Hobby Glad Gardens 
1957 - WINTER - 1958 
Gladiolus Price List 
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C. E. SHEELY, Proprietor 
222 Godfroy Ave. - Monroe, Michigan 
MAY WE take this means of thanking each and. every one of you who ordered 
bulbs from us this last year and for the many kind letters that we have received. 
If it were only possible to answer each of your letters personally we would 
certainly do it, but that is an impossibility. By the many fine comments we have 
received about the Key Chart system that we put in our catalogue last year, it must 
have been some help to you in selecting what you wished most. Letters have come 
in from coast to coast and from Mexico to well north in Canada asking us to continue 
it and to give the new varieties full Key Chart lists wherever possible. 
We are doing that and giving a complete chart to each variety that we feel the 
traits are more or less permanently set in. However, some of the newer ones we 
have not grown long enough to be accurate on, and even a few of the older varieties 
we have changed a little this season. 
We have had a fine growing season with plenty of moisture (sometimes too 
much) and have a fine crop of bulbs, and can only hope for our share of your 
business again this year. Our bulbs are all planted by hand, dug by hand, cleaned 
by hand, and graded by hand to insure you getting just as nice a bulb as can be 
produced. No more bruising than is necessary. Every bulb is removed that does 
not look just right etc., all by hand, so that you receive only A-l bulbs. Ask any of 
our customers, they can tell you. 
Very truly yours, 
HOBBY GLAD GARDENS 
