Springtime Bulb Farms, Inc. 
IMPORTERS AND GROWERS 
CREAM OF THE CROP BULBS 
NEW YORK OFFICE: 1270 BROADWAY 
LEBANON, OHIO 
February 19, 1954 
Librarian 
U. S. Department of Agriculture 
Washington 25, D. C. 
Dear Sir: 
Kindly find enclosed our Fall 1954 listing of bulk and packaged 
flower bulbs. With this listing we enter our thirtieth year of 
selling quality Fall planting bulbs in both bulk and packages. We 
are proud of the many customers we have who uninterruptedly bought 
our product for many years. We are also proud of our reputation of havin: 
the most colorful packaged bulb line in the field. 
In addition to our many packages with which you are familiar, 
we would like to call your attention to our item #25, a new Fluorescent 
Tulip package of triangular design. This package incorporates an 
added feature of a garden marker attached to the outside of the 
package with which the purchaser can mark the location of his bulbs. 
The marker quickly and indelibly indicates the color and variety of 
the contents of the package. We hope you will include in your order 
some of these packages as we feel sure you will experience a very 
rapid sale of this novelty package. 
A very severe cold wave has been experienced in the past few 
weeks in Holland and indications are that it might have hurt the 
over-all crop of Fall flowering bulbs. England, Germany and Sweden 
have all increased their buying quotas 20% in 1954. In the face of 
indications of a short crop and more competition on the auction from 
foreign countries, we urge you to place your orders with us early so 
that we can cover our commitments to assure you of the best possible 
service. 
It is our plan to have direct bulk shipments shipped to arrive 
in your stores for sale immediately after Labor Day and to have our 
packaged bulbs leave Lebanon during the first two weeks in September, 
depending upon the shipping instructions on your orders. This will 
insure the longest possible selling season. We will also carry 
adequate stocks of bulbs in Lebanon to take care of any repeat order 
requirememts during the season. 
