SAGAMORE GARDENS 
1929 INTRODUCTION (Continued) 
SAGAMORE BEAUTY. F. D. A very handsome, deep rose pink with a small 
cream center. A fine cut flower and great keeper. It has a good stiff stem 10 to 12 
inches in length. The flowers are held up and look right at you. It has good depth 
and blooms 6 to 7 inches in diameter. Foliage dark green and insect proof. Won 
third prize in the seedling class at Boston show in 1927 in a class of sixteen. Also 
won first prize at Barnstable County Fair for best decorative basket of five blooms. 
The only times it has been shown. Tubers $1.00 
New and Up-To-The-Minute Dahlias 
CAVALCADE. A formal decorative of the Jersey Beauty type, size of bloom 
7 to 9 inches, height of bush, 5 to 6 feet. The best stemmed variety ever grown in 
our gardens. Leathery foliage. The color is a beautiful shade of old rose or mulberry 
pink. Every flower comes perfect, facing you. A free bloomer. Without question 
the best commercial variety introduced since Jersey Beauty. 
Plants only $5.00 net 
CHAUTAUQUA REGAL. F. D. For resistance to poor growing conditions and 
to insects the only dahlia to compare with this is Chautauqua Sunset which is very 
similar in type of bush and stem. The color is an unusually rich and brilliant cardinal 
red with reverse shaded ivory. Flowers are very deep and have a diameter of 10 to 
12 inches. We have never, at any time seen a bloom of Chautauqua Regal with an 
open center. The bloom is truly magnificent, on cane stiff stems and facing the sky. 
Also particularly long lasting when cut. Tubers $10.00 Plants $5.00 
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT. I. D. A wonderful white on grand stem. Big 
winner at New York and Bryn Mawr shows, also Honor Roll dahlia. 
Tubers $10.00 Plants $5.00 
FAY BEATON. I. D. A new white from Canada. Here is a color that at once 
attracts, being a creamy white of most beautiful formation. The petals are long and 
pointed. The flowers averaging 10 inches, are held at a nice angle above a medium 
size bush on long stiff stems. Never droops and never shows an open center. 
Tubers $3.00 
GOLDEN ECLIPSE. F. D. Clear golden yellow, bright salmon center. Honor 
Roll. Tubers $7.00 Plants $3.50 
HARRIET NEAL. I. D. Winner at New York. Color, gold with buff shadings. 
Good keeper. Great exhibition. Tubers $7.00 Plants $3.00 
LADY MOYRA PONSONBY. I. D. One of the most outstanding introductions 
that has made good in all parts of the country. Winner of American Home Achieve¬ 
ment Medal 1932 at Seattle and won Sweepstakes for largest dahlia in the shows at 
Provincial Exhibition, Victoria, B. C., Dahlia show, as well as many other prizes. A 
wonderful variety that will hold its place for many years. Some of the winning blooms 
were fifteen and one half inches across and 7 inches deep*. Color is pure, glowing 
yellow florets broad at base but decidedly pointed. Stems are long and always hold 
the giant blooms perfectly erect to the end of the season. 
Tubers $4.00 
LOIS MARION. I. C. Score 85, Storrs. Citron yellow, outer rows shrimp pink. 
A beauty and big, too. Tall. Tubers $5.00 Plants $2.50 
LORD OF AUTUMN. I. D. Thq color is a rich, deep, golden yellow, and the 
formation is wonderful. The long, pointed and slightly twisting petals recurve until 
stem is entirely hidden for 6 inches or more, making a flower resembling a giant 
“Mum”. Grown side by side with the best creations, it exceeded them all in diameter 
and was twice as deep. Cane stiff stems, 3 to 4 feet long, hold the mammoth blooms 
well out of the foliage. On the American Home Honor Roll. Tubers 
MAN O’ WAR. I. D. Scored 86 at Storrs. Color carmine, ox blood red at 
center. Fine exhibition flower. Tubers $7.00 Plants $3.50 
MARY ELIZABETH KEDFERN. F. D. A new giant from the west with an 
excellent record. It won many prizes including prizes as a two and three year old 
seedling. The color is deep orchid rose and has fine form and foliage similar to Jane 
Cowl. Tubers $ 10^00 Plants $5.00 
