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DAHLIA

1934 WHOLESALE PRICE LIST
SPECIAL FREE OFFER

To clo our part and also in appreciation of the New Deal,
one root of the Franklin D. Roosevelt will be included
Free with every $5.00 order selected from this economy list.
On $10.00 orders from this list the Balancing Budget
Collection will be included Free.

NOTE — We sell field grown tubers only, no plants or
pot roots offered for sale. We ship only selected A No. 1
divisions showing eyes or sprouts, and guaranteed to be
absolutely true to name. We don’t substitute, and if sold
out on a variety offered cheerfully refund remittance.

Our stock is grown right to produce only healthy, firm
tubers. Fields are sprayed regularly and carefully rogucd.
All plants showing signs of weakness or disease are
immediately destroyed.

This farm is under the supervision of men who have
life experience in growing Dahlias and in selecting and
packing Dahlia tubers right to satisfy the most critical
customers. Considering the high quality and healthy stock
offered, our prices are very reasonable. Purchase elsewhere
and compare our stock. Try it and be convinced. We
annually receive hundreds of testimonial letters from
satisfied customers of the florists’ trade, seed houses and
commercial Dahlia growers.

TERMS— F.O.B. Cold Spring Harbor, L. I. N. Y. 25%
Cash with order, balance before shipping or C.OJD.

Important — Price of one each is one-tenth of dozen
price, 6 at doz. rate, 25 at 100 rate.

For Parcel Post shipment postage must be included.

On all shipments “extras” are added to help defray
charges.

Locust Valley Dahlia Farm

WM. A. FINGER, Jr., Manager

COLD SPRING HARBOR, L. I., N.Y.

DECORATIVE TYPE

Retail Wholesale
Per Per
Each Doz. 100

Aida — Decorative Maroon . $ .25 $1.50 $10.00

Amityville — Silver Pink . 35 2.00 15.00

Amun Ra — Bronze, Gold and Yellow . 50 2.50 20.00

Al. Koran — Yellow Suffused Amber . 50 2.50 20.00

Avalon — Pure Clear Yellow . 25 1.50 12.00

Bagdad — Large Flaming Scarlet . 2.00 10.00 .

Barbara Redfem — Old Gold and Rose . 50 2.50 20.00

Barbara Wear — Violet Rose and Cream . 50 2.50 20.00

Beatrice Slocombe — Scarlet and Gold . 50 2.50 20.00

Bob White— A Giant White . 1.00 6.00 40.00

Buckeye Bride — Geranium Pink . 1.00 6.00 .

Buckeye Flame — Flame Red . 1.00 5.00 .

Calvin Ooolidge, Jr. — Rose Pink and Sal. .35 2.00 .

Clara Fisher — Golden Yellow Su. Bronze 1.00 6.00 .

Oarmencita — Yellow, Striped Scarlet . 50 2.50 20.00

Cambria — Light Rose Pink . 35 2.00 .

Champagne — Golden Wine Color . 75 3.50 25.00

Chemar’s Eureka — White, Select Stock.... 1.00 6.00 .

City of Wellston — Rosy Violet and Purple 1.00 6.00 .

Darlene — Shell Pink and White . 35 1.25 10.00

Dark Sagamore — Darker Sport of Sag . 50 2.50 20.00

Donna California — Deep Lavender Rose.. 1.00 6.00 .

Dorothy Robbins — Golden Bronzy Buff . 50 3.50 20.00

Dr. Bartley — Orchid Pink . 1.00 6.00 .

Dr. John Palmer — Bright Red . 1.00 6.00 .

Dwight W. Morrow — Large, Deep Red.... 2.00 15.00 .

Earl Williams — Red, Tipped White . 50 2.50 .

Elite Glory — Rich Red . 75 3.50 .

Elsa London Sheppard — Orange and Gold 1.00 6.00 . .

F. J. March — Lavender, Tinted Purple.... 1.00 6.00 .

Fort Monmouth — Dark Claret Red . 1.00 6.00 50.00

F. T. D. — Tyrian Rose . 75 3.50 .

Fraternity — Buff and Lavender Pink . 25 1.25 10.00

Florence Finger — Dark Rose . 25 1.25 10.00

Frank Walker — Lavender Pink . 25 1.50 .

