GREETINGS, 
Again it is my pleasure to extend my thanks and best wishes to my many 
customers and friends for the nice orders received the past year. 
And to thank you for the many cards and letters commenting us on the 
high quality and the splendid results obtained from our bulbs. 
Also for the nice comments on our catalog. I may say here that this 
catalog is made here in our home. Each member of the family has a part 
in making it up, The Glad on the front cover was hand drawn by our 
oldest daughter (Rita). My wife Se the addressing which takes her 
about two days. 
I have had much pleasure in HoEtine many of you folks at the Gladiolus 
shows and here at our gardens this past summer. You are always welcome 
to visit our gardens at any time. We live 3 miles South East of Blooming« 
ton, Dll. We have directional signg on U.S. route 51 1 Mile South and 
on U.S. route 150 13Mile South East of Bloomington, Ill. 
We planted a large no. of seedlings again this year but was a very bad 
season to test them but we did have some very nice blooms from them. 
One that we have been growing under seedling no. 10-9 was showen at 
LeRoy, I11. and got the grand champion 3 spike of the show but we are 
not going to introduce it as it did'nt prove good enough in ‘the trial 
gardens. A beautiful ruffled pure white in the 00 size rated very high 
in the trial gardens. we may introduce this one next year if it continues. 
And many others that’ we are going to grow for further trial, like 
To you folks getting this catalog for the first time I would'to say a 
few words about our method of growing our bulbs. We are very careful in 
selecting propagating stock we never save a bulb or bulblets from an 
inferior plant these are discarded as soon as detected during the growing 
season. Our bulbs are all grown from bulblets or small planting stock 
and planted on clean soil that has not had Gladiolus planted on it for 
atlest 5 years we use fertilizers very sparingly and water only when | 
needed . The results is a very good crop of high quality bulbs that 
should give you very outstanding results. Our bulbs are planted,dug,washed 
and cleaned by hand and treated with eat & D.D.1. we do not use gases 
or heated air on our bulbs. 
OUR GUARANTEE we guarantee nee ere or money back I do mean just that 
if you are not satisfied return the bulbs and I will cheerfully refund 
your money.We guarantee our bulbs true to name and free of injurious 
insects and any visible disese. while we have not had any complaints 
about our bulbs should you have any please let us know we will,all we 
can to satisfi you. ~l- do 
