Half A Century Of Dahlia Progress

"WANTED: AN AMERICAN join the new society and exhibit. he "fought the reins" strenuously DAHLIA SOCIETY"-In the Octo­ George L. Stillman, of Westerly, until 1962, when the present, and by ber, 1914 issu e of Florist's Exchange, R. I., sent some 1,500 double post no means the least skillful of these its Editor, J. Harrison Dick, wrote cards at his own expense, to secure scribes, Editor Edward B. Lloyd took an article with the above title. This new members and exhibitors. the job and edits and "lays out" the suggestion was immediately acted The show was staged at the Mu­ interesting A. D. S. Bulletin you upon. seum of Natural History in New read today. It has always been a An active, enterprising, wholesale York, on September 24th. Undoubt­ quarterly, except for the years 1952 florist, one R ichard Vincent, Jr., op­ edly this location was selected be­ and 1953, when only two issues per erating a big stand of greenhouses cause there was no charge for space year were published. Always of in­ in White Marsh, Md., and ardent and the facilities, including tables, terest to members, its pages are fi lled dahlia grower, read the editorial and water and porter help. Milk bottles with the latest news of dahlia peo­ started calling some of his colleagues were used for vases. "Premiums dis­ ple, shows, Trial Gardens, cultural and customers. He asked them to go pensed amounted to $325.00 in cash data, and reports of the doings in to New York and meet with J. Har­ and also about $100.00 worth of the associated societies. rison Dick and himself and d iscuss medals and ribbons." It was esti­ • • • starting a new dahlia society. mated that over 35,000 persons A NEW DAHLIA ERA-In this At that first meeting, it was quick­ viewed the show. period, 50 years ago, dahlias were ly agreed a dahlia society was needed just getting into American gardens. in the eastern part of the U. S. al­ THE FIRST ANNUAL MEET­ Most of the varieties grown and ex­ though there were less than half a ING was held at the Museum on the hibited in shows here were origi­ dozen in the U. S. at that time. Mr. second day of the first show. Officers nated in Europe. But, American in­ Vincent was chosen Chairman and were elected: President, Richard troductions were getting into the all agreed to send out letters to all Vincent, Jr.; Secretary, Joseph J. spotlight. John Harding, gardener their friends who grew dahlias, invit­ Lane, Mamaroneck, N. Y.; Treas­ for Judge Marean, of Greens Farms, them to a second meeting. urer, F. R. Austin, Tuckerton, N. J. Conn. early in the 1908's had suc­ • The meeting was well attended. In­ ceeded in developing a new strain SOCIETY STAR TED IN A DE­ vitations were read inviting the so­ of large decoratives, all with closed PRESSION YEAR-The year, 1914, ciety to show in 1916 at Philadelphia centers. One was named JuoGE MAR­ was a "depression year." Many firms and Rochester. EAN and many others were known as in and out of the florist's trade were "Marean dahlias." Up to then, most Before the show, membership failing. Bad time to launch a new A NATIONAL DAHLIA SOCI­ dahlias exhibited were singles, du­ numbered 158. After the show, it society? Yes. But this group went ETY FROM THE START-The plex and peony types, except the had grown to nearly 200. President ahead with their p lans anyway. Tem­ ponpons and miniatures. society was conceived as a National Richard Vincent, Jr., then past 60 porary officers were elected. A show Organization. Evidence of this was . . .. years, was the "sparkplug" of the was planned for the following fall, the election of Vice-Presidents from ASSOCIATED DAHLIA SOCIE­ group. As George Fraser, of Willi­ 1915. TIES-The Society had the charac­ different areas. They were: W. W. mantic, Conn. (and the second Su­ Wilmore, Denver, "representing the ter of a national organization from • • perintendent of The Storr's Trial THE FIRST AMERICAN the beginning. Other dahlia societies west"; Professor. J. B. Norton, of Garden) wrote in 1954, on the occa­ DAHLIA SOCIETY SHOW-Busi­ University of Maryland, "represent­ were invited to join with it to ad­ sion of the 40th Anniversary of the ness was not flourishing, but the ing the south"; Leonard Barron, vance the knowledge of dahlia cul­ society, "Despite his advanced years, ture, standardize sizes, colors and show was a success. The society had Garden City, N. Y., "representing Richard Vincent was very active. no funds except a few contributions the east"; George L. Stillman, West­ types, nomenclature, show proce­ Not one of us, and most of us were by the tradesmen members. Invita­ erly, R. I., "representing the north­ dures, and many other things which younger, could keep up with him at tions went out to dahlia growers to east. would help all groups with the same shows and in gardens. He had en­ objectives. ergy and enthusiasm to spare and Originally, these societies, in join­ (An Advertisement Which Appeared in the Bulletin, Oct. 1922.) continued on as leader and President ing the A. D. S., were designated for fifteen years." as "Branch Societies." But many ·~ 1'1'1'1'TTTTT1'1'1'1'1'1'T T TTTT1'1'1'1'T1'TTTTTT1''i''i'1'T 1'TTTTTT'i''i''I' - • thought that this title denoted sec­ Marean Dahlias THE A. D. S. BULLETIN-At its ondary status. In 1935 the plan was first business meeting, all members revised as suggested by this Scribe, HE MAREAN DAHLIAS are conceded to he the most present agreed that, in order to pros­ then President of A. D. S., to include Tmagnificent under cultivation. At all Exhibitions from per and grow, the society should two categories of member societies. whichc we have rep,orts, the MAREAN varieties stood out have a publication. Its purpose was The first were "Participating Socie­ above all others, in size of bloom, in quality of flower, in to carry news of dahlia people, pro­ ties," and their membership in whole color, in size and strength of stem and neck. In every way they mote shows, and print cultural in­ or part (20 or more) are members of proved their superiority over all other varieties. formation. At first, it was a small, the A. D. S. with full voting privi­ MAREAN Dahlias won the greatest number of Blue Rib­ 5" x 7" eight page pamphlet. Joseph leges. Each Participating member bons and First Prizes at the Wonderful Exhibition of the J. Lane was its first editor. He was receives a copy of the Bulletin, the American Dahlia Society, exhibited as they were, by Amateurs followed soon by Edward C. Vick. Judging Manual, an annual copy of and Professionals alike. Beginning in 1923 William G. Rath­ the Joint Classification List and all The MAREAN varieties, 44FIRELIGHT" and MRS. J OHN geber was Secretary and Editor, until other literature. The Participating T. Sheepers were considered by those who know, the finest his death in 1932. Beginning in 1932 Society receives an A. D. S. medal two dahlias in the show. Ask the growers who won with them. and until 1937, Lynn B. Dudley for its show, and many other privi­ edited the Bulletin. Then Gordon leges and services. JOHN SHEEPERS Waaser became Editor for the long­ The second category is known as est "hitch" of anyone (for 17 years). an Affiliated Society, and pays an Original and Exclusive Introducer of He resigned on account of ill health annual fee. This entitles it to 6 MAREAN D AHLIAS and retired to Marlowe, N. H., where copies of the Bulletin to be rotated 522 FIFTH A VENUE, NEW YORK CITY he lives today. This put L. B. D. among its members, an A. D. S. back in the Editorial harness, where (Continued on page 26)

Page 26 The A. D. S. Golden Year Dahlia Record A Capsul History Of Accomplishment

Medal yearly. Both types of societies lishecl by Prof. Norton a nd were as "A," Large; "B," Medium; also are privileged to conduct the A. D. S. issued later as Official A. D. S. Lists. Dwarf, Miniature (Small). Seedling and Achievement Competi­ Beginning in 1930, the Norton " " * tion in their shows. The Presidents List, with many deletions and yearly A JOINT CLASSIFICATION - of both are automa tically Vice-Presi­ additions became the A. D. S. Official Un ti! 1948, there were two Classifi­ dents of the A. D. S. The news, elec­ Master Nomencla ture List. Until cation Lists. Then the two societies, tions, shows, etc., of each Associated 1940, the List was kept by Dr. Mar­ A. D. S. and Central States, com­ Society is reported, as se nt by its shall A. H owe, Director of the New bined their lists and issued a Joint Secretary, in the Bulletin. York Botanical Garden. A t his death List. T his eliminated confusion for As this is written, early in 1964, in 1940, the list was placed in the exhibitors a nd judges. It h as become some 67 Dahlia Societies are thus keeping of Dr. Charles H . Co nnors, a standard opera tion a nd is h andled associated with the A. D. S. and the head of the Ornamental Plant De­ by a committee composed of mem­ number is growing each year. p artment at Rutgers Experiment Sta­ bers of bo th societies. The Joint List " " " tion, later to become a unit of Rut­ is u sed by over 100 exhibitions each TESTING NEW VARIETIES ­ gers U niversity. When Dr. Connors fa ll. Yearly revisio ns keep it up to At this p eriod, 1916-1917, so many (1935) with three columns, instead passed on in 1960, the List, which da te. growers were putting n ew varieties of two, so that judges could desig­ by then had grown to a bout 5,000 * * * on the market, in order to supply n ate three categories of size: Small, names, was turned over to the pres­ A JUDGING MANUAL-Stand­ the increasing demand, tha t many M edium and Large. The character­ e nt Chairma n of Nome ncla ture, ardized a nd coordinated judging pro­ inferior seedlings were being offered. istics were listed as: Color, Form, Will-J Stone of W estwood, N . J. ·Ad­ cedures had been discussed by the It was decided in 1917 tha t the so­ Size, Stem, Foliage, Substance, Florif­ ditions of new varieties to the list A. D . S. officials for years. In 1953, ciety should have the new introduc­ erousness U niformity. This is sub­ are made on the basis of Winning the late Dr. Ward Cook, a most m e­ tions grown under as near ideal con­ stantially the Official A. D. S. Score Certificates a t Trial Garden s, win­ ticulous judge, consulted some eight ditions as possible, and evaluated by Card as used today. In 1956, a new ning in Seedling Sweepstakes, a nd other judging authorities in the so­ competent judges. Official size, the "BB," 4" to no t over o n being catalogued. Deletions are ciety,a nd then compiled a Judging The first A. D. S. Trial Garden 6" was added in same column with made every year, also. Any person, l\fanual. It was authorized a nd pub­ was established at the then Storrs the "B's." It was in 1940 that a new by paying a fee of $1.00, may have lished by the American D ahlia So­ Agricultural College at Storrs, Conn. o r second Score Card was desig ned, a name checked, cleared, and regis­ ciety. Qualifications and demeanor Its first superintendent was William for "Bench Judging." This is still tered. An A. D. S. Code of Nomen­ of judges as well as pointers for the H. Sweeney. Its second was George used to evaluate new varieties on cla ture outlines what type oE names use of score cards were included . Fraser, and its third and last for 26 the show tables. A need for such a are acceptable for registra ti o n. Colors were divided and explained. years, was the late Rowland L. Patch. Score Carel had been esta blished in " " In fac t, the manual was not only the In its early clays, a group of A. D. S. connection with the America n Home THE FIRST MODERN CLAS­ first one ever devised for dahlias, it judges went to the garden each fall Achievement Medal Awards. In one SIFICATION LIST- N aturally, a is still about the only one-flower com­ and examined the entries. Their de­ year, in their hey-day, over 40 of large "File" List, such as the " Mas­ plete treatise on judging. I t quickly cisions determined which of those on these Medals were awarded by the ter" List is too large and unwieldy came into use in many societies as a trial would be "officially approved." publication to new dahlias in some to be published annually. Yet there text book for judging schools. It is There was no score card as such in 30 shows. was need fo r classifications detail to giv en without charge to a member use by the judges then. In the 46 " " aid show judges. In 1939, the Cen­ when joining the society. It is sold years since then several thousa nd DAHLIA NOl\IENCLATU RE tral States Society of Chicago, pub­ to others a t Sl.00 p er copy. Several new dahlias have received a n A. D.S. AND CLASSIFICATION UST S­ lished a list of varieties, such as were editions have been necessary to sup­ Certifica te of Merit. The first list of dahlia varieties was being exhibited in the mid-west. ply the dema nd for them. * * * published in 1915 by Dr. F. H . H all T ypes, sizes a nd colors were included. * " THE FIRST OFFICIAL SCORE at the Experimental Station a t Ge­ In 1940, the A. D. S. , which had ACCREDITED J U DGES- Back CARD-It was about 1928 when Wil­ neva, N . Y. The second Dahlia Va­ in 1936, the then editor of the Bulle­ liam Sweeney, Superintendent of the riety List was compiled in 1923 by tin penned an article titled: "Why Storrs Trial Garden, designed the Professor J. B. S. Norton, a Charter Not A. D. S. Certified Judges?" It first A. D. S. Score Card. H e, and M ember of the A. D. S. It was more suggested qualifying tests, with dem­ others, had used it for several years a list of names of some 7,000 of the onstra tions and written tests, with on a trial basis at these Official Trial then current varieties than a Class i­ qualifyi ng grades. No thing was done G ardens, which in this year, 1964, fic ation List. Its title was, "T en about it then. number eight. It was first illustrated Thousand Dahlias in Cultivatio n." But with the Judging M anual­ in the July, 1929 Bulletin. Its m ain This was in keeping with the [a ntas­ with ma ny students taking the judg­ ca tegories were: Color, Stem, Foli­ tic growing popularity of the dahlia ing courses, the Accrediting of judges age, Form, Si ze. Even in this first at that period. l\Iost commercial by the A .D. S. was the next logical Score Card, there was a space for firms grew thousa nds of seedlings been planning such a li st for some step. Bert Pitt was president a nd he "Distinction." This was described a nd, because of the demand for new time, iss ued its fi rs t, short, current, presented a pla n which, through the as: "For Form a nd Color values, forms and colors, could, and often li st of sta ndard varieties. This list cooperation of the several dahlia above average, allow 5 points in did, list most of them in their cata­ was selected by W arren W'. Maytrott conferences and local societies also, basi c fi gure." logues. of Vinela nd, N . J. from the " Master a list of judges in three categories: The "Sweeney" Score Carel was * * * List. " T hose varieties were included A ppre ntice, Reg ular, and Senio r used until 1934. Then it was revised THE FIRST CLASSIFICATIO!\ which, in his knowledge of ca ta­ Judges would be authorized by the under the direction and suggestions LIST -The second Norton li st was logued dahlias were being grown A. D. S. Mr. Pitt was assisted in the of W arren M aytrott. This Card was published in 1928, a nd contained and shown currently in various sec­ preparation of the plan by L awrence used in Trial Garden judging (or less tha n h alf as many va rieti es as tions of the country. This first A. D.S. Palminteri, who was named Chair­ Field judging and, in some insta nces, the first one. But most of them were Current Official Classifi ed List was ma n of the operation. in shows), to e valuate the the n described in what could be called published in the Bulletin. For the only award for Achievement Medal the first classified dahlia list. Most first time, too, in any list, there was T ha t such a program was needed A wards offered for n ew varieties by of the varieties were listed as to color an explanation of Color Types and was evidenced by the instant r e­ the American Home M agazine. and type, also the names of the origi­ a Definition of Form Types. For the sponse by conferences a nd societies. It was again revised one year later n ators. Several other lists were pub- first time also, Size types were li sted (Continue d on page 28 )

September 18-20, 1964 Page 27 To Stimulate Interest In Dahlias

(Continued from page 27) Five years later, in 1954, 32 societies the exclusive publication of the on leaves, which, at best, is often un­ wanted it. Today, in 1964, over 60 study for the Bulletin. Some fine reliable. Each group was asked to name a are cooperating in the Seedling photographs were taken by the col­ Senior Judge Committee, and when Sweepstakes. It supplements the lege photographers and also made authorized, that group would then IN THIS FIFTIETH YEAR­ Trial Garden awards for new and available to illustrate the leaf band­ pass on the qualifications of the The American Dahlia Society is worthy dahlias. Unlike the Trial ings in the five different virus dis­ other judges from that society and grateful that its members and offi­ Garden testing, however, it does not eases which Mildenr identified. The recommend their status to the A. D.S. cials, over the past half century, have provide the all-season observation report appeared in the 1959 May As of 1963, over 600 judges had been been able to put into action, the and checking under varied cultural and August issues. It was the most accredited under this plan. A list of purposes to which the Society was and climatic conditions. exhaustive record of dahlia disease these judges has been published and dedicated by its founding fathers. research ever made. distributed to members and A. D. S. In Section II of its By-Laws in It was because of this article, which associated societies by the committee. RESEARCH - In 1931 and 1932, 1915, the objectives stated were: The came at a time when viruses were Dr. Phillip Brierly, Plant Pathologist Society is formed for the purpose of becoming a greater menace to grow­ of the U. S. Department of Agricul­ stimulating interest in, and the pro­ THE SEEDLING SWEEP­ ers than ever before, that the A. D. S. ture, conducted a two-year study of motion of, the culture and develop­ STAKES - Before 1950, the only determined to start a serious study Dahlia Mosaic and Stunt. This was ment of the dahlia - to establish a major award for new varieties in and research into dahlia diseases. done at the Boyce-Thompson Insti- Standard Nomenclature - to Test shows was the American Home Plans were begun to raise a fund New Varieties and to give them such Achievement Medal. This was start­ for necessary grants to researchers. Recognition as they Deserve - to ed about 1920 by Leonard Barron, a About this time, J. Louis Roberts, Study the Diseases of the Dahlia - Charter member of the society, and long an advocate of disease research and find Remedies for same - and Horticultural Editor of American passed on. As a Memorial to him, to Secure Uniformity in Awarding Home. It was continued until 1961 the money being raised among mem­ Prizes at Flower Shows - and to by his two successors, E. L. D. (Ned) bers and associated societies was Give Exhibitions When D eemed Seymour and Ted Weston. named "The J. Louis Roberts Re­ It was awarded to other flowers search Fund." His "home" society, Desirable. than dahlias, but they seemed to Southtown Dahlia Society, Chicago, This was the "Constitution" on capture the majority of the Medals raised over SJ ,000.00 for the fund. which this Society was founded half each fall. In one year, over 40 of the a century ago. From the abbreviated record of its accomplishments under Medals went to some 30 new dahlias GAMBI - GIRL- STONE in 41 shows. However, some thought RUTGERS UNIVERSITY UN­ these objectives, as listed herewith­ that the one, supreme award, in a Usually these two gentlemen who form DERTAKES STUDY-In May, 1960 all members of ALL Dahlia Societies the dahlia firm of "Gamston Gardens" in an A. D. S. Committee, with Warren everywhere may judge and deter­ show left behind many worthy dahl­ Riverdale, N. J. are seen with other men. ias which the public would like to W. Maytrott as Chairman, Dr. Fred­ mine if and with what fidelity the Here they made an exception and were erick Knocke (present Chairman), grow and show. "taken" with this beautiful blond, who, at American Dahlia Society has attained It was in February that a commit­ the time, in 1956, was "Miss Patterson." and Lynn Dudley, met with Dr. B. its goals.-L. B. D. H. Davis, Chairman, Plant Pathol­ tee composed of Dr. Knocke, Conrad At left is Joe Gambi, right, Will-J Stone. The dahlia was their LAWRENCE ogy, and Dr. Eugene Varney, at Rut­ Frey and Lynn B. Dudley proposed WELK, then winning many awards as a a new competition for new varieties gers University, to discuss the prob­ seedling. It was a BB-F. D. a blend of lem of virus diseases confronting the in shows. It was called, "A. D. S. lev.ender and white. Mr. Stone is Chair­ Fancied Grievances? Seedling Sweepstakes." It was made man of the important A. D. S. Nomen­ dahlia growers in America. clature Committee and keeps the Master In reference to a future study par­ May all our fancied grievances be available, without cost, to all Dahlia banished from the mind, and may List of Registered Dahlia Varieties. ticularly in Dahlia Mosaic, Dr. Davis Societies associated with the A. D. S. we greet each other with a wish said that Rutgers was then conduct­ The awards included Rosette Rib­ tute for Plant Research, Yonkers, that's good and kind. May nothing ing research in Tobacco Mosaic and bons, Medal Certificates, and, for the N. Y. His findings were: No. 1, "that false creep in to spoil the perfect a study of Virology in dahlias would harmony, and may we speak sweet highest scoring variety in each of the Green Peach Tree Aphids were the fit into that study. Further, the Plant words of love and peace and har· four size categories (if shown in at vectors for the Mosaic," and, No. 2, least three shows in one year), an Pathology Department would be glad mony.-Roy Webb. "that there was no known cure for to undertake the A. D. S. project. A. D. S. Gold Medal. A new Medal a plant infected with Dahlia Mo­ of Bronze, honoring the Originator Both Dr. Davis and Dr. Varney saic." These truths have never been pointed out that such a study could of the competition, Lynn B. Dudley, disproven. Did Wordsworth Write This? will be awarded to the supreme not be rushed and no estimate could The Bulletin was privileged to "When all at once I saw a crowd, award winners beginning with this, be made as to the time involved. publish the Brierly report and the A very host of Golden Dahlias, the 50th Anniversary year. They were inclined to the belief fine photographs of the leaf-banding Beside the lake, beneath the trees In the first year, only eight socie­ that a Serological Test, such as had symptoms identifying mosaic. This \Vaving to me-dancing in the breeze. ties asked to schedule these awards. been developed in Europe, would be was in the July, 1933 issue. It was a the first logical step. basic study and has been quoted for This Research Project, with grants Who Wrote This? years by later studies and their pa­ made from the J. Louis Roberts Re­ The BILL & COO Gardens thologist researchers. search Fund, is being continued in God Bless Thy Dahlia Year! 1964. Hope is expressed by all con­ Plants go in-weeds come out, Way Up in Washington ANOTHER STUDY OF DAHL­ nected with the project that soon an You live with joys and fear, IA DISEASES-In 1959, Rowland A. announcement will be forthcoming Bugs swarm-there·s virus doubt, If you expect to have weddir~3s Then! Blooms bring hope and cheer, of definite progress which will bene­ or funerals in your family this year, Mildner, a graduate student at Mich­ Sunshine bright, puts fear to rout, fit every dahlia grower. As Dr. Brier­ you should grow our new igan State, undertook a study of all God Bless Thy Dahlia Year. known authorities on Dahlia Dis­ ly said so truthfully, 30 years ago, SNOW WHITE-B. F. D. White eases. It was his Thesis for a degree "There is no known cure for Dahlia I 0 Bucks per Root at Michigan State University. Dr. Mosaic." All members of the Society An aging dahlia grower observed: C. E. Wildon, for 34 years director and its associated societies are anx­ ''They just aren't making mirrors BILL & COO GARDENS of the A. D.S. Trial Garden at Mich­ iously awaiting the means of detect­ like they used to. The kind I buy 1498156 Ave. X Y Z, Edmonica , Wash. igan State, and head of the Nursery ing Mosaic Virus in both plants and now are full of wrinkles and crows' Department there, helped to secure roots, other than visual indications feet."

