This was our first year competing in ADS (American Dahlia Society) sanctioned shows. To date, we had exhibited in county fairs, and done well. And to top it all off, this was a terrible year for growing dahlias! The wet spring folowed by a month and a half of no rain meant that many of our flowers didn't start to bloom until later in August, which made for very few fair entries, but still in time for some ADS shows.
These were our first place winners:
These were our first place winners:
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| Croydon Masterpiece |
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| Sunshine Yellow |
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| Fleur |
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Karma Sangria Blizzard |
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| Alauna Clair Obscur Our beautiful Kenora Macob also took a first, but in our haste to cut the flowers for the show, we neglected to take a picture! |
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| Karma Sangria in the Court of Honor |
