Archive image from page 7 of Descriptive list (1932). Descriptive list . descriptivelist1932cham Year: 1932 Mrs. Anna Pfitzer is one of the best varieties Pfitzer ever put out. Opens up eight to ten or more, always well placed. A very beautiful variety. Mrs. T. E. Langford will make a great commercial variety when stock is available. Color is wonderful. Some people ask for a black glad. There is no Such thing. But Persia comes very near it. If you want a very dark colored variety at a low price Persia is the one you want. Give Royal Lavender good culture and see what you can do with it. It is
Archive image from page 7 of Descriptive list (1932). Descriptive list . descriptivelist1932cham Year: 1932 Mrs. Anna Pfitzer is one of the best varieties Pfitzer ever put out. Opens up eight to ten or more, always well placed. A very beautiful variety. Mrs. T. E. Langford will make a great commercial variety when stock is available. Color is wonderful. Some people ask for a black glad. There is no Such thing. But Persia comes very near it. If you want a very dark colored variety at a low price Persia is the one you want. Give Royal Lavender good culture and see what you can do with it. It is a won- derfully fine florist variety and will stand shipping any distance and will open up to the last bud and keep its color. Wurtembergia looks like the coming red. You can't go wrong in this variety. Picardy has made the greatest impression in the gladiolus world of any variety since W. H. Phipps, and as yet only a comparatively few people have seen it. Wait till it gets going. In some parts of the country, thrip, a very minute insect, has caused some trouble this past year. When glads are badly infested with thrip the buds dry up and do not produce good bloom. Nothing much is known about what to do for these at present but I would recommend peeling the bulbs, or at least loosening the outside skin and soaking them in some disinfectant for several hours just before planting. This will kill any insects or eggs that happen to be on the bulb at the time. I was not troubled with these this past season but to make sure that I do not send out any infested bulbs I intend to fumigate my bulb house with Cyanide several times during the winter. It is thought that over head irrigation during the growing season will help to keep them under control as much as anything. The depression is mostly mental. Plant flowers to cheer up not only yourself but all those who see them. Join the A. G. S. and also your local gladiolus society if you have one. The A. G. S. publishes a very fine monthly
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