Dahlias cf Quality 
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KEMP'S GARDENS 
Kemp's 1935 Introductions (Continued) 
DADDY KEMP—I. D. (No. 3-32) 
This is every inch a man's flower, 
and one of the most spectacular 
dahlias introduced in recent years. 
In color it is a rich purplish red, 
the flowers attain to an immense 
size, often 14 finches and over in 
diameter and 5 to 7 inches in depth. 
The plant is a rampant grower, 
many branched and tremendously 
prolific in bloom. It should be grown 
to not over four stalks to the plant 
to insure good stems, which are long, 
slender and the great size and 
weight of the blooms may cause 
them to be somewhat pendulous in 
unfavorable situations. In Canada, 
Rhode Island and Northern New 
Jersey, where it was tested out the 
past season, the stems were fault¬ 
less. Whatever fault it may have 
in stem, is more than offset by its 
great size and spectacular beauty. 
Stock is limited and reservations 
should be made early. On Hart’s 
1934 Honor Roll. 
Divisions, each $6.00 
Plants, each $3.00 
DADDY KEMP 
BLACK KNIGHT—I. D. (No. 7-W) 
We are unable to find a color in 
Ridgeway’s color chart that matches 
the color of this giant dahlia. The 
nearest we can come to it is dark, 
velvety maroon, almost black. The 
flowers are of great size, often up 
to 14 inches in diameter, and are 
held high above the foliage on thick 
stiff stems. In the early part of the 
season, most of the blooms face up¬ 
ward, later most of them face front. 
Plant is a very strong grower, at¬ 
taining to a height of 6 to 7 feet, 
wide spreading and prolific of bloom, 
from early season until frost. A 
spectacular dahlia of unusual interest 
and attracted as much attention in 
our garden the past season as any 
dahlia among the dozens we had on 
trial. 
Divisions, each $5.00 
Plants, each $2.50 
BLACK KNIGHT 
