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Volume VI February 1949 Number 1 
Published by the UPTON NURSERY COMPANY 
4838 Spokane Ave., Detroit 4, Michigan 
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Readers of FLOWER GROWER probably no- 
ticed the article on the eighty-four year 
old lilac breeder, Hulda Klager, appearing 
| in the Nov.'48 issue. The fact was lamented 
that so few of Mrs. Klager's ‘originations have 
ever reached lilac lovers. 






Yes, according to statistics in We're glad to tell 
HOUSE BEAUTIFUL, Sept.'48 issue. you that we've had one of Mrs. Klager's origi- 
Between 1940 and 1948: nals under observation for seven years, and 
LUMBER went up.......-.200% find it well worth growing. It's KLAGER'S 
PAINT went up.....+-..+s1l00% DARK PURPLE (also called "City of Gresham"). 
LABOR went up........-.l00% ‘ | Blossoms are somewhat similar to those of Mrs. 
HEATING UNITS went up.. 90% W.E.larshall or Toussaint-Louverture; the dark 
SHRUBS went up.... Only 45% color holds up well; bloom is both profuse and 
For your information, we add: dependable. For rapid, vigorous growth it is 
OUR LILACS went up outstanding; it makes & big, broad, specimen- 
not quite 20% type bush. Most red=-purple lilacs grow slowly; 
some of them exasperatingly so; few ever get 
In the face of increased labor very tall. Of course this is desirable in many 
and equipment costs we've kept eases, particularly since many red-purples 
our prices down by: bloom well when quite small. However there are 
Increased production times when a gardener wants a larger bush -- 
Improved techniques and and quickly. Klager's Dark Purple seems to be 
labor-saving devices just about the only answer in the deep red- 
Refusal to yield to purple color range. We should have a very few 
inflationary pressures small plants available this fall, and more 
later. 
ev \ We also have MY FAVORITE, Mrs. Klager's 
A NE VW , Pie” ( own favorite origination, pictured in the 
DN DRY uae used at the rate of FLOWER GROWER article. No stock of this will 
1 oz. tol gal. of water, while be available for quite a while, however; we've 
lilacs are still dormant in the had it under observation only a short time. 
spring, and when temperatures are 
above freezing, will control oyster-shell scale, ac- ss 
cording to Mich. State College of Agriculture. Tried i a 
out in our nursery for the past two years, it has 
produced excellent results and caused no injury what- 
soever. No odor, no muss, no fuss; just mix with 
water. Be sure, however, that it's DN DRY MIX made 
by Dow Chemical Co., Midland, Mich.-- nothing else! 
Something else could be fatal -- DN compounds 4&ren'’t 
to be fooled with? 
NEW BOOKLET ON LATE LILACS: 
The bulletin, ARNOLDIA, July 23,'48 issue, classifies a 
and retes the best of the leéte-blooming lilacs on the basis of color, size of bloom, 
etc. It's by far the most complete analysis yet published on these late types. You 
can obtain it from the Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain 30, Massachusetts, for 25¢. 



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