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AFRICAN VIOLET
MAGAZINE

Number 1 January, 1978
PART II OF II PARTS

Volume 30 Number 1 Volume 30 Number 5

Compiled by

Irene MerreU and Shirley ^ce

CUMULATIVE INDEX

January 1977 — November 1977

This is a selective index so^ although there are
many items of interest and information in some of
the regular features of the Magazine^ the following
have been omitted; Presidenfs Messages^ Conven¬
tion Program^ Convention Show Schedules and
Awards Offered^ Re^stration Report^ Boyce Edens
and Booster Fund Reports, Affiliate 'Appenings,
Financial Statements, In Memoriams, and Strictly
Business*

Volume 30 Number 1 — January 1977

Number 2 — March 1977
Number 3 -- June 1977
Number 4 — September 1977
Number 5 — November 1977

African Violet Magazine, January, 1978

1

Part II

CUMULATIVE INDEX

January 1977— November 1977 Volume 30 No. 1— Volume 30 No. 5

SUBJECT INDEX

Arranged alphabetically by subject matter with cross references,

volume, number and page . Pages 2 3

AUTHORS

Arranged alphabetically by name with title of subject, volume,

number and page . . . . . Pages 3 6

TITLES

An alphabetical listing by title, author, volume,

number and page . Pages 6 8

SUBJECT INDEX

A

African Violet Correspondence Club Vol 30 No 3
P 31

African Violet Experiences Vol 30 No 1 p 57, 68, 73,
74; Vol 30 No 2 p 5, 37, 57; Vol 30 No 3 p 37, 38,
43, 55, 66; Vol 30 No 4 p 11, 24, 30, 55, 56, 66;
Vol 30 No 5 p 14, 18, 20, 39, 53.

AVSA Affiliates Vol 30 No 4 p 19; Vol 30 No 5 p 22
AVSA Library Vol 30 No 3 p 48; Vol 30 No 5 p 50
AVSA Officers, Committee Members, Life Members,
Past-Presidents Vol 30 No 3 p 58-66
Arrangements Vol 30 No 3 p 57

B

Beginner's Column Vol 30 No 1 p 62; Vol 30 No 2
p 5; Vol 30 No 3 p 30; Vol 30 No 4 p 33; Vol 30 No
5 p 69

Best Varieties of 1977 Vol 30 No 5 p 4
Business sold Vol 30 No 5 p 17

C

Catalog, Greenhouse Vol 30 No 4 p 59
Certified (see Pesticide Applicator)

Classification of African violet growers Vol 30 No 2
p 73

Cleanliness (see General culture)

Clinic Vol 30 No 4 p 70
Collar it! Vol 30 No 1 p 62

Color Pages Vol 30 No 1 p 25, 28, 29, 32, 49, 52, 53,
56; Vol 30 No 2 p 25, 28, 29, 32, 49, 52, 53, 56;
Vol 30 No 3 p 25, 28, 29, 32, 49, 52, 53, 56; Vol 30
No 4 p 25, 28, 29, 32, 57, 60, 61, 64; Vol 30 No 5
p 37, 40, 41, 44, 45, 48, 49, 52
Columnea Multiflora Vol 30 No 3 p 40
Commercial Members Vol 30 No 4 p 63; Vol 30 No 5
p 33

Conservation field trip Vol 30 No 1 part II p 8
Construction (see Plant stands)

Convention Dates Vol 30 No 2 p 54; Vol 30 No 3
p 70

African Violet Magazine, January, 1978

Convention Winners and Honors Vol 30 No 3 p 75 -
80; Vol 30 No 4 p 11, 15
Copyright Transfer Vol 30 No 4 p 39
Culture

Fertilizers and Fertilizing Vol 30 No 1 p 60
General Culture Vol 30 No 2 p 5; Vol 30 No 4
p 33, 40; Vol 30 No 5 p 12
Hybridizing Vol 30 No 1 p 66; Vol 30 No 5 p 38
Light and Lighting Vol 30 No 1 p 54; Vol 30 No 2
p 54; Vol 30 No 3 p 30, 74; Vol 30 No 4 p 33;
Vol 30 No 5 P 17, 50

Propagation Vol 30 No 1 p 22, 73, 75; Vol. 30
No 2 p 33; Vol 30 ;No 3 p 36; Vol 30 No 4 p 5;
Vol 30 No 5 p 6, 13

Soil Vol 30 No 1 p 26, 68, 75; Vol 30 No 3 p 33;
Vol 30 No 4 p 31
Transplanting Vol 30 No 1 p 24
Water and Watering Vol 30 No 1 p 58, 67; Vol 30
No 2 p 35, 43; Vol 30 No 5 p 12, 68
Cumulative Index Vol 30 No 1 part II
Curling leaves Vol 30 No 5 p 67

D

Decorating with African Violets Vol 30 No 2 p 74
Demand Increasing Vol 30 No 4 p 40; Vol 30 No 5

p 12

Design Workshop Vol 30 No 1 p 55
E

Educational Tables Vol 30 No 1 p 37
Effects of Lights on Trailing Violets (see Lights under
Culture)

