Normal plants, normal 
bloom bloom the first year 
from seed. 
■ 
ELIZABETH MILLS CAL¬ 
KINS, GRACE HOUSTON, 
DR. AURELIA REIN¬ 
HARDT were grown by ama¬ 
teurs from our seed. 
“I didn’t di’eam such gor¬ 
geous blooms could be grown 
from seed.”—South Carolina. 
Our customers have won an 
Achievement Medal, four 
Storrs A. D. S. Trial Grounds 
Awards, and many other 
prizes from our seed. 
“The sensation of the en¬ 
tire town” is the report on 
one dahlia grown from Sal- 
bach seed. Another reports 
being awarded “first prize as 
most beautiful dahlia in the 
show”, and a third to grow 
our seed writes, “Mr. 
the dahlia man from . . . . 
. . . ., Ohio, is trying his best 
to get us to sell him some of 
the bulbs.” 
Our up-to-date listing of 
the finest Dahlias assures us 
a seeding “stud” that is un¬ 
excelled. 
“From your “100 seed col¬ 
lection,” I raised 89 beautiful 
dahlias, of which no two were 
alike.” — California. 
Late in the season, even the 
best varieties come with open 
centers. Only the mild 
warmth of our late Septem¬ 
ber and early October Indian 
summer will permit such 
varieties to pollenize. Hence 
many of our seeds come from 
parents which do not set seed 
elsewhere. 
“I not only won first, but 
second and third from seed¬ 
lings of your seed.” 
— Virginia. 
Besides giving you Dahlia 
plants at a cost of only about 
one to three cents each, you 
may grow one or more new 
varieties worth $50, $100, or 
$200 each from a single 
packet of seed. 
DAHLIA 
You can grow your own $ 1 0.00 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. 
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 
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 
from these 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. 
The five dahlias pictured on this page 
are first year seedlings shown as they 
actually bloomed the first season. 
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