FLOWER SHOW AT NEW BRIGHTON

Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25739, 26 February 1949, Page 2

FLOWER SHOW AT NEW BRIGHTON

HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY’S fixture!

In spite of the exceptionally dry season, the entries were good and the exhibits of a high standard for the summer show of the New Brighton Horticultural Society yesterday. Results:— ’ The premier bloom (best gladiolus), D. F. Roberts; E. L. Smith challenge cup. Geo. Milne; Emma Wafforn memorial cup, Mrs E. G. Cameron; H. O. Brook’s memorial cup, Geo. Milne; the Pollard cup, G. Milne; Zena shield (children’s section), Betty Stokes and Colleen Crawford; Mr R. Smith's prize. F. W. Moore; Mrs R. Goodland’s prize. Mrs Gibb; Mr W. E. Wilkins’s prize, G. Wakeham; Mr S. Cook’s prize, , G - Gibb; Mrs A. H. Ragg’s prize for children. • Betty Stokes; Mr H. G. Helm’s prize,-Mrs A. H. Ragg; Seaview Book Club s prize, G. Milne; Mr Christensen’s prize, Mrs K. N. Power. Pot Plants.—Mrs A. H. Ragg, 3 firsts, 3 seconds, 1 third; Mrs F. C. Innes, 3 fists. 1 second, 1 third; Mrs H. Goodland. 2 firsts, 1 second; Mrs W. Cook. 1 first, 1 second; Miss F. M. Smith. 1 first. Gladiolus.—Open: C. F. Roberts, 8 firsts, 1 second; W. G. Wakeham, 3 firsts, 2 seconds. Amateur: W. G. Wakeham, 4 firsts, 2 seconds; Blackburn, 6 firsts. 1 second; Mrs S. A. Taylor, 2 seconds. Beginners: Ziegler. 6 firsts, 5 seconds; Mrs A. H. Ragg, 1 second. Dahlia.—Mrs G. Gibb, 3 firsts, 2 seconds; Mrs R. G. Goodland, 2 firsts, 2 seconds, 3 thirds; Mrs F. C. Innes, 1 first, 1 second; Mrs R. Cullen, 1 first, 1 second; Mrs A. H. Ragg. Mrs W. Cook, D. S. Turner, W. G. Wakeham, 1 first; S. Cook, Mrs H. March, 1 second; Mrs Fairweather, 1 second, 1 third; Mrs L. Peters, 1 third. Cut Flowers.—Mrs E. H. Cameron, 6 firsts. 1 second; D. S. Turner. 4 firsts, 1 second, 1 third; S. Cook, 3 firsts, 6 seconds, 1 third; Mrs Jacobsen, 3 firsts, 2 seconds; H. Christensen, 2 firsts, 2 seconds; Mrs F. M. Smith, 2 firsts, 1 second; Mrs R. G. Goodland. 2 firsts; Mrs A. H. Ragg. 2 firsts, 3 seconds, 4 thirds. Miss N. Ryan, 2 firsts; Mrs W. Cooke. 1 first. 2 second. 2 thirds; Mrs A. Sherlock, Mrs L. Peters, and Mrs Hill 1 first; F. W. Moore, Mrs F. C. Innes, 1 first, 1 third; Mrs Fairweather, Mrs B. Smith, 1 second; Mrs H. Mason, 1 second, 1 third; Zigler, 3 seconds: Mrs G. Helms, 3 thirds. Fruit.—G. Milne, 6 firsts. 5 seconds; Mrs A. H. Ragg, 1 first, 1 second; F. W. Moore, 1 second; Mrs W. Cook and Mrs H. March, 1 third. Vegetables.—G. Milne. 16 firsts, 16 seconds, 4 thirds; F. W. Moore. 3 firsts. 1 second. 1 third. Mrs F. C. Innes, 1 first; Mrs A. Sherlock. 2 seconds: Mrs A. H. Ragg, G. Wakeham, and Mrs E. Chambers, 1 third. Children’s Section.—Betty Stokes. 3 firsts. 3 seconds, 2 thirds; Colleen Crawford, 3 firsts, 2 seconds, 1 third; Miss Helm, 1 first, 1 second; Julie. Cameron, 1 first 1 third; B. Hardacre, 1 second; Beth Cooke, 3 thirds.