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Our 1940 Mother’s Day crop. Seed sown January 15. Minimum temperatures 48-50 degrees. Slowly but surely this long stemmed, 
large flowered class is replacing the branching kind for cut flower purposes. 
BALL NON-BRANCHING STOCKS 
In this class of Stocks we have another specialty that is 
gaining in favor every season. Easy to explain when we 
consider their long graceful spikes, rich odor and the com¬ 
plete color line we have added to this class since we started 
to work on them 14 years ago. All but one of our com¬ 
plete list of these Stocks were originated or greatly im¬ 
proved by us. 
If planted in fresh or sterilized soil, given plenty air 
and a moderate or cool temperature, there is nothing easier 
to grow. But in unsterilized greenhouse soil, they are sus¬ 
ceptible to a form of black stem rot that sometimes carries 
NOVELTIES 
No. 22 Ball Supreme (New). Easily the choicest rose 
pink. The shade is between our No. 11 and 14 or medium 
dark, with enuf pearl or apricot shading under spring 
conditions to make it distinct. Also extra long stemmed 
with double percentage around 62-64. BALL SUPREME 
suggests the variety LaFrance in color but is some longer 
stemmed and with better double percentage. Can’t prom¬ 
ise more than $1.00 packet. 
No. 20 Ball Apricot. Sent out last season. Clear apricot 
or light buff pink. Identical in color with Bismarck 
Chamois. A choice novelty color. Sept. 1. 
them off badly. Considerable further information on grow¬ 
ing Stocks including what we have found out about in¬ 
creasing the proportion of doubles, will be found in our 
Ball Red Book (30c) and our monthly "Grower Talks’’ 
30c per annum or 2 years for 50c. 
We will start the season with a fair seed supply, but if 
our European growers continue blocked from us, and the 
excessive rains hurt the California harvest, this seed may 
not be plentiful. 
Also note that we do not send out any lots of non¬ 
branching Stock seed that does not germinate for us at least 
10,000 seedlings per ounce. 
FOR 1941 
No. 23 Pastel Lavender (New). A pleasing light pas¬ 
tel lavender selection from our regular Ball Lavender. 
Same fine spike, habit and percentage. Ready Sept. 1. 
No. 21 Ball Purple (New). Clear fairly dark purple 
and quite large flowered. There is life and brightness in 
this rich color that we are certain will give the variety 
real cut flower value. Ready Sept. 1 in Trade Packets only. 
Prices on above Non-Branching varieties as follows: 
1/2 Tr. pkt., 60c; Tr. pkt. (about 1,200 seeds), $1.00; 
14 oz., $2.50; 1 oz., $9.00. 
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