8 HORNBERGER’S GARDEN SERVICE — HAMBURG, N. Y. 

HORNBERGER’S GARDEN SERVICE— 
OWNERSHIP 
HORNBERGER’S GARDEN SERVICE, located at Hamburg, 
N. Y., consists of the following partnership: F. C. Hornberger, 
and Eldred I. Hornberger, his son, and Mrs. Jean A. Miller, his 
daughter. The only grand-child of F. C. H. is shown in picture 
at the left, this is Allen Miller, age 25 months at time of pho- 
tograph, but now past three years. He seems to be pointing in 
the general direction of the bulb storage, the time was Jan., 1947. 
We have conducted our mail order (catalog) business from 
Hamburg, N. Y., for more than 30 years. While we have grown 
and sold many kinds of bulbs, plants and seeds in that time, _ 
yet our main specialty has been the commercial production of 
gladiolus bulbs. We have made a SPECIALTY of what we call 
YOUNG BULBS. We use this term to indicate that we grow, 
each year, mainly small bulbs and bulblets, and each season sell 
most of our flowering size bulbs, and by not planting many 
larger sizes, we always have the most vital stock to offer, which 
has not been used for ‘‘cut flower’’ production, as a specialty. 
Our stock is state inspected and certified. Our nursery inspection 
Certificate is No. 2654, STATE OF NEW YORK. Insist on state 
Allen Miller certification of all bulbs you buy. 

WE DO NOT SUBSTITUTE VARIETIES without your permission, we sometimes sub- 
stitute a size, of the same variety you order, a next size larger or smaller; if you do 
not want this done be sure to so state, also if you have a second choice, please indi- 
cate, as after Feb. we are often sold out of some sizes, even varieties. All stock 
we offer is subject to prior sale and all conditions which are beyond our direct 
control, we cannot guarantee crop results, this is beyond our control. If bulbs are 
not satisfactory when received notify us at once, and explain. We can sell you 
disease free bulbs, but if you plant such bulbs in soil that has grown previous 
crops of gladiolus, the chances are that there will be more or less disease in such 
soils, and diseased soils produce disease on clean bulbs planted, so all complaints 
must be sent before you plant bulbs. 
GLADIOLUS COLOR SPORTS—I have had 25 years experience, testing and making 
a study of gladiolus color sports. I don’t know of any other grower, who has given 
this subject more time and attention than I have. When you purchase any variety 
that has originated as a color sport, you must expect to find from time to time 
plants that are IDENTICAL in color of the mother variety from which it is a sport; 
many of our leading commercial glads produce or have produced many color sports. 
We have quite a list of Picardy sports, and this is true because Picardy has been’ 
such-an outstanding commercial glad, perhaps 75% or more of all the thousands of 
acres grown in Florida for cut flowers are Picardy, and these color sports are more 
or less the same as Picardy except coloring. There are but few radical differences 
im other. qualities except the color change; for this reason you must expect that you 
will find IDENTICAL PICARDY plants in bloom, in any variety of Picardy sports, 
Some “Sports” produce more of, the original, some less: I have discarded the sport 
known as ROANOKE, because it became so uncertain that no matter how sure we. - 
were of Roanoke when planted, we would have many IDENTICAL PICARDY in the 
lot at flowering time. .Some sports produce still other color sports, as you will find. 
If you grow much of Wanda, you will find this variety producing many sports that 
are not Wanda or Picardy, but it also—like other Picardy sports—reproduces 
PICARDY. 
