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MAD RIVER GARDENS 
Novelties From The 1935 Honor Rolls 
ADORABLE (Batto) I. D. A luscious combination of peach pink, and gold, with a 
Certificate of Merit to its credit. Winning as best Dahlia exhibit at the Beacon New 
York Show. Outstanding. 
Strong Plants $2.50 Roots $5.00 
ANDENKEN AM W. LI NDENSCH MIDT (Barth) S. C. Another outstanding nov¬ 
elty from Germany. A distinctively formed flower, and most graceful. Color is a 
dark coral pink, shading to deeper at center, with lacinated petals. Truly beautiful. 
Strong Plants $3.75 
ANN HARDING (See Page 3.) 
CERISE GEM (Fisher & Masson) Miniature semi cactus. Certificate of Merit 1935. 
Color a bright cerise pink, with golden base. 
Strong Plants $1.00 
CHALLENGER (Watkins-Chappaqua) S. C. One of the outstanding baskets in the 
New York Show. The color is a brilliant cardinal-red with gold at the base of the 
petals. The plant is a nice grower with clean, open foliage, and the blooms are car¬ 
ried on long, strong stems well out of the foliage. 
Strong Plants $2.50 
CHARD VANITY (Jarman) Miniature semi cactus. A clear, rich pink, and winner 
of British Dahlia Society Gold Medal in 1934. 
Plants $1.50 
DEAN ANDERSON (Mad River Gardens) See page 3. 
DOROTHY BRANDT MILLER (Stevenson) Miniature F. D. Clear shell pink, about 
the same color as in the old show variety A. D. Livoni. Outstanding in every respect. 
Strong Plants $1.00 
DULCINEA (Holland) S. C. A Holland variety which resembles Miss Belgium for 
type, excepting that Dulcinea is larger and the color is crimson. A very outstanding 
new cactus. 
Strong Plants $3.75 
EVA HUNT (Hunt) I. D. It was our privilege to grow this new variety last year. 
A splendid grower, with well formed blooms, high above the foliage, on long stems. 
Color crystaline, clear, white; not the largest, but of good size for exhibition. 
Strong Plants $1.25 
GRAND SLAM (Hulin) S. C. Winner American Home Achievement Medal both 
in 1934 and 1935. This great Dahlia has been tried in many sections and a general 
good performer. A fine grower, with the most brilliant rose pink color, reverse lighter. 
Truly a brilliant color combination. 
Strong Plants $5.00 Net 
G RET EL (Bauer) St. C. A new one from Austria. Outstanding at Cleveland and 
New York Shows. It is a Miss Belgium in a larger, deeper edition. Color is a bright 
henna, almost a bit red, and like novelties of this type, can be grown to perfection for 
the exhibition hall. 
Strong Plants $1.50 
KENTUCKY SNOWBALL (White) A welcome addition to the ball type class, and 
is aptly named Kentucky novelty. Flowers of pure white and most perfect form. 
Strong Plants $1.50 
KENTUCKY SUN (White) F. D. Probably the greatest yellow formal decorative to 
date. Winner of American Home Achievement Medal, Louisville, Ky., and on three 
Honor Rolls. We predict a great future for this fine, rugged variety, and describe it 
as a naturally large flower with great substance, of a bright golden yellew. Flowers 
carried well up out of the foliage, on the best of stems. A clean and vigorous grower. 
Rots $10.00 Net. Plants $5.00 Net. 
