may have the proof in another 4 or 5 years, perhaps it may take longer, we 
cannot tell. Until we are absolutely sure, nothing will be given to the public as 
too much of the has already been done; raising one’s hopes of a better bulb, and 
then more disappointment. So until that time we will work quietly along, selling 
our bulbs to those who are interested in a better bulb and trying them with us. 
Have you ever played with one of those little wire puzzles we used to get 
for christmas gifts? You would work it this way, then turn it that way getting it 
just so far and saying, “This is the way it comes apart” and still it did not come 
apart. You tried it again and again, then suddenly you held it in both hands 
apart, and still you didn’t know how it was done. Well, that is the same position 
we are in. The state inspector gives us an A-1 rating on our bulbs and the greens 
in our field (this is no bally-hoo on our part, but for the past several years our 
field was considered one of the best in the state), and yet perhaps those of you 
who have purchased bulbs from us may have lost a few. We are very sorry if it 
may have happened to you, and should this have been the case, we will gladly 
replace them if you like. We all know bulbs are of an organic matter and many 
things can happen to them during the time they leave our hands and the time 
you plant them, but it is our aim to give you a bulb controlled from the diseases 
as is humanly possible. From outside appearance our bulbs are perfect and as 
we state passed A-1, but we know too, some diseases cannot be detected, just like 
in human beings. For example you may go to a doctor for a physical checkup 
and be passed perfectly fit, nothing to worry about, but in a day or two you ma 
be dead. It is toward that goal we are striving, to be able to plant 100 bulbs and 
harvest a 100%. Maybe we are asking the impossible, who knows. It is a slow 
progress as we can only work once a year on the glads, and what improvement 
is accomplished this year first shows results the following year, but time will tell. 
As mentioned before, we are not a commercial grower and therefore do not 
have all the new varieties as soon as they are introduced as too much expense 
would be involved in purchasing them to increase stock. So often they are not 
on the market for long and soon are forgotten. We try to increase only those that 
have been popular since their introduction, and those that are popular with our 
customers. We sell our bulbs chiefly to enable us to carry on our work, and are 
offering them to you to try. Judging by the many repeat orders we received last 
year from you who ordered just a trial order at first, we know they were more 
than satisfactory by the large orders that immediately followed. 
Our prices may perhaps be higher than some growers, but the expense in- 
volved in growing our glads make this necessary, and we cannot meet the com- 
petition of the cut rate prices of many growers whose bulbs are thrown on the 
market today. In all sincerety, we would rather grow 7,000 bulbs of good clean 
quality, than throw 7,000,000 bulbs on the market of the lousiest bulbs that the 
State Inspectors had the privilege to inspect this year. 
(Write-up in the Gladiolus magazine of April.) 
All of our work in caring for our bulbs is done by hand, planting, weeding, 
cultivating, and cleaning. All bulbs are free from bruises and cuts and are firm 
and high crowned, with the exception of a few varieties that just do not make 
a high crowned bulb. Some bulbs are higher than they are wide, especially the 
+4, 5, and 6, thus giving you a bulb full of pep and vitality. We do not plant 
bulbs larger than the #3 to sell you and try to keep them from blooming, so you 
are assured of a young bulb when buying the large #1 and #2. The bulbs are 
stored in a special constructed storage house with ventilating system and a tem- 
