Dahlia Catalogue for 1914 
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Queen of the Gypsies. Perfectly marvelous 
blending of colors. Standards; smoky or 
dusky light bronze, Falls; purplish red 
An entirely new color; one of the finest to 
date. 50 cents each, $5.00 per dozen. 
Sambuciana Beethoven, Syn. Miss Brough. 
Flowers of exquisite beauty. Standards; 
lilac, finely reticulated, inner petals light 
yellow, Falls; rosy purple with orange 
crest. Very striking. 50 cents each, $5.00 
per dozen. 
San Souci, Syn. Rebecca. Fine for massing 
and for border effect. Standards; canary, 
base reticulated dove color. Falls; yellow, 
charmingly veined and interlaced with 
brown, fading to light maroon. Very pop¬ 
ular. 15 cents each, $1.50 per dozen. 
Walhalla. One of the finest of the New va¬ 
rieties. Standards; lavender, Falls; wine- 
crimson. Large, finely formed flower. 50 
cents each, $5.00 per dozen. 
IRSS KAEMPFERI. Japanese Iris. 
A splendid hardy plant of easy growth, 
which thrives anywhere, but delights in con¬ 
stant cool, moist soil. In its native home 
it flourishes in swamps; succeeding admir¬ 
ably by the side of streams, lakes and ponds. 
Few people are aware of the beauty of this 
class of Iris, which commences blooming 
about the middle of June and continues for 
five or six weeks. 
WONDERFUL JAPANESE IRIS. 
Snow Queen. A champion variety. The flow- snow-white, with creamy white stigmas, 
ers are of immense size, from six to eight Perfectly phenomenal. 25 cents each, $2.50 
inches in diameter: of a pure glistening per dozen. 
SMALL FRUITS. 
Currants shipped 
Fay’s Prolific. This is the finest Red Cur¬ 
rant known; a Currant that has been wide¬ 
ly planted, and gives general satisfaction. 
Fruit in color, a beautitul bright red ; very 
large, and of excellent flavor. Best in qual¬ 
ity and productiveness. 25 cents each, 
$2.50 per dozen. 
London Market. The home of this valuable 
currant is Michigan, where hundreds of 
acres of currants are grown for the Chi 
cago markets. No other variety is so popu 
lar in that noted fruit section. The fruit 
is of good, size, being larger than Victoria. 
Versailles and North Star. It is enormous- 
collect. 
ly productive. Valuable for the home gar¬ 
den or commercial purposes. Price, 15 
cents each, $1.50 per dozen. 
Wilder (President Wilder). Bush upright, 
vigorous; clusters above medium length; 
berries large to very large, averaging 
large; bright red; excellent, with a mild 
sub-acid flavor. Ripens early and remains 
bright and firm until very late. Because 
of its exceedingly vigorous growth, great 
productiveness, high quality and remaining 
good so long after ripening, we recommend 
this as one of the best red currants, both 
for table and market. 15 cents each, $l.o0 
per dozen. 
CURRANTS. 
by express; 
GRAPEVINES 
We will ship all Grapevines prepaid, at prices Our Grapevines are strong three-year-old 
quoted. vines of the finest quality. 
NEW GRAPE. 
Campbell’s Early. Black. Cluster large and long time. It makes a strong growth, 
shouldered, moderately compact; very early with abundant thin, healthy foliage. Qual- 
and productive. This is claimed to be the it.v about the same as Concord. $1.00 each, 
finest Grape that has been produced in a 
STANDARD VARIETIES OF GRAPES. 
Concord. Black. Early; decidedly the most 
popular Grape in America, and deservedly 
so. Bunch large, shouldered, compact; ber¬ 
ries large, covered with a rich bloom; skin 
tender, but sufficiently firm to carry well. 
Succeeds everywhere. 25 cents each, $2.50 
per dozen. , , ,, 
Delaware. Red. Compact bunch, very deli¬ 
cious ; always bringing the highest price in 
market and always considered the best for 
home use. Berries small; skin thin, but 
firm. Ripens with Concord, or a little be¬ 
fore. It should be in every garden. 50 
cents each. $5.00 per dozen. 
Moore’s Early. Black. Buncn; rarely shoul¬ 
dered, not quite so large as Concord; ber¬ 
ries larger and very much like it in 
flavor and quality. Ripens so early as to 
be nearly out of the market before Con¬ 
cord starts in, therefore a very popular 
early market variety. Succeeds best on 
rich' soil. 50 cents each. $5.00 per dozen. 
Niagara. White. Bunch very large and hand¬ 
some, often shouldered, compact; berries 
large, round; skin thin, rough, does not 
crack, and carries well; has not much pulp 
when fully ripe; melting, sweet, with a 
flavor and aroma peculiarly its own, and 
agreeable to most tastes; ripens with 
Concord. Succeeds everywhere and is a 
favorite with every grower and buyer. 50 
cents each, $5.00 ~er dozen. 
Pocklington. Pale green. Usually with a 
tinge of golden yellow where exposed to 
the sun; bunch large, compact; berries 
large, covered -with a beautiful white 
bloom; flesh juicy, sweet, with considerable 
pulp. Foliage large and healthy. A seed¬ 
ling of the Concord, ripening soon after. 
50 cents each, $5.00 pei. dozen. 
Salem. 'Rogers’ No. 53). Red. One of the 
best ar:l most popular of the Rogers; rip¬ 
ens with the Concord. 50 cents each, $5.00 
per dozen. 
Worden. Black. Bunch large, sometimes 
shouldered, compact; berries very large; 
skin thin. Superior to the Concord in the 
following points: Better quality, larger ber¬ 
ries, more compact, and ripens five to ten 
days earlier. Fully equals Concord in 
vigor, health and productiveness. 50 cents 
each, $5.00 per dozen. 
