HELLO FOLKS. 
It is a pleasure to send you our 1944-45 list of Gladiolus bulbs, which 
features a variety of fine Gladiolus. 
We want to take this opportunity to thank the many customers who pur- 
chased bulbs from us last year, and for the many letters of thanks we received 
from them. 
This year we are greeting you from our new location in Plover; Wisconsin; 
where we purchased a farm to expand our stock and where we will continue 
to give you the same friendly service and help we have given you in the past. 
This may be happy news to the many customers we had to turn away last 
year, because we were unable to fill their large orders. Within a few years we 
hope to have enough stock to fill every customers needs. To those whose large 
orders we could not fill last year, we have this suggestion to make; why not 
order a few, so you might see for yourself what a fine lot of bulbs we have to 
offer. Then perhaps in future years you can purchase bulbs from us with 
confidence. Price isn't everything; it’s the health of the bulb that counts. 
Although we had a very dry summer this year, our bulbs are the best 
we have ever harvested, and we are proud to offer them to the customers 
for sale. To those of you who have yet to try our bulbs, all we can say is, 
ask those who have; or why not try them yourself? One thing we would like 
to impress on your mind, is that every variety we grow is for the fine and 
healthy bulbs it produces, and not for it’s winnings at the shows. 
Our motto — First, Last and Always—is to grow good, clean, healthy 
stock. We have tried many varieties, grown them for a time, and if it did 
not produce a good bulb, it was discarded, for our aim is to send out good 
clean stock. 
Our advice to you is ORDER EARLY, as every variety we list is grown 
by us and when stock is gone, there will be no more until next year; for 
we have made it a practise to sell only what we grow. In this way we know 
what our customers are getting. 
