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SUCCESS DAIHLIA GARDENS, LAWRENCE, MASSACHUSETTS 
closing. As this is a new variety and on account of it being a plant I thought you 
would be interested in the root crop, as the general run of customers have the idea 
that plants do not produce good tubers. You have my permission to use this tes¬ 
timonial and photograph in any way you see fit.” Mr. Raymond Grass of St. Louis, 
Mo., wrote the above letter. Thank you, Mr. Grass, for your interest in our intro¬ 
ductions. In another letter he writes as follows, “ ‘Grandee’ was too early for the 
show but I had at one time four twelve-inch bloom and ten large buds on one plant. 
Your stock certainly did well for me, especially when one takes into consideration 
that during the past summer we had the worst drought and hottest weather on 
record.” 
From Scranton, Pa., comes the news that our “Murphy’s Masterpiece,” “Grandee,” 
and “Eagle Rock Fantasy” were outstanding. 
A Wisconsin grower writes, “ ‘Murphy’s Masterpiece’ is without doubt the best 
Dahlia that I ever grew. Right now 1 have a plant with four blooms on it—all over 
twelve inches. It is only fair for us growers to buy and stock from those who are 
producing the best in Dahlias, therefore send your catalog just as soon as possible.” 
From Indiana, “The second bloom has opened on ‘Margaret E. Broomall’ and it 
is a very gorgeous thing. Saw beautiful bloom of this variety at the Cincinnati show. 
It was not entered in competition.” 
A friend in Virginia writes, “ ‘Grandee’ was a disappointment to me but oh, boy, 
is ‘The Fireman’ a dandy, one of the finest Dahlias that I know of today. People 
rush all the way across the garden to see it. I am crazy about ‘Fireman’ and hats 
off to you for it.” Well, we like to hear good and bad reports about our Dahlias. 
One Dahlia can’t please everybody. 
From Ohio comes the news that one of our customers “has grown a ‘Murphy’s 
Masterpiece’ that measured Yl x /± inches in diameter.” This just about takes a prize 
in any company. He has it entered in our contest. 
A Pennsylvania grower wires: “If your new ‘California Idol’ is as good as your 
other creations we are particularly interested and would like a root for propaga¬ 
tion.” 
One of the best known growers in New Jersey writes, “I had one bloom on Mar¬ 
garet EL Broomall after our storm which was 15 inches and this was the largest 
bloom in my garden last year and I grew all the so-called largest and best new ones. 
‘Arelda Lloyd’ was more than good in every respect. I grew it 11 inches without 
forcing.” 
An internationally known commercial grower writes; “I am thoroughly convinced 
that there are no other introductions that can compare with yours. Over a period 
of time, I have bought them all and none are so good, none are in such demand as 
Success releases and it is the cash returns, plus my satisfied customers, that are of 
interest to me. 
“I agree with you, that Margaret E. Broomall is the best Dahlia that has ever 
been produced and it is bound to be grown in all the better gardens, patent or no 
patent. The patent is the one reason why it is not grown more extensively at the 
present time.” 
“Your introductions stand out, what other grower can match your ‘Murphy’s 
Masterpiece,’ ‘Eagle Rock Fantasy,’ ‘Margaret E. Broomall,’ ‘Cadet,’ ‘Rudy Vallee,’ 
‘Chas. G. Reed,’ ‘Palo Alto,’ ‘Strongheart,’ ‘Grandee’ and a host of others?” 
“Just before Christmas, may I extend my best wishes for your continued success 
in giving the world the best in Dahlias. Rush your advance list to me as soon as 
possible, I don’t want to be late in ordering again this year and my customers are 
pestering me with their requests for my list for 1935, so hurry please.” 
A complete list of satisfactory reports from our customers is not possible and 
the above mentioned notes taken from their letters is a fair sample of their letters 
to us. We believe the above statements carry home the message that our Dahlias 
are outstanding in every show room, whether exhibited by amateur or commercial 
growers. We ask our customers this year to keep us posted on their success with 
our introductions. Yes, we want to know about any failures also. 
