Quality Cuttings 
Assure Quality Mums 
More and more growers all over the 
country are learning the advantages of 
buying rooted or unrooted chrysanthe- 
mum cuttings from a good reliable 
source—instead of starting from scratch 
to grow their own. 
There are various reasons for this 
trend. Foremost among these is the 
fact that such cuttings are disease-free, 
sturdy, proven as to performance and 
quality, thereby eliminating the head- 
aches and problems of breeding and 
propagation which plague the average 
grower. All that work and trouble has 
been handled for him by specialists, 
who devote all their time to “‘taking 
the bugs out” (literally and figuratively ) 
from new and old varieties, experiment- 
ing and testing to determine what new 
varieties will do well commercially and 
what old varieties can be improved. 
Of no small importance is the fact 
that the chrysanthemum market is 
growing wider every year and that, 
with the forthcoming year-round flow- 
ering program, its potentials are un- 
limited. To profit from this trend, most 
growers will want to produce as many 
top-grade flowers as possible—as fast 
as possible—and leave the tedious, 
complex, time-absorbing job of breed- 
ing and propagating to those who 
specialize in those functions. 
Our growers ate the most widely 
recognized leaders in this field. As dis- 
tributors of their famous cuttings, we 
believe that the story of their operation 
will be of great interest to you. 
Big Increase for 1947 
With demand ever on the increase 
and with the releasing of construction 
materials, our growers are expanding 
their bench area 40-50 percent, which 
will greatly increase the 1947 output 
of cuttings. 
Their primary aim 1s to produce the - 
best cutting on the market—from any 
angle. 
To that end they operate two sepa- 
rate and distinct establishments. One 
is a 444-acre Research Plant, with com- 
plete experimental and testing facilities 
Left. Rototilling the sotl for planting. Right. Cloth 
houses, in which plants’ resbonse to shade ts tested. 

