varies with types of soil, four to five inches in 
heavier soil, and up to six inches in lighter 
sandy types. Small bulbs about three inches, 
and bulblets one and a half to two inches 
deep. Be sure to have plenty of water during 
and before blooming:season. 
BULBLET GROWING: 
Small lots of valuable bulblets may be peeled 
or cracked with quicker and surer start to be 
expected. Larger lots that may need help in 
starting can be aided by soaking at night and 
sunning in a cloth bag by day, for a week or so. 
We would advise dipping peeled bulblets the 
same time as bulbs when treating with New 
Improved Ceresan or Lysol. 
CARE: 
After planting, cultivating once a week and 
weeding will help growth. Cultivation may 
be deeper at first, but later very shallow, to 
avoid cutting off feeder roots. Hilling up be- 
fore these roots get too long (when about one 
foot high) will aid in holding the blooming 
spikes erect during windy weather. When 
spikes are up a foot or more they should have 
heavy watering once a week if there is no rain. 
FOR EXHIBITION BLOOMS: 
To give these an extra boost, fertilizer may be 
side-dressed when the plants are nearly in the 
bud stage, scattering about a handful each 
three feet along the sides of the row. Place 
this about three inches out from the plants, 
just before a rain or heavy watering. 
SPRAY: 
From the time the spikes or plants are six 
inches high they should be sprayed for thrip 
at least once a week. Thrip may blow in from 
some distance and infest your planting even 
though your bulbs were clean when planted. 
The most approved spray is Tarter Emetic: 
One ounce Tarter Emetic (about 414 level 
teaspoons); 2 ounces brown sugar; 3 gallons 
of water. (3 tablespoons molasses or corn syrup 
may be substituted for sugar). 
Tarter Emetic 
1 Ib. can (postpaid)............... $1.36 
5S lb.: pail (postpaid)d 2) 24 14 fee) $5.10 
125 Ib. drum (F.O.B. Lima.)... ....... $86.25 
350 Ib. barrel (F.O.B. Lima.)........ $235.00 
D.D.T. 
is proving to be very effective, although still 
in the experimental stage. Either dust or spray 
is effective, although: we have no specific in- 
structions for using the wetable spray except 
that most experiments have been conducted 
with a 50% D.D.T. solution. However, we 
strongly recommend from our own experience 
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the use of a 3% or 5% D.D.T. dust, used at 
the rate of 30 lbs. per dusting to the acre. A 
small dust gun that will make a dust fog is 
just as effective. A very bad infestation of thrip 
showed up in small spot in our test gardens 
this season and two dustings | week apart, 
completely destroyed the insect. 
5% D.D.T. Dust 
2, Ib. package (postpaid) 
10 Ib. package (postpaid) $1.90 
100 Ib. package (F.O.B. Lima.)......... $9.25 
50% D.D.T. Wetable Powder 
at sere o. efet eo “o nOne, elie 
1 Ib. can (postpaid)... 0... ne eee oe $1.35 
4 lb. bag (postpaid)............... $3.45 
100 Ib. drum (F.0.B. Lima ........... $59.50 
Prices on ton lots on request 
WHEN CUTTING 
flower spikes a small knife blade slid down 
the stem on each side between the stalk and 
the leaves and cutting across at the bottom 
will enable you to leave a safe four to six 
leaves and also have a good stem on the spike. 
Spikes are best cut in the morning when-one 
or two blooms are open. 
DIGGING: 
Bulbs should be dug when the stalks begin to 
turn brown, or before freezing weather if the 
foliage is still green. The tops should be cut 
off at once as close to the bulb as possible, 
pruning shears doing this very nicely. If some 
stalks turn brown prematurely, probably the 
bulb is diseased and should be destroyed with 
all the foliage. 
STORING: 
Bulbs may be stored in flat boxes to dry and 
cure. If wooden boxes with wire bottoms are 
used, curing will be hastened if bulbs are 
washed in one of the wire-bottomed boxes 
with a stiff hose spray. Bulbs are easier to 
clean later, and little dirt will be in the bulb- 
lets. As soon as the bulbs are dry and in the 
cellar they should be treated with Napthalene 
Flakes or D.D.T. Dust. 
Napthalene Flakes should be put on them 
in a bag or container so the fumes can be con- 
fined. Left in a warm place for three or four 
weeks all thrips that might possibly be on the 
bulbs will be destroyed. About one ounce to 
a hundred bulbs is the general proportion. A 
good size pince for one-pound paper bag is 
about right for small quantities. 
The old bulb roots may be broken off before 
or after treatment, but do not remove the 
husk as it protects the bulb from drying out. 
The flakes should not be left on after the 
small roots or sprouts start in the spring. 
