QBARS - v16n3 Great Lakes Chapter American Rhododendron Society Third Annual Show

Great Lakes Chapter Third Annual Show
Daphne F. Scott

The third annual Rhododendron Show of the Great Lakes Chapter was held under the leadership of co-chairmen Peter E. Girard and Paul R. Bosley at the Garden Center of Greater Cleveland on June 2nd and 3rd. The season in the region served by the Great Lakes Chapter was approximately eight days ahead of its usual progress, and the show dates were exceptionally late. This combination was expected to greatly reduce the scope of the Show but many members held flowers in cold storage for the occasion and entries were made in such numbers that two teams of judges were needed to assess the exhibits for prizes. The show presented a gratifying spectacle of color and public attendance was exceptionally large as a result of the extensive advance publicity provided by Frederick J. Close and his committee. The Show was featured in 250 newspapers, on hundreds of radio announcements and on most of the television stations throughout western New York and Pennsylvania, northern West Virginia, eastern Ohio and southern Michigan.

Judges Paul Bosley, Louis Martin and Kathryn Loesch gave The First President's Sterling Award for Best in Show to David G. Leach for a truss of salmon-orange flowers from a seedling of catawbiense var. album x [ dichroanthum x ( griffithianum x auriculatum )] and a Special Award went to a truss from another seedling of the same cross shown by Mr. Leach. The trophy for the best named cultivar in commerce went to Wells Knierim for a large and perfect truss of 'Mrs. C. S. Sargent'. The combined judging panels unanimously gave an official A. R. S. "P. A." honor to Peter E. Girard, Sr., for a balled and burlapped specimen plant of his new persistent leaved azalea tentatively named 'Princess Alba', shown at the peek of condition as a faultless globe of glistening white flowers.

A Special Award was given by the other panel of judges, A. M. Shammarello, Peter Girard and David G. Leach, to Frank Myers "for the number, quality and variety of the exhibits in Class 5" ( smirnowii hybrids); and to Musser Forests, represented by Art Vuyk and by Mrs. Dorothy Burnheiner, "for distinction in entries in Class 26 (Named Rhododendron Hybrids in Commerce, Balled Crowing Plants) and in other classes, both in quality and in number."

Dr. Louis G. Martin was in charge of Classifications and Prize Awards, and E. Stroombeek again arranged the larger balled and burlapped specimen plants into the attractive displays for which he has become well known. Mrs. Paul Bosley, Mrs. Peter Girard, Mrs. John Kuntz, Mrs. Louis Martin, Mrs. Woods King, Miss Frances Hart, Mrs. Stewart Scott and Mrs. Stephanie Stone served efficiently in registration, reception and in secretarial duties.

Frank Myers and Program Chairman Zophar Warner assisted the show committee, provided garden tours of the Cleveland area by bus, with guides, and arranged the concluding meeting.

