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Page Six Home of The Croft Lily «RUUKUN GS-HAKHUK PILOT. BR O O K IN G S, O R EG O N Novembri, Probable Causes Of Recent Low Bud Count in Croft Lilies When “Forced” By E. P. BREAKEY forcers w ith bulbs having viable age on Forcing N o rth w e s t Lilies" roots. in F lo ris ts ’ R eview , Sept. 13, 1945- m ay contain the answ er to this question. The practice of accelerating S tu a r t’s studies w ere based on lilies is of com partively recent u n iform samples of C ro ft, Es origin. L au rie and Poesch. in th e ir tates, and Ace E a s te r lilies th a t book "Com m ercial F lo w e r F o rc w ere grown in Oregon. T h e bulbs ing" (th ird edition, 1941) m ake w ere harvested a t in te rv a ls of no mention of it. I t makes possi four, six and eig ht weeks a fte r ble the flowering of southern- fu ll bloom. grown lilies fo r Christm as trade, The three date of digging were or earlier, and is also a means August 15 and 31 and S eptem ber of conserving greenhouse space, 15, 1944. T h e results o f these since the length of tim e between studies w ere sum m arized as fo l the potting of bulbs and the open lows: ing of flowers can be m a te ria lly In a ll three varieties the n u m shortened. Barney B rie rle y (in ber of days to bloom was reduced his a rticle on EfTect of Cool S to r as the storage te m p e ra tu re was age of E a ste r L ily Bulbs on Sub lowered. I t is especially in te re s t sequent Forcing Perform ance, ap ing to note th a t in a ll instances pearing in Journal of A g ric u ltu ra l 50 degree storage had less effect Research. M arch 15, 1941) states: •’Cool Storage of E a ste r lily bulbs is a convenient p rim a ry control over tim e of flowering. The cus tom ary control f a c t o r , forcing tem p eratu re, can be used as a fine adjustm ent a fte r this p ri m a ry control has been applied." Acceleration exam ple, an a rtic le by N e il W . S tu a rt (in which he told of the S tate College of W ashington A g ric u ltu ra l E xp erim en t S tatio n influence of tem p e ratu re and the length of storage on forcing per P u yallu p, W ashington form ance of domestic E aster lilies The C ro ft lily has achieved the which appeared in the Flo rists’ reputation of being one of the Review, J u ly 29, 1943, and in the world's finest E aster lilies. I t has F lo rists’s Exchange and H o r ti been outstanding as a pot p lant c u ltu ra l T ra d e W o rld . Sept. 25. and for this reason has had an 1943) is suggestive, p a rtic u la rly enviable place in the trade. when review ed in the lig h t of re Recently, however, forcers have cent experiences. These studies complained of poor bud counts on w ere based on Louisiana-grow n the plants grown fo r the E aster C rofts and Creoles and the re m arket. sults w ere sum m arized as follow«: The situation became c ritic a l 1. P re lim in a ry c o m m o n or w ith the approach of Easter, 1946, high te m p e ratu re s t o r a g e , in and can no longer be ignored. e ith e r m oist o r d ry peat tends to Doubtless there are reasons fo r reduce the effectiveness of sub the development of this situation, sequent storage at 50 degrees. and it is the purpose of this a r 2.. In comparison w ith moist ticle to seek an explanation fo r (sig h tly w e t) peat, storage in such behavior. d ry peat results in delayed em er and flowering, shorter The answers to the question gence m ay be found in the lite ra tu re plants, a n d fe w e r flowers per or in the eyperiences of success p la n t 3. T h e adverse effects of dry fu l growers. I f they are not, then The studies of S tu a rt and B rie r- studies should be in itia te d which storage could not be overcome by w ill lead to a solution of the soaking the bulbs in w a te r o ver ley show, however, th a t accelera night p rio r to potting.. problem. tion in flo w erin g alw ays results in few e r flow ers per plant. S tu a rt I t is only n atu ra l, of course, found th a t unstored bulbs (the fo r the average forcer to blame A d is trib u to r who handled a southern-grown creoles and the the grow er fo r any losses he m ay re la tiv e ly larg e portion of the C ro fts ) produced 7.5 flowers per experience. This is often u n fair, lily bulbs produced in the Pacific p lant, w ith blooms commencing since the g ro w er has no control northw est in 1945 demanded th a t 259 days a fte r planting, w hile over the bulbs a fte r they have his growers pack th e ir bulbs in storage fo r fo u r weeks at 50 de left his hand. I t is w e ll known dry peat. H e doubtless had his grees halved the flower count and that the most hazardous period