
Dahlias, are a wonderful hobby, it keeps you outdoors. 

BALL DAHLIAS » 
MARSHALL KERNOCHAN (Fio- 
retti-Parrella)—Ball dahlia. In 
introducing this fine dahlia we 
are herewith giving the exact 
description received at the Ohio 
Valley Trial Ground, with a 
score of 85. Color, carmine. 
Flowering habit, prolific. Date 
of first bloom, August 20th. Cut- 
ting length of stem, 24” x 30”. 
Strong, erect, good proportion. 
Flowers facing up to half fac- 
ing. Habit of growth, tall, erect 
and branching. Health very 
good. Height, 5 ft. Blooms, 3%” 
x 3”. Substance, good. Re- 
marks—best red ball to date. A 
Prize Winner where it was 
shown. Also won First Prize at 
the New York World’s Fair in 
1940. First Prize at the Peek- 
skill Show in 1941, First and 
Special at the A. D. S. Show 
in New York, 1941. An Honor 
Roll Dahlia. 

Roots $1.50 
MARSHALL KERNOCHAN 
A. D. LIVONI—Soft pink. Root 50c LEAH PEARL — Pink and Cream. 
DUSKY—Dark red. Root $1.00 Rooks 3108 
—Dark red. Roat $1. 
SUPT. AMHYRNW—Clear: rose 
MARY HELEN —-Yellow. Roots 75c pink. Root 50c 
MAUD ADAM — Clear shell pink. RED CHIEF —Red. Root $1.75 
Root 50c WHITE CAPS. Root $1.00 
CHARLOTTE CALDWELL—Orchard Carol. Root 50c¢ 
BLACKBALL ( Hulin)—The darkest dahlia we know of and a perfect Ball. 
Profuse bloomer on good long stems. Root $2.50 
FRANCES HAMILTON ARCHER, Giant Ball (DeGrado-Premier)—Here is one 
of those new giant Ball Dahlias that grows to 6 inches in diameter with 
ordinary culture but may be grown even larger through forcing. It is a 
fitting companion flower to Alice J., but is much more floriferous. Color is 
a beautiful lavender violet. Roots $3.50 Plants $1.75 
JUST A FEW OF OUR MANY TESTIMONIALS 
Elizabethtown, Pa. 
June 18, 1947 
Parre'la Dahlia Gardens: 
These few lines to inform you that the Dahlia p!ants I got from you were the largest that 
I have ever gotten. Sweet Lavender has a bloom. Will want a 1948 catalogue. 
Wibdse, Af, Wate 
Lafayette, La. 
Mr. Albert Parrella: November 20, 1947 
Dear Sir and Friend: 
In retrospect kindly allow ma to render an account of my stewardship in my Dahlia Garden 
this past season—altho it was a very hard growing one, the hottest and dryest that we had in 
many years, but regardless of the attack by Red Spider we grew some gorgeous ones; special 
reference to your Ogden Reid; you know when a fellow'ecan cut over 1 dozen blooms off one 
bush, blooms that would be  wortl'y of any man’s. show, that’s going some; in fact they took 
the eye of all that visited our garden. Ne SOW, 

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