CALIFORNIA IDOL 
CALIFORNIA IDOL— Clear bright 
self-colored yellow. The accompany¬ 
ing picture was sent us by one of 
the best amateur growers in Los 
Angeles. Many other excellent re¬ 
ports have come to us. A customer 
in South Carolina writes it is the 
best dahlia he ever grew and that it 
will be a long time until anyone 
else puts out a dahlia equal to it. 
From Ohio we are informed that it 
was one of the few outstanding 
dahlias of last year’s introduction. 
A man in Kentucky v^o grows all 
the new ones has written that it was 
the best in their garden and the best 
dahlia they ever saw. At the San 
Francisco Show a 15-inch bloom 
won as the Largest Flower in the 
show and it was also the Best 12. 
In several Eastern shows it won as 
the Best Specimen Bloom in the 
Show. Last year it received the 
Achievement Medal at Boston and 
was the Best Undisseminated 3- 
year old at San Francisco. It was 
also included in both the American 
Home and Mr. Derrill W. Hart’s 
Honor Rolls, Mr. Hart describing it 
as 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 3-year old seed¬ 
ling. At Boston it won the Achieve¬ 
ment Medal as best undisseminated 
dahlia. It was one of the outstand¬ 
ing 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.” California Idol is one of 
the truly great dahlias. The growth 
of the plant is ideal. Average height 
is about 5 ft. Blooms early and 
freely. Foliage clean and attractive. 
Keeps well when cut.$10.00 
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 sup¬ 
plemented the descriptions of a number of our dahlias this year with a small picture, so that 
you can see to some extent what the flower looks like. 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 statement: “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.” Certificate of Merit at Storrs.$7.50 
CELESTE—I. D. Lilac pink overlaid with carmine. A very handsome large flower that is attractive 
especially because of its peculiar shadings of color. The well-branched plant produces deep, 
well-built blooms over a long period. There are no faults noticeable to take from the general 
usefulness of this valuable addition to dahlias of this color range.$1.00 
CHARLES G. REED—I. D. Purple red or petunia red as an authority on dress materials called it. 
This year for the second time this variety won as the Best Bloom in the Show at the National 
Show in London, England. Has won similar prizes in many places and was a Roll of Honor 
dahlia in its introductory year. It is an unusually large variety held upright on a perfect stem. 
Bush is of rather low growth with the branching habit which makes it ideal for all purposes. 
Blooms profusely. One of the best.$1.00 
CONQUISTADOR—S. C. Soft creamy yellow shading to a glowing pink at the base of the petals. 
The pink coloring is very pronounced and gives to the flower the appearance of being illumi¬ 
nated from within. The plant is extraordinarily tall and the flowers can be cut with 4-foot stems. 
The bloom is in proportion, being regular, rather coarse petaled, broad and deep. Almost every 
exhibit at the San Francisco Show this year contained some blooms of Conquistador. Twice 
this dahlia won the Gold Medal as the Best Dahlia in the Show at the California Flower 
Festival. Roll of Honor $1.00 
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