Elements for Plant Growth Vol 30 No 1 p 20
Entry Tags Vol 30 No 5 p 18

F

Fertilizers and Fertilizing (see Culture)

Foote on the Violet Path Vol 30 No 1 p 80; Vol 30
No 2 p 68; Vol 30 No 4 p 62; Vol 30 No 5 p 70
Frathel's Originations Continued Vol 30 No 5 p 87

Part II

G

Gardening Vol 30 No 3 p 67
Generations (see Parentage)

Gesneriaceae handbook Vol 30 No 2 p 31

Greenhouses Vol 30 No 2 p 30; Vol 30 No 4 p 56, 59

Green thumbs Vol 30 No 4 p 30

Growers classification Vol 30 No 2 p 73

Guide for buying Vol 30 No 3 p 24

Guide lines for slide programs Vol 30 No 1 p 51

H

Hanging Baskets Vol 30 No 5 p 8

Honor Roll of African Violets Vol 30 No 3 p 5

Hybridizing (see Culture)

Hybrids, Presidential Vol 30 No 3 p 52

I

Ingredients for African Violet Meeting Vol 30 No 1
part II p 8

Insecticides Vol 30 No 2 p 27
Insects and Diseases

Algae Vol 30 No 3 p 31

Break the Insect Cycle Vol 30 No 5 p 69

Cyclamen mites Vol 30 No 1 p 78; Vol 30 No 5

p 12

Root rot and diseases Vol 30 No 3 p 35
Soap and tobacco for de-bugging Vol 30 No 1 p 20
Inter-State Delivery Vol 30 No 4 p 69

J

Judges and Teachers Vol 30 No 5 p 54
Junior African Violet Club Vol 30 No 5 p 14

L

Lack of Bloom Vol 30 No 4 p 33
Leary, Sandra Vol 30 No 5 p 42
Legible ads Vol 30 No 5 p 72
Library (see AVSA Library)

Light and Lighting (see Culture)

Lights, Effect on Trailers (see Culture)

M

Micro-propagation (see Culture)

Miniature and Semi-Miniature Vol 30 No 1 p 21, 57;
Vol 30 No 2 p 30; Vol 30 No 3 p 57; Vol 30 No 4
p 12, 42; Vol 30 No 5 p 19
Mites (see Insects and Diseases)

Mixes (see Soil under Culture)

N

Nominees for Officers and Directors, 1977-1978
Vol 30 No 2 p 47

Novel Containers Vol 30 No 3 p 55

O

Over-fertilizing (see Culture)

Oxygen Vol 30 No 4 p 59

A

ACHAUER, MRS JEAN: Terrarium Thumb, Vol 30

P

Parentage (see Culture)

Pesticide Applicator Vol 30 No 4 p 10

Photography Vol 30 No 3 p 54

Plant stands Vol 30 No 2 p 77; Vol 30 No 3 p 41;

Vol 30 No 5 p 51
Pole of Violets Vol 30 No 1 p 69
Pots Vol 30 No 1 p 20, 72, 77
Potting tables Vol 30 No 3 p 34
Preparing Plants for Show Vol 30 No 4 p 14; Vol 30
No 5 p 16

Price change (see AVSA Library)

Production (see Culture)

Program, Texas Vol 30 No 2 p 71
Projecting plant slides Vol 30 No 3 p 71
Propagation (see Culture)

Publications Vol 30 No 5 p 31

Q

Question Box Vol 30 No 1 p 70; Vol 30 No 2 p 65
Vol 30 No 3 p 44; Vol 30 No 4 p 21; Vol 30 No 5 p 9

R

Research Vol 30 No 1 p 22; Vol 30 No 2 p 33; Vol 30
No 3 p 36, 72; Vol 30 No 4 p 4, 5; Vol 30 No 5 p 6
Retiree gets with Violets Vol 30 No 1 p 74
Revitalizing soil energy Vol 30 No 1 p 26
Rooting leaves quickly Vol 30 No 1 p 73
Root rot and diseases (see Insects and Diseases)

S

Sale, plant Vol 30 No 2 p 72

Shows and Judges Vol 30 No 4 p 43, 44

Soil Mixes (see Culture)

Soil sterilization Vol 30 No 1 p 68
Symonds, Delia Vol 30 No 5 p 31
Symposium Vol 30 No 5 p 8
T

Tally Time - 1976 Vol 30 No 2 p 64
Teachers (see Judges and Teachers)

Terrariums Vol 30 No 2 p 80; Vol 30 No 4 p 16
Timely Tips Vol 30 No 1 p 21, 27, 31, 39, 50, 55, 59,
61, 66, 72, 74, 79; Vol 30 No 2 p 27, 67, 69; Vol 30
No 3 p 31, 34, 35, 37, 55, 66, 77; Vol 30 No 4 p 23,
43, 51; Vol 30 No 5 p 5, 11, 14, 17, 36
Transplanting (see Culture)

Tours Vol 30 No 5 p 32

V

Variegated African violets Vol 30 No 4 p 18
Visiting Holtkamps Vol 30 No 2 p 70

W

Watering the Lazy Way (see Culture)

Wick watering in Vermiculite (see Culture)

