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FLYING CLOUD FARMS 
our stock and found considerable Encinatus; all from one grower proved 
to be that variety and I have seen lots of it since in other gardens. There is 
a slightly different throat on it than on McCoy so if your McCoy is not 
acting as it should you better check it up for it sure is a great exhibition 
variety. 
If you want long exhibition spikes be sure they have plenty of water 
and cultivated after each rain; however, I do feel that possibly we cultivate 
too much as it has been well established that cultivation burns the humus 
out of the soil which is one of the hardest things to put back into it. For 
fertilizer we use 6-8-6 early in the season and 4-8-8 later and in our light 
soil prefer a small amount of fertilizer put on several times rather than to 
put it all on in two applications, believing that the extra benefit is worth the 
extra work. Of course, in a small patch the generous use of dry cow or 
sheep manure will help produce better exhibition spikes; you can use all you 
want of it and if you use more than really needed, the only damage will be 
to your pocket-book. Remember when cultivating that while your first set of 
roots, those from the old bulb, go down but the second and third sets go out 
so do not cultivate too deeply close to the spikes late in the season. 
Thrip now are easily handled by anyone willing to put just a bit of effort 
into it; the naphthaline flakes treatment seems the easiest and best but I 
should also disinfect at planting time with Bichloride of Mercury, one ounce 
to seven gallons of water, and soak for eight to ten hours. If the bulbs are 
free of thrip and thrip eggs at planting time there is only the chance of 
infestation from the fellow who is growing nearby and then it is wise to 
use the usual sugar and arsenate (or paris green) formula for spraying which 
is: I tablespoon paris green or 2 tablespoons arsenate of lead and 2 pounds 
brown sugar to 3 gallons of water. The safest way, probably, is to spray them 
once when about six inches high as a good insurance measure although one 
sees no signs of thrip. lust a few present at this time will make enough later on 
to do serious damage. I think if one keeps all open spikes cut close there will 
be little damage—the thrip go to blooming spikes—if these are cut and removed 
from the field any thrip present on the spikes, where most of them will be, 
would go out on these spikes. Any tops broken off or worthless spikes should 
also be kept cleaned up and removed from the field and destroyed as you then 
remove any thrip that may be present on these spikes. 
GLAD PEOPLE 
I received this letter from a customer in Michigan just as our catalog was going to press. 
Dear Mr. Winsor: 
I'm glad the. frost didn't kill my glads like it did the sunflowers in Kansas so "Queen 
Mary", with "Happiness", stepped out with "Frank J. McCoy”. "Rosemarie Pfitzer," with a 
"Bleeding Heart", consulted "Dr. A. C. McKillop" about it while "Betty Ronaldson", a 
"Brunette", scrubbed "Black Opal" with "Gold Dust" to a "Perle Brilliant." 
"Kingsford Smith" and "Miss J. Nathan", his "Sweetheart", with "Commander Koehl" 
aboard the "Graf Zeppelin" and a "Maid of Orleans", flew to "Bagdad" to visit "King Coyle", 
later returning with their "Danny Boy." That "Eve", "John Ramsay" went up to the "Light¬ 
house" to view the "Graf Zeppelin" at "Daylight", turning on the "Green Light" and keep¬ 
ing a "Daily Record." 
"Evelyn Stinton" with "Mr. Wm. Cuthbertson" chartered the "Mayflower" on the "Blue 
Danube" as there was no longer a "Titanic", while "Bill Sowden" saw the "Star of Bethlehem" 
when "Lucifer" went after him because he was a "Crusader" for "Louis Boumeister". "Mar¬ 
garet Peter", dressed in "Royal Gold", with "Gabriel" stood at the "Gate of Heaven" before 
"St. Bruno" seeing "St. Cuthbert" in the "Ninth Symphony". 
When "Gertrude Swenson" saw "Prof. Von Slogtern” give "Nelly" a "Salbach's Orchid" 
and "Miss New Zealand" eat a "Tangerine" and an "Orange" she said to herself, "I prefer 
to return to the "Sunnyside" of the Flying Cloud Farms." 
