SECOND GENERATION OF KUNDERDS IN GLADIOLUS BUSINESS 
With my knowledge of Gladioli and the help of my good wife and 
two fine boys, we are building up a business of our own under my 
own name. 
Beginning as a small boy at the age of seven, helping my father 
in the fields, it became second nature for me to compare the qualities 
of the blossoms and bulbs, and from the many hundreds of varieties 
that I have handled during my lifetime, I found I was mentally forming 
standards that I would some day use if I ever started my own glad¬ 
iolus business. Years ago I began my own private record books and 
every season I have closely checked the varieties that I favored and 
which were the favorites of the many hundreds of visitors to my 
father's Gladioli fields. Sometimes it was hard to discard pet glads 
when better varieties were developed to take their place. But I had 
set my goal at approximately 150 gladioli varieties that would equal 
or surpass anything in the gladiolus world. 
Another idea which developed in my mind over a period of years 
was that the majority of gladioli lovers were people in ordinary cir¬ 
cumstances like myself and it certainly was a pity to keep such beau¬ 
tiful flowers out of the reach of these men and women. This is my 
reason for pricing the finest at from 5c to 15c per bulb. I have had 
lots of opposition to my plan, but have decided to go through with it 
and prove that I am right. I believe that I can conduct a successful 
business by giving my customers varieties that come up to my own 
critical standards at prices well within the reach of everybody. 
I grow no gladioli mixtures because there are varieties that pro¬ 
duce more abundantly than others, thereby making unbalanced mix¬ 
tures —too many of one kind and not enough of other varieties. At 
my low prices for named kinds, you may order what you want and 
know what you are getting. I have always thought that buying field 
grown mixtures was like buying a cat in a sack or something sight 
unseen. 
Every order will receive a full measure of personal interest so as 
to be sure that each customer receives all that is expected and more. 
Many other things that will help serve the customer in the best way 
possible are constantly kept in mind. 
Twenty-eight years of actual experience in the growing of gladioli 
for my father, A. E. Kunderd, Goshen, Indiana, and five years growing 
gladioli for myself, puts me in a position to intelligently take care of 
the gladioli needs of my customers. 
If you want your flower loving friends to have my 1939 catalog, 
kindly send me their names and addresses. 
Should you receive a duplicate of my 1939 catalog, please pass it 
on to a friend. 
ROBERT J. KUNDERD. 
Postage Prepaid On All Retail Orders in U. S. A. 
Cultural Directions Will Accompany All Orders 
ROBERT J. KUNDERD GLADIOLUS FARM 
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