1943 INTRODUCTIONS 
FLYING FORTRESS 
Peggy Lou X Marmora 
(About 90 days) ... The king of the big smokies. 
Just can’t be beat today on the show table in the 500 
or any other class when shown with enough open 
and it easily opens 11 to 14 formal type. With reason- 
ably fair growing conditions will make 8 inches or 
better. Customers have reported 8'%-inch floret. 
Twenty-one buds, 36-inch flowerhead, 60 inches over- 
all. Color is a beautiful shade of soft lavender gray 
with a small attractive blotch. Florets well open, not 
hooded. 
Winner of first and champion sdlg. Tri-State. Cham- 
pion sdlg. Penna. State. Am. Home Achievement, 
Southeastern Mich. First Ohio State both Akron and 
Cleveland shows, all first year out in 1942. Ohio 
State with a score of 92 points, the highest score ever 
awarded by the Ohio Society. First A.A. and best 
Ohio orignation at Ohio State (Akron). First and 
special for most open florets in show (13) at Ohio 
State, Cleveland. All in 1944. Show champion Ten- 
nessee. Longest flowerhead at N.E.G.S. Boston. First 
Ohio State in 1945. First open and longest flower- 
head Tri-State. First open Ohio State, Cleveland. 
First open Chagrin Falls. First open East Liverpool 
in 1946. You can’t keep the Fort from winning. It 
hasn’t started yet. Per each, Large, $1.00; Medium, 
75c;soinally 50c; bulblets;-cachml Uceone1Usiors 0c 
GRACIE ALLEN 
Ohio Nonpareil X Marmora 
(About 80 days) ... Very clean deep red scarlet self. 
Formal type with perfect placement on almost every 
spike. Your scarlet should be Gracie Allen for both 
show and commercial. Florists really like it. Five and 
one-half-inch floret, 8 open, 20 buds, 27-inch head, 
62 inches overall. While we will not take the space 
to give all winnings here, they are very good. Priced 
way down this year so you can all get in on this 
fine scarlet. Has been in very good demand. Each, 
$1.00 for Large; 75c for Medium; 50c for Small; 
bulblets, each 15c or 10 for $1.00. 


