WEST CHICAGO 
ILUINDIS 
Growers practicing weight grading are made 
more aware of the above points simply because 
they grade. 
It must be realized that closer spacing requires 
more cuttings, and a little more work at planting 
time. These are factors that each grower must 
weigh for himself with an open mind to results in 
terms of net profit on the crop. 
Most of all though, does your present spacing 
plan under your own growing conditions produce 
the grade of flowers at each season that your mar- 
ket wants? 
Here is the spacing we recommend for northern 
areas (Standards and Spray Types). 
let. the March 15- June |- Octal 5- 
March 15 June | Ocal Jan. 1 
6x5 6x4 6x3 V2 6x4 
Note: several commercial growers have reported good results 
with spacings. as much as 20% closer than the above— 
under favorable growing conditions. 
We Acknowledge 
With thanks, the substantial help afforded us 
in preparation of this Guide both by our floricul- 
ture schools, and by the major propagators. 
About Our Gall Yum Planuing Service 
Just want to let you know that there is a group 
here at Ball’s whose specialty (and sole job) is 
helping growers plan mums. 
The service is intended to assist both market 
and retail growers—mainly with out-of-season 
crops. Both cut flowers and pot mums are cov- 
ered. Recommendations prepared by us _ in- 
clude full details on lighting, shading, spacing 
and selection of varieties. Scheduling of con- 
tinuous flowering of both pot mums and cut 
flowers is included. 
Available at no charge to Ball mum cus- 
tomers. 
Advantages 
|. The experience and training of mum spe- 
cialists is available to you. In charge is Jack 
McCluskie, graduate of Penn. State Floricul- 
ture School. Jack has been devoting full time 
for several years to our mum variety testing pro- 
gram here, to general improvement of offseason 
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techniques, and to our Planning Service. The 
lifetime of experience of the Ball organization, 
as commercial cut flower growers, stands behind 
this service. 
2. Variety selection is the really critical task. 
With over 300 varieties available, and with only 
a very few actually suitable in your section for 
each season, the problem is not simple. We have 
flowered all varieties potentially usable at each 
season on our own range. Furthermore, we 
“’trial’’ the new ones each year at various flower- 
ing periods. From this comprehensive view of 
the problem, we feel our Ball Planning Service 
is well-grounded for variety selection. 
interested? 
Many growers in all sections of the country 
have been using this service. It might well be 
of help to you in setting up a mum program. 
Write for details, attention Mum Planning 
Service, Geo. J. Ball, Inc., West Chicago, III. 