Y

Yearbook Entries Vol 30 No 4 p 11, 17

AUTHOR INDEX

No 4 p 16

African Violet Magazine, January, 1978

3

Part II

ANDERSON, ANDY & CAROL: Well, As I Live
and Breathe, Vol 30 No 4 p 59

ANDERSON, MRS W. F.: Cross Your Fs . . . and
Dot Your T's, Vol 30 No 1 p 50; Vol 30 No 2 p 26;
Vol 30 No 3 p 37; Vol 30 No 4 p 13; Vol 30 No 5
p 51; A Design Workshop, Vol 30 No 1 p 55

ANDREWS, MRS DALE: Use Rain Water, Vol 30
No, 3 p 66; Organic In Nature, Vol 30 No 3 p 77;
For Wick Watering, Vol 30 No 5 p 68

B

BAKER, DORA J,: Upholds Merits of Styrofoam
Pots, Vol 30 No 1 p 77

BATES, MRS SYBIL: Unique Arrangements, Vol 30
No 5 p 51

BAXTER, MRS EDWARD: Effects of Lights on
Trailing Violets, Vol 30 No 1 p 54

BEATTIE, MRS C. W.; Of Cates and Mites (Cycla¬
men, That Is!) Vol 30 No 1 p 78

BEHRENS, MRS SYBIL: Watering the Lazy Way,
Vol 30 No 1 p 67; Has 8 Stands for Her Violets,
Vol 30 No 2 p 79

BILKEY, PETER C.: African Violets and Tissue
Culture, Vol 30 No 1 p 22; Micro-Propagation of
African Violets, Vol 30 No 2 p 33; Propagation of
African Violet Howers and Petals, Vol 30 No 3
p 36; Adaptation of Micro-Culture Technology
to Saintpaulia Improvement, Production; Vol 30
No 4 p 30; Adaptation of Micro-Culture
Technology to Saintpaulia Improvement, Produc¬
tion, Vol 30 No 5 p 6

BIRD, MARADELL: Plant Sprouts On Backside of
Leaf, Vol 30 No 3 p 38

BLAKEHOUSE, MRS EVA DALE: 15 inch Wooden
Legs Form Stand, Vol 30 No 2 p 78

BOGIN, MRS SIDNEY (ELLIE): Musings From the
"Mini-Mam"; Vol 30 No 1 p 57; Vol 30 No 2 p 30;
Vol 30 No 3 p 57; Vol 30 No 4 p 12; Vol 30 No 5
p 19

BOHSTROM, MONICA: Violets En Route To Swe¬
den, Vol 30 No 4 p 24

BRANIGAN, LORETTA: Plant Stands Constructed
to Meet Needs of Growers, Vol 30 No 2 p 77

BRENNER, PENNY: The Little Redhead That Still

Cries, Vol 30 No 5 p 14

BRITTAIN, JULIA: Saintpaulias Fit into Four Ma¬
jor Classifications, Vol 30 No 2 p 73; Greenhouse
Growing, Vol 30 No 4 p 56

C

CALDWELL, MRS KAREN: Violets On Light, Vol
30 No 5 p 20

CARR, LINDA: Why Not a Pole of Violets, Vol 30
No 1 p 69

CATHEY, H. M.: All Lamps are Growth Lamps,
Vol 30 No 3 p 74

CHASE, MRS RICHARD A.: How We Get AVSA
Awards? Vol 30 No 3 p 73

D

DALE, MONTINE (MONTY): I'm a Tired Mini -
Always Movin' On!, Vol 30 No 4 p 42

DIXON, MRS E. H.: Easy Way to Grow African
Violets, Vol 30 No 2 p 5

E

ELBERT, GEORGE A.: Decorating the Home With
Violets, Vol 30 No 2 p 74

EVANS, BETSY: Helpful Hints, Vol 30 No 5 p 76;
Experienced grower' Learns Something New,
Vol 30 No 5 p 67

EYERDOM, HUGH F.: Columnea MultiBora, Vol 30
No 3 p 40

EYERDOM, DALE: Demand for Flowering House-
plants, Vol 30 No 4 p 40; Demand Increasing for
Flowering Houseplants, Vol 30 No 5 p 12

F

FELBER, MRS REBECCA: Wick Watering in Vermi-
culite - My Way of Growing Happy Violets,
Vol 30 No 1 p 58

FELLOWS, MRS SYLVIA: Green Elbows, Vol 30 No
2 p 35; Shape Up or Ship Out, Vol 30 No 3 p 43

FISHER, MRS EDWARD: Violet Shows Can Be Fun!
Vol 30 No 4 p 43

FOOTE, GRACE: A Foote On the Violet Path, Vol
30 No 1 p 80; Vol 30 No 2 p 68; Vol 30 No 4 p 62;
Vol 30 No 5 p 70

FREIE, MRS TALBOT: Calling All Affiliates, Do
You Read Me? Vol 30 No 1 p 31; Vol 30 No 2
p 61; AVSA Affiliates, Vol 30 No 3 p 35

G

GARNER, MRS HARRY G.: Hint From a Novice
Grower, Vol 30 No 4 p 51

GONZALES, MRS M. G.: Honor Roll of African
Violets, Vol 30 No 3 p 5; 1977 Best Varieties,
Vol 30 No 5 p 4

