Krekler, Wm. H., Somerville, Ohio and Whit-tier, Cal. 1900- Grower of 1300 varieties of peonies. Breeder.
APS: History of the Peonies and their Originations (-1975):
WILLIAM H. KREKLER - Somerville, Ohio
A number of seedlings were purchased from the following peony growers for testing:
H. L. Smith of Indiana
Glasscock of Illinois
Claybaugh of Pennsylvania
Prof. A. P. Saunders of New York
Winslow of Indiana
Johnson of Indiana
Mains of Ohio
From those seedlings, I named and registered the following:
ACE (Smith) - Jap. Early odd colored deep red.
BETSY BOBBIT (Mains) - Hybrid, single wine-pink.
BILL KREKLER (Mains) - Double, vivid pink.
CHALICE PINK (Saunders) - Single pink hybrid. Tall.
DAD (Glasscock) - Hybrid, huge red. Roots sprout.
DUTCH DWARF (Netherlands) - Single, dwarf hybrid. Wine-pink.
HARRY L. SMITH (Smith) - Double, tall dark red.
HARMON (Smith) - Double, red.
HELEN MATTHEWS (Saunders) - Hybrid, red. Excellent
HELEN SEARS (Smith) - Jap. Tall lavender-pink.
LAURA MARCHES (Smith) - Single, deep pink or light red.
MAJOR A. M. KREKLER (Johnson) - Double, tall, big double white.
OLIVER P. BAYNES (Smith) - Double, early deep pink.
PINKIE (Saunders) --.Single, baby pink.
REDKEY (Smith) - Single, early odd shade of dark red.
WABASH (Smith) - Double, big deep red.
HILL Z. (Glasscock seedling) - Single, bright red hybrid.
MARTHA MAINS (Mains) - Double, pink.
Record sent from William H. Krekler, July 3, 1975.
AH - Double, late, deep purple red, crinkled.
AKRON - Jap, nearly solid red.
A. KREKLER - Hybrid, semi-double, chocolate-red. Large.
ALAN EBY - Jap, wine red
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ALICE - Similar to Tempest. Deep red. Clusters.
ALICE ROBERTS - Jap, huge vivid pink.
ALLEN LEWIS - Single, hybrid, early pink.
ANNE BEE - Jap, light red.
ANNA MARY - Double, late, vivid lemon.
ANN GOEMANS - Double, silvered pink, late.
ASHIE - Lazy light pink double.
ATTIE - Double, late pink.
AVIS CULLEN - double, pink
BASHFUL - Double, lazy near-white.
BECKY - Double, white, late.
BESSIE - Double, silvered pink.
BETTY GROFF - Jap, tall, pink.
BETTY WARNER - Jap, tall, late, deep red.
BEV - Double, silvery pink, early.
BOB KREKLER - Jap, pink collar, yellow center.
BRAVURA'S COUSIN - Red, hybrid single.
BRIDE'S DREAM - Jap, white, narrow lemon petaloids.
BRUCIE - Hybrid, early red.
BUD - Double, near white.
BUTCH - Semi-double, light red.
CAMDEN - Single, intense red.
CATHEDRAL SUPREME - Jap, deep pink.
CHARLES BURGESS - Jap, red, glossy.
CINCINNATI - Double, light red. Big bush and flower.
CLARA VIVIDAN - Early, pink double.
CLYDE FOXBOWER - Double, large flat red.
COLUMBUS -
COPLEY - Single, pink, early.
CORA STUBBS - Jap, 'double, pink. White center ball.
CORA ROBERTS - Jap, pink.
CORRINE WERSAN - Double, near white.
CRAZY MYRTLE - Small, cactus like, green-pink, irregular.
CRODIE - Single, early, dull black.
DAYTON - Double, dull deep pink.
DEBORA GRAY - Double, pink.
DON RICHARDSON - Single, deep black-red.
DORENA - Double, deep pink.
EATON - Semi-double, white.
ED BOWMAN - Double, pink, late.
ELIZA LUNDY -
ELLENE ALLEN - Double, late, near white.
ELVINA - Jap, big pink.
EVELYN TIBBITTS - Jap, white collar, cream-yellow ball.
EVERETT ROBERTS - Double, light red.
EXELEE - Double, pale pink, yellow glow.
FAMIE GAGE - Double, baby pink ball. Officinalis.
FAREWELL - Double, late, near white.
FLO SAYLOR - Single, huge pink.
FRANKLIN - Hybrid, early, single red.
FRED COUCH -
FRED HEFFRON - Double, deep pink.
GATEWAY - Double, pink.
GEE WHIZ - Jap, double, white and gold.
