OUR 1939 INTRODUCTIONS 
Premier’s Exquisite — (As described at Georgia Test Gardens where it 
received a Certificate of Merit.) A beautiful incurved pink cactus, blooms, orchid 
shading to rose pink at center, 7 in. x 5 in., well developed centers, held on long, 
graceful stems with slight droop, 5 in. to 8 in. above the upper leaves, rich in color 
tone and distinctively pink; very prolific, plants bearing large number of blooms; 
plants, vigorous, tallest growing in the test, able to withstand adverse seasonal 
conditions; foliage, dark green, thick and abundant. 
SCORED 83 AT EAST EANSING, MICHIGAN. 
“And exquisite it is. Dainty in formation, lovely in color, of good size, high 
out of the foliage on slender rigid canes from a plant that shows excellent growth 
habits. It certainly calls for admiration.” — Mr. R. G. Huey, Supt. Display Gardens, 
Ewing, Kentucky. . ^ 
ROOTS 7.50 PLANTS 2.50 
Premier’s W^insome — The most attractive pink I.D. since Kathleen 
Norris and easy to grow, giving massive blooms in great abundance, will grow 
naturally to 11 x 6 inches, stems slender but very strong, foliage heavy, leathery, 
resistant to insects and mildew. Described at East Lansing, Michigan Trial Gardens, 
where it received a Certificate of Merit with the score of 85.2 E. Color described 
as “Basic color white, suffused with mallow pink.” (The color is made by many 
lines of mallow pink heavily suffusing a white base.) This may be a border line 
dahlia but it was definitely informal here. Medium tall. 
ROOTS $10.00 NET PLANTS $5.00 
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“It really is about the nicest thing I have ever had in my garden.”—Mr. F. V. 
Veirs, Canton, Ohio. 
“Your ‘Winsome’ is a knockout in every respect and I intend to replace all 
my pinks with that. In my garden it was gorgeous, nice form, substance and plenty 
of size. Everybody that saw it took down the name.”—Mr. Norman Lefkovits, 
Bessemer, Alabama. 
“I consider ‘Winsome’ to be the best new dahlia I have seen this year on any 
of my visits to the shows and dahlia gardens.”-—Mr. ' George R. Currie, 
Sheboygan, Wisconsin. 
“In my opinion, it has more vigor, is more prolific and produces larger 
blooms than any variety now available in the Fink Informal Class.”—Mr. H. L. 
Stewart, Floral Park, N. Y. 
“Your ‘Winsome’ was broken down by the hurricane, but it recovered quickly 
and in a very short time it was blooming with seven giant fiowers. Was offered 
50 cents each for the blooms.”—Mr. Wm. Meshirer, Prop. Queens Dahlia Gardens, 
Flushing, L. I., New York. 
“ ‘Winsome’ is one of the best I have seen in a long time.”—Mr. R, W. 
Webb, Scranton, Pennsylvania. 
“ ‘Premier’s Winsom-e’ showed excellent plant growth, tall, upright, inclined 
to make a number of blooms at the same time, and on canes of great length. 
Sun had no detrimental effect on its color and the blooms were alao free from 
tarnishbug and cucumber beetle damage, something rather notable during a 
season of heavy infestation. Visitors fancied ‘Winsome’ as strongly as ‘Premier’s 
Exquisite’ .”—Mr. R.G. Huey, Ewing, Ky. 
“I am glad to know that ‘Premier’s Winsome’ is from Rockleigh’s famous 
seed, because I consider it a most dainty and beautiful dahlia.”—Mr. H. Lodge, 
La Mesa, California. 
