KUNZMAN'S, Dahlias, New Albany, Indiana 3 

If you are in the habit of buying only the currently popular, newest 
fad'' varieties, at fancy prices, we sincerely believe you are missing 
the greatest satisfaction in dahlia growing. Dahlias do not deteriorate 
or go out of style—and a variety that is outstanding and worthy 
enough to gain and hold recognition for season after season is just 
as beautiful now as when it was introduced at a high price. In fact, 
when you buy old varieties that are still popular you are sure of 
getting really good varieties that live up to their reputations—that will 
grow vigorously and bloom freely. These varieties hold their places 
year after year, even gaining in popularity, while thousands of new 
names appear at enormous prices and much ballyhoo and in a year 
or two are discarded and forgotten forever. 
How many hundreds of varieties are introduced each year? Of 
this great number, how many are even remembered five years after 
they are put on the market—at a monstrous price, and with a lengthy 
description that would make even Hollywood's adjectives seem_ in- 
adequate? When you buy a new variety on the strength of its record 
at the shows, or its Honor Roll rating, your chances are many-to-one 
that its performance and response to your care will be a disappointment, 
and that its popularity will be only transient. 
Our roots are field-grown, without any stimulant or fertilizer of any 
kind. This makes them productive and thrifty—producing an abundance 
of bloom under the most ordinary conditions and without coddling or 
pampering of any kind. If you grow for exhibition, see how these 
thrifty, unfertilized roots will respond to the extra care given them, 
rewarding you with Blue Ribbon blooms that will gain recognition 
in any show. 
We have found only one sure way of labelling roots; that is to use 
an indelible pencil, writing or printing the name on a dampened root. 
In this way there is no label to be lost, and many times the name on 
the root is still legible after the root has been planted a whole season 
and dug in the Fall. Almost any soft indelible pencil will do for this, 
but if you wish we can supply three for 25c—with orders only, please. 
Dahlia roots received before you are ready to plant MUST be 
protected from drying air by covering them with soil, sand, peat or 
other mulch material. 
Order early—many varieties will be sold out, later. 
When ordering, we'll appreciate it very much if you'll make a 
list (on the back of order-sheet) of the varieties from which we may 
substitute in the event that some you order are sold out. We'll choose 
varieties from your list that are equal or higher in value than those 
that are unavailable. 
For those of you who are amateurs in growing dahlias, we offer 
the following hints: 
DAHLIA DON'TS: 
Don't plant too early—never until the ground is warm. 
Don't water when planting; or later, unless absolutely necessary. 
Don't plant near a building or wall. 
Don't fertilize unless your ground is extremely poor. 
Don't ‘air’ your clumps before putting away for the winter. 
Don't allow over an inch or so of stem to remain on each clump when 
digging. 
Don't divide your clumps until shortly before planting time. Let them 
sprout first, so that you'll know where to cut, 
DAHLIA DO'S: 
Do store your roots in sand, soil or peat moss, to protect against drying 
air. 
Do examine your roots during the winter. Cut off any rot that should 
develop, and dust the cut portion with sulfur. 
Do keep the soil worked around your dahlia plants. 
Do pinch or cut the top out of each plant when it is 12 to 15 inches 
high. This will encourage lower growing, making stakes un- 
necessary. 
Do keep old blooms and seed pods trimmed off. 
Do follow these simple instructions, and you'll be rewarded with beauti- 
ful blooms all during the season, and harvest fine vigorous roots 
that will keep well over winter. 
