Evening star., 1951-09-30
Newcomer Captures
7 Prize Trophies at
DahIia Society Show

A dahlia grower Of only two
years experience yesterday carried
off two sweepstakes prizes In the
National Capital Dahlia Society's
18th annual regional show.
Gerald r. Blount, 1906 Stafford
street, Arlington. won his sweep
stakes prizes in the medium flower
ing classes for three blooms four
to eight inches in diameter and in
the large Towering classes for
growers of $50 plants or less show
ing specimen blooms eight inches
in diameter or over. For the first
sweepstakes he was awarded the
Armentrout Trophy and for the
second, the Evening Star Trophy
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The show is being held in
Botanic Garden. First street and
Maryland avenue S.W., and will be
open from 10 m. to 8 pm. today.
A second double winner was E.
Roland Phillips, BOT Philadelphia
avenue, Silver Spring. who was
awarded the Bishop Trophy for the
most nearly perfect four to eight
inch dahlia in the show and the
Hatfield Trophy for the most
nearly perfect pompon dahlia in
the show. Mr.. Phillips also won
the American Home Achievement
Medal for the best display of three
blooms of any type, three years or
older.
Other best bloom in show awards
were won by Lee M. Clark, 2440
Monroe street NE, who got the
F. w. Bolgiano & Co. Trophy for
the most nearly perfect dahlia in
the show eight inches or over. and
]. Leslie Bowling. 815 Philadelphia
avenue, Silver Spring, given the
Hitchcock Trophy for the most
nearly perfect dahlia two to four
inches in diameter.
Other Winners Listed.
Other sweepstakes winners in
the show, the sections in which
they won, and the trophies
awarded them were:
John B. Gilner, II Patton ter
race, Falls Church. the Baltimore
Dahlia Society Trophy. medium
Towering classes for growers of
$50 plants or less showing speci-
men blooms four to eight inches
in diameter.
Louis E. Gill of Baltimore, the
Fischer Trophy, medium Towering
classes for growers of less than 100i
plants showing specimen blooms
four to eight inches in diameter.
Stanley Mehr, $500 First street
NV. the Gossman Trophy, for
specimen blooms in the small
Towering classes open to any
grower showing groups of three
blooms.
Awarded DodriIl Trophy.
Arthur S. Mason. 1885 South
Sixth street, Arlington, the Dodrill
Trophy. for the medium Towering
classes open to any grower show
ing blooms four to eight inches in
diameter.
Edward E. Christopher. 57O4
North Twenty-s sixth street. Airing
ton. the Bowling Cup, for novice
classes open to any grower who
has never won a dahlia show
award.
Mr.. Clarke, the Times Herald
Trophy, for the large towering
classes open to growers of less
than 100 plants showing specimen
blooms eight inches or over. !.
Nicholas A. Grossman of Balti-
more. the Christensen Trophy, for
large Towering classes open to any
grower showing groups of three
blooms eight inches or over.
Charles M. Diffenderffer of Bal |
timore. the Parker Trophy, for
large Towering classes open to
anv grower showing specimen
blooms eight inches or over.
Seeding Glass Champion.
Henry C. Parker, 6142 Thir-
tieth street NV, the Jordan
Trophy. for seeding classes for
growers showing specimen blooms.
Mra. M. w. Cogar, 4705 Edmon-
ston road, Hyattsville, the J. H.
Small and Sons. Inc. Trophy, for
amateur artistic arrangements.
George c. Shaffer, Inc, trophy
for the best florists exhibit.