in the life of the bulb is the tim e reasons fo r ignoring the results reduced to 134 the num ber of of S tu art's studies. W hen these days to blooming. H ow do Pacific elapsing between l e a v i n g the bulbs failed to produce the a n tic northw est lilies compare w ith the grower's hands and a rriv in g on ipated bud counts, however, the southern-grow n lilies in th e ir re the forcer’s benches. This period d is trib u to r was among the first brings the d istribu to r into the sponse to such te ra tm en t? A sec to place the blam e on the bulb ond a rtic le by N eil S tu a rt " In transaction as a fac to r of good growers. lily performance. fluence oi H arvest T im e and Stor- Effects of Acceleration „ T in h a s t e n in g e g re e s to ra g e , gree was consistently mJ “ Ve than 35 <fegre« * * pndatic number shows 10^1 estmg points. In an west varieties 35 der? reduced the bud *dly than 50 degree h? “ er ,• « ” * i « n ^ Teoles, 50 degree ston- reduced the bud counf verely.” ____Concluded on fft# CLEAN« h u la w Z A D A ’S BEAUTY SH O P I Christmas Is Just About Here!!!! ie . , n u». >o the B E 4 U /S £ . P E R S O N ........ ™ ™ T 3 IA 8 #00# Ccft If Your Wife Can’t Cook— Don’t divorce her—both work in the lilies E A T A T T H E NOOK! Mrs. C. I. Patrick, Lessee SUPPLY. We offer , he fin e ,, Spreads. Tablecloths. Place Mats Ladbcs B louses. Sweaters. Skirts. D resses. W h ite S«\k ‘|)re "dJl ULSeS' 'L‘T i wea,crs- »‘laid Shirts, »ox. D r ts s Slacks, and light weight Jackets Clothes for the FAM /iy Smith’s Dept. Store Templar Hotel BWr. Brookings ctober the: '115 d a j io u ld 1 ad\ ly by tl to b id e r I bud cc d is ti asse lit t le have p itiö n 1 th e » •id s to r Itiö n an< it il sent eae ear »n cm ite ly 65 wed, c or cool l/w re d< i. th e n I any. coi Again, ed fo i Dtrol. ore recei (E ffe c t o ► of S to: west L i l i |o f Septe rial int< studies ' a Members t t and e Prospective n t i Members o n of the ... sam pl Ice E aste COOS-CURRY ELECTRIC CO-OPERATIVE eenhous« fe o f th (a t 35 d. (F f o r f» J L S T A R E M IN D E R TO YOU To all residents of the area north of the state me toward Harbor, covered by our new con- s ruction, we urge these necessary requirements Delore electricity can be turned on: egon. T l anzed a< a ll t h n w ith o u t ed m o re ne in t (thre e m< I even g n fir s t b l ‘3 me • rt' C r o ft )’ a*e on > As e xte n d e ► b lo o m a ored a t PAYMENT OF MEMBERSHIP FEE! STATE WIRING INSPECTION FEE RIGHT-OF-WAY EASEMENT SIGNED! in rnerchan itse. such items as: 7 ° 7 els Easte ¡on A p r e. on t Itiön, tc It 35 d ■the b ii I Lilies Problem of Shrinkage Another unfavorable r e s u l t from the use of dry peat as a packing material is the shrinkage of the bulbs. The growers have been severely criticized for sell ing undersized bulbs. Some of this criticism was doubtless merited. However, experience has demon strated that when bulbs were packed in dry peat they will lose ( a uses of Low Bud-count as much as m e whole size bv the Some of the causes of Ion bud time they n ich the forcer. Such count are apparently known. For dessication usually means that the roots will wither and dry. Also, such treatment tends to throw the bulb into a period of dormancy" rom w h ic h it is aroused w i h difficulty. Viable roots are e\ lence that the bulb has had p ro ^ r care since being dug. It should be emphasized that the lily, in nature, does not be-i come dormant in the sense that 1 the tulip or bulbous iris does. Ruby Stcken Developmei t is naturally pro Assisting gressive and should not be per mit tetl to b come retrogressive. Closed Sunday and Monday Northwest growers should capital i.’t’ on fheir ability to supply the [spite o based expert pcluded ed much fasier i ^ Dry Pack vs. Moist Pack Be assured that the grower is more than anxious to produce bulbs that will perform satisfac torily on the forcer's benches. We are reminded, however, that a chain is no stronger than its weakest link.'' It is essential for us to locate the weak links and strengthen them whenever possi ble to do so. of th lt ?. h 'S 0 in , ere «»« ’hat as digging Wai bulbs with few Simplify your houaecleanmg with an _ . Write to B ox R A L P H ftnwed experim ent, with sou. Creole bulbs. TO SEE THE NEW ELECTROLUX IV. N flow Ttifie justria ..«♦•ie Perm*Oed to turn on the current 1 ,d oi these are complied with, so please speed 'our conveniences by immediate compli" ance. Do it today, not later than tomorrow! pe. cv lota Me are making quite rapid progress in our construction—hampered, as always, by shortage oi materials, hut progressing, nevertheless. FOR Coos Electric Coop ¡I
