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Article: Which bulb to buy? See what you get.
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- Sunset
- Article date:
- October 1, 1987
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Which bulb to buy? See what you get
Shopping for bulbs seems like a simple task: you look at pretty pictures above nursery bins or in catalogs and select the kinds you want. But if you shop around, you may discover that bulbs--and the flowers they produce--aren't always of the same size or quality.
In the markets, bulbs are separated into different grades, much like eggs. The difference is that you usually know what grade you're getting when you buy an egg. With bulbs, nurseries and catalogs don't usually list the grades; even if they do, those grades may not mean to you.
Here, we show you how four types of bulbs are graded, and how those ...