CUT TRUSSES
CUT TRUSSES 1. Standard "ironclad" catawbiense hybrids in commerce:
CUT TRUSSES a. 'Catawbiense Album'
CUT TRUSSES 1st-John Kuntz
CUT TRUSSES 2nd-Frank Myers
CUT TRUSSES 3rd-Frank Myers
CUT TRUSSES b. any with white flowers other than 'Catawbiense Album'
CUT TRUSSES 1st-Mrs. Peter Loesch, 'Mrs. P. D. Williams'
CUT TRUSSES 2nd-Wells Knierim, 'Album Elegans'
CUT TRUSSES 3rd-Mrs. Peter Loesch, 'Gomer Waterer'
CUT TRUSSES c. pink
CUT TRUSSES 1st-Wells Knierim, 'Mrs. C. S. Sargent'
CUT TRUSSES 2nd-Peter Girard, 'Roseum Elegans'
CUT TRUSSES 2nd (tie)-A. W. Hartman, 'Mrs. C. S. Sargent'
CUT TRUSSES 3rd-John Kuntz, 'Henrietta Sargent'
CUT TRUSSES Hon. Men.-Peter Girard, 'Amphion'
CUT TRUSSES d. 'Roseum Elegans', 'Roseum Superbum', 'Pink Roseum' and other Roseum forms:
CUT TRUSSES 1st-Wells, Knierim, 'Roseum Elegans'
CUT TRUSSES 2nd-Musser Forests, 'Roseum Elegans'
CUT TRUSSES 3rd-Musser Forests, 'Roseum Elegans'
CUT TRUSSES e. lavender
CUT TRUSSES 1st-John Kuntz, 'Everestianum'
CUT TRUSSES 2nd-John Kuntz, 'Catawbiense Grandiflorum'
CUT TRUSSES 3rd-W. E. Peffer, 'Parson's Grandiflorum'
CUT TRUSSES f. purple
CUT TRUSSES 1st-David G. Leach, 'Parson's Grandiflorum'
CUT TRUSSES 2nd-Paul R. Bosley, 'Purpureum Elegans'
CUT TRUSSES 2nd (tie)-Robert Danik, 'Lee's Dark Purple'
CUT TRUSSES 3rd-John Kuntz, 'Everestianum'
CUT TRUSSES g. 'America'
CUT TRUSSES 1st-Wells Knierim
CUT TRUSSES 2nd-John Kuntz
CUT TRUSSES 3rd-Musser Forests
CUT TRUSSES 3rd (tie)-John Kuntz
CUT TRUSSES Hon. Men.-John Kuntz
CUT TRUSSES h. 'Dr. H. C Dresselhuys'
CUT TRUSSES 2nd-Frank Myers
CUT TRUSSES i. 'Nova Zembla'
CUT TRUSSES 1st-John Kuntz
CUT TRUSSES j. any with red flowers other than those in classes lg, 1h and li:
CUT TRUSSES 1st-John Kuntz, 'Ignatius Sargent'
CUT TRUSSES 2nd-Peter Girard, 'Charles Dickens'
CUT TRUSSES 3rd-Mrs. Peter Loesch, 'Ignatius Sargent'
CUT TRUSSES k. any color other than those in the preceding classes:
CUT TRUSSES 1st-B. F. Ailes, 'Sefton'
CUT TRUSSES 2nd-B. F. Ailes, 'Sefton'
CUT TRUSSES 3rd-B. F. Ailes, 'Sefton'
CUT TRUSSES 2. Catawbiense hybrid seedlings not in commerce
CUT TRUSSES a. red
CUT TRUSSES 1st-A. M. Shamarello, B-6-1-R
CUT TRUSSES 2nd-David G. Leach, 'Mars' x catawbiense var. rubum
CUT TRUSSES 3rd-Peter Girard, 301-CG
CUT TRUSSES b. white
CUT TRUSSES 1st--A. M. Shamarello, B-61-W
CUT TRUSSES 2nd-David G. Leach, catawbiense var. album x 'Coronis', F.
CUT TRUSSES 3rd-David G. Leach, catawbiense var. album x ( wightii x fortunei )
CUT TRUSSES c. pink
CUT TRUSSES 1st-David G. Leach (and special award) catawbiense var. album x [ dichroanthum x ( griffithianum x auriculatum )]
CUT TRUSSES 2nd-David G, Leach, Dexter L-1 x 'America'
CUT TRUSSES 3rd-L. G. Firth, Loesch seedling
CUT TRUSSES 3. Hybrids of caucasicum ancestry including 'Cunningham's White' and Boule de Neige'
CUT TRUSSES 1st-David G. Leach, 'Mrs. Furnival' x catawbiense var. album #1
CUT TRUSSES 2nd-David G. Leach, 'Mrs. Furnival' x catawbiense var. album #2
CUT TRUSSES 3rd-A. M. Shammarello, A-50-P
CUT TRUSSES 4. Fortunei Series hybrids, including hybrids of discolor, decorum, etc., any color:
CUT TRUSSES 1st-David G. Leach, catawbiense var. album x [ dichroanthum x ( griffithianum x auriculatum )]
CUT TRUSSES 2nd-David G. Leach, Vestale #1 x decorum
CUT TRUSSES 3rd-Mrs. Peter Loesch, unnamed hybrid
CUT TRUSSES 5. Smirnowii hybrids
CUT TRUSSES 1st-L. A. Westman, unnamed
CUT TRUSSES 1st (tie)-Frank Myers, unnamed
CUT TRUSSES 2nd-Frank Myers, unnamed
