Michigan Grown Roots 
WHITE CHAMPION — Semi-Cac. [Pitman-Kemp] 
Bloom 138 by 9 inches, plant 6 to 7 feet. This outstanding 
white was awarded two Achievement Medals and the New 
Jersey Dahlia Society Honorary President’s Medal Season 
of 1942, This great white is different in that every one 
can grow it successfully in any kind of soil that will 
grow good corn. It has great vitality and is unusually 
prolific. 
Roots $1.75 
WHITE KNIGHT, S. C. 
A beautiful large pure white, artistic formation and good 
stems. 
Roots 50c 
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WHITE WONDER (Kemp, 1933) I. D. 
The largest fluffy white to date. Long, graceful, wavy petals 
and easily grown from 10 inches up. Strong plants and long, 
stiff stems. (H.R.) 
Roots 45c 
WM. R. SHINKFIELD, I. D. 
Bloom 14x7. A huge Australian of a deep bronzy gold 
color. Wide spreading plants with broad heavy foriage. 
An outstanding dahlia in every respect. Don’t miss it. 
Bush 6 feet. 
Roots $1.50 
WINGS [Geer, 1943], S. C. 
Dark carmine to almost blood red. Long strong stem 
holds large thick blooms well above the foliage of 5 to 
6 foot bush. A prize winner. 
Roots $2.00 
WINNING WAYS, (Dixie, 1941), LD. 
Blooms 8 to 10 inches, center a creamy yellow, blending to a 
bright amaranth pink, each petal heavily based with chrome 
Roots 85c 
WORLD EVENT [Dixie, 1944], I. D. 
11 x 8 inches, rose pink. A seedling of A. Goodacre, with 
the same free blooming and branching habit as its parent 
and grandparent, Golden Goblin, which produced the free- 
blooming Mrs. C. E. Wildon, Mason’s Purple Beauty and 
many others. It is as large as the other informal pinks 
with added depth. “It is a knockout,’ were the reports 
of those who had it on trial. Received a Certificate of 
Merit at Storrs and East Lansing in 1948. On all three 
Flower Grower Honor Rolls. 
Roots $7.50 
WOTANA, F. D., (Foreign) 
The clean stem is 18 inches in length, straight and rigid, 
carrying the huge blooms facing high out of a vigorous bush. 
Color best described as mikado orange, slightly darker at 
center. The rich color does not fade or bleach. Reliable ex- 
eee variety. This giant was highly recommended, from 
ustralia. 
Roots 85c 
YELLOW COMET, (Mrs. Derse-Ruschmohr, 1941), 
S.C: 
Picric-yellow with wide petals which curl tight for half or more 
of their length. Won a Certificate at East Lansing in 1937. 
The clean cut blooms come up to 11 inches by 7 inches deep 
without too much disbudding. Stems are cane-like. The blooms 
come early and late on a healthy bush. 
Roots $1.25 
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