Flower Seeds 
For Florists 
A nice crop of our well known aster Ball White Late. 
Cloth Ho uses 
S UCCESSFULLY producing asters free of the "ydlows” through the protection of 
cloth houses is one of the outstanding recent developments in the florist business. 
It ranks with the flowering of October Mums in September through the shortening 
of daylight hours. These developments are of much practical value and must be taken 
advantage of if we growers of miscellaneous stock (either for market or retail) are to 
grow asters and mums at a profit. A few fundamental points on cloth house aster growing 
are, — the houses must be up and tight before the plants are put out/ water must be 
piped into the house and used as you do in the greenhouse, there is no room in a six 
or seven foot cloth house for an overhead watering system,- all cross wires in the house 
must be quite tight and maintained so throughout the summer. 
If a storm tears the house open three to four weeks before the asters flower we find it 
unnecessary to make as tight a repair as we would if this happened earlier, for the 
"yellows” will not develop seriously before they are cut. Not only will a tight house 
insure asters free of the fatal "yellows” but the shelter from wind and sun produces 
heavier, longer-stemmed growth and larger flowers,- this alone, we find, makes the cloth 
house profitable. 
While the construction of these houses has become fairly well standardized, improve¬ 
ments in details suggest themselves annually. We have been using them for the past four 
years and have put down our methods of construction as plainly as we could in the new 
edition of our "Ball Red Book.” In addition to this we supply circulars by the makers 
of cloth that deal with their construction. Furthermore, — should you find yourself 
uncertain pn any point, write us. Whether or not you have gotten your seed of us, our 
experience is at your service. 
