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THE GLADIOLUS FANCIER’S 

GRAND CHAMPION BLOOMS 
The Grand Champion Bloom of the Show 
is, ipso facto, a sweepstakes award to the 
best spike in the Exhibition, wherever found. 
Some (not many) hybridizers and catalog- 
ers are very loose in their use of the words 
“Winners,” ‘‘Champions,” etc. For your own 
protection, scruntinize these assertions closely 
and see if the winning is identified to time 
and place. An honest introducer of new var- 
ieties will be reasonably sure to specify rather 
than generalize or use language intended to 
deceive. 
In recent vears many of the larger shows 
have provision for sectional and division 
champions. Topping these, most sizeable 
shows now provide for the single spike Grand 
Champion Bloom of the Show. A few of 
them, where enough hybridizers exhibit to 
warrant, provision is made for Champion 
Seedling Bloom. 
Grand Champions in major shows about 
the world inside the last eight years follow: 
Abe—Wash., ’40. 
Aladdin—Ind., ’°38; Yakima and Winni- 
peg, 39; 2nd Calgary show, ’40; East Bay, 
41: Md., 42: Sask. and: E. N. Ys 143: LeRoy, 
Ill. and Yakima Valley, 44; Yakima, "45. 
Algonquin—Sioux City and Grants Pass, 
’41; Wis., Wellsville, O., Le Roy, IIl., ’45. 
American Commander—W. Va., ’40. 
Avalon—2nd day Winnipeg, ’45. 
Bagdad—Quebec, G. S., '35; Yakima, ’38; 
Pas 59: | 
Beacon—Wash., "38; Wellsville, O., °39; 
Utah, 741. 
Beauty Clinic—Ames (Ia.), 743. 
Bengasi— Momence, Ill., 44. 
Big Top—tTri State, Wellsville, O., 44 
Bingo—Waterloo, ’42; Ill., ’43. 
Blue Wonder—Tasmania, '41. 
Caribou—Quebec, '42 and ’43. 
Capeheart— Momence, Ill., ’45. 
Caroline W. Gannett—Enmpire, '42. ~ 
Chamouny—E. Bay, ’40; 2nd day, Akron, 
Ohio, ’44. 
Colossus—Metro., ‘39. 
Col. Wm. Light—Melbourne, eat: 
"44. 2nd Pt. Adelaide, ’45. | 
Commander Koehl—Regina, ’38; Hamil- 
ton Dist., ’40. 
Corona—Blue Ridge (Md.) and 1st Ohio 
Show, '42; So. Minn. and Victoria (Austr.), 
"43; Akron, Ohio and Ottawa, IIL, ’44. 
Crystal—So. Australia G. S.,’37; Wyo.,’41 
Dazzler—Ohio, ’38. 
Del Ray—Ill., 38, Nebr., '41. 
Donna—2nd day Ohio, ’43. 
Dr. Whitely—Empire, '43. 
Elizabeth the Queen—Ames (la.}, '42. 
Elizabeth McCombs—N. Z. G. S., ’44. 
Essa Marie—Hamilton, Ont., ’44. 
Ethel Cave Cole—2nd Calgary, ’4i. 
S.W., 
Fata Morgana—West Australia, 41. 
Ferdinand’s Fancy—Utah, ’40. 
Festival Queen—Sydney, ‘Austr. , Al. 
Flagship—C. G. S., 39. 
Frank J. McCoy—C. G. S., Ames and 
Sioux City, ’38; Conn. and Saskatoon, '39; 
Ill., 40. 
Gertrude Swenson—Pac. N. W., ’41. 
Grand Opera—Chagrin Falls (Ohio), "43. 
Greta Garbo—Wypo,. '42 and North Bay 
(Ont.), ’°42; Wellsville (Ohio), "43.5-1st' Ed= 
monton, 44: Winnipeg, ’45. 
Harmau—Queensland, "40. 
Helen of Troy—Grant’s Pass, ’40; 2nd 
day, Chagrin FaHs, Ohio, ’44; mo Va., ’45. 
Heritage—Grants Pass. 5 
High Finance—Mah., ae “iond Show) 
Hindenburg’s Memory—Parramatta, N. 
39; Thunder Bay, '42. 
Intermezzo— Deerfield (Ill.), 43. 
Intrepid—Mad., ’45. 
Ivy Robertson—la., ’45. 
Johan Van Konynenburg—3srd 
Haarlem, ’45. 
Keystone— Baz, 40. 
Kildonan— Winnipeg, ’41 
King Click—Ohio, ‘40; So EB Mich ye 1 
Pa., 42; Ohio, 2nd show ’43. 
King Midas—Blue Ridge G.S. (Md.), ’39. 
King of Hearts—Ohio, ’43. 
King Tan—W. Va., ’44. i 
Laburnum—Winnipeg, "39. 
Larime—Wellsville, 42; 2nd day Ohio, ’43. 
a Ween: Lady—Chicago, Conn, =N. [eet 
Leona—Md. "41. 
Llona—2nd day Midwest, ’43. 
Lord Selkirk—Minn., 3. 
peg, ‘40. 
Luminosa—Utah (1st show), ’39. 
Madeleine Brown-—-S. E. Mich., 44. 
Malta—Cedar Rapids, Ia., ’44. 
Margaret Beaton—E. N. Y. (Rhinebeck) 
ah Ind., 40; Minn., 42; Sheboygan, Wis., 
Marguerite—Wash., ’39. 
Marion Pearl—Champaign Co., Ill., ’45. 
Marlene Both—Perth, West Austr., ’44. 
Marseillaise—Wisc., ’4i. 
Maxwellton—Algona, '39. 
Melrose—Melbourne, ’39. 
Milford—Okla., ’42. 
Minstrel—2nd day, Ottawa, IIl., ’44. 
Minuet—Springfield, Ill., ’45. 
Miss New Zealand—Sioux City, Omaru, 
N. Z., Launceston, Tas. (shown with 12 
open), N.Z.G.S. (2nd day), and Thunder 
Bay, all ’’39. Regina and Wilkie, ’40; Wilkie, 
show 
39; Winni- 
"41; Wash., 42; Champaign, III., "AA, 
Mather Machreeele Ses S., ’40;C.G 
"41. 
Mrs. E. Both—So. Austr. G. S., ’40. 
Mrs. G. G. Errey—Hobart (Tas). and 
Malvern (Vic.), '39 and ’41. 
Mrs. Vic. Stevens—ist Pt. 
Adelaide, 
Australia, ’44. 
