Don’ts for Gladiolus Growers 
DON’T—When you receive your order of bulbs, leave them 
in a tight box or bag. Bulbs are alive and need 
fresh air. 
DON’T—When planting your bulbs, plant too deep. Plant 
large bulbs 6 inches deep, medium sized bulbs 4 
inches deep, bulbs % to % inches 3 inches deep 
and bulblets 114 to 2 inches deep. 
DON’T—Neglect to fight the worst enemy to Gladiolus, the 
weeds. Keep after them while they are small, cul¬ 
tivate often. 
DON’T—Use a dull knife or scissors to cut flowering spikes. 
Be sure to use a sharp knife and leave at least 
four leaves to produce good bulbs for the following 
season. 
DON’T—Dig your bulbs this fall and throw them into burlap 
bags and put them in a corner of your cellar. Ut¬ 
most care should be taken in storing bulbs, a few 
days out in the sun and wind will help cure them 
and then store them in shallow boxes two or three 
inches deep. Look at your bulbs during the winter 
and give them an airing. 
NOTE— 
These don’ts I hope will be helpful to all. Having 
supervised the shipping of nearly 95,000 dozen Glad¬ 
iolus blooms and the harvesting of four million 
bulbs during the season of 1933, I feel that I would 
like to pass on to our customers some of the helpful 
hints I have gleaned by personal experience. If any 
of our customers have Gladiolus problems, I will be 
pleased to give them any information that I can in 
regard to the growing or harvesting of Gladiolus 
bulbs. Just drop me a line. 
(Signed) — R. J. KOUKOL 
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