DAHLIA SEED 
Annual-Perennials 
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 ta 
offer our customers the very best seed that can be produced. 
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 off- 
spring are planted in our home garden where all of our seed is produced. 
Many dahlias that are now in commerce have been produced by our cus- 
tomers from seed purchased from us. 
A packet of our Selected Dahlia seed costs $2.50 and will produce from 60 
to 75 plants that will grow into full size bushes and give abundance of blooms 
the first year. No two of these will be alike and there is always the chance 
of producing a new variety that is outstanding enough to be named. regis- 
tered and sold commercially. Each plant will produce a clump of tubers that 
can be divided and planted the following season. 
Dahlia seed of all types is best started in flats. February 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. 
Dahlia seed is not sold in smaller quantities than indicated. 
SELECTED DAHLIA SEED 
Large Flowering 
Gathered from the finest varieties and the 
best known seed parents. 
50+SeEdS err eee Pkt. $1.50 
100 ‘seeds 2A Sit... a. ee Pkt. $2.50 
MINIATURE DAHLIA SEED 
Miniature dahlias are from 2% to 3% 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. 

LOO seeds oO ares Pkt. 25c 
Available in December. FROM SPECIAL XXXX DAHLIA SEED 
DWARF BEDDING TYPE Special XXXX Mixture. Selected from the 
finest and most floriferous plants. 
SALBACH RE-SELECTIONS. One of the l00iseedsiere. eis ee Pkt. 25c 
most outstanding of all recent seed offer- 
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ting, and having a long blooming period. DAHLIA SEED TESTS. During 1947 and 
Single and semi-double flowers on plants 1948 we especially tested our large flower- 
12 to 20 inches high. Especially desirable for ing dahlia seed, and as a result have a 
massing. Can be planted a foot apart. Seed number of very promising new dahlias, sev- 
germinates easily. Plants bloom the first eral of which will be named and introduced 
year from seed, and produce tubers thatcan as soon as there is sufficient stock. Our this 
be planted the next season. 100 (or more) year’s seed is even better. 
seeds to packet. 


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