Page 28 The A. D. S. Golden Year Dahlia Record detection is far easier when plan ts these apparently "healthy carriers," are past the half g rown stage. or those varieties which seem to be Dahlia Diseases A Menace The most certain way to ensure resistant to virus, (and there a re a In several articles in this Golden control, commences with one·s abil­ few) . Would we then be eventually Year Dahlia Record there ar e refer­ Virus Diseases ity to keep to a minimum, the activi­ able to breed a virus resistant race ences to the grave problem of Dahlia ties of all types of aphids and thrips. of dahlias? Viruses. We refer to those by War­ Of the Dahlia This s h o uld be followed by th e Importing Viruses ren Maytrott, and Dr. Frederick By George Brookes, England grower rougeing all suspect plants if Growers who import vanet1es Knocke, past and present Chairmen one bear s in mind, that to propagate from overseas, are strongly urged of the A. D. S. R esearch Program, It has been admitted in compe­ from only healthy stocks, then other to grow all stocks of such imports and the one by Dr. C. E. Wildon. tent quarters, that no less than six onerous affairs will become less. It diff erent virus diseases affect dahlias. is that person·s duty to his fello\v in a secti on that is as far away as The Society has been conducting a Briefly, and not in order of import­ grower, to keep hi s stocks clean. possible from his o\\·n proved stock. study of Dahlia Mosaic Virus, in ance, they are : 1. Dahlia Mosaic Carriers of V iruses. Ano ther point In effect, this could be designated a conjunction with the Plant Pathol­ Virus. 2. Cucumber Mosaic Virus. to bear in mind is, there are a few new stock qua rantine. It follows, ogy D epartment of Rutger s Univer­ 3. Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus. 4. known varieties and, m aybe lots of that for satisfaction of all concerned, sity at I\ ew Brunswick, N. J., since Dahlia Ringspot Virus. 5. Dahlia unknown o nes, that are classed as it is your duty to cal! in the plant September 1961. It has been in charge Yellow Ringspot Virus. 6. Dahlia "carriers of virus." These varieties health inspector, who will give every of Dr. Eugene Varney. The efforts of Oak L eaf Virus. a re known to have virus, but never co-operation. I urge everyone to Dr. Varney and his associates have show it. To all intent s and purposes avail themselves of this service. been directed towards isolating '·an­ Dahlia Mosaic they are healthy plants, yet they Grow these imported stocks at least togen" (pure dahlia mosaic anti­ O f these, we find the most preva­ have been found to pass virus to one season in strict quarantine. serum). Although this study has lent to be the Dahlia Mosaic and other varieties via. aphids, etc. This Concluding. Aphis and thrip must been in progress for nearly three Cucumber Virus a nd Tomato Spot­ is very disturbing and it is as well be eradicated as quickly and as effic­ years we do not have w ord from Dr. ted Wilt Virus. The most often to find out from a reliable source iently as possible. Press home the Varney that the pure anti-serum will seen in England is Dahlia Mosaic the name of these varieties. I wi ll not attack w ith great r egularity, a t least be available to g rowers in 1964. Virus and it is easil y recognized a ttempt to list any her e, but I won­ every ten days here in England, and by pale yellow vein bandin g against Dr. Knocke said recently that Dr. der what the result would be, if perhaps oftener in some ar eas and the darker color of the leaf. Taking V a rney hopes to separate the virus someone commenced to breed from in som e countries. w ith the aid of electrical iontophare­ the center vein of the leaf and its sis or with other physical or chemi­ side vein s, if these are light or pale cal purification soon. It has been a yellow, it is almost certain to be long, and at times a discouraging Mosaic V irus. Sometimes the mark­ project. A. D. S. members have ing fades and flu ctuates. T he leaves s hown patience unlimited in awaiting will also curl downwards, blister and the solution of the identification an­ wrinkle; also one-half of the leaf g le for this growing m enace of virus will be short a nd stumpy, as again st diseases in their gardens. \lll e a re the longer and more regular shape told t hat when the process is per­ of the leaf on the other side of the fected, Dr. Varney plans to publish central leaf vein. The growth in an article describing the various steps general will be short and stumpy in in obtaining the dahlia mosaic anti­ betwee n nodes. In fact, the plant, serum. W e hope at that time he will when half grown, is frequently be able to describe the process in the broader across than it is high. A. D. S. Bulletin and tell how it can This type of virus is passed from be put to practical use in determin­ infect ed t o h ealthy plants by sap ing if a plant or root contain s the sucking aphids, who feed on a n in­ dread virus. fected plant, fl y to the next plant I thank you for the grand write u p There is no question about the fact and start to feed again. In so doing, Charles Ambrose Recalls - they transmit the virus by injecting of your v isit to my garden under that today, from 10 to 25 percent of ''I can remember back in 1933 it into the plant. Happily, this virus the fl oodlights September 1962. the dahlias in every garden in Amer­ when I attended my firs t A. D . S. does not effect seeds saved from in­ I have had several heart attacks ica have at least one or more of the show in New Y ork. It was the thrill fected stock. Neither will it affect in the last year, and retired from m v five known dahlia viruses. Without of my li fe. I met many of the dahlia the soil. paper company job last D ecembe;. adequate spraying, aphis. thrip, leaf men t here, some of whom ha,·e I am taking it easy now and I ha,·e Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus is hoppers, white fl y and other sucking rassed on. I r emember, fo r instance, a pension and Social Security. Mrs. insects a re spreading th e viruses rampa nt in m a ny other countries D addy K emp, D errill Hart, Michael besides England. The r eason for it Ambrose and I are doing all right, from t he diseased to the healthy Batto, Swoboda, Ruscher. (Dewey and I 'll continue to grow as many plants very rapidly. being so widespread, is because it Mohr' s late partner). I also met you has m any host plants, which in­ dahlias as health will permit. I miss Many growers rogue out the dis­ and \Varren Maytrott. , you at the· shows since you went clude: asters, chickweed, chrysan­ I recall that D ahliadel had a large eased plants as fast as they a r e dis­ themums, primulas and tomatoes to California, but I hope you and covered. Unfortunately others do display a nd Anne Benedict, almost other s will write as you can. Charles besides one or two other host plants: blood red, was featured. The next not, and in their gardens today, the The thing to look fo r in this virus B. (Col.) Ambrose, 631 \ V. 26th St., percentage of diseased plants often year (1934) America's Sweetheart X o rfo lk, Va. is leaf spots a nd patterns in the came out. Al so The Millionaire runs from 25 to 50 percent. The big leaves, also concentric rings. The Thomas Edison and Jane Cowl b e~ problem is in the recognizing or leaves. as with Mosaic, are often de­ identifying those plants which are came all the rage. fo rmed. In this case, the transmitter Yes, w hen I look back, Lynn. I infected. Leaf banding a nd patterns is an insect call ed thrip. l'M A WISE OLD BIRD! of two-toned leaf areas help, but realiz e that time has made m~n y Cucumber Mosaic Virus is not many varieties tend to conceal th e changes in ail our lives a nd in the The Oldest in the West! quite as severe as the two previously symptoms. In other countries the dahlia world. But the wonderful m entioned type of virus. In this disease menace is just as great as in friends we have made with our And, after 52 years of Dahlia case, leaf distortion is very small America. Here is an article on th e dahlia hobby m ean so much to us. growing I have learned a lot-for­ and is r eflected by li ght green a nd subj ect by Mr. George Brookes of Many of the'se friends, beside the gotten many things too, thank som etimes dark green mottlin g. England which is published by per­ ones mentioned above, are sadl y heaven - Should have celebrated This virus can be transmitted from mission here. (See next column) missed. There ·was M errill Brown my SOth Anniversary in 1962. dahlias to other host plants, being a nd William Elkins, and now i1~ -o- carried among plants by aphids. July, our own Dick Cross. They add­ But congrats to the A.D.S. on It is a wise m ove fo r individual ed so much to our lives and interest theirs. "I don't belien 'Grace· wili b e growers to learn t hese types of virus in dahlias necessary, said :\Ir. H . 0 . (a suc­ for his, and other people's sa ti sfac­ Your friendship over the years has A Po st Card W ill Brin g My list-Fast. cessful and highly respected dahlia tion. Once a general guidance is ob­ been· a hig hlight for me. You helped exhibitor,) as he eyed the meal of tained detection is fairly easy. Virus me make Col. Little better known Whiterock Dahlia Gardens leftovers. I'm s ure everything here is spotted in the early stages of a by li stin g it on your Honor R oll. Pabstown, Oregon has been blessed before." sprouting tuber or young plant, but \1·hen I airmail ed them to you. And

September 18-20, 1964 Paqe 29 Qualifications of Judges judge are not always in complete Judging Is Not An Exact Science In order to qualify as a senior or agreement, but be assured that, in regular judge the individual must this writer's humble opinion, each By Andrew J. Mulcahy have proven his or her knowledge of judge considers many factors before A. D. S. Chairman, Judging dahlies, but regardless of similar deciding which entry, in his opinion, training judges do not all see the ex­ should receive the first, and lesser Editors Note: "Drew" Mul­ hibit alike. What would be a muddy awards. cahy is a dedicated dahlia judge. color to me, would appear as an at­ Summarizing, good judging is In 1961, he succeeded Conrad trac:tive color to you. more than the application of rules Frey, dean of A. D . S. judging Subsequently, classification, vigor, and measures. It is certainly not an for two decades, as chairman of etc. are difficult to measure. Balance, exact science. It requires highly de­ judging in the A . D. S.-N. J. harmony, rythm, etc. are largely veloped knowledge and skills. It joint exhibitions. matters of reactions, emotions and must be remembered that judges It has been the writer's privi­ feeling, so naturally there may be very seldom receive any renumera­ lege, over fifteen or more years, different evaluation of them. tion and pay their own expenses, and to " team up" with Drew on Principles and procedures can be before anyone criticizes them, be dahlia judging pilgrimages, driv­ taught, but balanced judgment can­ certain that it is not clue to a biased ing usually, to many conferences not be. It is something acquired ac­ opinion. and other exhibitions. We have cording to each person ·s ability, af­ journeyed often to Birmingham, ter study and training and many Chattenooga, Washington,.Pitts­ years of practical experience. burg and other places. We have Judges Often Disagree made hundreds of visits together It is little wonder that those who to A. D . S. Trial Gardens. Andrew J. Mulcahy We can testify, therefore, that no dahlia judge is today m ore is dedicated to helpinq dahlia dedicated, to helping exhibitors exhibitors qet an accurate and and originators, to receive un­ fair evaluation of their exhibits. Pen and Ink Drawings That 'Coco-Cola' Breath biased, fair and competent judg­ ing. That is Judge Mulcahy. By Doris Dudley Pace A "Hot Lips" Story He has often said that the the part of the judges. Some of the The editor's daughter, who ap­ by John Metzger responsibility which a judge as­ criticism results from disappoint­ pears below, is the artist who drew sumes in evaluating the cherish­ ment when a specific entry has not the pen and ink sketches of dahlias Last fall, at the Birmingham, Ala. ed entries of growers is almost won. This is due to lack of under­ which appear as decorations in this Show we had, as usual, a wonderful overwhelming. H e admits also standing of the technique and prin­ "Record." She lives in Fairfax, time with the typical southern hos­ that too many exhibitors have ciples followed by the judges. California, north of San Francisco, pitality and entertainment. The fea­ come to take the unselfish ef­ Judges A re Not Infallible with her husband, Col. Brice Pace, ture, of course, was a dinner at the forts of judges as their inherent U. S. Army, retired. home of Dr. and Mrs. Rike. They rights - too much a matter of On the other hand, some judges, They have two sons, Jon and course, as it were. being human beings, may occasion­ are real hosts, with friendliness emi­ Scott, who live with them. Their Drew and the writer have of- ally commit errors in procedure, nating from every corner of the spa­ daughter, Pamela, is married and . ten discussed udges as a "breed" judgement and/or the art of diplo­ cious home, yard and dahlia garden. also lives in Fairfax, with her hus­ of dedicated dahlia enthusiasts. macy. This is why it is preferable band, Jim Lonsford. Dr. Rike had cut his show blooms Did you ever ask yourself, Why to have at least three judges, some at for the next day's show and put Doris, who has painted many oils do judges travel hundreds, even least from another society is possi­ them in containers in a cool room to ble, for each specific class in dahlia and watercolors, including portraits thousands of miles, by car, train absorb water. He is formidable in and plane; stop at the best shows. of people and dahlias, asked to help show competition as well as a genial hotels, (or motels); buy their Judging is mainly a matter of her dad in illustrating this Golden host. The blooms were in fine condi­ own meals, (and beverages); comparing and evaluating an exhibit Year Dahlia Record. Naturally, we donate trophies; all without re­ and comparing the exhibit against a could not refuse her assistance. W e tion, and, wishing to keep them so, he remarked to the " drinking guests," numeration? theoretically "perfect exhibit." The hope you like her interpretations of 'Tm afraid that the scotch on your Drew writes herewith some of perfect exhibit is described in de­ dahlia forms. his views about dahlia judges, tail in the point scoring system and breaths will wilt my blooms, but I with the obvious desire, of help­ since there are numerous kinds of will let John Metzger, who is full of ing exhibitors to understand exhibits, there are different point Coca-Cola only, go in and come back modern dahlia judging tech­ system. But generally, the scale used and report on the variety and condi­ niques. There is much more for evaluation of a specific exhibit tion of my winning kind of dahlias." which, from his long experience. is quite universal and is used \\·ith I went in, and looked over the he could have said.-L. B. D. only slight variatons by all quali­ fied judges. blooms, came out and reported that there were undoubtedly many win­ JUDGES ARE MADE - The judges' team sees the exhibits ners parked in the room. But, unfor­ before them in relation to the ·'per­ tunately it was a hot day and-tem­ NOT BORN fect exhibit," scores them according­ pus fugit-next day some wilted. By A. J. Mulcahy ly and then moves on to the next exhibit to be judged. They are not After the judging, Dr. Rike "col­ "In order to assertain the best concerned with how nearly perfect lared" me and said: "You damned exhibits at a Dahlia Show it is neces­ is an exhibit. That is only incidental Yankee! I kept those scotch drinkers sary to have each entry judged by through the scoring procedures and out of my cooling room. But you­ either senior or junior judges, except then the exhibits are a warded first, with your Coca-Cola breath, blew in the seedling classes, which should prize, second prize, etc. The blue some open centers on my best be judged only by senior judges." is the best one and red ribbons are blooms." " Dahlia Show Judges are "made" next to the best. The difference be­ On the Bulletin Cover, 1937. You see, friends, you can't always, not just born. They have grown and tween the two however, may be only the title read, "Miss Doris Vir­ "no how" win. I wonder sometimes one percentage point. e'x hibited dahlias. Probably they qinia Dudley, lovely dauqhter of if it pays to have a reputation for have "lost out" in some contests. A judging team follows procedures Pres. and Mrs. Lynn B. Dudley, soberness. Their status as a judge has been and applies principles standards in admires the New Ruschmohr In­ P.S.: Ed. Lloyd, another abstainer, earned. all dahlia circles, taking into con­ troduction, "Straights White.'' It did not go in the room. President "Most exhibitors accept the judges' sideration classifications, require­ was winner of the Derrill Hart Dryer and Caroline, I'm sure they decision, good or bad, but some, m ents and restrictions imposed on Medal for 1937. however, have strong feelings about the show by the show schedule or were teetotaling, and d id not get which entry should have won and the show management. These prin­ As the item above reveals, blamed for the wilting. Possibly I do not hesitate to criticize the judg­ ciples are applied to their best abil­ she is now Mrs. Brice Pace and looked too hard at the blooms.- John ing of real or imaginary errors on ity under show conditions. lives in Fairfax, California. Metzger, Irvington, N. ].

Paqe 30 The A. D. S. Golden Year Dahlia Record Promote Dahlias More N. J. T ercentenial For Garden Decoration Award Made By Phillip Alampi, Written and/ or Inspired by Art hur S. Mason Secretary of Agriculture, N. J. I plead guilty to being a competi­ tive dahlia showman, Arthur (B ill) At the show this afternoon, the programs fir st with "Phil" and later Mason might be heard to say. Per­ A. D. S. Service New Jersey Tercentenary Award of with Mrs. Ruth Alampi, who con­ haps you would spell it "Show-off." its Medal was made to its winner tinued the programs after her hus­ by Phillip Alampi, New Jersey Agri­ band became Secretary. In front of It is estimated that there are less To Dahlia Growers culture Secretary. the cameras, we planted roots and than 3,000 fellow male dahlia exhibi­ Because of early press require­ plants, tied them to stakes, sprayed tors in the country. And, there are Much Appreciated ments, we cannot name the winner them, dug the roots - all in a large probably 2,000,000 male gardeners. of this award. It was made to a box of soil provided fo r the purpose. Men do like to display their gar­ I am deeply appreciative of the resident of New Jersey for the most Whether we helped people to be­ den triumphs and win awards for fine work accomplished by the meritorious exhibit of the fine big come dahlia growers is a conjecture. them. It may be egotism-or a pat­ A. D. S., all during the years since its red dahlia originated by Secretary But, personally we enjoyed our con­ tern for extroverts-call it what you organization. I am, and have been, Edward B. Lloyd, General Chair­ tacts with Mr. and Mrs. Alampi. On will. There are nearly 100 dahlia a member through local and branch man of this celebration, called " Kew one occasion we also recall he came shows staged in the U. S. each fa ll, societies for many years. Jersey 300"". to the A. D . S. show with the late A word about Mr. Alampi. Before "Jack"' Johnson and Mrs. Johnson, where most of the exhibitors are Many of my first dahlia friend­ being appointed in 19S6 to this im­ who was "Betty Blossom" as a men. They "exert their superiority" ships were formed with A. D. S. portant New Jersey state job. Mr. writer, and, when a name was want­ by producing blooms which can win members in the East, and are still Alampi headed the American Broad­ ed for the ~lew winner of the over their neighbors and friends. cherished. I have the highest admi­ casting Garden Weekly T. V. Pro­ A chievement Winner, grown by our There is good clean competition ration and respect for the officers of grams. The subjects chosen covered friend, Herman Rindfleisch, of Ma­ in business, in sports, in gardening, the A. D. S., as well as all other mem- broad cultural suggestions for many maroneck, ?\. Y., "Phil" suggested Arthur once told us. On the exhibi­ products, including dahlias. Betty Blossom and the dahlia which tion tables in the shows, the public This editor was privileged to ap­ \\· e still gro,,·, was given to it on can see the wide variety 0£ sizes, pear on several occasions on these the spot. form, height and colors in today's dahlias. Most gardeners who see the exhibits wish they could grow flowers Comet (Cactus), Rose, speckled the equal of those they see. Some of Dahlias of 1915 Crimson, each ...... 15 them try to do it, but without cul­ Cardinal (Cactus), Fine Crimson. If you grew, or even r emember Very large, each ...... 30 tural guidance and the expert touch, these dahlia varieties, which were many fail to equal the exhibits. Mr. in style as "Novelties"' the year of Colosse De Balcour ( D ecorative), lVfason wrote us recently as fo llows: the fir st A. D. S. show, then you are Plants dwarf, Flower large, Vio- older than you think. The list be­ let, Tipped White, each ...... 3S "Since I quit editing the Dahlia­ low were a part of some of the 200 D elice (Decorative), Very large, gram, the publication 0£ the Na­ varieties offered for sale in the cata­ P ure Pink, Long stems ...... 35 tional Capitol Dahlia Society, I have logue of Geo. H. V.TaJker, Dig hton, Esmerelda (Show), one of the best, taken an interest in writing for hor­ 1fass., copy of which was given to Clear Yellow, each ...... 25 George W. Childs (Cactus), Rich, ticulture sections 0£ newspapers." the editor by Louis Allin g, former Garnett Huey at Pine Top Secretary and a Past-President of Deep Yellow, each ...... 10 "I have found in the correspond­ the A . D. S . The figures are in cents. Grand Duke (Show), one of the ence in their files that there is today Bessie Boston (Decorative), In- best, \Vhite Tinted Lav ...... 15 a wealth 0£ interest in dahlias as a bers. Surely no dahlia 10\·er could Joan of A rc (Cactus), Sulphur Y el- but appreciate the unselfish sen·ice curvecl, Yellow, each ...... SO garden 'cutting' flower. Newspaper Countess of K enmore (Cactus), low, shaded P ink ...... 35 fil es are full 0£ inquiries about th is. that has been given by the Society P ure Umber, each ...... 35 Jennie Cayeux (Cactus), Soft Pink. shaded Heliotrope ...... 35 My friend, Warren Maytrott of and those who have so capably guid­ Grand Dutchess Marie (Giant Kaiser Wilhelm (Show), Deep Yel- Dahliadel sensed this increased in­ ed its actions during the years. Show), a novelty introduced in 19_1 l, and very popular, Rich Car: low, Tipped Reel ...... 20 terest by just the average type of gar­ All of us at Cincinnati sincerely mme ...... 7J Le Grand Manitou (D ecorative), dener, several years back. Since then appreciated the presence of the rep­ King Philip (Paeony), Cramine, Largest in cultivation, Lavender 1 he has been li sting in his catalogue resentatives of the A. D. S. who Yis­ plants dwarf, each ...... $1. SO V. hite, Should be in Your many garden and florist type of dahl­ ited the Mid-west Show there; on Manhattan Beauty (Show), Very Garden, each ...... 75 ias. The result, a surprising increase several occasions, when I lived just large, stems 18", reel, each ...... SO You will note that some dahlias, of much later elate, were named the in sales of these types of dahlias." over the river in Kentucky. Manitou (Decorative), Large Yel- low, dwarf, each ...... 75 same as some of those above. Bride, "One 0£ the largest seed and bulb If health permits I expect to be at Princess Ju 1 i an a ( D e c o r a ti v e ) , Comet, and Cardinal are three that firms in the country confirms this the Golden Anniversary meeting in Large, P ure \Vhite, each ....75 had namesakes in later years. It was the discovery that growers were revival oE interest in dahlias for dec­ September. You possibly have been Royalty (Decorative), Very large, oration in garden and home." They naming their new varieties after told that for several years I ha\'e Royal Purple, each ...... $1.00 ones already on the market, which say their order is for the"good old been handicapped by diabetic neu­ Alice Roosevelt (Holl a nd Paeony). prompted the A.D.S. to early estab­ varieties like JERSEY BEAUTY, THOM­ ritis and had to give up growing for Cream vVhite, each ...... 35 lished a Registered List of Varieties. AS EDISON, LOIS WALCHER , GARRY several years. However, the change Damera (Cactus), lncurvecl Petals, The act of selecting a name of O ld Gold, each ...... 50 HooK, e tc. , are increasing every year. to this White Mountain climate a named variety, is known as an Vivian (Paeony), Rose Pink, ... SO act of the sub-conscious mind, and They stock some 300 varieties. Their seems to have given me a new lease sales are increasing." The demand Queen Emma (Paeony), Rose it happens very often in many and I am feeling much better. Grew Pink, ...... 20 phases of life, other than that in for the medium and small size dahl­ three hundred hills last season and horticulture. But that's anothe 1- ias is increasing. The average gar­ Queen Wilheimina (Paeony), \i\Thite am planning on the same for this Very satisfactory, each ...... 25 story. - L. B. D . dener just wants the older, lower year.-Garnett Huey, P. 0. Box 95, America (Cactus), Pink, striped --0-- priced varieties. He does not have Pine Top, Arizona. Carmine, each ...... 75 to have the latest introductions. It's A . D. Levonia (Show), Finest Pure Time to Grunt color and beauty in his garden and -o- Pink, each ...... 10 home that he wants. Amber Queen (Pompon), Pure A familia r saying tells us that Robert Louis Stephenson wrote : stairs get higher as we dahlia folks "So, as one dahlia showman to the Amber, each ...... IO "Everybody, sooner or late, sits get older. 2,999 others in America," concluded Bride (Sing le), Pure vVaxy down to a banquet of consequences." \ Vhite, each ...... SO L a tely I've noticed that electric Mr. Mason, "Let's help people with We hope this one tonight is not Belle of Springfield (Pompon), wall outlets arc a lot lower too. gardens to grow 'cutting' dahlias." such a one. Crimson, Tinted White ...... 10 -Roy Webb.

