TOM MANNING 
Our introduction for 1936, named in honor of one of America’s most 
popular radio and sports announcers. A good honest dahlia that performs 
well under all conditions. It is a sport of Monmouth Champion with the 
same insect resistant foliage; vigorous, free branching bushes, and fine root¬ 
making qualities of the parent variety. The plant grows about four feet high 
and has been grown to a spread of over four feet. At the trial grounds at 
East Lansing the stem was described as follows: "Stem, 5% to 18 % inches; 
strong, straight; flowers partly facing to fully facing.” Quoting further 
from the trial ground report "Diameter of the flower 7 to 10 inches; depth 3 
to 6*4 inches.” 
The color has been described as "Old rose center, outer petals ochraceous 
salmon blending into warm buff.’ Quite a number of visitors expressed 
themselves as preferring the color of "Tom Manning” to that of Monmouth 
Champion. Without committing ourselves on this point we will say that 
we believe this variety will be popular in your garden. 
"Tom Manning” was included in Mr. D. O. Eldredge’s "Nominations 
for Places on a National Honor Roll,” as published in the Fall Edition 193 5 
of the "Mid-West Dahlia News.” 
Roots $7.50 Plants $3.75 
‘Dahlias for 1936 
The following- is a list of the new introductions for 1936 which, in our 
opinion, have more than an average chance of becoming popular. In 
many cases we have had the good fortune to see the variety either in the 
show room or growing in the garden. In other cases we are relying, upon 
the opinions of competent judges, who had no connection or interest in its 
introduction. In only a few instances are we relying solely upon the pub¬ 
lished reports. In all cases they are varieties which we were> willing to 
spend our hard earned money to have; and that, we feel, is the best recom¬ 
mendation that one can give. 
MARGRACE I. D. (Bissell) Bright red tipped with gold. A striking 
flower of beautiful formation with all the qualities of a winner. 
Plants $5.00 
RUDOLPH'S GIANT I. D. (Rudolph-Rushmohr) Clear golden-apricot with 
flushes of pastel pink and golden tan throughout. A real giant. 
Plants $7.50 
MILTON J. CROSS I. D. (Johnson) Clear gold at the center, shading to 
a light, orange buff on the outer half of the petals. Its record as an 
undisseminated variety the past season is unsurpassed. 
Plants $7.50 
CALIFORNIA PEACH S. C. (Bailey-Success) Best described as a coral- 
pink Satan. Excellent recommendations. 
Plants $7.50 net 
*DULCINEA St. C. (Brudigom) Very bright, cardinal red, cactus which 
has many of the charactertistics of Miss Belgium. 
Plants $3.00 
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