Our /y Champion” Introduction In 
1936, Kentucky Sun 
KENTUCKY SUN, F. D.—Bright clear golden yellow 
without a trace of shading. The huge blooms are car¬ 
ried well up, out of the bush on long fine stems facing 
you at a graceful angle, which do not Fade, Burn or 
show Water markings after a heavy dew. 
It has an abundance of substance, more than most of 
the large yellows and) a wonderful keeper when cut. 
Bush is a medium grower attaining a height of 5 feet 
high, a vigorous, clean plant with attractive heavy in¬ 
sect resisting foliage and a free bloomer. 
Field grown stock can be grown to 10 and 11 inches 
with depth of 6 to 7 inches without the use of fertilizer. 
Was awarded the American Home Achievement Medal 
at the Dahlia Society of Kentucky Show, the Courier- 
Journal—Louisville Times silver cup, for the best Ken¬ 
tucky origination, and Gold Ribbon award for the best 
undessiminated seedling, also on three Honor Rolls. 
'We predicted a great future for this grand formal 
yellow and from the reports coming in it is the champion 
of this class. Its winnings are so numerous we cannot 
begin to enumerate them, but to date it has no peer. 
Roots $5.00 Plants $2.50 
KENTUCKY MIDNIGHT I. D.-,Something new in col¬ 
or, and immense dark maroon in fact so dark you will 
have to examine very closely to keep from pronouncing 
it a black shade. 
No color chart shows this shade so we will have to 
call it a blackish maroon. The huge blooms are held up 
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