NON- 
BRANCHING 
BALL 
WHEN TO SOW for a given date is difficult to definitely say 
because of varying winter and spring temperatures, and total 
light intensities, but some additional heat can be used if it is 
felt they won’t make it, and they enjoy a considerable reduced 
temperature if it is necessary to hold them. Also, they are 
flowered a week to ten days earlier on raised beds, and deep 
soil tends to lengthen and soften growth, especially during the 
dark months. Furthermore, they will sometimes develop as 
much in 10-12 days of May or late April weather as during the 
entire month of January. Because of this we find that an early 
October sowing usually requires six months to flower because 
nearly all its development is during the dark months. A sowing 
made in November can be finished in about 5’ months, be- 
cause it is helped along by some early spring weather. A 
December sowing calls for around five months, while this is 
shortened to 41% months if the sowing is made in January; and 
if started in February, they come in early in June or four months 
with us. Chances are that a few hundred miles south of us, this 
* * * 
All Non-branching stock seed 
we send out produces at least 
10,000 plants per ounce with 
us. 
PRICES ON ALL NON- 
BRANCHING STOCK VA- 
RIETIES (except Gardenia) 
as follows: 2 tr. pkt., 60c; 
tr. pkt. (containing about 
1200 seeds), $1.00; 1% oz., 
$250 -10Z,, 9.007 
WHITE VARIETIES: 
*No. 16 Ball White Improved 
—Medium Tall. Our finest 
early pure white, with extra 
large florets, and well formed 
compact spikes. Should be 
sown October 10 to 15 for 
an Easter ‘43 crop. We have 
an ample seed supply of this 
_excellent variety. 
No. 15 Ball White Improved. 
Partial seed crop failure of 
this long stemmed. white 
makes it necessary to limit 
it’s sale to Trade Packets 
only. 
No. 5. Ball White Extra Dwarf. An exceptionally heavy demand 
for this choice new pot plant variety has exhausted our 
supply until Fall of ‘43. 

Gardenia. We find this long stemmed pure white variety simi- 
lar in habit to our original tinged white. It produces some 
branches around the base of the flower spike and is the latest 
flowering variety on the list. 
Price on Gardenia: Tr. pkt., $1.00; Ys oz., $2.25; 
64-00%, Vo0z 0.001 1027 9S12,00; 
Yq oOz., 
LAVENDER, BLUE AND PURPLE VARIETIES: 
*No. 1 Lilac-Lavender. Our own excellent large flowered 
strain. Should be sown early October for Palm Sunday and 
Easter use. Ample seed supplies. 
*No. 3. Ball Blue. A medium lavender mauve, identical in 
habit to the above. 
*No. 21. Ball Purple. Bright Elk’s Pride Purple. Blends well 
with apricot and pale ivory yellows. Long stemmed and extra 
early. 

STOCKS 
last sowing would not be over 32 months in finishing, and 
because of the extra heat, they would not be quite so strong or 
fine. And remember too, that some varieties are early, others 
late. There is a difference of between 10 days to two weeks 
between Ball Pink No. 11 and the late, semi-branching long 
stemmed Gardenia. While these suggestions are dependable for 
average conditions, to hit a given date, the grower must do 
some close estimating, and temperature regulating during the 
last month of the crop. Also the harvesting of the bulk of the 
crop is spread over a week or ten days. 
The increasing demand for these stocks has kept pace with our 
work in developing them. With one exception every variety on 
our list has either been originated or greatly improved by us. 
This is accomplished thru the thousand or more single plant 
selections we carry out annually. Our 25 years experience 
growing stocks for market helps us in keeping you posted cul- 
turally which we do thruout the season in our ‘Grower Talks.’’ 
Please order by name and number. 
PINK AND ROSE 
VARIETIES: 
*No. 22 Ball Supreme. Midway 
in color and blooming date 
between the two below named 
varieties, but longer stemmed 
and larger flowered than 
either. An excellent variety. 
No. 11. Ball Pink. Medium 
light rose pink. Early and 
fairly long stemmed. 
No. 14 Ball Rose Pink. Several 
shades deeper and about ten 
days later than No. 11 Ball 
Pink. Long stemmed. 
BUFF AND CREAM 
VARIETIES: 
*No. 20 Ball Apricot. Strong 
growing buff with faint pink 

Victor 
as in peice tinge. Extra large flowered 
is an and a good novelty color 
American tradition. 
It must not 
fail us. 
blending well with all lav- 
ender and blue shades. 
*No. 9. Chamois Pink Im- 
proved. A definite rosy buff 
or chamois color. Distinctly improves the original stock of 
this variety in stem length and percentage of doubles but is 
about a week later flowering. 
No. 17. Gold Standard. A long stemmed deep _ ivory 
yellow with single flowers white. An attractive novelty color. 
Trade packets only. 
MISCELLANEOUS VARIETIES: 
No. 6. American Beauty. A rich American Beauty Rose. 
No. 8. Ruby. Long stemmed glowing crimson red. An attrac- 
tive but rather heavy color. Plant moderately for market use. 
No. 10. Mixture. This is our own carefully prepared formula 
mixture balanced according to market demands for the 
separate varieties. 



PRICES ON ALL NON-BRANCHING VARIETIES (except 
Gardenia) as follows: 2 tr. pkt., 60c; tr. pkt. about 1200 
Seeds) aol nOO- myanoze = 250s) ls Ozah9. OO! 
