



This is the bulb warehouse where the glads are 
stored and cured. It has a capacity of over 10,000 
screen boi.tom trays which insure perfect curing for 
the bulbs we ship our customers. Our newest 
truck is in foreground. 


The “Cat” makes sure the soil is perfectly worked 
down before planting operations start. Sometimes 
6 or 8 times over is necessary to secure the fine 
seed bed we require. 



Raising “Glads” by the million is not easy work. 
Here is part of the gang pulling weeds. The whole 
26 acre planting was weeded 3 times by hand. 
Quite a chore in itself. 
This is the same spot as above, only two months 
later. Note the even growth and the blooms from 
bulblets in the foreground. 
Also shown, is our irrigation system in operation. 
The largest in Oregon of this type on Gladiolus. 
500 gallons per minute are pumped on the glads 
during the dry summer months, to insure the finest 
bulbs at harvest time. 



Here is a furrow the “boss” 
practiced for. It took him 
half a day, but he finally 
plowed one straight enough 
for a picture. 
A load of blossoms ready for 
market. Glads properly cut 
and cared for are “money in 
the bank”. Follow the few 
simple rules in glad growing 
and you too can make it a 
profitable business, or a very 
enjoyable hobby. 

Nelly and Gus. (Nelly is the horse.) When the 
glads grow too high for our multiple row tractor 
cultivator, we have to resort to horsepower—one 
row at a time. 

