HORTICULTURAL SHOW

Press, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 26971, 21 February 1953, Page 3

HORTICULTURAL SHOW

CHILDREN’S SOCIETY FUNCTION

Children crowded the top floor of the D.I.C. building last evening for the eleventh annual show of the Christchurch Boys’ and Girls’ Horticultural Society, but from the apparent chaos the efficient officials managed to make a very successful function. There were about 2000 en-

Evidence of much juvenile invention was shown in the model garden plans, in which the entrants gave their ideas of the ideal suburban garden. The detail in some of the. exhibits was extremely good. Almost every kind of flower and vegetable was shown somewhere in the show. Large tables were filled with sand saucers, egg cup posies, floating bowls, and sprays, as well as the more standard vase exhibits, and vegetables abounded. In on® corner of the room was a most unusual type of exhibit for a horticultural show in several cases of insects. Results:— CUT FLOWERS Collection of any number.—Marie Brant (Waltham) 1, Rosemary Ferguson (Riccarton) 2, Heather Smith (Papanui) 3. Sweet Peas.—Brian Sherwood (Papanui) 1, Peter Lindoos (Shirley) 2, Lois Glasson ((Woolston) 3. Pansies.—Jeanette Gilbert (St. Margaret’s) 1, Raymond Hameiss (Richmond) 2. Maureen Everett 3. Violas.—Rosemary Ferguson (Riccarton) 1, Dianne Henwood (Ilain) 2. Patricia Askew (Woolston) 3. Vase of three different annuals.—Dianna Henwood (Ilam) 1. C. Hitchings (Woolston) 2. Rosemary Ferguson (Riccarton) 3. Asters, single.—Gavin Mclnness (Belfast) 1. June Gardiner (Shirley Inter- ; mediate) 2.

Asters, double.—John Nicholls (Walrakei Road) 1. Marianne Narbey (Christchurch South) 2, Pauline Laycock (Richmond) 3. Dahlias, over 8 inches.—Averil Hodge (Christchurch South) 1, Brian Clarke (Riccarton) 2, Beverley Clarke (Riccarton) 3. Five inches to 7 inches: Jeanette Gilbert (St. Margaret’s) 1, Beverley Clarke 2. Neville Moffitt (Wairakei Road) 3. Miniature, not over 5 inches: Beverley Clarke 1, Brian Clarke 2, Fraser Flanagan (Aranui) 3. Pompon, not over 2 inches: Frances Moore (Christchurch East) 1. Judith Mauger (Opawa) 2, Mary Guillermo (St..Margaret’s) 3. Gladiolus, exhibition type.—Veronica Rougham 1, Faye Robertson (Spreydon) 2, Veronica Rougham 3. Primuiinus type: Patricia Thompson (Spreydon) 1, Shirley Kendrick (Harewood) 2, Shirley Bell (Linwood Avenue) 3. French Marigolds.—Fay Armstrong (Richmond) 1. Daphne Watson (Christchurch South Intermediate) 2, Leona Col® (Fendalton) 3. African Marigolds.—Carole Hampton (Shirley Intermediate) 1, J. Blunden (St. Margaret's) 2. Olive Goodenough (Linwood North) 3. Zinnias.—William Holden (Woolston) 1. Diane Fymiss (Waimairi) 2, Helen Iggo (Wairakei Road) 3. Petunias.—Martin Woolley (Normal) 1, Peter Wilkins (Linwood North) 2, Jeanette Gilbert (St. Margaret’s) 3. Iceland Poppy.—Brian Clarke 1, Joy Hempstalk (Heathcote Valley) 2. Salpiglossis.—Mary Birney (Christ church East) 1, Judith Mauger (Opawa) 2. Stock.—Diane Seveney (Fendalton) 1, Margaret Boon (St. Margaret’s) 2, Ngaire Snanks (Linwood Avenue) 3. Antirrhinum.—Ethel Collis (Fendalton) 1, C. Hitchings (Woolston) 2, John Shanks (Cashmere) 3. Calendula.—Judith Ba the way (Shirley Intermediate) 1, Rosemary Ferguson (Riccarton) 2, Sally Hurst (Harewood) 3. Any other flower.—David Hampton (Wairakei Road) 1. Jeanette Gilbert (St. Margaret’s) 2. Veronica Rougham and C. Hitchings (equal) 3. COLLECTIONS Twelve blooms: Alison Pratt 1, Jan Thompson 2, Michael Rennie 3. Twelve weeds; Valeria Tucker 1. Lois Tucker 2, Anne Hunter 3. Twelve grasses: Loia Tucker and Valerie Tucker (equal) 1, Anne Hunter 2. Twelve native trees and shrubs: David Ward 1, John Ward 2, M. McLagan 3. Twelve insects: Keith Lock® (Christchurch East) 1. Shells: Barry Creswell (Richmond) 1. Marilyn Muller (Linwood Avenue) 2, Patricia Huggins (Bromley) 3. Natural history: Lorraine Morrin (South Intermediate) and Keith Lock® (equal) 1. Life study: Ngara Basher (Woolston) 1, Ralph Ross (Linwood Avenue) 2. VEGETABLES Collection of four different: Trevor Flanagan (Aranui) 1, Jacqueline McNa® (Elmwood) 2, Ivan Sutton (Christchurch East) 3. Commended: Trevor Knight (Aranui). Potatoes.—Three white, all one variety: Jacqueline McNae (Elmwood) 1, Gordon Moore (Cashmere) 2, Paul Rodrigue* (Opawa) 3; commended, Margaret Boon (St. Margaret’s), David Chapple. Three any other colour: Rosemary Ferguson (Riccarton) 1, Shirley Kendrick (Harewood) 2, Robert Shackleton (Fendalton) 3.