GROFF, PAMELA: Population Explosion! Vol 30 No
4 p 55

H

HALFORD, MRS J.: I Came, I Saw, I Was Conquer¬
ed, Vol 30 No 5 p 39

HALUSEH, GERRY: Uses Cups, Mugs To Plant Vio¬
lets, Vol 30 No 1 p 72

HANSEN, MRS H. N.: Preparing Plants For Show,
Vol 30 No 4 p 14; Preparing Plants For Show,
Vol 30 No 5 p 16

HARD, DR. C. GUSTAV: Revitalizing Soil Energy
In Potted Plants, Vol 30 No 1 p 26

HEINRICH, INEZ: Good For Algae, Vol 30 No 3
P 31

HILDEBRANDT, A. C.: African Violets and Tissue
Culturing, Vol 30 No 1 p 22; Micro-propagation
of African Violets, Vol 30 No 2 p 33; Propagation
of African Violet Flower Petals, Vol 30 No 3 p 36

HOLT, MRS H. L.: St. Louis Asks You For "3rd
Time Around", Vol 30 No 1 p 33; St. Louis Has It

African Violet Magazine, January, 1978

4

Part II

— A to Z, Vol 30 No 2 p 51; Our Thanks,
Apologies, Vol 30 No 4 p 39

J

JEFFREY, SHIRLEY R. : 1978 Convention Loses One-
Gains One, Vol 30 No 5 p 42

K

KEIPERT, KENNETH: Pick Up Sticks for Plants,
Vol 30 No 2 p 27

KIBBE, DOLORES: Greenhouses in Miniature, Vol

30 No 2 p 30

KIENZLE, ESTELLE: Oh Yeah?, Vol 30 No 1 p 20

KOCH, CHERYLE: Her Four Plants Get Five Rib¬
bons, Vol 30 No 1 p 68; Avid African Violet
Inter-State Delivery, Vol 30 No 4 p 69

KOSTER, MARCELINE: Hooked For Life, Vol 30
No 2 p 37

KOSTULIAS, CAROL ANN: If I Can Build One,
You Can Too, Vol 30 No 3 p 41

L

LA CLAIR, MRS MARY: Over - Fertilizing and Its
Results, Vol 30 No 1 p 60; Potting Tables?, Vol 30
No 3 p 43

LANG, KATE: A Violet, Vol 30 No 2 p 27

LANG, KATHERINE F.: Shelves In Windows,

Vol 30 No 3 p 43

LEARY, SANDRA: Break the Insect Cycle, Vol 30
No 5 p 19

LEPPARD, CHRISTINE D.: Educational Tables-
What They're All About, Vol 30 No 1 p 37

LEX, SANDRA M.: Correction on "Diz-Disbud-
ding", Vol 30 No 2 p 26

LIMBACHER, MRS DEAN: Turns Piano Bench into
Plant Stand, Vol 30 No 2 p 79

LINDEN, THOMAS L.: List Guide In Buying Vio¬
lets, Vol 30 No 3 p 24

LINDLEY, FRITZ G.: Untreated Water Better for
Plants, Vol 30 No 2 p 43

LIPPERT, MRS CLARISSA START: The Happy
Gardener, Vol 30 No 3 p 67

LOWRIE, JANET CARTER: African Violet Lovers,
Vol 30 No 4 p 66

LUONGO, MICHAEL: Variegated African Violets,
What Will You Do Next, Vol 30 No 4 p 18

M

MAHEN, DANNY: From Coffee Cups To Pots,
Vol 30 No 1 p 20

MAHEN, MARY, M.: Vitamin For Violets, Vol 30
No 2 p 69

MANFIELD, MARY ANN: Can You Top This?
Vol 30 No 5 p 18

McGOWN, DR. BRENT H.: Adaptation of Micro¬
culture Technology to Saintpaulia Improvement
Production, Vol 30 No 4 p 5; Adaptation of
Microculture Technology to Saintpaulia Improve¬
ment, Production, Vol 30 No 5 p 6

McKNEELY, DR. THOMAS B.: Aic Yo« . Certified
Pesticide Applicant?, Vol 30 No 4 p 10

MIDERSKI, CAROL ANN: A Teenager Speaks: Vio¬
lets Are For Everyone, Vol 30 No 5 p 53

