For Your Information 
DESERT GROWN 
My bulbs are grown on the edge of the great sandy 
desert of Central Oregon. Normally a waste of sand and 
sage (rainfall averages about 10 inches a year), several 
years ago the water of the Deschutes river was diverted to 
the sandy soil, and it has proven to be very fertile. The 
potatoes (Deschutes Netted Gems) and clover seed grown 
here are prize-winners wherever shown, and generally 
command premium prices on the market. I believe the 
Gladiolus bulbs grown here are of similar high quality. 
We are far enough north, and at an altitude high enough 
(nearly 4,000 feet) to assure vigor. The desert sun shines 
most of every day of the year, purifying the air and soil 
of disease fungus and insect life, filling plants with 
great vitality. While the days are hot and dry, the nights 
are cooled by breezes from the perpetually snow-clad Cas¬ 
cade mountains, a few miles away. It seems difficult to 
imagine more ideal conditions for the production of clean, 
vigorous bulbs. A great many people live here to enjoy 
health that eludes them elsewhere. 
THE RULES 
The bulbs are grown and treated by the approved meth¬ 
ods, they are treated before planting and the soil is not 
highly fertilized or over-irrigated (this tends to produce 
large, soft bulbs susceptible to many pests). I irrigate 
once a week during the growing season, each variety is 
carefully rogued and dug when properly ripened. The 
bulbs are well cured in our fall sun and the storage 
temperature is carefully watched, and a great many more 
things are done to insure just the best bulbs possible. 
They have been inspected under Oregon state license No. 502. 
VARIETIES 
I have tested over 600 recommended varieties and have 
selected these as being the most reliable in producing fine 
spikes without special care. I have given special attention 
to disease resistance and have kepf 1 only the best of sim¬ 
ilar varieties. I believe that every color is fairly well 
represented, you should find many to suit your taste. 
There are many types included, from the small decorative 
to the huge exhibition spike as well as many suited for a 
long display of color in your garden. 
CULTURAL DIRECTIONS 
Directions approved by the American Gladiolus Society 
are included with each order. I will also answer, to the 
best of my ability, any questions you may care to ask. 
Be sure to inclose a stamped envelope for an early reply 
to your questions. 
THRIP 
State inspectors have found my planting of gladiolus to 
be entirely without Glad-thrip (those troublesome little 
insects infesting so many bulbs today). I have also 
watched carefully myself and have found none. New 
Oregon State laws require that all Gladiolus be treated as 
an extra precaution before mailing. They recommend 
Naphthaline flakes as a safe fumigant and I am using 
them on all of my bulbs. I will also inclose directions for 
thrip control with each order. 
DESCRIPTIONS 
Brief descriptions with all of the accurate information 
possible plainly stated, no tables to unravel, useless ad¬ 
jectives have been eliminated as almost every variety 
listed is outstanding in its class. Varieties not described 
(listed Other Yellows, etc.) are those of which I have only 
a small stock to offer to those v/ho know and want them. 
Color names have been taken from the Fischer color chart, 
which, instead of using such intricate and uncommon 
names as Bordeaux, Carnelian, Pomgranate, etc., etc., this 
chart names colors as they are produced by the combina¬ 
tion of basic colors. Viz., Red, Orange-Red, Orange, 
Yellow-Orange, Orange-Yellow, Yellow, and so on around 
the spectrum wheel, and in shades from light to dark, Red 
goes “Darker Red (Maroon), Dark Red, Red, Light Red, 
Lighter Red (Deep Pink), Pale'"Red (Light Pink.” Of 
course this does not enable one to name the exact shade, 
but almost anyone can instantly perceive a color accur¬ 
ately without the aid of a chart, which is impossible by 
any other method I have yet seen. How do you like 
it ? It is a little confusing to remember that pale Orange- 
Red is Light Salmon Pink, etc., so I have classified each 
color under a common name as you will see. However, 
working with so many shades, I doubt if you can always 
agree with my classification. Often descriptions seem to 
indicate color combinations not harmonious, but nature 
seems adept at harmony and shades odd colors to perfec¬ 
tion. Colors often vary to a marked degree under dif¬ 
ferent climatic conditions. In fact, the entire perform¬ 
ance of many varieties vary almost unbelievably in dif¬ 
ferent climates and seasons. 
I have substituted the general season for days to bloom. 
Size goes for the type, a large Primulina is not as large 
as a large Grandiflora. Those not marked as to type are 
the Grandiflora (not ruffled or prim, etc.). Number open 
is approximate and varies. Names of originators appear 
in parenthesis after varieties. 
SUBSTITUTION 
Order early while stocks are complete. All stock offered 
subject to prior sale and I reserve the right to limit the 
quantity of a variety to a customer. I do not sell whole¬ 
sale. If I am sold out of a variety ordered I will sub¬ 
stitute a similar or better variety unless you request me 
not to, in which case I will refund your money. 
SIZE 
Each bulb is large blooming size, mostly over 1 1 % inch 
diameter. Some varieties never produce large bulbs but 
they bloom well, and that is the real test of any bulb. I 
do not offer extra large bulbs as they are too often old or 
overfed and do not produce the flowers a young though 
smaller bulb will. 
GUARANTEE 
I guarantee every bulb to be true to name and to be 
clean of disease and free of thrip, and will replace any 
not proving so. Due to conditions over which I have no 
control I cannot guarantee your crop of flowers and bulbs. 
However, if you feel that the bulbs are at fault and that 
they have not responded to your care as well as you 
believe you have a right to expect, that you have not re¬ 
ceived your money’s worth, let me know and I will try to 
adjust to your satisfaction. 
ORDER EARLY 
To insure your getting the best of what you want order 
early, and you will also have the bulbs when you are 
ready to plant. I will mail your bulbs so that they will 
arrive about April 1, or at any other time you request. 
Southern residents especially may want earlier or later 
delivery, so please say so if you want them to arrive at any 
special time. I will send them if the weather permits. 
Orders not sent at once will be receipted by postal card. 
WHEN YOU ORDER 
Be sure to give me your name and complete address, 
state the varieties and number of each wanted and inclose 
remittance to cover cost of bulbs. (25e extra for postage 
on orders of less than $2.00.) You may send currency 
(bills), money orders or on small orders, 3c stamps. No 
G. O. D. Please do not send a check as. I am charged 
quite a little collection and the price of these bulbs does 
not permit it. Address all communications and make all 
money orders payable to: Paul Brandon, Route one. Bend, 
Oregon. All bulbs will be sent by mail. Please keep a 
copy of your order for checking when you get your bulbs. 
THE PRICE 
Bulbs are 5c each, one bulb or 100. Orders over $2.00! 
sent postpaid. Smaller orders please include 25c extra to 
cover postage and packing. I will send you something 
extra to pay you back so that postage will really cost you 
nothing. I always try to send something extra with every 
order. 
