"Flower Seeds for Florists” 
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BALL 
STOCKS 
(18,000 seeds per ounce) 
About ten years back we demonstrated tbe attractive 
value of this class for cutting and have since devoted 
annually much of our greenhouse space to their im¬ 
provement. The result has been our various strains 
of Ball White, Ball Blue, Ball Rose in several shades. 
Gold Standard and our latest and original non-branch¬ 
ing color Ball Apricot. All have been released at no 
extra price. The high standard of all varieties on our 
list is being maintained by us thru annual single plant 
selections. 
As much as possible of the seed we supply is grown 
by us in our greenhouses, but we must depend on Cali¬ 
fornia and Europe for some of it. All in this case is 
grown from our stock seed. During the past ten years 
the demand for this type has increased steadily, prov¬ 
ing their superiority for market growers, also a part of 
every retail grower’s planting should consist of this 
class for their long stems and handsome flower spikes 
are, when well grown, irresistibly fine. 
NOTE. A fixed rule with us is to send out no stock seed 
unless germination is high enough to make 10,000 seedlings per 
ounce. The germ of some of this seed doesn’t mature and 
such cannot be separated. 
PLEASE ORDER BY NAME AND NUMBER TO AVOID 
ERRORS 
Prices on following Non-Branching varieties as follows (ex¬ 
cept Gardenia) : V 2 Tr. pkt., 60c; Tr. pkt. (about 1,200 
seeds), |1.00; % oz., $2.50; 1 oz., $9.00. 
*No. 17—Gold Standard. One of our latest developments in 
the Non-Branching class, doubles an attractive deep ivory 
yellow; single flowers, pure white. 
*No. 1—Lilac Lavender. A clear bright lavender shade; spikes 
unusually large and fine. The original color in this class and 
still remains the most popular. 
*No. 3—Ball Blue. A selection made by us from Lilac Lavender 
that comes a rich lilac shade similar to Bismarck Lilac; excel¬ 
lent. 
*No. 15—Ball White Improved. Our new white selection; to 
our knowledge the finest pure paper white strictly non-branching 
Stock available. A real improvement over the tinged pink strain 
formerly offered and hard to beat for cut flower purposes. 
*No. 16—Ball White Improved Medium Tall. Identical to 
above but not quite so tall—about six inches shorter as flowered 
under our mid-winter conditions on ground beds. Extra com¬ 
pact pure white and generally preferred for mid-winter crops. 
*No. 11—Ball Pink. Fine clear rose-pink and again of strictly 
non-branching habit. About 10 days earlier than our No. 14 
and some lighter in color. The preferred variety of the two for 
mid-winter flowering. 
*No. 14—Ball Rose Pink. A somewhat deeper shade than our 
No. 11; considerably stronger growing and correspondingly 
later flowering. A fine rose and generally preferred for spring 
crop. 
No. 2—Ball White (Tinged). Tall long-stemmed white (slight 
pink blush) ; shows several weak breaks near top of the stem. 
No. 18—LaFrance. Distinctive addition to the columns being 
midway in color between No. 11 and No. 14 and much longer 
stemmed than either. 
No. 20—Ball Apricot. Attractively colored new non-branching 
variety being about the shade of Bismarck Chamois. Around 
60-62% double and good column habit. 
Pictured our Improved Strain of Ball White Non-Branching Stocks. 
This is extra large flowered, paper-white, and will be 
released during 1941. 
Gardenia. A clear white selection from our old Ball White No. 2. 
Some tendency to branch, but a good long stemmed white. 
Tr. pkt., $1.25; % oz., $2.50; % oz., $4.50; % oz., $8.00; 
1 oz., $15.00. 
No. 2—Ball White Medium Tall (Tinged). Similar to above 
but about six inches shorter and for this reason, preferred for 
mid-winter flowering. 
No. 4—Ball White Dwarf. About six to eight inches shorter 
than No. 2 Medium Tall; comes about 24 inches on ground bed. 
No. 5—Ball White Extra Dwarf. Extra compact growth, and 
spikes, very large flowered and choice for pot culture. 
No. 6—American Beauty. True deep American Beauty Rose; 
a rich but deep color. 
No. 7—Malmaison Pink. Long stemmed light or shell-pink; 
slightly inclined to break around top of spikes. 
No. 8—Ruby (Illusion). Long stemmed rich crimson red; fine 
type and color but rather deep for most commercial markets. 
No. 9—Chamois Pink. Pleasing apricot or chamois-pink shade. 
A good color but we regret that the best strains obtainable 
come but 45% to 50% double. 
No. 10—Ball Non-Branching Mixture. A carefully balanced 
mixture of the more valuable cut flower colors in the above 
list. Recommended for the retail grower whose planting is 
limited. 
With one exception all Non-Branching stocks on 
our list have been improved or developed by us. 
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