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AMERICAN BULB COMPANY • CHICAGO AND NEW YORK 
Aster "American 
Branching" 
POMPON 
ASTERS 
ARE NOW 
IN 
GREAT FAVOR 
"HEART 
OF 
FRANCE" 
THE 
BEST RED 
ASTER 
Aster "King" 
. i 
Aster, Imbricated Pompon 
This Pompon Aster Is Now a Great Favorite 
in the Cut Flower Markets 
ASTERS, WILT-RESISTANT (Continued) 
King or "Needle" Type 
Pointed or quilled petals. Flowers of hard substance. A desirable 
cut flower and good shipper. Blooms about 
September 
10th. 
Tr. Pkt. 
Vi oz. 
Oz. 
Peach Blossom. Light rose pink. Good market 
variety . 
$0.35 
$0.50 
$1.75 
Crimson (Upright Branching). Bright color. 
.35 
.50 
1.75 
Lavender or Azure Blue (Upright Branching). . . 
. . . .35 
.50 
1.75 
White (Upright Branching). 
. .35 
.50 
1.75 
Mixed .. 
.25 
.40 
1.50 
Upright Branching 
A desirable commercial class. Blooms late August to early September. 
Tr. Pkt. 
Vi oz. 
Oz. 
Rose Pink. Deep rose, good. 
. . .$0.35 
$0.50 
$1.75 
White . 
.35 
.50 
1.75 
Peach Blossom. Light rose. Excellent market 
cut 
flower . .... 
.35 
.50 
1.75 
Purple ... 
... .35 
.50 
1.75 
Mixed Colors. 
.25 
.40 
1.50 
American Branching 
Mid-season to late flowering. 
Tr. Pkt. 
Vi oz. 
Oz. 
Ball White. Medium early. 
. . . .$0.35 
$0.50 
$1.75 
A. B. C. White. Blooms about September 10th, 
.35 
.50 
1.75 
Azure Blue. Clear mid-blue. 
.35 
.50 
1.75 
Improved Semple Pink. Shell pink. 
.35 
.50 
1.75 
Peach Blossom. 
.35 
.50 
1.75 
Light Rose.35 
Deep Rose.35 
Purple .35 
Crimson . 
Mixed Colors. 
.35 
.25 
.50 
.50 
.50 
.50 
.40 
1.75 
1.75 
1.75 
1.75 
1.50 
American Beauty (Incurved Form) 
Blooms September 25th to October 1st. 
Azure Fairy. Azure blue or dark lavender. 
Purple .35 
Purple Prince. Deep marine violet. 
September Beauty. Delicate shell pink. 
Crimson . 
Deep Rose. 
White . 
Mixed Colors.25 
ASTERS, WILT-RESISTANT (Continued) 
Heart of France (Improved) 
Brilliant Red. Blooms about August 15th. Generally considered the 
.75c 
Oz. 
.$2.50 
best red Aster. Tr. Pkt. 50c Vi oz. 
AURORA (Golden Sheaf), Yellow Self 
A splendid free flowering Aster, with large full flowers, quilled 
centers and outer band of broad petals. Height 2 feet; fine for 
cutting; late August blooming. Tr. Pkt.. .50c Vi oz.. ,75c Oz.. .$2.50 
Single, Chinensis 
Flowers, daisy-like petals, wide and closely placed. 
August 
Dark Blue. 
Blooms in late 
Dark 
Tr. Pkt. 
Vi oz. 
Oz. 
.$0.25 
$0.40 
$1.50 
. .25 
.40 
1.50 
. .25 
.40 
1.50 
. .25 
.40 
1.50 
. .25 
.40 
1.50 
. .20 
.35 
1.25 
Following Are Desirable Wilt Resistant Asters o! 
"AMERICAN COMET" Type. 
Astermum Lavender. Fairly dark azure blue. 
Astermum Rose Pink. Bright rose-pink of upright growth. Excellent 
market color. 
Astermum White, Earlier but not so full or large as Crego White. 
Comet Blush Pink. Valuable for earliness and light color effect. 
Comet Light Blue. Fine size and good cut flower shade. Highly 
resistant. 
Illusion (New). Giant Comet Type. Soft pastel shade of apricot pink. 
Tr. Pkt .50c Vi oz.75c 
‘Crego Azure Blue. Attractive light blue, medium size, excellent color. 
‘Crego Blue Flame. A rich fairly deep blue with extra large, fully 
double flowers on good stiff stems. 
Crego Deep Rose. Rich deep rose. Do not confuse this with 
Rose Pink. 
Enchantress (New). Crego Type. A luscious shade of lovely salmon-rose. 
Tr. Pkt .50c Vi oz.75c 
Crego Orchid (Cattleya). This is a very rich subdued rosy lavender 
—a true "Orchid" shade and original in Asters. 
Crego Peachblossom. Attractive light lavender-pink—Phlox Pink 
color. 
Crego Shell Pink. Very fine bright shade. 
Crego White. Large, full and clear color. 
‘Ostrich Feather Peach Blossom. An attractive, fairly deep rose pink. 
Excellent for market. 
Crego and Comet Types Mixed. 
Prices on all Resistant Strain Asters listed above—- 
(Except as otherwise shown). 
Tr. Pkt.35c Vi oz .50c Oz.$1.75 
Improved Giants of California (Crego Type). Light blue, purple. 
Tr. Pkt.25c Vi oz.50c Oz.$1.75 
EARLY FLOWERING GIANTS OF CALIFORNIA 
Peach Blossom. Tr. Pkt .50c Vi oz .$1.25 
Oz. 
.$4.00 
ASTERS 
Bodger's Famous "Regular" Strains 
SPECIAL NOTE 
In soil that is clean and rot is not to be considered our "Regular" 
Strains of California Asters, listed below, will be found generally 
satisfactory. However, if in doubt, plant "Bodger's Wilt-Resistant" 
Strains. The small difference in cost of seed is of little moment com¬ 
pared to crop results. 
Imbricated Pompon (Improved) 
These small Pompon Asters have the past few years had great 
vogue with California growers and the past season were introduced 
to Eastern retailers, with the result that they are now generally 
.Pkt. 
1.35 
Vi oz. 
$0.50 
Oz. 
$1.75 
acceptable and highly thought of as cut flowers. 
Tr. Pkt. 
Vi oz. 
Oz. 
.35 
.50 
1.75 
Rose . 
.$0.35 
$0.65 
$2.25 
.35 
.50 
1.75 
Light Blue. 
.35 
.65 
2.25 
.35 
.50 
1.75 
Light Blue. White center. 
.35 
.65 
2.25 
.35 
.50 
1.75 
Crimson. White center. 
.35 
.65 
2.25 
.35 
.50 
1.75 
White. 
.35 
.65 
2.25 
.35 
.50 
1.75 
Mixed . 
.25 
.50 
1.75 
.25 
.40 
1.50 
ASTERS Continued 
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