Pride of America 
PRICE VS. QUALITY 
There are dahlias offered at lower prices than ours 
and we realize it is a temptation to buy at as low a 
figure as possible, as you want to get as much as 
you can for your money; but to have 100% success, 
you must have the best stock that can be produced. 
Buying inferior stock at low cost is not an economical 
way to buy and seldom is the way to success. 
DAHLIADEl NURSERIES 
1936 INTRODUCTIONS 
CACTUS and SEMI-CACTUS 
DAHLIAS 
BALLEGO’S SURPRISE (Ballego), S-C, 1936. This 
novelty is very easily described as a white Frau 0. 
Bracht which should tell you sufficient. A dahlia of 
this type should be very desirable as a cut flower 
and for exhibition. It was selected for trial in 
England and has received a 1st class Certificate in 
Holland, besides many other awards. Certainly it 
is a welcome addition in this class. We are offer¬ 
ing a few plants for those who want to try this 
variety the first year imported, as it has been so 
well recommended. Plants, $5.00 
CHALLENGER (Watkins-Chappaqua), S-C, 1936. A 
basket of this variety made an outstanding display 
in New York and proved its good keeping qualities 
as well as winning two firsts. Color is brilliant 
cardinal red with gold at the base of the petals 
showing golden petaloids later in the season. A 
good vigorous grower and surely a bright spot for 
any garden. Roots, $5.00; Plants, $2.50 
GRETEL (Bauer), St. C. Best described as a larger 
and darker Miss Belgium. Color a bright henna. 
Fine for the exhibition table as it was outstanding 
at the Cleveland and Now i r ork shows. We believe 
this variety will be satisfactory in every way. 
Plants,' $2.50 
MIRIAM HOPKINS (Cordes-Eastman), S-C, 1936, 
Bush 5 ft. A seedling of Amelia Earhart of about 
the same size which won first as the best individual 
bloom at the Los Angeles, California Show this 
year. Color salmon pink with a carmine suffusion 
and a real giant in size. A long petaled exhibition 
dahlia which is destined to become very popular 
this season. Plants, $5.00 
MISS GLORY (Ballay-Success), S-C, 1936. We ex¬ 
pect this to be as popular in the yellow Semi-Cactus 
class as California Idol in the Decorative. It is 
soft apricot yellow. The petals are rolled and con¬ 
siderably incurved. Considered one of the out¬ 
standing dahlias at the Trial Grounds at Storrs 
this year where it certified with a score of 86, and 
it was a popular entrant in the New York Botani¬ 
cal Gardens. Plants, $7.50 
MRS. HERBERT O’CONOR (Berwick-Dahliadel 
86E), 1C, Bloom 9x5, Bush 5y 2 ft. The excep¬ 
tional qualities especially for an Incurved Cactus 
dahlia, are long slender, yet erect stems, good size 
and an unusually bright color, which is soft rose 
pink deepening at center. Dark healthy open fol¬ 
iage and a profuse and continuous bloomer. Should 
do equally well both in the North and South. One 
of the best Incurved Cactus introductions in recent 
years and we predict it as a great winner in the 
show rooms. As the picture shows, late in the sea¬ 
son, it is almost a Straight Cactus. Described as 
the best American Cactus novelty of the year. 
Roots, $10.00; Plants, $5.00 
PRIDE OF AMERICA (American D. F. 85E), S-C, 
Bloom 9x6, Bush 5 ft. A true Semi-Cactus of fine, 
even form on strong, erect, yet not clumsy, stems. 
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