Edison’s Dahblias 

BARBAROSA [Ballego], F. D. 
Bloom 7 x 5, bush 4 ft. About the brightest scarlet in 
Dahliadom. Full centers, strong stems, and a good keeper 
for cutting. Roots $1.25 
oots $1. 
BATAAN [1943, S. C., Retzer] 
A beautiful red with gold shadings toward the tips. Free 
bloomer of good size held on long stiff stems. Fine for 
cutting. 
Roots $1.00 
BEAUTIFUL LADY [Forest View, 1945], F. D. 
Bright lemon yellow. 8-10 inch blooms, good stems, bush 
5-6 feet tall. Rugged grower, insect resistant foliage, 
profuse and early. A good root maker and they keep 
well. Scored 84 at East Lansing. On Pacific Honor Roll. 
Roots $1.25 
BEDFORD BEAUTY Franks, 1946], I. C. 
Winner of the A. H. Achieve. Medal in 1943, best seedling, 
best undissem, and best cactus in the show. It is an 
early and free-flowering cactus with a new formation, 
having evenly narrow petals from tip to base. Color, light 
amaranth pink with white around the center. Bush 4 ft. 
pinched, flowers 6 x 3 facing on long wiry stems, excel- 
lent exhibition and cut flower novelty. 
Roots $1.50 
BELVEDERE [Ballay, 1945], I. D. 
Silvery pink, a clear true pink with lighter shadings. 
Flower is huge, often measuring 12 inches, full and well 
formed, with excellent substance. Stem is extra long, 
straight and strong, and plant is very vigorous and pro- 
ducesi freely. Very fine in my 1947 garden. 
Roots $1.50 
BEN MARTIN [Steinly, 1947] F. D. 
Very dark red, attractve black velvety sheen at center, 
large with good foliage and stems, medium early bloomer, 
5 feet. A fine introduction. 
Roots $2.00 
BESS SMITH 

BESS SMITH (Anderson) I. D., 1943 
Winner Derrill Hart Medal in 1941, scoring 85 at 3 trial grounds. 
This large Pure White ‘‘A’’ type prize winning and Honor Roll 
Dahlia was the big sensation at the A.D.S. Trial Grounds in 
1941, scoring a Certificate of Merit at Storrs, Conn., Cincinnati, 
Ohio, and Fairmount, W. Va., thereby winning the much cov- 
eted Derrill Hart Medal. It is pure white, with hardly a trace 
of cream or other tint. Its petals are wavy and placed close, 
making a thick petaled and pleasing form. Size average is 
about 8l/ inches to 101/2, depth 6 inches, with wiry 15-inch 
stems holding flowers on side. Bush is 5 feet tall with light 
green and very pest resistant foliage. It is an excellent keeper 
when cut and makes a superb basket Dahlia. 
Roots $1.50 
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