WHOLESALE PRICE LIST • SPRING EDITION • 1939 
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"A. B. C. PRIVATE STOCK" 
(ERIKSSON STRAIN) 
Single Large Flowering Dwarf Fringed and 
Ruffled Mixed — The Single Petunia De Luxe 
Produced under glass by that eminent florist-grower, 
Mr. Ernst Eriksson, of Riverside, Illinois (originator 
of Primula Malacoides Erikssoni), this improved 
strain of hand-pollinated large flowering dwarf 
Petunias is in our estimation the choicest and finest 
of this type available. It is excellent for pot plants, 
porch and window boxes, and for bedding. This 
strain is as profitable as it is beautiful. We recom¬ 
mend you include it in your Petunia planting. 
Tr. Pkt. (1,000 seeds). $1.25 
1/32 oz. $4.00 1/16 oz. $8.00 
Va oz. $15.00 14 oz. $28.00 
SPECIAL NOTE : Our Eriksson Strain is supplied by the orig¬ 
inator, Mr. Ernst Eriksson, of Riverside, Illinois, in his original 
packets. Other so-called "Eriksson's Strains" may be of ques¬ 
tionable quality. 
New Pure White Dwarf Petunia 
A. B. C. Improved "Snowstorm" 
(An A. B. C. Introduction) 
The White Petunia You Have Been Waiting For 
12 inches high, Improved "Snowstorm" is a pure white developed 
along the line of our "Private Stock" Mixed color strain. Flowers 
are the same size, 3 to 4 inches in diameter. The same free- 
blooming habit makes this new variety particularly desirable 
as a pot or bedding Petunia. Don't overlook this valuable new 
kind for the coming spring. "Snowstorm" is unquestionably the 
"Queen" of all White Petunias. 
Tr. Pkt. (1,000 seeds). $1.25 5,000 seeds. $5.00 
Excerpt from the Florists' 
Exchange, June 4, 1938 : 
"Mr. Matteson, manager 
of the well-known George 
Souster Co., of Elgin, Ill., 
has perhaps the finest dis¬ 
play of Eriksson's Private 
Stock Petunias to be seen 
around Chicago. Some of 
the flowers are fully 4 
inches across. These Pe¬ 
tunias are certainly a 
credit to the originator, Mr. 
Eriksson, of Riverside, Illi¬ 
nois. Mr. Matteson is con¬ 
sidered the dean of bed¬ 
ding plant growers in the 
western suburbs. 
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The illustrations on this page 
show both the size and the 
variety of colors obtained 
from "A.B.C. Private Stock." 
This Eriksson strain should 
be included in your Petunia 
planting, for it is conceded 
by good growers to be one 
of the most profitable Petunia 
crops that can be obtained-. 
