Golden Rule Dahlia Farm , Lebanon , Ohio 
JEAN KERR. A not very large white but until 1938 it was the only white we 
could rely on to produce unspotted blooms for cutting in July, August and September. 
(87) Roots $0.35 
*KENTUCKY SUN. Yellow exhibition dahlia. The writer had the pleasure of 
judging at Madison, Ind. last fall with the originator, Roy White, of Louisville, who 
was quite proud of the prizes Kentucky Sun was receiving, and justly so; for it is 
the best exhibition yellow formal to date. (87) Plants $1.50 
MARIE. Clear pink. Good pinks are scarce and this one combines vigor, profusion 
of bloom with a good clump of roots. (86) Roots $0.50 
MARYLAND’S PIONEER. A unique and beautiful shade of cerise red in a 
large flower. Roots $1.50 —Plants $0.75 
MISS INDIANA. A medium sized shell pink and one of the most lasting when 
cut that I know of. The joke was on Dr. White when he discovered on Saturday 
night about eight that he had forgotten to put water in his huge basket of Miss 
Indiana, which was probably the most outstanding piece in the Cincinnati show. 
However, the flowers had not yet wilted, after being dry for ten hours or so. (85) 
Roots $1.00 —Plants $0.50 
MODERN TIMES. Orange tipped white. Bicolors seem now to be more popular 
than ever. This is a good one. (85) Plants $1.00 
*OAKLEIGH MONARCH. A large beautiful crimson, not only of finest quality for 
cutting and exhibition but a fine thrifty grower producing many blooms. The best of 
all large reds. (89) Roots $1.50 —Plants $0.75 
*PURPLE MIST. A soft purple with a misty sheen. Large and of finest form. (85) 
Roots $3.00 —Plants $1.00 
QUEEN CITY, Scarlet pink, a ball type formal. In cut flower markets, wherever 
it is offered in some quantity florists acquainted with Queen City pronounce it defi¬ 
nitely superior to Jersey’s Beauty as a florists’ dahlia. From our farm it comprises 
the great bulk of our cut blooms from early July till frost. (90) 
Roots $1.00 —Plants $0.50 
RAINBOW’S END. Such a close blend of red and gold that it seems an orange. 
A fine large flower with excellent habit and fine stems. (86) 
Roots $0.75 —Plants $0.50 
SALADINI. A very old dahlia and a bright orange. This was one of the first 
varieties that, back in the nineteen twenties, made us wonder why we couldn’t have 
more dahlias that produced flowers dependably through all sorts of seasons: from 
such observations grew the present group of Golden Rule Introductions. Saladini is 
a living testimonial to the greatness of our old friend, Bessie Boston. (86) 
Roots $0.35 
*SARACEN. A beautiful medium purple of largest size and best qualities of 
bush and flower. We introduced this last year and when we read the reports of those 
who grew it were amazed. You see, growing dahlias on open farm land does not 
realize their greatest beauty. It takes the protected situations and richer soils of the 
private gardens. We now believe that Saracen is the greatest of all purple formals 
as well as the biggest, (86) Roots $3.50 —Plants $1.25 
^SCARLET JERSEY’S BEAUTY. Cardinal red, a true scarlet. It is early, free 
and keeps right on blooming. (87) Roots $2.00 —Plants $0.75 
VOLCANO. Huge bronze or golden apricot. At New York last fall an assembly 
of twenty-five blooms of Volcano was one of the finest pieces at the show and held 
up the best. This dahlia is one of the best examples of the truth of the statement 
that the Ohio Valley is the best of all trial grounds for dahlias. Volcano is very 
vigorous and free, producing good roots. (87) Roots $3.50 —Plants $1.25 
*WHITE ABUNDANCE. A white of good size and a very welcome addition to* 
our farm plantings, for it gives us large white cut flowers when most needed and in 
quantities. (88) Roots $1.00 —Plants $0.50 
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