MILLER, MRS ROBERT M.: Violets Enjoy Lighted
Garden, Vol 30 No 2 p 78

MOORE, MRS MARY J.: Now She Wick Waters,
Vol 30 No 5 p 68

MOORES, MRS B.: Grower Helped By Magazine
Article, Vol 30 No 3 p 66

MURPHY, MRS J.: A Rank Amateur Hybridizes,
Vol 30 No 1 p 66

MURPHY JOHN: Nothing To Do? Retiree Says: Get
With Violets, Vol 30 No 1 p 74

N

NAISMITH, JOAN: Novel Containers for Your Vio¬
lets, Vol 30 No 3 p 55

NEMANIE, LE VINE: Poem: "They All Belong To
Me", Vol 30 No 2 p 55

NEUMANN, LINDA A.: Window Growing Under
Lights, Voj 30 No 2 p 80

P

PAULL, SETH B.: Energy Crisis No Problem, Vol 30
No 3 p 34

PEELER, EDYTHE M.: "Grow 'Em Large in Just a
Year", Vol 30 No 5 p 53

R

REED, MRS JOHN CHASE: Tally Time, Vol 30 No 2
p 64

RICHARDSON, MRS J.A.W. (ANN): "Collar It",
Vol 30 No 1 p 62; What Is A Cutting?, Vol 30
No 2 p 5; "Growing Under Lights Simplified",
Vol 30 No 3 p 30; "Lack Of Bloom?", Vol 30 No 4
p 33; Don't Just Stand There-Do Something,
Vol 30 No 5 p 69; Highlights-St. Louis 1977 Con¬
vention, Vol 30 No 2 p 50

ROELLE, MRS V. H.: Rooting Leaves, Vol 30 No 3
p 31; Grow Violets in TV Cabinet, Vol 30 No 4
p 56

RUSSELL, MRS CHAS. R.: Growers Hear Informa¬
tion Talks, Vol 30 No 2 p 71

S

SALZER, BETTY: A Visit To Holtkamps, Vol 30
No 2 p 70

SCHROEDER, MRS WAYNE (Mildred): AVSA Af¬
filiates, Vol 30 No 4 p 19; Vol 30 No 5 p 21

SMITH, EDD STRETCH: Do Not Handle, Vol 30
No 2 p 27; Root Rot and Diseases, Vol. 30 No 3
p 35

SMITH, SUZETTE: Rooting Leaves Quickly, Vol 30
No 1 p 73

SNYDER, SCOTT: A Soil Of Your Own, Vol 30
No 1 p 75

STEINKE, NORMAN: Sketches and Finished Pro¬
duct, Vol 30 No 3 p 42

African Violet Magazine, January, 1978

5

Part II

No 3 p 54

STONE, HARVHY: Projecting Plant Slides, Vol 30
No 3 p 71

SWINK, MRS JESSE M.: When To Transplant,
Vol 30 No 1 p 24

T

TAYLOR, ESTELLE: Strange 'Violets?, Vol 30 No 1
p 73

THOMPSON, DONNA GAYLE: She's Got 10 Green
Thumbs, Vol 30 No 4 p 30

TINARI, ANNE; Question Box, Vol 30 No 1 p 70;
Vol 30 No 2 p 65; Vol 30 No 3 p 44; Vol 30 No 4
p 21; Vol 30 No 5 p 9; Arrangement Is Hit On
TV, Vol 30 No 3 p 57

TYSON, NELL SUE: Hi Hopes Did It Again, Vol 30
No 2 p 72

V

VARICK, EDGAR: A Way With Cameras, Vol 30

W

WILLETS, NANCY & FLO: Tours Set For 1977 Con¬
vention, Vol 30 No 1 p 35
WILLIAMS, BERNADETTE: Plant Stands Con¬
structed To Meet Need of Grower, Vol 30 No 3
p 41

WILSON, DON C.: "Violets" Therrapeutic Value
Demonstrated, Vol 30 No 3 p 55
WILSON, LAWRENCE F.: Violets Extreme Desire
To Live Impresses Grower, Vol 30 No 2 p 57
WRIGHT, BERTHA: Two-Tiered Stand, Vol 30
No 2 p 77

Y

YAKEL, LAHLA: Violets Teach Consideration,
Vol 30 No 5 p 14

TITLES

A

A DESIGN WORKSHOP, Anderson, Vol 30 No 1
P 55

A FOOTE ON THE VIOLET PATH, Foote, Vol 30
No 1 p 80; Vol 30 No 2 p 68; Vol 30 No 4 p 62; Vol
30 No 5 p 70

A NICKNAME STARTS A NEW SERIES, Vol 30
No 4 p 11

A RANK AMATEUR HYBRIDIZES, Murphy,

Vol 30 No 1 p 66

A REAL WINNER, Vol 30 No 2 p 31
A SOIL OF YOUR OWN, Vol 30 No 1 p 75
A TEENAGER SPEAKS: VIOLETS ARE FOR EV-
VERYONE, Miderski, Vol 30 No 5 p 53
A VISIT TO HOLTKAMPS, Salzer, Vol 30 No 2
p 70

A WAY WITH CAMERAS, Varick, Vol 30 No 3 p 54
ADAPTATION OF MICROCULTURE TECHNOL¬
OGY TO SAINTPAULIA IMPROVEMENT,
PRODUCTION, McCown & Bilkey, Vol 30 No 4
p 5; Vol 30 No 5 p 6

AFRICAN VIOLET LOVERS, Lowrie, Vol 30 No 4

p 66

AFRICAN VIOLETS AND TISSUE CULTURING,
Bilkey & Hildebrandt, Vol 30 No 1 p 22
AFRICAN VIOLET SPECIES, Vol 30 No 2 p 43
ALL LAMPS ARE GROW LAMPS, Holt, Vol 30
No 2 p 54

ALL LAMPS ARE GROWTH LAMPS, Cathey,
Vol 30 No 3 p 74

ARE YOU A CERTIFIED PESTICIDE APPLICANT?