September 18-20, 1964 Page 31 You'll find almost all the com­ in color the first known dahlia mercial dahlia catalogs going be­ of decorative form and labels COLOR STUDY yond the color classifications. They it as "pink." By Frederick McKelvey, Santa Monica, Calif. try to be specific in their endeavor to give their customers an accurate A Su rvey of the Color Situation in Dahliadom 1847 By this time, it appears all color description, but here again manner of crossings have been The followincr article deals with dahlia oolor descriptions there's no uniformity in terminology, made and color is rampant. Be­ and as they are found today, to tell how this and we're off again. low is a listing of the color classification~ Bi-color. According to the expla­ came about, and to see what lies in the immediate future together classes as used for the English nation as given in the ] oint Classifi­ exhibitions. Note the "Dark with a few suggestions. It is neither a technical article on color cation L ist, there may be more than shaded" and "Black" classes. nor is it exhaustive on the matter it does cover. two colors. Variegated dahlias are WHITE-examples, Q ueen of My thanks are ·extended to all who helped in ~ts pr:para­ the ones that get described by what Sheba and Empress of whites tion and there were many. However, I would especially hke to the colors do rather than the colors WHITE, TIPPED EDGED thank Garnett Huey, E. Henry White and Lynn Dudley for themselves. Perhaps when these and SHADED with CRIM­ their assistance. terms were proposed and adopted as SON - examples, Star and classifications, the understanding was Emily PART ONE the listing would include the spe­ WHITE, TIPPED or EDG­ cific colors. We checked the Classi­ ED with PURPLE or LILAC The Present Time-1964 fication List and for the most part, -examples, Alice Hawthorne specific colors are mentioned, but YELLOW-examples, Cleopa­ Dr. Ward Cook in his manual there are some exceptions. We have "Judging of Dahlias in Shows" stat­ tra, Gold, Yellow Standard a suspicion the fault is not a pr in ting ORANGE and BUFF- ex­ ed that color is the most important error nor with the Classification amples, Gloria M undi, Golden single attribute of a dahlia. Why is Committee, but with the source of it then that there is so much varia­ Fleece, Lady Lincester the material, the reporting societies. LILAC - examples, Dasinki, tion in attempting to describe and/or Sound muddled? Off hand, it is. classify color in dahlias? Victorine, Queen· of Perpetuals Yet we realize that many good PURPLE - examples, Picwic, Surely, anyone would think that people have pondered this subject the most important single attribute Prometheus in the past and we have them to PEACH LILAC - examples, of the dahlia would have been thank for what order de do have. Rose d' Amour thoroughly tabbed by this time, but It has not been an easy task. DARK SHADED-examples, we learn that such is not the case. Frederick McKelvey One apprentice judge, after look­ Raphael, VanGuard So what do we find? All nationally Color Specialist ing at some blooms and hearing a SCARLET & ORANGE accredited judges use twenty points lecture on color, stated it appeared as perfection when judging the color SCARLET - examples, Non­ as though some dahlias had gone pareil characteristic of dahlias, and are Heimatland are both classified pink, in one end of Nature's palette and CRIMSON & ROSY CRIM­ guided by the fourteen color classi­ they begin to wonder what gives. come out the other, and there SON - exemples, Beeswing, fication as given in the joint Ameri­ Apprentice ] udges have asked how you judge quality of color in a pink were'nt words to properly describe Erectum, President of the West can Dahlia Society and Central dahlia when there's a lot of yellow the resultant mess! Many have tried, DARK CRIMSON & MA­ States Dahlie Society Classification (Surprise) in it or a lot of lavendar and that's the crux of the matter. ROON - examples, Q ueen of of Dahlias List. In trying to convey descriptive ter­ the Gypsies, Octavian Let's take up those fourteen color (Heimatland). Pink is pink and why not stick to it. If it's got other colors minology one man's sunset color is ROSE-examples, Adonis, Ro­ classifications first. They are: white, another's rose gold, or autumn, or sette, Exernia, Pueen of Roses yellow, orange, flame, autumn, red, in it, it's not "pure". It shouldn't be labelled a "pink" dahlia, or if it tannish old rose, or ochraceous dark red, pink, lavender, purple, is, knock off points. orange ad infinitum. I t would appear light blend, dark blend, bi-color and The answer is to turn to Cook's that there was no common meeting variegated. ground. Even a wheel radiates out­ Color Groups manual and on Page 9 (1953 Edition) look at the color diagram. See how ward from a hub! It is well to remember the above the pink classification, or pink group In other countries the situation as classifi cations only. Think of them isn't m uch different. Other general as groups of colors. Within each of colors let us say, extends from salmon through tyrian rose (lots of classifi cations, other ter ms for speci­ classification are specific colors that fic color descriptions, but no real more accurately describe the dahlia lavender as it's near the lavender group of colors). Therefore, Surprise improvement, and surely no system bloom. In the Classification List, and Heimatland are both correctly worthy to replace 'en toto' the one dahlias are listed by their "group" now in use in this country. color, and not by their "specific" labelled pink. Regardless of whether the judge H ow did all this come about? Why 1900 In our country, during the first color. However, it MAY happen that don't we have a good color classi­ a specific color and the group color settles in his mind the specific color third of the twentieth century, of the dahlia or not before awarding fication of dahlias? Is it so difficult turn out to be just about everybody's color description was sectional­ points on color quality, the point to accomplish? mental conception of that color, as ized, oftentimes with one lo­ here is that the dahlia itself is listed For answers, let's turn now to the cality not knowing what an­ for instance Nagel's Solidite, pink. historical angle and see what has Or Lulu Pattie, white. Mary Eliza­ as pink no matter where it falls other was talking about, ex­ within the pink color range. been done through the years that has cept in a general way. Com­ beth, red. Orfeo, purple. brought is to the point where we This point is overlooked by many. White, yellow, orange, red, dark mercial growers likewise had red, lavender, purple as with pink now find ourselves. When told that the peach-colored no common standards. During Surprise and the lavender - pink above, aren't so difficult to grasp this time some used Ridgway's once the color "grouping" is under­ PART TWO Color Chart as a standard, and stood. Perhaps the dark red-purple Color Through the Years some used the Royal Horticul­ area will give some trouble, espec­ tural Color Chart, and still PRAISE THE LORD! ially if no color chart is ued. Under 1810 Mons. DeCandoll in his "Mem­ others used terms that were not certain light, even experts have had oirs" lists five colors of dahlias to be found in either of the and " EAGLE E" difficulty distinguishing these colors. -red, purple, lilac, pale and foregoing charts. There were A 10% INCH BIRD Continuing with the fourteen color yellow. This appears rather other color charts with other classifications, we come to some dif­ simple and uncomplicated and terms for specific colors. On the Certifi cate Winning ficult ones-flame, autumn, the light from a cursory survey of avail­ and dark blends. What colors are able material of the early days List in Trial Garden in Ohio. 1923 This year J. B. S. Norton, a they? dahlia colors were not so mixed Score 85 - Price $5.00 as at present. White was also professor at the U of Maryland T h at's-17 Points for a Buck ! D escriptions Sound Odd? a color at this time having ap­ and a charter member of the Write Me Today To the initiated, they know about peared in a dahlia, a single, at A. D. S. published and copy­ what to expect, yet there's no a nursery of Berlin. righted his book SEVEN REV. J. DANGLE certainty. To the uninitiated-well, THOUSAND DAHLIAS IN Rt. # I -Little Creek, W. Va. we've all tried describing colors to 1817 Pink appears. The Botannical CULTIVATION. It was not our friends. Magazine (England) portrays (Continued on opposite page)

Page 32 The A. D. S. Golden Year Dahlia Record the first listing of dahlia va­ class and the "Other blends" The foregoing shows that the Now let's t<1ke these up one by one. rieties, but was probably the changed to "'Dark blends" while matter of color is not yet set­ Item one. Specific color names. most comprehensive. As far the definition of blends was tled either in this country or It would appear that different color back as 1915, F. H. Hall of the clarified and rewritten in the abroad. With the large number charts have been used in the past Experiment Station at Gene,·a. present form of the J oint Clas­ of apprentice judges coming with each having different descrip­ N. Y. had an index of dahlias sification of D ahlias. along, the ever-increasing num­ tive color names. Some used this containing 5000. Then in April About this time, 1948, \ Varren ber of exhibitors we have at chart, some that, while som e didn.'t 1921 the A. D. S. began pub­ M aytrott brought out his pock­ our shows each year, and with use any chart at alJ but used their li shing a li st, but Norton's in­ et edition of the Royal H or ti­ the difficulty of getting enough own terms to describe color name . cluded just about everything to cultural Color Chart which in­ charts for future use, there is H ere's an example : 'li ght brown­ be found in dahliadom. cludes some colors from the a need fo r the settlement of ish salmon, edged purplish lavender, In addition to a variety's name, Ridgeway and R epertoire de the color question. Besides, if lighter at base.' \ Vhat color is it' its color was given. Prof. Kor­ Couleurs charts. It contains growers, introclucers, exhibitors This is extrem e, but you can cite ton states: Color-given after 175 color blocks neatly arranged and the general dahlia buying others. the class, in the most general in a loose leaf binder. public all spoke one lang uage, What is obviously needed is one terms without attempting to wouldn't it be to the benefi t authority on dahlia color, one set of make fine di stinctions. Two of all ? color names so that when a person 1958 The N ickerson Color Fan ap­ color names together, as "yel­ says a bloom is such and such color pears. This chart contains 262 low-pink" m ean an interm ed­ everyone (at least, those who have color samples and is arranged PART THREE iate color or the latter color studied the charts), will know what in the form of a fan. \ Vhen un­ modified by the fir st. Two We no\\· come to the place where he· talking about, and if he doesn't, opened it measures 70 inches colors joined by "and" indicate we turn to the future to try to see long by 1 % inches wide, and that leads in to the two colors di stinct in dif­ what's ahead. I tem two. A comprehensive, easy­ cost fiv e dollars. ferent parts of the fl ower to-use color chart. \ Ve \\·on't dwell To get colors that are bet\\·een whether blending or not. long on this here, except to say that the samples given, a numerical whenever a color chart is made "offi­ system has been devised. There­ cial," it should follow that it be 1938 The first classifica tio n of dahl­ by the color limitations of this speedily available to all and uncom­ ias by color and form was pub­ chart are extended. There are plicated in its arrangement of colors. li shed by the Central States conversion tables that have been W e grant no chart is going to match D ahlia Society. This was copy­ m ade to convert both the Ridg­ the magnificent array of tints, tones righted but the society ga,·e way and RHS Colour charts to and shades dahlias prese nt, but a permission to any other dahlia their corresponding equivalent pretty good start has already been society to issue a like cl assi­ on the fan. Some dahlia fans fication provided it made not have used this and like it. claim­ made. I tem three. A general color classi­ "by courtesy of the C.S.D.S." ing it to be practical, cheaper, fi cation for dahlias. At present we The original classifi cation pro­ and easier to use than the pock­ From among those queried on have fourteen general color classifi­ vided for eleven color classes: et editio n of the RHS chart.. present dahlia color description and red and crimson, yell ow, ma­ classification, we find responses cations and should the Classification roon and dark maroon, white. 1963 W arren M aytrott proposed to rang ing all the way from "it's OK Committee act on \ Varren Maytrott"s purple and violet, pink and rose, the J oint Classification Com­ to it's punk." That, we suppose, was suggestion before this is printed, we flame, lavender µnd mauve, mittee that a fifteen th color to be expected. Until such time as would have fifteen. class be added to the fo urteen blended, bicolor, and autumn there is agreement on this subject We Venture to Suggest: shades which included gold, now in use. This is it: "Blend. there will remain this division of bronze and buff. no cl early distinct color but in­ opinion. We would combine "Red" and stead two or more intermingled One thing we learned from the "Dark Red." We suggest " Light" colors of different color classes and " D ark" blends be eliminated. 1942 Meanwhile the A. D . S. had its historical part of this article is that which gradually m erge but each Should appear under one heading color classification. There wer e an attempt has been made to settle of which can be distinguished "Blends." nine color· classes.: lavender. the color question. The greatest at a di stance of six feet. A sin­ We rather like "Flame" and are orange, pink (Pi), purple (Pu) . strides have been made since 1945, gle colo r shading lighter, does undecided about "Autumn" as a gen­ red, white, yellow, bicolor and and we learned fu rther that the mat­ not co nstitute a blend." eral color classification. blend. A blend was described ter is still being considered. In recording alJ the above gen­ as blended, no clearly distinct World Dahlia Congress Topic? eral classifications we would propose color, a blending of two or changes, and that leads us directly more. The need for settlement is appar­ ent and now is the time to be think­ into: ing. I tem four . A more explicit listing 1945 The A. D. S. added Variegated 'vV e believe this subject will be of dahlia colors. Supposing we start to the above li st. touched on at the coming World this off with a glance at the ten lead­ D ahlia Congress in New York this ing 1964 catalogs. What do we find ? 1947 A committee was created bv September, but what is expected Every o ne of them going beyond the the A. D. S. and C.S.D.S. t~ to be accomplished specifically, we general color classification in the de­ endeavor to work out a Joint haven't heard. W e do know, how­ scription of a dahlia variety. Why Classification. ever, that if anyone has any ideas, don't we have this in our Classified suggestions, or even recommenda­ List ? \ Ve could-and without using 1948 On Sept. 11, 1948. an agree­ In addition, he recommended a ti o ns to make, now is the time to get a great deal of space. ment was reached and thirteen reshuffling of som e specific col­ them aired. L ater when decisions F or instance, after each general color classes established, as ors within the general color ha,·e been made and the color ques­ color classification add a dash, then foll ows : white, yellow, orange, classes so as to m ore nearly re­ tion is a 'fait acompli,' it will be too give the specifi c color. Thus: a utumn, r ed, da rk r ed, pink, fl ect the public's conception of late. s ·urprise Pk-Peach certain colors. Bo th he and E . lavender, purple, li ght bl end. There follows several suggestions First Lady Y-Dresden other blends, bicolor, varie­ Henry White have done this in to start the ball rolling. Whether or Jody Gregory Pk-Coral their cal a togs. gated. not you agr ee with them doesn't Miss Liberty Light blends were to in cl ude From overseas, we learn the matter. The point is to get all dahlia EiC-Scarlet R & \ Vhite "blends of the lighter tints National D ahlia Society (Eng­ fans united on helping to solve the M iss San D iego and tones of pink, yello\\". land) and others are consider­ color matter. Lt Bl-Lemon Y, Tyrian Pk lavender and other pastels. ing the question of an Interna­ \ \ "e beli e,·e there should be agree­ Eleanor Lundgren Also to include purple, violet tional Color Classification and ment on : Fl-Currant R, Dresden Y and other supplementary col­ agreement on the color charts 1. Specific color names. Sundown ors." Other blends "include to be used fo r this purpose. The 2. A comprehensive, easy-to -use Dk Bl-White, Tyrian Pr blends of reel, orange, yello\\· RHS Colour Chart is becoming color chart. This presupposes, of course. that a nd other supplementa r y exhausted and it is not known 3. A general color classification for everyone will use one set of names colors." whether a reprint will be made. dahli as. for specific colors and will know Some years later flame was New charts from Germanv and 4. A more explicit li sting of dahlia what's being talked about. added as the fourteenth color Sweden are being conside;ed. colors than we no\\· ha,·e. (Continued on page 34)

September 18-20, 1964 Page 33 COLOR STUDY (Cont'd) The Popularity of the Or, as an alternative to the above in the case of blends, bicolors, and Dahlia 50 Years Ago variegated, state the dominant color. By Thus: J. Harrison Dick, Editor F resco ...... Pk Bl Gardeners Chronical, Oct. 1915 Gypsy Kiss ...... L Var ''The increasing popularity of the El Dorado ...... 0 Bic dahlia as a favorite flower for the Salmon Glory ...... 0 Bl garden, was again confirmed by the Ohio Maid ...... W BJ interest manifested in the first an­ This is the way they're doing it in nual show of the newly formed the National Dahlia Society (Eng­ American Dahlia Society. land) Classified List. "The show was held at the Mu­ Change the Color Chart? seum of Natural History in Tew Here's something else to think York, September 24th to 26th. The about. Instead of an annual dahlia value of the dahlia, as a decorative Classification List such as we now flower, was prominently demonstrat­ have, publish one master list with ed at this show. The displays of annual supplements. The supple­ individual varieties were never be­ ments to contain the current years fore equaled at a dahlia show in this introductions and changes. country. "It was no uncommon sight to Publish a new master li st every see men and women passing among 5 - 7 years. Ohio Dahlia Society Founder's Day celebrated at the farm of the rows of exhibits, note books in Since the life of many dahlia varie­ Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Kovar at Southington, Ohio, on July 21st, 1963. hand, taking notes of the different ties is short, this would cut down on A happy time was had by all. varieties that appealed to them, and much repetition that we now have from which to make their selections when certain varieties appear for a to grow next year. few years in the List then disappear. "Among the private growers who If the foregoing were to be adopt­ give every variety of contrast, from carried off honors for their exhibits ed aster List and Supplements) be­ Flowery Phrases self, or distinct shades, to the most were: E. M. Townsend, Oyster Bay; ginning with the supplements would mingled and variegated-from clear (James Duthie, Gardener, and in be a relatively easy way of change­ Describe white to dark purple." 1927, President of the A. D. S.); over. To start, just the supplements "This beautiful flower, too, has Mrs. H. Darlington, (P. W. Popp, been found to possess such qualities would be used and would give the Gardener, ~1amaroneck; William more detailed color descriptions. Dahlias in 1838 as will admit of being shown to cor­ rect modification and colors, that Shiaber, (J. P. Sorenson, Gardner) Then when it was time for the Mas­ If one who does not grow dahlias are considered by florists as the ·ne Essex Falls, N. Y.; Wm. J. Mathe­ ter List to be prepared, much of the today, (and there are a few,) thinks plus ultra' of their art. The success son, (Jam es Kirby, Gardener) Hunt­ work would already be done. that dahlia enthusiasts in the last of the culture of the dahlia, within ington, N. Y.; Mrs. Edna Fullerton, Here's still something else. What SO years have waxed too strong in a few years, has been such as to Medford, N. Y. Miss Elizabeth about filling in the blank spaces on their descriptions of this flower, gratify the sanguine desire and the Morehouse, Fairfield, Conn.; Mrs. C. read on. most refined taste of the amateur." the chart that Cook gives in his A. Stout, Short Hills, N. Y. John The late Dr. Charles Connors, "Taking the dahlia in a general Manual (fig. 2, page 9, 1953 Edition) view as ornaments of the flower gar­ F. Anderson, Bernardville, N. J. and about a year before his sudden death, Mrs. Sarah Wakeman Wood, South­ with names of specific colors. You presented the writer with two price­ den, they may be considered as the could see colors in relation to each less dahlia books. One was written ')J obles' of their season. For certain port, Conn. other. Then color the chart with by Joseph Paxton, S. L. S. H. S., it is that no flower of their season good ink as near as possible to the Editor of the magazine of Botany, in adds so much brilliancy to the flower adopted dahlia colors and blends and England, in 1838. The title was, garden as a good collection of the dahlia." use that as the dahlia color wheel? "Paxton on the Culture of the Dahl­ ia." It was quite a complete descrip­ ·'Certain it is too," continued en­ Have you seen the new paint chip tion of dahlias and their culture in thusiast Sayer, "that in the eastern cards with six colors on them that Great Britain in the early 1800's. part of floriculture, America keeps a closer pace with Europe, than in Sears Roebuck now has in the paint But the second book is the one the closer culture of any other class department of their stores? There's we will describe more fully. It was of florists' flowers. It is only within just about every color imaginable. written by B. Sayer, in Boston in ten or twelve years that any fine 1839. This was 125 years before the We don't know where their work specimens of dahlias were seen in A. D. S. was organized. It was ack­ was done, but if this could be adapt­ this neighborhood. )J or do I believe nowledged by its author, who was '"As a result of the show, more ed to the color wheel, we think it this were true of any other parts of also author of the "Garden Com­ and more people are adding dahlias would be wonderful. the States." panion," a horticulture magazine of to their garden plantings. The large It surely would make a fi ne re­ "I might say, further, that no its time, to be almost a copy of the person has done more for the intro­ Estate Gardeners, as you can see by search project! Paxton Dahlia book. duction and advancement and culture the partial list of winners above, are Pardon Our Presumption! In its preface, Author Sayer wrote: of the dahlia than George C. Thor­ most interested in dahlias and seveTal "The general desire of lovers of burn of New York. He has many said they are planning to plant many Well, there you have it. This ar­ choice flowers to improve the beauti­ thousands of plants at his place in of the new varieties and will enter ticle was not intended to be 'pro or ful tribes of the Dahlias and the Hallet's Cove, near Harlaem. The them in• their exhibits next year. con' anything, but just to survey the Cactus, has induced the writer to show of dahlias in his garden in the color situation in dahliadom. Per­ compile this little treatise. He does flowering season is a rich treat for "As the cultivation of dahlias is haps we stepped over the line in a not pretend that the following pages flower lovers. Other men like Mr. no difficult task, requiring only a number of cases, especially in Part are entirely original. He acknowl­ T. Hogg, William Reed. and Mr. little more time and care than some edges his obligation to the late Three, but we hope you'll forgive us. Harvey of Cambridgeport, have also ordinary flowers, it is not to be works of Mr. Joseph Paxton. bestowed much pains in collecting wondered that the dahlias are be­ Now let's hear your thoughts on But before Mr. Sayer started to yearly, the choice kinds of dahlias coming such a favorite among gar­ color!!!! copy the words of Mr. Paxton, he from every source where they could den lovers." be obtained. These men have shown --a-- had a few words to say about dahlias (Editor's note : Among the names on his own. He said: "Perhaps no as that there is no flower of such To paraphrase Earl Wilson: An flower was never more diversified decorating character as the dahlia. of the winners above are several who elephant trainer who became a dahlia and improved in a floricultural view, "Whether the dahlia finds a place," were efficers and/or were charter judge, tried to explain how he was than the Dahlia. For, within a few concluded Mr. Sayers, "around the members and helped to guide the assigned to judge only Porns and years, (remember the year was 1839.) limited ground of the city residence, affairs of the society in its early Miniatures. "I could only see the we have been made acquainted with or the open exposure of the rural years. These included Jam es Duthie, big ones when I began to judge, but hundreds of varieties, proceeding cottage, its brilliant flowers shine, President, 1927: Mrs. Charles Stout, from a few." my eyesight began to fail, and I unrivaled and attractive to every ob­ author of the book on dahlias; P. W. ''Nor are they more remarkable," served. By the roadside it invites Popp, Mrs. Wood and James Kirby tried being a flea trainer. Then they continued Mr. Sayers, "for their and cheers the wearied traveler, and put me on this job of judging the number, than for their brilliant and in the city it gives a lively concep­ were very active in the society's pro­ small dahlias." diversified shades and colors, which tion to every passer by." gress in the 1920's.

