OUR DISPLAY AT CLEVELAND 
GREETINGS 
The annual DAHLIA BLUE BOOK must again serve us to greet our many friends 
and customers, in the world of dahlias. We deeply appreciate the confidence in us 
expressed, by your ever increasing patronage, and your generosity in recommending 
us to others. We realize that this confidence is a challenge for us to maintain the 
high quality which has become an established fact during our twenty-three years as 
commercial dahlia growers, and to improve that quality as the means and knowledge be- 
come available. Our letterheads have always carried the slogan "There is no substitute 
for quality", a slogan which we pledge to bring to the realization of our customers by 
producing superior planting stock. 
Our Rocky River Dahlia Gardens is not a back yard, or part time business, nor is 
it a tremendously big enterprise. We are located close to the westerly city limits of 
Cleveland in a residential section of rather high valuation. Our farm, consisting of 
slightly more than ten acres of highly productive soil, has been "in the family" for 
more than fifty years. Three greenhouses covering a total of 20,000 square feet of 
ground space, with adjoining service building with 2,000 square feet of floor space, 
comprise our physical set-up, along with our modern mechanized equipment. Dahlias 
are our business, and our business is a family affair. Every order receives the personal 
attention of one member of the family, which consists of Mrs. ''E. J."', son "Bob" and 
"E. J.", altho eight to ten helpers are required at peak seasons. 
E. J. Wind 