McKneely, Vol 30 No 4 p 10
ARRANGEMENT IS HIT ON TV, Tinari, Vol 30
No 3 p 57

AVID: AFRICAN VIOLET INTER-STATE DELIV¬
ERY, Koch, Vol 30 No 4 p 69

African Violet Magazine, January, 1978

B

BREAK THE INSECT CYCLE, Leary, Vol 30 No 5
p 69

BUY WITH CAUTION, Vol 30 No 4 p 70
C

CALLING ALL AFFILIATES-DO YOU READ ME?
Freie, Vol 30 No 1 p 31; Vol 30 No 2 p 61; Vol 30
No 3 p 35

CAN YOU TOP THIS?, Mansfield, Vol 30 No 5 p 18
CLINIC HELD IN FORTH WORTH, Vol 30 No 4
p 70

CLUB GET GOING, Vol 30 No 2 p 54
COLLAR IT!, Richardson, Vol 30 No 1 p 62
COLUMNEA MULTIFLORA, Eyerdom, Vol 30 No
3 p40

CORRECTION ON DIZ-BUDDING, Lex, Vol 30
No 2 p 26

CRATES, Vol 30 No 1 p 79
CROSS YOUR I's - DOT YOUR T's, Ander¬

son, Vol 30 No 1 p 50; Vol 30 No 2 p 26; Vol 30
No 3 p 37; Vol 30 No 4 p 13; Vol 30 No 5 p 51
D

DAYTON AFFILIATE IS ORGANIZED, Vol 30
No 3 p 47

DECORATING THE HOME WITH VIOLETS, El¬
bert, Vol 30 No 2 p 74

DEMAND INCREASING FOR FLOWERING
HOUSEPLANTS, Eyerdom, Vol 30 No 4 p 40;
Vol 30 No 5 p 12

DID YOU KNOW?, Vol 30 No 1 p 20
DO NOT HANDLE, Smith, Vol 30 No 2 p 27
DO YOU KNOW?, Vol 30 No 2 p 62
DO YOU KNOW?, Vol 30 No 3 p 31
DO YOU KNOW - - - BOOSTER FUND HELPS
A VS A IN MANY WAYS?, Plaster, Vol 30 No 3
p 72

Part II

DO YOU KNOW ~ HOW BOYCE EDEN RE¬
SEARCH FUNDS ARE USED?, Lidiak, Vol 30
No 3 p 72

DO YOU KNOW - - - HOW WE GET AVSA A-
WARDS?, Chase, Vol 30 No 3 p 73
DONATES VIOLETS TO HOSPITAL SALE, Vol 30
No 1 p 80

DON'T JUST STAND THERE— DO SOMETHING,
Richardson, Vol 30 No 5 p 69

E

EASY WAY TO GROW AFRICAN VIOLETS, Dix¬
on, Vol 30 No 2 p 5

EDUCATIONAL TABLES - WHAT THEY'RE ALL
ABOUT, Leppard, Vol 30 No 1 p 37
EFFECTS OF LIGHTS ON TRAILING VIOLETS,
Baxter, Vol 30 No 1 p 54
ENERGY CRISIS NO PROBLEM!, Pauli, Vol 30
No 3 p 34

EXPERIENCED GROWER 'LEARNS SOMETHING
NEW, Evans, Vol 30 No 5 p 67

F

15 INCH WOODEN LEGS FORM STAND, Blake-
house, Vol 30 No 2 p 78
FLUORESCENT LIGHTS, Vol 30 No 5 p 50
FOR WICK WATERING, Vol 30 No 5 p 68
FROM COFFEE CUPS TO POTS, Mahen, Vol 30
No 1 p 20

G

GOOD FOR ALGAE, Heinrich, Vol 30 No 3 p 31
GOOD LIGHT, Vol 30 No 5 p 17
GREEN ELBOWS, Fellows, Vol 30 No 2 p 35
GREENHOUSE GROWING, Brittain, Vol 30 No 4
p 56

GREENHOUSES IN MINIATURE, Kibbe, Vol 30
No 2 p 30

GROW 'EM LARGE IN JUST A YEAR, Peeler,
Vol 30 No 5 p 53

GROWER HELPED BY MAGAZINE ARTICLE,
Moores, Vol 30 No 3 p 66
GROWERS HEAR INFORMATIVE TALKS, Rus¬
sell Vol 30 No 2 p 71

GROWING UNDER LIGHTS SIMPLIFIED, Rich¬
ardson, Vol 30 No 3 p 30

GROWS VIOLETS IN TV CABINET, Roelle, Vol 30
No 4 p 56

H

HAS 8 STANDS FOR HER VIOLETS, Behrens,
Vol 30 No 2 p 79

HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT OF THIS!, Vol 30
No 3 p 27

HELPFUL HINT, Evans, Vol 30 No 5 p 76
HER FOUR PLANTS GET FIVE RIBBONS, Koch,
Vol 30 No 1 p 68

HI HOPES DID IT AGAIN, Tyson, Vol 30 No 2 p 72

African Violet Magazine, January, 1978

HINT FROM A NOVICE GROWtK, Gartxor Vol 30
No 4 p 51

HOLIDAY PLANTS, Vol 30 No 5 p 36
HOOKED FOR LIFE, Koster, Vol 30 No 2 p 37
HOW MANY GENERATIONS IN NEW INTRO¬
DUCTIONS? Vol 30 No 5 p 38

