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Ce It is further our sincere hope that since 
there are now some three thousend or more 
varieties in commerce that we can contribute 
some measure of horti¢ultural excellence to 
the growing of GLADIOLUS by not introducing 
thru our lists varieties which in the opinion 
of the country's best Trial Ground authorities 
are not worthy to be introduced to commerce. 
We have spent many a dollar on varieties which 
performed well in the originator's gardens but 
for reasons which took hours of concern and 
wasted back breaking work to find out why, 
never performed in a manner satisfactory to 
us in our cut flower gardense We hasten to 
say however, that we own and will continue to 
disseminate some wonderful gladiolus varieties 
which are purely for show table culture or 
arrangement work and those will be advertised 
QS SUCNe ose 
Every bulb in our planting is put in by hand and dug by hand...also cleaned by 
hand...Our bulb storage is gassed regularly and all bulbs are dusted with DDT 
after being cleaned...as well as having been State inspected. We have done 
our utmost to have our prices in line with most reputable catalogers and whole- 
salers and while we may be undersold by some on prices we don't intend that 
any shall "outsell" us on courteous, intelligent service and quality of prod- 
ucts.<You be the judge and if at any time we can benefit from your constructive 
criticism please let us have it, won't you? "Days" to bloom are as near to 
correct as our locality and growing experience has proven but it is only intend- 
ed for a guide to help you to meet show and cutting dates. Classifications too 
may differ somewhat according to show committees in your section but on the 
whole we have tried to have them listed as near as our national authorities 
have determined them and our records shows 
"Bulbs and cut flowers GROWN FOR PERFORMANCE" 
eeoeeis not just another slogan line....eit 
means just that we will do everything humanly 
possible to warrant your patronage and con- 
tinued respect as catalogers of quality 
gladiolus... 
Yours for a GLAD 1947 
F, 0% HOLMES & SONS 
Fgh gs NY A 
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Hartley H. Holmes 
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