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LARGEST FLORETS ; 
If you wish the glads with the largest florets, try Big Top, Elizabeth the 
Queen, Ethel Cave Cole, Flying Fortress, Intruder, Marguerite, Mid-America, 
Mighty Monarch, Minstrel, Mt. Kosckiusko, Oriental Pearl, Pioneer, R. B., 
Sensation, Summer Gal, Tunias Mohamet and White Gold. 
CUT FAVORITES 
For cut flower growing the following glads are very good: Anna Mae, 
Butterscotch, Chamouny, Elizabeth the Queen, Ethel Cave Cole, Friendship, 
Great Lakes, Hawkeye Red, Heavenly White, June Day, King Click, Lady 
Jane, Lady Luck, Leading Lady, Miss Wisconsin, Mother Kadel, Myrna Fay, 
Ogarita, Orange Gold, Orange Prince, Redowa, Rosa Van Lima, Silver Wings, . 
Spic and Span, Spotlight, Strawberry Peach and Sun Spot. 
Perhaps some of the newer ones will make good commercials also, but 
I haven’t grown them enough yet to be sure. 
It is our practice to try to give you only the best varieties. ‘This means 
that we purchase many expensive varieties each year to try out, and discard 
the ones that we feel are not a definite improvement over the old varieties. We 
keep only the ones that are extra good, and have added about 30 new ones 
and dropped about the same number of varieties that we feel are superseded. 
We do not try to grow all of the new varieties, as this is impossible, due to 
many being introduced each year, but believe that 150 varieties are enough 
for the average glad fan to select from and we try to have 150 of the best. 
WHAT IS A BULB BARGAIN? 
It is not necessarily the most bulbs you can get for your money. Obsolete 
varieties are usually sold cheap. It is not necessarily the largest bulbs you can 
get for your money. Often times these big 2” diameter jumbo glad bulbs are 
several years old and are worn out. A medium size bulb of many of the newer 
varieties will give you a much better flower than a large bulb of most old 
varieties. | 
A BULB BARGAIN is getting the most young, plump, healthy bulbs of 
the very best varieties—ones that will give you the most beauty for your money. 
After all, it is the vigorous, superb flowers that count the most. 
© ULE T2UGRcE Dale R E-Cer 2@ Nes 
GENERAL 
Glads are among the easiest of all flowers to grow. They require very 
little, if any, fertilizer and thrive under a wide range of conditions. 
I believe more harm has been done to glads by using too much fertilizer 
than not enough. | do not use any. I believe a good cover crop is adequate. Turn 
it under shallow at planting time. This lets your cover crop decay while your 
new crop is growing. Look at a patch of weeds—the new crop comes up while 
the old one is rotting on top of the ground and they really thrive. The trashier 
the ground the better, but do not make it trashy with manure. If you absolutely 
know that your soil is lacking in some ingredient, by all means add this particu- 
lar fertilizer. If you insist on fertilizing, go lightly, and keep it away from the 
bulb. Peat moss and leaf mold are good soil conditioners. 
The best glad bulbs are young, high crowned ones. A bulb 34” diameter 
grown from a bulblet will give you a better flower and a better bulb the follow- 
ing year than an old jumbo bulb 2” to 3” in diameter. You will find flat jumbo 
bulbs of obsolete varieties for sale at so-called bargain prices. However, a bar- 
gain in glads is getting the most beautiful flowers for your money. The bulb is 