I

I CAME, I SAW, I WAS CONQUERED, Halford,
Vol 30 No 5 p 39

IF I CAN BUILD ONE, YOU CAN TOO, Kostulias,
Vol 30 No 3 p 41

I'M A TIRED MINI - ALWAYS MOVIN' ON, Dale,
Vol 30 No 4 p 42

K

KEEP EM CLEAN, Richardson, Vol 30 No 2 p 5
KITCHEN BASTER, Vol 30 No 5 p 14

L

LACK OF BLOOM?, Richardson, Vol 30 No 4 p 33
LISTS GUIDE IN BUYING VIOLETS, Linden, Vol 30
No 3 p 24

M

MAIN NUTRIENTS, Vol 30 No 1 p 50
MICRO-PROPAGATION OF AFRICAN VIOLETS,
Bilkey & Hildebrandt, Vol 30 No 2 p 33
MUSINGS FROM THE "MINI-MAM", Bbgin, Vol
30 No 1 p 57; Vol 30 No 2 p 30; Vol 30 No 3 p 57;
Vol 30 No 4 p 12; Vol 30 No 5 p 19

N

NEW JERSEY SHOW VIEWED BY 30,000, Vol 30
No 2 p 62

NOTHING TO DO? RETIREE SAYS: GET WITH
VIOLETS, Murphy, Vol 30 No 1 p 74
NOVEL CONTAINERS FOR YOUR VIOLETS, Nai-
smith, Vol 30 No 5 p 68

NOW SHE WICK WATERS, Moore, Vol 30 No 5

p 68

O

OF CATS, MITES ( CYCLAMEN, THAT IS), Beat-
tie, Vol 30 No 1 p 78
OH YEAH?, Kienzle, Vol 30 No 1 p 20
ORGANIC IN NATURE, Andrews, Vol 30 No 3 p 77
OUR THANKS, APOLOGIES, Holt, Vol 30 No 4
p 39

OVER FERTILIZING AND ITS RESULTS, LaClair,
Vol 30 No 1 p 60

P

PERK IT UP!, Vol 30 No 3 p 55
PESTICIDE PROBLEMS, Vol 30 No 3 p 37
PICKUP STICKS FOR PLANTS, Keipert, Vol 30
No 2 p 27

PLANT SPROUTS ON BACKSIDE OF LEAF, Bird,
Vol 30 No 3 p 38

PLANT STANDS CONSTRUCTED TO MEET

Part II

NEEDS OF GROWERS, Branigan, Vol 30 No 2
p 77

PLANT STANDS CONSTRUCTED TO MEET
NEEDS OF GROWER, Williams, Vol 30 No 3
p 41

POPULATION EXPLOSION!, Groff, Vol 30 No 4
p 55

PORTRAITS, Symonds, Vol 30 No 5 p 31
POTS: CLAY OR PLASTIC?, Vol 30 No 1 p 77
POTTING MIX, Vol 30 No 3 p 34
POTTING TABLES?,Laaair, Vol 30 No 3 p 34
PREPARING PLANTS FOR SHOW, Hansen, Vol 30
No 4 p 14; Vol 30 No 5 p 16
PROjECTING PLANT SLIDES, Stone, Vol 30 No 3
p71

PROPAGATION OF AFRICAN VIOLET FLOWER
PETALS, Bilkey & Hildebrandt, Vol 30 No 3 p 36

Q

QUESTION BOX, Tinari, Vol 30 No 1 p 70; Vol 30
No 2 p 65; Vol 30 No 3 p 44; Vol 30 No 4 p 21;
Vol 30 No 5 p 9

R

RANDOM NOTES, Vol 30 No 1 p 21
REVITALIZING SOIL ENERGY IN POTTED
PLANTS, Hard, Vol 30 No 1 p 26
ROOT ROT AND DISEASES, Smith, Vol 30 No 3
p 35

ROOTING LEAVES, Roelle, Vol 30 No 3 p 31
ROOTING LEAVES QUICKLY, Smith, Vol 30 No 1
p 73

S

SAINTPAULIAS FIT INTO FOUR MAJOR CLAS¬
SIFICATIONS, Brittain, Vol 30 No 2 p 73
SHAPE UP OR SHIP OUT, Fellows, Vol 30 No 3
p 43

SHELVES IN WINDOWS, Lang, Vol 30 No 3 p 43
SHE'S GOT 10 GREEN THUMBS, Gayle, Vol 30
No 4 p 30

SKETCHES AND FINISHED PRODUCT, Steinke,
Vol 30 No 3 p 42

SOIL MIXES, Vol 30 No 3 p 33; Vol 30 No 4 p 31
SOIL STERILIZATION A MUST FOR VIOLETS,
Vol 30 No 1 p 68

