NATIONAL PEONY SHOW ♦ * * 
. Prize Winners 
T HE Judges at the 1937 National Peony Show 
selected the following varieties exhibited and 
grown by us as worthy to receive First Prize. 
Give them first place in your garden. It will be an 
investment in beauty, pride, pleasure and happiness 
for life. You can buy nothing finer. 
FIRST PRIZE, BLUE RIBBON 
Best Ten Named Varieties 
Eliz. Huntington Kelways Queen 
Elsa Sass Le Cygne 
Grace Batson Marietta Sisson 
Henry M. Vories Myrtle Gentry 
Hans P. Sass Thor 
One strong plant of each for 
only 
(regular price $32.50) 
FIRST PRIZE, BLUE RIBBON 
Best Six Blooms Any Variety 
Won by Evening Star 
This much coveted prize was won 
by Evening Star, a new late-blooming 
variety originated by Mr. Hans P. 
Sass, introduced by us for the first 
time this year. Competent judges ex¬ 
pect great things from this variety. 
The flowers are large and absolutely perfect in form. 
The color is a pure white, a rich, lively glowing white 
and not a dead lifeless white. Every stem produces a 
perfect flower and the stem is amply strong to hold 
the bloom gracefully. Every year regardless of con¬ 
ditions the flowers are equally perfect. It is fully 
double. While each petal is perfectly spaced yet the 
effect is not stiff or formal but is so delightfully 
graceful and charming that you will agree with the 
judges in awarding it first place. Each $25.00. Stock 
limited. 
FIRST PRIZE, SILVER VASE 
est Twenty Named Varieties 
Elsa Sass 
Florence Macbeth 
Grace Batson 
Harry L. Richardson 
June Day 
Lady Kate 
La France 
La Lorraine 
Last Rose 
Le Cygne 
Marietta Sisson 
Martha Bullock 
Mary B. Vories 
Milton Hill 
Minerva 
Mrs. A. M. Brand 
Myrtle Gentry 
Priam 
Therese 
Walter Faxon 
One strong plant of each for only 
sr.oo 
(regular price $40.50) 
SECOND PRIZE, RED RIBBON 
Best Six Blooms, Any Variety 
Won by Grace Mlatsan 
This is another Sass peony and is 
unquestionably one of the world’s 
finest varieties. The blooms are enorm¬ 
ous and with a tall stem strong enough 
to hold them up for all the world to 
see. The form is like a huge mum. 
They are so large yet so perfectly proportioned that 
you fairly hold your breath when you first see them. 
They come good every year. The color is a lovely 
rich deep pink. It blooms in mid-season. We have a 
good stock therefore we are pricing this extra fine 
variety at only $2.50 each. 
FIRST PRIZE, BLUE RIBBON 
Best Ten Blooms, White 
Won by Elsa Sass 
There are hundreds of white peonies 
but this is one that is absolutely differ¬ 
ent and distinct from all others. The 
texture of the petals is very heavy 
with a texture like velvet. The flowers 
are large with strong upright stems. 
It is pure white and blooms late. It blooms very 
freely and blooms good every year. We rate it right 
along with Evening Star, A. B. Franklin, Mrs. J. V. 
Edlund, Diana. It is truly a sensational variety and 
belongs in every fine collection. Our price is exceed¬ 
ingly low for a variety of this quality. Each only 
$5.00. 
FIRST PRIZE, BLUE RIBBON 
Best Ten Blooms, Dark Pink 
Won by Gatlg Kate 
This fine variety was originated by 
Judge L. A. Vories of St. Joseph, 
Missouri. It well deserved to win as it 
unquestionably is one of the very fin¬ 
est late blooming rich dark pink 
peonies. The flowers are fairly large, 
very graceful rose type, on tall strong stems. The 
color is a sparkling pure Paul Neyron pink. A 
good supply enables us to sell it at only $2.50 each. 
FIRST PRIZE, BLUE RIBBON 
Best Ten Blooms, Red 
Won by 
Ilarrg Iliehartlson 
This fine red originated by the late 
Mr. Rosefield. We rate it the finest 
late red. The flowers are fairly large, 
perfectly double. The color is a rich, 
glowing carmine-red of extreme beau¬ 
ty and lustre. A good grower and free 
bloomer. It takes a superior red to beat Philippe 
Rivoire and this one did. Every garden can have it 
at our special price of $1.50 each. 
FIRST PRIZE, BLUE RIBBON 
Best Single Bloom White 
Won by A. II. Iran lit in 
An extremely large flower which 
opens blush white then becomes pure 
white. It is a good grower, free bloom¬ 
er, late, tall. It was awarded the A. 
P. S. Gold Medal in 1933 and we rate 
it as one of the six finest of all white peonies. The 
fact that the originator, one of America’s best, gave 
this peony his own name shows conclusively its 
worth. Each $ 10 . 00 . 
Hans r. Sass 
This variety was selected by Mr. Hans P. Sass from 
hundreds of his new seedlings to bear his own name 
and it was publicly named at the 1937 National 
Peony Show. It is a late-blooming, very large flower 
of rich satin-white suffused shell-pink, illumined by 
an inner glow that is indescribable. An exceptionally 
free-bloomer, with tall strong stems. Expert peony 
judges rank this peony very high. The introductory 
price of a peony of this quality is usually at least 
$25.00 but at the request of Mr. Sass we ask only 
$ 10.00 each. 
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