GREETINGS 
Another season has rolled around and we are pleased to offer to you again 
our Gladiolus bulbs. 
May we take this means of thanking you, each and every one that sent us an 
order this last year. We have grown bulbs for 22 years and last year was our big¬ 
gest year we have ever had. 
We have this year added 14,000 square feet of storage space to our storage 
to enable us to still further improve the quality of our bulbs and with the largest 
crop we have ever harvested can only hope for your business again this year. 
We are omitting the key chart on the older varieties which are well known 
to make more room for the many worthwhile new Glads that have made their 
appearance. 
We try to grow only the better of the old and the best of the new, and if the 
variety that you are interested in is not listed, either write us or look around for a 
cause of it not being listed as there must be something wrong someplace. We have 
a test plot of several acres that we try to grow all the new ones that comes out and 
many more of them are discarded than are listed for one reason or another. 
If you will follow the key chart that we started several years ago you will be 
able to get as accurate a description of the Glads performance as we can give you, 
as we change the ratings each year as we check everything as it grows. 
We are 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 change 
from season to season. 
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. 
KEY CHART 
A 
Average Height (4 to 4 V 2 ft. tall) 
G 
Sets Bulblets Well 
A + 
Above Average 
G+ 
Sets Many Bulblets 
A— 
Below Average 
G— 
Sets Not Many Bulblets 
B 
Most Always Straight 
H 
Bulblets Grow Well 
B + 
Always Straight 
H+ 
Bulblets Grow Very Well 
B— 
Somtimes Crooks 
H— 
Bulblets Hard to Grow 
C 
Dependable Grower 
I 
Makes Good Bulbs 
c+ 
Always Dependable 
1+ 
Makes Extra Good Bulbs 
c— 
Not Always Dependable 
I— 
Makes Inferior Bulbs 
D 
Average Sized Florets ( 4 x /2 to 5 in.) 
J 
Bulbs Generally Disease Free 
D + 
Above Average 
J + 
Bulbs Always Disease Free 
D— 
Below Average 
J— 
Bulbs Not Always Disease Free 
E 
4 or 5 Open 
K 
Stands Hot Weather Well 
E+ 
More Open 
K-J- 
Not Affected by Hot Weather 
E— 
Less Open 
K— 
Bums in Hot Weather 
F 
Produces Well From Small Bulb (No. 3) 
L 
Placement of Florets Good 
F+ 
Produces Better From Large Bulb 
L+ 
Placement of Florets Always Good 
F— 
Produces Well From Smaller Bulb 
L— 
Placement of Florets Not Always Good 
