GLADLAND ACRES 1951 WINTER BULLETIN 
This season, altho with one of the largest and finest bulb crops in 
several years, we did not issue our usual early winter catalog. The 
weather was responsible for this omission. Normally in our section of 
Oregon, we begin lifting our bulbs in early October and complete the 
digging about Nov. 10th, during which time we can expect about 3 inches 
of rainfall, just enough to keep the soil in splendid digging condition. 
This last fall the rains began in earnest on October Ist, with 11 inches 
falling during that month and all through November and December, and 
continuing through January, there was some precipitation nearly every 
day —— so that the soil was completely saturated during the entire period. 
Not only was the digging highly laborious, but all bulbs had to be washed 
and quickly and thoroughly dried to avoid fungus infection. While we 
were entirely successful, it required more than three months of harvesting 
time, instead of the usual 30 days — and this left us with no time to pre- 
pare the highly detailed type of copy that our catalogs require. 
Fortunately, all Gladland customers had received in mid-summer, a 
complete listing of the 631 varieties available, together with our 1951 
price schedules, and as the Gladland Catalogs are usually preserved for 
their reference value, and all varieties, except the 1951 additions to our 
list, were described in detail in the 1950 edition, the most of our customers 
will have ample data to enable them to make intelligent selections even 
without the convenience of a new. edition. A few copies of the 1950 
edition are still on hand for those who wish to have one. In this bulletin 
we describe some of the additions to our list for this season that can still 
be supplied. Sales from our mid-summer list have nearly exhausted our 
stocks of a number of the new additions. 
PRICES FOR 1951 
In view of the present production costs, especially in our area, with 
an almost tripled cost of harvesting which is our major field expense, 
our prices on standard varieties is actually below the combined cost of 
production, sales and delivery expense. Only by exercising the most 
rigid economy, and by keeping our advertising to a minimum can we 
expect to end up this season without an actual deficit. We will make no 
price advances this spring — but undoubtedly will have to make some 
mark-up for 1952. MORAL — Better buy liberally this spring, because 
you can hardly expect such low prices next season from any source. 
NOW IS THE TIME TO GROW GLADIOLUS FOR PROFIT 
AS A PART-TIME PASTIME 
This coming year most of the large commercial growers — confronted 
with probably labor shortages by next fall — will reduce acreages. Even 
more small growers, now devoting full time to their business, will radically 
reduce their plantings as they have opportunities to go into defense work 
at more money than they are now netting from their bulb and flower 
sales. At the same time amateur interest in gladiolus growing is increas- 
ing, and the retail market should absorb even larger amounts. All this 
spells a shorter crop next year, with stronger demand and firmer prices. 
Certainly this is no time to begin a full-time business in growing Glads 
either for bulbs or cut-flowers, but certainly it is a most favorable time 
to plan for extra income by spending a few hours of your spare time 
each week in growing a reasonable quantity for local sales of flowers 
and bulbs. Almost anyone can obtain an additional income of from 
$100.00 to $1,000.00 this next summer and fall, without using any time 
other than a few hours weekly. It is certainly the most enjoyable and 
surest method of securing extra income. We feel so strongly about this 
