. Bulletin. Fig. 3.—Six equally good mother hyacinth hulbs of the Regulus variety ready for scoring or scooping. Figure 4 shows bulbs of the same variety one month after being scored and scooped. method is not employed to any great extent in commercial hyacinth growing on account of the comparatively small number of slabs pro- Fig. 4.—Mother hyacinth bulbs scored and scooped. The work in the Netherlands, and until last year in this country, has always been done by hand, an ordinary straight-bladed knife being used in scoring and sometimes in scooping. As a rule, however, the knife with
. Bulletin. Fig. 3.—Six equally good mother hyacinth hulbs of the Regulus variety ready for scoring or scooping. Figure 4 shows bulbs of the same variety one month after being scored and scooped. method is not employed to any great extent in commercial hyacinth growing on account of the comparatively small number of slabs pro- Fig. 4.—Mother hyacinth bulbs scored and scooped. The work in the Netherlands, and until last year in this country, has always been done by hand, an ordinary straight-bladed knife being used in scoring and sometimes in scooping. As a rule, however, the knife with a curved blade shown in figure 5 is used in scooping mother bulbs. Bulbs on left, scored ; those on right, scooped. Owing to the wide variation in the bulbs grown, the method of growing bulbs from seed is rarely, if ever, employed except for the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Office of Experiment Stations. Washington, Govt. Print. Off
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