| General Description of Varieties 
i of the 
} WORLD’S BEST PRIZE-WINNING 
F  DAHLIAS 
We specialize in dahlias that have a record of WINNING 
| PRIZES; that are known to be vigorous, and have been thor- 
oughly tested out in many sections of the United States. 
Nearly every one of our dahlias has received a Certificate 
1 ) of Merit from the Trial Grounds at Storrs, Conn., East Lansing, 
1) Mich., Cincinnati, Ohio, or Fairmont, W. Va. That means a 
. rating of at least 85 per cent. 
Healthy Dahlias 
| It is our policy—and we strictly adhere to it—that NO 
1) dahlia will grow in our gardens that shows ANY disease what- 
1) soever. If a dahlia costs us a nice sum of money, it matters 
| not if it is NOT healthy, it is dug up and burned at once. 
We never purchase any stock from a dahlia raiser if we know 
| he allows diseased dahlias to grow in his gardens. 
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“We grow a number of the very best 
And let, who will, raise all the rest.” 
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| Abbreviations 
1) FD—Formal Decorative |D—Informal Decorative 
| SC—Sami-Cactus ]}C—Incurved Cactus C—Cactus 
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| ALICE MAY (1. D.), ‘Australia,’ 1939. Bloom 12x8. 
| This pure waxy white flower is rightly called a ‘’White 
| Lord of Autumn.’ This tremendous bloom is beauti- 
| fully formed, the petals folding all the way back to the 
i? stem. One flower of Alice May had three blue ribbons 
1] at the 1940 Cleveland Show—one ribbon for the best 
1) flowers in its class, one ribbon for the largest flower in 
the show, and the other ribbon for the most perfect 
| bloom in the show. One of the greatest dahlias to date. 
his cipo ud kei hehe tion oR Oe eo a Root 1.00 
ATOMIC YELLOW (S. C.), “’Proctor-Ruschmohr.’’ Large 
| yellow blooms 10-12 inches in diameter and 6-9 
inches in depth. A naturally large flower requiring lit- 
| tle fertilizer. Certificate of Merit at Fairmount, W. Va. 
| Winner as best semi-cactus seedling in New York show 
ole Wet WD), Spe wk eS eS ae ee ee ee eee Root 2.00 
| BEDFORD BEAUTY IC (Frank) 1946. 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 
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‘BO BO (F. D.), “Rocky River,’’ 1948. Blooms 242x114, 
bush 4 ft. Color is a rich empire yellow flushed scarlet 
| on outer edge of petals and in the center of bloom. 
Excellent stems and a good keeper. It was the only 
} miniature in 1948 that was on ALL THREE Honor 
| Rolls. It won the Achievement Medal at Irvington,. 
| —N. J. It also won the American Dahlia Society Silver 
Medal in the miniature seedling class at New eos = 
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