New Novelties for 1946 
Each year we select, what we believe to be the best, new varieties being released 
for the coming season. A number of these are listed below at introducer's prices. 
Others will be tested in our gardens during the season. 
AGLOW ID (Dahliadel) Warm amber yellow, heavily suffused scarlet on the center 
area of each petal, and with a golden sheen over all. Blooms easily average !0x6. 
On Western Honor Roll. Plant $5.00 
ALCAZAR SC (Ballay) Deep fuchsia red with a trace of cerise. A new and charming 
color in a large, finely formed semi cactus. Achievement Medal winner at Mil- 
waukee. On Midwest Honor Roll. Plant $7.50 
BEDFORD BEAUTY IC (Frank) A distinctive and beautiful incurved cactus of delicate 
coloring. Color is a light amaranth pink with white around the center. Petals are 
evenly and narrowly rolled from base to tip. Size 6x3. Achievement Medal winner 
in 1943. On Eastern Honor Roll. Plant $2.50 net 
COL. LITTLE ID (Ambrose) A very showy, bright scarlet orange, with curly, twisting 
petals showing the lighter reverse. Petalg are deeply notched at the tips. Blooms 
ten to eleven inches with excellent depth. On Eastern and Western Honor Rolls. 
Plant $5.00 net 
CORAL CACTUS IC (Bennett-Beckman-Ruschmohr) A beautiful shade of coral pink. 
Blooms about seven to eight inches. Has a great pre-introduction show record 
including two Achievement Medals. On all three Honor Rolls. 
Plant $5.00 net 
FIVE STAR GENERAL FD (Ramage-Ruschmohr) A very large formal blend. Color 
amaranth pink blushing to Tyrian pink and shading to maize yellow toward the 
center. Scored three Certificates of Merit at trial grounds. On all three Honor 
Rolls. 
Plant $7.50 net 
FRIEDA GAYLORD ID (Ballay) A really large variety of rosy pink with light golden 
shadings. Has been grown to fourteen inches and has good depth. Achievement 
Medal at San Francisco. On Midwest and Western Honor Rolls. 
Plant $7.50 
LOVELINESS StC (Frank) A bright, lively color. Rosy pink with salmon, blending into 
sulphur yellow at center. Blooms 6x3. Won as ''most outstanding entry in the show” 
at Midwest show, Cleveland. Also three specials at this same show. On Eastern and 
Midwestern Honor Rolls. | Plant $3.75 net 
LUZON StC [Retzer) Clear liseran purple. General effect deep lavender. Size 7x4. 
This color is needed in the cactus types at our shows. Plant $1.75 
MISS SAN DIEGO IC (Comstock) A distinctive, incurved cactus of artistic formation. 
Color is Tyrian pink with thread-like markings of Tyrian pink on the strontian 
yellow center petals. Petals deeply lacinated at tips. Size 7!/2x4 or larger. Achieve- 
ment Medal at Inglewood. Certificate of Merit dahlia and on all three Honor 
Rolls. Plant $7.50 
PARDNER ID (Dozier-Robens) Large, peach buff informal with a tint of amethyst. Has 
been grown 1234 inches in diameter by || inches in depth. Long ramrod-like stems. 
On Eastern and Western Honor Rolls. Plant $7.50 
PATRICIA ID (Huey-Robens) An outstanding exhibition dahlia of light rose pink. Can 
be grown up to twelve inches in diameter. A good bloomer for so large a dahlia. 
On all three Honor Rolls. Plant $7.50 