Page 34 The A. D. S. Golden Year Dahlia Record routes were promptly sealed and the Good Tidings Ladybugs - Plus ! balance of the bugs held for future use. To The American Dahlia Society By E . Brooke, Jr. For the next three days we (Dahlia Society of Georgia) brushed, swept and cleaned lady­ bugs from the light receptacles ; White recovering from a minor chairs and upholstery; and the re­ Golden Anniversary operation, I was passing the time frigerator (m ore particularly, the one clay by reading garden maga­ The National Capital Dahlia S o­ lettuce). zines, as gardening is my favorite Sitting back now recollecting the ciety of W ashington, District of avocation. I read, among others, Columbia, joins with all other affil­ event, I can say the l::idybugs did an article about Lady-Bugs. I was an efficient job of riddmg the area iated member societies in comm em­ RECIPETENTS fascinated at the description of how of aphids, r ed spiders, etc., and that orating the Fifty Y ears of the won­ of American Dahlia Society's these little spotted insects could de­ I sprayed less than ever before (I derful work of the American Dahlia vour several times their weight daily might add ladybugs are still in great Society. It is a privilege, too, for us Gold Medals for in other, more harmful insects; I im­ evidence in our neighborhood); fur­ to be able to take a small part in the mediately wrote a check and ordered ther I would not dare reorder a supply. Golden Anniversary Celebration. Distinguished Service ladybugs for the sake of my mar­ The a pplicable use of ladybugs riage, but would r ecom m e r~d them We, down here in Washington 1936 may not be familiar to you, so let to people \\·ho might have 1111m ed1 - have not been in business as a so­ WILLIAM W. WILMORE* m e explain. Ladybugs are a raven­ ate use for them, in the garden­ ciety as long as our American Dahlia J. A. KEMP* ous creature which devours aphids, that is-but are single. MRS. CHARLES A. STOUT* red spider s, mites, and other small Oh! yes : Where did they origin­ Society, but we are now in our 28th garden pests. It was my intend to year. :[)IR. MARSHALL A. HOWE* ate you ask? The address is "Lady­ J. A . KAMP* rid the garden and greenhouse of bug Sales Co., P . 0 . Box 771 , such pests, and to r educe the amount The National Capital Dahlia So­ 1939 Marysville, Calif. Their ladybugs ciety had an unusual beginning in of insecticide spraying that would are the teeming best. (Not an ad­ GEORGE W . PRASER have to be don·e. that a band of hardy Dahlia pioneers vertisement.) 1941 A period of time passed, and the held a show first, in 1935, and then ladybug order was forgotten. While --0-- organized a Dahlia Society. The first JOHN HARDING* PROF. ROLAND PATCH * working at the office one day, a m eetings began in 1936. One char­ frantic telephone call was received ter member, Mrs. John L. Bishop, 1942 from my wife who advised me the Thirty-four Years who was present at the first m eet­ C. LOUIS ALLING ladybugs had arrived, but something LYNN B. DUDLEY ing, is very much an active m ember was amiss. The ladybugs wer e de­ With Dahlias CONRAD FREY livered by special messenger from By Dr. H . C. Rike, Birmingham today; a m ember of our Executive WARREN W. MAYTROTT Committee; and excellent Certified the Post Office Department who 1943 handed a mail sack to my wife and S enior Judge; and a grand gentle­ ' "'e have grown dahlias since 1930. JOHN W. JOHNSTON* said, "These belong to you!"; and I realize there are many who have woman. swiftly departed. 1946 grown them longer. Also, I realize The National Capital Dahlia So­ My wife, feeling som ething on her EDWA:RD B. UOYD there are many more who have not ciety is also the home base of Dahlia hand noticed ther e was a bug JOHN VINCENT* grown them this long. Since 1936, operations of such well-known D a hl­ crawling from the sack which had 1947 been so promptly deposited. She ia "experts" as Arthur Ylason, who we have been m embers of the Ameri­ MRS. GEORGE GREEN * hollered to the mailman that some­ can D ahlia Society, a fact for which needs no introduction wherever 1948 thing was loose; he made no com­ Dahlia folks gother; Ed P hillips, an m ent, but continued his speedy re­ we are most proud. Each year, since WALTER L. W. DARNELL* 1936, we have attended shows or originator of many of our standard GORDON WAASER treat. varieties being grown today; L eslie Inside the bag teeming with lady­ meetings in the South, Mid-West or 1949 Bowling, once very active exhibitor bugs was another mail sack teeming the East, including many A. D . S. who has now retired to the hill s of MRS. FRIEDA FISHER with ladybugs, inside of which were HARRY FRANZEN* Shows. We have seen many dahlias Pennsylvannia to grow more of his two 4th class packages also teem­ W ILLIAM SWEENEY* ing. come and go; but most important is beloved Dahlias; George Dodrill, 1950 F urther study into the habits of that we have made many friends in who originated the basic number HON. GEORGE R. CURRIE ladybugs, revealed they normally all parts of the country. They come system of class entries used in m any J. LOUIS ROBERTS* hibernate in the winter; however, and go too, to see d ahlias growing Dahlia shows today; and many 1951 when these were brought into the or exhibited. (Or to the Great Be­ others. E. L. D. SEYMOUR* main post office building for assort­ m ent and the usual prompt 4th class yond.) An illustrious bunch, all of them, PROF. C. E. WILDON 1952 delivery, the warm temperature was A typical example - many years and your visit to the A. D. S. Golden m istaken for spring, and the awak­ Anniversary Show and the World's MRS . SARAH W . WOOD ago, we were passing through Fair­ 1953 ened ladybugs began to investigate Fair in New York will not be com­ their new surroundings. The visual mont, West Virginia. We had heard PAUL FRESE plete without a visit also to the Ka­ picture of the post office clerks dis­ of the late O liver Shurtleff, as he was MRS. GEORGENA HUMBLE tion's Capital. Here, in the shadow pensing with this swarming group a regular contributor to the A. D. S. H. :D'EWEY MOHR of ladybugs is easy to conceive, of the Capitol itself, at the Un1ted LEO L. POLLAK B ulletin. We went to the college States Botanic Gardens, First and and the 1·esults that followed are 1954 equally as frantic. where he was a professor and sent M aryland Avenue, S. W., we will DR. E. F. McDADE After several hours of exhausting our n ames into the class which he stage our 29th Annual Show on HEN'RY A. OLSEN effort the wife succeeded in trap­ was teaching. He immediately dis­ Saturday and Sunday, September 26 1956 ping 'some of them in mayonnaise missed the class and spent the r est of and 27, 1964. This is just a week ANDREW J. MULCAHY jars and, frustrated, she retired to after the Golden Anniversary Show 1957 the 'house to dispense with those in the day with us, visiting dahlia grow­ so it would not keep you from home CHARLES GARRITY* her hair, and take a bath. ers and gardens. Mind you, he had too long . JOSEPH J. LANE She calmly informed me of the never seen us, but realized that we 1958 clays activities, when I arrived home loved the d ahlia. Until the day of Stop in and see us, We will be and casually suggested I take som e DR. BRUCE B. PREAS his death we were good friends and happy to welcome you.-Clarence G. immediate steps. Having r ead the CHARLES J. DIFFENDERFFER h e visited several of the southern Phillip, Editor, The Dahliagram, THOMAS LEAVITT* in structions on "Care of the Lady­ monthly publication of the National 1959 bugs U ntil Needed," the remaining shows. I could cite other numerous Capitol D ahlia Society. WILLIAM NOONAN* bugs were deposited in the dehy­ similar incidents. 1960 drator section of the refrigerato1·. --o-- thinking the damaged boxes had I have practiced m ed icine longer STANLEY JOHNSON been satisfactorily repa ired. I pro­ than I have grown dahlias, but feel ROY W . WEBB ceeded to take the speciments my that I have made more friends from W. C. Fields once gave som e ad­ DR . H. C. RIKE wife had captured and, much to her dahli as than with medical associates. vice which would apply to dahlia 1962 chagrin, dispatched them around growers. " If at first you don't suc­ BERTRAM PITT the yard. Shortly thereafter I an­ From my thirty-fou r years with swered an S.O.S. from my wife who d ahlias I h ave learned two outsand­ ceed (in growing better dahlias than 1963 MRS. LOUISE KLEINJOHN had discovered the ladybugs not ing facts: Dahlia growers are true you neighbor,) try and try again. 1964 only in the dehydrator but through­ friends and, when it comes to their Then quit. There's no sense in be­ HARRY A. DREYER out the entire refrigerator. She sug­ gested, not so calmly this t im e, that flowers, they often become bigger ing a clamm fool about it." (*Deceased.} I take immediate steps. The escape liars th an fishermen.

September 18-20, 1964 Page 35 Editor's note: Clarence R. Kallquist, of Chattanooga, Tenn., was one of our good friends until his death in 1956. He was the From Southern California Dahlia Society U.S. Weather Man in Tennessee, but he was an ardent dahlia man, Long Beach and Lakewood all his life. On one occasion, he spent one whole day and evening showing four men from New York the battlefields, the mountains SINCERE CONGRATULATIONS and the Rock City Wonderland. They were Dr. Ward Cook, Drew Mulcahy, Dewey Mohr and the writer. One of his hidden talents The Southern California Dahlia and in refreshing the old Judges. was poetry, and the one below, we were privileged to publish in the Society wishes to congratulate the The A. D.S. and Central States D.S. November 1955 A. D. S. Bulletin. It is herewith published for the American Dahlia Society on the oc­ Classification List has given us second time. casion of it's Fiftieth Anniversary. world-wide uniformity of nomencla­ Fifty years of well-directed organi­ ture, definitions and variety listing, zation and enthusiasm, which have eliminating, to a large extent, the resulted in it's becoming the parent confusion of duplicate naming. Dahlia Show center of a close-knit, nation-wide A. D. S. backed research activity group of Societies, all working for has done much toward the elimina­ By Clarence R. Kallquist a common purpose-the growing tion of disease. The fine quarterly "Another year, another show, and showing of the Dahlia-a hobby A. D. S. Bulletin edited by Edward The dahlias all arranged in rows; unsurpassed by any other. Lloyd has bound all the Societies Dahlia lovers from near and far, Under the advice, guidance and together, in to a singleness of pur­ Bringing blooms by plane and car, control of the A. D. S., the many pose and activity, with the many Societies have been able to operate cultural articles, news of the other Making entries proper place, under uniform conditions, where Societies, and other features too Hustling so to win the race, uniformity is desirable, but each still many to mention. For ribbons, Gold, Blue and Red, retaining it's own individuality and Last, but far from least, is our Hoping they are far ahead, personality. The A. D. S. sponsored appreciation of the friendly and ex­ The judges, busy as can be, Trial Gardens and Seedling Sweep­ perienced cooperation, which we of In groups of two and even three; stakes competitions have done much the many Societies receive in our Blue ribbon here, a Red one there, to aid the developing of new and dealings with the parent organiza­ Whose they were, they didn't care, superior varieties. The A. D . S. sys­ tion-a group whom we are proud They picked the best ones of the lot; tem of accrediting judges, together to call our friends, and whom we All deserving what they got, with the resulting Juding Schools­ thank for the many courtesies re­ unofficial but approved-has led the ceived. The judgings through, the visitors come way toward much improved judging We wish many more years of To see the Dahlias, one by one, standards at the many shows success for the American Dahlia So­ And now's the time for breaking down, throughout the nation. ciety, and for the dozens of Societies, The exhibitors have all left town, The A. D. S. sponsored reference and hundreds of Dahlia hobbyists, We pack our "stuff" and home we go, guide, "The Judging of Dahlias at who make up the whole of the or­ Ready-for another year, another show." Shows," has been an invaluable as­ ganization.-R. L. Pyle, Correspond­ sist in the training of new Judges, ing Secretary.

Did You Know That "Bulletins." But the article in ques­ tion, although undoubtedly most au­ Dahlias Have thentic and in great detail, could only Bruce C:ollins Last Message The Best Dahlias For Me be understood by a PhD in botany. By Bru ce Collins Sclerenchymatous Cells? Dr. Johansen did say, ·in explanation To Dahlia Growers for the use of so many technical My favorite, in the large cactus Bruce Collins of Utica, Michi­ We acknowledge, with much terms, thusly: "Plant anatomy is an dahlias now, is the pink blend, DAN­ thanks, the loan of seventeen "ar­ exact science, bristling with technical gan, a prominent figure in Michigan NY. In my opinion it is the best chive copies of the "Bulletin" of the terms, some of which, of necessity dahlia affairs for many years, died America dahlia in its size and class must be used here, but the author Dahlia Society of California by Mr. November 29th, 1963. He was 74 at ever introduced. Glen T. Mack. The reason we asked will endeavor to make their meaning Some of the others which have clear." He did try. that time and had grown dahlias for the loan of these was a reference caught my fancy are: MARGE lsRAEL's since the year the American Dahlia in the October, 1926, issue of the Here is a sample: "Immediately PRIDE, a much overlooked va1·iety; New Jersey Dahlia News, edited by below the cortical cambium is a Society was founded. (Mr. Collins Tu Tu, by A. T. Barnes of England; the late Dr. Charles H. Connors. single layer of cells known as the This New Jersey Dahlia publica­ was one of my best dahlia friends. KRIJNEN's JuBILEUM; DEBORAH JEAN, endodermis (sheath), and following I often visited him at his farm in a Min. Cactus, a U.S. raising, cherry tion contained the startling news for this, another, the pericycle. Both are Utica.-L. B. D.) red and yellow; KING's RoBE, a big Morphologists that in this August only slightly differentiated in the issue of the "Bulletin" of the Dahlia Dahlia Tuber." (If we had been He was President of the Michigan U. S. red; VIOLET SPLENDOR, a large Society of California, was an article around at that moment, we would Dahlia Society and in 1936, at the purple decorative; the bicolor OAHU, by Donald A. Johnsen, of Stanford have explained to the Doctor of height of a depression, staged one of form California. The Holland varie­ University, on the "Structure of the Botany that there is no such thing ties JocoNDO VACATION and COLOR Dahlia Tuber." the largest dahlia shows ever held in as a Dahlia 'TUBER.' The diction­ cooperation with the General Motors SPECTACLE and DRAKENBURG, a large :Mr. Mack graciously loaned us the ary defines a tuber as a root with Corporation. It was held in the large cac. of salmon-mauve-orange blend. 'eyes' for reproduction, only appear­ But the one I thought best from ing on the root. Dahlia roots have assembly room in the General Mo­ tors Building. Admission to the show Holland last spring was VuuRVOGEL, eyes only on the stem. They are de­ which translated, means Firebrand. RAY WEBBER REPORTS fined as "Tuberous roots.") was 50 cents, but some $5,000.00 was offered in prizes. That brought out The colors of flame, red and yellow IN THE The article went on to say that more entires than were ever seen at make it vibrate before your eyes. "dahlia tubers have peculiar cells, "DAHLIA" a l\fichigan show, and rarely any­ After mentioning many more of known as sclereids, whose origin and where else. his present favorites, most of them That Rebus Dahlia Introductions function is an intriguing problem in popular in America and Europe, Are "THE BEST YET" evolution. These sclerenchymatous Bruce added: "I cannot finish this (stony) cells are generally regarded We are indebted to Mr. George list without mentioning the best for­ We have delicat e, pearl , speckled gia nts as relics of a thick, stony shell which Brookes, Editor of the Birmingham - and the itsy-bitsie dahlias t oo, which mal yellow for me. It is ALvA's Su­ will do your garden good'. And keep you r was fully developed in some ances­ Dahlia News, of Birmingham, Eng­ PREME, a new New Zealand variety. eye on Your Neighbors, a~ er yo u pl ant tral form. This gives us an incite land, for the following article, which This one for me, is faultless. Many them. into the nature of the 'tuber' pos­ appeared in the Spring issue, 1964, good wishes to dahlia growers every­ sessed by the common ancestor of of that publication. It was the last where." REBUS DAHLIA GARDENS the present-day Dahlias.'' (Right article ever written by Bruce Collins -0- Til lycom e, Illi nois here was where we lost our 'Incite' and sent to Mr. Brookes only nine At some dahlia meetings-factions and quit.)-L. B. D. days before his death. speak louder than words.

Page 36 The A. D. S. Golden Year Dahlia Record Thanks to the "Sponsors" Charles M. Diffenderffer, Towson, A Salute To The American Md. Of the Celebration Mr. and Mrs. Harry A. Dreyer, Dahlia Society The American Dahlia Society Glen Rock, N. J. saved its money and allotted certain Lynn B. Dudley, Lennox, Cal. By Stanley Johnson sums to the Fiftieth Anniversary Col. Richard T. Eddy, Encinitas, Cal. Chairman A. D. S. Classification Committee Budget over the last several years. The Executive Committee hoped that George W. Fraser, Willimantic, My father, Albert Johnosn, was an throughout the world. I am most such an advance budget would be Conn. avid dahlia grower. In the spring of grateful to the early pioneers of the sufficient, with registration fees in­ Mr. and Mrs. W.alter B. Gaines, 1924 he gave me a packet of seed Society and hope they still enjoy cluded, to cover al! necessary ex­ Birmingham, Ala. obtained from a California hybrid­ their dahlias. penditures for entertainment of many Mrs. Georgena Humble, Douglas­ izer named "Pop" Fenton. I had guests. What has the American Dahlia ton, L. I. never grown dahlias, but always ad­ But alas, the registration fees were Society done for me? Probably most Stanley Johnson, Cheltenham, Pa. mired them. The seed produced a provided to guests at less than cost important is the many friendships I Dr. and Mrs. Fred J. Knocke, red seedling which I entered in the to the Society. Unforeseen expenses have made which I will cherish for­ Readington, N. J. Burholme Dahlia Show. It won a mounted. More guests than were ever. blue r ibbon-my first blue ribbon­ ever hoped for, sent registrations. Mrs. May Knocke, Readington, I was than 21 years old. This success Looking Back to 1935 The scope of the affair spread to new N. J. led to a more serious interest in· the areas. And these things delighted Edward B. Lloyd, Montclair, N. J . I have just reviewed the American Mr. and Mrs. Warren W. Maytrott, dahlia. I started to grow the leading Dahlia Society Bulletin of NO\·em­ the General Chairman, Edward B. exhibitors varieties and did fairly ber 1935. The front cover shows Lloyd and all of his committees. Vineland, N. J. well at winning r ibbons and prizes three blooms of "Milton J. Cross." But the added budgetary require­ Mid-Island Dahlia Society, Free­ at local shows. At that time I had I'm sure some of the oldtirners ments which were immediately in­ port, L. I. just started to work and was still would like to reminisce a bit. The volved, plus some unforeseen contin­ H. Dewey Mohr, Rockville Centre, interested in sports. However, I Editor was our still very active gencies, made the problem of major L. I., N. Y. found growing dahlias more relaxing Lynn B. D udley. (My half page ad significance. Mr. H . Dewey Mohr, Andrew J. Mulcahy, Floral Park, L.1. than playing baseball. appears on page 36.) Also, listed is Chairman of Finance, wrote to some North Jersey Dahlia Society, I Join the A. D. S. my pompon Betty Ann which is friends of the Society and asked Wayne, N. J. still winning ribbons and is widely Through association with exper­ them to become "Sponsors" of the Albert Parrella, The Bronx, N. Y. grown. A total of 74 advertisers ap­ Celebration, with checks. The re­ ienced local dahlia growers I learned Bertram E. Pitt, Richmond Hill, L. I. peared in the issue. Fifty-six of sponse was immediate and, in the about and joined the American these are no longer in business. Leo L. Pollak, New York, N. Y. Dahlia Society. After attending sev­ words of Chairman ~1ohr, "beyond Several photographs show the two Dr. Bruce B. Preas, Rockville Centre, eral of the big American Dahlia So­ our expectations and most generous." flower filled and crowded ballrooms L. I., N. Y. ciety New York shows at the Com­ The sincere thanks of President and the commercial displays. These M. Y. Thomas, Erlanger, Ky. modore Hotel and Madison Square Harry Dreyer, Chairman Mohr, and included W. Atlee B u rpee and S. Yohe Veile, Easton, Pa. Garden, I concluded that the only every officer of the Society go to Fisher & Mason with exhibits oc­ E. Henry White, Milwaukie, Ore. way I could meet the fierce competi­ the "Fiftieth Anniversary Sponsors" cupying over 300 square feet; Dahl­ tion of these shows was to plant listed below. Williamsburg Dahlia Society, iadel 200 feet, C. Louis Alling more dahlias. This I proceeded to do Wililamsburg, Va. (American Dahlia Society Secre­ and in 1935 entered my first worth­ Bergen County Dahlia Society, Mrs. Sarah W. Wood, Southport, tary) and Peter Henderson & Co., while seedling which I believed had Hackensack, N. J. Conn. 150 feet, Ruschmohr and Albert Par­ the possibility of making a name for rella 100 feet and S. Yohe Viele Dahlia Society of New Jersey, itself. That seedli ng was my dahlia 50 square feet. AI! who saw these, I Montclair, N. J. Milton J. Cross which won the knovv, will agree that they were in­ American Home Achievement award Dahlia Society of Tennessee, deed magnificent displays. Our at the American Dahlia Society show Chattanooga, Tenn. American Dahlia Society President held in the two big ballrooms of in 1935 was George Fraser and I the Hotel Pennsylvania. Since that stilJ look forward and enjoy seeing time I have been exhibiting, develop­ George at show time and at the SOth ing and introducing new dahlias Anniversary meeting. regularly. The Four "Honor Rollers" And now, after participating in Although I am fond of many other For Nineteen Years They Wrote The Flower Grower Feature flowers, the dahlia is still my favor­ American Dahlia Society Shows for ite. With proper culture perfection almost 30 years, I am looking for­ in this flower is not too hard to ward to the big show of al! dahlia obtain, and a nearly perfect dahlia shows, the 1964 American Dahlia is a sight to behold. Society Golden Anniversary Sho\\'. I have been a member of the American Dahlia Society for 40 I am sure that it wil! be one of th e years. It has done much for me and highlights of American Dahlia So­ for the furtherance of the dahlia ciety acti\·ity of this century.

DAHLIAS Left to Right - Dudley - Roberts - Eddy - Faust By D. Holland (England, 1883) Dahlias, you come too late, the mirth is over, These four me n we re the t esters and generally acce pted and sought for {and Do you not see the pageant has passed by, writers of the Flower Grower Magazine at top prices) . Th ey listed and scored on Gone is the music, lover fled with lover, Da hlia Honor Roll - from 1937 to 1956. A. D. S. cards over the 19 years over 4000 And the darkened garden hushed beneath the sky. From right to left: Lynn B. Dudley (East­ seedlings. Probably one fourth, or some Your rubies glow along the dusky borders, e rn); the late J . Louis Robe rts, Chicago IOOO dahlias received their printed ap­ You spill your tourmalines and amethysts; (Mid-west); Col. R. T. Ed'dy, Encinatis, proval, with descriptions of form , size and Rash Dahlias, of your treasure you're no hoarders Cal. (Pacific Coast); and Conrad Frey, color. The Honor Rolls were discontinued Who squander beauty on the autumn m ists. Atla nta (South). They grew and evaluated in 1956. seedlings from al l over the world. To be Do you not see the butterflies are banished, The photo was taken at the Southtown The lawns deser ted and the swallows flown, listed on one or more of the Flower Dahlia Society Show in Chicago in 1949 The r evellers gone, and the last minstrel vanished? Grower lists was the difference between by Stanley Swanson, to whom we a re in­ Do you not see the faun has turned to stone? an unknown dahlia and one which was debted for the print.-L. B. D.

September 18-20, 1964 Page 37 TROPHY-Ray Smith Memorial Award, CASH AWARD-Added Award in Seed­ These Are The Donors Of The Many by Dahlia Society of New Jersey. ling Sweepstakes Achievement, $50.00. SILVER MEDAL-By Leo L. Pollak, Past Offered by Lynn B. Dudley. President A. D. S. and Dahlia Society TROPHY-Donated by Mr. and Mrs. John Special Awards At The "Fiftieth" of New Jersey. Metzger. Here is the list of regular and TROPHY-Dahlia Society of New J ersey. MEDAL-Dahlia Society of Toledo, Ohio. TROPHY-Donated by Mr. and Mrs. D. Special Awards, numbering nearly (Donated by G. Eve rett McM illen.) MEDAL-Michigan Dahlia Society. H. J. Meyer. eighty which will be awarded at the MEDAL-Dahlia Society of Alabama. TROPHY-Mid-Island Dahlia Society. SPECIAL AWARD-1965 Introduction (Root), by Gamston Gard'ens. "Golden Year of the Dahlia" Show M EDAL-lnglewood Dahlia Society. TROPHY-Long Island Dahlia Society. MEDAL-Dahlia Society of Kentucky. TROPHY-Seattle Dahlia Society. SPECIAL AWARD-1965 Introduction at the New Yorker Hotel, tonight, (Root). by President Harry A. Dreyer. after the Banquet, by Louis Culp, MEDAL--Minnesota Dahl ia Society. TROPHY-Memorial by Friends of W il- MEDAL·-Rochester Dahlia Society. liam L. Tilton. SPEC IAL AWARD-1965 Introduction Chairman of Awards, and Diedrich (Root). by Secretary E. B. Lloyd. MEDAL-Dahlia Society of Tennessee. TROPHY-D. H. J . Meyer, Bergenfield, Meyer, Show Chairman, where re­ MEDAL-Dahlia Society of Wisconsin. N. J. Show Manager. SPECIAL AWARD-New Jersey Dahlia President's Award. cipients are present. If not present, MEDAL-Badger State Dahlia Society. TROPHY-By Gordon Waaser, Memorial winners will receive them by mail. TROPHY-Bergen County Dahlia Society. to Margaret Gordon Waaser. TROPHY-Silver Vase, by A. D. S. TROPHY-Central Valley Dah lia Sodety. TROPHY-By Gordon Waaser, Memorial SPECIAL AWARD-Donated by Mrs. C. It is by far the most extensive V. Smith. MEDAL-East Liverpool Dahlia Society. to Rose Laind·er Waaser. array of Medals, Plaques, Trophies, MEDAL-Medalic Art Company. TROPHY-Hagerstown Dahlia Society. COPPER VASE-Donated by Mrs. Sarah etc. which have ever been awarded Wood. MEDAL A WARDS-This show will partici­ at an American Dahlia Society Ex­ MEDAL-lndianapo'lis Dahl ia Society. MEDAL-Central States Dahlia Society. pate in the Seedling Sweepstakes "High hibition. They are by courtesy of in­ GOLD MEDAL-The Dahlia Society of Score Awards" which this year will be New Jersey. MED AL-Greater St. Louis Dahlia Society. dividuals and Dahlia Societies all the Lynn B. Dudley Medals for four MEDAL-Mid-America Dahlia Society. TROPHY-Southern California Dah lia So- officia l size categories. over these United States, from Great TROPHY-North Jersey Dahlia Society. ciety. Britain, H olland and other countries. The above awards are in addition M EDAL-Southtown Dahlia Society. TROPHY-Virginia Dahlia Society. to the Blue, R ed, Yellow and Tri­ Twenty-five societies gave their HAND BLOWN GLASS TROPHY-Do- TROPHY-Snohomish Dahlia Soci.ety. medals. Twenty-three societies gave nated by Mr. C. W. Stewart, Kentucky. TROPHY-Southern Tier Dahlia Society. color Ribbons awarded in most trophies. Two plaques and two med­ TROPHY-Donated by Mr. George Fraser TROPHY-San Leandro Dahlia Society. classes. They are also in addition to the Special A. D. S. Medal Certifi­ als came from England. One Dahlia in memory of Ric hard Vincent, Jr., TROPHY-Connecticut Dahlia Society. found.er of the· American Dahlia Society. Conference gave a trophy. One so­ cates awarded in the Seedling Sweep­ MEDAL-San Diego Dahlia Society. TROPHY-Fundy Dahlia Society. ciety, Inglewood, Cal., gave a trophy stakes. Also the fo ur Sp ecial "AMER ­ TROPHY-Colorado Dahlia Society. TROPHY-Southeastern Dahlia Society. and their medal. ICAN" Class offered by Past Presi­ AWARD-Greater Kansas Dahlia Society. TROPHY-Sacramento Dahlia Society. dent B ert Pitt in C h o ice D ahlia The officers and members of the TROPHY-Greater Patterson Dahlia So- MEDAL-Dahlia Society of California. Roots, are an added class each year A. D. S. hereby express their appre­ ciety. MEDAL-Ohio Valley Dahlia Association. in A. D. S. and o ther affiliated so­ ciation to the many donors of these MEDAL-Greater Pittsburgh Dahlia So- TROPHY-Yazoo Dahlia Society. ciety shows. ciety. awards. Those who win them will TROPHY-Dr. Ward H. Cook Memorial treasure them more because of the MEDAL-Orange County Dahlia Society. It should also be noted that the MEDAL-Sciota Dahlia Society. Trophy donated by Dr. Frederick J . special significance of this 50th An­ Knocke. American Dahlia Society and the MEDAL-Washington State Dahlia So- Dahlia Society of New J ersey com­ niversary of this society. Also there ciety. TROPHY-President's Award, by Presi­ was more competition this year than TROPHY-Irvington Dahlia Society. dent Harry J. Dreyer. bined their exhibitions. Therefore in ordinary years. But let us remem­ PLAQUES (Two) - Midlands

