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3. To encourage the retention of such wonderful old 
varieties as Crinkles, Pieardy, Minuet, Margaret 
Fulton, etc., at least until we have something defin 
itely better. Too many of us are led to supplant these 
fine varieties with new ones simply because they are 
new and described with bigger words. 
4, To encourage the growing, showing and use of more 
colors, sizes and types. Some classes have few if any 
qualifying varieties, (See Supplemental Information on 
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5. To have a coneise list of recognized leaders for 
use in comparison and evaluation of any variety, old 
or new. This should be of particular interest to the 
hybridist, who must decide whether to pull that pretty 
Seedling or carefully tend it, with the hope of its 
future introduction. Many.a beauty, better than any 
disemminated variety in its class, has been pulled 
and thrown into the ash heap beeause its owner had no 
way of knowing its value. | 5] 
6. To aid the florist and cutflower grower in selecting 
the best varieties for their use, for, contrary to the 
belief of many, the leading winners in a class are 
nearly always the best cutflowers also, Example: Red 
Charm, Picardy, Minuet, Leading Lady, Silver.Wings, 
_ Elizabeth the Queen, Spotlight, Margaret Fulton,. etc. 
7- We will be glad to hear of other uses you may find 
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. Using NEGS, NAGC and other show reports of the last. 
two years, 1946 and 1947 (1948 reports not all in at 
time of compilation) and considering only varieties 
that won a total of three or more first prizes, the 
top winner in each class is shown. 
Both the number designating the color and the color 
name are given to describe the color classes, with the 
letter L. standing for Light and D. for Deep (10 L. 
Yellow means light yellow and 12 D. Yellow means deep 
yellow and so forth). (Continued on back of Chart) 
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