Futurity — Salmon Rose Pink . 35 2.00 .

Franklin D. Roosevelt — Jack Rose Color 1.00 6.00 50.00

Grace — White Tinted Orchid Pink . 1.00 6.00 50.00

Hattie Sheldon — Rhodammie Purple . 1.00 6.00 .

Hathor — Orange Flame Shading Crimson .50 2.50 .

Harry Mayer — Rosaline Purple . 50 2.50 .

Hortulanus Fiet — Salmon, Rose Pink . 50 2.50 .

Tnsulinda — Bronzy Russet Shaded Gold . 50 2.50 .

Ida Perkins — Pure White . 50 2.50 .

Jane Cowl — Old Gold and Amber . 50 2.50 15.00

Jean Kerr — Pure White . 25 1.25 10.00

Jersey Beauty — True Pink . 25 1.25 10.00

Jersey Beacon — Chinese Scarlet . 50 2.50 15.00

John Lewis Childs — Variegated Yellow

Yellow and Scarlet . 35 2.00 .

Judge Marean — Orange Yellow and Gold .35 2.00 15.00

Katherine Norris — Beautiful Rose Pink.... 1.00 6.00 .

Kemp’s Violet Wonder — -Violet Purple .... 1.00 6.00 .

Kentucky — Orange, Salmon Pink . 50 2.50 20.00

King Midas — Golden Yellow . 1.00 6.00 .

King of Commerce — Tango and Gold . 35 2.00 15.00

Kitty Dunlop — Amer. Beauty Rose Color .25 1.50 12.09

Laurel Beauty — Rhodonite Pink . 1.00 6.00 50.00

Le Grand Manibou — White and Puiple

Variegated . 25 1.50 12.00

Mark Hanna — Bright Red, a Giant . 2.00 15.00 .

Marmion — Golden Yellow Shaded Bronze .75 3.50 .

Maud Johnson — Pinkish Violet Shaded

Lavender and Gold . 75 3.50 .

Wholesale Price of One is One-tenth of Doz. Prices

DECORATIVE TYPE— Continued.

Retail Wholesale
Per Per

Each Doz. 100

Monmouth Champion — Flaming Orange.. 1.00 6.00 .

Mrs. Alfred B. Seal — Old Rose Color . 1.00 6.00 .

Mrs. A. E. Wheeler — Dark Violet Purple.... 1.00 6.00 .

Minute Man — Variegated Orange, Yellow

and White . 25 1.50 12.00

Mrs. Carl Salbach — Lavender Pink . 35 1.50 12.00

Mrs. I. de Ver Warner— Orchard Pink . 25 1.25 10.00

Nathan Hale — Bronzy Golden Buff . 50 2.50 20.00

Old Hickory — Bronzy Russet Red . 35 2.00 .

President Hoover — Peach Red Blending

Begonia . 1.00 6.00 50.00

President Wilson — Carmine and White .... 1.00 6.00 50.00

Pride of Fort Morgan — Intense Red . 50 2.50 .

Patrick O’Mara — Golden Orange Buff . 25 1.25 10.00

Paul Michael — Golden Orange Buff . 50 2.50 20.00

Perfect Beauty — Scarlet and White . 50 2.00 15.00

Pink Perfection — True Pink . 50 2.50 20.00

Pride of California — Crimson . 25 1.50 .

Purple Manitou — Violet Purple . 35 2.00 .

Queen Mary— Pink . 35 2.00 15.00

Rose Stillson — Rose Touched Violet and

Gold . 50 2.50 .

Robert E. Lee — Cardinal Red . 1.00 6.00 50.00

Reflection— Lavender White . 50 2.50 .

Rookwood — Cerise Rose . 50 2.50 .

Regel — Bronze Rose and Yellow . 1.00 6.00 50.00

Supreme Glory — Rich Yellow . 2.00 15.00 .

San Francisco Chronicle — Orange and

Gold . 50 2.50 .

