DAHLIA 
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You can grow your own $10.00 and $20.00 dahlias, 
and easily, too. All that is necessary is a packet of 
Salbach dahlia seed, water, and ground to grow them 
in. Hundreds of our customers have already grown 
fine prize winning dahlias from our seed, and many 
have named and introduced dahlias grown from Sal- 
bach seed. Elizabeth Mills Calkins, Grace Houston, 
and Dr. Aurelia Reinhardt, for instance, all listed in 
our catalog, were grown from seed purchased from us. 
There are many reasons for the superiority of our 
dahlia seeds, but perhaps the most important is the 
fact that we always plan our dahlia plantings to pro¬ 
duce the best possible seeds. Many of the finest par¬ 
ents, such as Angelo Rossi, Kaweah, and Satan do not 
seed well. The only way to get any number of seeds 
from such parents is to grow them next to varieties that 
are known to set seed easily. Bees, butterflies, and 
insects of all sorts will then carry the pollen from one to 
the other. In addition, Mr. Salbach himself gathers 
pollen from varieties such as mentioned, as well as 
other new kinds as Miss Glory, Anna Benedict, Bauer’s 
Ideal, California Idol, Murphy’s Masterpiece, Mrs. Geo. 
Le Boutillier, Caprice, California Peach, Milton J. 
Cross, Frank Serpa, Forest Fire, Golden Age, Lord of 
Autumn, Lavender Lass, and Conquistador, which he 
crosses to likely parents. As we do not sell seed from 
specified parents, some of these specially fine seeds will 
find their way into every packet, particularly the “Se¬ 
lected” grade. 
The most apt demonstration of the excellence of 
Salbach dahlia seed is shown by the tenor of the thous¬ 
ands of unsolicited testimonials that we have received 
praising the quality of our dahlia seed. Typical are 
the following: 
“Mr., the dahlia man from ., Ohio, is trying 
his best to get us to sell him some of the bulbs.” Another 
reports that he was awarded “first prize as most beautiful 
dahlia in the show” with a variety produced from our seed. 
Still another states that a dahlia from our seed “has been 
the sensation of the entire town.” 
“I want to tell you how wonderfully the dahlias turned out 
from the seed I got from you this year. . . . One has been the 
sensation of the entire town.” Lousiana. 
“Last year I bought some dahlia seed from you and they 
were all good, but one was exceptionally good. . . Mrs. F. 
entered it, and it won first prize for the most beautiful flower 
in the show.” California. 
“From your 100 seed collection. I raised 89 beautiful dah¬ 
lias, of which no two were alike.” California. 
“I not only won first, but second and third from seedlings 
of your seed.” Virginia. 
An Outstanding Variety 
Grown by a Purchaser of 
Salbach Dahlia Seed 
“I can certainly say that any dahlia grower that grows 
dahlias from Salbach seeds will get the surprise of their life 
and thrills galore.” New York. 
“This is a picture of one of the dahlias I grew from your 
seeds this year. It was really one of the prettiest I ever saw, 
and the most perfect. Do wish you could have seen them. I 
cannot describe the color, but a most beautiful fall color. . . . 
I had 44 plants to live and bloom out of the 60 seed you sent 
me, and most of them were most beautiful. . . . One grand 
thing about them, there were no two alike out of. the 44.” 
Mississippi. — See picture above. 
“I have a large red one I was offered any price for it. I 
sure could sell them all. I also have a big yellow one which 
measured 13 inches across.” Maryland. 
“Have fifty standard varieties and ten that I grew from 
your seeds two years ago; eight of the ten are just as pretty 
as any I have, and I have some mighty fine ones.” Alabama. 
“I am sending you a clipping taken from our local paper 
last fall. Among many others, a reporter heard of my lovely 
dahlias and came to see for herself. She raved over the 
beauty of. the garden, the dahlias particularly. I didn’t dream 
such georgeous blooms could be grown from seed—as a result, 
our little town is decidedly “dahlia conscious” (Clipping en¬ 
closed) — South Carolina. 
“I had the prettiest dahlias last year I’ve ever had. They 
were the talk of the town, and I had visitors from all the little 
towns around here come and admire them. ... It was hard for 
me to convince them that they grew from seed.” Oklahoma. 
“One of them was the most beautiful I ever saw.” Colorado. 
“I am enclosing a photograph of a few of the better ones 
we raised last year. They were twenty plants in the lot 
which produced blossoms as good or better than the ones 
shown, and our Dahlia patch proved the show of the neigh¬ 
borhood.” Virginia. — See picture, page 25. 
Re: Testimonials 
We do not care to embarrass our customers by using their 
names in connection with the testimonials we publish in our 
catalog. However, we have each quotation in our files, and 
will gladly gives the names of the authors of each to anyone 
requesting them. 
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