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Marigold "Butterball” 
“BUTTERBALL" 
Most attractive, very compact, scabious-flowered, canary 
yellow. Only 6 to 10 inches tall, uniform, very early and 
continuous flowering. Bright and luminous bedding or 
edging variety which you can’t help but like. Rich, 
dense foliage, well covered with small 1%-inch blooms. 
This makes a nice pot plant and should also be a good 
commercial variety. 
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VARIETIES FOR 
POT PLANTS AND 
BEDDING PURPOSES 


Marigolds 
A.B.C. Marigolds Available in All Varieties 
and Colors—All "Supreme Quality" 


New "Spry" Marigold 
"SPRY" 
Dwarf, compact plants about 9 inches high and spreads 15 inches. 
Flowers 12 inches across, having a bright yellow center with several 
tows of mahogany-red guard petals. Early flowering, it is valuable for 
Spring combination work. A March 1 sowing is ideal in any locality 
for flat sales. * 
Quite resistant to heat of mid-western summers. 
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DWARF FRENCH DOUBLE HARMONY TYPE (Scabious Flowered) 
Sunkist (New) A bright golden orange—All-America winner. 1943 
Typical Harmony flowers with crested centers. Uniformly dwarf. 
Orbit. Color deep golden yellow background reddish brown guard 
petals. Fine for bedding and border. 
Spotlight. Blooms about two weeks earlier than the regular French 
types. Plants 12 to 14 inches high. Very compact. Color a brilliant 
yellow shade with a striking velvety dark mahogany-red guard petals. 
No marigold color. Scabiosa type flowers. 
“Melody”. Growing 12 to 15 inches high, and literally covered with 
golden yellow, Harmony type flowers, this is recommended to displace 
Dwarf Scabious-flowered Golden Harmony. Very uniform in height, 
habit and color; rather early, and a long, steady bloomer, except in 
the most northern locations. Equally valuable for commercial use. 
"HARMONY HYBRIDS" 
Compact habit combined with early free-flowering character makes 
this an outstanding introduction. Orange and yellow shades with 
blotched and striped combinations. 100% all double. This variety, 
combined with the two at the top should fill your needs in Dwarf 
Marigolds. 



Improved Harmony. Medium size Scabious-like double flowers. Deep 
orange center with maroon-red outer petals. Quite striking and distinct. 
Valuable for cutting and bedding. 14 to 18 in. 
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Golden Harmony. Only 11 inches tall and very compact in form. 
The flower is of the quilled scabious type and has a single row of 
broad guard petals on the outer edge. The color is a glowing golden 
yellow and both quill and guard. petals hold to this color. 2-inch 
flowers, and produces 100% double blooms. 
Coronet. Dwarf habit growing about 18 inches tall and makes a 
very even growth. Each flower has a row of reddish brown guard 
petals with a quilled deep golden yellow center. 
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TALL FRENCH SINGLE 
Ferdinand. (Harmony type.) Golden yellow with single row 
of broad mahogany-red guard petals. Flowers are 1% to 1%4 inches 
in diameter. Tall growing, 20 to 24 inches, with upright semi-compact 
habit. No strong Marigold odor. 
DWARF FRENCH DOUBLE, SMALL-FLOWERED 
Double Mixed. A very colorful mixture. Made up on a definite formula 
basis and including such fine varieties as Scarlet Glow, Robert Beist, 
Royal Scot and others. Excellent for combinations or bedding. 
