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r r O O KIN GS-HA RBO R •World's Finest Climate' Paye Six Probable Causes Of Recent Low Bud Count In Croft Lilies When “Forced” THURSDAY Mj>, PILOT. BROOKINGS, OREGON forcers with bulbs having v ia b le . experim ents w ith southern-grow n d much faster in aB roots. Creole bulbs- The effects of the ue ..L>r-|tion 11 is also interesting to note flower number show/, ‘ The practice of accelerating th a t as digging was delayed the esting points. In all ldies is of comparatively recent bulbs with few exceptions, bloom- Concluded on origin. Laurie and Poesch, in their “ appeared in the Florists book "Commercial Flow er Forc Bv E. P. BREAKEY which Review, July 29. 1943, and in the ing" (third edition, 1941) make F lo rists’ Exchange and H orti no mention of it. It m akes possi Bf cause of numerous requests cu ltu ral Trade World, Sept. 25, ble the flowering of southern- this article is being republished 1943) is suggestive, particularly grown lilies for C hristm as trade, by the pilot, a fter having ap when reviewed in the light of re or earlier, and is also a means peared in these columns last No cent experiences. These studies of conserving greenhouse space, Speed Queen Washing Machine were based on Louisiana-Grown since the length of tim e between vember. Crofts and Creoles and the re the potting of bulbs and the open- S tate C ollege of W ashington sults were summarized as follow: 1 ing of flowers can be m aterially Eelectric Hot Plates 1. Prelim inary c o m m o n o r , shortened. B arney B rierley (in A gricultural Experim ent Station high tem perature s t o r a g e , in hls article on Effect of Cool Stor- Puyallup, W ashington The Croft lily has achieved the eith er moist or dry peat tends to Cge of E aster Lily Bulbs on Sub reputation of being one of the reduce the effectiveness of sub- sequent Forcing Perform ance, ap- Schick and Remington Electric Razor? world's finest E aster lilies. It has sequent storage at 50 degrees, j p a r in g in Jo u rn al of A gricultur- 2. In comparison with moist a j Research, March 15, 1941) been outstanding as a pot plant and for this reason has had an (slightly wet) peat, storage, i n s ta te s : "Cool S torage of E aster Complete Line of Fluorescent Lighting Fis ory peat result* in delayed erner- j j.jy bulbs is a convenient prim- enviable place in the trade. Recently, however, forcers have gence a n d flowering, shorter a ry control over tim e of flowering, complained of poor bud counts on 1 plant a n d feder flowers per The customary' control factor, th e plants grown for the E aster! plant forcing tem p eratu re, can be used 3 The adverse effects of dry^as a fjne adjustm ent a fte r this m arket. rag»- could not be overcome by prim ary control has been applied.’ The situation became critical, w ith the approach of Easter, 1946 soaking the bulbs in w ater over The studies of S tu a rt and Brier- end can no longer be ignored night prior to potting. ley show, however, th a t accelera- D ouobtless th ere are rea*<»ns for | ) n pack Vs. Moist Pack I *’<>»1 in flow ering alw ays results V. A. Mendenhall Sr. .. \y. E. Hi A distributor ‘who handled a \ir. few er flow ers per plant. and it is th< purpose of this ar- . . i _ r _ p IMirtin n o f t h e l found ,h a t unstored bulbs (the Templar Hotel Bldg. Brooking« lunh £ h » 'v ,n ran eXplana’ !° n ° r lily bulbs produced in the Pacific ' southern-Brown creo,es and the such behavior nerthw-est in 1945 demanded th at C tofts) produced 7.5 flowers per The answers to the question , , , . . may I»- found in the literatu re grow ers, pack th eir bulbs in plant, with blooms commencing peat. He doubtless had his 259 days a fte r planting, while c l in the experience of success- jd j 1 ry Peat. i f ih .tv m i r Ih p n i rpasons for ignoring the results storage for four weeks at 50 de- ful growers , ,»„0 i.hi/xh studies should ,i Kr, be initiated which ‘ f S tu a rt's studies. When these 8rpes halved the flower count and will lead to a solution of the bulbs failed to produce the antic- reduced to 134 the num ber of ioated bud counts, however, the days to blooming. How