43nd Annual Show

(May 18, 2008 in Venice, FL )

 See the winners down below:

Total Entries - 698 blooms, 55 seedlings

Gold Seals - 417 (59.7%)

New member Azalea Librandi with Jim Courtright at the plant sale.	John Pelk with Annelle Cox
Verna Silk at the check-in table.	Don Mixon, Rick Kondas and Karen Courtright
Kathy Powell	Bev Kondas placing "perfect" blooms on the Gold Seal table.
Jo Conrad as Pete toils in back.	Sandy Brown and Carl Genrich
Bessie Kofsky with Penny Rose	Fred Roush with Eddie Griffith

Clockwise from 11 o'clock: Flower arrangement competition, a beautiful bloom, Carlos Reynolds stays busy, judging, Walter Bisselle (AmHS treasurer), Kathy Grandoff as a pacifist. In the middle - Karla Holmes at the Gold Seal table.

The winners are:

Sweepstakes winning exhibitors have chosen the blooms below to represent themselves.

Sweepstakes - Amateur: Judy Nadella, TRES BON	Sweepstakes - Collector: Jim & Mary Bridges, JAYELLA
Sweepstakes - Open Collector: Nola & Carlos Reynolds, 1027-051	Sweepstakes - Commercial: Conrad Nursery (Jo & Pete Conrad), FORGOTTEN LOVE

The above were the winning growers and the flowers they chose to represent themselves.

The flowers below were the winning blooms by category and their growers. 

Amateur Single: Mary Ann Rijska, ENVIE	Amateur Double: Judy Nadella, BOB'S DELIGHT
Collector Single: Karla & Jerry Holmes, HOOCHIE COOCHIE	Collector Double: John Webster, BRIDAL PARTY
Open Collector Single: Nola & Carlos Reynolds, PRETTY SURPRISE	Open Collector Double: Nola & Carlos Reynolds, AMBER & EVE
Commercial Single: Tried & True Hibiscus (Annelle & Randy Cox), MADELINE	Commercial Double: Tried & True Hibiscus (Annelle & Randy Cox), MAGNIFIQUE
Miniature Single: Nola & Carlos Reynolds, SMALL FRY	Miniature Double: Nola & Carlos Reynolds, EVA'S FOLLY

See Bests of Show below.
Seedling Regular Single: See Bests of Show below.	Seedling Regular Double: Connie & Fred Roush, RUBY'S RED SLIPPERS
Seedling Miniature Single: Bob Carran, AMERICAN SPLENDOR	Seedling Miniature Double: Nola & Carlos Reynolds, 350-05

 

The blooms below were the overall Bests of Show. 

Miniature: Conrad Nursery (Pete & Jo Conrad), ALWAYS TRUE	Seedling: Bob Carran, LUCKY LADY
Single: Tried & True Hibiscus (Annelle & Randy Cox), BLACK DRAGON	Double: Judy Nadella, STANDING OVATION

 

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