"A Celebration: Past,
Present
& Future"
AVSC's National Show of
African Violets - 2005
This page lists the Best in
Class in all classes in the show. Because there were 102 classes, some with
sub-classes, this is a very long page.
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HORTICULTURE DIVISION - AMATEUR
SECTION I – COLLECTIONS
Class 1 - AVSC Collection of 3 Standard African Violets
Doreen Dragon, St. Albert, AB
Along the Crocus Trail, Doreen’s Blue Rose, Doreen’s Dragon
Class 2 - AVSC Collection of 3 Miniature or 3 Semiminiature African Violets
Doreen Dragon, St. Albert, AB
Morgan’s Barossa, Morgan’s Miss Manners, Morgan’s Ruffled Rose
Class 3 - AVSA Collection of 3 Standard African Violets
Doreen Dragon, St. Albert, AB
Granger’s Desert Dawn, Moonbeams, Victorian Flirt
Class 4 - AVSA Collection of 3 Miniature or 3 Semiminiature African Violets
Beverley Williams, Mississauga, ON
Aca’s Pink Pet, Orchard’s Bumble Magnet, Pink Dove
Class 5 - ‘Past, Present & Future’ Collection of 3 African Violets – 1 from
the ‘Past’ (1980 or earlier), 1 from the ‘Present’ (1981 – 2001)
and 1 from the ‘Future’ (2002 – 2005)
Not Awarded
SECTION II - CANADIAN ORIGINATIONS
Any type foliage, any type blossom, need not be registered.
Class 6 - Standard Plant, any colour
Not Awarded
Class 7 - Miniature or Semiminiature Plant, any colour
Carol Eros, Edmonton, AB
Morgan’s Miss Manners
SECTION III - STANDARD PLANTS Green Foliage, any type of blossom
Class 8 - Blue, purple, lavender, mauve, orchid
Not Awarded
Class 9 - Pink, red, fuchsia, coral, wine
Maida den Oudsten, Calgary, AB
Mary D
Class 10 - White, cream, yellow, blush, green
Not awarded
Class 11 - Two-tone and multicolour
Linda Weiner, Edmonton, AB
Violet Beauty
Class 12 - Edged
Eileen McGrath, Carleton Place, ON
Windy Day
Class 13 - Fantasy
Gertrud Schneider, Calgary, AB
Rainbow’s Quiet Riot
Class 14 - Chimera
Jeff Jackson, Sherwood Park, AB
Concord
SECTION IV - STANDARD PLANTS Variegated Foliage, any type of blossom
Class 15 - Blue, purple, lavender, mauve, orchid
Jeff Jackson, Sherwood Park, AB
Ultra Violet Twilight
Class 16 - Pink, red, fuchsia, coral, wine
Guy Smith, Edmonton, AB
Lela Marie
Class 17 - White, cream, yellow, blush, green
Gertrud Schneider, Calgary, AB
Frozen in Time
Class 18 - Two-tone and multicolour
Winston Goretsky, Calgary, AB
Ma’s Corsage
Class 19 - Edged
Laurel Goretsky, Calgary, AB
Irish Iridescence
Class 20 - Fantasy
Winston Goretsky, Calgary, AB
Pink Mischief
Class 21 - Chimera
Not awarded
SECTION V- SEMIMINIATURE PLANTS 6"- 8", any type blossom or foliage
Class 22 - Blue, purple, lavender, mauve, orchid
Maida den Oudsten, Calgary, AB
Optimara Little Aztec
Class 23 - Pink, red, fuchsia, coral, wine
Betty Ann Hong, Edmonton, AB
Rob’s Perfect Peach
Class 24 - White, cream, yellow, blush, green
Joanna McDonald, Edmonton, AB
Rob’s Dandy Lion
Class 25 - Two-tone and multicolour
Eileen McGrath, Carleton Place, ON
Thunder Surprise
Class 26 - Edged
Laurel Goretsky, Calgary, AB
Candy Crystals
Class 27 - Fantasy
Norma Kunzel, Calgary, AB
Rob’s Dust Storm
Class 28 - Chimera
Joanna McDonald, Edmonton, AB
Rob’s Cookie Crumble
SECTION VI - MINIATURE PLANTS Under 6", any type blossom or foliage
Class 29 - Blue, purple, lavender, mauve, orchid
Eileen McGrath, Carleton Place, ON
