DAHLIADEL NURSERIES 
Elite Sport 
FORMAL DECORATIVE 
DAHLIAS—Continued 
ELITE SPORT (Dahliadel 84E), 1935, Bloom 9x5, 
Bush 4 1/2 ft- A positive sport of Elite Glory, in¬ 
heriting such good qualities as rugged growth with 
insect-resistant foliage, strong stems, and the bloom 
an exact counterpart, except in color, which is a 
soft buff, striped and speckled crimson. This unique 
coloring does not fade or burn in the sun. Sports 
usually revert to the original variety to a more or 
less degree. True to tradition, this sport occasion¬ 
ally throws a solid red bloom with the rest of the 
bush blooming as described above. 
Roots, $2.00; Plants, $1.00 
ALEN A (Angel Fraser 83E), Bloom 9x5, Bush 5 
ft. A very pretty dahlia of ivory white with lilac 
suffusion and reverse. A beautiful variety that 
grows to exhibition size on good stems. A robust 
grower. Roots, $2.00; Plants, $1.00 
BUCKEYE BRIDE (Roberts-Peck 84C), Bloom 7 x 
5, Bush 6 ft. This popular flower is still one of the 
favorites. The bush is a tall, rugged grower. It 
is an early and continuous bloomer on long, erect 
stems. Color, a distictive even shade of salmon 
pink. Plants, .50 
CASPER G. WARE (Bowen-Dahliadel 80C), Bloom 
8x4, Bush 4 ft. G rown without disbudding, you 
have a mass of color throughout the season. For 
cutting, prune out, leave six to eight shoots and 
by side pruning you will have blooms up to 9 inches 
in diameter, on good stems. Color is a pleasing 
shade of bright, silvery violet rose. .35 
CAVALCADE (Groll-Dahliadel 85C 85E), 1935, Bloom 
8x5, Bush 5'/2 ft. A fine variety with a real fu¬ 
ture. In form, this dahlia resembles Jersey’s Beau¬ 
ty and its stems are almost identical. It is, how¬ 
ever, larger in diameter and two or three shades 
darker. Picture basket arrangements for the show 
room, home decoration, or florists’ use, with Ken¬ 
tucky for a salmon pink, Jersey’s Beauty for a soft 
pink, and Cavalcade for a rich deep rose with tones 
of rosy magenta. We welcome another companion 
in type but different in color. Won many prizes 
this season, and is a good root maker. 
Roots, $5.00; Plants, $2.50 
ELITE GLORY (Kennedy 83E), Bloom 10x4, Bush 
4 1/2 ft. A dahlia that has had a long run of popu¬ 
larity and is still good. Color, rich red. Blooms 
large, of good form and substance and held erect 
on strong stems. .50 
FRED SPRINGER (Groll 83E), Bloom 6x3, Bush 
2 )/2 ft. A Formal Decorative bedding variety with 
bright green, fern-like foliage which is very strik¬ 
ing against the large scarlet blooms. This variety 
is a dwarf grower, beautiful for hedge effects or 
bedding, with stems too short for cutting. 
Roots, .75; Plants, .50 
GRACE (Bibbs 85C), Bloom 6 x 2 |/ 2 , Bush 6 ft. This 
dahlia will remind you a lot of Jersey’s Beauty in 
form, not quite as deep a flower, but will give 
you twice as many blooms. It might be called a 
blooming fool, from early to late with centers per¬ 
fectly full, stems long and stiff, but not clumsy. 
Color, pure white tipped and suffused lavender. 
As a cut flower it is very profitable. .50 
JACK’S BEAN STALK (Dahliadel), 1934, Bloom 6 
x 5, Bush 10 ft. This freak reminds one of Jersey’s 
Beauty in form and color as it is a bright, pure 
rose pink. Blooms complete back to stem even more 
than Jersey’s Beauty, making a ball. If you have 
a building you wish to screen or if you want to 
cut your blooms from a second story window, this 
dahlia can easily be grown 10 ft. and probably more 
with a little feeding. Fool your friends and let 
them guess how you ever grew Jersey’s Beauty so 
tall. Roots, $1.00; Plants, .50 
JERSEY’S BEAUTY (Waite 86C 85E), Bloom 6 x 
4, Bush 6'/2 ft. Probably the most popular cut 
flower variety grown. The ideal pink for exhibition 
or florist use. Large, deep flowers of perfect form 
on long stems. Free, early bloomer, with exception¬ 
al keeping qualities. Roots, .35; Plants, .35 
KENTUCKY (Castlewood 86C 84E), Bloom 7x5, 
Bush 6 ft. This dahlia has the same ideal character¬ 
istics as Jersey’s Beauty, of which it is a sport, and 
apparently a stronger grower. Its color is a tone 
of Jersey’s Beauty’s pink, with a lot of yellow and 
gold blended in, making it more of a salmon pink. 
Good for cutting. Roots, .50; Plants, .35 
OLD HICKORY (Dahliadel 84E), Bloom 7x5, Bush 
3 '/2 ft. The dahlia that is easy to grow. A rough- 
and-ready, rugged plant, semi-dwarf with each 
branch bearing a large bloom which is almost a ball 
with centers ahvaj's full. Stems are ideal for bas¬ 
ket arrangement, and the blooms are wonderful 
keepers. Color, madder red with apricot suffusion. 
.50 
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