GREETINGS! 
Thank you for all your good wishes and 
splendid orders and we hope to serve you 
better each year. We are listing 600 varieties 
of dahlias for 1953, but will grow a total of 
about 1,000 including a few of the oldtimers, 
the best of the with 
choice importations, besides many interest- 
new varieties many 
ing and promising seedlings. 
Trust you will find the Cultural Instruc- 
tions in the center of the catalog very help- 
ful in growing “Dahlias of Quality and 
Distinction.” If you have problems please 
write us, and we will try to help you. 
You are welcome at Dahliadel any season 
of the year. In the spring you will find 
thousands of green plants in all stages of 
development from newly made cuttings to 
plants ready for shipment, and can see for 
yourselves the watchful care we exercise in 
producing the best plants possible. The end 
of September or early October you will see 
a wealth of Dahlia blooms with the Chrys- 
anthemums completing the season. 
Hope to meet many of you personally at 
the shows this fall or here at Dahliadel. 
1953 INTRODUCTIONS 
Of Other Growers 
ALABASTER (Tomczak-Par 85B), FD, Bloom 7 x 41/2, Bush 5 ft. 
An alabaster white Formal seedling of The Real Glory with 
its parent’s good keeping qualities. Won the American 
Home Achievement Medal at Washington and on Lynn 
Dudley’s Honor Roll besides many other awards. 
Plant, $7.50 NET 
BERTHA SHONE (Ecc-Rock 85A), $C, Bloom 9 x 4. Beautiful 
mauve shading lighter and lighter center with petals deeply 
laciniated. Classified SC but IC wherever we saw it. Certi- 
fied Atlanta 1952, on the Flower Grower Honor Rolls and 
Webb’s Eastern Review. A real winner. Plant, $5.00 NET 
BETTY BLOSSOM (Rind-Rus 85B), FD, Bloom 8 x 5, Bush 5 ft. 
Lovely pastel of soft creamy white suffused pastel mauve. 
Quite different and very good substance. Won both Amer- 
ican Home Achievement Medal and The Leonard Barron 
Trophy in New York. On 3 Flower Grower Honor Rolls and 
Webb’s Eastern Review. Certified at New Brunswick. 
Root, $15.00 NET; Plant, $7.50 NET 
BLENDETTE (Ros 85B), IC, Bloom 7 x 3, Bush 42 ft. Light 
mimosa yellow with center and outside row of petals a 
soft red. Strong grower, profuse and blooms keep well. 
On all 4 Honor Rolls and Webb’s Eastern Peview. Saw it 
very fine in Louisville and it is most unusual. Plant, $5.00 
CLARIAM LURAY (Wol-Slough-Rock 85B), FD, Bloom 7 x 5. 
Lovely pink ball shaped Formal with each petal striped 
lighter. Fine for exhibition. Certified at Long Island, Amer- 
ican Home Achievement Medal at Cincinnati and on Eddy’s 
Honor Roll and Webb’s Review in ‘’The Dahlia’’. 
Plant, $3.50 NET 
DAHLIADEL NURSERIES ¢< 
Bush 5 
STATE (Warren-Rus), A SC, Bloom 11 x 6, 
Bere iraprasaive light blend of rose Bengal, canary yellow 
and marigold orange with broad petals that curl to points. 
American Home Achievement Medal, Long Island and on 2 
Rolls. 
Flower Grower Honor aaee $15.00 NET; Plant, $7.50 NET 
ADWICK (Com 851/2B), StC, Bloom 7-8 x 5, 
Sees tnaes much impressed with this variety at Rut- 
gers. A clear white with just a faint lavender tinge on 
early flowers. Recommended as an excellent cut flower. 
Very profuse. The Derrill Hart Memorial Winner certifying 
in 5 Trial Grounds. Won 2 American Home Achievement 
Medals. On all 4 Honor Rolls. Plant, $5.00 NET 
IANT OF BAARN (Bru), A SC, Bloom 12 x 6, Bush 5 ft. 
@ canes to us well recommended from across. Vermilion 
. Profuse. On Eddy’s Honor Roll. 
red wth salmon hue. Protuse y bi eigs00 
HOLLYWOOD STAR (Pape-Robens), A ID, Bloom 10 x 6, Bush 
6 ft. Rhodamine purple slightly lighter center and reverse. 
Has good substance. On Eddy’s, Roberts’ and Dudley's 
Honor Rolls in the Flower Grower. Plant, $5.00 NET 
MARYLAND BEAUTY (Phillips-Rock 85B), SC, Bloom 8 x 5; 
Bush 41/2 ft. This appealing light blend won the best B 
in “‘open to all’’ in Washington, D. C. Straw yellow and 
light carmine rose. Certified at E. Lansing. Plant, $3.50 NET 
MAUDE CRAWFORD (Haugh-Rock 85BB), $C, Bloom 5 x 3V. 
Light primrose yellow Semi-Cactus as we saw it. Lovely 
type for cut flower, with blunt petals, is early and keeps 
well. Certified at New Brunswick and on Webb’s Review 
in “The Dahlia’, Plant, $3.50 NET 
MY MEMORIES (Craine-Robens), A SC, Bloom 10 x 6, Bush 
4 €t. Beautiful primrose yellow Semi-Cactus which is wel- 
come in this class. On Dudley’s and Eddy’s Flower Grower 
Honor Roll. Plant, $5.00 NET 
NICK’S ORCHID (Lake), B StC, Bloom 7 x 31/2, Bush 412 ft. 
Phlox purple blended on white with yellow at base of 
petals. Recommended as a fine cut flower. On Robert's and 
Dudley’s Honor Roll in the Flower Grower. 
Plant, $5.00 NET 
PRAIRIE FIRE (Marsh-Rock 851/2A), SC, Bloom 11 x 6. Bright 
Indian orange, winning 8 American Home Achievement 
Medals this season. Surely was outstanding in Louisville. 
Certified at New Brunswick and E. Lansing, on all 4 Honor 
Rolls and Webb’s Review. Plant, $5.00 NET 
THE DETROIT TIMES (Lake), B FD, Bloom 8 x 51/2, Bush 51/2 
ft. Solferino purple blended lighter Persian rose with the 
general effect of deeov rose red. Named for a great news- 
paper. On Dudley’s Honor Roll. Plant, $5.00 NET 
THERESA LOUISE (Ros 85B), SC, Bloom 8 x 5. Enhancing 
rose pink blending to light primrose yellow at center. 
Won wherever shown and surely looked promising at 
Louisville. Certified at Atlanta, on the Flower Grower 
Honor Rolls and Webb’s Review. Plant, $5.00 
VENITA (Kramer-Par 85B), ID, Bloom 8 x 5. Lovely light 
blend of carmine rose on straw yellow and yellow on the 
ends of petals. High perfect centers. Seedling Award New 
York and Dudley’s Honor Roll. Plant, $7.50 NET 
WIN DEE (Rock 85A), SC, Bloom 9 x 4, Bush 5 ft. Beautiful 
apricot orange. Nice full centers. Good vigorous grower. 
Certified E. Lansing and Atlanta. On Faust’s and Eddy’s 
Honor Roll and Webb’s Review. Plant, $5.00 NET 
LITTLE JERRY (Lake), M FD, Bloom 3 x 1, Bush 312 ft. 
Dianthus or peony purple with a velvet sheen. Blooms 
keep well and are certainiy most profuse. On Dudley’s, 
Faust’s and Robert’s Honor Roll. Plant, $2.00 NET 
