CQ Foreword Jo Our 
1955 Catalogue 
We had a wet spring, a dry summer and a wet fall. Fortunately, we 
are situated high with somewhat of a sandy loam soil. Drainage is 
good, so the rain does not hurt too much. Fortunately again, we have 
a plentiful water supply and we can irrigate every day if necessary, 
and for thirty days straight this summer, the irrigation system worked 
every day. 
We have found that if we can give the bulbs plenty of moisture for 
the first thirty days of growing, we get the most buds on the spikes. 
It must be that the buds form during the first thirty day period. You 
can increase the spike length, and the size of the floret by extra care, 
water, etc., when they are ready to bloom, but you cannot increase the 
number of buds on the spike at that time. All told, we had a good 
growing season and the crop of bulbs dug this fall was of our usual 
high quality. 
Our own patch, three test gardens in the near vicinity, and results 
as seen at the shows have helped shape our opinions. If a certain glad 
grew good for us, in the test garden, and we saw some good ones at 
the shows, we feel safe in saying that it is worthy to grow in your 
garden. While you may not agree in every instance with us, we have 
tried to tell you in the best way we can, what we think of each variety. 
In reading through my own catalogue, as well as other catalogues, 
I often wonder why people will buy certain varieties. We cannot take 
the space to fully describe each variety we raise. Newer introductions 
are described in greater detail than the older ones. 
To a man who has been raising glads for years a description 
“Salmon pink with a deeper throat marking” is sufficient for he 
probably knows the variety. But to a beginner, such a description 
might cause him to pass up that variety in favor of some other salmon 
pink. 
To help the beginner, we have tried to rate nearly every item by 
saying that it is a good show, or a good commercial glad. We try to 
tell how it grows. Good balance or proportion means a tapering spike 
with not too many open to make it bottom heavy; too few open makes 
it unbalanced the other way. Some varieties will consistently space 
the florets too close together. Some varieties will open say six florets 
and have the buds above them barely showing color. 
You can feel sure that if we rate a variety as a good show glad, 
that you can expect to get your share of good show quality spikes. 
Where primarily a commercial variety, we try to say so, meaning 
that it will give you good spikes for home use or for sale, but you 
should not expect to get too many show quality spikes. 
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