CHAPPAQUA, NEW YORK 
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NEW INTRODUCTIONS FOR 1934 
R. A. BROOMFIELD 
(Petrie-Chappaqua) 
INFORMAL DECORATIVE 
Here is a new Dahlia that has come to stay. Glorious in color, vigorous in growth. 
It is a Petrie origination that has been thoroughly tested here in the East. 
When we grew R. A. Broomfield last year, frankly, we did not know what to expect. 
Originated and carefully tested in California by Mr. Petrie, he sent us stock with the 
request that we try it out here in the East. To say we were tremendously pleased 
with the results, is putting it mildly. 
Almost without exception, every visitor to our gardens remarked on its great beauty 
and sturdiness, and asked pointedly, “What’s the name of that one?’’ 
We feel great satisfaction in being able to head our list of 1 934 introductions with 
a Dahlia of such sterling quality and beauty. 
BLOOMS are large, distinctive, and are easily grown to great size and depth. They 
are held erect, well up out of the foliage. 
COLOR a glorious saffron orange flushed with rose. 
STEMS are always stiff, straight, strong, and not clubby. 
GROWTH is vigorous. The foliage is dark green, of the insect resistant type. The 
plant is a fine clean grower, making a thrifty, shapely bush five to six feet high. 
R. A. Broomfield is on the Roll of Honor. Mr. Derrill W. Hart in his story of 
oustanding Dahlias said: “This Dahlia was not shown this year, but of all the new 
varieties no one made a finer impression on me. It is a giant of very impressive form; 
. . . I saw a complete row of this and I predict a great future for this variety.’ 
Roots, $10.00; Plants, $5.00 
CLARON (Beauchamp) Formal Decorative 
An unusual Dahlia. A distinct novelty. This variety has been withdrawn to increase 
stock. Will be released in 1935. 
GOLDEN ECLIPSE (Badetty) Formal Decorative 
A clear golden yellow with slight blushes of salmon on some of the petals. As brilliant 
under artificial light as in the open. Blooms of eight to ten inches are produced on 
bushes 5 to 7 feet high. The stems are strong and the plant is vigorous. A good cut 
flower variety. 
Roots, $10.00; Plants, $5.00 
GRANDEE (Ballay-Success) Informal Decorative 
Light nopal red shaded orange. Winner of the Achievement Medal at San Francisco 
and Largest Flower at the California Flower Festival. Blooms of 1 5 inches have been 
produced without forcing. What it will be like when especially grown for size, we 
do not know. Grandee is on the Roll of Honor. Mr. Hart says: “ Grandee is a very 
large flower of a striking combination of Spanish red and golden yellow. The reverse 
of the petals shows a blush of russet red. Great is indeed the right adjective to use 
here. It has individuality 
Roots, $15.00; Plants, $7.50 
