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^^Flower Seeds for Florists’’ 
BALL Calendula 2“ 
Our name is inseparably associated with cut flower Calendula 
thru having originated and introduced a II of th em 
Ease with which Calendula 
are grown probably explains 
why they are sometimes not 
profitable for the market grower. 
But with the retail grower, it’s 
different. They provide colorful 
Hoovers freely. If grown quite 
cool with plenty of air and in a 
fairly rich soil, they will not 
droop. When a prolonged period 
of dark weather sets in during 
mid-winter, soft growth can’t 
be helped with any greenhouse 
cut flower crop and under such 
conditions Calendula should be 
run as cold as possible. A sow¬ 
ing during January or February 
will provide an easily grown 
crop of flowers during the spring 
months and they will hold up be¬ 
cause of the much more favorable 
growing conditions of that season. 
Our cut flower varieties come 
nearly 100% double under favor¬ 
able conditions. Any form of 
check in growth tends to harden 
and throw it into the production 
of singles. That is why they 
.single out to but one row of petals 
during the heat of summer. The 
same plants will get into full 
double production with cool fall 
weather. The check the plants 
receive thru cutting down a heavy 
crop will also result in some 
singles even under otherwise favorable conditicms. 
FORCING VARIETIES 
NOTE: Our strains of Ball Calendula are to be had only in 
our packets. 
Prices (EXCEPT MIXTURES) : Tr. pkt., 40c; % oz., 60c; 1 oz., 
$2.00; 2 ozs., $3.50; 4 ozs., $6.50; 1 lb., $20.00. 
Prices on weight lots will be accepted on 2 or more varieties 
together. For instance, on Vi oz. each of 4 varieties, instead of 
allowing 60c each, the ounce price of $2.00 will be accepted, or, 
1 oz. each of 4 different varieties should be priced at $6.50. 
*Ball Improver! Long Orange. (New.) Attractive bright 
golden orange with light eye; a clearly lighter color than our 
regular Long Orange; outstandingly long stemmed and large 
flowered. 
*Ball Long Orange. The original deep intense orange with 
light center. Long stemmed and large flowered. 
Ball .Sensation. Similar to our Ball Long Orange. 
*Ball Masterpiece. Long stemmed clear deep orange with 
brown center. Attractively contrasting colors and free flowering 
habit. 
Ball Supreme. Similar to Masterpiece, but not quite so deep 
a color and as large a flower. Outstanding for free flowering 
habit. 
*Ball Gold. Extra long stemmed, large deep golden yellow; 
light eye. Nice. 
*Ball Lemon Queen. Deep lemon yellow with attractive brown 
eye; our most popular yellow. 
Ball Apricot. Light straw or huff color with showy dark cen¬ 
ter; some color variation but attractive. 
Ball Formula Mixture. Carefully made up of the above varieties 
with fully half orange. Intended for retail growers. 
Ball Art Shades Mixture. Many original and interesting color 
variations, many being new in Calendula and hard to “true up”. 
Prices on BOTLI above MIXTURES; Tr. pkt., 35c; oz., 50c; 
1 oz., $1.50. 
CALENDULA FOR BEDDING 
The following varieties are not as long stemmed or large 
flowered as the above and are used for bedding work in favorable 
climates. 
* Orange Shaggy. Petal tips of this bright orange variety are 
finely fringed giving it a distinctive appearance. Tr. pkt., 15c; 
14 oz., 25c; 1 oz., 65c. 
*Apricot Queen. An apricot-buff with petal tips attractively 
flecked orange. Tr. pkt., 20c; 14 oz., 35c; 1 oz., $1.10. 
Frilled Beauty. New deep orange, attractively frilled. Tr. 
pkt., 15c; 14 oz., 25c; 1 oz., 75c. 
Sunshine. Chrysantha. Loose petaled bright yellow; upright 
growth with fair stems. Tr. pkt., 15c; 14 oz., 25c; 1 oz., 75c. 
Prices on the following, each: Tr. pkt., 15c; 1 oz., 50c; 4 ozs., 
$1.75; 1 lb., $5.25. 
Radio. Bright orange, quilled petals, quite attractive. 
Radio Golden Beam. Clear yellow Radio. 
Orange King. Dark centered deep orange; for bedding. 
Lemon Queen. Light lemon yellow; somewhat taller in growth. 
Ball Bedding Mixture. Well proportioned mixture. 
Most profitable Calendula are flowered during mid-winter from August sowing. 
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