CUT TRUSSES 2nd- (tie)-Frank Myers, unnamed
CUT TRUSSES 3rd-L, A. Westman, unnamed
CUT TRUSSES 3rd (tie)-Frank Hudec, smirnowii x 'Ignatius Sargent'
CUT TRUSSES Hon. Men.-Frank Myers
CUT TRUSSES Hon. Men.-Frank Myers
CUT TRUSSES Hon. Men.-Frank Myers
CUT TRUSSES Hon. Men.-Frank Myers
CUT TRUSSES Hon. Men.-Frank Myers
CUT TRUSSES 6. Maximum hybrids
CUT TRUSSES 1st-A. M. Shammarello, unnamed
CUT TRUSSES 2nd-A. M. Shammarello, unnamed
CUT TRUSSES 7. Dexter hybrids, named or numbered
CUT TRUSSES 2nd-Mrs. Stewart Scott, BD1020, a Bosley selection
CUT TRUSSES 9. Any hybrids not included in classes 1 through 8
CUT TRUSSES 1st-Dr. Louis Martin, 'Vulcan'
CUT TRUSSES 2nd-A. W. Hartman, 'Blue Peter'
CUT TRUSSES 3rd-Musser Forests, 'Minnie'
CUT TRUSSES 10. Species of the Ponticum Series
CUT TRUSSES 1st-A. M. Shammarello, brachycarpum
CUT TRUSSES 2nd-A. M. Shammarello, brachycarpum
CUT TRUSSES 12. Scaly leaved species and hybrids (consolidated with class 8)
CUT TRUSSES 1st-Noel Farr, wilsoni
CUT TRUSSES 2nd-Noel Farr, carolinianum hybrid
CUT TRUSSES 3rd-Noel Farr, wilsoni
CUT TRUSSES 14. Ghent Azalea hybrids, named or unnamed
CUT TRUSSES 1st-William Fetterhoff, Ghent seedling
CUT TRUSSES 2nd-Paul Bosley, Dexter Ghent-type hybrid
CUT TRUSSES 3rd-Paul Bosley, Dexter Ghent-type hybrid
CUT TRUSSES 15. Exbury, Knaphill, Ilam and Embley Azalea hybrids, named or unnamed
CUT TRUSSES 1st-John Kuntz, 'Toucan'
CUT TRUSSES 2nd-A. M. Shammarello, 'Cecile'
CUT TRUSSES 3rd-John Kuntz, 'Pink Delight'
CUT TRUSSES 19. Native deciduous Azalea species
CUT TRUSSES 1st-A. M. Shammarello, cumberlandense
CUT TRUSSES 2nd-Dr. L. G. Martin, calendulaceum
CUT TRUSSES 3rd-A. M. Shammarello, viscosum
CUT TRUSSES 4th-Paul Bosley, bakeri
CUT TRUSSES 21. Persistent leaved Azaleas, Japanese and Kurume hybrids
CUT TRUSSES named or unnamed, excluding greenhouse forcing Azaleas
CUT TRUSSES 1st-Mrs. Stewart Scott, 'Balsaminaeflora'
CUT TRUSSES 23. Gable persistent leaved Azalea hybrids
CUT TRUSSES 1st-Mrs. Stewart Scott, 'Rosebud'
CUT TRUSSES 3rd-Mrs. Stone, 'Rosebud'
CUT TRUSSES 24. Glenn Dale persistent leaved Azalea hybrids
CUT TRUSSES 1st-F. E. Hart, 'Buccaneer'
CUT TRUSSES 2nd-F. E. Hart, 'Glacier'
CUT TRUSSES 3rd-Dr. L. G. Martin, 'Zulu'
CUT TRUSSES 25-A. Persistent leaved hybrid Azaleas not included in classes 21-25
CUT TRUSSES 1st-Mrs. Stewart Scott, 'Obtusum' hybrid
CUT TRUSSES 2nd-Dr. L. G. Martin, 'Christine Ana'
CUT TRUSSES
CUT TRUSSES Balled and Burlapped Growing Plants
CUT TRUSSES 26. Named Rhododendron hybrids in commerce
CUT TRUSSES a. less than 3 feet
CUT TRUSSES 1st-Musser Forests, 'Purpureum Elegans'
CUT TRUSSES 2nd-Musser Forests, 'Lee's Dark Purple'
CUT TRUSSES b. more than 3 feet
CUT TRUSSES 1st-Musser Forests, 'Catawbiense Album'
CUT TRUSSES 2nd-Musser Forests, 'Roseum Elegans'
CUT TRUSSES 3rd-Musser Forests, 'C. S. Sargent'
CUT TRUSSES Hon. Men.-Musser Forests, 'Everestianum'
CUT TRUSSES 27. Unnamed or numbered Rhododendron hybrids
CUT TRUSSES a. less than 3 feet
CUT TRUSSES Hon. Men.-Musser Forests, catawbiense hybrid
CUT TRUSSES 29. Deciduous Azaleas
CUT TRUSSES b. 18 inches and up
CUT TRUSSES Hon. Men. Musser Forests, 'Dr. M. Oosthoek'
CUT TRUSSES Hon. Men. Musser Forests, Dr. M. Oosthoek
CUT TRUSSES 30. Persistent leaved Azaleas
CUT TRUSSES a. 6 inches to 18 inches
CUT TRUSSES Hon. Men.-Peter Girard, G-U-P-H
CUT TRUSSES Hon. Men.-Peter Girard, G-U-S-H-S
CUT TRUSSES h. 18 inches and up
CUT TRUSSES 1st (also Special Award): Peter Girard, 'Princess Alba'