DAHLIADEL NURSERIES 
Miss Elsie Jane 
SEMI-CACTUS DAHLIAS—Cont’d 
MISS ELSIE JANE (Dahliadel 86C 85E), Bloom 6 
x 4, Bush 5 ft. This variety is continuing to win 
on the exhibition table, especially in the basket and 
arrangement classes as it is just about the most ar¬ 
tistically formed dahlia we have ever seen. In color, 
too, it is unique, being a shrimp pink with cream 
shadings at center and tipped violet rose, a fine and 
useful color combination. Blooms are uniform and 
by disbudding can easily be produced 6x4 inches 
in quantities from early until the end of the season. 
Certified at Storrs. We heartily recommend it for 
sheer beauty, floriferousness, long wiry stems, and 
usefulness. Roots, .75; Plants, .50 
MIRIAM HOPKINS (Cordes-Eastman 84E), 1936, 
Bloom 12 x 5, Bush 6 ft. A seedling of Amelia 
Earhart and quite similar in color although of a 
rather loose and shaggy formation. A real giant in 
size. Color, soft salmon pink with carmine suffusion. 
Tall, robust bushes. Roots, $1.50; Plants, .75 
REICHARDT’S MASTERPIECE (Reichardt 82C), 
Bloom 7 x 3, Bush 3 ft. Clear canary yellow with 
soft lilac shadings toward the tips. Although the 
centers are not always full, the stems are strong and 
erect and it is a good grower. .75 
Potash-Fed Dahlias 
The Dahlia in its conquest for popularity is spread¬ 
ing its scope of usefulness in the show room and in 
the garden now that varieties are available which 
are easier to grow, produce more flowers over a long 
er period, and are less temperamental in adverse 
weather conditions. 
“Potash Fed Dahlias” is not only an established 
trade name, but a modern and successful method of 
growing dahlias so that they are literally alive with 
energy, assuring you of success. In South Jersey with 
its long growing season, well ripened stock can be 
produced that will give the best possible results. We 
have found that dahlias grown in light soil for a per¬ 
iod of from one to three years will do wonderfully 
well when moved to heavier soil conditions with no 
time lost for acclimation. 
Most important of all is the health of stock from 
which your plants or roots were grown. This condi¬ 
tion has its direct effect on the results obtained; for 
an unhealthy plant cannot take up potash, or any 
other element of plant food, in sufficient quantities 
while in this condition. Hence, a dahlia must be 
healthy first before it can be Potash-Fed. 
SCORING DAHLIAS 
To simplify classification to size and use of the 
dahlia, we have scored all varieties grown at Dahliadel 
Nurseries according to our new score card found on 
page 35 and used the letter S for small dahlias norm¬ 
ally growing 3% to 4" or less, classified as minia¬ 
tures; C for cut flowers or medium size blooms grow¬ 
ing normally from 4" to 7" or 8", and E for exhibi¬ 
tion blooms of over 7 ". Therefore, if a variety is 
useful as a commercial cut flower and also can be 
grown to large size for exhibition it will be scored 
twice for example, 84C, 86E, meaning that it is a very 
good cut flower but is still better for exhibition. 
Commercial varieties growing under 7" in most 
cases are very desirable for basket work in dahlia 
shows and are suitable for exhibition in the medium 
or commercial class designated as Class B, in dahlia 
shows using the new A.D.S. Classification. E (exhi¬ 
bition varieties) designated as Class A, are winners on 
the exhibition table, having qualities that score high 
in competitive judging, with size, form, stem and color 
predominating. The size of bloom is indicated in 
inches and height of bush in feet. 
This catalog goes into forty foreign countries, and 
we have shipped Potash-Fed Dahlias into nineteen of 
these where they have made a host of friends. 
PRICE VS. QUALITY 
There are dahlias offered at lower prices than ours 
and we realize it is a temptation to buy at as low a 
figure as possible, as you want to get as much as 
you can for your money; but to have 100% success, 
you must have the best stock that can be produced. 
Buying inferior stock at low cost is not an economi¬ 
cal way to buy and seldom is the way to success. 
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