DAHLIADEL NURSERIES 
Miss Ohio 
INCURVED CACTUS DAHLIAS 
MISS OHIO (Frank 85C), 1937, Bloom 7 x 5 Bush 
5 ft. Winner of a Derrill W. Hart Memorial Medal 
and American Home Achievement Medal. The 
blooms are very uniform, full and complete. Color, 
lilac suffused deep rose pink. Stems very long and 
erect. Fine for cutting especially when disbudded. 
viWhen not disbudded bushes are a mass of blooms 
5 y2 X 4". Foliage dark and healthy. Certified at 
Storrs and a variety we highly recommend. 
Roots, $1.00; Pot Roots, .65; Plants, .50 
AMERICAN TRIUMPH (American D. F. 84E), 
Bloom 8 X 4, Bush 5 ft. Color, oi'iental or bright, 
clear red. Blooms, with high full centers, are held 
on long, straight stems. Petals are decidedly in¬ 
curved when flower is fully developed. Has won a 
great number of awards in flower shows and is a 
good keeper. A difficult plant to gi’ow as it is par- 
ticularily susceptible to thrip and leaf hopper injury. 
Roots, .35 
BERNICE GEER (Ruschmohr 84E), Bloom 8x5, 
Bush 5 ft. Deep rose pink with old rose suffusion. 
High, full centers. Free bloomer with strong stems. 
Award of Honor, Georgia, 1937. 
Roots, $3.00; Plants, $1.00 
GOLDEN STANDARD (Downs 85E), Bloom 9x5, 
Bush 4 5/2 ft. A warm buff shaded amber and gold. 
Very pleasing in form with full centers and evenly 
arranged petals. Like a number of other Incurved 
Cactus dahlias at times it is inclined to be Straight. 
Bush is a good open grower. Good stem holds flow¬ 
er at right angle, showing up well when exhibited. 
A steady prize winner. Roots, .50 
INSPIRATION (Ballego 84C), Bloom 7 x 3 5^, Bush 
6 ft. Light lemon yellow with pointed petals. 
Strong, stiff stems. Very poor root maker. Roots, .50 
LEIDEN’S ELEGANCE (Ballego 84C), Bloom 7 x 
3 J/ 2 , Bush 5 ft. A light cardinal in this blass is wel¬ 
come and especially one with long, erect stems. 
Good form and does well under ordinary culture. 
Fine for florists’ use. Roots, .35 
LILAC GLORY (Ballego 85C), Bloom 6 x 2 >4, Bush 
4 !/^ ft. One of our prettiest Cactus dahlias. Color, 
soft violet rose with silver shadings. Stems are slen¬ 
der but strong and erect, making it ideal for baskets 
and arrangements. Blooms early and continuously. 
Roots, .35 
MASCOTTE (Bruidegom 85C), Bloom 7 x 3 J/^, Bush 
5 ft. A novelty from Holland of deep rose color 
with yellow suffusion at center. Won silver cup as 
best Dutch novelty in 1937. Long, wiry stems and 
sturdy bush. Petals revolute and are very narrow. 
Plants, .50 
MME. GEO. PEZANT (Foreign 85E), Bloom 8x4, 
Bush 4 ft. A truly Incurved Cactus, distinctive in 
form and color. A bright blood red with lighter re¬ 
verse showing occasionally at tips. Long strong 
stems, rugged foliage and a good bloomer. Great 
favorite with our visitors. Does best late in the 
season, or with partial shade. Plants, .50 
PINK SPIRAL (Bruidegom 85C), Bloom 7x4, Bush 
4 ft. A dainty attractive color combination of 
peach blossom pink with yellow at the center that is 
very pleasing. Bush grows well and stems are excel¬ 
lent. Blooms very artistic in form. 
Roots, .50; Pot Roots, .35 
RED SPIDER (Dahliadel), Bloom 9x5, Bush 5 ft. 
A true English Cactus. It is a strong grower, 
branches nicely and blooms profusely. In compari¬ 
son with a number of our finely quilled English Cac¬ 
tus this dahlia has a fairly good stem, some blooms 
facing while a few tip some. Roots, $1.00; Plants, .50 
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ROYAL PURCHASE (Salem 85E), Bloom 10 x 5, 
Bush 4'/^ ft. This shaggy Incurved Cactus is really 
massive enough to go with the Semi-Cactus dahlias. 
However, the long slender petals twist and turn but 
revolute sufficiently to place it in the Cactus Class. 
Color, straw yellow outer petals suffused pink. A 
good early bloomer. Deep, full blooms held well out 
of the foliage. 
Roots, $1.00; Pot Roots, .65; Plants, .50 
SLEEPY HOLLOW j(Cuyahoga 85E), Bloom 9x5, 
Bush 6 ft. This winner of the Dahlia Futurity for 
1938 is a pure pink with a white center, borne on 
long, strong steins, and attracted a great deal of 
attention in the show rooms. Won first in the Cac¬ 
tus Class in New York, besides numerous Firsts and 
Specials elsewhere. Plants, $1.00 
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SON OF SATAN (Slocum 85E), Bloom 11 x 5, Bush 
5 ft. This variety is an improvement over Satan as 
it is a bright scarlet and has stronger stems. Al¬ 
though the petals revolute sufficiently to bring it 
into the Incurved Cactus Class, under varied condi¬ 
tions it will develop into a Semi-Cactus. 
Roots, $2.00; Plants, .75 
Varieties on this as weil as other pages in this 
catalog are the same form bloom as illustration 
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