



Winged Victory 
FORMAL DECORATIVE 
~ DAHLIAS—Continued 
AVALANCHE (Australia 85A), Bloom 9 x 6, Bush 4 
ft. This pure white is very attractive and promising. 
We believe it will be widely grown when more plen- 
tiful. Strong stems. Bush healthy. 
Root, $3.00; Plant, $1.50 
BLUE JERSEY (85B), Bloom 61% x 4, Bush 614 ft. 
Tyrian pink to light mallow purple. A sport of 
Jersey Beauty with all of its parent’s good qualities. 
Root, .50 
COMM. GEO. C. WARREN (Knight-Premier 85A), 
1948, Bloom 11 x 6, Bush 5 ft. Citron yellow. Sturdy 
plant with heavy insect resistant foliage. Dudley’s 
Honor Roll. Cert. at Rutgers. Plant, $3.00 
HASLEROVA (Svajner 85B), Bloom 7'% x 4, Bush 
4 ft. Delicate lavender, almost white, flecked and 
spotted French purple, with color variations. Stem, 
foliage and bush growth very satisfactory. A  strik- 
ing variegated dahlia. Root, .75 
JANINE (Comstock 844A), Bloom 9 x 5, Bush 51% ft. 
Mauve shaded Tyrian rose. An early strong grower. 
Easy to grow, and very profuse. Root, .75 
JERSEY BEAUTY (Waite 85B), Bloom 64% x 4, 
Bush 6'% ft. This beautiful pink is undoubtedly 
the most universally grown dahlia. Is still ‘‘the” 
Perfect form, long stems, excel- 
lent keeper and profuse. Root, .50 
KENTUCKY (Castlewood 85B), Bloom 6'% x 4, 
Bush 61% ft. Jersey Beauty pink with yellow and 
gold blended in, making its general effect salmon 
pink. Same ideal characteristics as Jersey Beauty. 
Good for cutting, and very popular. Root, .50 
KING PETER II (85B), Bloom 6 x 4, Bush 4 ft. The 
base color is white with the tip of each petal over- 
laid soft phlox purple. A very striking and attractive 
color combination. Decidedly different. 
Root, $1.00; Pot Root, .75; Plant, .50 
commercial pink. 
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DAHLIADEL NURSERIES 
Grow + 
Potash Fed 
= DAHLUIAS 
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LINK’S BLUE TRIUMPH (Link-Premier 85A), 
Bloom 10 x 4'%, Bush 4 ft. <A seedling of Blue 
River, somewhat larger. Color mauve with phlox 
purple veinings. Good stiff stems and heavy insect- 
resistant foliage. A prize winner. Root, .75 
LOIS WALCHER (Walcher-Geneva 84B), Bloom 7 
x 4, Bush 4!% ft. True purple with outer third of 
petals clear white. A bi-color which has won six 
Achievement Medals, and certified at O.V.D.A. and 
KE. Lansing. Sturdy growth, and good stems. Blooms 
sometimes smaller. Root, $1.00 NET; Plant, .50 
MAJOR VIERS (Viers-Rocky River 84A), 1947, 
Bloom 10 x 6, Bush 4 ft. Empire yellow with rose 
suffusion. Achievement Medals at Cleveland and 
East Liverpool. A strong rugged grower. 
Root, $4.00; Plant, $2.00 
PINK PROFUSION (Cordes-Dahliadel 84), Bloom 
7 x 4, Bush 4!% ft. Intense salmon pink edged 
deep rose pink, which develops a cream center as it 
fully opens. Perfect center, sturdy growth, and 
glossy foliage. Fine for cutting. Root, $1.00 
SCARLET BLAZE (Wolfe 85B), 1947, Bloom 7 x 5, 
Bush 4 ft. Has been described as a scarlet Jersey 
Beauty. Color really is an Indian orange. Excel- 
lent high center, good substance and petals turn 
back to stem. Good for cutting and exhibition. 
Root, $3.00; Plant, $1.50 
SPARKLER (Tooker 85B), 1947, Bloom 8 x 5, Bush 
5 ft. Clear pale lemon yellow. Strong erect stems. 
Thick petals of good substance. Profuse bloomer. 
Dudley’s Honor Roll. Plant, $1.50 
THE GOVERNOR (Berwick-Dahliadel 854), Bloom 
11 x 6, Bush 5'% ft. Bright sulphur yellow. Ex- 
cellent form, with long broad petals going back to 
stem. Long strong erect stems hold flowers in per- 
fect position. Bush seems immune to insects. 
Blooms profusely from very early until frost. Does 
splendidly everywhere. Our best selling yellow For- 
mal. Root, $1.00; Pot Root, .75; Plant, .50 
WA A C (Crooks-Ruschmohr 85A), Bloom 11 x 6, 
Bush 41% ft. General tone of lemon yellow, suffused 
spinel pink or salmon rose. Long stiff stems. Fol- 
lage glossy and dark. Root, $1.50; Plant, .75 
WHITE J. B. (Pittman 84B), Bloom 7 x 5, Bush 4 ft. 
A good white similar to Jersey Beauty in form but 
a more compact bush. Blooms held well out of the 
foliage on stiff stems. Early and prolific. 
Root, $2.00; Pot Root, $1.50; Plant, $1.00 
WILEY POST (Patrick 85B), 1947, Bloom 7 x 5, 
Bush 4 ft. Sulphiw yellow. A seedling of Jersey 
Beauty and very similar in form and bush growth 
except bushes are not quite as tall. A fine healthy 
grower. Good for exhibition and will soon be popu- 
lar as a cut flower. Root, $2.50; Plant, $1.25 
WINGED VICTORY (Patrick 85B), 1947, Bloom 7 x 
5, Bush 4 ft. A white sport of Wiley Post with all 
the good qualities described above. As a_ white 
dahlia, will be more in demand in the cut flower 
market and will be very hard to beat on the show 
table. Root, $2.50; Pot Root, $2.00; Plant, $1.25 
