The Gladland Acres 1948 Fall Retail Price List 
(Issued Oct. 1, 1947) 
This is the second fall retail list issued by Gladland Acres. Last year’s list brought 
us a sales volume that was astonishing to us—and this year in which we offer an even 
greater variety of Gladland grown bulbs—with drastic price reductions of most of the 
newer varieties from last year’s schedules—we anticipate another deluge of fall orders. 
Last year we made special inducements for orders to be shipped in December, be- 
cause of lack of storage space and trays. Your responses swamped us to the extent 
‘that it took us until the last of February to complete the shipment of fall orders. For 
this season, we have completed a new storage house with 3,000,000 bulb capacity and 
have ample trays to supply our needs this year. We are now prepared to hold your 
fall orders for shipment as desired on date that you prefer, whether fall or spring. How- 
ever, in appreciation of the way in which you tried to help us last fall, we seis you 
that our bonus gifts will be at least as liberal as last year. 
Our acreage this year consists of 13 acres planted to bulblets, plus 3 acres planted 
to planting stock. In spite of this increased acreage many of the new varieties are in 
very limited supply and, as was the case last season, we are almost certain that fall 
orders will exhause the supply of many so that they cannot appear in the winter catalog. 
All varieties offered in this list are Gladland grown with the sole exception of our two 
1948 introductions, “BUTTERSCOTCH” and “APRIL” which were grown in Calif. We 
were a month earlier with our plantings this spring, consequently we are able to dig 
earlier this fall, and except for the unforseen, all bulbs should be out of the ground be- 
fore the rains start in late October. 
We feel that this last year has made for us a host of new friends—evidenced by 
hundreds of cordial letters, and many visitors this summer with whom we have thoroughly 
enjoyed checking our fields. Their impressions of flowers that seemed to them outstand- 
ing will be reflected in our variety comments as they will appear in the winter catalog. 
So many of them mentioned the fact that they could find nowhere\in our 1947 catalogs 
the names of us who conduct the Gladland Acres Bulb Farm, that it seems fitting that we 
introduce ourselves. Gladland Acres is a family enterprise—James Baker, a war veteran 
of over 5 years service, returned from Italy last December, has charge of the fields and 
packing house, our son and as yet a bachelor. Mrs. Stella M. Baker, who assists in 
office details, mother of James and wife of Paul V. Baker, who is writing this list—and 
whose part in filling your order is confined to selecting the bonus bulbs that are a part 
of each retail order as it reaches you. As very real effort is made to pick just those va- 
rieties that it seems from studying your list, that you would be most apt to enjoy, | often 
wonder just how successful | am in giving you a garden thrill when they bloom. 
All of us, | think, have one idea—and that is not how little, but how much we can 
afford to give you for that part of your gladiolus expenditure that you entrust to Glad- 
land Acres. 