Persian Prince
Class 30 - Pink, red, fuchsia, coral, wine
Jeff Jackson, Sherwood Park, AB
Rob’s Twinkle Pink
Class 31 - White, cream, yellow, blush, green
Not awarded
Class 32 - Two-tone and multicolour
Norma Kunzel, Calgary, AB
Optimara Little Sapphire
Class 33 - Edged
Not awarded
Class 34 - Fantasy
Winston Goretsky, Calgary, AB
Rob’s Red Mist
Class 35 - Chimera
Not awarded
SECTION VII - TRAILERS AND SPECIES All colours and sizes
Class 36 - Standard
Linda Weiner, Edmonton, AB
Dresden Doll
Class 37 - Semiminiature
Laurel Goretsky, Calgary, AB
Rob’s Humpty Doo
Classes 38 - Miniature
Not Awarded
Class 39 - Microminiature
Not awarded
Class 40 – Saintpaulia Species
Bill Price, West Vancouver, BC
Saintpaulia velutina
SECTION VIII – NOVICE, Plants grown by first time exhibitors
Class 41 - Novice: Standard African Violet
Not Awarded
Class 42 – Semiminiature or Miniature
Not Awarded
Class 43 – African Violet Trailer
Not awarded
SECTION IX - MISCELLANEOUS
Class 44 - Seedlings
Carol Eros, Edmonton, AB
Morgan’s Angel Cloud
Class 45 - Sports or Mutants
Doreen Dragon, St. Albert, AB
Sport of Victorian Flirt
Class 46 - African Violet plant or trailer; either Standard, Semiminiature
or Miniature grown in an unusual, decorative or novel container
Bill Price, West Vancouver, BC
Deer Trail
Class 47 - Optimara or Rhapsodie African Violet - Standard
Murna Kosowan, Calgary, AB
Optimara Michiko
Class 48 - Optimara or Rhapsodie African Violet - Miniature
Murna Kosowan, Calgary, AB
Optimara Little Crystal
Class 49 - Ernest Fisher Originations
Not awarded
Class 50 - Charles Laws Memorial Award for Variegated Standard
Not awarded
Class 51 - Denis Croteau Originations
Not awarded
Class 52 – Edmonton African Violet Society Award for Trailing Violets
Murna Kosowan, Calgary, AB
Scuba Diver
SECTION X - GESNERIADS, OTHER THAN SAINTPAULIA
Fibrous-Rooted Gesneriads
Class 53 - Aeschynanthus
Murna Kosowan, Calgary, AB
Aeschynanthus humilis
Class 54 - Chirita
Murna Kosowan, Calgary, AB
Chirita ‘Blue Moon’
Class 55 – Episcia in Bloom
LaRae Pohl, Edmonton, AB
Episcia ‘Pink Gator’
Class 56- Episcia grown for foliage only
Gertrud Schneider, Calgary, AB
Episcia ‘Blue Nile’
Class 57 – Episcia, Pink and/or White Variegated Foliage
Doreen Dragon, St. Albert, AB
Episcia ‘Ember Lace’
Class 58A – Streptocarpus, White, Pink, Red
Bill Price, West Vancouver, BC
Streptocarpus ‘Crystal Ice’
Class 58B – Streptocarpus, Light Blue and Purple
Tom Cuthbertson, Edmonton, AB
Streptocarpus ‘Gator’s Tail
Class 58C – Streptocarpus, Dark Blue and Purple
Murna Kosowan, Calgary, AB
Streptocarpus ‘Bristol’s Party Girl’
Class 58D – Streptocarpus, species
Bill Price, West Vancouver, BC
Streptocarpus holstii
Class 59 – Any Other Fibrous-Rooted Gesneriad
Bill Price, West Vancouver, BC
Gesneria rupincola
Rhizomatous Gesneriads
Class 60 – Kohleria
Beverley Williams, Mississauga, ON
Kohleria ‘Green Goblin’
Class 61 – Any Other Rhizomatous Gesneriad
Bill Price, West Vancouver, BC
Phinaea sp. USBRG 96-336
Tuberous Gesneriads
Class 62 - Sinningia - Species or Hybrids less than 6" in diameter
LaRae Pohl, Edmonton, AB
Sinningia ‘Dymph’
Class 63 - Sinningia - Species or Hybrids more than 6" in diameter
Bill Price, West Vancouver, BC
Sinningia ‘Tampa Bay Beauty’ x ‘Super Orange’
Class 64 - Sinningia - Species or Hybrids with the largest leaf less than 1"