Page 38 The A. D. S. Golden Year Dahlia Record and be quite painstaking, and wishes you can plan a similar result. I hacl to work in the best possible way to a select garden of decoratives on assist nature, he takes the bloom the west side of my place which Garden Griefs of the variety whose characteristics was the "prevailing wind" side. By Edgar A. Guest he wants to reproduce or improve Here I had a row of tall growing and, when the pollen on its is ripe, Golden Goblins on the outside. In­ he transfers that pollen to the an­ He never said: "Your back will ache side, next, came a row of low grow­ thers of the stigma of another vari­ When long you've toiled with hoe and rake." ing Jersey Beacons. Goblins will ety which has proven to be a good run five feet high while Beacons That friendly neighbor never told seed maker. This must be done average three and a half feet. The The pain of growing marigold when that stigma is receptive or plan was to get a Beacon with all Or hinted at the pests which come his work has been in vain. The its other fine qualities to grow "up To roses and delphinium. actual transfer of the pollen may in the world." Goblin works fine be done with a fine camel's hair as a male or female parent, being 'Twas five and thirty years ago brush or soft wood splinter. To be a good pollenator and quite recep­ When first I watched his dahlias grow as certain as possible that the prop­ tive to other pollen. It is receptive, And saw him in his garden small er result is accomplished and a defi­ in other words, to take improvement Train climbing things upon a wall nite cross made, this operation must or pass on its good points. The Or setting red geraniums out be repeated many times-on the result in this instance, as my friend The while to chat I stood about. same blooms, and, of course kept told me about the seed resulting­ capped. was that his new variety, while from But one bright Sunday morn I said: I m ight say here that the best Beacon seed, had the color and "I think I'll start a dahlia bed." article I ever read on hand pollen­ height of Goblin. "Why not?" said he. "'Tis quickly done ization was published, probably Heredity- A Mixture And all your life 'twill give you fun. priobably prior to 1921, in the A. You've no idea the pleasures found D. S. Bulletin. I became a life Much has been written about the Mendellian theory of heredity. If By working in a patch of ground!" member of the Society that year and E. C. Vick was our secretary. I this applies to dahlias, then the I might have known that sacrifice beli eve it was written by an expert crossings have been so intermingled Is every worthwhile pleasure's price; from Long Island. I wish that and re-crossed again that they are quite amazingly removed from the That man must battle what is bad that article could be re-published original show or ball dahlia which If something better's to be had, to refresh our memories. (Editor's l'\ ote: Mr. Frank P. Quimby's arti­ was so popular back a few years. But garden griefs he hid from me There is such a conglomeration of Lest frightened off the ground I'd be. cle to which we believe Mr. Good­ acre refers to was published in the types and sub-diviseions of types A. D. S. Bulletin, January 1921.) that one cannot predict what will Editor's note: The late Edgar A. Guest, Poet Laureate of D e­ be popular a few years hence. We troit and Michigan for so many years, wa~ one of our cherish_ed "Hooding" Is Recommended just go on our happy-go-lucky way, friends. When Editor of the A. D . S. Bulletm, he gave me permis­ In the above described methods revealing in Nature's wonders and, sion to reproduce several of his poems. This was written in 19-iO one can perceive some definite re­ while trying to assist her, hope for and he sent it to me and said go ahead and print it. We believe that more and more startling results. Dahlia Gardeners will appreciate its sentiment.-L. B. D. sults in some of them. In others it is really only guess work and those While on this breeding topic, may practising them certainly cannot I say, in concluding, that the craze claim to have hand-pollenized the for size alone is not altogether a Yarieties. It is but common sense sane idea. We have found in breed­ hand-pollenized a new variety into to observe that the more care we ing live stock that there should be Some Things We Don't being, when perhaps we had noth­ take in preparing the pair of blooms a limit to inbreeding. If we breed ing whatever to do wtih it. to cross, and the more precautions for one characteristic, we sacrifice Know About Our stumbling block is that the we observe to prevent various others. For instance, in dahlias, the dahlia is a composite flower. It is agents from contaminating our par­ larger the flower, in most cases, the made up, as you probably are aware, ticular blooms wtih accidental pol­ softer they are. Dahlia Breeding of a whole cluster of small flowers. len, the better are our chances for So, whether it be best for us, as Each of these, in theory at least, is reasonable success in definite cross­ true dahlia lovers, to go on ad in­ By A. G. Goodacre capable of producing a single seed. es. Certainly the last named method finitum interfering with natural Each is capable of being fertilized of pollen transfer, with hooding of crosses-to obtain some character­ with pollen carried by any of one of blooms for several days at least, istic we think we need in dahlias­ Recently I was asked (1924) to a hundreds of agents which may until after the pollen, or male stig­ well there's a big question mark? Southern California Dahlia Society spread it from one flower to ian­ ma, has completed its process of And I'll leave it wtih you to ponder meeting to talk on "Hand Polleniza­ other. fertilization, is the only real way on. I've told you what I don't tion of Dahlias." I told them at the to get intelligent results. know, with a clash, perhaps, of beginning that, of necessity, such a Her.e is what I told the California knowledge born of experience. I talk by me should rather be cap­ meeting along this subject:- The modern dahlia is so involved would be glad to learn more.­ tioned, "What I Don't Know About in its ancestry, that some of our Care and Patience A. G. G. Hand Pollenization." present varieties are what Mr. J. J. Dahlias may be crossed in the Broomall terms "mules"-or inca­ We all know that many articles Editor's Note: The late A. G. following manner. First, purely by pable of producing seed (or off­ Goodacre of Gardena, Calif., pro­ are written and spoken of an this nature's method of using bees, fli es, subject. Some are evidently pro­ spring). On the other hand, some duced many fine dahlias in his day­ moths, wind, etc. Second, man steps varieties are particularly receptive back 30 years ago-and he offered duced with the idea of making a in and throws his influence in the good story regardless of the real to male pollen. For in stance~ one "Gold Crown" dahlia seed of high path of fertilization. He may only grower wrote me recently that the quality, at $1.00 per packet. He was knowledge of the subject by the plant certain varieties adjacent to writer or speaker. Mostly in these Jersey Beacon seed sent him was a much sought after speaker on each other, which he wishes to be not Jersey Beacon seed, but Golden dahlia topics in California and else­ cas·es there are many overdrawn crossed. H e may just take one statements. Goblin seed. That made me smile, where, because of his knowledge flower and place it near another for it is a fact that characteristics Nature takes care of her own. and long experience. This article which he hopes may receive pollen of the blooms of the male, or pollen on hybridization, in which many Man, in his ancied wisdom, likes to in nature's way. Again, he may parent, are the ones which appear then and now are interested, was improve on nature - and thinks h e haphazardly clamp one flower head, strongest in the offspring. Some is using nature and her laws to published in the May, 1935 issue of which is in right pollenating con­ say. too, that the female, or stigma the A. D . S. Bulletin-L. B. D. make his own improvements. Per­ dition, on to a growing flower of parent, furnishes the plant and habit --0-- haps he does. But undoubtedly it's another variety of bloom with a characteristics to a greater degree. nature using man as a vehicle or rubber band. He may take two Many a dahlia grower who is Improvement of Strains instrument in her enlarged scheme flowers growing near each other proud of his right to say what he or the future. and tie two heads together, and I will mention one instance where pleases, wishes he had the courage We are all good at guessing, and consider that system partation. I know what nature accomplished to do so, in the meetings of his oftentimes we "guess" we have But. if he has a lot of spare time in getting a desired cross. Perhaps society.

September 18 -20, 1964 Page 39 lndi.anapolis Dahlia Society Stanley R. Regan Our Thanks to the "Patrons" Sam lmpicciche Frank N. Richmond M. S. Jacobsen Dr. and Mrs. H. C. Rike George W. Jacques Herman Rindfleisch Of This Anniversary Robert A. Johnson Harvard W . Rivel Joseph Kajm Charles and Betty Robbins Every extraordinary effort to stage J . C. Broyles Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Keck Chauncey A. Rogers a big show or celebration by any George and Gen. Brunjes Mr. and Mrs. P. F. Kershisnik Howard R. Rolph dahlia society involves money. It Mrs. Ellen S. Bullus Dr. Peter J. Kessler C. A. Russell also fo llows that no one, even the Rowena D. Burgman most wise among us, can forsee all Raymond B. Keuper William W. Ryther Arnold and Elizabeth Burnette the contingencies and expense, items James A. Kidston Roland Schlett for a big gathering like this of the Mr. and Mrs. Ollie L. Burton Mr. and Mrs. Philip Kimmell Helena Schmitz "Golden Year." Trouble is, dahlia Dr . .and Mrs. Herman Cappell Kingwood Center Frank J. Schoeler societies, like churches, m ust be Mr. and Mrs. R. 0. Cason Fred and Louise Kleinjohn Helen I. Seaman supported beyond the collection J. Adrian Chabassol Frank Knapp Seattle D.ahlia Society boxes, in order to continue their Florence C. Clapp Charles Konzelman Vance Sellers services. Morris P. Clarke Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Kovar John S. Setescuk The American Dahlia Society is Monroe and Marion Clayson Z. W. Kosmela Edward J. Sheron no different in these respects from Emelene M. Cole Morris L. Koss Mr. and Mrs. Carl Simbritzki any other society. What seemed to Lloyd and Charlotte Cole Charles M. Larnbert M. Etta Simmonds the officers of the A. D. S. in the Willis W. Collins Roger F. Langley L. L. Sisk early stages of the planning, like C. Louis Comito Charles Lasch Mrs. Charles V. Smith adequate sums were deducted from R. Paul Comstock Carol and Jim Lawless Southtown Dahlia Club the treasury and set aside for this Robert P. Connal Carl E. Lundvall Spokane Dahlia Society big celebration. But, alas, these sums Arthur E. Crowe proved to be less than the needed John Lyons Judy and George Stein budget. Lewis M. Culp M. G. & D. Eveleens Maarse Dr. and Mrs. A. Leslie Stephens, Jr. Hon. Judge George R. Currie A. H. Mac Andrews C. W. Stewart And, as always, in such cases, no Dahlia Society of Wisconsin Mr. and Mrs. Ben Makowski Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stoeckel one in the A . D. S. wanted it to cost William J. Deal each guest a major sum on top of Joseph Marinello John and Millie Stine D. J . De Bastolo their traveling and other expenses, Arthur S. Mason Will J. Stone to enjoy all the planned entertain­ Mr. and Mrs. Herman Degner Emil Mauer Suburban Dahlia Society of Md. ment and the banquet on September Frank l. Deichler, Jr. William A. Mc Clain Clifford A. Taylor 19th. So, H. Dewey Mohr, Chairman Mrs. Anna C. Dod Peggy McGrath Garvin P. Taylor of Finance for the 50th Anniversary, P. A. Donnally Donna and Everett McMillan Al Tedesco began writing letters asking the Mrs. Charles Doscher Charles E. McNamara Toledo Dahlia Society 'tried and true" to become 'Patrons' John H. Eagal, Sr. John Meister 0. C . Tonning and 'Sponsors' of the big affair, East Liverpool Dahlia Society John C. Metzger Alex Toth and, send checks. John L. Eberle Caroline and Dick Meyer Herman Tresch That the response was extraordin­ Jack Eccleston Leo and Catherine Miller Richard and Hazel Trotter ary does not adequate describe it. Barton W. Elliott Bob Mohr Dr. J. W . Troxell This large list of 'Patrons' of the Connie and Betty Faust Charles F. Mosser Dr. William Van Horn A. D. S. 50th Anniversary is proof Hazen H. Finner Rudolph D. Motznick Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Vaughn of the support given the society by Helen G. Fisher Abram R. Moyer Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Wadsworth its members. Every name below William C . Foy should be printed in GOLD ink. It Hazel Moyer Mr. and Mrs. Carl Wagner is really an 'Honor Roll.' Harry Franciscus Joe Mugno Magnus Wahlstrom Harry and Elsie Frank Tim Murphy Fred D. Ware Pablo l. Abellfra Paul F. Frese John Musso Charles Watson Mr. and Mrs. Wilford H. Adams Conrad Frey Dr. A. E. Nash Nellie and Roy Webb Charles Albanese Michael Fried Mrs. William J. Neal Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Webster George E. Alderson Joe Gambi Pauline and Bill Neckerman Irene G . Whigham Mark W. Alger Wendell Games Jack Newstead Elizabeth and Hershell Whittaker Rev. Lyle W. Anderson Arthur Garretson Arlington Nice Ethel H. Wiederman J. Fraser Anderson Glenn W. Giddings Mr. and Mrs. 0. H. Nolan Dr. and Mrs. C. E. Wildon Marie and Harry Anderson Helen C. Goodwin Frank A. Norell Stephen W ilhelm John Baer Harold Graham Albert Ofterdinger K. K'. Williams C. W. Ballay Carl M. Gray Edward J. O'Keefe E. J . Wind Harold Beals Noel E. Greenlee Bea and Henry Olsen Marion Irene Winkler Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Beck Richard E. Gregson Irene Owen Mrs. N. L. Wright Homer l. Beck Mr. and Mrs. Carl Greimel Pacific lntern.ational livestock Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wulf Mr. and Mrs. Pat Bennett A. M. Grootendorst Exposition Katy and Tom Ya no Ralph and Ruth Berry Louis A. Gurney Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Pa 1mer Anonymous Emil Berzau Mary and Martin Guttier Lawrence Palminteri James Bezat Karl Haas Mrs. Hester A. Pape Thomas Biddle, Jr. Paul and Vicki Hale Edward V. Patrick Frederick J. Binstadt Mrs. James E. Hall John J. Patrick Peter J. Birgy Rodman Hansbrough Alden Pearson Mr. and Mrs. C . J. Bivens Dorothy E. Hansell Harry Pfuhl Walter B. Gaines, of Birmingham. Ala., con tributes this one: "The 'old Eugene H. Boeke, Jr. Walter Hardisty Clarence G . Phillip William P. Boland F. Palmer Hart timer' was conducting several visitors Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Phillips on a tour of his large garden of Alexander S. Borson Grace and Pete Harter Joe Pighini, Jr. beautiful dahlias. During the usual C.H. Bowen Glenn R. Hawkins Joe Platisha 'ooh-ing and aahing' at the wonder­ J. l. Bowling E. K. Henderson John Plewinski ful ·display, one young lady asked Mrs. Anna Bremer Harry B. Hertzog, Jr. him if he could possibly tell her Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Popp Job M. Brewster Derek Hewlett which one was the most beautiful Conrad V. Brieger Mr. and Mrs. Albert C . Hornby Herbert Priess of all the blooms. Sure, he replied: George Brookes Dr. J. Wm. Hurt R. L. Pyle 'It's always the one you are look­ C. Stuart Brown Illinois-Missouri Dahlia Society David Rees ing at'."

Page 40 The A. D. S. Golden Year Dahlia Record The Oldest Dahlia Societies The oldest dahlia society in this people connected with the dahlia area and probably in the United throughout the entire country. States is the Snohomish County Another of our faithful members Dahlia Society in Everett, Wash­ has been active in dahlia doings ington. This society celebrated its both as a commercial grower and Golden Anniversary in 1959 and now as an amateur in that she is now is in its 55th year. It continues no longer actively engaged in dahlia to flourish and was one of the first growing. The fir st garden that Mrs. to work toward organizing the Pa­ Frances S. McDuffee had a com­ cific Northwest Dahlia Confe r ence. m ercial business call ed the Rex Another group that is over SO Dahlia Gardens and this business years old is the Washington State eventually became the Portland Dahlia Society of Tacoma, Wash­ D ahlia Gardens. She was instru­ I Work My Garden ington. It celebrated its Golden An­ m ental in introducing the pompon niversary in 1960 and is now in its as a cut flower to the florist trade 54th year. This society is also very in Portland. It is still her first love I work my garden, not alone for fl owers, active in the activities of the con­ in dahlia types. After her son, Rich­ But for so many, many other things, ference and with the A . D . S. Trial ard McCarter, took over the busi­ Grounds which is located in Point ness it was renamed Swan Island For leaves that gli sten after summer showers. Defiance Park in Tacoma. Dahlia Gardens. She did m o re to For tiny butterflies with tiny wings. make dahlias popular as cut fl owers The oldest dahlia society in Ore­ I work my garden, not alone fo r flowers, gon is located in Portland, The than any other g rower in the area. Portland Dahlia Society is holding She is also one of our Senior J ucl ges. But for the joy-the peace such working brings, its 37th annual show this year. Its and li ves in Salem, Oregon. - P. F. K ershisnik, Editor of the Pacifi c For drinking deep of long and sunny hours, shows have continued to grow in And for a thrush that comes to me and sings. number of exhibits by both amateur Northwest Dahlia News. and commercial g rowers. This soci­ -Ina B . F orbus ety was also instrumental in the organization of the conference in More About the Oldest 1955. Society In the Pacific Northwest w e have a number of "old timers" in the Mrs. John 0 . Linstrom, of Ever­ Dahlia World; E. Henry White, ett, Washington, contributes these owner of White's Dahlia Gardens, aclclitional facts about this early 2470 S. E. Creighton Avenue, Mil­ dahlia society. "From an old scra9 waukie 22, Oregon, has been a com­ book presented to the 'Snohomish mercial grower since 1912. That Dahlia Society,' we learn these adds up to fifty-two years, although things : The Snohomish Coun ty they w ere not all spent at the pres­ Rose & Dahlia Society, (as it was Congratulations, A. D. S. Dahlias Breed Friendships ent location, they have all be.en in nam ed originally) was organized in the Portland area. Henry has al­ 1909 by a group of local women. From Morris P. Clarke, Says Robert C. Connal ways grown the kind of dahlias that :Nfrs. F. P. Sawyer was elected the Private Bag, 8, Yarrigon, Victoria his customers wanted and he is con­ first President. Other offiicers were: ''I started growing D ahlias, back tinually adding new varieties as they Mrs. D. R. McCamley, Vice Presi­ " I am very pleased that the Ameri­ in '34, planting several hills in a rear are introduced. He is vitally inter­ dent and Mrs. A. Boyer, Secretary can Dahlia Society will celebrate its corner of my lot, fo rming a back­ ested in growing clean stock and is and Treasurer. Mrs. Sawyer held drop for my rose garden. From such Fiftieth Anniversary in September, constantly roguing his planting for several other offices after she had a start a competing interest devel­ dahlia disease infection. H e has been President for two years. S he 1964. oped. In three gardens, in 1963, I had g rew dahlias until two or three made some introductions of his own around 150 named varieties planted, and grows some seedlings each years before her death in 1961. " I am sorry, though, that I will be unable to be there. I only know of in addition to seedlings. Now r etired, year. The society held its first show one person from Australia who ex­ due to age 70, given the strength, Mr. White is one of our Senior Sept. 9th and 10th, 1910. At th e health, and space, my planting in Judges and always has excellent dis­ first show, according to a newspaper p ects to be in the United States at 1964 equals or possibly exceeds that plays in the shows. He has a fab­ clipping, at the fir st show, roses that time. I hope that one or two number," ulous memory for both varieties and preclom ina tee\. others will also attend. " I have tried to help in the prog­ " You say that you will publish a ress of the R ochester Dahlia Society. Souvenir Edition of the 'Golden I first served as treasurer, then as Year Dahlia R ecord.' A nd I am sure chairman of the Constitution and by­ Want to Win a New Variety? that the gu ests will appreciate it laws committee. I also served two years as pr esident, three as a Direc­ greatly. Is there any way by which Some guests and members of the Bill," calling for one 1965 dahlia 111- tor. My membership in the Ameri­ I can obtain a copy of it? I would A. D. S. gather ed here tonight may troduction. (The choice is left to the can Dahlia Society goes back to the be glad to pay for a copy or make a become the owners of new 1965 In­ donor, but is quite likely to be worth early forties through the urg ing of contribution to your celebration ex­ the late Prof. Brown. U ltimately this troductions. Each dinner ti cket will $15. 00.) Many thanks to the donors pnese fund, if that would insure that broug ht an invitation, and election be numbered. Be sure to retain that of these valuable Gift Certificates, I can have one. as one of its Vice-Pr esidents in the stub with the number. It may turn who are li sted below. late 40 's. Its most recent honor "That show yo u plan and the din­ out to be valuable. was delegation as one of its Senior Anderson Dahlia Farm, Bowie, Md. ner you promise to g uests, with the Judges." Mr. H . D ewey Mohr, who has Ballego, Leiden, Holland. other enterta inment features, make ''A tribute I greatly cherish cam e been an indefatigabl e worker for this Dahliadel, Vineland, N. J. it really difficult for me to stay away in 1960, when at its annual banquet. from America this fall. Anniversary, also sponsors this fea­ Firma D. Bruidegom, Baarn, Holland on the occasion of its 21st annual ture. Among his many accomplish­ "Please convey to all members and Show, my friend of many years, Nat C. Lundgren, Santa Cruz, Cal. Phillip Kimmel, then Show chair­ m ents, D ewey has become adept at officers my greetings and best wishes m an, on behalf of the Rochester So­ "putting the squeeze" on his compet­ Arthur S. Mason and Thomas Yano, for a most successful Dahlia V\Torld's Washington, D. C. ciety, presented me its m eda l. " itors and contemporaries. Because Congress." "As I ponder those years, many Albert Parrella Dahlia Gardens, The major satisfactions derive from my of that faculty of his, you m ay be the Bronx, N. Y. (Editor's Note : In the n ext m ail, gainer tonight. following this letter, we received a three decades with Dahlias. The 25 Pennypack, Cheltenham, Pa . postal order for One Pound from years my local Society for m e, has T en commercial dahlia firm s. all been a functional part of Dahliadom. introducers of new dahlia varieties, Rocky River Dahlia Gardens, Co­ Mr. Clarke which was sent to the lumbia Station, Ohio. and my associa tion with the Ameri­ have, at Mr. M ohr's request, each A. D. S. Budget Committee. Mr. can Dahlia Society for m any years contributed "Gift Certificates" which Ruschmohr Dahlia Gardens, Rock­ Clarke will receive a copy of the has resulted in many lasting friend­ in eff ect is a memorandum "Due ville Centre, L. I. "Record,'' that is certain.) sh ips."

