KUNZMAN, NEW ALBANY, INDIANA 
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Welcome For 1938 
To those ordering this season for the first time, we 
bid you—WELCOME!! We hope you will be as well 
pleased as some who have been with us for more than 
twenty years, continuously. , , 
To the latter, we can only show our greatest appreci¬ 
ation for their many favors during the past years and 
hope they enjoy an equally long line of years to come. 
It makes us feel inexpressibly sad whenever we get a 
catalog returned to us marked ‘Addressee deceased.’ We 
know we all must eventually pass on, but it seems, 
nevertheless, a terrible wrench from those and what 
we loved here. 
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Let us impress upon you, especially if you are a be¬ 
ginner, that the price of a dahlia does not indicate it’s 
real worth. There are hundreds of dahlias on the mar¬ 
ket at 50c, or even 25c, which are far superior to the 
average high-priced sorts. All worthy new introduc¬ 
tions are, naturally, highly priced; but when, after two 
or three years, they are still held at a fairly high price 
it is a general indication, not that they are so very de¬ 
sirable, but that they have some great fault which 
prevents their becoming plentiful enough to be sold at 
a lower price. 
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Don’t over fertilize!! If you want over-sized exhibi¬ 
tion blooms it will pay you to do so, for the sake of 
getting a prize. But whenever you do force your dah¬ 
lias you are running a risk of producing weak (though 
large) roots, which have a tendency to rot over winter. 
For exhibition blooms, if your soil needs fertilizer, use 
cow manure (not to touch the root or plant, however), 
or sheep manure, or a well-balanced commercial ferti¬ 
lizer at or before planting time worked into the soil. 
In the summer, when buds appear, broadcast a phos¬ 
phate of some kind, and work into. soil. 
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Many dahlias are planted that never come up because 
they are drowned; don’t water at all unless your soil 
is very dry, before the bloom-buds start, then you may 
water copiously. Should it become necessary to water 
before blooming, soak the soil, then when dry enough, 
fine the top soil again with a rake or other tool. Never 
sprinkle Dahlias. 
Dahlia Do’s and Dont’s 
DONT 
Plant in dense shade. 
Plant too close to trees or buildings. 
Plant before frost is out of the ground. 
Pull up the clump at digging time. 
Divide the clump until the eyes begin to sprout. 
Let the tubers dry out and shrivel up over the winter. 
DO 
Cultivate. 
Prevent insects with good insecticide (Black Leaf 40 
or pther mixtures). 
Clean up the garden in the fall. Burn the rubbish. 
This will destroy all grubs and cut worms. 
Cut off a portion of the stem with the tuber when you 
divide. 
Examine the roots during the winter. 
Help your dahlias and they will help themselves. 
