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WISCONSIN  HORTICULTURE 
Hoppe's seedling Alla is a very fine 
.,moky show glad, and his Flamingo 
makes up into about the most beautiful 
basket possible. 
        Fine White Seedling 
  The finest seedling of the summer was 
a pure white with a small purple feath- 
er, an exquisite floret and a long spike- 
from  Ted Woods. You'll hear more 
about this one in about three years! 
The most unusual seedling was a laven- 
der, 8 inch florets, 44/4 inch flowerhead, 
spike 73 inches tall-from Hoppe. 
  I hope I haven't stepped on anyone's 
toes or pet glads-if I don't like your 
iavorite that's my hard luck. 
WANTED! LETTERS COM- 
MENTING ON GLADIOLUS 
           GROWING 
T HIS month we found it impos- 
    sible to obtain articles from 
those to whom we wrote asking for 
comments on glad varieties in their 
gardens and at the State Show. 
()ur glad growers were too busy 
to write. 
  \Ve are not acquainted with all 
the glad growers in the state. There 
may be growers who could write 
very interesting articles on the sub- 
ject of experiences with the new 
varieties and gladiolus growing. 
  Won't you write us a letter tell- 
ing about some of these things 
w\ihich could be used on this page? 
WISCONSIN GLADS WIN AT 
        N.E.G.S. SHOW 
N the report of the New England 
Gladiolus Society's S how      at 
Horticultural Hall, Boston, Massa- 
chusetts, we  find the  following 
statement: 
  "In the amateur classes a num- 
ber of midwestern   and   western 
originations took first places, in- 
cluding Stoplight, Rose  Defiant, 
Ohio Nonpareil, Mrs. Richard Mc- 
Govern, Redwin, Marguerite, Mas- 
ter Myron, Badger Beauty, Miss 
Wisconsin, White   Gold, Golden 
Goddess, Helen of Troy, Sir Gala- 
had, Jeanie, J a m e s FitzJames, 
Crinkle Cream and Vista Bonita." 
    White Gold Wins Medle 
  At this show a larger number of 
baskets and vases than ever before 
were shown this year. Wendell Wy- 
man, Sharon, Mass., again took the 
Society's medal for the best basket 
of 25 spikes, one variety, with 
White Gold. 
     MIDWEST SHOW AT 
       CHICAGO VERY 
         SUCCESSFUL 
T HE Midwest Gladiolus Society 
show at Garfield Park, Chicago, 
had an estimated 3,000 to 4,000 en- 
tries. Following are some of the 
highlights of the show. 
  Grand champion spike was the 
beautiful white Myrna, entered by 
C. D. Fortnam, Tyler Hill, Pa. 
Second was Marion Pearl entered 
by Mr. J. R. Hopkins, and third 
was a spike of 452-11 entered by 
Walter Krueger, Oconomowoc. 
  The display of Dr. Geo. Scheer 
of Sheboygan featured three large 
baskets of White Gold, his own 
origination, and other seedling va- 
rieties. 
  Harold Janes. Whitewater. ex- 
hibited baskets of Diane. the old- 
rose Changeable Silk, Elizabeth the 
Queen, Red Charm, and Wanda. 
      Krueger's Seecdngs 
      Attract Attention 
  Mentioned especially in the re- 
port of the show was Walter Krue- 
ger's new seedling 447-10, a white 
bloom with pink throat which is to 
be introduced this fall. There was 
also a basket of seedling 447-11, a 
ruffled salmon, and a basket of Miss 
Wisconsin, a lovely rose variety 
introduced last year. 
       Officers Reelected 
  At the business meeting it was 
decided that present officers should 
continue another year. They are: 
President, E. A. Lins, S p r i n g 
Green; Vice-president and Editor, 
J. R. Hopkins, Deerfield, Illinois; 
Secretary and Show Manager, L. 
E. May, Chicago; Treasurer, Ray 
Moss, Waterloo, Iowa. 
SCHEER'S SEEDLINGS WIN 
     AT ILLINOIS SHOW 
k IT the Illinois Gladiolus Soci- 
    ety's annual show. Momence, 
Ill., we find that J. R. Hopkins, 
Deerfield, took first in the seedling 
classes with one spike of the ruffled 
sallmon Scheer seedling 166-28, and 
also with Scheer seedling 171-09, 
a light pink. 
  AMERICAN IRIS SOCIETY 
           AWARDS 
T b0    Nebraska farmer goes the 
    honor of winning the highest 
award in the iris world-the Dykes 
Medal for 1943, given by the Amer- 
ican Iris Society. The breeder is 
Hans Peter Sass of Elkhorn, Ne- 
braska, anld the variety is Prairie 
Sunset. 
  Mr. Hans Sass is the first Ameri- 
can to have won the medal' twice. 
He received the Dykes Medal in 
1932 for his origination. Rameses. 
  Prairie Sunset is a blend of 
peach, apricot, rose, copper and 
gold and is a wonderful iris and 
able to stand up under the sweep- 
ing prairie winds of Nebraska. 
          Dykes Medal 
  I ariet y 
Prairie Sunset 
Originator 
II. P. Sass 
        Award of Merit 
American Varieties-Tall Bearded 
Daybreak          Kleinsorge 
Captain Wells     Patti Cook 
Stardom           1. 11lail 
Copper Rose       Patti ('ook 
Red Valor         Nicholls 
Mary E'. Nicholls Nicholls 
Tiffany           11. P. Sass 
Brown Thrasher    Kirkland 
Garden Flanie     H. P. Sass 
Violet Symphony   K. Smith 
    Other Than Tall Bearded 
Black Hawk        Schreiner 
    (Intermediate) 
Nelson of Hilly   C. White 
    (Oncobred) 
Peshawar 
    (Hybrid) 
Schreiner 
  WISCONSIN FLORISTS TO 
     MEET IN OCTOBER 
T HE annual meeting of the Wis- 
    consin - Upper Michigan Flor- 
ists Association will be held in the 
Plankinton Hotel, Milwaukee, Oc- 
tober 27-28, according to Carl P. 
Menger, Secretary. The organiza- 
tion did not hold a summer meet- 
ing this year. 
October, 1943 
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