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1933 INTRODUCTIONS 
OF OTHER GROWERS 
As in former years, we are again testing a number 
of new varieties which we feel may become worthy of a 
place in the POTASH FED DAHLIA family. We are 
glad to offer you an opportunity to purchase plants of 
these new varieties which we have grown from stock 
purchased from the originators. As we did not grow 
these varieties in the fields last year, however, we must 
rely on the recommendations of the originators or in¬ 
troducers. Because we feel certain that they will 
be satisfactory, our regular Dahliadel guarantee will 
apply to them. We have also purchased stock of 
additional varieties and shall be glad to quote on your 
list if you are interested. 
BUBBLES OF HILLCREST (Scott), ID, 1933, 
Bloom 10 x 5, Bush 4% ft. Although not a free 
blooming variety and probably a poor root maker, 
this dahlia is so striking we cannot refrain from 
listing it. In color it is an unusual shade of 
magenta with lighter shadings. Extremely large 
flowers with petals long and pointed, and with 
full, high centres. Plants, $ 5.00 
CAMEO (F. & M.), ID, 1933. A dahlia sufficiently 
different in coloring to justify its presence. Color, 
coral-rose shaded rose pink on reverse with 
golden sheen on face of petals, glowing beautifully 
under artificial light. Bush sturdy, stems long 
and erect. Blooms keep well for cutting and ex¬ 
hibiting. Plants, $2.50 
CHAUTAUQUA SUNSET (Chautauqua), FD, 
1933, Bloom 11 x 4, Bush 4J4 ft. Most pleasing 
in color as it is a wonderful blending of sunset 
colors, gold, shaded old rose and coral. A great 
exhibition dahlia. Growing habits are excellent 
with strong, straight stems and dark green foliage. 
Plants, $3.75 
JANE DIXON (F. & M.), FD, 1933. An exhibi¬ 
tion dahlia of great depth and size that has 
proved its merit. Color, attractive salmon orange, 
reverse of petals coral. Blooms have full high 
centres with pointed petals. Plants grow medium 
to tall. Sturdy, dark green foliage with strong, 
erect stems. Plants, $2.50 
SONNY BOY (Salem, D. G.), ID, 1933, Bloom 
11x8, Bush 4 ft. This giant dahlia is of old rose 
slightly striped and tinged old gold and attains 
great size in the open field. It is recommended 
as a hardy variety and insect resistant, making a 
good bush of medium height. A winner in all 
the shows where exhibited, we believe you will 
like this variety. Roots, $ 10 . 00 ; Plants, $5.00 
SULTAN OF HILLCREST (Scott), FD, 1933, 
Bloom ry 2 X 5, Bush 5 ft. The unique form with 
the petals recurving to the stem attracts one’s 
attention. Huge blooms of lemon yellow with re¬ 
verse of rosy pink on fine stems, giving an un¬ 
usual color effect. A dahlia we can highly 
recommend. Certified at Storrs. Plants, $5.00 
PRICE VS. QUALITY 
There are dahlias offered at lower prices than ours 
and we realize it is a temptation to buy at as low a 
figure as possible. We know you want to get as much 
as you can for your money; but to have 100% success, 
you must have the best stock that can be produced. 
Buying inferior stock at low cost is not an economical 
way to buy and seldom is the way to success. 
A NEW DEAL ... A NEW ERA 
Call it what you may—we are considering a dahlia 
today for its general usefulness for arrangements, ex¬ 
hibition, landscaping, or cut flowers. 
For years the majority of dahlia growers have been 
holding to the fast rule that if a dahlia would not 
qualify for a specific class on the exhibition table there 
was no justification for its existence as a new variety. 
In describing our 1934 offerings we will try to explain 
their uses and hope you will take it for granted that 
they have good growing habits, are free bloomers, and 
nave good stems, along with good coloring, or Dahliadel 
would not introduce them. 
You will note the prices are reasonable for intro¬ 
ductions and a number of these varieties are unusually 
different and spectacular as well as useful. 
Would that we knew more about the reactions of 
our new varieties in different parts of the country 
before they are offered for sale! We all have the 
desire to get something new; something different, 
better, more spectacular. This is progress; but the 
greed for business, inexperience of the introducer, 
coupled with the clamoring of the public to get this, 
or that new variety, has given us introductions that 
are not worthy. It is, therefore, a fact that second 
year dahlias are your best buy; unless your introducer 
guarantees you success in your locality with his dahlia. 
In this case, your only chance of loss is time and 
space; while your chance of gain is in having the 
newest and best. 
“Potash Fed Dahlias” is not a secret or just a trade 
name, but a modern method of growing dahlias so that 
they are literally alive with energy, assuring you of 
success. In South Jersey with its long growing season, 
well ripened stock can be produced that will give the 
best possible results. We have found that dahlias 
grown in light soil for a period of from one to three 
years will do wonderfully well when moved to heavier 
soil conditions with no time lost for acclimation. 
The application of Potash in combination with the 
other elements necessary for proper plant growth (See 
“Fertilizer”), accompanied by the following conditions, 
will produce Potash Fed Dahlias: 
First. Cultivation to aerate and sweeten the soil 
to keep the plant in a steady, healthy growing con¬ 
dition. (See “Cultivation”). 
Second. Watering when necessary to make and keep 
the plant food available at all times. (See “Irrigation”). 
Third. Most important of all is the health of stock 
from which your plants or roots were grown. This 
condition has its direct effect on the results obtained; 
for an unhealthy plant, whether stunted or diseased, 
cannot take up potash, or any other element of plant 
food, in sufficient quantities while in this debilitated 
condition. Hence, unhealthy or diseased plants cannot 
be “Potash Fed” even if grown in the midst of plenty. 