Eeptember 18-20, 1964 Page 41 Know Anyone Who Wants firsts at the Radio City Show: Won Dahlias Grown on Both To "Join Up" Tonight? the Earnest B. Tooker Trophy seven ALL'S WELL times; won IO American Home Sides of the Atlantic Seems like there are a lot of 'New Achievements and many sweepstakes Faces' (I would not go so far as to My first interest in Dahlias goes at Peekskill, Long Island and New back to 1912 in England, on being call them strangers) here tonight. York. I even made the Ripley "Be­ taken by a friend to see a local Dahlias are messages of Love As the so-called Chairman of the lieve It or Not" broadcast once. That Dahlia Exhibition put on by dis­ A. D. S. Membership Committee, I was a thrill. trict growers in keen, but friendly sent to us from the Almighty. rivalry. hope that all you (I mean "you-a-a-1") Received letters from all over the ~ have seen and heard, while attend­ world, asking me how I got the The Dahlias were displayed on a board approximately 2 ft. 6 in. by They are ready to receive us ing this here now affair, has made blooms up to 13 or 14 inches in some 7 ft. Short stemmed blooms drooped with open arms and yielding lips. everyone within the reach of my eyes cases. I could not answer all of them. in glass cylinders with just the face Their caresses are want to be an intimate part of this I am glad to report that Mrs. of bloom showing. Type much like sincere and natural. great organization. Being what you O'Keefe is improving rapidly, now our old Dreer's White, but varied colors, called Show Dahlias. Their message is of peace might call an 'arm chair chairman,' that the strain of attending court, and tranquility and confidence. and being away a lot traveling where her case against State of New The following Spring, I was given All's well - a few plants, roots were never around, I think that it's best to 'cor­ York was tried. No verdict rendered planted there due to cold wet cli­ God is still in His Heaven. ner' all 'unmembers' right here to­ yet though. mate.) I continued to grow the night. (Come to think about it, if After being out of shows so long, same ones until I left England in ~ you're not a member, how'd you get perhaps I have lost the "knack" of 1923. When days are darkest in here?) growing them big. But have a nice My first years in my adopted when hope is faintest country kept me busy establishing I have arranged to have several planting, with 903 new stock, due go among the dahlias a home for my family in Ohio. In beautiful, exotic, and I hope ener­ to losses from stem rot. But I'm go­ drink in their message of peace 1926, East Liverpool, Ohio, put on getic feminine helpers, who can write ing to try to take some blooms to its first Dahlia Show. On seeing it, and be comforted. English (as it is written, anyway), this show. I was amazed by the size of the I'll see you in New York. blooms so beautifully displayed. ~ and they will pass among you (not Yes, my interest was awakened We need dahlias now, the kind of 'pass' you mean either), -Ed. O'Keefe again, but as yet I was not ready as never before. and take your application and mon­ --0-- to grow anything. ey to enable you to become one of We are just beginning to realize Come to Portland October I 0 After the 27th Show, things had their true meaning. the 'workers' in this 'vineyard.' improved for me and the bug was Dick Richards has been honored biting deeper. So, in the Spring of Just signal to me with a wave of I ~ by Portland Dahlia Society with a 1928, I bought a few-Mrs. De the hand. Raise it high (I'm short), Van Warner, Jersey Beauty, Dreer's Dahlias! hold the palm outward (as if push­ local and an A. D. S. membership White and others. By 1930 I was although he never grew a dahlia and Heavenly messengers of Peace! ing) and you'll be surprised how ready (I thought) for the good big probably never will. May God give us more of them. soon the membership blanks will ones, Jane Cowl, Kathleen Norris, Dick is Manager of the Pacific­ Josehpine G., Woodrow Wilson, etc. reach you. (P. S. Don't have a drink JOSEPH J. LANE International Livestock Exposition First Secretary, A. D. S. in your pen hand, when you sign, East Liverpool by now was really in Portland, Oregon. Last year he a hot bed of growers and keen (Editor's note: We changed four please, it might spill and make a named dahliaman Larry Bateman as competition. The Dahlia was mak­ words, with author's permission. blot on the schutchen (I mean signa­ ·'Floral Superintendent" of the live­ ing wonderful strides in improving size, color, types, and beauty, until Guess which.) ture). stock show with the thought in mind -Signed, John Metzger, that Fat Beef and Floral Beauty can today, we have the only flower that has a size, type and color to suit C. M.A. D.S. be mighty attractive together. The nlost everyone's taste. dahlia society and the chrysanthe­ mum societies supported a show that The Dahlia, through its culture, has brought more understanding, Dick hopes will be an annual event more respect, and good fellowship and Portland Dahlia Society. making to its growers than any other flower up a dahlia division of the show will group. So, let all its growers here go all out for several hundred dollars today from many countries shout Ed. J. O'keefe Says: of cash awards made possible by the its praises to the world. - .Tack You asked me about the fertilizer P-I. Eccleston, R. D. No. 2, St. Clair Ext., East Liverpool, Ohio. I used to grab a few sweepstakes, for Portland wants to see all of the the "A" sizes, in the shows over the best new seedlings, too. A. D. S. --0-- years. Seedling Sweepstakes wili be held and everyone is invited to send Meet the Kershisniks Well, L. B. D., it came from Eng­ blooms to compete not only for Pete and Madge Kershisnik know land, like a lot of our guests tonight. A. D. S. recognition, but for a $25 their dahlias and dahlia people. They Name, just "Clay's Fertilizer." I used top award and $5 to all other A. D. S. will renew many old acquaintances it for many years and it helped to Seedling Sweepstakes winners, pro­ and make many new ones. Between CHARLES F. PAPE ­ up the sizes for the show tables, I'm viding there are 15 or less. This them they have something to make certain. Sometimes our friends from is minimal; higher awards may be ORIGINATOR them attractive to everyone. If you Britain do produce excellent prod­ made. Here the late Charles Pape is shown at want to "talk" dahlias, Pete will lis­ the Southtown Show in Chicago. The va­ ucts. But, came World War II, and Address air shipments to Larry ten. If you want to hear about them. riety is his most popular int roduction, the supply was cut off. After that I Bateman, Floral Superintendent, Pa­ ~1adge will talk. Pete is Editor of named after Mrs. Pape, MRS. HESTOR used "Wilson's Eureka." cific-International Livestock Show, Pacific :N" orthwest Conference organ, A. PAPE. Mr. Pape grew many seedlings P-I Building, North Portland, Ore. The Pacific Dahlia; Madge heads from his own selected seed, first at Serena You asked about my winnings. Request Air Line to call him at up the Conference Judging schools. and later at Santa Barbara, Calif. Besides Well I can't list them all. I started 285-8301 upon arrival and he will Mrs. Hestor A. Pape, some of his best showing in the A. D. S. show in New Both are Charter members of the have a qualified Society member pick Conference and Life members of originations were: Pape's Pink, Pape's Yel­ York in 1928 - and took the Grand low, Black Monarc h Gold Coin, Mrs. E. J., them up, condition, groom and stage Portland Dahlia Society. Miss Santa Barbara. He grew dahlias up Sweepstakes the first year I showed. them for you. to the time of his death in 1955. One of That did it. I was "hooked" to keep The date? Judging, 8:00 A.M., Oc­ --0-- his pet projects was the distribution of on showing "A's." That is, up to tober 10. Get them there in time for dahlia seeds to school children, to get 1960, when I had to stop, due to a the handlers to do their best for you. Bees and Grubs them interested in growing t hem at an The show goes on until October 18, early age. Mrs .Hestor A. Pape lives with severe accident to Mrs. O'Keefe in vVhere the bee seeks-come seeds, her niece and husband, Mrs. E. W. Fowler an automobile. so y'all come see the livestock, the purty flowers and the other land But I grub where the grub grubs, in La Jolla, Calif. Sh e often travels to But before I desisted, here are a some of the shows in the mid-west and products; from 100,000 to 300,000 Butterflies flit from hour to hour, few of my triumphs. Sixty Blues at there meets many friends which she met other folks will see you there.-B. S. While I, with grubby hands, grow with Mr. Pape on his freque nt trips. the 1933 New York World's Fair; 37 "Bing" Chambers. dahlias.

Page 42 The A. D. S. Golden Year Dahlia Record WILLIAM G. HECKERMAN, are som e who have reached the age Hoping You Are Better George Brunjes, the big grower where traveling long distan ces are and heavy exhibitor in the Elmira, A. D. S. Assistant Secretary too m uch for them, but you can I t may have been the heat, which New York, Southern Tier Dahlia has plagued the East this summer­ Society area for m any y ears, has bet one thing, they are with us in or-as my dad used to say, "just the had a series of heart attacks. H e thought and wish they could still be Humility," but som e of o ur friends left the hospital in J anuary last, "for with us enjoying the m an y friend­ ha,·e had visits to hospitals this year. his last bout," wrote M rs. Brunjes ships they h ave made over the years Probably by the time this is print­ in March, last. She continued, " the a nd we m iss these folks too. ed, all of them will have recover ed. doctor has given permission for A Minister once told m e-people vV e hope this is the case. And, if George to do anything he fe els like who love and grow flowers, which is th ere were others who were "under doing, even to driving the car. H e one of God's g ifts to us, are in gen­ the weather" as they say, and whose is even planning his garden at this eral good people a nd from past ex­ indisposition \Yas not reported to us, point, altho' he has to get a lot perience, I must agree with him. we regret the same. (Both the ab­ more strength and will undoubtedly W e all h ave our differences and sence of the report and their illn ess.) need a lot of help if he has one. You see, George is carryin g around opinions and often express them, one of those heart regulators, a some may not be to our liking, but Louis Alling, of \Vest Haven. Conn., charter member of the A. D.S .. mechanical implant. He has to go if we all agreed with one another, had a nervous breakdown and went slowly to recover from those several this would be a funny world to li,·e to the Kew H aven Hospital twice in brushes with death. And. Goel will ­ in and life would be dull and m ean­ July. H e is. so reports A unt Sarah ing, we will be in New York for the ingless-we would have no th ing to Wood, now at the home of his neph­ big affair in September. Hope to see talk about. ew and is recovering. His doctor told you a ll then. George is looking for­ Our Friendships should be ,·a lued him, that he could not li ve alone any ward to seeing all hi s old friends. This gentleman is more than a That alone can make him better."' typical dahlia man. His immediate and all efforts put forth to keep more. Nephew Frederick and hi s wife job with the society is to keep har­ p eace and harmony as life is a short have taken L ouis in to li ve wi th m ony and interest at top level with span for all of us, so let's enjoy what them. Frederick says that if " ncle There ,,·as a rumor that reached the over sixty societies which arc the Good Lord has given us while Lou" improves sufficiently by Sep­ the west coast in earl y August that tember, he ,,·ill see that he gets to associated with the A. D . S. In ad­ we can and are a ble to do so.-Louise Mrs. Pauline Neckerman, who has the SOth Anniversary. H ope to see dition he is Chairman of the Pub­ Klein john, Secretary, Midwest Dah lia been so efficient in handling the reg­ y ou. Louis on the 19th. istrations fo r this celebration, was ill. li ci ty Committee for the Fiftieth Confernece. Anniversary Celebratio n. W e hope this was in error. And if H is business connection is with L oui s Culp of D over. N . J .. Exec­ there was any grain of truth in it, the N . Y. T elephone Company. H e utive Committee member, was re­ it is the sincere wish of her manv and Mrs. N eckerman, have raised a por ted by Mrs. Culp, to have entered friends, including this editor, that all fin e fam ily of three children. the hospital early in July. W e hope is well, recovery made. Along the way, he has been a it was a brief stay. m ember, and for several terms, presi­ Taylored Pests Now if there have been oth ers dent of the Norwood, !:\. J. Board If we were to put \\·ords into the Conrad Frey of Nutley, X. ]., was who were ill or indisposed, in the of Education, the Committee of mouth of Cliff Taylor, T . G. Super at Past President, and Chairman of large g roup of workers in the field s Regional High School Board, the Tacoma, \Vash., they might go some­ Judging fo r many years. He had of dahlias and dahlia exhibitions. in District Chairman of the Boy Scouts thing like this : not attended those Sunday morning New York or elsewher e, we'r e sorry and several other organizations of "gri pe" and "praise if due" sessions "Sure we have pests in the T . G. we did not hear about it. Think of civic and educational purpose. with Secretary Edward Lloyd for but we do something about them, it! Your name could have been print­ In between his regular job and quite some time. Therefore. we can probably more than most gro"·ers ed here with our r egrets. There are these public groups, he has also only deduce that he is not as spry as but what can be done about these 0·· those who would not think it worth headed the Bergan Dahlia Society he used to be. In fact. it was re­ while to get sick, just so they could 1. The Chewers -They che" · out fo r three years. He and Mrs. Neck­ ported as of August 15 that " Connie" read their nam e in this once-in -a­ everyone about ho w the T. G. is erman have, together, managed to was in Clara Maas H ospita l in Belle­ Ji fet ime publication. But we can g ro w some 1000 hills of dahlias, and run. vi ll e, N. J. fo r observation. But it's 2. The Borers-They work with'.n, honest! y tell such skepti cs-they are operated a small greenhouse in con­ a ten to one shot that he will be there wrong. nection. In the midst of these jobs never coming out into the open at the SOth. to destroy the hard work of and service to the public, he laid \Varren Maytrott. of Vineland. others. out his large garden with terraces N. J ., spen·t seven weeks in June and Ever hear of "Bicolor Measles'" ? 3. T he Suckers - They suck the and concrete paths, and dividers. July taking an 80 mile round trip to That's what Dr. Frederick Knocke strength and vitality out of e,·ery You must deduce fr om the above Philadelphia, for X-Rays and Eelec­ diagnosed as the edito r's ailment in program. that "Bill" is a most effici ent as well trical Energy Machine therapy. H e June. We broke out in a rash. Be­ 4. The Carriers - They pass de­ as busy fe llow. It is certainly true. lost considerable weight, because of fore the dermatologist could deter­ structive viruses. the travel schedul e and other rea­ mine our trouble, we wrote to Dewev --a-- 5. The Slugs -They want to sl ug sons, but Mrs. M. reports that he is Mohr that we might h ave th-e it out with you right now. gaining weight and feels much im­ measles. Evidently he reported that 6. The Snails -Thev ha,·e a hard proved (as of .'\ugust first) . vVe hope statement at the next m eeting of the Dahlia Friendships shell that in s tru~tion s cannot that Warren gets back in " fighting Executive Committee, or possibly penetrate and they move too H ave you ever stopped to think trim" by the time of th e big celebra­ while dining before the meeting. slowly to meet the deadlines. just what is the meaning of Friend tion in New York. (The Edito r Anyway, we received a card of con­ or Friendship? Friend is " One at­ (On the guy that wrote this is the probably enjoys fighting, or at least dolence signed by everyone present tached to another by affection, re­ worst of the lot.) Cliff is here. too. disagreeing with \Varren. more than at the meeting. Dr. Knocke wrote gard or esteem, a supporter or favor He's probably in the showroom tak­ \\·ith anyone in the Sc ciety.) See you on the card, " It is undoubtedly that of a cause." ing pictures.-"Bing" Chambers. in New York \Varren. severe malady known as 'Bicolor Dahlia Measles." P . S. It was later I thin k we will all agree tha t --a-­ diagnosed by Dr. Elton Perry, as through the Dahlia years we have Mrs. Georgen ia Humble, of Doug­ 'Strawberry rash.'-L. B. D . created many friend ships-some cas­ And, as for Cows! laston, N. Y., Life Member and mem­ ual-a nd some h ave developed into H enry vVhite's problem is with a ber of Executive committee. long very close friendships. neighboring cow who likes dahlias time Chairman of Arrangements at \Ve have not heard from Arthur A. D. S. shows, was hospitalized for Each year as we attend the D ahlia as well as H enry does. It seems the Mason, form er Ed it or of the a couple of weeks in May. She is now Shows, we meet many new fo lks and cow is especially attracted to t he National Capitol D ahliag ram, in hem e, and feeling fi ne, she writes. Arlington. Va.. lately, but in a Dahlia Fans all interested in the fin est blooms which grow at proper height fo r her to stick her head o \·er --a-- roundabout way we heard that he same common cause-"The Dah lia" the wire fence and eat with little President of the dahlia society, \\·as ··recovering"' from an indisposi­ and then again, we miss some of the effor t. Now H enry plants root stock after expounding for a long time o n tion or something. If this has any familiar faces who have been called along the fence row, Bossie keeps his ideas : "That is only a suggestion, basis of fact, we surely hope that to their heavenly home whose mem­ them pruned, H enry harvests healthy ladies and g entlemen. but let's not Arthur is much improved and at­ ory we cherish, and then too, there roots.-B. S. C. forget \\"h o has made it." tending this Celebration.

September 18-20. 1964 Page 43 "Gardening Is a Way of Life" A NEW TRIAL GARDEN SERVES THE SOUTHWEST By Lew Sarett UNITED STATES For better or for worse, I am an Gardening is a succession of ad­ The PACIFIC SOUTHWEST many years, decided that George A. inveterate amateur gardener. I shall ventures. It is a quiet emotional ad­ TRIAL GARDE:\', located in the Richardson was real!y too dignified die one. I am a bit "touched" about venture when your needs begin to sub - tropical climate of Southern for a dahlia gripe session. George every green-growing thing on earth. germinate in the seed flat and the California, has a unique distinction. was a churchman, and further, This queerness has not put me in first frail green pops out of the soil. It "·as born into a brand new botanic thought that strong drink was ab­ any institution; it has kept me out It is a disastrous adventure "·hen garden and is growing with it. The horent. Roy White, on the other of one. some of them clamp off. It is a dark dahlia trial garden is situated in a hand, thought that a "spot" of the adventure when you find a young Dahlias are my specialty. Annually prime site in this large facility, being old corn juice was a boon to dahlia green plant of one of your most ex­ I grow over a thousand plants from developed by the County of Los men, and he had had several. pensive varieties cut clown at the seed, with the hope that I may turn Angeles on the beautiful Palos Ver­ He proceeded to give George a base of the stem by a cutworm­ up a new one now and then, fit to des Peninsular. The botanic garden shampoo with bourbon. And the real beca use you forgot to sink a paper go into commerce. Sometimes I do. started its initial operations in 1961 sterling character of Richardson collar around the stem. But the profit on it pays me only a and the dahlia trial garden began its came to light. Sober as a judge, he fraction of what it costs me to It is a sweet moment when you trial period in 1962. Great plans are was a good sport, and thereby earned produce it. harvest your luscious Pride of Wis­ developing for the botanic garden a free root of Kentucky Sports­ Then why bother? consin melons and the Golden J ubi­ and the future looks equally good man, and laughed with the others. lee and Scarlet P ritchard tomatoes. I also recall the first time I placed I can tell you why bother. I bother for the Pacific Southwest Trial Gar­ It is a rare adventure when you a dahlia on the show table. It was because gardening is a superb way den with its official recognition by walk thru your dahlia patch in Sep­ way back in 1922, which was the in which every man who has the use the American Dahlia Society in tember and note the cascades of year I joined the American Dahlia of a patch of ground can solve many this GOLDEN A 1 NIVERSARY white flowers, the pillars of flame­ Society. I grew my first dahlias in of his personal problems in living. YEAR. colored blooms, the banks of orange 1919. Gosh! That was a long time Gardening is a way of life, a pro­ Cooperation by the botanic garden and yellow. And you pause a mo­ ago. I had six plants that year. The foundly happy way of life. staff has been exceptional and con­ ment before the pompon varieties sistent these past three years and '"bug'" reallv bit me then and in Gardening Is An Exciting Sport. loaded with 2 - inch blooms that has done much to get the garden 1922, I grev; fifty plants. There were Growing anything- strawberries, look like perfect buttons-like shon­ off to a good start. Even more en­ not many big ones then. I recall cauliflower, roses, even cabbage-is ing brass buttons. white buttons and couraging has been the hard work Delice a nice p:nk about SY, inches, an intensely exciting competitive pink buttons, gold buttons and put in to maintaining the special not much bigger than our minia­ sport. It is a game in which you ebony buttons. You experience a dahlia culture by members of the tures, t oday. At any rate, I took pit your strength and your wits thousand adventures with beauty Inglewood Dahlia Society (the local three well matched blooms of it and against Nature; you match them when you grow anything that has sponsoring Society) with assistance won a first and a silver vase with against her sometimes grudging soil, roots in the earth. from members of the nearby Orange them. Another of my entries were three blooms of Millionaire, George her bitter winds and weather, against We are sustained and renewed County and Southern California Stillman"s origination. It was among her drouths and floods, her bugs and constantly in body and spirit be­ dahlia societies. Many have helped the earliest of the larger sized blights. Her fickleness and perverse­ cause we know and we follow a road at planting and lifting times when dahlias. ness. A man gets a big kick from into an amazing and lovely world, most dahlia growers are themselves Hope to see .;you-all" in :-Jew outmaneuvering Nature when she one of the oldest and one of the rich­ quite busy. Some have even driven York in September, and I'll be look­ tries to throw him for a loss with est roads in human experience. from as far as 80 miles at these times epidemics and blights, with hordes to lend a hand. ing for a proper shampoo. Maybe of leaf hoppers, thrips, and red spid­ Editors :-J ote: The late Lew Serret This trial garden and the mem­ with a mint julep.-Tommy Erlan­ ers, with unseasonable weather. was Professor of Speech at North­ ber support it has gained has made ger, Ky., March 9, 1964. western University for many years. it a model which the County of Los Take the soil in your garden, for He wrote and lectured about dahlias Angeles is using for other specialist example, when you set out to build NIT A Made Dahlia History often. This article was published in societies who want to set up trial Says Glen L. Pierce a high-powered garden. I t is on top the A.D.S. bulletin. reprinted by per­ grounds in the new botanic garden. of a hill. It is miserable yell:i w clay, In 1958 Paul Hale of Brighton. mission, from Better Homes & Gar­ The rules drawn up for the conduct Ill., and Editor of the "Dahlia" for stiff and poor. dens. of the dahlia trial garden have been the Central Dahlia Society. found Gardening Is a Series of Adven­ But this version of it was suggest­ officially approved as a basis for the one variegated branch on a plant of tures. There is something of primi­ ed for these columns by Lew's conduct of future specialist test the very popular Juanita. tive man in the human being: he friend, Ralph Berry, of Rocky River, gardens within the facility. He made as many cuttings from likes a fight and he likes adventure. Ohio. Perhaps the best promise for the this branch as possible, then made future is the rapidly growing region cuttings from those, as they develop­ this new trial garden serves. The ed. The result was about 100 new region has a present population of plants of the color mutation of over 7 million; to the three dahlia Juanita. Paul called it Nita. societies serving it, a fourth was Glen L. Pierce, of Glen Ellyn. a added 5 years ago. The membership friend of Paul's. was a commercial of al! four is on the increase and the grower. Paul was just an amateur. shows they stage seem to get bigger He asked Glen to introduce the new and more successful each year. And variegated. That year, 1959, follow­ that success includes the addition of ing the discovery of the "sport," new enthusiasts to the ranks of they, together won 22 Home Achieve­ dahlia growers.-Alan True. ment Awards in shows across the country. I Shouldn't Recall N ita also won the A. D . S. gold medal for the highest scoring B" Says M. Y. (Tommy) Thomas size in the Seedling Sweepstakes can recall many things which competition and many other awards. happened-at shows and meetings that Result, an unprecedented sale of couldn't be printed. Here's just a a new "B" variety. It was sold at sample. It was at the Mid-West $5 .00 per root, because of the large Conference winter meeting at Ft. quantity of roots which had been Wayne, Ind. I forget the year, After made by the "forced" method of the dinner the real talkfest began. plant marking. It was an achieve­ Roy White, of Louisville, the orig­ ment in dahlia dissemination. Credit inator of the old favorite bicolor, to both Paul and Glen. Glen had a Kentucky Sportsman, which both heart attack soon after this and re­ y:iu, Mr. Editor, and I grew for tired from the business.

