GUIDEBOOK FOR 1940 
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Note: In N.E.G.S. list we have subdivided some colors and we moved Rosemarie Pfitzer 
from second cream to second light pink classification, where we feel that it should classify. 
This moved Mary Elizabeth up to second cream and demoted New Era from second light 
pink. Likewise, Takina moved back to purple, demoting King Lear. 
Note that Matterhorn, though leading Star of Bethlehem and Maid of Orleans with 100% 
“A” votes, is omitted because it polled less than 20% of the total votes. 
OHIO SYMPOSIUM 
(Taken by votes of visitors to the 1939 show.) 
1 
Peggy Lou 
9 
King of Hearts 
2 
Vagabond Prince 
10 
Margaret Beaton 
3 
Picardy 
11 
Beautiful Ohio 
4 
Rewi Fallu 
12 
Maid of Orleans 
5 
Shirley Temple 
13 
Commander Koehl 
6 
Barcelona 
14 
Bagdad 
7 
Mac 
15 
Miss New Zealand 
8 
Beacon 
This tabulation is carried down to a 10 
vote minimum. The symposium not only 
symbolizes the success of Peggy Lou, of which 
there were many blooms present of grand 
championship caliber, but also is a feather 
in the cap of King of Hearts inasmuch as 
there was but one spike of it (ours) in the show. 
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 Grand 
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 nine years follow: 
Aladdin —Ind., ’38. Yakima and Winni¬ 
peg, ’39. 
Bagdad —Quebec. G. S., ’35, Yakima, ’38, 
Pa. ’39. 
Beacon— Wash., ’38. Wellsville, O., ’39. 
Betty Nuthall —San Leandro, ’31. Utah, 
’35. 
Blue Beauty —Haarlem, ’36. 
Canberra —Wash., ’34. 
Colossus —Metro., ’39. 
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. 
Flagship— C. G. S., ’39. 
Frank J. McCoy—A.G.S., ’34; Ill., ’35; 
Ohio, ’35; N.E.G.S., ’35, ’36, ’37; Metro 
(NYC), ’36, C.G.S., Ames and Sioux City, 
’38; Conn. ’39. 
Heritage —Wise., ’34, Grants Pass, ’37, ’39. 
Joh. S. Bach —^Vancouver, ’35, Wash., 
’37. 
Jubilee —Ohio, ’37. 
King Midas— Blue Ridge G. S. (Md.), ’39. 
Lord Selkirk—Minn., ’38, ’39. 
Lucifer —R.H.S., So. Australia, ’35. 
Luminosa —Utah (1st show), ’39. 
Maid of Orleans —Mah. G.S., ’36. 
Margaret Fulton —Pa., ’36. 
Marguerite —Wash., ’39. 
Maunga —Miramar, N. Z., ’34. 
Maxwellton —Algona, ’39. 
Melrose —Melbourne, ’39. 
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. 
Sioux City, Omaru, N. Z., Launceston, Tas. 
(shown with 12 open and N.Z.G.S. (2nd day), 
all ’39. 
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. 
