GUIDEBOOK FOR 1939 
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Heiligtum 
“/ never before received twice the value of an order. 
Such fine bulbs, loo." 6-22- 38. Mrs. C..S’. IT. Coxsackie, 
N. Y. 
“ This is not t.^ first time I have been astonished at 
your generosity. If you treat everybody in this manner, 
you will never become a millionaire. Thanks indeed," 
6-1-38. F.W.K., Dean, Tiffin, Ohio. 
“/ have heard of long counts, but never anything like 
this. Ordered 20 Magna Blanca, received 40—20 McCoy 
and received 35, .Also six lots of extras. .After 35 years 
of medical practice I have been dubbed a "benevolent 
fool"-—think you must be something like myself. .Any¬ 
way, many thanks for the very large young bulbs." 
3-12-38. Dr. F., Satila Monica, Calif. 
“/ wish to acknowledge with thanks receipt of the glad 
bulbs. 1 want to say that it has been tny privilege to 
receive many very fine bulbs from various sources, but I 
believe those that I receive from you are about the highest 
quality I have ever bought. I have catered to quality for 
many years and have done a ^ood deal of shcnving and 
have won many prizes and I feel I know good bulbs when 
I see them. 4-16-'38. J.F.J., Minneapcli%, Minn. 
“Must thank your guide book for my recent successes 
at the shows." W. II. -S'., Waldo, Il'/i. 
SIZE OF BULB TO BUY 
If economy be the aim, do not rely on small 
bulbs to give wholly satisfactory blooms. 
The small bulbs will all bloom but medium 
bulbs almost always give far better than 
“medium” sized spikes of the given variety. 
Our descriptions usually indicate whether or 
not the variety is an exceptionally fine pro¬ 
ducer of blooms from the smaller sizes. 
A number of varieties either have come 
into sufficient world production to warrant 
low price for large bulbs or bloom so un¬ 
satisfactorily from medium size bulbs that, 
for the protection of our customer, we omit 
the smaller sizes from our pricing. Likely, 
we have them if you insist but we recommend 
only the sizes offered. 
Commercially, bulbs are graded into 6 
sizes. Size 6 is under 3^ inch diameter and 
other sizes range up every 34 inch, the Num¬ 
ber 1 bulb being 134 inch up. Catalogs 
commonly offer bulbs as L (large) sizes 1 and 
2) (1/4 inch up); M (medium) (sizes 3 and 4) 
(M to 134 inch); S (small) (sizes 5 and 6) 
(34 to ^ inch) and Bits (bulblets, the little 
hard shelled cormels which cling at the roots 
of the bulb). 
For the most part we deliver number 1 for 
L, number 3 for M and Number 5 for S. 
Tiny bulblets are screened out and where 
they are priced per each they are selected 
as large as they run. Morever, except on 
large quantity orders, we prefer to supply 
No. 2L for M rather than No. 4 and to supply 
No. 4M for S rather than No. 6. This applies 
particularly to early orders and to expensive 
item orders. 
YOUNG JUMBO OVERSIZE NO. 1. 
These young jumbo bulbs are 2 inches 
diameter or over, mostly over and are first 
time arrived to large size, not more than 2 
years growth from bulblet. 
With up to four times the food bulk of 
the so-called large bulb, these oversize jumbos 
are most dependable for producing the magni¬ 
ficent show specimen blooms that capture 
the blue ribbons in the many, highly com¬ 
petitive gladiolus society shows. Almost 
invariably, the divisional champion spikes 
and the grand champion spike of the show 
are produced from young jumbos. The reason 
is simple enough to anyone who gives the 
subject a moment’s attention. The x'outhful 
vigor of the heavy bulb, supplying food bulk 
and juices with greater volume and over a 
longer period of the development of the new 
bulb, creates a stronger and larger plant, 
with corresponding maximum number of 
buds, the largest possible flower spike and, 
incidentally, gives the greatest possible con¬ 
trol over the blooming date. In Canada and 
other northern sections where a short bloom¬ 
ing season finds late blooming varieties often 
cut down by frost before the sluggish growth 
