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1 ran across this in Elmer Gove’s catalogue, and, since it did not 
indicate that it was copyrighted, I am presenting it here as a warn- 
ing of what you may expect if you become a real glad fan: 
“There is a fascination about growing glads that becomes a 
hobby, then a craze. There are five stages of interest in growing 
‘glads.’ First you just grow them as an amateur, same as you would 
any other flower. Then as your interest in them increases you become 
a ‘fan,’ then a ‘bug,’ then a ‘nut,’ then finally a ‘fiend. When you 
reach this final stage you are hopeless. You think of ‘glads’ all day, 
dream of them at night, spend every available minute of your time 
in the garden, talk of them, visit the shows, read all the catalogs and 
spend all your money on them. You-~- will look lovingly at the last 
flower in the fall, will handle over your bulbs in the wintertime and 
will hardly be able to wait till you can lovingly plant the bulbs in the 
spring. From then till the first bloom appears is a period of happy 
anticipation. When finally the spikes of bloom begin to appear you 
are in heaven. 
“In which class are you? I have been in the last class for years. 
“Have just heard of a still further stage of gladiolus interest. A 
man writes me that he is not a ‘fiend’ but a ‘damn fool.’ I think that 
must be the last stage.” 
Let Me Say A Few Things About My Bulbs 
1. My bulbs are grown in the soil that grows TALL CORN. 
That is an important consideration, for only when the soil has all the 
food elements which are essential for the production of luxuriant ve- 
getation can gladiolus bulbs have the vitality that is desirable for 
the production of exhibition spikes and strong, healthy bulbs. My 
entire stock has been doubly inspected by the State Entomologist and 
every shipment bears an inspection tag. The bulbs are stored in a 
separate building where temperature and ventilation can be regulat- 
ed, and fumigation conducted. 
2. The bulbs which I put in my orders are almost entirely year- 
ling stock. That is, they grew in 1947 from small bulbs produced from 
bulblets in 1946. Most of my mediums and all of my small bulbs were 
grown in 1947 from bulblets. They have all of their vitality and 
growing energy for your pleasure and profit. 
3. I price my bulbs by three sizes— Large, Medium and Small. 
In order that you may heave an idea of what these sizes mean I am 
inserting below plain lines showing the minimum length of the di- 
ameter of each size. 
Jumbos—More than 1% in. in diam. 
No. 1—From 1% to 1% in. in diam. 
No. 2—From 1144 to 1% in. in diam. 
No. 3—From 1 to 1% in. in diameter. 
No. 4—From % to 1 inch in diameter. 
No. 5—From % to % in. in diameter. 
No. 6—From % to % in. in diameter. 
No. 7—Less than % inch in diameter. 
“Large” includes sizes No. 1 and 2 and Jumbo. 
“Medium” includes sizes No. 3 and 4. 
“Small” includes sizes No. 5 and 6. 
In filling my orders I sometimes find myself short of Large size 
oulbs. I therefore substitute with size 3. Once in a while I have taken 
che liberty to substitute with size 4. However, in every such instance, 
{ more than equal the value of the Large size bulbs ordered. Don’t be 
disappointed with these 3’s and 4’s as they are very strong growers 
and producers, and will produce very good spikes and grand bulbs 
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