Arnold wrote: " OK, Jim I'll bite, did the Tulips flower?" That experiment was done with smaller bulbs, the ones which often don't take to summer drying as well as the big, fat blooming size ones. To tell the truth, I don't remember if they bloomed or not. The only other detail which comes back from that event is that the tulips were probably all virus infected broken tulips such as 'Black Boy'. I always found these more difficult to keep from year to year. If anyone knows of a source for 'Black Boy', please let me know. Jim McKenney