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FORCING SNAPDRAGONS 
Complete List, Continued 
RED 
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@ Navajo (Ball Hyb. No. 8). M. We consider this the finest 
$3.50 
Ball Red Hyb. No. 7. E. Excellent for earliness and free 
production, but we prefer Navajo for all-purpose red. 
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Priscilla Ann. HYBRID (New. J. S. Yoder). M. A wine- 
red, similar to Shisler’s Red in color. 14 tr. pkt., $2.00 .. 3.50 
Red Lips. M. Bright wine-red with gold lip and white 
tube. An attractive bicolor novelty ..................- 2.00 
Rockwood’s Red Hybrid (No. 15) (New). % tr. pkt, 
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Shisler’s Red. M. Attractive wine-red. True to color and 
a good, hard stemmed variety for spring .............. 2.00 
LAVENDER 
‘@Lavender Lady (Ball Hyb. No. 71. New). A deep, rosy 
lavender shade with excellent spikes and stems. For late 
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Ball Lavender. L. Long-stemmed and strong growing with 
good spikes of bright, rosy lavender. Prefer Lavender 
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Schumann’‘s Lavender. L. Popular spring variety ..... 2.00 
Windmiller’s Lilac. M. Long-stemmed rosy lilac ..... 2.00 
BRONZE 
Tr.,Pkt: 
@Indian Chief (Ball Hyb. No. 6). M. Scarlet-bronze. 
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Afterglow. M. Bright orange-bronze; still widely grown .. 1.50 
@Barbara. HYBRID (J. S. Yoder). M. Large-flowered 
bronze with pink throat. 14 tr. pkt., $2.00 ............. 3.50 
Bronze Christmas Cheer. M. 1% tr. pkt., $1.25 ...... 2.00 
Cavalcade. HYBRID (New. Yoder Bros.). A lively golden 
bronze, extremely vigorous (2...°.......-2m---s<55>-= 3.00 
Gallant Fox. HYBRID (New. Yoder Bros.). Deep orange- 
bronge <8 See Se eae Late od ioe: bioriet Sibi eee see 3.00 
Glorious. M. Bright reddish bronze for spring .......... 150 
Ideal Improved. M. Blend of rose, orange and yellow .. 1.50 
Jubilee. HYBRID (Winkler). M. Light golden bronze. 
Habit similar to Goldrush. % tr. pkt., $2.00 .......... 3.50 
Lady Dorothy. E. Bright orange-bronze. % tr. pkt., an 
Miss Wooster. M. Spring flowering, golden orange .... 1.50 
Rockwood’s Smoky Bronze (New). % tr. pkt., $1.75 .. 3.00 
Schlegel’s Early Bronze. M. An improved Bronze Christ- 
mas Cheer, with better flowers and habit. ........... 2.00 
Sunlite, E. Extracearly, lizht) bronze: 404s - a 1.50 
MIXTURES 
Hybrid Formula Mixture. Mixture of Hybrid Snaps. % tr. 
DKts S11 ee ee Ree eee ee cere 3.00 
Ball Forcing Mixture. Carefully blended by formula .... 1.00 
Standard Early Mixed. All varieties .................. the} 
PLEASE NOTE: 12 tr. pkts. available only where listed. If the variety you want is not listed, send 
us your order and we will get it for you or suggest a satisfactory substitute. 
SINGLE STEMMED SNAPS 
More growers each year are turning to it. Reasons: 
1. Saves time—from same sowing date no-pinch crop starts to 
cut 3 weeks sooner than pinched crop. Beds can be cleared off 
up to 6 weeks earlier because of early blooming and uniformity of 
cut. Time saved can be used for more efficient rotation, bedding 
plants, etc. 
2. Production as good or better than pinched Snaps, depending 
on spacing. 
3. Uniformity. You eliminate many of the culls that come with 
a pinched crop. 
Culture 
1. Stagger your sowings! Successive crops that bloom 3-4 weeks 
apart will give steadier cut than a pinched crop. Our ’52 schedule: 
(All dates refer to northern Illinois latitude.) 
Sow Seed Bench Seedlings Start to Cut (50°, 
Direct raised benches) 
Aug. 18 Sept. 7 Jan. 1 
Aug. 25 Sept. 14 Jan. 20 
Sept. 8 Oct. 2 Feb. 10 
Sept. 24 Oct. 16 Mar. 8 
Oct. 3 Oct. 30 April 3 
Oct. 15 Nov. 15 April 17 
Dec. 1 Jan. 18 May 8 
Feb. 20 (Band March 12, June 15 
Bench April 20. 
Sash house or cloth 
protection from 
frost.) 
2. Spacing—3 x6 inches (18 square inches) for crops to flower 
December-January. We go to 3x5 inches (15 square inches) for 
March thru June. Some growers space 3 x 4 (12 square inches) for 
te Wider spacing than 3x6 gives extra quality, but less pro- 
uction. 
3. Hardly pays to band or pot for single stemmed crop—we bench 
directly except for June (sash house) crop. Good market, low over- 
head—worth the cost on that crop. 
4. Best ones for single stemmed culture (our experience): 
White, Snowman; Yellow, Golden Spike (Patricia for J anuary 15 
to February 15 in very cloudy areas); Pink, Christina, Pink Ice, 
Hercules; Rose, Rosanna; Bronze, Barbara; Red, Navajo; 
Lavender, Lavender Lady. 
JUNE SNAPS—FEBRUARY SOWING 
Here’s a schedule we have set up for our own June Snaps: 
February 20—Sow seed. Use greenhouse Hybrids—Snowman, 
Christina, Golden Spike, Rosanna, Navajo, Barbara. Transplant 
seedlings to 1%4-inch veneer bands when ready to handle. Keep 
in 45° house. 
April 20—Bench banded plants, spaced 4x4 inches; no pinch. 
June 10—Start cutting; should clear in 10-15 days. 
See BALL RED BOOK ($1.50) and GROWER TALKS 
(3 years, $2.50) for further cultural notes on Snaps. 
38 The dot (@) indicates varieties most dependably sctisfactory in our experience and observation. 
