GUIDEBOOK FOR 1939 
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GRAND CHAMPION BLOOMS 
The Grand Champion Bloom of the Show 
is, ipso facto, a sweepstakes award to the 
best spike in the Exhibition, wherever found. 
A mere class calling for specific entry there 
of blooms, the best of which is to be labeled 
“Champion spike”, is plain bunk and publiciz¬ 
ing such a mere class winner as the “Grand 
Champion” is very misinforming. 
Some (not many) hybridizers and catalog- 
ers are very loose in their use of the words 
“Winners,” “Champions,” etc. For your own 
protection, scrutinize these assertions closely 
and see if the winning is identified to time 
and place. An honest introducer of new var¬ 
ieties will be reasonably sure to specify rather 
than generalize or use language intended to 
deceive. 
In recent years a few of the larger shows 
have provision for Com’l. Div. Champions 
in the Exh., Dec. and Sm. Dec. types, repeat¬ 
ing the 3 champions in the Advanced Amateur 
Div. Topping off these, some shows make 
further provision for Grand Champion Bloom 
of the Show. Some shows, notably the Ohio 
and Mahoning, have provision for Grapd 
Champion Seedling Bloom. 
We search the world for winners. We dis¬ 
close authentic Champions. If we have missed 
any, will hybridizers advise us to their ad¬ 
vantage? 
Grand Champions in major shows about 
the world inside the last eight years follow: 
Bagdad —Quebec. G. S., ’35, Yakima, ’38. 
Betty Nuthall —San Leandro, ’31. Utah, 
’35. 
Blue Beauty —Haarlem, ’36. 
Canberra —Wash., ’34. 
Commander Koehl —Wash., ’32. East 
Bay, ’35., Regina, ’38. 
Coryphee —Wash., ’33. 
Crystal —So. Australia G. S., ’37. 
D. A. Hay —Winnipeg, ’32. 
Dazzler —Ohio, ’38. 
Del Ray—Ill., ’38. 
Fairy Tale —Haarlem, ’31. 
Frank J. McCoy —A.G.S., ’34; Ill., ’35; 
Ohio, ’.35; N.E.G.S., ’35, ’36, ’37; Metro 
(NYC), ’v36, C.G.S., Ames and Sioux City, 
’38. 
Heritage “Wise., ’34, Grants Pass, ’37. 
Joh. S. Bach —\'ancouver, ’35, Wash., 
’37. 
Jubilee —Ohio, ’37. 
Lord Selkirk —Minn., ’38. 
Lucifer -R.H.S., So. Australia, ’35. 
Maid of Orleans -Mah. G.S., ’36. 
Margaret Fulton —Pa., ’36. 
Maunga —Miramar, N. Z., ’34. 
Mildred Louise —Ohio, ’33. 
Minuet —Iowa G.S., ’35, ’37, Ind. G.S. ’37. 
Miss New Zealand —Marlborough H. S., 
’32, ’33; Ballarat, ’35; Dunedin, ’35; N.Z.G. 
S. ’36; Calgary (Aug. Show), ’37; Minn., ’37. 
Mother Machree —Ohio, ’32; Conn., ’35; 
Ill., ’36. 
Mr. Fred’k. Christ— Ohio Fair, ’32. 
Ballarat, ’32. 
Mr. W. H. Phipps— Ill., ’32; N. E. G. S., 
’34; Grant’s Pass, ’36. 
Mrs. Robert Nash —N.Z.G.S., ’37. 
Mrs. G. G. Errey —Glad. Sec. of R.H.S. of 
N.S.W., ’37. 
Our Selection —Ballart (2nd show), ’32; 
Malvern, ’35; Cedar Rapids (la.), ’37. 
Peggy Lou—Mah. G.S., ’37, ’38, N.E.G.S. 
-Brockton, East Bay and Wellsville, ’38. 
Picardy— C. G. S., ’32, ’34, ’35, ’36; Cal¬ 
gary, ’34, ’35; A.G.S., ’35, ’36, ’37; Empire 
S. G. S., (N. Y.), ’35, ’36; Port Arthur, ’35; 
Minn., ’35; Winnipeg, ’33, ’36; Conn., ’36, 
Metro., Mid-South, Ill., Md., Pa., Sunnyside 
(Yakima Valley G. S.), Hamilton (Ont.) 
Dist., all ’37, N.E.G.S., Wise., Iowa, Cedar 
Rapids, 2nd Calgary, all ’38. 
Pink Selection —Tasmania (Feb.) ’38. 
Pirate —Utah, ’38. 
Pititi —Papanui, ’34. 
Queen Mary —Winnipeg, ’34. 
Rapture —Mid-So., ’38. 
Recovery —Blue Ridge (Md), Marion 
County (Ind.), ’38. 
Red Lory —Wash., ’35; East Bay, ’36; 
Aukland, G. S., ’36. 
Red Phipps —Century of Progress, ’33. 
Rosemarie Pfitzer —Winnipeg, ’35; Wools- 
ton, ’36; C. G. S., ’37. 
Rosex —2nd N.E.G.S.-Brockton, ’38. 
St. Edward —Kensington (So. Australia), 
’37. 
Star of Bethlehem —Minn., ’36. 
Sunnyside —At six shows, Australia, ’31; 
Ballarat, ’35 (2nd show). 
Tip Top —Peterboro (Ont.) Hort., ’36, ’37. 
Tanui— Christchurch, ’33. 
CHAMPION SEEDLING BLOOMS 
Following seedling champions were not 
merely winners in their classes of certain 
types. They were champion seedlings, all 
types competing. Not many Prize Schedules 
make provision for this competition, it being 
most popular, apparently, in Ohio, Australia 
and New Zealand. 
Blue Wonder —(E. Both) So. Australia 
G. S., ’35. (Was also runner-up for open 
grand champion.) 
Caroline Werner Gannett (Chamberlain) 
—E.S.G.S.,’37. 
Col. Wm. Light (E. Both)- —So. Austra¬ 
lia G. S., ’36. 
Crystal (E. Both) —.So. Australia G.S., 
’37. 
Fairy Tale (Pfitzer)—Haarlem, ’31. (Was 
also grand champion.) 
Frostpink ornatus (Evans)—Mahoning 
G. S., ’33. 
