*Our New Introductions for 1935 
BOSPHORUS —(Inf. Dec.) Deep burnt orange or golden brown. A fine, large, well shaped flower 
in a color that is new in our experience. It is a dark flower, almost as deep in the orange tone 
in the body of the flower as maroon is to red, but shades to a lighter orange at the edges of 
the petals. We recommend this dahlia on its color but it is charming and satisfactory in all 
respects. This variety should be grown strong from the start like Full Moon and some other 
dahlias with stalky habits and it will have a long straight stem and will be immensely attrac¬ 
tive when cut. Certificate of Merit at Storrs $15.00 
CALIFORNIA IDOL —(Inf Dec.) Clear bright self-colored yellow. We have never had more con¬ 
fidence in the real merits of a new dahlia than we have in this masterful brilliant yellow decora¬ 
tive. In size it ranks with the very largest, growing to 14 inches or more, has corresponding 
depth, and yet is an extremely refined flower in every sense. It won the American Home 
Achievement Medal at Boston and the Dahlia Society of California’s Gold Medal at San Fran¬ 
cisco as the Best Undisseminated Three-Year Old. This, you will agree, is a good start, but we 
hold that the proof of the pudding is in the eating, and unless a dahlia can win for the pur¬ 
chaser, Achievement Medals and Gold Medals do not mean much. We assure you that California 
Idol, like many of our previous great prize winners, has the capacity to win as the Largest 
Dahlia or Best Dahlia in the leading shows. Next year when we can tell you about these win¬ 
nings, we will feel that we have a real sales argument. It has been freely said by those who 
have seen California Idol that it is the best dahlia since Satan, and others have said, including 
Mr. Reed at Lawrence, Mass., that it is the best of all. Truly a dahlia that the exhibitor can 
win with and the commercial grower can sell. We will not attempt a detailed description more 
than to say that it is an early and a free bloomer and an excellent root maker. You will have 
to grow it to appreciate it. See cut on front cover. Included in the American Home’s list of 
“Dahlias of Distinction in 1934”, and also in Mr. Derrill W. Hart’s Dahlia Review published in 
the December issue of House Beautiful. Mr. Hart’s impression of it follows: “This giant 
yellow has a coast-to-coast record as a 1934 winner. At the show of the Dahlia Society of 
California it won the Gold Medal as best three-year-old seedling. At Boston it won the Achieve¬ 
ment Medal as best undisseminated dahlia. It was one of the outstanding varieties at Storrs 
this year. It is a fine grower with a deep flower of clear glistening yellow, a true pastel shade. 
Here will be a new competitor in the specimen bloom classes” $25.00 
CALIFORNIA ROSE— (Inf. Dec.) Clear bright rose. Exquisite coloring, large, tall-growing, 
describe in a few words the salient features of this unusually satisfactory new dahlia. We have 
supplemented the descriptions of each of our new introductions this year with a small picture, 
so that you can see to some extent what the flower looks like. See pages following. This variety 
as you will note is one that is well worthwhile. California Rose is also included in Mr. Hart’s 
1934 Dahlia Review. For a number of years, Mr. Hart, in his annual Roll of Honor, has been 
able to select with remarkable accuracy the future dahlia favorites. We quote Mr. Hart’s state¬ 
ment: “One of the most beautiful of the novelties, and I must assume it was not shown in 
California or else we should have heard more about it. A bright salmon rose and a particularly 
beautiful flower for cutting. It was the best keeper I had on trial this year. Flower large, but 
extremely graceful”.$15.00 
DON JUAN— (Semi-Cac.) Scarlet orange with a reverse of lighter orange. This is one of the truly 
spectacular varieties and should add to the fame of Ballay-Success Dahlias in the “Giants of 
the Show Room” class. If you have a crown flower of Don Juan for the show you will be hard 
to beat. Later blooms will be very numerous and large, but an occasional one may have a crook 
in the stem. This variety is a true semi-cactus with the center rows of petals rather broad and 
spreading but with the outer rows decidedly rolled and well incurved. Color is just about as 
bright as it is possible for a color to be. It has brought favorable comment from those who 
have seen it growing, and from the exhibitor’s point of view we consider it one of the most 
sensational of the year’s introductions $15.00 
*It will facilitate delivery if orders for shipment east of the Mississippi River are sent direct to the Success Dahlia 
Gardens, Lawrence, Mass. 
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