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How to Grow and Care for the Gladiolus 
N selecting your Gladiolus bulbs, we would emphasize 
the importance of choosing bulbs that are free from 
disease and injurious insects. Either will effect the vit- 
ality of the bulbs. Buy from growers who use all pre- 
cautions and care in growing, harvesting, curing and 
storing his bulbs. His stock will give the purchaser the 
best results. 
We will outline the cutlure of Gladiolus for you, 
although in different localities conditions will vary some- 
what. 
After receiving your package of bulbs, unpack im- 
mediately, inspect bulbs, and, if any are unsatisfactory, 
notify the shipper at once. If bulbs are not to be 
planted at once reinove from sacks and keep in cool 
place. 
Plant Gladiolus in rows where they get plenty of 
sunshine. Plant them four to five inches deep and four 
inches apart. Cover bulbs one or two inhces above the 
level of the ground. As rain or sprinkling forms crust 
on soil use garden rake to loosen; when plants are three 
or four inches high the ridge will be raked level. The 
day after each rain or sprinkling loosen soil, do not let 
crust form and harden, coutinue until bulbs are ready 
to dig. 
If fertilizer is used we would recommend Vigiro as 
a balanced food for the plant. It may be applied at 
planting time and during the growing season, near the 
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When cutting your blooms use point of sharp knife, 
make small cut in center of plant six inches above ground, 
bend over gently, then straighten stem and pull up. 
You will have a bloom with a long stem, but more im- 
portant, the plant will be left with six or more good 
leaves to develop new bulb for next year. 
