‘Flower Seeds for Florists’ lve, 
BALL NON-BRANCHING STOCKS—(Continued) 

Ball Stock, Extra Dwarf No. 5 
Ball Extra Dwarf White No. 5 (New) 
From the thousand or more single plant selections in stocks we 
run down annually, we found this new extra dwarf white. Rich 
fragrance, paper white color as well as dwarf habit sums up its 
value for pot plant growing. Specimen on left was grown in open 
bed. 
A limited amount of this was released last season. This is an 
entirely new wall flower leaved type of Stock. Seed available 
September 1. 
Ball Purple No. 21 (New) 
A real rich royal purple. Extra early flowering while, this is 
not a standard color in stocks, there are occasions when this color 
can be most fittingly used. Available in trade packets and 4 
ounce lots only. 
On Selecting Double Stocks 
The photo at right shows the two types of plants we look for in 
picking out Stock seedlings for a high double percentage. The 
upper row in the picture is typical of the stronger, more robust 
and larger plants that tend to produce double flowers; the lower 
row consists of typically weaker growing and smaller seedlings 
that tend to produce single flowers. In looking over a planting 
of stock seedlings, you will be able to easily recognize these 
two types of plants. 
Although removing 90% of the weakest seedlings from a lot of 
plants (although the remaining 5% would produce nearly 100% 
double flowers) would obviously not pay, removal of say, 25% to 
30% of the weakest plants should raise the percentage of doubles 
in your planting from the normal 55% to 70% to 75%. 
For best results, the seedlings should not be picked until they 
have developed several sets of leaves as shown in the photo at 
right. 
Malmaison Pink No. 7 
Extra long stemmed, blush pink, with some tendency to branch 
about the base of the flower spike as does our original Ball White 
No. 2. This is a fairly choice color for any occasion. Supply 
fairly good. 
Chamois Pink Imp. No. 9 
An attractive Chamois rose pink. We have substantially im- 
proved the original stock of this variety by getting the stem longer 
and increasing the proportion of doubles to a dependable 60%. 
Available in trade packets and %4 ounce lots only. 
Ruby No. 8 
A real crimson red for which there is always some demand. 
Gold Standard No. 17 
Deep ivory yellow or cream. A rich and a decidedly attractive 
novelty color. Seed available September 1 in %4 ounce and trade 
packets only. 
Pastel Lavender No. 23 (New) 
Light or grayish lavender. 
it adds a distinct one to the non-branching class. 
and 14 ounce only. 
We are not sure about this color but 
Trade packets 
American Beauty No. 6 
Deep American Beauty rose. 
Mixture No. 10 
A specially blended formula mixture made up by ourselves of 
named varieties. Mixture predominates in good cut flower colors. 
Gardenia 
Sent out a few years ago as a greatly improved pure white. The 
color is good as is its long stemmed habit, but Gardenia branches 
as shown. We can supply originator grown stock. ‘Tr. pkt., 
$1.00; 44 oz., $2.25; 44 oz., $4.00; 4% oz., $7.00; 1 oz., $12.00. 
Prices on all Non-Branching Stock Varieties (except Gar- 
denia) as follows: % tr. pkt., 60c; tr. pkt., (containing about 
1,200 seeds), $1.00; 14 0z., $2.50; 1 oz., $9.00. 



