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POTASH-FED DAHLIAS 
We appreciate the way our customers have been 
showing their preference for POTASH FED DAHLIAS, 
and we have confidence that sales will be greater in 
1934 than ever before. We have benched 25% more 
stock for plants and pot roots as the popularity of the 
dahlia is growing by leaps and bounds, especially since 
we have the useful miniature of which we are intro¬ 
ducing a number at $1.00 a plant this year. 
Last year many of our customers waited until late 
in the season to place their orders which made it very 
hard for us to make delivery on time. Won’t you 
please co-operate this year by ordering as early as 
possible and avoid possible disappointment due to short¬ 
age of stock? This will make it possible for us to 
reserve your order and have it ready to ship when¬ 
ever you specify. We will make any changes in your 
order which you may request before shipment is made, 
and be glad to co-operate with you by booking your 
orders early and rendering bill a week before shipping 
at which time you may make payment. Of course, 
roots may be shipped C.O.D. if desired. 
You will find this catalog one of the easiest to select 
your favorites from, classified as it is to types with 
varieties of similar form under each illustration. The 
originator’s name is given (see description of Robert 
Emmet, page 4) and the number directly following is 
our score as the variety grows in Southern Jersey, 
scored down for late blooming, sporting open centres, 
and non-insect-resistant foliage. 
The year of introduction of the newer varieties is 
next noted. The letters, c g e, classify the dahlia to 
its use: (c) Cut flowers—suitable for the florist, for 
baskets, bouquets and decoration. Keeping qualities 
have preference over size, (g) Garden varieties—suit¬ 
able for landscape work, borders, beds and mass plant¬ 
ing. (e) Exhibition varieties—winners on the exhibition 
table, having qualities that score high in competitive 
judging, size, form, stem and color predominating. 
The size of bloom is indicated in inches and height of 
bush in feet. 
Six pages in this catalog are devoted to cultural in¬ 
structions. However, there is something more essential 
and necessary than culture, and that is the stock you 
grow. You cannot grow an 8 inch bloom on a 4 inch 
variety. You cannot make a late bloomer flower early. 
You cannot make a temperamental variety produce well 
every year. Varieties which we have found particularly 
suited to sectional growing conditions are listed on 
page 6 ’ , . ,, , 
A number of our standard varieties are half the 
price of last season. Dahlias are all so reasonably 
priced now that you will want more than one of a 
kind of your favorites. 
You will notice that we give quantity discounts on 
roots and plants as follows: 
Three of any one variety—less 10% 
Six “ “ “ " “ 20% 
Ten “ “ “ “ “ 25% 
The above quantity discounts do not apply to Odd 
Lots, Special Offers, or Collections. 
CONTENTS 
DAHLIADEL RECOMMENDATIONS 
1934 Introductions.2-3,38-39-40 
1933 Introductions. 4-5 
Color Classes. 6 
Climate (Varieties Suited to Special Sec¬ 
tions)—North, Middle West, South. 6 
For the Show Schedule. 7 
DAHLIAS CLASSIFIED TO TYPE 
Incurved Cactus. 7 
Recurved and Straight. 8 
Semi-Cactus .2,9-11 
Semi-cactus or Informal Decorative.12-14 
Informal Decorative.3, 14-21, 28-29 
Formal Decorative..2-30-36 
Ball and Peony. 37 
Orchid Flowering. 38 
Miniature .39-40-41 
Anemone, Collarette, Single. 2-42 
Pompon .2, 43 
CULTURAL INSTRUCTIONS 
Soil Preparation—Drainage—Liming. 22 
Fertilizer . 22 
Planting—Where, When and How to Plant 
—Roots—Green Plants. 23 
Pinching Out and Disbudding— 
Drawings X, Y, Z .24-25 
Irrigation—Cultivation .25-26 
Pests—Thrips—Leaf-Hoppers—Aphids— 
Cut Worms—Stem Borer—Mildew— 
Stunt .26-27 
Cut Flowers. 27 
Digging and Storing—Dividing Clumps.... 27 
NEWS ITEMS AND SPECIAL FEATURES 
Camden Dahlia Society. 4 
Potash Fed Dahlias. 5 
Price vs. Quality. 5 
Dahlia Society of New Jersey. 13 
Dahlia Roots or Tubers. 14 
Doings of the A. D. S. 15 
Dahliadel News. 17 
National Ass’n Commercial Dahlia Growers 19 
Classification of Dahlias. 29 
Dahliadel Green Plants. 35 
MISCELLANY 
New Score Card. 31 
Dahlia Seed. 37 - 38-41 
Odd Lots—Free Offer—Collections. 44-45 
Index and Abbreviations.46-47 
Guarantee—Terms and Delivery. 45 47 
Canadian Customers . 45 
Dahlia Growers’ Supplies. 48 
COPYRIGHT, 1934, BY WARREN W. MAYTROTT, 20TH EDITION 
