DAFFODILS — A REPORT 
Another year has gone by, one that will be long 
remembered by all of us here. Both spring and sum- 
mer were cold and wet and while the overabundance 
of water was better for Daffodils than a drought, 
we had plenty of problems to cope with. For one 
thing, the fields were hardly ever dry enough to 
operate our trucks and harvesting machinery at 
maximum efficiency. For another, the bulbs did not 
cure readily and consequently we had to ship many 
carloads of Daffodils that had a dusty, if not down- 
right muddy, appearance. In spite of our best efforts, 
none of the stock looked as attractive as in previous 
years. 
To our surprise, the keeping quality of the bulbs 
was not affected. Obviously, if one considers that 
our harvest starts late in June, it is to be expected 
that by the end of October some losses occur. This 
is largely due, we find, to lack of ventilation in our 
customers’ warehouses and to the warm and humid 
conditions prevailing in some selling areas — not 
to any fault inherent in the bulbs. Stocks still stand- 
ing in our warehouse at this very late date do not 
show any sign of breaking down and we believe that 
our Oregon-grown acclimated Daffodils can safely 
be shipped from here until Christmas. That such 
late delivered and late planted stock will not give 
full satisfaction to the gardener is obvious. For best 
results Daffodils must be planted early. 
With all the rain and cold weather we certainly 
did not have an enjoyable flowering season. Our 
plans for photographic coverage had to be aban- 
doned and we hardly had a few hours of sunlight to 
check on all the new seedlings. Much as we hate to 
admit it, we can see little signs of an upswing in 
interest and demand for new Daffodils. As a hobby 
there surely is nothing nicer than growing a collec- 
tion of modern Daffodils and working towards their 
further improvement and refinement. As a business 
we can hardly think of anything more hopeless. It 
was inevitable, therefore, that another reduction 
in the number of varieties grown by us had to be 
made. 
Among the new seedlings, still retained, are some 
fine examples of giant doubles and of new pink 
Daffodils. They will be found listed in this catalog. 
We hope that they will find their way to apprecia- 
tive gardeners. Apart from these few small stocks of 
novelties, our acreage devoted to Daffodils is now 
planted to large stocks of good, commercial varieties. 
They are the ones that have found acceptance by 
the discriminating gardeners of our country. All of 
them are vigorous, long-stemmed, showy Daffodils 
that will give a long season of good flowers. We offer 
them, packed in our attractive tray cases, at new low 
prices. 
We believe that we give our customers, the lead- 
ing nurseries and seed stores in the country, a service 
that no foreign firm can match. We deliver our 
Daffodils early, in good quality and as smooth look- 
ing, nice plump bulbs, unrivaled for both the mail- 
order trade and for sale over the counter, where 
impulse-buying is a factor. 
The control of the Daffodil fly is now an accom- 
plished fact. This, and further efficiency in pro- 
duction obtained with chemical weed controls, make 
the American Daffodil production still an economic 
possibility. We do not sell cut flowers, nor do we 
ever sell at retail. By simplifying our operations in 
this way and by keeping our overhead low, we hope 
to keep going for many years to come, producing 
only the finest grades of bulbs. 
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