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SELMA GLADIOLUS GARDEN 
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ment of Agriculture 
Ira and Alice Mason 
P. O. Box 111 Selma, California 
Licensed Nursery Tel. 4971 - Fowler 
LOCATION 
7823 East Manning Ave., is the location of our Sales Barn — 
South side of Manning (Reedley Road) 4% mile east of 99 Highway 
2 miles, south of Fowler, Four miles North of Selma. Call at the barn 
or mail your order. Orders of $2.00 or over postage paid — less than 
$2.00 add 20 cents for postage. 
SIZE 
Large bulbs are 114 inch in diameter and up. Growing size (me- 
dium) are 34 to 14% inch — The large bulbs bloom earlier and make 
longer spikes with larger flowers. We plant the medium size for cut 
flowers for the florists —- For years we have been supplying leading 
florists of Madera, Fresno, Kings and Tulare Counties with our glad 
| blooms. 
It is our intention to send out only healthy bulbs true to name, 
but no guarantee of growth or satisfaction is implied in the sale, nor 
| will we be responsible for the crops. 
GROWING HINTS 
Gladiolus are easy to grow, much easier than most plants. They 
can be planted in rotation to lengthen the flower season, or large, 
medium and small planted at the same time, the large blooming first. 
Plant about five inches deep, better too deep than too shallow, four 
to six inches apart in single or staggered rows. Good large bulbs do 
not require much fertilizer. No danger of too much water, if your soi! 
is well drained. Full sun is best. 
I They have their pests as do all plants, the thrips being the worse. 
Prevention is better than cure. 5% DDT dust with us is very effective. 
It is cheap and easily applied. 
Care for your plants about two months after blooming to mature 
the bulbs. After digging let dry until the old bulb parts readily from 
the new, clean, dust well with 1% to 5% DDT dust, store in a cool dry 
place until planting time. DDT is death to thrips, they do not have to 
eat it, just walk over it, it gets them as they hatch. We dust all bulbs 
with 5% DDT dust and soak the bulbs just before planting in a solu- 
tion of a tablespoon of Lysol to one gallon of water for six hours. We 
advise everyone to do the same whether the bulbs have been previously 
treated or not. 
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