EXPORTS 
Customers in other countries should obtain import permits from their department 
of agriculture and the necessary information regarding importation into their 
country. If no permit is required that fact should be stated on the order. 
SALES TAX 
Residents of Ohio must include the three per cent sales tax with remittance. 
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ABBREVIATIONS 
The letters immediately following the name of a variety are the key to the classifi- 
cation of that variety. The 1953 BLUE BOOK classifications are based on the 
joint, revised classification by The Central States Dahlia Society and The American 
Dahlia Society, but can not be regarded as official as changes will be made after 
this is written. We believe it will be found to be substantially correct. 
First letter in the classification code following the name of the variety indi- 
cates the size; the second letter indicates the type; the third one indicates the 
color. An an example, A-FD-W would mean the variety was a large variety 
normally growing over eight inches in diameter, formal decorative in type, white 
in color. See under "'classification'’ below for full key. 
Following the classification code is the name of the grower (in parenthesis) 
who introduced the variety. In the case of more recent introductions the name 
of the originator is also given and separated from the name of the introducer by 
a hyphen as (Wolbert-Rocky River) which indicates Mr. Wolbert was the origina- 
tor of the variety and it was introduced by us. In the case of foreign introduc- 
tions, which are indicated by an asterisk (*) the originator and introducer may 
be unknown or vague. 
CLASSIFICATION 
Size 
A—Large (Exhibition), over 8 inches 
B—Medium (Cut flower), 4 to 8 inches 
Ba—Ball, 3! inches or over 
M—Miniature, under 4 inches (Miniature Ball, 2 to 3! in.) , : 
Pom—Pompon (for exhibition purposes must be under 2 inches in diamete:) 
Type of Flower 
pea romone 
a—Ba : 
C—Cactus (StC or IC when unknown or borderline) 
Coll—Collarette ’ 
FD—Formal Decorative 
|C—Incurved Cactus | 
|D—Informal Decorative 
Mig—Mignon : 
O—Orchid Flowering 
P—Peony 
Pom—Pompon 
S—Single 
SC—Semi-Cactus 
StC—Straight Cactus 
Color 
Au—Autumn 
Sherer Light Blend 
—Lig en 
Blend ) Dk Bl—Dark Blend 
L—Lavender 
Or—Orange 
Pk—Pink 
Pr—Purple 
Dk R—Dark Red 
Red} R—Red 
Var—Variegatec 
W—White 
Y—Yellow 
FI—Flame 
GQ 
