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THE GLADIOLUS FANCIER’S 
We also won the Grand Achievement 
Award, Mah. Soc. V. P.’s Vase for most 
points won in the Commercial Division, with 
129 points to nearest competitor’s 84. (81 
of these 129 points were collected in the 3- 
spike color classes where entries per class 
totalled from 7 to 69). 
A. G. S., ’35, South Bend. Again we con¬ 
centrated our baskets and 3-spike vases in a 
20-foot com’l. Special “Type” educational 
display, again winning the A. G. S. President’s 
Cup, this time “for keeps.” We also won 7 
firsts, 2 seconds with some spikes we could 
spare in the color classes and our Sm. Dec. 
Seedling, much whiter than White Butterfly 
and holding more open, received the blue rib¬ 
bon and top score in the Sm. Dec. Seedling 
class. Assisted by two of our cut-flower com’l. 
customers who live on our road in the next 
village, the “Ohio com’l. contingent” won 
37% of the points awarded in the 3-spike 
Com’l. color classes. 
Ohio, ’35, Massillon. Our 200-foot trade 
exhibit won its class, Comprehensive Collec¬ 
tion, also Com’l. Display Sweepstakes award 
carrying an A. G. S. medal. 
Our various basket entries were the high 
lights of the show. We have never seen their 
quality and artistry surpassed any time or 
place. We won all of them, 6 firsts, with 
Magna Blanca, Polar Ice, Orange Butterfly 
and seedlings in various basket containers. 
Our seedling, “whiter than White Butterfly” 
won here also. 37 more ribbons, most of them 
firsts, some mentioned in variety descriptions. 
Grand Achievement Award, as usual, with 
114 points, our two near by cut-flower com’l. 
customers, before mentioned, following with 
75 and 49 points. Our Magna Blanca entry 
was Champion Dec. Type Bloom, Com’l. 
Div. As previously stated, a spike of Frank J. 
McCoy was taken from our Com’l. Display 
and acclaimed by the judges as Grand Cham¬ 
pion Bloom of the Show, winning the Ameri¬ 
can Home Achievement Medal. 
Note. Further evidencing our thrips-free 
blooms, after these two shows we made com’l. 
displays at shows in following Ohio cities: 
Akron, Berea, Canton, Cleveland, Hudson 
and Solon. At the Mid-West Dahlia Show, 
Cleveland, ’35, it was generally conceded, 
even by many dahlia exhibitors, that our 
magnificent display of gladiolus “stole the 
show.” 
A. G. S.-Ohio, ’36. At Akron, Pretty 
much the same story. We picked up 179 
points to our nearest competitor’s 83, winning 
the Grand Achievement American Home 
Medal; the Seabrook Challenge Trophy for 
the 3rd time in 6 years for the best basket, a 
floor basket with immense spikes of Magna 
Blanca; Ohio Silver Medal for best 200 ft. 
Connoisseur display. (The famous Gove- 
Palmer combination beat us on this back in 
1931, but we turned the tables this time, prob¬ 
ably more on the diversity of our exhibit for 
their blooms were undoubtedly outstanding.) 
We won the A. G. S. Silver Medal for achiev¬ 
ing most points in the gladiolus arrangement 
section (various baskets, bowls, vases, sprays, 
bride’s bouquets, etc.) And we won another 
leg on the Antisdale Sterling Silver Seedling 
Trophy for the Champion Ohio Seedling with 
a seedling which may turn out to be an im¬ 
provement on the well known Salbach’s 
Orchid. Our small white seedling won another 
blue ribbon in the bride’s bouquet. 
Ohio-Great Lakes Exposition, ’36. A 
3-day show, sponsored by the Ohio Society. 
Here our commercial collection exhibit re¬ 
ceived 1st prize and one of the two Exposi¬ 
tion Medals offered (the other was for the 
most artistic commercial display). We also 
won best floor basket with more fine spikes 
of Magna Blanca. We also won for largest 
flower in the show with a seedling which had 
already scored Champion for us at Mah., ’31, 
where it was shown with an 8J4-inch floret. 
No other flower came within 2 inches of it and 
one party declared it was reminiscent of the 
famous Merry Widow hats. So, it has been 
named Merry Widow — very light blush pink, 
approaching white, one ruby pencil stripe 
through center lip, slightly hooded, substance 
fair, about as Jubilee. 
At the request of the Exposition, we main¬ 
tained* our 25-ft. long exhibit continuously 
from this show in August to the end of the 
Exposition on October 12th, with the finest 
array of late season blooms we have ever 
witnessed. There was a traffic jam at our 
exhibit day and night, as many thousands 
can testify. 
BEST CUT FLOWER SORTS 
A question often asked us. We find it 
physically impossible to reply to all the in¬ 
quiries we get. Or to all the letters of com¬ 
mendation and thanks we get. We do appre¬ 
ciate them, but hope you will not take offense 
if we do not get a prompt reply to you. We 
do try to anticipate your questions and spend 
a lot of money answering them in advance 
somewhere in this booklet. Coming back to 
the cut-flower question. What glads can 
“take it”? This last summer we had a drench¬ 
ing downpour that watersoaked the florets or 
otherwise damaged all the blooms then well 
open in our fields. Only Irene and Jersey 
Cream and a few seedlings came through un¬ 
scathed. Of course, unopened spikes of all 
varieties suffered little. Nor have we ever 
seen spikes of Irene or Jersey Cream in un¬ 
saleable condition until cut down by frost. 
Most of all we list are good, though some 
better than others. Look for cut flower habit 
mention in variety descriptions, but among 
the sorts of modest price do not overlook 
Betty Nuthall, Betsy Bob-Up, Frank J. 
McCoy, Helen Wills, Maid of Orleans, Mary 
Elizabeth, Mildred Louise, Minuet, Mrs. T. E. 
Langford, Picardy, Queen Helen II, Orange 
Butterfly, Polar Ice, Salbach’s Orchid, South¬ 
ern Cross. 
