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 to 
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 vos decshccceees Pkt. $1.50 
LO00iSeeds isons soe cer eeke Pkt. $2.50 
MINIATURE DAHLIA SEED 
Miniature dahlias are from 2% to 34% 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. 
100"seedS ia.cok cc csi Mees ss Pkt. 25c 
DWARF BEDDING TYPE 
SALBACH RE-SELECTIONS. One of the 
most outstanding of all recent seed offer- 
ings, being ideal for bedding, fine for cut- 
ting, and having a long blooming period. 
Single and semi-double flowers on plants 
12 to 20 inches high. 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 planted the next season. 100 (or more) 
seeds to packet. 
Special XXXX Mixture. Selected from the 
finest and most floriferous plants. 
100 seeds 5 jsicierstsseiscsctom en's Pkt. 25c 
The gardens are open to visitors on weekdays from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; 
Sundays, 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. 
Our Daffodils, Dutch Iris, Hyacinths, Tulips, and Flowering Cherry Trees will 
be in bloom late March and early April. 
Bearded Iris, late April and May. Gladiolus, July and August. 
Most of our standard varieties are planted at our growing fields. 
BEST ROUTE TO OUR GARDENS 
Drive out Spruce Street to the reservoir, continue down Spruce Street 300 
feet to intersection of Canyon Road and Woodmont Avenue. Drive up Wood- 
mont approximately 1/3 of a mile to Salbach Gardens. 
If coming by bus, take Euclid Avenue bus at Shattuck and University 
Avenue, in Berkeley. Go as far as this bus runs. Walk up Grizzly Peak one 
block, turn left on Creston Road two short blocks to Woodmont, turn right on 
Woodmont to Salbach Gardens. 
* Carl Salbach + 

