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“SUPER DAHLIA SEED” 
Have you been looking for an outstanding dahlia, that you would like to 
name after yourself, or some beloved friend? If you have, then I have the seed 
from which these beauties can be raised, as can be attested to by the many 
visitors to my gardens the past season. 
My seed is hand picked and selected from over 300 varieties of Honor 
Roll dahlias, in my gardens, and it is for this reason, and this reason only, that 
I can give the following GUARANTEE, that more than 50% of these will 
show full, double and tight centers, and that among these you will get some 
that are as good, if not better, than any outstanding variety you have in your 
garden, no matter what they are. 
50 Seeds $3.00 Net 100 Seeds $5.00 Net 
SPECIAL OFFER 
_ Our SPECIAL OFFER in the past years have met with such great popu- 
larity with our customers that we are continuing with same. 
We have only changed it so that our customers may select the variety they 
would like best. With any retail order amounting from $5 to $10, you may 
Select 10% additional stock FREE. From $10 to $20 you may select 
15% additional stock FREE. From $20 to $30 you may select 20% additional 
stock FREE. From $30 or more you may select 30% additional stock FREE. 
With any order amounting to less than $5.00, we usually include an extra 
root free. 
These offers do not include our Special Combinations. Seeds, Trade Discounts 
and Varieties marked net, 
IMPORTANT: All our new introductions are GUARANTEED to be true 
to description, if proven otherwise, we will gladly refund the full amount paid 
for same. 
JUST A FEW OF OUR MANY TESTIMONIALS 
New Iberia, Louisiana, May 11th, 1940 
Dear Mr. Parrella: 
It had been my intention to write you a full report on the various specimens, but due to an 
unprecedented rainfall all during the growing and maturing season, I would say that my crop of 
fine dahlias was almost a failure, although persons seeing them did not agree with me. However, 
there is one thing that I want to tell you about and I think it is worth mentioning anywhere and 
at any time, and that is the beautiful dahlia you gave me—your own Margie Parrella. That plant 
performed nobly. In spite of the heavy rainfall, it withstood everything and I never have seen a 
prettier white dahlia. It is perfect. It demonstrated its hardiness under adverse conditions and its 
beauty is unquestioned and unexcelled. Please congratulate Miss Margie on having such a wonderful 
flower named for her. ASC. B: 
Paintsville, Kentucky 
Dear Mr. Parrella: 
The dahlia clumps were returned to you last week and I am just now getting around to 
reporting on them. It has been a real pleasure to try them and have an opportunity to show the 
public some of those you are putting on the Market. Seedling S. M. 37-19 now named MAGIC 
PRINCE has drawn more comments than any other dahlia in my plantings this past season. The 
color is something unusual, quite different in shade from any other and was unaffected by sun, heat 
or rain. The stems are of excellent length and strong and wiry although slender. Unlike so many 
dahlias being sent out it is not a shy bloomer but carried a fine crop throughout the season. Blooms 
are remarkably uniform in size and quantity. Height around 6 feet. Foliage good, growth open 
and upright. R. 
Brooklyn, N. Y¥., November 22nd, 1940 
Dear Mr. Parrella: 
Am writing to let you know how my dahlia bulbs turned out, they were beautiful. I had one 
that did not sprout and that was Hunt’s Velvet Wonder. I would like to know if I send for 
another collection in the spring, if they would be different from the ones I got this spring, for I 
would not want the same, and I would like to know if you have seeds of the Chryspopcan. M. S. 

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