FIGURE CAREFULLY 
Like most greenhouse crops today, there 
isn’t a whole lot of profit in mums and 
what there is in them disappears completely 
if not well grown and the question of var¬ 
ieties carefully planned. The practical points 
of both these phases of mum growing will be 
found discussed on the last pages of this 
catalog. The matter of varieties is of spec¬ 
ial importance. Every successful mum grow¬ 
er drops some varieties and adds others 
no use, Joe! No matter how you every season. Real improvements on every 
fig-ure, Mum propagation is pretty J 
expensive business. crop we grow are available annually . Mums 
in all classes are not an exception. Yes, we do occasionally get a new one 
that doesn’t click, except for the Originator, but that is the inevitable 
price of progress. Early flowering thru black cloth shading is a phase of 
mumgrowing that is profitable for most growers and it will continue to be, 
for to do it successfully calls for earlier planting than can be done by 
some and the added cost of cloth keeps a few growers out of it. Also the 
tendency toward over doing the pompons and cutting down on the big ones. 
Question of Labor, no doubt, accounts for this. While there always will be 
plenty of bunch mums wanted, don’t forget that when our public thinks of 
mums they have the big ones in mind and when good they will pay for them, 
and before you stop figuring on the mum crop, give some thot to your 
young stock, for there may be a chance to shave costs. 
FIGURE THE COSTS OF value of good bench space for stock plants 
all winter, cost of insecticide and applying it all winter, value of your time 
propogating during April and May, cuttings lost thru rotting out. Loss in 
not having what you want when you want to plant. If you total these items 
and compare them with the cost of really good clean cuttings, when ordered 
in quantity, you will understand why we supplied over a million and a 
quarter mum cuttings the past season. 
THERE IS A REASON 
These cuttings are produced and sold in large quantities by specialists 
and on close margin. Their production entirely free of insects or disease is 
a scientific study. They are guaranteed to reach you in good condition. 
Whether you require 10 or 100,000, let us hear from you and place your 
order early. 
"Enclose Your Mum With Your Seed Order" 
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