RUSCHMOHR INTRODUCTION 
Another Outstanding Blend 

General John J. Pershing 
GENERAL JOHN J. PERSHING (Ward) Semi-cactus. A sport of that 
ever prize winning dahlia Virginia Rute, with a new and pleasing color of 
coral and jasper red with chrome flush. There appear some lines of violet 
on the petal. One can grow this as large as that of Virginia Rute. Foliage 
and growing habits are identical to that of Virginia Rute. Received a 
Certificate of Merit in East Lansing and Fairmont in 1948. In 1944 it was 
the highest scoring dahlia in The A.D.S. Trial Grounds in Storrs. Winner 
of The American Home Achievement Medal in St. Louis in 19438. Listed 
on L. B. Dudley’s Eastern Honor Roll and J. Louis Roberts’ Midwestern 
Honor Roll of The Flower Grower. 
Roots $15. Plants $7.50 3 Plants for $20. net 
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