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pendability, and we believe that by 
placing them through this channel 
their popularity will be renewed and 
within a few years seedsmen will 
find it almost necessary to include 
them in their lists even if they are 
omitted now. 
We are also listing a number of 
the newer Honor Roll Dahlias this 
year, and as we had promised our 
customers, there are offered at prices 
made as low as possible considering 
quantity of them available. As they 
are produced in greater quantities, 
naturally these prices will become 
lower. 
Most of our seed house customers 
depend largely upon us to suggest 
varieties suitable for their list. In 
making such suggestions we consider 
not only the quantity of stock avail¬ 
able, but also the lists of varieties 
which are being used by other cus¬ 
tomers, thereby avoiding duplications 
as far as possible. We regard your 
interests as; of vital importance to 
ourselves because our business de¬ 
pends entirely upon yours. If you 
don’t sell Dahlias tO' your customers, 
you certainly won’t buy them from 
us. That’s why we want your list to 
include only such varieties as v/e 
are sure will sell and give satisfac¬ 
tion when sold. 
Did you ever notice when driving 
through the country that most of 
the Dahlias grown in the farmer’s 
gardens are of the older varieties, 
and mostly of the ball types? And 
doesn’t it seem certain that these 
Dahlias have been bought somewhere 
at some time? Did you sell them, 
or did they come from your com¬ 
petitor? 
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Every year we have many requests 
for ’ prices on undivided clumps of 
Dahlias. To these inquiries we wish 
to state that we do not sell or offer 
for sale undivided clumps at any 
time. We have ample storage space 
for our entire crop, and all clumps 
are cut to one-eye divisions ready 
for planting when offered for sale. 
All our cutting is done with knives, 
not shears, and there is no haggling 
or bruising of root crowns, and every 
root is stamned with varietal num.ber 
before gcir.g into our stock rooms, 
thus avoiding any possibility of roots 
i.ecoming mixed in handling. 
Mixed Dahlias and Pompons 
MIXED DAHLIAS 
$2. per Hundred, $15. per Thousand 
MIXED—Each season at planting time we reserve a 
limited number of roots of each of our leading varieties 
for filling late orders. At the close of the season all 
that are left of these are thrown into one lot and planted 
as mixed. These roots as well as rogues, which are dug 
from our fields before our regular digging starts and 
surplus lots in our regular list are all used in this; lot, 
making a well balanced assortment of types and colors 
which should sell readily at 10 roots for $1. 
Where desired we can pack 10 mixed dahlias in two- 
section corrugated box, size 6x6x2with cultural 
directions included, packed ready for mailing at 20c per 
box. Approximate shipping weight per box I Vz lbs. 
This box is a very ready seller at $1. 
$2.50 per Hundred, $20. per Thousand 
Named varieties, each variety properly labelled, our 
selection of varieties and types, customer’s choice of 
color so far as possible, but not guaranteed. In this lot 
we include standard varieties; which are especially 
suitable for counter trade of Department Stores, etc., 
at 10c retail—such varieties as will stand the frequent 
handling, exposure, etc., to which such stock on open 
counter is subject, and yet will prove most satisfactory 
to customers. 
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POMPONS 
We are growing quite a large number of Pompon 
Dahlias this year, but most of our stock was obtained 
from other growers and much of it is so ibadly mixed that 
it shows the truly deplorable state of the stock of this 
particular type of dahlia as generally found among even 
the most careful growers. We are therefore listing only 
such varieties as are 100% clean this season, and will 
withhold others until they can be verified through 
another season’s growing. 
$5. per Hundred, $40. per Thousand 
All varieties in this eroup 4c each if Reservation 
Order is placed in Fall, or if order in Spring! amounts 
to $25. or more. 
Amber Queen (P) Apricot and amber 
Ariel (P) Buff tinted orange 
Bobby (P) Purplish maroon or plum 
Catherine (P) Bright yellow 
Challenge (P) Variegated red and white 
Darkest of All (P) Deep maroon 
Dee Dee (P) Lilac lavender 
Dr. Jim (P) Purple shaded white 
Fairy (Min) Tiny Jersey’s Beauty pink 
Fashion (P) Bronze 
Ganymede (P) Fawn pink 
Golden Queen (P) Deep yellow 
Joe Fette (P) White 
Little Herman (P) Red and w^hite 
Little Jewel (Min) Delice pink 
Raphael (P) Dark maroon 
Red Indian (P) Deep coral red 
Rosa Wilmouth (P) Rosy pink 
Snowclad (P) White 
Sunbeam (P) Red 
Yellow Gem (P) Light yellow 
