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spikes with one or two open will help the bulbs if anything, as more growing energy will go 
- down to the bulb; you must leave four leaves however. 
Now, what makes a good commercial cut flower variety anyway? Well, foremost, is the 
ability of that variety to make a high percentage of salable spilses. Then we must consider 
the color; smokys and odd shades have a very limited sale to the Florists, but sell fairly 
well to retail customers at your garden or roadside stand. Texture is very important, if a 
variety is soft, it cannot be packed satisfactorily and even if it is not to be shipped, softness 
is an undesirable quality in a commercial variety. We must have early, midseason and late 
blooming varieties to provide flowers throughout the season. 
The varieties listed will make salable spikes from medium bulbs and are thus economical 
to grow for cut flowers. Also a medium bulb planted this year will make an excellent No. 1 
for another season. 
We have, of course, omitted the high priced varieties from this list and have purposely 
kept the list down to 30 varieties. We sell many other varieties for cut flowers but the 
above list accounts for about 75% of our sales each season. 
Early and Midseason Whites—Polar Ice, White Orchid, Maid of Orleans. 
Late Whites—Maid of Orleans, Mary Elizabeth. 
Early and Midseason Pinks—Mr. Wm. Cuthbertson, Margaret Fulton, Debonair, Phyllis 
McQuiston. 
Late Pinks—Picardy, Margaret Fulton, Debonair. 
Early and Midseason Yellows and Oranges—Brightside, Miss Bloomington, Roi Soliel. 
Late Yellows and Oranges—Betsy Bob-Up, Betty Nuthall, Yellow Perfection. 
Early and Midseason Cream and Buff—Lotus, Duna, Wasaga. 
Late Cream and Buff—Duna, Reverie, Mrs. T. E. Langford. 
Early and Midseason Reds—Token, Commodore Koehl. 
Late Reds—Wurtembergia, Commodore Koehl. 
Early Violets—Bella Donna, Pelegrina, Libelle. 
Midseason and Late Violet—Ave Maria. 
Early and Midseason Lavenders—King Arthur, Krimhilde. 
Late Lavender—Minuet. 

SPECIAL CUT FLOWER COLLECTION 
We will supply any of the above varieties in lots of 150 bulbs at $2.00 per lot F.O.B. 
Windham, One-third of each lot to be large bulbs, one-third medium bulbs, and one-third 
small bulbs. You can order as many lots as you wish but remember each lot contains 150 
bulbs, sizes as described above. In this way you can get a start with these commercial varieties 
at a very low price. Every year we become sold out on many of these varieties so we re- 
serve the right to cancel this offer when stocks become depleted. 