Page 44 The A. D. S. Golden ·Year Dahlia Record MRS. CAROLINE MEYER. Ideas on Gaining and Holding Treasurer In a ny dahlia society, the holder Dahlia Society Members of the m oney, the receiver of checks for membership and advertising (and By Alan True (Hermosa Beach, Calif.) delinquents in both occasionall y,) is a most important person. The question of how to get and hold new members confronts every Mrs. Caroline Meyer, A . D . S. dahlia society. After some study and Treasurer, is the wife of Mr. Dieder­ observation of this problem, here are ich M eyer, Show Chairman in 1964, a few ideas which I have seen, all([ mother of Margaret, and grand­ in some instances, helped pu t into mother of four daughte rs of Mar­ practice at several dahlia societies. garet, is also a very important person First-Potential members have to in their home in Bergenfield, N . J. be attracted, or invited, to join the Also, in the business world, Mrs. activities of the society. This is done M eyer is employed by the Bergen- by (a) individual members with the growth of the organization on their GORDON WAASER WRITES: minds, inviting other gardeners to Lynn : I recall the first t ime that I ha d attend meetings. (b) Notices in a re al se rious conve rsation with you. It local new spapers about the affair s of was at a Storrs, Conn. Trial Ground Fi eld the society, which are followed up Day - the year, 1936. ALAN TRUE with personal invitations to come to You told me that the A. D. S. nominat­ drawings at the meetings of dahlia But new members ill\·ariab\y be­ ing committee had aske d you to accept the Presidency. You said you did not see plants or roots, or in blooming sea­ lieve they have little chance of win­ son, of bouquets of dah lias, and how you could accept and operate your ning awards when competing with Honor Roll Test Gard e n, act as president the newcomers are somehow ( ?) the more experienced exhibitors. Dut and continue on as editor of the Bull etin. winners. (d) Have a registration here, some psychology is suggested. You asked me if I would take ov.er the book or cards at the show, where Ha1·e older members 'drop by' the guest s are asked to leave name and editing job. That was the beginning of a gardens o f the new members. And. frie ndship that I have cherished ever since. address. They can be invited after­ without exhibiting superior wisdo111, You wished quite a job on my shoulders, wards to come to the future m eet­ they can show the novice some of for the next seventeen yea rs-but I really ings. (e) Ask m embers to watch for the finer poin ts of preparing bl ooms e njoyed doing it. gardens with dahlias in them, as for exh ibition.transporti ng o f them they travel around the locality, and to the sho11· and staging them for to stop, talk about dahlias and in ­ exhibition. v ite the gardener and his w ife to The show schedul e should ha1·e come to the next meeting. divisions fo r the Novice, the Second-When a newcomer arrives Amateur. and if possible. the Ad- fi eld Lig hting and Fixture Co. She at a meeting, that shows interest. 1·ancecl Amateur. By having these is an expert accountant. Members should not gush over him. three sections. the new exhibitor can But rather sit near him, make him find a place for hi s or her exhibits. The :\Ieyers, bes ides being work­ fee l welcome. Find out about his and, if he wins in the first t1YO in ing m embers of the A . D. S .. are main interest in gardening. It may the fir st yea1· s of exhibiting. he can both staunch supporters of their lo­ not be dahli as, at this juncture. Chat still exhibit in the Advanced Ama­ cal da hlia society, the Bergen Co., about the success, or failure of some teur. the division for the more expert. nahlia 'Society. Frequently, they members of the society, related to Some societies haH "] unior Di­ entertain this group for a 'cookout' his or her chief interest. visions· for youngsters under sixteen in their spacious garden area. Any­ Third-If the society is successful years of age. This is a fertile fi eld one fortunate enough to be present in attracting new members, then th e for young people to get the 'feel" and to partake of the food spread programs of the meetings should be of show competition. It gives them PAST PRESIDENT at one of these society affairs is just arranged so that newcomers receive livin', that's all, livin'. confidence in growing and showing DR. BRUCE PREAS practical suggestions about dahlia ability 11·hen just getting started in From the above, readers may culture. The business side of the gardening. H ere, with his 12 year o ld introduc Hon gather that Mrs. M eyer is a busy organization detail is kept at a mini­ It is also important to create jobs and oft winner in the Bi-color St. C a c. lady. And kind. and sweet, too, to mum. More time is thus alloted for for new member s. By helping, they Classes, PREAS PRl'DE . It is a mutat ion all her many friends and associates of Jane Lausche, and is deep purple, experienced growers, with a flair for can see how a society progresses. in several states on the eastern sea­ imparting their knowledge. and, with white tips, inst.ead of la ve nd er lik e Every society has many such jobs its progenitor. board. hopefull y, an ability to "project" and if such a job places responsi­ --0-- their voice so that everyone p resent bility on the new member, he or she ln The German Tradition may hear them. They should not can early feel that they are a part 'talk down' to beginners. No note of the organization. "\Vhile attending one of the major of 'patronage' should enter into the 1'ina ll y, it sh ould be stated that Dahlia shows in W isconsin, my h us­ picture. Helpful program material if a society is to remain vigorous band and I were introduced to sev­ can include visual aids such as color­ and effective. it should never cease eral notables in the dahlia world." sl ides of dahlia culture and plant­ to experi111 ent and seek n ew ways to "As the exhausting clay wore on. ing techniques. (Members w ith pho­ help its 111 embers. particularly, the the m inds and tongu es of show tographic bent could help here by new ones. people become confused. One intro­ providing slides of their gardens or duction was as foll ows : of Trial Gardens where good culture Those who talk loud and long at "Mr. and :\Irs. Makowski, have is essential to proper grow.- th.) Antl dahlia society 111 eetings should adopt you met ML ' H e views of new introductions are al­ the old sea captain's saying, "the is one of the consistent 'weiners· at ways interesting to a ll dahli a gro1v­ horn that's tootin' loudest is the one our shows.-Mrs. Esther Makowski, ers, new and old. that's in the fog." 3705 So. Hermon Street, "M il waukee, The high point of any dahlia so­ -o- v\T is." ciety program of events is their What ' retire111enf m eans to a -0- annual show. Near show time, judg· dahlia growers wife is-twice as The g lass that cheers a n old dahlia ing schools, lectures on flower ar­ much husband-on half the income. gro11"er is not a full length mirror. rangement. exhibit staging, trans­ -0- -o- porting blooms and similar topics If a dahlia grower listens to too Some dahlia folks would not hesi­ can be introduced in to the meeting much advice-he winds up making A. REES, Tilden, Ill. tate to drive up to the gate of heaven programs. other fe llow's mistakes. Originator of Many Fine Dahlias and honk.

September 18 · 20, 1964 Page 45 name applied to the flower, at least have been so prized as food that the Hunting Wild Dahlias in its cultivated form, in this part of plants are almost used up. So even Mexico. What word had the people though at last I knew what to ask In Their Central American Home here used before Andreas Dahl re­ for, it was not easy to find them. ceived his honor? I became obsessed The oldest vendor in the market By Marion Storm, Hotel Proqressor, Ilrapan. Mexico with a mania for discovering the could not remember when they had Tarascan name for Dahlia. Among brought him in any charahuescas for It is the rule, in beginning a biog­ bring a turkey under one arm, a flat the water-gardeners of Xochimilco, sale. Others assured me that even if raphy, to go back to the great man's basket of fruit on the head. I per­ up at the capitol, no Indian name I found them in the "puestos" they birthplace and there find out very suaded everyone who had contact was any longer used, I had found­ would certainly be cooked. On the little about him. J ust so, wild Dahlias with country Indians who came to Azteca and Chichimeca were as for­ other hand, a native girl of twenty baffled me for a year, when I came the hotel to ask those who spoke getful as Tarascos. said that she and her companions to their old home-the more south­ Spanish what they called the Dahlia, I would stand by our charcoal had preferred charahuescas to jica­ ern highlands of Mexico. Dr. Howe, and invariably the answer was .. dalia­ stove in the kitchen and poke a mas or chayote-root when they were the Dahlia specialist of The New tzitziqui" or more rarely "guaras­ bunch of garden Dahlias at some but little younger and that they York Botanical Garden, wanted a tzitizqui." .. Tzitziqui" is a Tarascan suspicious and trail-weary Indian. could always buy them "en las few seeds and tubers of never-cul­ suffix meaning '"flower." It appears '"What do you call these, por favor, lluvias" (the rainy season), and look­ tivated Dahlias, and I thought I in the phrase for Spring. Like other up in the sierra?"-and always was ed forward to them. "We'd peel couldn't have a simpler request to Indian languages, this one is adapted discouraged to hear "dahlias." I felt them like this-muy sabrosas! Yes, fulfill. I would find Dahlias bloom­ to one-word descriptions, and after still more desperate when I learned of course one eats them raw, just like ing off in the fields, on afternoon floral attributes have been named the that one of exquisite airs played by jicamas. There used to be plenty in strolls. How little I knew! word for fl ower is added. Thus one our favorite mountain violinist, on Uruapan, but everybody would go On a visit to Uruapan, Michoacan, does not say " rose," but uses a long the rare occasions when he descend­ out digging charachuescas in big in July, 1933, I asked how to hunt compound that means a yellow, sin­ ed Uruapan, was called "La Dahlia," family parties, and camp where they for Dahlias and was promptly re­ gle, fragrant flower, if that is the beginning: grow, so naturally they're scarce fe r red to the more elegant gardens, sort of rose the speaker has in mind. .. Dahlia, dahlia, dahlia-tzitziquin nowadays." Forthwith I set a price where some were responding to de­ "Guaras" is Tarascan for camote­ jimbo. on charahuescas, but people could voted care-where tall lavender tre~­ edible root or tuber. While this word Ja que picuni, ja qlie picuni, not take me seriously. Surely I might usually means sweet potato or sweet buy enough other refreshing roots to Dahlias, single and double, shaded Por pi-cugxo, tia." the rarer kind. "But wild Dahlias­ potato candy, one may speak of eat! they must grow in the fi elds here, " dalia-camotes," or of the "guaras" A lovely old Tarascan sierra song, But this was their season-the just as zinnias and cosmos do?" No of the chayote (the "chinchayote"). which is from Ychan, one of The time of the heaviest rains: August Eleven Villages. Up in the state of one could make out what I meant by For wild Dahlia flowers, I dis­ and early September,! must hurry 1 Coaluila I noticed a railroad station wild Dahlias! covered, the only names known in "Where can I find charahuescas my­ named La Dahlia! How the Span­ Ylichoacan today are these two: self? I want to ride till I come to That mid-November I came back iards spread! to Uruapan for a long stay, and at dalia - tzitziqui and guaras - tzitziqui them, if nobody will bring them in." once took up the trail. "There aren't (Dahlia-flower and edible-root-flow­ Suddenly it dawned upon some of "Oh, there are none now." "But any now." "But when can I find er). Even allowing for the astound­ my Uruapan friends that-what a when?" " In October," they said. In them, then?" "In the rains." ''July ing rapidity with which Spanish joke! I was trying to find charahues­ the market, in the kitchen, on the and August?" "Yes, c6mo no?" "But spread over conquered America, it cas to send to New York. I'd been r oads, everyone now assured me that everyone has said, late in October." seemed incredible that the aboriginal going around asking for "dahlias del " later" there would be charahuescas. '"Yes, after the rains. In October.,. name of a native plant so familiar monte" and "dahlias silvestres" when Although I had t'o go to the capital, I presently understood that the In­ could have been utterly forgotten in all I wanted was charahuescas! In I made up my mind that I would dians were trying to tell me what­ primitive villages where no Spanish glee I demanded, ''Then charahuesca not be lulled again. I would be back ever I would prefer to hear, so that is spoken even now. The word "dalia" is the name for Dahlia?" "It is the in Uruapan in October, this year, I would feel contented! Memories of could not have antedated the latter name of the camote of the dalia­ since that was the one month! Last the now world-famous Dahlia in its part of the eighteenth century, since and yes, of the plant, if you like." year, in November, I apparently had old mountain home were vague. No the seeds first reached Europe in Wild Dahlias per se are unknown been just too late. one, today, "knew it when." I must 1789, and the name Dahlia was creat­ in Michoacan. I now learned, but Up 111 t'he capitol a thrilling learn as luck let me. Winter and ed in 1791, yet it was now the only their tubers, for unrecorded ages, triumph was waiting. As usual, I spring went, with no wild Dahlias was chasing old books about Mexico reported. But one day Don Silviano, from library to library, always hop­ the carpenter, brought me a big, ing to come upon the Tarascan word handsome yellow Dahlia. ''I don't for Dahlia. I was not in Maturini's know what this pretty flower is ." he big Diccionario, which gives Taras­ said. "It came up in the patio from a can names for the Rose of Castile root we had, and we saved it for a and the Flor de Granada (though present." there is no knowing what flowers In May, Ramiro, an Indian boy, ar e meant by t'hese phrases). It was walking thirteen hours over the not in Leon's priceless "Silbario." ranges form his home in Periban, Then, one rainy afternoon, I was brought me som e roots of Dahlias leafing over the familiar two volume3 that his mother had planted. " But of "Michoacan: L eyendas, Paisajes she dug them up in the sierra." These y Tradiciones" by Eduardo Ruiz-a should be virtually wild, so I mailed fascinating work, imaginative but them to Dr. Howe. and when set out full of racy information about Urua­ in the Dahlia b order at the Garden pan to be found nowhere else. And one almost bloomed, the summer of there on page 228 stood a footnote 1934, but gave up at the last minute. relatfog to the prehistoric gardens of Pa tzcuaro: Saluen-tzitziqui is the Slowly, by asking over and over. name of the dahlia. It is probably I learned that nobody knew what I the only Tarascan word with the let­ was talking about when I asked for ter I. The name implies 'many bright wild "Dahlias" because that name is Miss Storm Finds Cosmos Growing Wild, colors'." I could hardly keep from given only to the garden flowers, like jumping and shouting. Perhaps I Don Silviano's, and these are not Alongside "Charahuescas" was now the one person among the very common in Michoacan. Even Miss Storm wrote: 'I saw this same charming ower "Chara­ Tarascans who knew t'heir aboriginal Tarascan Indians from the remote huescas" (for Dahlia) growing with wild Cosmos." The above name for Dahlia! sierra, who speak no Spanish, use it photo. (taken by the editor in his garden. where he was for these tame plants. Uruapan is a growing nine species dahlias) shows Cosmos on left. and I made a special effort to get back Dahlia Mercii on right. Flowers of both were identical in form. small town at the end of the rail line, to Uruapan and the hunt for wild color and number of petals. Only differences were in size and and both hill and hot country Indians Dahlias by mid-October. "I must go foliage. This would indicate that Dr. Lawrence was right in for charahuescas," I explained, the trudge in on Saturday to market staling that Dahlias when first discovered in Mexico in 1547 what they have raised or made. te> by Hernandez. were hybrids. (Continued. Bottom Next Page)

Page 46 The A. D. S. Golden Year Dahlia Record The Earliest Known Illustrations Of The Dahlia By Dr. Marshall A. Howe

In connection \\'ith M iss torm's reached R ome, where they \\'ere pub­ fascinating account of her sear ch for lished in 165 1, in Latin, the language r eally wild Dahlias in M exico and of the learned of that day. (An with Dr. Connors' lucid interpreta­ abridged edition, without illusl'ra­ tion of Dr. L o wrence's important t ions, was published in ~ I exico. in studies of the genetics of the Dahlia, Spanish, in 1615. ) The title of the it may be interesting to see repro­ la rge quarto of more than a thou­ ductions of the fi rst published dra\,·­ sand pages o f 165 1 was "Nova P lant­ ing of a Dahlia. The very fir st arum, Animalium et Mineralium sketches, so far as is kno\\'n, of any­ Mexicanorum Hi storia," \\'hich thing that' modern botanists are will­ means, in a free translation, t'hat it ing to accept as representing a was a ''natural history" of M exico. Dahlia, were made in Mexico som e­ In this, one page 31, were printed where between 1570 and 1577-more figu res and a brief description of than two hundred wears before the what. doubtless, is now kno wn as a word " Dahlia" was invented. The Dahlia, under the native Aztec name a rtis t-naturalist \\'as Dr. Francisco of acocotli, which is said to m ean Hernandez, a Spanish physician. who also a pipe or \\'aterpipe. evidenl'ly \\·as sent by King Philip II, wit'h a in allusion to the holl ow stem s of the credi t of 60,000 ducats (about $138- plant, which, in the autumn, as all 000) to study and report upon the modern Dahlia growers kno\\', often natural products of this ''Ne\\' sarry notable quantities of free sap. "Acocotlis" Spain," The doctor remained in I t is important to notice (Fig. I ) that the fl owers of this first-figured This is the oriqinal dahlia plant species, discovered by Knq Francisco Mexico for seven years, coll ecting Hernandez. Physician to Philip I of Spain, in 1570 in Southern Mexico. It and studying the plants, animals. acocotli or Dahlia were semi-double was then called "Acocotlis" by the naives, but was named two centuries minerals, and antiquities of this new, -a fact that th e modern plant­ later "Dahlia" by Abbe Cavanilles, Director of the Royal Gardens of yet old country. H e carried back to breeder \\'Ould be very sure to int'er­ Madrid. Note that the flowers are "semi-double". This indicates that they Spa in sixteen folio volumes of man­ pret as meaning tha t H ernandez were a cultivated flower when found by Hernadez. uscript and drawings and deposited found it in somebody's garden-that them in a large building known as it did no t represent a "\\'ild" plan~ Escorial near M a drid, where nearly -in other words. it \\'as a lready a a century later, long after H ernan­ "hybrid." It is mo re than probable dez' deat'h, they w ere destroyed by that If Dr. V\T. J. C. L awrence had been able to subject H ernandez' a great fire . But. fortuna tely, a copy plant to microscopic examination, he of a considerable part of his m a nus- would have fo und its cell s "octo- cripts and of some of his d ra \\'ing;; ploid," \\'ith 64 chromosomes.

Hunting Wild Dahlias-Continued day after my return. "vVhere will be and it looked n ry unlike thi,;, an

September 18-20. 1964 Page 47 Research On Dahlia Origins Variations in the Dahlia Three Articles On Dahlia History By the Late Dr. Charles Connors Dr. Marshall A. Howe and Dr. Charles H. Connors were two A study of Dr. W. J. C. Lawrence's "The Genetics and Cytology men whose interest in, and knowledge of, dahlias, was acknowleged of the Dahlia" which proves that Dahlia varabilis, the parent of by everone who knew them. At the time of his de.ath in 1936, Dr. most of our Garden Varieties of Dahlias, known to be Hybrids, is Howe was Director of the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx. Dr. Connors was head of the Ornamental Nursery Dep't at Rutgers in itself a Hybrid. Universary and had only retired shortly before his death in The garden Dahlia exhibits about able source of most of the garden Nov. 1960. as wide a range of color as may be varieties of the Dahlia, and is unique, It was the privilege of this editor to have known these men found in any garden plant, includ­ in that it unites both the color series as friends .and to have worked with them on .a variety of dahlia ing some peculiar color distributions. within itself. All variations of color projects. Both were interested in Dahlia History. Both were authori­ The color range is probably rivalled are found, due to the presence or ab­ ties on Dahlia Origins. The accompanying articles by them were only by the tulip, and in the tulip are sence of the soluble pigments. When published in the May, 1933 A.D.S. Bulletin when we were its editor. found color combinations that are the present-day varieties are inspect­ .... The article by Miss Storm was written for the Bulletin at the almost analagous to those found in ed, it is noted that the magenta­ request of Dr. Rowe. We wish we knew where she is today, and the Dahlia. For many years mem­ purple group have ivory ground color if she has made further research on the original dahlia species. bers of the staff at the John Innes and that the orange -scarlet group Horticultural Institution at N erton, have yello\\" grounds. This is clearly England, have been working upon shown when streaks or flecks occur, the genetics of flower colors, includ­ permitting the ground color to show. group, with a resultant peculiarity of ings are chance, or as the geneticists ing primulas, snapdragons, stocks, The one chance for confusion is in chromosome behavior that resulted call it, fortuitous. If we had the pa­ roses, and so on, and had discovered the case of white, a sport of ivory, in a doubling of the normal number. ren ta! species of Dahlia variabilis, that color relationships need to be which might be confused with ivory What, then, does this mean? We could we reproduce that sort? Again, traced back, if possible, to the primi­ as the full color or as the ground are, of course, awaiting a further it would be fortuitous. But why spec­ tive species, if these can be found. color. This can be distinguished by report from Dr. Lawrence. In the ulate, for where are the species? It The color of Dahlias attracted one a chemical test \\"ith fuming am­ meantime, what has happened? We may be that some day, someone who of these workers and a preliminary monia, the ivory changing to yellow, have been assuming that Dahlia va­ is a botanist and who is interested in paper, "The Genetics and Cytology \\"hile the ,,·hite remains unchanged. riabilis, the parent of most of our Dahlias will make a search in Mexico of Dahlia Species" by W. J. C. Law­ Lawrence furt her observed that garden varieties of Dahlias, is a valid and adjacent parts of Central Amer­ rence appeared in the Journal of anthocyanin can develop only when species, because it appears to be ica. If he finds the parents, he will Genetics. Volume XXI, ~o. 2, Au­ a corresponding flavone is present. spontaneous in Mexico. But now that satisfy the curiosity of the inquiring gust, 1929. There seem to be two anthocyanins: we know that it is a hybrid, what mind, and there is always the possi­ Lawrence secured as many wild geranium reel and purple. So, a scar­ species are responsible for it? If we bility that new material will result in species as were available and grew let flower will probably be a yellow were to find the species, we could further improvement of the existing these in a garden; and he also studied flavone ground with the geranium only be certain if we found the hy­ stocks. (Read how Miss Storm the color descriptions of a number of red anthocyanin, and variations will brid growing with it. Such happen- searched for original species.) others. With one exception, all the occur with various concentrations of species fell into two general color the anthocyanin pigment. classes. In late years, much progress has Hunting Wild Dahlias (Continued) In the Dahlia are two series of been made in the study of the inheri­ soluble pigments - flavones and an­ tance of characters of plants and ani­ sma!J charahuesca to peel and nibble, that I couldn't even get near them. thocyanins. The fl avone series con­ mals. This study is an entrancing but it wasn't sweet, now so late. However, I know where they are, sists of an almost continuous grada­ one, finally come from the field of Soon after, I rode toward El Chino for another year, and I now felt tion from ivory to deep yellow, and speculation into one of more or less hi!J with old Mr. Hurtado, who rents fairly safe. Eighteen authentically these colors respond to chemical reality. It is very definitely estab­ horses, and we met two men eating "wild" tubers and a few seeds had action with ammonia. The anthocy­ lished that inheritance is carried out their tortillas at the roadside. "Have gone to Dr. Howe. Here were two anins are classed in three groups, through the medium of exceedingly you seen any charahuescas up this veteran plants in situ. A cluster of (a) magenta to deep purple, (b) pale small bodies called chromosomes, way this year?" "Oh yes. There are roots from El Chino were planted. orange to deep scarlet, and ( c) colors which are found in t'he germ plasm still some-and down in the malpais And yet, what about my other puzzle intermediate between (a) and (b). of al! Jiving organisms. Each species of San Pedro. But they are no good -the plant that looks like a Dahlia In some cases there is entire absence has a characteristic number of chro­ for eating now. They lie rotted in and asn't a charahuesca, although a of pigments, and in such cases the mosome . For example, the common the ground. Look-two big withered mountain woman said that it some­ rays wi!J be white. This latter occurs bean and the currant have 16: the plants." I thought my heart• would times did have little tubers? I sent most often when the normal flavone calla lily, 32: tobacco, 48; iris, 24 and stop! Wild Dahlias, still with seed, some badly dried specimens to The would have been ivory. so on. Man has 48; the monkey, 54; were leaning against the rock-the New York Botanical Garden and Lawrence grew and studied all of the horse, 38; the dog, 22 and so on. first I had ever seen growing! others in better condition to the In­ The rose has 14 in some species. stituto de Biologia in Mexico City. the available species of Dahlias and We jumped down and dug them while others have 21, 28, 35, all mul­ The :New York authorities identified found that, with one exception, all up. They were six or seven feet tall, tiples of 7. It has been found that my aceitilla as Cosmos diversigolius fell into two groups for flower color: and I got the men t'o carry the great sometimes multiplication of chromo­ Otto, with Bidens dahliaoides S. Group I (ivory - magenta-purple, plants back to Uuruapan for me, somes to unbalanced numbers result­ Wats. as a synonym : the Mexican, where the ivory flavone forms the where I have them planted in a ed in sterility. This was discovered as Bidens rosea Schz. Bip., var. foundation color upon which is over­ box, just on the chance that they to be the reason that viable seeds aesquisquamosa R obinson. Anyway, laid the anthocyanins) Dahlia mer­ will come up. The seeds, now falling, were not produced when certain it is blooming beautiflly in an old ckii, D . mazoni, D . imperialis, and I collected in to an old cigarette varieties and species of roses were brown jar on the roof, now in March. several others, all of which have lilac packet' and mailed to Dr. Howe. crossed. However pampered under cultiva­ to mauve rays except D . imperialis On came fate. The very next af­ Lawrence found that the normal which is white flushed with lilac­ ternoon I went for a walk in the tion, it is clear that the Dahlia, here pink. Group II (yellow-orange-scar­ chromosome number in Dahlia spe­ Quinta Ruiz, where an old lane leads in its aboriginal home, prefers lofty let, which would have a yellow fla­ cies is 32, except that D . Merckii has into piny badlands. Beyond the rim badlands. vone for the foundation color, which 36. Dahlia variabilis, however, has of possible cultivation runs a high might be overlaid with orange to 64, or twice the normal number. stone wall, and first on the left, then Even 111 t'hat real wilderness, scarlet anthocyanins) Dahlia coc­ It is evident, therefore, that this on the right, I saw a wild Dahlia, where so few ever pass, the original cinea, D. coronata. and two others, relatively sterile form is a hybrid, growing out from the base and still Dahlia is hard pressed. Every sum­ which have yellow to scarlet rays. the result of crossing a species of the in flower. I came back with a trowel, mer it is beaing hunted deeper into The one exception, the so-called ivory-magenta-purple group with a climbed over and dug hard, but the the lonely hills. In its old home it species, Dahlia variabilis, is the prob- species of the yellow-orange-scarlet roots were so far under the wall is already rare.

