Z A N T ’ S 
BLUE 
RIBBON 
DAHLIAS 
1933 Roll of Honor and Late Introductions 
The Cream of the Dahlia World 
CAMEO, I. D. 
(Fisher & Masson). Here my choice would fall if I had to 
pick out the most unusual and pleasing color among the 
novelties shown in 1932. At the Pennsylvania Horticultural 
Show a vase of this seedling was awarded a special Cer¬ 
tificate of Merit. It is a long-stemmed, large flower with 
a luscious color effect, and one that is not easily fitted 
to any chart — a shade halfway between old rose and sal¬ 
mon, but brighter in effect than either color. The general 
appearance is of a bright old rose-pink. It is distinctive! 
Colors such as shown by this flower are needed in the 
Informal-decorative class. 
Plants Only $3.50 
GOLDEN HEART, F. D. 
The purest Golden Yellow dahlia we have ever seen, and 
withal the most beautiful. Blooms very large, many attain¬ 
ing to 12 inches across, and 5 inches and over in depth, 
and are held high above the foliage on good stems. The 
plants attain to a height of 7 to 9 feet, are many branched 
from the ground up, thus making it possible to cut the 
large bloom with stalks 4 to 6 feet in length. A most pro¬ 
lific bloomer, and bountiful tuber maker. This dahlia is a 
Gem of unusual merit. Don’t fail to include it in your 
order. 
Plants Only $2.50 
GOLDEN ECLIPSE, F. D. 
(Badetty). An undefeated winner and the truest type large 
Formal-decorative novelty since the New American Dahlia 
Society classification was written. At New York it won as 
Best Formal-decorative Seedling ; at Rye it received a spe¬ 
cial Award of Merit as a seedling, and at Rockville Centre 
won as Best Gold, Orange, or Buff in the open-to-all class. 
The best description and, incidentally, the best tribute to 
this Dahlia is to say that it is a glorified Sagamore. How¬ 
ever, it will grow much larger than Sagamore. It has the 
same glowing color combination, the outside of the flower a 
clear gold, shading to a salmon center. It is a taller grow¬ 
er and heavier foliaged plant, however, and I believe will 
be a very difficult flower to defeat in its type classes. 
Plants Only $5.00 
HILLCREST BIG BOY, F. D. 
Huge is the word for this monster bloom. The color is 
a perfect blending of fall shades, medium bush, extra 
long stems, a favorite with many visitors. 
Plants Only $1.00 
HILLCREST FLUFFY RUFFLES, I. D. 
Our favorite of all the Hillside varieties we grow. The 
color is a soft apricot, beautiful and rare. The blooms are 
extra large and the petals are fluffed and curled. Bush 
is sturdy. Very scarce. 
Plants Only $5.00 
HILLCREST MANDARIN, I. D. 
(Scott). A flashy big flower, brilliant oriental scarlet and 
golden yellow, one of the brightest color combinations I 
have ever seen in a Dahlia. The plant is a thrifty grower 
and a free bloomer. 
Plants Only $2.50 
HILLCREST ROYALIST, I. D. 
A huge Informal-decorative on excellent stems. The color 
as given in the new Mertz and Paul Dictionary of Color 
is Shades of Indiana with Clover reverse. However, we 
will call it a Rose Magenta of almost solid color. The 
growth is perfect and the stems are strong and rigid. 
This Dahlia has also been on trial at the gardens of Mr. 
Hart and it made good both in his garden and at the Uni¬ 
versity of Kentucky. A real exhibition flower. It also made 
good in our garden. 
Plants $2.50 Roots $5.00 
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