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of noiHine but mis! 



We thought you might like to see 

 these pictures too — they tell a little 

 more than immediately meets the 

 eye. 



Fifty acres of rich Willamette Val- 

 ley soil devoted exclusively to one 

 crop — Iris. By rotating the planted 

 area of about ten acres each year, 

 and with cover crops in the inter- 

 vening years, the soil is always in 

 a renewed condition and produces 

 large, and healthy plants annual- 

 ly. 



Photographed about the first of 

 September, a new field of Iris that 

 will furnish the next season's crop. 

 Note the uniform growth, condition 

 of soil, and total absence of weeds 

 or grass. 



Picture taken the following Mcry„ 

 every plant a one-year rhizome. 

 Just nine months before it looked 

 exactly like the picture above! 



Six weeks later, the bloom stalks 

 cut off and the crop ready to be 

 dug, divided, trimmed, tagged, 

 packed and on their way to you. 

 Note again the even growth and 

 clean cultivation. Fields are dust- 

 ed by airplane to insure healthy 

 foliage and disease-free plants. 

 The unbecoming structure in the 

 background is a canvas-topped 

 shelter from the sun for both work- 

 ers and freshly dug rhizomes. 