Shudows Lavender — Silvery Lavender . 75 3.50 .

Salback’s White — Snow White . 50 2.50 .

Seal's Californian — Yellow and Rose Pink .75 3.50 25.00

Sagamore — Golden Amber Yellow . 25 1.25 10.00

Sampson — Variegated Bronze, scarlet

and Gold . 50 2.50 20.00

Sammie — Deep Primrose Yellow . 35 2.00 .

Snowdrift — Pure White . 35 1.50 12.00

Sunshine — Scarlet and Gold . 50 2.50 .

Sylvia Dickey — Phlox Pink . 25 1.25 10.00

Terra Cotta — Terra Cotta Color . 35 1.50 .

Theo. Vail — Old Gold and Apricot . 50 2.50 .

Tommy Atkins — Bright Scarlet . 75 3.50 .

The Grizzly — Dark Maroon . 50 2.50 20.00

The World— Rosy Magenta Tipped Silver 1.00 6.00 .

Thomas Edison — Royal Purple . 1.00 6.00 .

Treasure Island — Gold Shaded Apricot.... 1.00 6.00 . ....

Trentonian — Brownish Coppery Bronze . 75 3.50 25.00

Waldheim Sunshine — Golden Yellow . 1.00 6.00 .

Watchung Sunrise — Amber Edged Pink.. 1.00 6.00 50.00

Will Rogers — Lavender and White . 1.00 6.00 .

World’s Best White— Pure White . 75 3.50 .

White Gold — Pale Greenish Yellow . 1.00 6.00 .

Yellow Beauty — Pure Yellow . 50 2.50 20.00

Yellow Colosse — Bright Yellow . 25 1.25 10.00

Yellow DeLuxe — Golden Yellow . 1.00 6.00 .

SHOW AND BALL TYPE

Each Doz. 100

A. D. Livoni— Shell Pink . 25 1.00 3.00

Elm City — Bronzy Yellow . 25 1.25 10.00

Elsie Burgess — Lavender White Rose Pink .25 1.00 8,00

Gold Medal — Dandelion Yellow Striped

ana Splashed Scarlet . 35 1.50 10.00

Helen Hollis — Scarlet Red . 25 1.50 10.00

6 at Doz. Rate, 25 at 100 Rate

SHOW AND BALL TYPE— Continued.

Retail Wholesale

Per

Per

Each

Doz.

100

Maude Adams — White and Pink .

. 25

2.00

15.00

Mary Bowman — Golden Yellow .

. 25

1.50

10.00

Polly Upham — Mauve Pink .

. 35

2.00

15.00

PEONY and PEONY DECORATIVE TYPE

City of Portland — Deep Yellow . 50 2.50

Geisha — Scarlet and Gold . 35 2.00

Pride of Portland — Scarlet and Gold .„... .35 2.50

Meyerbeer — Violet Purple . .50 2.50

POMPONS

Arthur — Brilliant Scarlet .

Bronze Beauty — Yellow Bronze .

Cardinal — Fiery Scarlet .

Dandy — Orange Color .

Frankie — Golden Apricot and Crimson....

Ganymede — Fawn Color .

Geo. Ireland — Dainty Mauve Pink .

Good Yellow Pom — Not Named .

Good Orange Gold — Not Named .

Hazel — Buff to Brown .

Joe Fette — Pure White .

Jonkheer von Citters — Yellow Tipped

Orange .

Kim — New Orange Color .

Kleine Domitea — Orange Buff .

Little Beeswing — Bright Red and Yellow

Little David — Deep Shade of Orange .

Little Herman — Red and White Var .

Little Jennie — Pale Primrose .

Pumice Prince — Dull Red .

Yellow Gem — Best Yellow .

CACTUS and HYBRID CACTUS TYPE

Attraction — Light Orchid Pink .

Bianca — Lavender Pink .

COuntess of Olaverly — Rose Pink .

Countess of Lonsdale — Salmon Apricot....

Cigarette — Red and White .

Eagle Rock Sunshine — Bronzy Yellow ....

Elkridge — Pure White .

F. W. Fellows — Bright Yellow .

Francis White — White .

