LATE ORDERS 
Considerable delay in getting your order away at times is en- 
countered due to the fact ve are sold out on certain sizes of the new- 
er varictios and it takes extra correspondence to got these orders on 
their way. It would help a lot if you would lct us substitute size 
( not varicty ) so stating in your order. 
UNCLE SAM AGREE 
Aiv mail will hurry your order to us if you are any distance 
away. However, save your money on Special Delivery. 'The Boy On” The 
Bicycle! quit. So we do not get Spocial Delivery letters until the 
Rural Carrier comes along, 
HBADACHES AND HSARTACHES 
We find in most of the correspondence from our Glod friends 
their greatest trouble comes from boing ' too kind! to their bulbs 
at planting time. That is - those who write of their troubles. 
Trying some unheard of concoction as a disease preventative 
( and the bulbs didn't neod it ),which the bulbs couldn't take and the 
results too sad to relate. "My bulbs didn't gro" or "They started to 
groy and then turned yellow". 
All tho treatment your bulbs necd at planting time is a Efe to 
3 hour soak: in the recommended Lysol or Supergermite bath. (One table- 
spoon to one gallon of water). Thon if possible a 10 minuto dip in 
Calogreen if you care to use it. Plant your bulbs while still wet and 
quit fussing around with any more dips etc. 
In the fall at digging time wash and give a bath in Lysol or 
Supergermite dip for 10 or 15 minutes,store in a shallow tray for dry~ 
ing. Follow this practice and you will have good bulbs in your storage 
Dig early — Dry fast -— 80 degrees of heat von't hurt with good 
ventilation. 3ulbs should clean easily in about 3 weeks 
BRIILIZER 
In the use of commercial fertilizers use that which is low in 
Nitrate, 3-10-10 or 5-10-10 are fine ratios to use. Avoid the use of 
raw barn yard fertilizer. Personally we want no chicken fertilizer in 
any stage. Good leaf mold mixed in the trenches at at planting ¢ time . give 
ezcellent results for bloom, 
THRIP 
If your locality makes it compulsory to spray for this pest 
there are several recommended sprays for thrip. However - thoy should 
be applied at regular intervals, At least once every 10 days or after 
ahard rain. Tro qunces of Tartar Emetic — 6 ounces of brown sugar 
well mixed in 3 gallons of water. A number of articles on the use of 
D.D.T. have been written. However — by all moans be careful not to 
breathe any oF the dust. KEEP THE WIND BEHIND YOU. 
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