as the earliest scarlet; 
DAVID WARR just a little later but still an early variety. ABLAZE is a 
rather gaudily colored red and yellow; very flashy, and also an early bloom- 
er. YULETIDE blooms considerably later than the others, with flowers of 
a softer scarlet veined with gold. FLASHLIGHT and ATOM are perhaps the 
showiest and brightest of all of the small gilads. 
LIGHT PINK (40-41). This class now has an abundance of fine varie- 
ties, although two of them, PINK CHIFFON and PINK DIAMOND, are def- 
initely orchid-toned, and we would prefer to see them classed light rose. 
Pink Diamond is the more beautiful, but Pink Chiffon may make a strong 
bid as a cut flower; it has a color the florists love. PINK HARMONY should 
also be a good commercial; very early, with fine color and spike. Personal 
favorites of ours for their lovely color are PENNANT and FLORIBUNDA. 
Both will open a lot of florets at once. LOOK is very tall, a wonderfully 
easy grower and a good cutter. CONTRAST will be considered overly “con- 
trasty” by some, but well-liked by others. PINK PRIDE and PAUL BUN- 
YAN are truly gigantic in size; the latter is probably the largest glad ever 
introduced, with one or two possible exceptions, Fragrance is represented in 
the light pinks by SWEET ’N LOVELY and PINK FRAGRANCE, while 
in the little glads we find one of prettiest in LITTLE SWEETHEART. If 
we were limited to growing only one small glad (Heaven forbid!), that one 
would be Little Sweetheart. 
MEDIUM PINK (42-48). EDITH WARR and PAINTED LADY are 
the only medium pinks we list. Each is quite a distinct gladiolus person- 
ality. Edith Warr is so immense we would have hesitated, had it been our 
origination, to give it a feminine name! Appealing, though, in spite of its 
great size. PAINTED LADY is quite a bold, slightly bizarre hussy who 
seems to use too much makeup at times on her otherwise quite pretty face. 
Very much sought-after and admired, however. SKALAWAG and GOBLIN 
are interesting representatives of the small varieties in medium pink. 
DEEP PINK (44-45). SPIC and SPAN continues to dominate this class, 
and probably will for some years to come. COLOGNE, nicely fragrant, is 
officially (but surely erroneously), classified medium pink (42); it definitely 
belongs here. In fact, it is such a deep pink in some localities that people 
call it a scarlet. 
LIGHT RED (50-51). First to bloom in this group is EARLY RED, 
which promises to be an outstanding commercial. POINSETTIA and RED 
RADIANCE will make excellent cut flower reds, too, while RED TAPE 
should be an outstanding show variety in this color. SWEETIE and RED 
SCENT are fragrant glads in this class; both are attractive varieties and 
nicely scented. GREMLIN is an odd but interesting miniature for those 
who like to make unusual arrangements, while ZIG ZAG is the small 
exhibition glad par excellence. 
DEEP RED (52-53). GARNET RUFFLES, a beauty in medium size, 
is an up-and-coming show glad. There is still quite a demand for CRIMSON 
TIDE, one of our earliest introductions, HARRISBURGER is truly a 
wonder glad, with marvelous color and immense spikes. So_ is RED 
FEATHER , in a somewhat deeper shade of red. ROYAL FLUSH and 
ROYAL TREAT are both beautiful; the latter is the deeper, still not quite 
a maroon. Royal Flush has always been one of our prime favorites. FIFTH 
AVENUE is a lovely medium-small dark red glad. We don’t know how 
TOYTOWN got into this group; with us it is either a salmon-scarlet or a 
light red. 
BLACK RED (54-55). ACE OF SPADES and RUFFLED EBONY are 
the darkest in this popular color class. DARK DAVID is very rich-toned, 
and THUNDERBOLT has quite a lively color, not as dark as the others. 
BLACK CHERRY and NEGUS are fine show varieties but not very good 
inereasers with us. DARK FRAGRANCE is the first scented glad in this 
color. 
“With all of your varieties I have had great success.’’ —F., Z., Chile, South America 
