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OUR FAMILY(Official) Sixty-two in all—count ’em. Dedicated to the business of carrying on experi¬ 
mental work—developing and testing new varieties—getting all orders back in the mail the day they are received and, last 
but not least, inspecting seed crops thruout the seed growing world and getting in personal touch with you. This is the 
responsibility of the rather important looking boys in the front row. While several are absent, do you recognize your 
favorite salesman among them? Not a "high-powered” one in the lot if we know them, but all are well posted thru annual 
meetings here at the home office and trial grounds. Posed last summer during one of these sessions. 
To Further Help You 
Geo. J., Geo. Jr., and Vic (also front row) have burnt a lot of midnite oil bringing the 
benefit of our years of greenhouse experience to you thru our “big four” publications. 
GROWER TALKS 
tty Geo. J, Ball, Geo. Jr., and others 
Our monthly way of suggesting 
timely sowings and good growing 
of various crops. Includes notes 
t of world wide horticulture as seen 
by the author; also interesting con- 
! tributions on home trials, etc. by 
j Geo. Jr. Monthly, 30c per year; 
i 2 yrs., 50c. 
BALL RED BOOK 
By Geo. J. Ball 
Forty-eight years’ experience grow¬ 
ing miscellaneous crops com¬ 
pressed into 108 pages. Practical 
notes on culture and varieties of 
119 crops; also latest wrinkles on 
soil sterilizing. Aster cloth house 
construction, black cloth shading 
of Mums, etc. Price, 20c. 
GRAVEL CROPS 
By Vic Ball 
Three years’ experience applying 
Soilless culture to the greatly vary¬ 
ing greenhouse conditions are cov¬ 
ered in this 48 page booklet. In¬ 
cludes our views on solutions, 
gravels, benches, etc., as well as a 
frank talk on future possibilities. 
Illustrated. Price, 10c. 
SEED SOWING 
By Geo. J. Ball and Geo. Jr. 
A practical discussion by Mr. Ball 
on the ever-troublesome problem 
of how to germinate seeds fol¬ 
lowed by a complete table by Geo. 
Jr. giving seeds per oz., time, and 
temperature required for germina¬ 
tion, and longevity of seed of 
about 400 florist species. Gratis. 
