ROYAL TREAT (Lins ’52) 452 (EM). A beautiful glad that is not as widely 
known or as widely grown as it should be. The florets are round, ruffled and 
just about the richest shade of garnet red imaginable. It opens 6 to 8 in 
perfect placement on graceful, straight spikes of good height. Rather a 
deep red, although an undertone of rose red and its smooth petal finish 
keep it from seeming too dark. Good increase. 
L .35, M .25, Bulblets 10-.25, 50-$1.00. 
RUFFLED EBONY (Fischer 753) 454 (EM). We consider this the most 
beautiful of the black reds in individual floret. The jet black buds open to 
darkest garnet maroon, becoming a shade lighter toward the center, 
especially on the upper petals. In effect, however, a rich silky maroon of 
self coloring, accented by the lovely ruffling of the five or six open florets. 
Ruffled Ebony is not perfect—its bud count, floret attachment, and place- 
ment could all be improved; but if you like dark-toned beauties this is 
one variety you will surely want to grow. 
L .75, M .50, S .25, Bulblets 10-.40, 50-$1.50. 
RUFFLED GOLD (Lines ’53) 520 (M). Erroneously classified 512, this is 
definitely a light orange, not a yellow. A nice color, salmon orange with 
a few unobtrusive light red throat lines, it does need a more stretchy 
flowerhead to give a properly balanced spike. Very useful in bouquets and 
arrangements, etc., and an especially nice color for autumn. Fair propagator. 
L .50, M .35, S .25, Bulblets 4-.25. 
SCEPTRE (D. W. White ’54) 410 (EM). Hailed as the last word in yellows, 
we wouldn’t want to go quite that far; however, it certainly should do its 
share of winning at the shows. A clear light, unmarked yellow, Sceptre 
exhibits greater stretch of flowerhead and more open florets than perhaps 
any other yellow except our new Argentine. It seems to be a tall, easy 
grower, and will likely produce a good percentage of perfect spikes, although 
floret placement could have been improved on some of ours. It will open 
up to 8 or 9 large, moderately ruffled, wide-open flowers at a time. Fast 
propagator and fine grower from bulblets. 
M $2.00, S $1.00, Bulblets .35, 3-$1.00, 10-$2.75. 
SIERRA SNOW (Harris 751) 400, (M). A large white that appears even 
larger than it is, when its 9 to 12 slightly waved florets are open on tall, 
22-24 bud spikes. Now that more people are growing Sierra Snow, it is 
really coming into its own as a topnotch exhibition variety. During the 
1954 show season it won Grand Championships at Grants Pass and North 
Carolina, Reserve Championships at Indiana and Elmira, N.Y., along with 
numerous sectional and other major awards. You will want to grow it too, 
if you enjoy gathering in the blue ribbons and championship rosettes; even 
if you don’t exhibit you will admire this massive tall white glad in your 
garden. 
L .25, M 2-.30, S 2-.20, Bulblets 10-.20. 
SNOWCLAD (Harris ’53) 500 (EM). A very highly praised white from the 
originator of Sierra Snow. Time will tell whether it is an improvement, as 
claimed. We were quite favorably impressed on the basis of spikes grown 
from small bulbs. A clear creamy white with a touch of yellow in the 
throat. Large florets, with good attachment. A runaway propagator. 
M .75, S .50, Bulblets 2-.25, 10-$1.00, 100-$8.00. 
“T saw BERMUDA for the first time at the Cleveland show, and boy what a beauty! 
I must have it for hybridizing.” 
—H. S., Ohio 
“IT am exceptionally fond of WHITE CLOUD. From 2 large bulbs and 1 small one I had 
five tall beautiful spikes. It was my number one favorite. I do a lot of hybridizing myself, 
but I never expect to be so successful as yourself, Carl Fischer, or Prof. Palmer.” 
—M., A., Wisconsin 
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