Watsonville, California 
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TULIP CULTURE 
While tulips grown in the full sun should give good results, it is best to plant them in 
partial shade. This is essentially true in very warm sections. This will protect them against 
unexpected warm spells during the growing and flowering season and should produce 
longer stems,, a longer blooming season, and prevent scorching of the flowers. 
Lighten heavy soil with peat moss, avoid manure except as a mulch and spread a little 
sand under the bulbs when planting. 
Tulips succeed best when planted at a uniform depth of from five to eight inches, 
according to soil conditions. This uniform planting is essential to insure all individuals of a 
given variety to bloom at the same time and to grow to a uniform height. This appearance 
is the essence of a perfect bed of tulips. 
Care should be taken not to allow the ground to dry out at any time during the growing 
season. If the bed is to be used for other plantings after the tulips flower, the bulbs may be 
lifted and “heeled in” in loose soil or peat in the shade where the foliage will ripen slowly. 
The tulip bulbs which you purchase from us will be of the highest possible quality 
carefully grown by the world’s finest producers and should give maximum results the first 
year. Following this season’s bloom, we suggest moving them to a cut-flower garden where 
they may remain in the ground indefinitely to be used for picking. Under garden conditions, 
they cannot be indefinitely depended on and your plantings should be renewed each year 
to give the maximum satisfaction. 
The following tulip prices are for strictly top-size Imported bulbs of exceptional 
quality. 
We feel that it is less confusing to list tulips under their color classification than to 
separate them into the general classes of Breeder, Darwin and Cottage varieties which 
includes all the sub-classifications of Super Breeders, Ideal Darwins, etc. Within the color 
groups, you will find the varieties listed as they grade through the color changes. 
As a general rule, the Darwins contain the bright strong colored tulips, the Cottage 
are the pastel shades while the Breeders are the soft, darker shades of lilac, lavender, 
brown, orange, etc. 
EARLY SINGLE TULIPS 
KEIZERSKROON—Striped yellow and red. 
$.75 dozen. $6.00 per 100. 
GENERAL DE WET — Large sweet scented 
flowers, deep orange. 
$.75 dozen. $6.00 per 100. 
RED TULIPS 
PRINCE OF WALES — Darwin. Brilliant 
rosy-red. 
$.75 dozen. $5.50 per 100. 
KING GEORGE V—Darwin. Carmine red. 
$.85 dozen. $6.50 per 100. 
ECLIPSE — Darwin. Brilliant chestnut red. 
$1.75 dozen. $14.00 per 100. 
PRIDE OF HAARLEM—Darwin. Bright red. 
$.75 dozen. $4.50 per 100. 
GESNERIANA SPATHULATA — Cottage. 
Brilliant fiery scarlet. Large flower with 
pointed petals on long strong stem. 
$.75 dozen. $6.00 per 100. 
FARNSCOMBE SANDER — Darwin. Fiery 
scarlet 
$.60 dozen. $4.75 per 100. 
CITY OF HAARLEM — Darwin. Pure scar¬ 
let. 
$.75 dozen. $5.75 per 100. 
FEU BRILLIANT — Darwin. Very large, 
brilliant scarlet. 
$.75 dozen. $5.75 per 100. 
The desired effect has no color limit. Many 
varieties will produce such a bed in your 
favorite colors 
WHISTLER—Darwin. Large vivid maroon- 
crimson. 
$.75 dozen. $5.75 per 100. 
KING HAROLD—Darwin. Dark crimson. 
$.70 dozen. $5.00 per 100. 
LA TULIPE NOIRE — Darwin. “The Black 
Tulip.” Deep maroon, almost black. 
$.75 dozen. $5.25 per 100. 
