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THE GLADIOLUS FANCIER’S 
2. Practically all our prize winning blooms 
were from medium sized bulbs planted closely 
in the open field in process of growing into 
large young bulbs for you to buy now. 
3. Because not even the greatest seed and 
bulb houses in America, with their scores of 
acres of bloom, could duplicate or surpass so 
enviable a record. 
We have considered the excellent cartoon, 
drawn by one of our customers who knows his 
Magna Blancas, and the several spike illus¬ 
trations of more interest to you than further 
medals, ribbons and silver vases, won in 1933, 
so just brief mention will be made here. 
At the National Show, 1933, we made some 
fine winnings in the section for recent intro¬ 
ductions. At the Ohio Show, 1933, we again 
won the silver medal for our commercial 
collection display and, of course, we repeated 
our common performance of winning the most 
points in the three spike Exhibition classes. 
At the Mahoning Show, 1933, we won the 
Exhibition, Primulinus Grandiflorus and 
Primulus seedling awards and the $50.00 
silver vase for the Champion Seedling with a 
ruffled beauty you will hear more about some 
day. 
At the National Show, Century of Progress, 
1934, we staged the outstanding display of 
the first, three-day period show with a forty 
by five foot step-up table staging 156 vases of 
3 spikes each — a Special Type Differentia¬ 
tion, Educational Display. Each vase labeled 
to name, type and originator. This exhibit 
turned out to be the most outstanding dis¬ 
play of all three exhibitions of the 7-day show, 
since our 3-spike vases almost uniformly con¬ 
tained show specimen spikes worthy of blue 
ribbons in the spike color classes. The exhibit 
did win the Special Certificate of Merit of The 
Century of Progress and A. G. S. Silver 
Medal. 
Again we won the coveted Seabrook Per¬ 
petual Challenge Trophy and another A. G. S. 
Silver Medal for the best basket, with 40 long 
and massive spikes of Commander Koehl, 
each carrying from 5 to 7 immense, open 
florets. 
Again we won the President’s Cup and A. 
G. S. Bronze Medal for the most points in the 
first, three day period show. See illustration. 
The joint Ohio-Mahoning Gladiolus Socie¬ 
ties’ Exhibition at Ravenna, Ohio, 1934, was 
the best state or Regional show we have ever 
had the pleasure of witnessing. Quality 
throughout of national show calibre and 
entries in color classes in both amateur and 
professional divisions frequently numbered in 
the forties, fifties and sixties. 
Dr. Pease proved unbeatable in the amateur 
division here, also, going well in the lead for 
most points, with several more of our cus¬ 
tomers following. 
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Trophies won 1933 and 1934 
A. G. S., Ohio and Mahoning 
