DAHLIADEL NURSERIES 
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= Potash Fed 
* DAHLIAS 
FORMAL DECORATIVE 
DAHLIAS—Cont’d 
AVALANCHE (Aust 85A), Bloom 9 x 6, Bush 4 ff, This 
exceptionally fine pure white is very attractive. Full 
centers and good substance. Bush healthy with strong 
stems. One of the best. Root, $1.50; Pot Root, $1.00 
AVALON (83B), Bloom 7 x 4, Bush 5 ft. Clear sulphur 
yellow of medium size. Good stems for cutting. 
Root, .50 
BARBAROSA (Ball 85B), Bloom 7 x 5, Bush 4 ft. About 
the brightest scarlet in Dahliadom. Full centers, strong 
stems, and a good keeper for cutting. 
Root, $1.00 NET; Pot Root, .75 NET; Plant, .50 
BLUE RIVER (Sal 85A), Bloom 9 x 3, Bush 4 ft. Soft 
phlox purple or bluish mauve. Fine bush and strong 
foliage. Distinctive in color and popular. Has won 
many prizes. Root, .75; Pot Root, .50 
COMMANDO (Aust 85A), Bloom 10 x 5, Bush 3 ft. 
Indian lake or Tyrian purple. Sturdy grower with 
dark foliage. Plant, $1.00 
D-DAY (Dix 85B), Bloom 7 x 4, Bush 41/2 ft. A very 
pretty one-tone bright rose or rhodamine pink. Hass 
cane-like stems, is prolific, and fine for florists’ use. 
As a cut flower we have more demand for this in 
our Philadelphia market than for Jersey Beauty. On 
the Honor Roll, and certified at O.V.D.A. Root, .75 
DEEP VELVET (Bak-Rus 85B), Bloom 8 x 5, Bush 41 ft. 
Pansy purple with peony purple shadings in outer 
petals. Can be grown over 8 inches but will in most 
cases be a B dahlia. Long stems and a rugged grower. 
A real winner, two American Home Achievement 
Medals and the Derrill Hart Memorial Award. 
Root, $2.00; Pot Root, $1.50; Plant, $1.00 
FRANCES HANNA (Hanna-Dah! 85B), 1948, Bloom 8 x 5, 
Bush 5 ft. Spectrum red with clear white tips. A nice 
open grower with long, straight, stiff stems. Foliage 
dark green. A sure winner in the bi-color class. Certi- 
fied at New Brunswick. 
Root, $2.50 NET; Pot Root, $1.75 NET; Plant, $1.25 NET 
LAVENDER PERFECTION (Aust 85A), Bloom 10 x 5, Bush 
3¥2 ft. Color, a deep amaranth rose with lighter 
shadings, enhanced with petaloids. Blooms held well 
on strong stems. Root, $3.00; Plant, $1.50 
LENA (Aust 85A), Bloom 9 x 5, Bush 41/2 ft. Soft china 
rose center band, with each petal edged light straw 
yellow. A unique coloring. Fine grower with well 
formed flowers on good stems. 
Root, $1.00; Pot Root, .75 
MARJORY NOLAN (Aust 85A), Bloom 9 x 4, Bush 4 ft. 
Camelia rose with a buff undertone and reverse of 
Persian rose. Really different and a good healthy 
grower. Plant, $2.50 
MRS. BRADLEY GEIST (Greinberg 84B), Bloom 7 x 4, 
Bush 4 ft. Pure white. Good keeper and fine for 
cutting. Nice form. Root, .75 
NANOOK (Holl 84B), Bloom 7 x 3, Bush 41/2 ft. Glisten- 
ing white. Fine stems. Early, free flowering and a 
very good grower. Pot Root, $1.00; Plant, .75 
PEGGY RAY (Aust 85A), Bloom 9 x 5, Bush 3 ft. Beau- 
tiful light marigold orange that does so well here. 
Fine straight stems. A real winner. Plant, $2.00 
SELLWOOD GLORY (Beyerle-Rock 84B), Bloom 7 x 4, 
Bush 4 ft. A colorful blend of rich deep Tyrian purple 
edged white. Quite different. This fine medium size 
dahlia certified at Rutgers, E. Lansing and Georgia. 
Derrill Hart Memorial Medal winner 1949. Plant, $1.50 
SILVER METEOR (Wolfe 85A), Bloom 10 x 5, Bush 41 
ft. Fine form. A beautiful mauve with silver lines and 
silver reverse. Long stems. Prolific. A very attractive 
and outstanding dahlia. Root, $1.50; Pot Root, $1.00 
THE GOVERNOR (Ber-Dah| 85A), Bloom 11 x 6, Bush 
52 ft. Bright sulphur yellow. Excellent form, with 
long broad petals going back to stem. Long strong 
erect stems hold flowers in perfect position. Bush 
seems immune to insects. Blooms profusely from very 
early until frost. Does well everywhere. Our best 
selling yellow Formal. Root, $1.00; Pot Root, .75 
VICTORY (Asther-Rus 85A), Bloom 10 x 6, Bush 41/2 ft. 
Carmine rose with yellow shadings at base of petals. 
A real favorite for sheer beauty. Flowers keep well. 
Stem and bush growth excellent. One of the best 
for high-class cut flower trade. Root, .75 
Varieties on this as well as other pages in this 
catalog are the same form bloom as illustration 
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