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Thank You! 
We wish to thank our many customers for the nice orders we have been favored 
with the past year. Au extra thank you to those who have patronized us year after year. 
We received many nice letters, telling us how pleased they were with their orders, the 
quality of our bulbs and the wonderful spikes they had from them. These letters make 
us very happy. They assure us that we are doing a good job and this is all the reward 
we ask. 
All retail orders, in the amount of $2.00 or more, are prepaid in the United States. 
We will do our best to please you. As usual, all we ask is the opportunity to do so. Wish- 
ing you a very successful growing season, again we thank you. 
AL and JESSIE 
PLEASE READ CAREFULLY 
All quotations are subject to previous sale. We urge that you place your orders 
early so that you may not be disappointed. Each year we are unable to fill late orders 
for a number of varieties. Orders are segregated at once after being received, but will 
not be shipped until after danger of freezing is past, unless you request otherwise. 
However, bulbs can be sent any time desired. No substitutions will be made without 
your permission. If we are out of a variety you order, your money will be refunded 
unless you give us permission to make a substitution in size or variety. 
VARIETIES 
We grow Gladiolus because of the pleasure we derive from their culture. We are 
engaged in growing those which appeal to us as being the best varieties for one reason 
or another. 
In our opinion, each variety listed in our catalog has merit and is worthy of your 
consideration. As to whether you will like a particular variety may depend on your 
personal preferences and the purpose for which you wish to use the flowers. Remember 
that the price is not an indication of the quality of the variety. 
We do not offer a variety solely because it is new and the price is high, neither do 
we drop one from the list just because it reaches a low-price field. What we do offer is 
potential beauty, in bulbs of such health and vigor, that you may confidently expect to 
realize in your garden the possibilities that have already made you a Glad Fan. 
SIZE OF BULBS 
LARGE size bulbs are one and one-quarter inches in diameter or more. This size 
makes the largest spikes and flowers. Sizes No. 1 and No. 2. 
MEDIUM size bulbs are from three-fourths of an inch to an inch and one-quarter. 
All bloom splendidly. Sizes No. 3 and No. 4. 
SMALL size bulbs are not guaranteed to bloom, but under favorable conditions 
will bloom and produce a fine large bulb for the following year. Sizes No. 5 and No. 6. 
No bulblet order after April 1, 1954. 
OUR GUARANTEE 
Believe it or not—Our bulbs are six (6) times inspected and checked for disease— 
twice by the State Inspector, four times by Al and Jessie. First when digging, every 
bulb that does not look perfect is thrown out. This is repeated when tops are cut off. 
When we clean, every bulb with any signs of disease is thrown out. Then when we 
fill your order, each bulb is again inspected. 
We have found that by so doing our bulbs are free of disease. 
All our stock is guaranteed to be healthy, vigorous, free from thrips, and true to 
name. You must be satisfied. 
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