1939 catalog of RICHARD DIENER NURSERY, oxnard, California, u. s. a. 
PETUNIA SEEDS 
Petunias are still one of our greatest specialties, and 
we spare no trouble or expense to give our custom¬ 
ers the finest seeds possible. This year we have had 
long spells of damp, foggy weather, which made it 
very difficult to produce seed from some of the 
double varieties, and so the crop is light of some 
double varieties. Our new variety “Santa Barbara” 
is a giant Pink Gloria. We exhibited some flowering 
plants at the Pacific Coast Seed Men’s Convention 
at Santa Barbara in 1936, and they certainly made 
a hit. We are sure they will do the same with you. 
This year we had 120,000 plants in three-inch pots. 
This is an expensive method of handling, but insures 
a higher quality of seed. Some people are under the 
impression that every single seed should be true to 
description. The Petunia occasionally has the habit of 
reverting to the original type so that now and then a 
small purplish flower will be produced. Those reverting 
to the old type are usually the first to bloom. Let all 
the young plants come up before discarding them and 
you will find that the majority will be as described. 
Petunia seeds, when sent to the Gulf States, 
Florida and States near the ocean, where warm, 
moist salt air is prevalent, should be sowed out soon 
after their arrival, as the seeds will soon lose their 
germinating quality in this atmosphere. This is the 
cause of many seed failures. 
DIENER’S PETUNIA SEED: All of our varieties, 
single and double mixed: 
Trade Pkg. 50c Sample Pkg. 25c 1/64 oz. $1.75 
1/32 oz. $3.50 
PRICES FOR PETUNIA SEEDS IN 
QUANTITY 
Note: Each of the following numbers, separately 
(not all the numbers mixed), are sold in quantity 
as listed below: 
Of the following numbers (not mixed together) 
1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 15, 20, 41, 46: 
1/64 oz. 2.50 1 /32 oz. 4.00 1/16 oz. 8.00 ^ oz. 15.00 
Of numbers (not mixed together) 11, 14, 17, 21. 
22, 23 : 
1/32 oz. 3.00 1/16 oz. 6.00 y s oz. 12.00 
Of numbers (not mixed together) 38, 42, 44: 
1/64 oz. 5.00 1/32 oz. 10.00 1/16 oz. 20.00 
Note: The varieties that are not listed above will not 
be sold in quantity this year. 
(Larger amounts on request.) 
Westport, Connecticut, November 28, 1937. 
Richard Diener Nursery, Oxnard, California. 
Gentlemen: I have been using your Petunia seeds for some 
time and getting wonderful results. The flowers are mag¬ 
nificent. Also I have some of the finest Delphinium plants I’ve 
ever seen, grown from your seed bought last Spring. 
Very truly yours, 
F. A. HUMPHREYS. 
No. 42. IN 3-INCH POTS 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 10, 1937. 
Richard Diener Nursery, Oxnard, California. 
Gentlemen: It just struck me that I had never written to 
tell you how beautiful your Petunias are. I never liked them 
until I grew yours. 
Last summer I took a blue ribbon for them at the August 
Show of the Germantown Horticultural Society. Yours truly, 
LULU E. CLIFFE. 
* * * * 
North Haledon, New Jersey, January 2, 1938. 
Richard Diener Nursery, Oxnard, California. 
Gentlemen: I had so much success with all seeds purchased 
from you this past summer and particularly the Petunias, 
they were marvelous. We took first prize in the “Herald 
Tribune Garden Contest” for our beautiful garden, and all 
our flowers were from your seeds. 
I am enclosing seed list and check for same, which I wish 
you to fill as soon as possible. Yours very truly, 
IDA SCOTT. 
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