BEDFORD BEAUTY IC (Frank) 1946. A distinctive and 
beautiful incurved cactus of delicate coloring. Color is 
a light amearanth pink with white around the center. 
Petals are evenly and narrowly rolled from base to tip. 
Size 6x3. Achievement Medal winner in 1943. On 
Eastern Honor Roll 
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. 
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BLUE RIVER (F. D.)—Blue French violet. The nearest 
to a blue dahlia. New and good. Special price....Root 
BO BO (F. D.), “Rocky River,’’ 1948. Blooms 22x14, 
bush 4 ft. Color is a rich empire yellow flushed scarlet 
on outer edge of petals and in the center of bloom. 
Excellent stems and a good keeper. It was the only 
miniature in 1948 that was on ALL THREE Honor 
Rolls. It won the Achievement Medal at. Irvington,. 
N. J. It also won the American Dahlia Society Silver 
Medal in the miniature seedling class at New York. 
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CALIFORNIA IDOL (I. 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. DAH". (I. 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 petals. 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 (1. D.), “‘Dahliadel,’’ 1939. Bloom 
11x6, bush 5 Y2 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 
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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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CLARA HOOK (St. C.) ‘’Wolbert-Wind,’’ 1947. Bloom 
11x5, bush 6 ft. The color is golden-yellow, lightly 
suffused with apricot on the outer petals. Winner of 
Derrill W. Hart Medal. Three Certificates of Merit, 
two Achievement Medals and on ALL three Honor 
Rolls. Won a number of blue ribbons. A free bloomer. 
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