Page 48 The A. D. S. Golden Year Dahlia Record Dual Purpose Dahlias Dahlias Grow More Popular By Phillip Damp Wrote J. W. Johnston, Horticulture Editor, President and Founder Midland Dahlia Society New York Herald Tribune, 1961 Reprinted from "Garden New•" February 1964 The dahlia is a sadly neglected lots of material for indoor flower a1·­ plant so far as general planting in r angem ent, a nd they must be cut to Possibly the greatest single point America n gardens is concerned. keep them flowering. ~Iany of the in favour of growing the da hlia is Maybe it is the fault of the men gar­ smaller varieties fl ower profusely and its adaptability for a dual role. The den makers. The American Dahlia must be cut constanly to keep them embryo exhibitor asks, quite natur­ Society and many other dahlia socie­ fl owering. ally, "Is showing an expensive ties, local and state, have kept the Our porns, miniatures and other hobby ?" . .. The answer to that is dahlia a li ve over the years. small fl owering varieties hold g r eat that is it is only as expensive as you This is the work of m en, and may­ promise to introduce us into the bed­ be tha t is what is wrong. V·l e as m en ding varieties which are so dwarf wish to make it. have been inter ested in the fl ow er they need no special support. Extra equipment such as canes, from an exhibition standpoint. To Need Plenty of Air fertilizers, insecticides, labels and grow and how dahlias has been a tying m a terials come little higher great thrill for this writer and many D a hlias, no matter how they ar e than the expenditure should you other dahlia lovers. grown and no m atter what the type, have chosen some other subject. Right here it sho ul d be m entioned need free circulation of air, else mil­ It follows then. for the beginner that men like a plant that responds dew will develop. to ask " Can I m ake exhibitin g pay»' to care and culture to the point that Stake a ll tall growing varieties no .. . The a nswer to this is a defin ­ one may take part in local, state or matter what their type, and in this ite )." 0 ! At least. not from prize national shows. We have heard many the range is wide as some of the women damn large dahlias. but the(r small er kind gro\\. tall. Study your money. g rowth has kept the dahlia al ive to favorite catalogue a nd adjust your There are, however, o ther com­ go on to greater achievements. plan ts accordingly. pensations. Not least am ongst t hese The turn of things happened some The dahlia likes a neutral soil or is the fact that many varieties, well few years ago when m en became in­ slightly on the acid side. Orga nic known as gold standard show-bench treseted in the smaller types such matter is a must, mixed well with winners, produce great quantities of as miniatures, porns and the other the soil. Feeding should be held off cut flower bloom throug hout July, small er kinds. This holds great prom­ until the plants a re located w here ise fo r the future. they are to grow, and then should be August, September and October. applied w ith care. W in W ith Dahlias Most of the m ore popular dual J. Louis Roberts Wrote: Dahlias, when the season is dry (a pur pose dahlias fall into the small It has been my good fortune to see crazy thing to bring up at this mo­ and minia ture groups of the decora­ In "Modern Dahlias" Published them in their natural habitat in Cen­ m ent) , will need artifi cial irrigation. tive and cactus fo rmations. tral America and to see thousands of As they ma ture, the feed roots will in 1938 plants ready to set out at K e\\· Gar­ The small flowered section (bloo111 naturally com e near the surface of dens, London, for bedding, an a rt we the soil and cultivation should stop "Many lastin g fri endships are widths between four and six in ches) have not yet developed in this coun­ to avoid feed-root damage. At this and the miniature group (width up made at fl ower shows. They usually try. In the mountains of Guatemala point some fo rm of mulch should be to four inches) are the darlings of start with the discussion of a bloom we observed dahlias in the w ild som e applied, but not befor e a fin al feed­ the cut flower nurserymen. - how was it grown-in what kinrl fo ur feet high and, in the case of the ing and watering. tree dahlias. as tall as twelve feet. of soil-with wha t kind of fertilizer, Large a nd sm a lI fl owering varie­ The classified li st of dahli as con­ Then we a rrived at a village with an etc., etc." ties are handled in different fashion. tains over 60 varieties with the pre­ a ltitude of 8.500 feet and witnessed ·w ith the large types the object is to fix Jescot-a famous nam e in the " I have actually had people stop a park planting of modern va rieties restrict fl owering, and w ith the small dahlia world. Jescot dahlias are a ll me on the street, when I was carry­ with huge and beautiful fl o\\·ers. It types to increase fl owering. This is seems here that the prophet cam e the creation of Mr. Cooper from St. ing a bloom. and with their ques­ simply a matter of pruning. With the home. A lbans (H ertz), and his raisings tions. thereby starting a garden large fl owers, the center of the plant shows up and clown the country. friendship." Then at Kew Gardens in Eng land is pinched out at four pairs of leaves. I Sa\\" several thousand bedding dahl­ John Crutchfield, from Sussex, " During the la te summer and Then each branch or lateral has the ias ready to plant outdoors in early side growth pinched but the bottom regul a rly contributes his raisings a utumn the dahlia, in my op1mon, is May. These a re sadly neglected in to the dual-purpose group, and his the most importa nt fl ower in the pair of leaves a re left on. These will this country, perhaps because we are furnish the second crop of fl owers. miniature decorative, Doris Duke, garden." not as bedding-conscious as the Eng­ With the small er flowering types, soft pink and formationally perfect, li sh. H ere, in my opinion, we arc "The dahlia is so popular that a two to three pinches are made. Make truly missin g something. annually makes its appearance at National Dahlia Society, (the Amer­ the fir st one in the center when three shows up and down the country . ican D ahli a Society) has m embers E\·en the bedding types furnish to fou r pairs of leaves develop, and Of the very new, the long stem­ in almost every state devoted to its again on each lateral tip as thev med, ball-shaped Flamenco in fl a 111 - interes ts. This society maintains a develop. If the plants a re ahead of ing red, raised and introduced by number of o ffi cial Trial Gardens for t hei r proper fl owering period. a third bers, that he not be bashful about pruning will be advisable. This will the Thomas Horton dahlia nurseries the purpose of te tino- and rating expressin g his views." make fo r shorter plants covered with at Sto urbridge, \Norchestershire is new seedlings. Participating socie­ " It has been the tendency in or­ fl owers and more in keeping for their already on m any showmen's wanted ties, associated with the A.D.S .. ganzations such as ours. (even lodges their type. list fo r 1964. supervise these gardens." a nd clubs) to eventuall y have it's For hom e use, cut flower s in earl v Still with the newcomers, north­ "There are many other local dahlia affairs get in to the hands of a fe\\" mornin g or preferably la te afternoo;1 ern raiser Arthur Lashlie from societies in different sections of the members, who run things to suit a nd plunge them imm ediately in cold water. K eep them in a draft-free N" ewcastl e offers us his trial-winning country and abroad. Some of these themselves." Joan Collins, a nother of th e popu­ also have their own trial grounds." place for a couple of hours. Then "Thi s must not be the case in our t hey may be made into arrangements. lar format ional-perfect ball types. A ''To the a mateur gardener who Dahlia Society. It will never be so. If exhibiting, early in the m orning bright. clear yell ow, Joan Collins takes pleasure in operating his own if e\'ery m ember takes an active part th e clay of the show boil the ends of scored som e notable successes at top garden, the dahlia proves to be a n in the meetings." the stems in water for thirty seconds, shows last year in addition to its h olding th e fo liage out of the steam. admira ble subject fo r his care. Their "Only by a rg ument and friendly Trade Trials award. wide range of form, size and color. P lace them back in cold water for an discussion can problems be settled. hour. There are but a few of the won­ furnish so great a range that a ny If any question comes up, in which derful dahlias with a d ual role. If personal taste can be gratified." In packin g such fl owers fo r trans­ you are not in accord with the trend, mission to the show, pad the box you are a little unsure about taking " In the March, 1930 issue of the get up, ask for recognition by the \\·ith tissue but place wax paper be­ the plunge into the show world then Bulletin of the Baltimore Dahlia So­ chair-and speak your piece. H ave tween plants and tissue so that undue why not g row these "two for the ciety, (with color picture of Thomas a ll the a rg uments-and/or criticisms drying out does not occur. Watch price of one" varieties this season ? A . Edison on cover) Editor, the late out in t he meeting- on the fl oor. your show schedule fo r \Yha t is call ed It is really a safe bet, because you Carl P . Collar wrote:" D on't be an 'I told you so' member." fo r and do not violate. The dahlia. you and I should know, will have a g reat deal of sati fac­ " Every member of this Society " I t does not take an intell ectual tion, no matter what your metho d is a real• fun fl ower, with the rewards should r eali ze tha t it is as much his great to see som ething is no t feas i­ commensurate with what' you p ut of cultivation. (or her) privilage as the other m em- ble, after it has been tried out." into it.

September 18 ·20, 1964 Paqe 49 These Have Gone Before Us D uring the past half century, the American Dahlia Society has lost many members through death. Among them ar e those men and women who devoted a great deal of time and effort to the betterment of the Dahlia and this Society. We regret that they are not with us to celebrate this great milestone-The Fiftieth Anniversary. We are dedicating this part of the Golden Year Dahlia Record to them. May they Rest in Peace. Pax Vobiscum ! (This list was compiled by H. Dewey Mohr.)

JOSEPH H. DE VOLDER THOMAS LEAVITI CARL SALBACH J. HARRISON DICK HERBERT H. LEGGAT IVES SAMUELS FREDERICK E. DIXON HENRY J. LEONARD D. J. SANDT ANDREW DOERMANN JOSEPH LEWIS LEW SARETT PAUL W . DOLL MRS. M. H. LEWIS PHILLIP SCHAFF WALTER H. DORANSKI ALBERT J. LINGFELTER MAX C. SCHEFFEL ROSS H. DORFF R. P. LIPHART MAX SCHLING DR. H. L. DOZIER GEORGE W . LINK JOHN SCHRAMEL GEORGE F. ORA YSON EARL P. LOLLAR ALBERT SCHUSTER ALICE M. DUDLEY FRANK J. LOEFFLER ALANSON C. SCHWARZ AVARD V. F. DUFFY ANDREW LUFKIN DR. A. B. SCOTT JAMES DUTHIE FRED LUNDGREN JESSIE L. SEAL JESSIE L. LYNCH FRANK SEAMAN MAJOR JAMES B. EASTMAN E. L. D. SEYMOUR MINNIE EASTMAN JAMES MARCH ELMER SHEPAIW A. T. EDISON PETER MacFARLANE PROF. OLIVER SHURTLEFF THOMAS A. EDISON JUDGE J. T. MAREAN IRA SIEFERT ALBERT EGAN HERBERT 0 . ABURN, SR . A. T. MASTIC HERBERT E. SIES D. 0. ELDRIDGE A. W . ADAMS WILLIAM MESHIRER C. V. SMITH W. L. ELKINS F. A. ALLIVA FRANK MARKER JAMES SMITH REV. FATHER THEODOR ENTRUP F. W. C. ALMY B B. MELGAARD RAY SMITH WALTER J. ETHERINGTON DEAN F. PAUL ANDERSON MRS. J. E. MENDAM DR . H. SMITH FRANK EYER J. B. ANDERSON ALICE MEUSDORFFER DR. JOSEPH SOMMERS ALEX MICHE F. ED. SPOONER E. A. ANDREWS GEORGE L. FARNUM RICHARD MENDAM HAROLD STEPHENS ARTHUR ARENIUS MRS. L. DELAPORT FENNER GEORGE MASSON GEORGE F. STEPHENSON CHARLES L. ARMENTROUT J. T. FITCHETT HARRY W . MILLER MRS. GEORGE F. STEPHENSON MRS. GEORGE R. ARMOUR WILLIAM J. FRANCE NATHAN A. MILLER MRS. CHARLES A. STOUT ELLIS J. ATHER HARRY FRANZEN HARBECK MILLS, JR. C. J. STRAIGHT OTTO J. AUMULLER MAX FREUDENBERG HENRY T. MILLS JESSE L. STRAUSS F. R. AUSTIN MRS. GEO. W . FRASER FORREST T. MINOR GEORGE SPURLING EDWARD BA DETTY HARRY GARDNER GROVER C. MOLLINEAUX A. T. STEWART J. G. BALLEGO A . R. GEPHART EDWARD E. MONTGOMERY GEORGE L. STILLMAN LEONARD BARRON CHARLES GARRITY EDNA L. MOREHOUSE GEORGE G. STUMPP REV. H. I. BATCHELOR HOWARD GLUTZBECK ELIZABETH N. MOREHOUSE WILLIAM SWEENEY MICHAEL A. BATTO A. G. GOODACRE WALTER MOREHOUSE GEORGE F. SWEZEY HARRY BEALS AU BRAY Z. GOODFELLOW WILLIAM MOORE E. W. BECKER JAMES MOORE FLORENCE A. TAYLOR WILLIAM C. BEHL CURTIS A. GOODWIN THOMAS J. MURPHY S. E. TAYLOR R. E. BERLET "REV." C. G. GOODWIN CLINTON TERWILLIGER MAX BERTHOLD MAUDE GOODWIN JOHN R. NICHOLS LOUIS B. TIM EDWARD BIALIS EARNEST GOULD E. F. NOLTE WILLIAM L. TILTON JOHN L. BISHOP RAYMOND C. GRASS J. H. NOLTE ADAM TISCH BETTY BLOSSOM MRS. GEORGE GREEN WILLIAM NOONAN EARNEST E. TOOKER W . G. BOCHAU PROF. J. B. S. NORTON CHARLES H. TOTTY BESSIE BOSTON MRS. H. C. HAAKE JOSEPH NUNEVILLER FRED L. TRAUTH DR. JULIAN R. BRANDON JAY V. HARE WILLIAM NUNEVILLER MRS. NANEENE TUFFLY FRED H. BREMER MRS. KARL HAAS OBIE TURNER DR. ARTHURS. BRINKLEY PROF. H. F. HALL MRS. LOUIS M. OGDEN MAUDE G. TYLER J. J. BROOMALL JOHN HARDING CHARLES ONDRICK GEORGE TYSOL PROF. C. MERRILL BROWN DERRILL W . HART HENRY OSTERHOUT E. S. BROWN NORAL R. HEMPHILL ALBERT UNDERHILL R. T. BROWN I. S. HENDRICKSON CHARLES F. PAPE NICK BRUNSWICK LARRY HESLIN DR. HENRY C. PARKER MRS. STEPHEN G. VAN HOESEN DANIEL BRUIDEGOM CHARLES F. HEUSNER PROF. ROLAND H. PATCH MAJ. F. V. R. VIERS VIRGINIA BRUNJES MRS. GEORGE HOLLAND MRS. ALBERT PARRELLA JOHN VINCENT FRANK BUSCH J. P. HOLLISTER L. K. PEACOCK RICHARD D. VINCENT, JR. W . ATLEE BURPEE FRANCES HORNFECK B. E. PHILLIPS EDWARD C. VICK DR . MARSHALL A. HOWE JARVIS PITIMAN ROBERT VOGEL FREDERICK A. CALKINS THOMAS H. HUGHES ERWIN PITI WILLIAM P. VOOZ HAROLD CAMPBELL J. E. HULIN P. W . POPP H. CARLEE EARL PROCTOR ROSE L. WAAS ER IDA CHASE HON. HAROLD L. ICKES HAZEL PROCTOR FREDERICH W AGSCHAL BRUCE COLLINS CHARLES H. IVES RICHARD W. PETRIE WILLIAM H. WAITE JAMES COMITO CHARLES E. WALKER DR. CHARLES H. CONNORS J. W . JOHNSTON H. K. RAMSBURG E. P. WEBBER DR. WARD H. COOK EARNEST RICHARD JOHNSON MABLE C. RATHGEBER LOUIS M. WHITE J. F. CORDES WILLIAM F. JOST WILLIAM J. RATHGEBER W . W . WILMORE N. HAROLD COTTAM CURTIS REDFERN MAUDE M. WILSON RICHARD CROSS SIGMAN KAHN CHARLES G. REED PERRY A. WILSON THOMAS CAMPANELLI CLARENCE R. KALLQUEST WILLIAM H. RENTSCHLER JOHN H. WIEGAND J. A. KEMP HENRY RETZER CARRIE WIND JOSEPH B. DAILY JAMES KENNEDY JOSEPH H. RISACHER FRANK WEINGARTH EDGAR DALZELL GEORGE W . KERR ADA ROBENS MRS. CHARLES WINGATE FRED A. DANKER JAMES KIRBY HARVEY H. ROBENS JOHN BULKLEY WOOD EDGAR W. DARLING ADOLPH KRUHM J. LOUIS ROBERTS NORMAN WRIGHT WALTER L. W . DARNELL FRANK KU'RZZENKNABE SOPHIE ROBERTS ORVILLE DOWNS ALECK ROBERTSON JOHN YOUNG ROSEMARY DELBRUGGE EiDWIN M . LARSEN WILLIAM D. ROBERTSON A. W. DAVIDSON MRS. CHARLES LASCH CHARLES H. RUSCHER JOHN ZANT

Page 50 The A. D. S. Gold~n Year Dahlia Record These Workers Made • The Fiftieth Anniversary Possible ------Standing Committees - 1964 Golden Anniversary Committees The following committees were organized to serv,e and assist in 191>4. Note that SHOW GOLDEN YEAR RECORD the SHOW SCHEDULE and ARTISTIC ARRANGEMENT committees are listed under Diedrich Meyer, Chairman Lynn B. Dudley, Chairman & Editor and among the Golden Anniversary Committees. Henry A. Olsen, Co-Chairman Stanley Johnson James Lawless, Co-Chairman RoyW. Webb SPECIAL AWARDS SEEDLING SWEEPSTAKES ACCREDITED JUDGES Everett McMillen, Co-Chairman Lewis M. Culp Lawrence Palminteri, Andrew J . Mulcahy, Roy W. Webb, Chairman Martin Guttier, Co-Chairman Arthur S. Mason Paul Hale Chairman Chairman Lynn B. Dudley Irene Owen, Secretary Warren Maytrott Lynn B. Dudley R. E. Harter Andrew J . Mulcahy Edward B. Lloyd Harry Frank ENTERTAINMENT & BANQUET Edward B. Lloyd SHOW SCHEDULE MEMBERSHIP R. L. Pyle H. Dewey Mohr, Chairman Bertram E. Pitt John C. Metzger, Conrad Faust Bertram E. Pitt, Chairman John Metzger, Co-Chairman Lynn B. Dudley Chairman William Wolbert Lawrence Palminteri, Co-Chairman William Neckerman R. L. Pyle Walter Gaines Dr. William Van Horn Mrs. Harry A. Dreyer Bruce B. Preas, M.D. Henry A. Olsen Frederick J. Knocke , M.D. Caroline P. Meyer AFFILIATED & Harry Frank Mrs. Harry A. Dreyer SHOW PRIZES, Everett McMillen PARTICIPATING SOC. NOMENCLATURE Frederick J. Knocke, M.D. Stanley Johnson Lawrence Palminteri Will-J Stone, Chairman AWARDS & MEDALS William Neckerman, Lewis M. Culp Joseph Gambi Chairman William Neckerman William Neckerman, Irene Owen, Secretary Chairman Caroline P. Meyer NOMINATING PUBLICITY Roy W. Webb Leo L. Pollak, Chairman Mrs. William Neckerman Edward B. Lloyd Lynn B. Dudley Mrs. Carolyn Dreyer ARTISTIC ARRANGEMENTS William Neckerman, Chairman Mrs. Irene Owen Stanley Joh·nson, Co-Chairman Conrad Frey Mrs. Harry A. Dreyer, Chairman Mrs . Barbara Black CLASSIFICATIONS Bruce B. Preas, M.D. Mrs . William Neckerman Lynn B. Dudley Stanley Johnson, Andrew J. Mulcahy JUDGES & CLERKS Mrs. Georgena Humble Arthur S. Mason Chairman Mrs. Martin Guttier Harry Frank EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Charles M. Diffenderffer, Andrew J. Mulcahy, Mrs. C. V. Smith Charles M. Diffenderffer All Past A. D.S. Presidents Hon. Chairman Chairman Lawrence Palminteri All 191>4 Presidents of Arthur Garretson C. H. Rike, M.D. Conrad Frey, Aff. & Part. Societies Paul Hale Bruce B. Preas, M .D. Hon. Chairman HOTEL & RESERVATIONS Mrs. William Neckerman Roy Webb Henry Olsen Edward B. Lloyd Mrs. Carolyn Dreyer Lawrence Palminteri, Chairman C.H. Rike, M.D. Andrew J. Mulcahy H. Dewey Mohr Bertram E. Pitt Philip Damp Arthur S. Mason Bertram E. Pitt Gordon F. Waaser H. Dewey Mohr Frank Harrison G. Everett McMillen Lewis M. Culp George Brookes Walter Gaines Tony DeRooy David S. Davies Lewis M. Culp TRIAL GROUNDS D. Everleens Maarse RECEPTION & HOSPITALITY Bertram E. Pitt, Jan Ballego EDUCATION RESEARCH COMMITTEE Phillip Kimmell Chairman Leo L. Pollal::, Co-Chairman Warren W. Maytrott, Frederick J. Knocke, M.D., Lynn B. Dudley, Co-Chairman Raid Sharoni Roy W. Webb Frederick J . Knocke, M .D. Chairman Chairman Mrs . Sarah W. Wood Henry A. Olsen Miss Doris Vinton George W. Fraser Lynn B. Dudley Mrs. Louise Kleinjohn Conrad Faust Martin Guttier Mrs . Harriet Greene R. E. Harter Leo Pollak Hon. George Currie Bruce W. Preas, M.D. Dr. C. E. Wildon Dr. C. E. Wildon Lynn B. Dudley Charles M. Diffenderffer Mrs. Sarah W. Wood Warren Maytrott JUDGES & CLERKS Dr. C. Wildon H. Dewey Mohr George W. Fraser PATHOLOGISTS Robert J. Hilberg Andrew J. Mulcahy, Chairman Gordon Waaser FINANCE Frederick J . Knocke, M.D., Alan True Bertram E. Pitt George W. Fraser H. Dewey Mohr, Chairman B. L. Kennedy H. Dewey Mohr Chairman Bruce B. Preas, M.D. C. A. Taylor REGISTRATIONS Lewis M. Culp William Neckerman C. H. Rike, M.D. Harold E. Nelson Mrs . Irene Owen Caroline P. Meyer Dr. C. E. Wildon Harry Story Mrs. William Neckerman, Chairman Warren W. Maytrott Mrs. Diedrich Meyer, Co-Chairman Charles M. Diffenderffer Mrs. Irene Owen Carl Wagner Mrs. Georgena Humble Mr. and Mrs. George Stein "The Golden Year Dahlia Record" T his publication, a historical document of the 50 Year History of the American Dahlia Society, was designed as a Souvenir to be AND SO ENDS presented to the guests a t the Anniversary Dinner a t the New Yorker Hotel, the night of September 19th, 1964. THE GOLDEN STORY One copy is to be presented to each guest. It will be found at their place a t the ta bl es. OF THE A. D. S. To the "Patrons" and "Spo nsors" of the Anniversary, who were una ble to attend, a copy of the " Record" will be forwarded by mail. Other copies of this publication, to the limit of the edition printed, may be ordered by members and their friends, at .)3 .50 each. W e are sorry, but 110 free copies will be distributed. SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 19. 1964

Greetings By Mr. Edward B. Lloyd, General Chairman Introductions and Credits By Mr. H. Dewey Mohr, Chairman Entertainment Enjoy Yourselves Tonight Invocation - Rev. Lyle W. Anderson PRANDIAL 'Medlen' Honeydew - 'Dreyer,' Too With 'Lloyd's' Lemon Wedges

Cream of Mushroom Soup - 'Sarah Wood' With 'Fraser's' Croutons

Hearts of Celery - 'Lane' 'Damp' Ripe and Green Olives 'Edsum' Crumpets - 'Brookes' Butter

'J, Brown' JOINTS OF ROAST BEEF 'Newsom' Yorkshire Pudding 'Barnes' Oven Roasted Potatoes 'Maarse' Broccoli - Polonaise

Ice Cream Delight - 'Ballego' Cafe 'Lebhar' POST PRANDIAL

Welcome to Guests - President Harry A. Dreyer Introduction of Mr. Leo Pollak, Toastmaster By President Dreyer Address by"' Mr. Pollak

Introducing Mrs. Barbara Black. of Popular Gardening Mr. and Mrs. D. Eveleens Maarse, Holland Dr. C. E. Wildon. Retiring Superintendent, A. D. S. Trial Mr. Frank Harrison, Secretary, North of England Dahlia Garden. East Lansing, Mich. Society Mr. John Brown, Chairman Executive Council, N. D. S. Mr. Jan Ballego, of the Netherlands Mr. Lynn B. Dudley, Editor. Golden Year Record Mr. Ronald Hatfield. Ass't Editor Garden News. England Mr. H. F. Newsom. Secretary. National Dahlia Society Mr. Philip Damp. President. Midlands Dahlia Society, Vice· Mr. George Brookes. President. Birmingham Dahlia Society President A. D. S. Miss Elizabeth Schaeffler, Nantucket, Mass.

Presentation of Awards to Show Winners by Mr. Lewis M. Culp. Chairman of Awards and Diedrich Meyer. Show Chairman Distribution of 1965 Dahlia Introduction Door Prizes by Mr. Dewey Mohr. Chairman "May Your Visit Here Be a Most l{appy and Memorable One"