WILT RESISTANT ASTERS 
Remarkable progress has been made in breeding Asters resistant to Fusarium Wilt. This dis¬ 
ease is widespread, but even if not in your neighborhood, you will find the Resistant Asters so 
much more vigorous and productive, it will pay to use them. 
Aster—Aurora Golden Sheaf 
Per Pkt. 
Rose Marie. Wilt Resistant (New 
All America Selection 1939). Early 
Giant class of China asters. Color: 
Rose-pink. High fluffy centers 
and long narrow petals. Flowers 
from 3% to 4 inches, borne on 
long, clean, stout stems. 
Aurora Golden Sheaf (Wilt Re¬ 
sistant). This is the deepest yel¬ 
low aster yet offered to American 
Gardeners. The flowers are fully 
double. 
Astermum (Wilt Resistant). A 
select strain producing flowers of 
immense size, with curled and 
twisted petals. 2 feet tall. A. S. 
& L. Mixed. 
American Late Branching (Wilt 
Resistant) . The fully double blooms 
3% to 4 inches in diameter, have 
incurved, closely massed petals, 
forming solid, globular flowers. 
All colors are Wilt Resistant. 
Azure Blue, Crimson, Light Rose, 
Purple, Scarlet, Shell Pink, White 
and A. S. & L. Mixed Colors. 
Ball’s Early White (Wilt Resist¬ 
ant). Medium early aster, 2 feet 
tall, of dwarf branching habit, 
producing pure white flowers, 3 to 
4 inches in diameter . 10c 
California Sunshine. A new class 
of upright, mid-season asters 
growing 2 ft. tall. The large, unusual flowers 
have a single row of petals about a tufted 
center. Wide range of colors. A.S.&L. Mixed 10c 
Improved Crego Giant (Wilt Resistant). 
Fully double, immense fluffy flowers, 5 
inches in diameter. The plants are vigor¬ 
ous, of branching type 214 feet tall. Excellent 
for cutting. Colors: White, Deep Rose, 
Shell Pink, Violet, Crimson and A. S. & L. 
Mixed. . 
Heart of France (Wilt Resistant). The 
best gorgeous, largest flowered dark red 
variety of asters. The plants are nicely 
branched and the flowers grow on long 
stems. Height 2 feet. Excellent for cut¬ 
ting. 
Super Giant Ei Monte, 
The only really large fluffy crimson aster. 
The blooms are a deep glowing crimson, 
composed of an abundance of daintily inter¬ 
laced plume-like petals. 
Per Pkt. 
Super Giant Los Angeles. The first of a 
new race of Giant Flowered Asters. Ex¬ 
tremely large, fully double, soft shell pink 
flowers, 6 to 8 inches in diameter. Plants 
vigorous. 15c 
Phlox Pink (Wilt Resistant). Plants are of 
the upright Comet type, 2V 2 feet tall, produc¬ 
ing beautiful flesh pink flowers. Very de¬ 
sirable... 10c 
Queen of the Market—Improved (Wilt 
Resistant). One of the earliest flowering 
types, 1V 2 feet high, bearing from 10 to 15 
^0° finely formed flowers on long graceful stems. 
Colors: Azure Blue, Light Blue, Dark Blue, 
Rose, White, Light Pink, Lavender and A. S. 
& L. Mixed. 10c 
The Royal (Wilt Resistant). The plants 
are of branching habit, 2 feet tall, bear- 
10c ing profusely, on long stems, fully double 
flowers. Midseason. Colors: White, Light 
Blue, Lavender, Purple, A. S. &. L. Mixed... 10c 
A. S. & L. Mixture All Types (Wilt Re¬ 
sistant). A superb blend of the Wilt Re- 
20c sistant types and varieties. 10c 
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Allen, Sterling and Lothrop, Portland, Maine 
