Fall 1998 Rose Show Results
Saturday, October 3, 1998 · township library meeting room
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Our fall show last year drew 287 horticulture entries from 31 exhibitors, plus
46 arrangements, and about 350 visitors signed the guest book, the most we've ever had for
a fall show. The three judges came to us from rose societies in neighboring counties and were
generous with their comments. Thank you to everyone who entered, clerked, poured coffee, carried
tables and swept up petals. Congratulations to our winners!
Court of Honor
| Award | Rose and exhibitor |
| Queen of Show | 'Elina' (pale yellow hybrid tea), Thomas Christenson |
| King of Show | 'Olympiad' (red hybrid tea), Gene Romero |
| Princess of Show | 'Touch of Class' (coral pink hybrid tea), Isabel Bucher |
| Best Grandiflora | 'Gold Medal', Joyce Boyer |
| Best Open Bloom | 'Fragrant Cloud', Timothy Walton |
| Best Floribunda Spray | 'Europeana', Linda Mahoney |
| Best Floribunda, One Bloom | 'Sexy Rexy', Julie Kingery |
| Miniature Queen | 'Jean Kenneally', Christopher Keefe |
| Miniature King | 'Minnie Pearl', Gail Florez |
| Best Miniature Spray | 'Starina', Bobby Naughton |
Dowager Queen
(old garden rose before 1867) | 'Souvenir de la Malmaison' (Bourbon, 1843), Elaine Adan |
Victorian Award
(old garden rose 1867 or later) | 'Paul Neyron' (hybrid perpetual, 1869), Priscilla Andrews |
| Best Shrub | 'Graham Thomas', Troy Dennis |
| Best Climber | 'New Dawn', Lewis Lloyd |
| Most Fragrant | 'Mister Lincoln', Joseph Shahan (the judges agreed on the first sniff) |
| Best in Novice | 'Peace', Danny Lozoya, in his very first show. Way to go, Danny! |
Arrangements
| Best Arrangement | Bernice Vasques, "Harvest Moon": orange and yellow roses with bittersweet and dried wheat in an old copper kettle |
| Best Miniature Arrangement | Emily Hwang, "Teatime": miniature roses in a doll's teacup, four inches tall |
Sweepstakes
Most blue ribbons in horticulture: Thomas Christenson, with eleven. That is three
years running, Tom. Some of us are starting to wonder what you feed them. (He says bananas. He
won't say what he does with the bananas.)
What the Judges Told Us
The judges went over the tables with us afterward, and these are the comments we heard most
often. They're worth remembering for this year's show:
- An exhibition hybrid tea should be one-half to three-quarters open, with a high pointed center.
A bloom that opened in the car on the way over can go in the open-bloom class instead.
- Foliage counts. Clean, green, unchewed leaves all the way up the stem. (Several lovely blooms
lost points to black spot this year. I am not saying anything. I am just saying.)
- Stems should be straight and in proportion to the bloom.
- Check the name on your tag. Two entries were disqualified for being in the wrong class.
- Groom gently. A judge can always tell when you've pulled off half the outer petals.
And for the record: your newsletter editor took two blue ribbons ('Pristine' and 'Rise 'n'
Shine'), a red for 'Double Delight', and an honorable mention for an 'Iceberg' spray that the
judges kindly called "charming." No royalty. There's always this year.
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