do Pacific problem. It is only natural, of course, distributor was among the first northw est lilies com pare w ith the . r the .. , ' to place the n lilies in th e ir re fe average forcer to uiU' blam e, un blame u m m e on o n the in c bulb o u io s°uthern-grow « , may 'grow ers sponse to such tre a tm e n t? A see YOUR INSPECTOR will be In the the grower for any losses he ond article by Neil S tu a rt "In when the proper time comes. experience. This is often u nfair Problem of Shrinkage fluence of H arvest Time and Stor- ■(nce the grower has no control IN ORDER to save time and expense A nother unfavorable r e s u l t age on Forcing N orthw est Lilies” over the bulbs a fte r they have from the use of dry peat as a in Florists’ Review, Sept. 13, 1945- you and the CO-OP you should get and s left his hands. It is well known packing m aterial is the shrinkage may contain the answ er to this your fields clean and the better you rogue, ’ , , r .b b 'm ', 7 ' b" ll)S Th" « have'question. .he life of the bu b is .he time r r i , lc,z„(, for sell-1 s i u a r f , s better rating you will get for the inspection1 w ere based on elapsing between l e a v n g th e ¡„g undersized bulbs. Some of thia „ „ ¡ J " ™ * * studies , close this season. L , uniform sam ples of Croft, E s grow er's hands and arriving on cribe,sm was doubtless m erited., ta te s, and Ace E a ste r lllies th HA\ E READY a list of the number the forcer’s bences. This period However, . . .. experience „ . . has .. demon- w ere grown in Oregon. The bulbs brings the distributor into the kinds of yearlings and commercials you strated th at when bulbs were w ere harvested a t intervals of transaction as a facor of good i ............. n i in., e# pecked in dry peat they w i’l lose four, six and eight weeks a fte r planted, dates of plantings and kind of lily performance. _. . , . . as much as one whole size by the full bloom. lizer used. B e assured that the grower they reach the forcer. Such m on’ than anxious to produce The three dates of digging w ere IE YOU CAN not be on hand makeai u..iK .u . i n « . | dessication usually m eans th at bul » « .Il perform far- , he W]|, W]th„, and Hrv i A ugust 15 and 31 and Septem ber! ments for someone to show the inspector' tot ily on the fo rc e rs benches ^ be resu^ts these) Also, such treatm ent tends io field. He will make ONE call ONLY, and if' We are reminded, however, that throw the bulb into a pe >riod of studie# wpre sum m arized as fol- " p chain is no stronger than its ’ low s: essary for him to make a second call, it wi2 w eakest link.” It is essential for ’ dormancy" from w h i c h it is “In all three varieties the num- at your expense. aroused with difficulty. V iahlei. x , • us to locate the weak links and j roots are evidence that the bulb- r days to b,ooni w as reduced YOUR El ELD must be inspected if strengthen them w henever possi has had proper care since hiring th ® » ^ a g e tem p eratu re was ble to do so. bulbs are to be packe by the CO-OP. This no dug. It should be emphasized th at owered !t 18 especially interest- (’auses of Low Bud-count the lily, in nature, does not b e -11” 1° note th a t ,n aI! instances will appear only in two issues. Somc of the causes of low bud come dorm ant in th« sense that . deKree storage had less effect count ari* apparently known. For the tulip or bulbous iris does. in hastening flowering than 35 example, an article by Ned W. Development is n a tu ra lly pro degree storage, although 50 de S tu a rt (in which he told of th e ' gressive and should not be p er gree was consistently more effec West Coast Bulb G rowers (Co-opt influence of tem perature and the ' m itted to become retrogressive. tive than 35 degrees in previous length of storage on forcing per-1 N orthw est grow ers should cap it form ance of domestic Et irti alize on th eir ability to supply the ! NOW IN STOCK BROOKINGS ELECTRIC And Radio Company N O T IC E ! C O -O P M EM BER? LeROY WIEDEMAN, Preside, f! HOW YOU WILL i ' BENEFIT BY READING \ .. S r .i {|> t Iks world'« doily newipo »cr__ ,H£ (HR.'StllH StlfNCE KOKITOR. 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