DAHLIA SEED 
It costs no more to grow plants from the best seed 
than the poorest. 
We have grown dahlia seed for over twenty years 
and it has been our ambition to offer our customers 
the very best seed that can be produced. 
The seed we offer this year is as fine as can be had 
at any price. 
Each year we test the seed from new named varieties 
and also seedlings of our own. Those that prove to be 
good seed parents and produce good offspring are 
planted in our exhibition garden, where all of our 
seed is produced. 
With us 1941 has been a most favorable year for seed. 
Many of the finest new varieties that seldom seed are 
producing this year. We also have a number of fine new 
tested seed parents of our own that are giving us a good 
supply of seed. The best of these are hand pollinated. 
Seed from these are put into our best grade which is 
listed as “SELECTED DAHLIA SEED.” 
We test our seed both for germination and quality 
of blooms. Our 1941 tests have given us a wealth of fine 
flowers, among them are a number that have been 
marked as prospects for future introductions. 
Many dahlias that are now in commerce have been 
produced by our customers — from seed purchased 
from us. 
We receive numerous letters each year from custom- 
ers telling us of the fine results they have had from 
our seed. 
You, too, can have a yard full of fine dahlias and at 
a comparatively low cost. Each packet of seed should 
give you at least from 60 to 75 plants—and you, too, 
may produce dahlias that are worthy of a name—and 
fine enough to be offered commercially. 
Dahlias grown from seed produce full size bushes 
and flower freely the first year. These plants produce 
clumps of tubers that can be divided and planted the 
following year. 
Dahlia seed of all types is best started in flats. Febru- 
ary is good planting time in California, March or April 
where frosts last longer. Some of the seeds will sprout 
in a week or ten days, others take five or six weeks. Six 
weeks will be required to grow the plants big enough 
to set out—after all danger from frost is over. 

SELECTED DAHLIA SEED 
Large Flowering 
Gathered from the finest varieties and the best known seed 
parents. 
50: seedsteete ee ee eee Pkt. $1.50 
TOO. seeds2 ee 2 eee ee. Pkt. 2.50 
CHOICE DAHLIA SEED 
Large Flowering 
Gathered late from good seed parents. These will give a large 
percentage of fully double blooms. 
LOO gseed sxc2 pp) es oe Pkt. $1.00 
DWARF BEDDING TYPE 
SALBACH RE-SELECTIONS—One of the most outstanding of 
all recent seed offerings, being ideal for bedding, fine for cutting, 
and having a long blooming period. Unusually effective in the 
garden, as is evidenced by the colorful display at Treasure Island 
in both 1939 and 1940. Single and semi-double flowers on plants 
12 to 20 inches high. Good keepers, invaluable in small bouquets, 
and ‘striking in the garden. Especially desirable for massing. Can 
be planted a foot apart. Seed germinates easily. Plants bloom the 
first year from seed, and produce tubers—that can be plantéd the 
next season. 100 (or more) seeds to packet. 
Special XXXX Mixture—Selected from the finest and most florif- 
erous plants. 
100+seed see ee eee Pkt. 50c 
Choice Selection 
100 Nseeds:-c ee oe ee ee Pkt. 25c 
POMPON DAHLIA SEED 
Pompon dahlias are the small “button” dahlias. While the 
seed of these do not give 100% pompons, it gives a large 
percentage of attractive “button” dahlias. Besides pom- 
pons, these seeds usually produce a number of duplex 
dahlias (small flowers with two or three petals), and often 
attractive miniature dahlias. 
50 seeds. eee ea Pkt. 50c 
MINIATURE DAHLIA SEED 
Miniature dahlias are from 21% to 314 inches in diameter 
and are cactus, semi-cactus and decorative in form. They 
are very popular as cut flowers for home and for florists. 
We have a very fine strain of seeds. 
LOOk:seeds ee ee Pkt. 50c 
COLLARETTE DAHLIA SEED 
Collarette dahlias are single 214 to 4 inches with a small 
inner collar of narrow fluted petals often a different color 
around the seed disk. They are very unusual and inter- 
esting for cutting. 
100 :seeds.2.. ee eee Pkt. 50c 

22 CARL SALBACH 