General Rosalie Jones — Bright Yellow .

Gladys Sherwood — White . .

George Walters — Coppery Golden Salmon

Pink .

Jean Hare — Buff Apricot Shaded Bronze

Kalif — Pure Scarlet .

Lady Helen — Carmine Rose and Cream..

Minnie Eastman — Flame Undershaded

Yellow .

Mrs. W. E. Estes — Pure White .

Mrs. Edna Spencer— Lavender Pink .

Mrs. Warnaar — Creamy White and Pink..

Nancy Carroll — Orange Russet with

Golden Luster . .

Red Cross — Reddish Old Gold. .

Rollo Boy — Amber and Gold .

Springfield — Salmon Red .

Sole Mio — Deep Yellow and Apricot .

Silverado— White and Silvery Lavender....

Siskiyou — Pink Tinged Mauve .

U. S. A. — Orange Buff .

Wolfgang Von Goethe — Apricot and Rose

.35

2.00

15.00

.50

2.00

15.00

.25

1.50

10.00

.35

2.00

15.00

.35

2.00

15.00

.35

1.50

12.00

.35

2.00

15.00

.50

3.50

.50

3.50

.25

1.00

8.00

.25

1.00

8.00

.25

1.50

12.00

.50

3.50

25.00

.25

1.00

8.00

.35

2.00

15.00

.35

2.00

15.00

.25

1.00

8.00

.35

2.00

.50

2.00

.35

2.00

15.00

S TYPE

.35

2.00

15.00

.35

2.00

15 .OP

1.00

5.00

.25

1.50

.50

2.50

20.00

.50

3.50

.50

2.50

20.00

.50

3.50

.50

2.50

.50

3.50

.35

2.50

20.00

.50

3.50

.75

3.50

.50

2.50

20.00

.50

3.50

1.00

6.00

.50

2.50

.50

2.50

.75

3.50

1.00

6.00

50.00

.50

2.50

.50

2.50

.25

1.50

12.00

.50

2.50

.75

3.50

25.00

1.00

6.00

.75

4.00

30.00

.50

3.50

Wholesale Price of One is One-tenth of Doz. Prices

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TESTIMONIALS

(Names on Request)

A customer from Joplin, Mo., writes under date of January
21, 1934:

Dear Sirs,

Am writing for your ’34 Price List as I am in, need of
a few more varieties, and want to thank you for the fine
stock and good count on the 200 divisions I received from
you folks last Spring. I thought my stock was good but
I give up and thanks a lot.

Another customer from Richmond, Va., dated January 22,
1934, writes as follows:

Gentlemen,

I am again writing asking for a Spring Price List as I
bought Dahlia roots from you last year and was very much
pleased with them. I am now making up my Spring list
and would like very much to have your Price List before
placing an order elsewhere.

A nice letter from a customer of Oklahoma City, Okla.,
dated March 4, 1933:

Dear Mr. Finger,

Your Balancing Budget Collection has been received and
I must say that they were the nicest tubers and best,
packed of any I have ever received during my 20 years of
Dahlia experience.

Last season to keep our Dahlia crew on the job we
offered many cutflower and garden varieties at the low
price of $5.00 per 100 rate and special collections at
extremely low prices.

Although the total income of stock sold equalled cost of
dividing, selecting, further handling and packing, the results
were decidedly unprofitable when production costs and
continued overhead expenses were considered, a fact realized
sooner than expected.

We dare state that no reputable Dahlia grower in the
U. S. can offer Dahlia roots at lower prices than our list
quotations for 1934 and stay in business if paying decent
wages for employment, and if offering selected stock for
sale and that means Selected A No. 1 divisions taken from
healthy field grown stock where stunts and sickly plants
are rogued out and destroyed and said stunts are not offered
and sold in root form at a low price in competition with
selected stock offered and sold by reputable and conscien¬
tious Dahlia Specialists.

Due to public demand and of creating employment
during the slack winter months, our 1933 retail collection
offers will be continued, but for reasons stated above are
compelled to raise trade list prices over 1933 levels on

certain standard varieties.