Carrots.—Three long or intermediate, all yne variety: Errol Atkinson (Heathcote) 1, Graham Lewis (St. Albans) 2. Diane Hcnweod (Ilam) 3. Three short .all on® variety: Wayne Petrie (Heathcote) 1. Warwick Power 2, lan Bolton (Wairakei Road) 3; highly commended, M. Crossen (Ilam); commended, Richard Berry (Waimairi). Turnips.—Three short, all one variety: Highly commended: Chris Hands. Red Beet.—Three turnip-rooted, all on® variety: Robert Shackleton (Fendalton) 1. Ken Blair (Ilam) 2, Thomas Leek (Heaton Street) 3: Jocelyn Beaumont (Woolston), highly commended; Jacqueline McNa® (Elmwood), Barry Thackwell (Linwood North), commended. Onions.—Three, all one variety: Chris Yandle (Bromley) 1, Jennifer Blunden (St. Margaret’s) 2, Jacqueline McNae (Elmwood) 3; Ivan Thompson (Aranui), highly commended; Peter Sewell (Fendalton), Barry Thackwell (Linwood North), commended. Squash.—Michael Wright (Spreydon) 1, John Nicholls (Wairakei Road) 2. Pumpkin.—Ronald Haymes (Aranui) 1, John Niholls (Wairakei Road) 2, Marilyn Muller (Linwood Avenue) 3. Marrow.—Marianne Naseby (Christchurch South) 1, Paul Rodrigues (Opawa) 2. Julie Gottermeyer (Bromley) 3; Murray Lord (Linwood North), highly commended.

Peas.—David Haigh (West Spreydon) 1, Robert Shackleton (Fendalton) 2. John Nicholls (Wairakei Road) 3. Beans—Six French: Ivan Sutton (Christchurch East) 1. Brian Tapper (Opawa) 2. Robert Shackleton (Fendalton) 3: Jean Thomas (Cashmere), highly commended. Six butter: Garth Ferguson (Fendalton) 1, Jocelyn Beaumont (Woolston) 2. Wendy Chambers (Hornby) 3.

PROJECT BOOK Tommy Lock (St. Albans) 1. Lois and Valerie Tucker (Waimairi) (equal) 2, Helen Jones (Ilam), highly commended.