long
Tom Cuthbertson, Edmonton, AB
Sinningia pusilla
Class 65 - Any Other Tuberous Gesneriad (example: Nautilocalyx)
LaRae Pohl, Edmonton, AB
Nautilocalyx ‘Gothemberg’
Class 66 - Gesneriads Grown for Ornamental Foliage
Bill Price, West Vancouver, BC
Petrocosmea species no.5
Class 67 - Lesser Known Gesneriads
Bill Price, West Vancouver, BC
Heppiella ulmifolia
Class 68 - Collection of 3 Gesneriads - All the Same Genus
Bill Price, West Vancouver, BC
Kohleria hondensis (and two others)
Class 69 - Collection of 3 Gesneriads – Each a Different Genus
Bill Price, West Vancouver, BC
xAchimenantha ‘Golden Jubilee’ (and two others)
DESIGN DIVISION
SECTION XI - CONTAINER GARDENS
Class 70 - Dish Garden: “Lakes and Mountains
Maida den Oudsten, Calgary, AB
Class 71 - Dish Garden “Dinosaur Country
Lynn Moore, Calgary, AB
Class 72 - Terrarium “A Tribute to the Rockies”
Fran Graham, Edmonton, AB
Class 73 - Terrarium “The River Valley”
Lynn Moore, Calgary, AB
SECTION XII - INTERPRETIVE ARRANGEMENTS
Interpretive Plant Arrangements
Class 74 - “A 100 Year Celebration”
Heather Eakins, Carleton Place, ON
Class 75 - ‘Alberta’s Parklands’
Not awarded
Class 76 - “Company’s Coming”
Doreen Dragon, St. Albert, AB
Interpretive Flower Arrangements
Class 77 - “Black Gold”
Doreen Dragon, St. Albert, AB
Class 78 - "The Yellowhead”
Karyn Cichocki, Lafayette, NJ:
Class 79 - “The River”
Paul Kroll, East Aurora, NY
Class 80 - "Panning for Gold”
Penelope Wezel, Ulster, PA
Class 81 - “Space Travel: Past, Present, Future”
Karyn Cichocki, Lafayette, NJ:
Class 82 - “Stars and Planets”
Karyn Cichocki, Lafayette, NJ
SPECIAL EXHIBITS DIVISION
SECTION XIV - AFFILIATE PUBLICATIONS
Class 84 - Newsletters (16 pages or less)
Patricia Bell, Edmonton, AB
Edmonton AVS Newsletter
SECTION XV – PHOTOGRAPHY
Class 85 - Colour Print - must be African violet or Gesneriad related
Lorna Russell, Nepean, ON
Colour print of Chirita ‘Kitaguni’
Class 86 - Colour Print – close-up of African violet or other Gesneriad
blossom
Karen Sproul, Ottawa, ON
Class 87 - Painting or drawing
Fran Graham, Edmonton, AB
Class 88 - Textile Craft
Ingrid Nelson, Calgary, AB
Tablecloth
Class 89 - Computer Generated Craft
Norma Kunzel, Calgary, AB
Class 90 - Craft, other than above
Joanna McDonald, Edmonton, AB
COMMERCIAL HORTICULTURE DIVISION
SECTION XVII - COLLECTIONS
Class 91- AVSC Collection of 3 Standard African violets
Not awarded
Class 92 - AVSC Collection of 3 Miniature or 3 Semiminiature African violets
Not awarded
Class 93 - AVSA Collection of 3 Standard African violets
Not awarded
Class 94 - AVSA Collection of 3 Miniature or 3 Semiminiature African violets
Not awarded
SECTION XVIII - SPECIMEN PLANTS Any type blossom, any type foliage
Class 95 - Standard
Ingrid Nelson, Calgary, AB
Frozen in Time
Class 96 - Semiminiature
John Brownlie, Mississauga, ON
Plumberry Glow
Class 97 - Miniature
John Brownlie, Mississauga, ON
Winsome
Classes 98 – Seedling
Not awarded
Class 99 – Sports or Mutants
Not awarded
SECTION XVIX – GESNERIADS
Class 100 - Any Gesneriad, other than Saintpaulia
John Brownlie, Mississauga, ON
Kohleria ‘Green Goblin’
Classes 101 – Seedling
Not awarded
SECTION XX – DISPLAY TABLES
Class 102 - Display Tables.
Not awarded
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