Quality Dahlia Seed 
Carl Salbach. 
A Group of Dahlias Grown 
from a Single Packet of 
Salbach Dahlia Seed 
We do not have a complete record of the prize-win¬ 
nings of the varieties raised from our seed, but we do 
know a few, which include the following major awards: 
American Home Achievement Medal, Duluth, 1929. 
Cert. Merit, American Dahlia Society Trial Gardens, 1932. 
Cert. Merit, American Dahlia Society Trial Gardens, 1933. 
Cert. Merit, American Dahlia Society Trial Grounds 
(Storrs), 1935. 
Cert. Merit, American Dahlia Society Trial Grounds 
(Storrs), 1936. 
Best seedling, Palace Hotel, 1929. 
Best two-year-old seedling, California Flower Festival, 1930. 
Best two-year-old seedling, California Flower Festival, 1934. 
Besides giving you the finest dahlias obtainable, 
plantings from our seed permit you to choose varieties 
most adaptable to your climate. This is particularly 
true for those who live where summers are too hot and 
Ludicrous 
“It is ludicrous to have you ask me to approach Steele 
Briggs, etc., for references. Anyone in this continent who does 
not know Mr. Salbach ought to be ashamed of himself.” This 
extract from a letter written us by a Canadian grower to 
whom we had given business references tells the story of our 
business reputation better than anything we can say. 
We can, however, show you in full measure our right to 
a reputation for quality by the fine stock that we will send on 
any order you may choose to send us. Typical are the orders 
which brought forth the following responses: 
From Canada: “I thank you very much for your prompt 
shipment and the good tubers you sent me”, and from New 
Orleans: “May I say that I have never dealt with any house 
that executed my orders so satisfactorily”, and again, this 
time from Louisiana: “I purchased a number of gladiolus 
bulbs from you this year and had wonderful results. My 
glads were without doubt some of the finest grown here. . . . 
I don’t think an expert grower’s could have been better.” 
dry for most dahlias to grow well. Our long exper¬ 
ience in hybridizing enables us to select the hardiest 
and most versatile parent stock, and each packet car¬ 
ries a goodly percentage of seed qualified to thrive in 
the interior valleys. 
The joy of growing dahlias from seed lies largely in 
the fact that they produce full sized bushes and maxi¬ 
mum bloom the first year. Each seed that grows (and 
most of them do) gives you a new plant, entirely dif¬ 
ferent from the existing varieties — many being finer 
than the dahlias already in commerce. The tubers, 
however, come true to the original bush, enabling you 
to build up a stock of the fine new varieties you grow. 
Dahlia seed are easily germinated with or without 
greenhouse treatment, and as they cost as little as one 
cent per plant, afford the greatest possible bloom for 
your investment. 
SELECTED DAHLIA SEED (Large Flowering Type) 
Especially gathered from the best flowers of the very finest 
varieties we list—from parents which have proven their 
tendency to pass on to their offspring size, vigor, keeping 
quality, and fine colors. Produce the finest blooms in varied 
types and colors. Bloom abundantly from seed the first year 
planted. 
50 seeds. $1.50 100 seeds. $2.50 
CHOICE DAHLIA SEEDS (Large Flowering Type). 
Picked from good seed parents— and sometimes produce new 
varieties as outstanding as those coming from our Selected 
Seed strain. A most inexpensive way to have a gay colorful 
garden that is just full of blooms over an unusually long 
period. 
100 seeds.$1.00 
Directions for Growing Dahlias from Seed Supplied 
with Every Package. 
j POMPON DAHLIA SEED 
1 Pompon dahlias are the small “button” dahlias. While 
the seed of. these do not give 100% pompons, it gives a 
large percentage of attractive “button” dahlias. Besides 
pompons, these seeds usually produce a number of 
duplex (small flowers with two or three rows of petals) 
dahlias, and often attractive miniature dahlias.. 
40 to 50 seeds .pkt. 50c 
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MINIATURE DAHLIA SEED. Our new list¬ 
ings of miniatures now gives us a collection that 
enables us to offer unusually fine seed—the finest 
miniature seed obtainable. Will produce a var¬ 
ied and most attractive assortment of small type 
dahlias ..pkt. 50c 
ZULU DARK LEAVED STRAIN. A range of red-toned, 
dark leaved dahlias similar to the famous Bishop of Llan- 
daff. Plants run about 2*4 feet high with blooms duplex 
form in shades of red. Eighty per cent of more come 
dark leaved, although a very few will give light foliaged 
plants. Not our own seed, but from a planting which we 
closely inspected and judged as up to our own high standard. 
pkt. 50c; 1/8 oz. $1.00 
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