Evening star., 1939-09-24
DahIia Show Attracts
Many, With Entries
Tota|ing Over 5000
Exhibit Remains Open
Until 10 PM. Today;
Awards Announced

Thrungs yesterday visited the
fourth annual regional dahlia show
Of the National Capital Dahlia
Society which opened in the John
Burroughs School. Eighteenth and
Monroe streets N E. The show, which
remained open from pm. yes
terday to 10 o'clock last night, is
scheduled to be open again today
from noon to 10 pm.
Awards were made yesterday by
judges to winning exhibitors In
various sections and classes, as ex-
perts praised the affair rs one OF
the finest shows Of It's kind. Besides
numerous exhibits by District resi-
dents there are many exhibits by
persons from nearby States, making
. total of more than 5000 entries.
r. c. Ferguson of Wilmington.
Del, won the award for the best
dahlia in the show. The award FOR
the best basket Of dahlias OF any
type or combination entered by
any garden club was won by the
Woodbridge Garden Club. John s.
Jacobsen, this city, was awarded
the prize in the retail florist ex-
hibit for a basket of dahlias, with
other flowers and foliage, not to
exceed a inches over all. John G.
Mencke, jr., of Baltimore, was given
the award in the commercial ex-
hibits for best presenting the dahlia
for public approval.
Principal Award Winners.
Sweepstakes winners, or those who
received the principal awards in the
various classes, were as follows:
Section A, specimen bloom-Min-
iatures, pompons, singles and other
types, and section B, standard oah-
lias-specimen bloom, over 4 inches
and under 7 inches in diameter
both sections open to growers OF less
than 100 dahlias, Pauline Graf. this
city, winner of the sweepstakes
awards in each.
Section C, standard dahlias. speci-
men bloom, Z inches or more in
diameter, open to amateur growers
of less than 100 dahlias, exclusive
of miniatures, pompons, singles or
seedlings, DR.. H. c. Parker, this
city.
Section D, ball dahlias-Specimen
bloom. open to all amateurs grow
ing less than $50 plants, exclusive OF
miniatures, pompons, singles and
seedlings - Charles Dif1endef1er
Baltimore.
Section E, standard dahlias, three
blooms, one or more varieties. open
to amateur growers of over 100, but
less than $50 dahlias, exclusive OF
miniatures, pompons. singles, seed
lings, etc., Charles Dif1endeffer.
Additional Winners.
Section F, standard dahlias-
Three blooms. one or more varieties,
open to amateur growers of over
$50, but less than 500 dahlias. ex-
elusive of miniatures, pompons,
singles, seedlings, ETC., Harry K.
Rosenberger, Baltimore.
Section g. standard dahlias-Five
blooms, one or more varieties. open
to all, N. A. Gossmann, Baltimore.
Section H, miniatures, pompons,
singles and other types, open to all
except commercial growers without
regard to number of plants grown.
Charles Diffendeffer.
Section I, seedlings and undissem-
mated dahlias - Specimen bloom,
large Towering varieties. any type
from seed sown in 1898, Frank
Goetzger, this city, winner: speci-
men bloom, small Towering varie-
ties. any type from seed sown. 1888,
Mrs. H. L. Dozier. Cambridge, Md,
winner: specimen bloom, large flow
ering varieties of any type from
seed sown, 1899, Mrs. Dozier, winner,
and specimen bloom, small flower
ing varieties, any type from seed
sown, 1889, Henry F. Cory, Balti-
more.
Section J, vase, basket and bowl
arrangement, open to all except
growers, Marvin Ship
ley, Baltimore, winner. Section K.
House Beautiful dahlia futurity. six
blooms, one or more varieties, from
those. selected by J. w. johnson for
House Beautiful Magazines Futu-
rity, H. Cory, Baltimore.
An award for flowers other than
dahlias went to Willard A. Sinner,
Md.
Frank H. Goetzger is general
chairman of the show, and G. c..
Clark, assistant chief of the Weather
Bureau. is president of the Ma
tional Capital Dahlia Society.
Enirfnx Tenchers