We have had some call for tubers 
untrimmed for use in department 
store trade. We can supply tubers 
in any shape desired, provided order 
is placed before clumps are divided. 
If order is to be prepared in any 
special manner, be sure to let us 
know your wants, with detailed 
specifications, early in the season. 
Remember, we grow the stock, and 
it is our aim to supply this to meet 
the requirements of your trade. 
A large customer wanted his tubers 
wrapped in Cellophane. We can use 
this material if desired, at a slight 
extra cost, but we suggest that the 
following facts be considered when 
special handling is desired: 
We were the first to wrap dahlia 
tubers for resale. Careful tests have 
been made of all methods of wrap¬ 
ping, and our trials have proved that 
the method we use is best. The cost 
is less than where other material is 
used. Our wrapper keeps the tuber 
free from exposure to light and as a 
result they keep in dormant condi¬ 
tion longer, and do not shrivel so 
much as when wrapped in cellophane 
or other transparent material. Where 
a lot of tubers is placed on counter, 
simply open one or two of the 
packages and customers can see from 
these samples just what the other 
stock is like. This is much better 
than having all the stock exposed 10 
light, and experience of many of 
our dealers proves that customers 
are just as well satisfied. Always 
remember, it is our business to sat¬ 
isfy the customer, and if any better 
way of doing this is to be found, we 
will find it. Don’t experiment, leave 
it to us to do thac. We’re on the 
job every minute, and you may be 
certain that we are in a position to 
put up the goods in the very best 
manner at all times. 
Of course it is understood that the 
dahlia tubers you buy from any 
source are expected to grow, other¬ 
wise they would be worthless. But 
that isn't all you have a right to 
expect. For years we have been 
grading our tubers up to a standard 
that we might almost say has placed 
W. D. G. dahlias in a class by them¬ 
selves. Our first grade tubers—the 
kind we supply our customers—are 
all carefully cut, trimmed and sorted 
as to size, and treated to prevent 
mold and rot. These tubers are just 
the proper size for mailing and for 
planting to get best results. Then 
we make another grade known 
among our cutters as “0. P.’s” in 
which we place all very small tubers, 
tubers with slightly cracked necks, 
tubers which are misshaped, etc. This 
grade is used solely in our own plant¬ 
ing and is not offered for sale. Our 
other grade is known as “Seconds” 
and includes the very large tubers, 
old tubers which still are sound and 
show a good eye, tubers with broken 
necks, etc. Prior to this year we 
have always fed the seconds to our 
cattle, but we had some call for such 
a grade of tubers for cheap counter 
trade and last fall we offered some 
sixty thousand, more or less, of 
Seconds at a special price of $7.50 
per thousand. Our entire supply was 
grabbed up as soon as offered and 
we could easily have sold many more 
thousands of tubers of this grade 
had we had them to offer. When 
you consider this strict standard of 
grading, don’t you think it will pay 
you to compare stock which is offer¬ 
ed at a low price with ours and see 
for yourself whether we are giving 
you your money’s worth or not? 
FIELD NOTES 
(Continued From Page One) 
George Walters is one of the finest 
hybrid cactus dahlias grown. We 
have a fine stock, and I am sure 
you will like the strain we offeix 
Our strain of Golden West is 
absolutely true—no Golden Gate 
mixed with it, and no weak plants. 
One of the best cut flower dahlias 
grown. 
Charm is the best burnt orange we 
have seen. Makes a nice size flower 
for cutting and plenty of them. 
Agnes Haviland is a very good old 
rose. Not quite so large as W. H. T. 
but a more reliable plant on lighter 
soil. 
Mr. Crowley does extremely well 
on all kinds of soil. The color is very 
attractive, and stems are good. 
Mrs. Carl Salbach is as good as 
any variety of its color. Profuse 
bloomer, good stem, just the right 
size for cutting, and while roots are 
rather long and slender, the clumps 
cut up to average of first grade 
stock. 
We had a most beautiful lot of 
Thomas A. Edison and Fort Mon¬ 
mouth, but unfortunately for ou'r 
friends both lots were contracted for 
before we started digging. These 
varieties always yield from six to 
ten tubers per clump, and based on 
cost of production, should sell for 
less than usually charged. A fair 
profit is all any grower ought to 
ask. 
IOWA 
The New Maize Colored Decorative 
This variety is a seedling of the well known Judge Parker, which 
it resembles in form, size and manner of growth, but in color it is 
a true maize or coin color, slightly tipped reddish pink. We sent 
out more than two hundred tubers of this variety last year to 
growers in ail parts of the country, and so far we have had only 
the highest praise for it. We recommend it very highly, and believe 
it will be in big demand when stock is sufficiently plentiful to make 
it possible to offer at a lower price. If you want to be in line for 
some of the demand that is sure to come next year and thereafter, 
stock up NOW. We make the price very low for a new variety— 
$18. per hundred. Don’t omit this from your order. 
Prices on Pages 4 * 5 
