Grown Where Dahlias Grow Best 
The season of 1936 was proba- 
blj’’ the most trying one that the 
dahlia growers in all parts of the 
country have ever experienced. 
Extreme heat and continued 
drought prevailing until the mid¬ 
dle of August shortened the grow¬ 
ing season to such an extent that 
practically all growth had to be 
made within a period of six weeks. 
In spite of this fact we harvested 
a very good crop of roots, which, 
although not large in size, were 
fully matured and kept perfectly 
through the winter with practical¬ 
ly no loss from rot, thus demon¬ 
strating beyond a doubt that our 
fertile sandy loam makes the 
ideal soil on which to produce 
the finest dahlias in the world, 
and fully justifies our slogan as 
stated above. 
We are showing on this page 
roots which were typical of our 
1936 crop. In the upper cut we 
show two clumps of standard 
varieties just as dug from our 
fields. The clump at the left 
measured 23 inches across and 
weighed 1 fb, 12 ozs. The clump 
at the right was 14 inches across 
and weighed 2 lbs., 5 ozs. In the 
bottom cut we show the divisions 
cut from these same clumps. The 
top row was cut from the clump 
shown at the left above. You will 
note that there were nine good 
divisions including the “mother” 
root (shown at left end) of which 
five would trim out as No. 1 salable 
roots, the balance being classed as 
seconds and saved for use in our 
own planting. The bottom row 
shows thirteen divisions including 
the “mother” root cut from the 
right hand clump above. Of these, 
six roots would trim out as No. 1 
salable stock, and the balance 
would go into seconds or plant¬ 
ing stock. Note that every one 
of these roots, both the No. 1 and 
second grade, is plump and firm, 
has a sound neck and good eye, 
and not one will fail to make a 
husky plant with lots of vitality 
.—stronger and better in every 
way than can be grown from 
excessively large roots such as 
would be grown on heavier soil. 
At the date of this writing 
(Aug. 20, 1937) our plants look 
better than they did at digging 
time last year, and with a good 
rain last night and with several 
weeks yet to go, we believe we 
sJiall harvest this year not only 
the largest, but also the finest 
crop we have every produced. 
We are sure your customers will 
be more than pleased with the 
stock you send them. 
