Rhododendron Foliage Show

The Massachusetts Chapter's Fall Foliage Show provides members the opportunity to exhibit cuttings that best reflect the beauty of the foliage of the genus Rhododendron.

For more information contact Judging Chairperson.

1997 FALL FOLIAGE SHOW

By Susan B. Clark, Head Judge

BEST IN SHOW:  'Mrs. C.S.Sargent' X 'Dexter's Purple'
Picture by S & J Perkins

BEST IN SHOW:  J. Parks 'Mrs.C.S.Sargent' X 'Dexter's Purple'

RUNNER UP 1ST:  R. Brooks R. yakushimanum X bureavii

WORST IN SHOW (Class 10): J. Parks 'Roseum Elegans' X ?

Class 1. Deciduous Azaleas First G. Hibben R, cumberlandense X arborescens Second C. Keegan R. calendulaceum Third The Perkins R.viscosum H.M. G. Hibben R.vaseyi   Class 2. Evergreen Azaleas First G. Hibben R.kaempferi Second I. Donovan R. kiusianum 'Hinode' Third R. de Burlo R. kiusianum 'Komo Kulshan' H.M. R. Johnston 'Gillin's Red'   Class 3. Lepidotes a. With fall color First G. Hibben 'Weston's Pink Diamond' Second G. Hibben 'Alice Swift' Third no award b. Without fall color First The Perkins 'Myrtifolium' Second The Perkins 'Manitou' Third E. Carlhian 'April Mist' H.M. R. Brooks R. edgeworthii c. Dwarf with fall color First I. Donovan  R. dauricum dwarf form Second C. Keegan  R. mucronulatum 'Crater's Edge' Third no award d. Dwarf without fall color First R. Brooks  R. websterianum Second The Perkins R. groenlandicum Third R. Brooks R. fastigiatum H.M. R. de Burlo R. fastigiatum   Class 4. Elepidotes a. Leaves under 6" long First R. Brooks 'Gartendirektor Rieger' Second T. Kellogg R. oreodoxa Third R. Brooks 'Finlandia' H.M. C. Keegan 'Mission Bells' b. Leaves 6" long or longer First J. Parks 'Mrs. C.S. Sargent' X 'Dexter's Purple' Second R. Brooks R. sutchuenense Third E. Carlhian 'Rocky's White' H.M. E. Carlhian 'Scintillation' J. Parks 'Roseum Elegans' X 'White Consolini'

Class 5. Elepidotes -Indumented Species a. Rhododendron yakushimanum First R. Brooks R. yakushimanum. Bovee Dwarf Form Second  R. de Burlo R.roxieanum var. oreonastes Third T. Kellogg R. yakushimanum Bovee Dwarf Form H.M. The Perkins R. yakushimanum Phetteplace b. Other Indumented Species First T. Kellogg R. makinoi Second I. Donovan R. pachysanthum RSF form Third R. Brooks R.degronianum ssp. heptamerum H.M. T. Kellogg R. bureavii   Class 6. Elepidotes -Indumented Hybrids a. Hybrids in which at least 50% of the ancestry is glabrous First J. Parks  R. yakushimanum X (yakushimanum X haematodes X (yakushimanum X ?)) Second R. Brooks 'Blewbury' Third I. Donovan R. yakushimanum FCC X 'Helen Schaffner' H.M. T. Kellogg 'Blewbury' b. All other hybrids First R. Brooks R. yakushimanum X bureavii Second I. Donovan 'Today & Tomorrow' Third T. Kellogg 'Essex Scarlet' X 'Yale'   Class 7. Vireya - Foliage only no entries   Class 8. Juvenile foliage First G. Hibben R. impeditum Second R. de Burlo R. pachysanthum Third no award   Class 9. All others not readily classified in classes 1-8 First G. Hibben Viburnum ichangense Second G. Hibben Hydrangea quercifolia Third no award   Class 10. Damaged, diseased or distressed foliage First J. Parks 'Roseum Elegans' X ? Second T. Kellogg 'Stressed' Third R. Brooks 'SW 58-279N'

I would like to thank the two teams of judges and clerks for hard work in spite of the almost overwhelming distractions of the social hour and the beginnings of dinner. This was a good sized show (over 110 entries) of beautiful foliage and the judging was often difficult. Only 10 people brought in entrees,though! Thanks to the judges: our guest speaker Leonard O. Miller, DDS, Jim Aplin, Henk Borsje, Betty Carlhian, Bruno Falanga, Joe Parks and Charlie Patterson. And to the clerks: Ed Bensley, Frank Brako, Charles Keegan and Sally Perkins. And thanks to C.J. Patterson for being registrar and show steward when she should have been in bed nursing a fever!