Suggestions and
an Invitation
Cream Quality
Notwithstanding the noticeable improvement in the quality
of bulbs offered by American dealers during the past two or
three years, CREAM QUALITY continues to mean what I
had in mind when I first used the phrase some years ago. It is
still true that a certain percentage of every year's crop consists of what the growers regard as the cream of the bulbs;
it produces the finest flowers, and brings the highest prices.
This Cream Quality is eagerly sought for by the English
seed-houses, and usually all of it is bought up before harvesting begins. Some of these finer bulbs are now being sent to
America, and American buyers understand what the better
grade of bulbs is, and how much finer bloom can be had from
them. The bulbs which my growers reserve for me are
selected from their choicest stocks, which they can furnish
only to one dealer, since the proportion of this grade in the
crop is too limited to enable them to supply it generally to
the trade. Cream Quality bulbs are reserved for me only
until July 1, and to secure them I offer a moderate advance
over the prices for ordinary first quality. Only this grade
is offered in my lists, except where ordinary sizes are specifically quoted.
Furthermore, a Cream Quality list nowadays bears little
resemblance to any of the lists of a dozen years ago, for the
improvement in all classes of bulbs has been so marked that
a great many of the older favorites are unworthy of a place
in the modern garden. This Blue Book retains only the cream
of the older kinds, and adds the best of the newer sorts. In
making selections from my list, then, there is no chance of
being misled by an attractive color-description into choosing
varieties of which the growers have large stocks, and which
Suggestions and
an Invitation
Cream Quality
Notwithstanding the noticeable improvement in the quality
of bulbs offered by American dealers during the past two or
three years, CREAM QUALITY continues to mean what I
had in mind when I first used the phrase some years ago. It is
still true that a certain percentage of every year's crop consists of what the growers regard as the cream of the bulbs;
it produces the finest flowers, and brings the highest prices.
This Cream Quality is eagerly sought for by the English
seed-houses, and usually all of it is bought up before harvesting begins. Some of these finer bulbs are now being sent to
America, and American buyers understand what the better
grade of bulbs is, and how much finer bloom can be had from
them. The bulbs which my growers reserve for me are
selected from their choicest stocks, which they can furnish
only to one dealer, since the proportion of this grade in the
crop is too limited to enable them to supply it generally to
the trade. Cream Quality bulbs are reserved for me only
until July 1, and to secure them I offer a moderate advance
over the prices for ordinary first quality. Only this grade
is offered in my lists, except where ordinary sizes are specifically quoted.
Furthermore, a Cream Quality list nowadays bears little
resemblance to any of the lists of a dozen years ago, for the
improvement in all classes of bulbs has been so marked that
a great many of the older favorites are unworthy of a place
in the modern garden. This Blue Book retains only the cream
of the older kinds, and adds the best of the newer sorts. In
making selections from my list, then, there is no chance of
being misled by an attractive color-description into choosing
varieties of which the growers have large stocks, and which