| Show WAR IS BLOW TO BULB I BUSIN BUSINESS SS OF HOLLAND MANY ORDERS PARE ARE CUT DOWN Exportation Was Found Possible Possible Possible ble to the United States Without Interruption SURPLUS STOCK CREATED Fields Are Described as Rare Sight Where Millions of Flowers Are Grown Haarlem Netherlands Juno 26 Al 26 Al Although though tho the bu b business for tor which Holland Is world famous would seem to be Immune from the effect of or the tile war wal it has like other Industries hH had hada a n sad blow blos' from which it is even e less able to recover as time goes on and the war continues continue Tho The head of r the tIle Bull Bulb Association 4 of r The rhe Netherlands Netherlands Nether Nether- lands whoso whose headquarters are In this tills city reviewed the effects of oC the wron war w on Oil Hollands Holland's an ancient traffic for Cor the Associated ted Press Everything in Ill the tile bulb trade was ready for Cor the export season seaMon which starts in ill the first week wel of or AU August me nc war e oUt oui saiu sau our r. r ire re lage luge as his Ills motor whirled the correspondent corre cerre- spon ent through hOr gorgeous fields planted in checkerboards of or scarlet purple yellow ellow white and cd late tulips and fragrant hyacinths whose odor hung heavy above the sandy fields Our first impression then was that exportation would be impossible le alto altogether and that the whole season reason would be Impossible altogether and that thal the whole season would be lost But Bill the results w were rc really reali better than we had anticipated Exportation was found possible to to- the to-the the United States without interruption also to England Sweden Norway and Denmark German Germany Ger Ocr man many nn and Austria Franco France and even Russia Many Ian order orders however cr were canceled or cut down don Domestic readjustments read read- made necessary ar b by the thede departure departure de of or ao so man many millions of or men forthe forthe for forthe the battlefields of oC Europe caused the abandoning of much of ot the tile garden arllen beautifying which Is annually planned in the fall fail For 10 this reason there came camo cameto to be an enormous surplus stock Ol on the hands of the Dutch bulb growers es especially especially es- es of or hyacinths which had already al already al- al ready rend been somewhat too plentiful before bo- bo fore tore war var Auctions Cut Enormous quantities of bulbs also seem eem t to tc have been sent to public auctions auctions lions in several sc foreign n countries to besold be besold sold In that way ay at excessively low prices which prices which did not help the Dutch bulb business At the tile end of oC tho tue ex export cx- cx port season tulips and narcissi proved to be practically all sold sohl while there still remained an important stock of or hyacinths In the warehouses which had to be thrown awa away in the end The prices of or most kinds of bulbs went Weilt down in ill August August- 1 could coul b be had at al an any figure tulips in cases for fOl half the tho normal price Irice The Tile official export t statistics show Aho only a very slight compared with the r record record rec rec- cord c- c ord year ear of ot 1913 but these figures are arc deceptive Thc They can be accounted forby forby forb for for- b by the large larre size and heavier weight of oC the tile bulbs and alsi alst b by the large quantities quantities ties tics sold at auction upon which there u was us little lUlIe I If an any to tile the vendors the tile bUll bulb 01 or The financial lo losses ses to the bulb growers not perhaps so bad badas badas as 15 anticipated last lost August have been vcr very serious Hut But they depend to a certain extent upon the character orthe of or the tIle trade supplied b by the Individual grower gi Firms dealing only with the United Culled Slates States have not nol irreparably h h suf- suf r rn red I while thos exporting chiefly to Russia have had 1181 u 0 very bad had year car ct cl spring the representatives of ot the bulb firms oft ot Holland nave tray trav as usual to lake take orders and make collections for Cor former supplies Tho They report import generally that pa payments m even en evenIn evenin In the countries at war are arc coming In far better than expected The They are however booking their new orders ciders as asa asa asa a rule without definite arrangements as to prices as many large buyers of ot bulbs prefer to to wait walt until later before confirming their orders If It the war looks as If Ir it might continue on into next spring pring of oC course ourse many of oC these orders will be lost arid and the plight of the Dutch bulb growers will be worse than ever cyer It is the smaller bulb bull growers who I suffer most Just as It is tho the small butcher baIter baker and candlestick maker in n Holland who has hns so far had to bear benr the tile chief burden of wars war's misery The small bulb grower must sell to the large wholesaler who has the tile facilities ties for storing the bulbs and can con afford aCCord t to tco todo do s so One large wholesaler of JUlie JUlie- gom goni near here recently stated that he had received over o bulbs at his warehouses of oC which he had been able to dispose of oC on only I These bulbs came caine from Crom the tIle small growers Hurt hare Si Sight ht The rho bulb fields of oC Holland are arc a rare gl sight ht familiar to tourists especially during the tulip flowering season Before Before Be De- fore tho the tulips however there have o been the snowdrops the croci and the narcissi and after aCter them tilen come the h hyacinths hya- hya a- a and the gladioli The Tile tulip bulbs are ale as a rule of or five years years' growth g and andare andare are arc sold In their third year The They are arc sold while white yet et in flower Clowel In the tho caso case of oC the small smaIl grower grewer h by auction held heM on tI the e ground b by loj-al loj nl notaries who make a very ven gOd thing out of oC it whether the grower does or not When the crop has been sold tile the blossoms bios blos wms are arc cut and heaped healed In a pile pilo In a corner cOIner of or tho the field t to te rot and serve as L' L t It LA w It cuIC VL Uk UI ILU VII UV iLL sold to dealers in cut flowers Clowers many tire are g given gen en to anybody and er c everybody bodY who asks tot for them Of or a fine elne Sunday I in spring It Is a great sight to watch thousands of or hi bicycles cles sweep sweeping In into The Has Hague Amsterdam or Rotterdam about sundown their riders decked with garlands of oC the tild most beautiful tulips imaginable the tIle bicycles themselves themselves them them- selves loaded down with the flowers and great bouquets of oC them suspended by a 1 string passed about the riders rider's shoulders |
