ARASAN—It isn’t any desire on our part to get into selling anything but 
bulbs but we do have inquiries for various items. We use a lot of Arasan, 
it is convenient and much easier to use than a dip. We put some bulbs 
in a bag, a spoonful or two of Arasan and shake the bag a few times. 
This seems to cover the bulbs thoroughly. If you can’t plant them right 
away, no harm is done. In fact, we dip each bulb when we clean it, into 
a mixture of Arasan and DDT dust with excellent results. If you want, 
we can furnish eight ounce cans ot Arasan for $1.00. 
PLANTING INSTRUCTIONS 
Planting instructions will be included in all shipments—the latest up 
to date instructions, prepared by experts. 
EXPLANATION OF LISTINGS 
Variety will be listed as follows: 
ADORATION (Klein 48) 70 days 460 
Adoration is the variety name. 
Klein is the name of the originator. 
48 stands for the year of introduction. 
70 days, is the average time from planting until blooming of a large 
bulb. Smaller sizes will take longer. 
460 is the color classification and size. 
SIZE 
“LL,” indicates large size bulbs, measuring more than 1144” in diameter. 
“M” indicates a medium size bulb, 3%, to 144” in diameter. 
“9S” indicates a small bulb, under 34” in diameter. 
“B” indicates bulblets. 
Large bulbs will give you the best bloom—but they cost you more. 
Medium sizes will frequently produce good show spikes and will pro- 
duce saleable spikes. : 
Small sizes will as a rule, bloom, but the spike they produce is not 
as good as you would get from a larger sized bulb. Once in a while, a 
variety will produce saleable spikes from small bulbs, but do not count 
on it. Small sizes are the cheaper, but they take a year longer to get the 
best results—as a rule, they will produce large bulbs for the following 
season. 
Bulblets or cormlets are the cheapest way of getting start in a variety, 
but also the slowest way. With good growing conditions and particularly 
with some varieties, you may get large bulbs, but it is far safer to figure 
on getting a few medium and a number of small bulbs the first year. 
These, planted the next year, will generally give you large bulbs for 
the second year. Some bulblets are hard to germinate and you may get a 
very poor stand. Others will germinate readily. If possible, peel or 
crack the hard shell of the bulblets before planting. We ran an experi- 
ment in the greenhouse several years ago on this. A row of peeled 
bulblets, a row of cracked bulblets and a row without any special pre- 
paration. The peeled bulblets were the first to appear, followed by the 
cracked bulblets and then by the test bulblets. The peeled bulblets were 
up two to four inches before the first test bulblet was through the 
ground. 
A word of caution—Once in a while you will see a big splash ad- 
vertisement, offering 100 large bulbs for say $2.00—some low and seem- 
ingly attractive price—going on to say something about the bulbs being 
large bulbs, fully one and three quarter inches in circumference. Our 
bulbs are graded on the diameter size—a one and three quarter inch 
circumference bulb is what we would class as a small size. Do not be 
misled. 
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