TO OUR CUSTOMERS: 
One of the most interesting aspects of operating a business largely by mail, such as ours, is becoming 
acquainted with our many thousands of customers everywhere. Our mail opening department knows 
many of you by your envelopes and letterheads. Our department heads and correspondents know many 
of you by the problems that you ask us to help you with. 
When you have occasion to write us we would like to have you feel that you are writing to an individual 
person rather than a company. We who answer your letters always try to find someone’s name to whom 
we can address our letter. That is why | am taking this opportunity to introduce some of us to you 
so that we can put our dealings on a more personal basis. 
Yours for better and more interesting business! 
CLARENCE 
BAHNFLETH 
In charge of our 
bulb department. 
Another “old timer’ 
who really came up 
the hard way. Clar- 
ence started in the 
seed department in 
1930 and assumed 
his present position 
in 1945. Keeping 
track of our grow- 
ing, buying and 
selling operations in 
bulbs is his big job. 
RICHARD A. MILLER 
Dick is in charge 
of the all-important 
job of seed germina- 
tion, as well as other 
seed department ac- 
tivities. Dick came to 
us last year from the 
floriculture depart- 
ment of Purdue Uni- 
versity, and is a na- 
te of Fort Wayne, 
nd. 
G. CARL BALL 
In charge of sales. 
Keeping in touch 
with our sales force 
(see inside back 
cover for pictures 
of his charges), ad- 
vertising and cata- 
log work are his 
chief interests. Also 
trial ground work 
and keeping up 
with “what's new’’ 
in ‘Flower Seeds 
for Florists.’ 
ELISE ANDREW 
Elise can recall the 
days when the ‘‘staff’’ 
consisted of four or 
five people and the 
Ball boys were still 
reaching up to look 
over the tops of the 
greenhouse 
Elise is 
charge of our ac- 
counting department. 
benches! 
chiefly in 
PHIL JONES 
Plant breeder and 
also in charge of 
seed production and 
our trial ground 
work. Phil is one of 
our best posted hor- 
ticulturists. Among 
his accomplishments 
as a plant breeder: 
Ball Red and Ball 
Deep Rose Begonia, 
Peace Snap and 
several of our Ball 
Hybrid Snaps. 
GLEN DAVIS 
The latest addition 
to our official fami- 
ly. Glen started with 
us October 1, 1950, 
and is manager of 
our Plant Department. 
Glen is a native of 
Centerville, Indiana, 
and is no stranger to 
a greenhouse, having 
been ‘’brought up” in 
one. 
GEORGE K. BALL 
Our President 
"GK" is eminent- 
ly qualified; having 
been with the firm 
since 1931; he has, 
in common with 
most of us, worked 
up from the bottom 
in the ‘school of 
hard work’’ of his 
father, the founder 
of our business. 
F. D. BALZHISER 
Brother of Geo. J., 
Uncle Frank joined 
him in the late ‘20’s 
to establish an office 
routine to handle a 
fast increasing seed 
business. Now man- 
aging editor of 
“Grower Talks” and 
head of our Plant 
Band Department. 
ARNE KNUTSSON 
seed buying. A na- 
tive of 
Arne not only keeps 
us in close touch 
with European 
sources of new flow- 
er strains (Felix 
Pansy, for instance) , 
but also brings to 
us that very valu- 
able 
characteristic of the 
European 
to the seed busi- 
ness. 
S borg H Gell 
In charge of our 
Denmark, 
“something” 
approach 
HERB. BUHR. 
Greenhouse — super- 
intendent, and our 
oldest (from_ the 
standpoint of  sery- 
ice!) employee. Herb. 
was running temper- 
atures while Geo, J. 
slept on top of the 
boiler with two alarm 
clocks at his head to 
awaken him when 
the boiler needed fir- 
ing! 
President 
vic BALL 
Our Vice-Presi- 
dent. Vic’s time is 
divided between 
responsibility for 
management of our 
greenhouse range 
and editorship of 
“Grower Talks.’’ His 
favorite pastime is 
mixing business 
with pleasure like 
flying visits in our 
Beechcraft to swap 
notes with florist 
friends. 
BOB BALL 
Bob has ‘‘doubled 
in brass’ on numer- 
ous occasions, having 
been a grower, sales- 
man and seed de- 
partment man at dif- 
ferent times. Now 
in charge of our mod- 
ern new warehouse, 
and bulb and plant 
shipping. 