GERMANTOWN -
GERTRUDE COX - Double, pink.
GLADYS HODSON - Double, near white, late.
GLADYS TAYLOR - Double, near white.
GOLLY - Double, pink divided by cream ring.
GOSH - Jap, wine red, center tips gold.
GRATIS - Single, early dull black.
HENRIETTA FLORY - Double, deep pink.
HOARY - Double, near white.
HO HUM - Double, late white, pink center.
HOOSIER GENT - Double, pink.
HOWARD TAYLOR - Double, white.
ILLINI JUBILEE - Hybrid, red single.
ISRAEL - Hybrid, deep red.
JAMES LEWIS - Double, late, white, lemon glow.
JESSIE - Double, deep red, small.
JIM - Double, near white, stamens show.
JON - Double, light red.
JOHN SAYLOR - Single, deep red.
JOHN WHITIS - Double, pale pink to white.
JOHN GROVE - Double, deep pink.
JUMBO - Double, dull deep pink.
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KEVIN -
KING - Double, high pink. Cream band in center.
LAST CALL - Double, pink, late.
LATE DATE - Double, pale pink, late.
LEE - Double, dark black-red.
LENORA - Double, flesh.
LUCY WILLIAMS - Double, big pink.
MARION - Single, red.
MARTHA REED - Double, near white. Long lasting.
MARTHA WEBSTER -
MARY HENDERSON -
MARY SOMERVILLE -
MINE - Single, deep purple-red, early.
MIDDLETOWN -
MISS MARY - Single, blood red.
MORE GLORY - Double, large, pink.
MRS. PEARL LONG - Hybrid, single, orange red.
MYRICK - Double, red, medium size.
MRS. KUNZ - Double, pink. Low grower.
MYRON BRANSON - Jap, red.
NELLIE SAYLOR - Jap, red-wine collar. White-red center ball
NICE GAL - Double, early, deep wine-red.
NORMA LOU - Double, small, low bush, blood-red.
NORMIE - Hybrid - early, red.
OHIO'S PRIDE - Jap, pink.
OH MY - Jap, white and wine.
ORLANDO ROBERTS - Double, deep red.
OXFORD - Semi-double, black, hybrid, long lasting.
PAT VICTOR - Jap, near white.
PEACOCK PRIDE - Semi-double, red.
PETE - Single, pink.
PHILIP KUNZ - Double, light pink.
PINKEYE - Double, white with pink center.
POLLEN KING - Single, deep red.
QUEEN'S CHOICE - Double, near white.
RAGGEDY ANN - Double, large light pink.
RAMBLER - Semi-double, flat flesh-white.
RAY PAYTON - Jap, big red.
REBA SHAW - Double, light pink.
RELLA - Jap, pink.
RENYKENS - Single, hybrid, early red.
RICHMOND -
ROBERTA SOUTHARD - Double, conical deep pink.
ROBINHOOD - Double, late near white.
RUSSELL EMRICK - Double, tall, near white.
RUTHIE - Jap, late pink (66-B 83).
SCHAFE - Double, lavender-pink.
SEEDSET - Single, hybrid, early red.
SOMERVILLE - Double, white sometimes flecked pink.
SPOTLIGHT - Double, pink, lighter center.
SPRINGFIELD - Tall silver light pink, big.
STACY - Semi-double, white.
STEVE NICKELL -
STEVE'S PRIDE - Double, near white.
SUZANNA KREKLER - Double, pink.
TED FURREY - Jap, red, narrow petaloids.
THELMA CAMPBELL - Double, deep pink.
TOM ECKHARDT - Jap, pink, large yellow center.
ULTRA - Double, solid light pink.
UTE - Jap, deep red.
VICKY - Double, near white.
WALL FLOWER - Flat, light pink, center white.
WALTER - Double, pale pink, flat top.
WARREN KREKLER -
WEST ELKTON - Jap, dark red.
WESTINE - Double, pink.
WHITTIER - Double, near white.
WILHELM KREKLER -
WILLIAM GAGE -
XENIA FRIEND -
ZENITH - Double, late white. Sometimes red spots.
ZEUS - Double, hybrid, red ball.
ZUNI - Hybrid, black-red. Many stamens.
ZUZU - Semi-double, flesh fading to white.
The entire peony plantation sold to Charles Klehm and Son Nursery in 1977. A number of seedlings were purchased from the following peony growers for testing: H. L. Smith of Indiana, Glasscock of Illinois Claybaugh of Pennsylvania, Prof. A. P. Saunders of New York, Winslow of Indiana, Johnson of Indiana Mains of Ohio
