FAIRYLAND BEGONIA AND LILY GARDEN, HARBOR, OREGON 

EASTER LILY GROWING 
OUR BUSINESS AND YOURS. 
We are growing this season about nine acres of Easter lily 
bulbs~in the best part of the Brookings-Harbor lily district. 
From thenmwe expect somewhere oyer 50,000 commercial 
bulbs of 7 inch “Or.over circumferenee. Over 40,000 of them 
will be True Croft. Thiee thousapd will be Croft Special, an- 
other selected clone that Bas sipfilar growth to Croft but with 
slightly shorter leaves, darkep%green color. It also has an aver- 
age of two more flowers »6 a se¥en inch bulb though slightly 
smaller than Croft and, #equiring ether a few degrees higher 
temperature or a losfger time in fords Under the same 
treatment as Croft, iti is around 10 days late 
The Kenyon Dajidson is probably what is eee “oka group of 
30 or 40 seedlings after Croft, C. Special and Estate were taken 
out. They flower over a longer period and most of them, carry 
more flowefs than Croft with very similar growth. We should 
have nearly 7000 7” and up. These all make fine garden lilies. 
Very valuable for summer cut flowers. 





Perhaps some notes from the Ohio State Florists Association 
Bulletin for June, 1945, might be of interest to you: 
EAST ERs ae Ou) 
“During the past season about 60 lots of lilies were grown at 
Ohio State University greenhouses comprising Croft strains, 
Creole, Estate, Mexican, Giganteum, Ace, Coos, Kenyon- 
Davidson, which were sent for trial by the following brokers: 
Vaughan’s Seed Store, American Bulb Co., Alec Henderson, 
Fred Gloeckner Co. and Fight Floral Co. 
The General conclusions from these tests are: 
1. Croft and its strains in general are the best pot lilies. 
2. All lilies may be started in a temperature of 60-65 with- 
out placing in a cold house prior to forcing. 
3. For early Easter, precooling of Crofts, Estate, Coos, at 
40 to 45 for three weeks is necessary, although bud count will 
be reduced. 
4. Estate, Creole, Mexican make good cut lilies. Of these 
Estate gives the highest bud count with Oregon Creole next, 
followed by the Mexican and Louisiana Creole last. 
More specifically: 
CROFT 
1 Oregon and northern California strains produce higher 
bud count and are much shorter than Louisiana, Florida and 
Washington grown. (This statement is important.) 
2. The expected bud count is about as follows: 
6-7— 2 buds 7- 8—4-5 buds 
7 —3-4 buds 8- 9— 6 buds 
10-12— 7 buds 
3. The height varies from 15-24” Oregon grown; 30 or 
more southern grown. (Another important statement.) 
4. Louisiana Croft, if planted in September will flower early 
in Januaty. 
5. Storage at 40-45° has a tendency to reduce bud count 
but permits later planting. Thus Crofts planted early in No- 
vember and those stored for four weeks in 40° and planted 
in early December flowered about the same time—Easter. 
KENYON DAVIDSON 
Excellent short growing lily with high bud count. 8-10” size 
planted November 18, flowered in 60-65° temperature at 
Easter. Height 17.5 inches; bud count 5.5. 
GLOECKNER B STRAIN 
Excellent short growing lily. High bud count. 8-9” size planted 
November 18, flowered for Easter. Height 18.5 inches, bud 
count 6.5. Cooled for three weeks the same variety was planted 
December 9 and also flowered for Easter. Height 18 inches, 
bud count 6.6. 
CREOLE 
Good for cut. Grow cooler (50-55°). This will reduce blast- 
ing and thus increase bud count. Don’t crowd. 6-7” size will 
give 2-3 flowers; 7-8” size 3-4; 8-9” size 4-5. September 
planting may be flowered in December. December planting 
will make early Easter. Cold storage at 40° does not reduce 
bud count unless stored longer than 4 weeks. Oregon grown 
Creole is shorter than Louisiana. Started in middle of Decem- 
ber the Oregon grown will make Easter at 60° with stems 24 
inches long and better bud count than southern grown. 
MEXICAN 
Grown at 60-65° without much fluctuation in temperature 
splitting 1s reduced to the minimum. Fertilization during the 
growmg period will reduce the percentage of blasts. Cold 
storage at 40-45° reduces bud count and increases blasting. 
With storage mid-December planting will make early Easter. 
6-7” size gives only 1-2 buds. 7-8” size 3-4 buds, 
Enact 
Too tall for pot plants. Precooling at 40° for 4-6 weeks de- 
creases length of stem and also bud count, but early Easter may 
be made at 60-65°. Louisiana grown is early, but must be 
properly ripened to flower. 7-8” size bud count 5-7. Height 
normally 36-48 inches. 
