Roll of Honor Dahlias 
Achievement Medal Winners and Other 
Blue Ribbon Dahlias of Recent 
Introduction 
ACHIEVEMENT (Ballay, 1932), I. D. 
A huge flower of gold with bronze shadings, petals curl 
and twist into a huge ball as deep as it is wide. Long 
sturdy stems. 
Roots $1.00 
ADIRONDACK SUNSET (Cackener-Parkway Dahlia 
Gardens) 
This aptly named variety has about everything a 
Dahlia can offer—color, form, personality, and splen¬ 
did growing habits. The color is a brilliant scarlet red 
with golden tips, the centers being tipped golden 
orange. 
Plants $2.50, Roots $5.00 
ADORABLE (I. D.) (Angell, 1935) 
The color of this beauty is pinard yellow, outer petals 
flesh pink, and a prolific bloomer. Has a good stem and 
good growing habits. This variety scored 86 at the 
Storrs trial garden. 
Plants $2.50 
AGNES L. YOUNG (Young), I. D. 
A brilliant red flower with gold tips and gold reverse, 
with twisting petals which cause the appearance of 
golden lights through the flower. Medium height 
plants, heavy foliage, good stems and large flowers. 
Plants $1.00, Roots $2.00 
AIKO (Dahliadel), S. C. 
Carmine red with silver reverse. Good stems, fine fol¬ 
iage, phenomenal flower, tending to vary in form at 
times to informal decorative. Those coming true semi¬ 
cactus need fear no competition if well grown. Very 
large. 
Plants 60c, Roots $1.25 
AIR-MAIL tKanouse), I. D. 
One of the finest lavender Dahlias we have yet seen. 
Here is one of the best keepers on the market today 
and the stems are long and stiff, holding the blooms 
nicely on top, well out from the bush. 
Plants 50c, Roots $1.00 
ALLEN A. (Angell, 1933), I. D. 
A very large, beautiful white with lilac shadings ; base 
of petals show a slight trace of Martins yellow. Has 
good stout stems and profuse bloomer; scored 84 at 
Trial Grounds, Storrs, Conn. 
Plants Only $1.00 
ALYCE MARIE GALVIN (Galvin), F. D. 
A beautiful white with faint tones of cameo pink on 
outer petals. 11-inch flower awarded Certificate of 
Merit at Storrs, winner of first prize at The Boston 
Show and Silver Medal for the best undisseminated 
seedling. A real grand Dahlia. A free and prolifis 
bloomer. 
Plants 75c, Roots $1.50 
ALTA RAY (Burch), I. D. 
On Sunkist Roll of Honor with a score of 90. A grand 
Dahlia, somewhat resembling Jane Cowl with the ideal 
well rounded center of the oval decorative. The color 
is orange chrome. 
Plants $ .75 
AMERICA’S SWEETHEART (1935), I. D. 
Salem Dahlia Gardens, and is one of the greatest yel¬ 
low Dahlias to date; pure in color without a particle 
of shading. The outer petals do not fade out like 
some yellows. Flower is very deep and from 10 to 12 
inches, with a nice high center. Bush is robust and 
of medium height, with the large flowers nicely on 
top, of long stiff stems. Visitors who viewed this 
Dahlia in the originator’s garden claimed it the best 
to date. H. R.) 
Plants $5.00, Roots $10.00 
AMELIA EARHART (Cordes Eastman, 1933), S. C. 
One of the greatest prze winners to date. Won two 
Home Achievement medals the first year shown and 
many first prizes in 1933. Very large, artictically 
formed combinations of apricot buff, with primroses at 
the base of the petals. Tints and sometimes stripes 
of salmon throughout the flower. (H. R.) 
Plants $1.25, Roots $2.50 
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