FLOWER SEEDS 
FOR FLORISTS 
BALL RESISTANT 
KING TYPE. Attractively pointed or quilled petals 
make this mid-season class outstanding. Flowers 
harder than in most classes and do not so easily 
spot or bruise. Good for market growers. 
Peach Blossom. Light rose-pink. A very good 
market variety. Sept. 10-15. 
Crimson. Bright deep color. Sept. 10-15. 
ROYALS might be called a second early class, as 
they immediately follow and greatly improve the 
Queen of the Markets. 
‘Azure Blue. About the shade of Branching Azure 
Blue. Fine size. The two keep up a nice suc¬ 
cession of this color. Sept. 5-10. 
*Shell Pink. Nicely shaped large flower, fairly long¬ 
stemmed. IntheSemplePinkcolorclass. Sept.1-5. 
‘White. The Royal White stock we are sending out 
this season will, we believe, be found more 
strongly resistant. Aug. 25-Sept. 1. 
Purple. Our new Ball Deep Purple very much better. 
QUEEN OF THE MARKET. Medium size, July 
flowering, and of fine branching habit. Resist¬ 
ance of this class is, generally, not quite so high 
as in the later classes, except Queen of the 
Market Crimson and Deep Rose. 
‘White. Fairly resistant but will do well in clean soil. 
‘Mid-blue. We have not tested this, but as noted 
under California conditions, the color is bright 
and resistance good. An attractive color. 
*Deep Rose. We find this highly resistant and a 
strong summer color. 
Flesh Pink. Rather light color and we do not recom¬ 
mend it for market growers. 
Dark Blue. Somewhat heavy for most purposes. 
Crimson. Highly resistant but easily oversupplied. 
PRICES on any of the above, including 
the four new Ball varieties, Each: Tr. Pkt. 50c,- 
34 oz. 65c; 1 oz. $2.00. 
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ASTER LIST (Continued) 
"Golden Sheaf" supplies the demand for a yellow aster. We 
find it highly resistant. 
VARIOUS RESISTANT VARIETIES. 
Heart of France. Our resistant strain of this brilliant red is some larger and longer stemmed than the original stock, 
also about a week later. Aug. 20-25. Tr. Pkt. 50c; 34 oz. 65c, • 1 oz. $2.00. 
‘Aurora "Golden Sheaf." Fair size with center petals quilled and cushioned. No single Rowers. Distinguished 
by a fairly deep lemon yellow. Golden Sheaf will be found valuable in limited quantities. Tr. Pkt. 50c, • 34 oz. 
$1.00,- 1 oz. $3.50. 
RESISTANT STRAINS IN MIXTURES. 
Salmon Rose Shades. This is our original color mixture of Comets largely light salmon-rose with a few deep rose. 
Will be attractive to a retail grower. Sept. 5-10. 
American Branching Mixture. These mixtures were selected by us 
Royal Mixture. on their merits. All are well bal- 
Queen of the Market Mixture. anced and will provide all colors. 
King Mixture. 
PRICES on above MIXTURES ONLY: Tr. Pkt. 35; LT oz. 50; 1 oz. $1.75. 
A FEW SUGGESTIONS 
The transplanting of asters, and most other plants as well, is more of a check or injury than we gen¬ 
erally realize. Sowing seed direct overcomes this and makes a difference in their growth, but it 
brings the crop in some later and shorter stemmed. So in planting out, do so on a cloudy, cool day 
if possible, and water promptly. When asters are ordinarily planted in the field and without water 
they brace up in a few days and grow right along, but all too frequently the open field crop and 
method of handling is a failure,- and we wonder why. We do not believe any florist crop, during 
an average season, can be made profitable without the protection of water, especially asters. 
Of this we are certain: It pays better to plant a small lot and care for them intensively than a large 
acreage and let them more or less take care of themselves. There are real possibilities in asters, and 
to realize them use well enriched and prepared soil, transplant carefully, and water thoroughly 
when necessary. Also, here in our section, the protection of a cloth house is necessary. 
[ 4 ] Our mixtures contain all colors carefully balanced. 
