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LESLIE “OODRIFF 
FAIRYLAND BEGONTA AND LILY GARDEN 
HARBOR, OREGON 
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Thank you for your catalog requests 2nd your past orders. Hope you gan visit ub this r 
gunner, Je are very much pleased with the new hybrids that are blo ye~iin the field 
and greenhouse this year. ‘le have flowered Speciosum Rubrum Hybrids in late May,;—June!> | 
and July ia the field. This is stock that will force in the greenhouse in around 60 
days whe enough bulbs are available. Our auratum x Rubellum crosses are lovelier 
this year than ever with blossoms to 3" on 18" plants through My and June. Have 
forced some in ag low as 52 days at 50 degrees with 64 inch piac olooms. The future 
of these hybrids is unlimited and your Croft, Rubrum and other lily orders as well as 
your begonia orders help to carry on this work. Thanks go much in advance for any 
orders you can send us. 
We greatly appreciate your orders no matter how gmall but it is much easier to :».. 
receive the orders ahead of lily digging time so the boxes can be prepared for each 
order and the bulbs, especially for gmall orders or orders for two or three different 
gizes can be packed at the regular packing season instead of repacking cases later. 
ecan give much better service this way and we have a better ides of the number of 
bulbs or cases that it will take to fill our greenhouse orders go we will have enough. 
In the past we have had to disappoint some of our regular good customers as their 
orders came after the sizes they wanted had already been shipped. It looks like 4 
short crop for many of the growers who could not irrigate. Please let us hear from 
you right away. Thanks so much. 
CROFT LILIES 
In order to help move our large crop in larger quantitics to the individual green- 
houses we are pricing the cases to the greenhouses in lots of 10 cases and up at 
almost the prices +m. ju’. rs pay to the growers here. ‘Je try to keep our prices 
low enough for you to be able to pay the express charges and gtill save money on 
yow Croft Lilies by buying our bulbs. 
12 bulbs 25 bulbs 100 bulbs per case per case «+ nos bulbs 
1 to 10 cases 10 cases up per case 
64-7" §2 400 4200 915.00 $45.00 940.00 300 
7-8" 240 4,75 18.00 45.00 40.00 250 
8-9" 3.84 7675 30.00 60.00 53400 200 
9=10" 4.68 9,90 37,00 55.00 f >gO0 150 
10" up 5464 11.50 45.00 45.00 40,00 100 
Prices are f.o.b. Harbor, Oregon 
5% discount for cash with order sent before August 12, 1955 
3% discount for cash with order before August 30, 19595 
2% discount for cash with order after August 30, 1955 
Raster 1956 comes April lst so that makes shipping and potting as follows: 
Growing period ghipping date potting date 
150 days Octover 25 November 4th 
140 days November 4 November L4th 
130 days November 14 November 23 
120 days Novenber 23 December 3 
1i0 days December 5 December 14 
100 days December 14 December 24 
90 days December 26 January 3 
We now have direct freight service to Chicago, Illinois by Gongolidated Freightways 
so it will make freight shipments sasier and more practical. ‘We can count on 4 to 6 
day service to Chicago so if you are served by a freight line from Chicago we will 
be glad to ship by freight. ‘ie have our own cold storage plant for 200 cases of 
lilies but some of our customers want theirs pre-cooled and some wish to pre-cool 
their own so please state the followiaz: 
Shipping date, Planting date, Size of bulbs desired and a gecond 
choice in case the first choice is all gold, whether or not you wish us to pre- 
cool your bulbs. Please send check with order as it greatly reduces our work. 
Please order soon as we want to label and address each case as we put it into cold 
storage or prepare it for shipment this fall. The cases can be rsored according to 
shipping date which will make it much easier for us and enadvl: .' to serve you 
better. 
5PECIOSUM RUBRUM LILIZS 
Our Speciosum Rubrum are mainly hybrids the results of crosses with suratum, Rubellum 
Japonicum and many other lilies on Speciosum tubrum. Some are definitely showing 
hybrid characteristics but they are mainly vigorous seedling Rubrum types with +agh 
bud count, and gome with a shorter forcing period in the greenhouse and earlier 
blooming time in the garden. They vary in shade from very dark to very light 
Rubrum types. Delivery date on Rubrums can be early enough for your fall gales 
and fall planting or later for greenhouse forcing or gpring gales. Please state 
shipping date preferred. Our hybrids are much preferred above dmerican grown strains 
and Japanese and Holland Stock. 
