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WINTER SWEET PEAS™— 
To produce mid-winter Peas in the greenhouse, it is 
necessary to have the vines hardened some. There are 
several ways to do this; an important one is to sow early. If 
sown mid-June in our latitude, the growth will be plenty 
hard by Sept, when they should be in good crop. A fairly 
well shaded house, clean, moderately moist soil, are neces¬ 
sary to pull a sowing thru the heat of summer. Sub-irri¬ 
gating that maintains the surface soil dry is a great help in 
preventing stem rot that is so common. Another way to 
harden growth is to grow on 6 in. deep raised beds. This 
permits complete control of growth, but in such shallow 
Strikingly fine large flowers of our new Ball Rose Supreme, 
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soil, the crop will shorten sooner than when roots are in 
deep soil. A sowing made around Aug. 1 in a deep bed 
hasn’t time enuf to harden its growth before short dark days 
set in, and will drop buds more or less until Jan., unless you 
are favored with more bright fall weather than we usually 
VARIETIES 
We annually grow a crop for winter and spring flower¬ 
ing, and have done so for 40 consecutive years. We not 
only make use of this for testing all new ones offered, but 
do considerable development of new ones as well. This en¬ 
ables us to offer only the best or most suitable for cut flower 
purposes. 
THE 12 BEST VARIETIES 
are based on our experience as well as the demand for them from 
all sections. We realize the impossibility of this list being 100% 
correct for all demands,—but, we repeat, it covers "all the best’’ 
according to our experience and that of others. Consider it carefully. 
Ball Rose Queen. This is our answer to the best rose pink. It 
is longer stemmed, stronger in growth, 20% larger and a shade 
darker than Laddie that has up to now been our best clear rose 
pink. We have worked for 6 yrs. to get this trued up and now 
have it around 95 % so. l / 2 ounces only till August 1. 
% oz., 35c; 1 oz., 50c; 4 oz., $1.50; 1 lb., $5.00. 
Ball Rose Supreme. In this we have a substantial improvement 
on our Ball Rose that has been supreme in its color for years. 
BALL ROSE SUPREME improves it greatly in size, is better 
frilled, deeper in color, and longer stemmed. 
*/2 oz., 20c; 1 oz., 30c; 4 oz., $1.00; 1 lb., $3.50. 
Harmony. We have a new lavender to offer this season, better, 
we believe, than Harmony, but we prefer another season’s test 
before placing it in this select class. 
V 2 oz., 20c; 1 oz., 30c; 4 ozs., $1.00; 1 lb., $3.50. 
Ball White. The experience of most growers is that at least there 
is nothing better than this white seeded variety and with us there 
is nothing quite so long-stemmed, large, and pure in color. 
l / 2 oz., 25c; 1 oz., 35c; 4 oz., $1.20; 1 lb., $4.00. 
Princess Blue. This belongs in the new long stemmed, large 
flowered class that is doing much to keep Peas in the forefront 
as a cut flower. Rich light lavender blue. y 2 oz., 30c; 1 oz., 
40c; 4 oz., $1.40; 1 lb., $4.50. 
Ball Orange Imp. Among our new ones that is perfected and 
ready to work up stock of is a long stemmed, large flowered, 
strong growing orange. Until it is ready, our Ball Orange Imp. 
is the clearest orange on the list. y 2 oz., 25c; 1 oz., 35c; 4 oz., 
$1.25; 1 lb., $4.00. 
Triumph. Long stemmed, large flowers, lilac mauve. This is a 
first class cut flower color. The past season our market couldn’t 
get enuf of it. y 2 oz., 20c; 1 oz., 30c; 4 oz., $1.00; 1 lb., $3.50. 
Treasure Island. Another one of the modern type that has gone 
over strong with most growers. Extra large, long-stemmed golden 
orange red. y 2 oz., 35c; 1 oz., 50c; 4 oz., $1.50; 1 lb., $5.00. 
Signal Red (New). No collection of Peas is complete without 
a "red”. In Signal Red we have a distinct improvement on Pride, 
its cerise red being tinged with orange. Extra long stemmed; 
medium size. l / 2 oz., 75c; 1 oz., $1.40; 4 ozs., $5.50. 
Hiawatha. This and Treasure Island are the largest flowering on 
the list and its huge deep rose flowers are borne on good stems. 
While the color is good in mid-winter, it is a glowing clear deep 
rose on white ground in spring. y 2 oz., 35c; 1 oz., 50c; 4 oz., 
^ $1.50; 1 lb., $5.00. 
Sequoia. Fairly deep rose with some Salmon shading. Long 
stemmed, large flowered. A first class pink Sweet Pea. i/ 2 oz., 
20c; 1 oz., 30c; 4 oz., $1.00; 1 lb., $3.50. 
Mrs. Hoover. We hesitate putting this back here for Tahoe is 
far better and should be used for spring flowering, but its strong 
growth gets it into flower too late for winter, so we must stay 
with the tall growing Hoover for that reason. y 2 oz., 20c; 1 oz. 
30c; 4 oz., $1.00; 1 lb., $3.50. 
12 Best Mixture. Carefully blended formula mixture of the above 
varieties. i/ 2 oz., 20c; 1 oz., 30c; 4 ozs., $1.00; 1 lb., $3.50. 
