BEDFORD BEAUTY IC (Frank) 1946. A distinctive and 
beautiful incurved cactus of delicate coloring. Color is 
a light amaranth pink with white around the center. 
Petals are evenly and narrowly rolled from base to tip. 
Size 6x3. Achievement Medal winner in 1943. On 
eeerermmmnionor Roll 2.20.2... tk Root $1.50, Plant 
BESS SMITH (I. D.), ‘“Anderson,’’ 1943. Bloom 10x6, 
bush 5 ft. Pure white. Its petals are wavy. Stems 15 
inches long, and very strong, holding flowers on side. 
It is an excellent keeper when cut. Won the Derrill 
W. Hart Gold Medal in 1941. On two Honor Rolls. 
Considered by many the best white. Root $1.50, Plant 
BLACK MONARCH (S.C.), (Pape-Rocky River) A very 
dark oxblood red, aptly described by a garden visitor 
as “the big misty black dahlia.’’ A strong grower and 
free bloomer. Stems are long and strong holding the 
flower well above the plant. Blooms have a lot of 
substance and keep well after cutting. Size 11x5. 
seri palgneet gee ee toe ROOT, $4/50> \Plant 
BLUE MOON (I. D.), ‘“Johnson,’’ 1941. Bloom 12x5. 
Lavender shading to lilac-purple at base. Strong stems. 
Heavy foliage. Another mammoth size dahlia. Achieve- 
ment Medal and Honor Roll.............. Root $1.50, Plant 
BLUE RIVER (F. D.), ‘Salem Dahlia Gardens.’’ Bloom 
11 Yax5, bush 4 ft. A blue French violet, the nearest 
to a blue dahlia that we have ever seen. It never fails 
to grow. It has won many przes. Fine stems....Root 
CALIFORNIA IDOL (J. D.), ‘Success,’ 1935. Bloom 
12x7, bush 5 ft. This giant yellow has a coast-to- 
coast record as a winner. At Boston it won the Achieve- 
ment Medal as Best Undisseminated Dahlia. It is a 
fine grower with a deep flower of clear, glistening 
yellow, a true pastel shade. On Honor Roll. It can 
easily win as largest or best flower-................... Root 
‘CARL G. DAHL (1. D.), “Hillcrest,’’ 1937. Bloom 13x6, 
bush 52 ft. Graceful, although of tremendous size of 
rather loose or open formation. Color, apricot buff 
shaded old rose on reverse of petais. Won the award 
as Best Bloom in the show at New York, 1937, and the 
popular vote in the New York Botanical Gardens, 
1936. Has won many times as largest in the show 
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CHEROKEE BRAVE (I. D.), ‘’Dahliadel,’’ 1939. Bloom 
11x6, bush 52 ft. Blooms are a rich oxblood red that 
hold their color well in the sun. Has done exception- 
ally well throughout the country, and in the Mid-West 
is considered by many the outstanding red. The blooms 
can be grown to extra large size. Considered one of 
the best introductions. Bush growth strong and foliage 
eer CELLEN TD 2.20222 2i22..2-.-2-% Root $1.25, Plant 
CLASS (F. D.), ‘Salem,’ 1941. Bloom 12x6, bush 3 2 
ft. One of the largest sulphur yellow formal decorative 
dahlias to date. Grown up to 15 inches, petals fall 
back toward stem when fully out. Strong, straight 
stems hold flowers directly on top. Bush rugged-....Root 
CLARIAM KELTON (I. D.) (Wolbert-Rocky River) 
Fairly large blooms of flame red blended with yellow 
and with yellow reverse. Very showy in the garden and 
a consistent winner at shows. Plants are tall, open 
growers, producing an abundance of flowers on long, 
strong stems. Several have written that this was one 
of the pleasant surprises of the 1945 introductions. 
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