WHICH? 
In the ahove cut we show at the 
left hand side the division as separ¬ 
ated from clump. You will note that 
the eye is attached to figure 245; 
figure 246 has no eye and neck is 
cracked just below the crown. This 
part of the division is absolutely 
worthless and could only serve to 
make the division seem larger. Figure 
247 shows the division trimmed ready 
for shipment. Note that all unneces¬ 
sary parts of the division, including 
the fiberous roots and long tails are 
trimmed off leaving a clean, strong. 
plump, healthy root with a sound 
neck and good eye ready for plant¬ 
ing. The cut is about one-third actual 
size, the finished tuber, figure 247, 
having been about 4^4 inches long 
and weighing 1^4 ounces, or just 
about half what the original division 
weighed. To those who are used to 
buying their dahlias untrimmed our 
roots seem small, but why pay pos¬ 
tage on unnecessary parts of roots 
and why send out stock that is un¬ 
finished in appearance any more than 
you would send out a peach or apple 
tree with the trunk untrimmed or 
unstripped of side shoots? 
If you want to compare ordinary 
stock with ours, take the roots of 
same and trim it up as we do, then 
lay the two divisions side by side. 
And at the same time note that this 
extra trimming means considerably 
more work in the matter of prepar¬ 
ing stock which we give you without 
extra cost because we believe your 
customers will be better satisfied 
with such stock. 
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