Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-05-19 | Page 15 | Multiple Tulip Graces Garden of Salt Lakers

Floral Triplet' Admired v : v. . fv jyfv FREAK BLOOMS APPEAR ON S. L. CROWN TULIP Joanne Lambert examines tulip which has three) blossoms on it Multiple Tulip Graces Garden of Salt Lakers Six-Year-Old Bulb Produces Three Flowers Instead of Customary Single Blossom, I- ' Salt Lake City is "one jump ahead of Holland a tulip with three blossoms from one bulb can be found at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. McRae, 1187 Laird avenue. years old. according to Mrs, McRae. Tha blooms won the sdmiring glances of Joanna Lambert daughter daugh-ter of Dr. and Mrs. E. W. Lambert U7S Laird avenue. "Ws havs hsd ths bulb for several sev-eral years," Mrs. McRse explained, "snd this is the first time it has aver hsd three blossoms on It." Ths bulb was transplanted last fall and recently the McRaes noticed no-ticed the three flowers blooming, instead of the eustomsry ons. They phoned several local greenhouses and learned that this was a rare occurrence In tulips. In fact several sev-eral flower companies hsd never heard of it happening. The tulips hsvs been blooming almost two weeks and ars a deep red color. The bulb is at least six