It has been said that you can take a girl out of the country but you can’t take the 
country out of a girl. Well | haven’t hand any experience along this line so | don’t know. 
| do know that | was raised in the country and want to stay in the country. When we 
moved to Downey 11 years ago it was a nice sized town of about 6,000 people. We 
moved 11/2 miles out so we could have country living and still be near town. They 
estimate the population of Downey to be 80,000 by 1960. They have zoned agricul- 
ture ground to manufacturing area near us, our children go 2-day sessions at school. 
We are losing our country atmosphere. All farm land is potential subdivision property 
and land rent is prohibitive. Because of increased population the Los Angeles area 
consumed over 3 billion gallons of water this year over last year. The water level is 
dropping so crop irrigation is now a problem. So it looks as if we are going to nave 
to move sooner or later. 
We want to be within 5 or 6 miles of a town (not a big city) of from 5,000 to 
10,000 population. Where we can get land with the value determined by what it will 
produce per acre, not according to subdivision prices. We want land free of alkali, with 
plenty of water, not much wind, ,fog free and with a mild climate. We have found one 
place with all of the above qualifications, and it is in California. | am third generation 
Californian so | intend to stay here. Don’t be surprised if you hear that Golden West 
Glad Growers have moved to the country again. This time we hope to find country 
that will stay country. 
WHOLESALE ORDERS—As this year’s crop will be approximately 2 million bulbs 
we will be glad to send a wholesale list to growers and nurseries. We would appreciate 
you sending a want list and we will give you a quotation. 
Bulb Sizes: Large bulbs are | Y%4-inches and up in diameter, Medium bulbs 34-inch 
to 11%4-inches, and Small bulbs under 34-inch. 
BULBLETS—Our 36-week growing period means that our bulblets are mature. 
They start out faster and grow faster than others. When filling bulblet orders we 
always select the largest bulblets. Our packages contain many more bulblets than we 
could give if we had to count them. We feel sure you will be satisfied with the amount. 
We advise cracking and peeling bulblets before planting, as it helps germinate them. 
NOTE—The number following the name is the classification number. Following 
that is the originator’s name followed by the year of introduction. 
PLEASE READ BEFORE ORDERING 
Retail orders of $2.50 or more are prepaid anywhere in United States if ac- 
companied by cash otherwise 25% deposit must be sent with the balance C.O.D. 
Orders should be sent in as early as possible as we always run out of many 
varieties before the season is over. Orders to the East will be shipped as soon as 
frost danger is over. 
California customers please add 212% sales tax. 
AD Elbe ABOUTS GEADSBUEBS 
Most people seem to think that a glad bulb has to be 2” or over in diameter to be 
a top bulb. It is true that a large bulb if it is young and vigorous will make a taller 
flower spike than a medium sized bulb. However, the difference in size of flower spike 
is not in proportion to the size of bulb. | have won many blue ribbons on glads grown 
from bulbs under 1-inch in diameter. You really do get more for your money buying 
medium size bulbs which run from 34-inch to 1 Y%4-inches in diameter. Medium size 
bulbs bloom about two weeks later than large. This lengthens your blooming period. 
Small size bulbs usually bloom if planted before the end of May. However, the 
flower spike is considerable shorter and has less buds. Small bulbs bloom about a 
month later than large ones. In one season your small bulbs will grow to good high 
crowned large and jumbo bulbs. So if you order small bulbs you will get a good per- 
centage of bloom and the next season you will have a fine collection of large bulbs 
that will be worth much more than your original investment. 
GAERS Sale AGS a Gila 
Your friends and relatives, who love to garden, would really appreciate a Christmas 
gift of top quality glad bulbs. What finer or more appropriate gift could you select? 
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Some of the best slides | have seen are those of Dr. Philip Corliss of Somerton, 
Arizona. Perhaps he has a slide of your favorite glad. He has reproductions of his 
slides for sale and | think they are very reasonable. Drop him a card and ask him to 
send you information on them. 
