ROCKY RIVER INTRODUCTIONS 
MRS. HESTER A. PAPE ID _ (Pape-Rocky 
River) A large reddish purple which has 
one of the outstanding show records 
of the season with Achievement medals 
at Cleveland, East Liverpool, and Balti- 
more and innumerable "blues'' and 
“specials'' in open to all competition. 
Color is borderline between red and 
purple but classed purple according to 
color charts. It has been shown mostly 
in the red class where it has been 
almost unbeatable. It would be still 
more outstanding in the purple class. 
Plants are quite tall with excellent 
foliage and habits of growth. A dahlia 
which any one can grow well. Usual 
size of blooms is II to I2 inches but 
blooms up to I4 inches have been re- 
ported. Blooms are generally informal 
but very well "'finished'' blooms may 
be decidedly semi cactus. In Col. 
Eddy's discription of it in his Honor 
Roll he writes: ‘Easily the best 1945 
MRS. HESTER A. PAPE dahlia in my garden." 

MRS. HESTER A. PAPE, in addition to winning three Achievement Medals, is 
also on all three Honor Rolls and scored a Certificate of Merit at Fairmount in 1945. 
Root $15.00, Plant $7.50 
DOUBLE VICTORY MSC (Goddard-Rocky River) An outstanding miniature ‘semi 
cactus of scarlet red with a slight blend of chrome yellow. Petals serrated at tips 
by two V-shaped notches, and it is from the ‘double V" that it gets it's name 
DOUBLE VICTORY. Frequently shown at Ohio’ shows where it invariably carried 
off top honors and the plaudits of the small type dahlia fans. It is one of the 
very few miniatures ever to win the American Home Achievement Medal, per- 
forming this feat at East Liverpool in 1944 in a strong class, including at least 
two large dahlias which subsequently were Honor Roll dahlias. It was on the 
Western Honor Roll in 1944 and Eastern Honor Roll in 1945. 
DOUBLE VICTORY is a strong grower, about 4'/> feet tall and a profuse 
bloomer. Stems are about ten inches long carrying the flower facing the side. An 
excellent keeper. Col. Eddy in his comments in the 1944 Honor Roll selections 
said: ''A dahlia which in the miniature class will be grown as long as has Jane 
Cowl, and by as many people. It is one of the finest miniatures | have ever seen." 
Root $5.00, Plant $2.50 