ST. LOUIS ASKS YOU FOR "3RD TIME AROUND"
Holt, Vol 30 No 1 p 33

ST. LOUIS HAS IT ALL A to Z, Holt, Vol 30 No 2
p51

STRANGE VIOLETS?, Taylor, Vol 30 No 1 p 73

T

TERRARIUM THUMB, Achauer, Vol 30 No 4 p 16
TERRARIUMS, Vol 30 No 2 p 80
THE HAPPY GARDENER, Lippert, Vol 30 No 3 p 67
THE LITTLE REDHEAD THAT STILL CRIES, Bren¬
ner, Vol 30 No 5 p 14

African Violet Magazine, January, 1978

THEY ALL BELONG TO ME, Nemanie, Vol 30 No 2
p 55

TO COUNTERACT ACID, Vol 30 No 2 p 31
$1,000 GRANT FOR RESEARCH, Vol 30 No 4 p 4
TOURS SET FOR 1977 CONVENTION, Willet,
Vol 30 No 1 p 35

TURNS PIANO BENCH INTO PLANT STAND,
Limbacher, Vol 30 No 2 p 79
TWO - TIERED STAND, Wright, Vol 30 No 2 p 77

U

UNIQUE ARRANGEMENT, Bates, Vol 30 No 5 p 51
UNTREATED WATER BETTER FOR PLANTS, Lin-
dley, Vol 30 No 2 p 43

UPHOLDS MERITS OF STYROFOAM POTS,Baker
Vol 30 No 1 p 77

USE CHARCOAL, Vol 30 No 1 p 66
USE PIPE CLEANER, Vol 30 No 1 p 39
USE RAIN WATER, Andrews, Vol 30 No 3 p 66
USE WOOL TO MATCH BLOOMS, Vol 30 No 1
p 31

USES CUPS, MUGS TO PLANT VIOLETS, Halu-
sek, Vol 30 No 1 p 72

V

VARIEGATED AFRICAN VIOLETS, WHAT WILL
YOU DO NEXT?, Luongo, Vol 30 No 4 p 18
VIOLET SHOWS CAN BE FUN, Fisher, Vol 30
No 4 p 43

VIOLET THERAPEUTIC VALUE DEMONSTRAT¬
ED, Wilson, Vol 30 No 3 p 55
VIOLETS EN ROUTE TO SWEDEN, Bohstrom, Vol
30 No 4 p 24

VIOLETS ENJOY LIGHTED GARDEN, Miller,
Vol 30 No 2 p 78

VIOLETS EXTREME DESIRE TO LIVE IMPRESSES
GROWER, Wilson, Vol 30 No 2 p 57
VIOLETS ON LIGHT, Caldwell, Vol 30 No 5 p 20
VIOLETS TEACH CONSIDERATION, Yakel,
Vol 30 No 5 p 14

VITAMINS FOR VIOLETS, Mahen, Vol 30 No 2
p 69

W

WATERING, Vol 30 No 5 p 5
WATERING THE LAZY WAY, Behren, Vol 30 No 1
p 67

WATERING VIOLETS, Vol 30 No 1 p 74
WELL, AS I LIVE AND BREATHE, .Anderson,
Vol 30 No 4 p 59

WHEN TO TRANSPLANT, Swink, Vol 30 No 1 p 24
WHY NOT A POLE OF VIOLETS?, Carr, Vol 30
No I p 69

WICK WATERING IN VERMICULITE - MY WAY
OF GROWING, HAPPY VIOLETS, Felber,
Vol 30 No 1 p 58

WINDOW GROWING UNDER LIGHTS, Neumann,
Vol 30 No 2 p 80

Y

YOU'RE INVITED, Vol 30 No 5- p 8
8

Part n

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Order now from this ad and select FREE one plant (or two fresh cut leaves on such orders)
for each $20 of merchandise. This EARLY BIRD SPECIAL offer is good for all orders
received by us before March 1, 1977, when the offer expires.

New and Outstanding Standard & Show Plants

FLAMINGO (MM) deep pink Ig. dbl., many to cluster, dark green foliage
KIRA (UTZ) velvety dbl. lavendar with dark tips, dark show plant foliage
RED STAR (MM) ZVa" dbl. stars, jewel-like red fuchsia, free flowering
CLASSIC PINK (GG) huge dbl. pink, floriferous, vigorous, show plant
SYLVAN BLUE (GG) semi dbl. 2” stars medium light blue, very floriferous
REGALAIRE (GG) 2V2” dbl. deep dark blue stars striking white edge, in clusters
ABIGAIL ADAMS (IF) big semi dbl. stars, iridescent blue, new color pix pg 20 9/76 AVSM
MAY DANCE (IF) frilly white dbl. pink center, dainty, wavy foliage pix pg 21 9/76 AVSM
BLUE CHARM (LL) gorgeous light blue dbl. white edge, crown o’blooms
PINK N’ INK (LL) sensational, semi dbl. stars pink rayed blue fantasy markings, best
seedling Fall 1976 NYS Conv.

ROYAL RUBY (LL) huge semi dbl. stars red fuchsia, dark foliage, 2nd best seedling Fail

1976 NYS Conv.

TRUFFLES (UTZ) full dbl true violet with white edge, beautiful

CHARLEEN (UTZ) huge semi dbl. stars, light purple, dbl. ringed with dark purple and
white edge

TEXAS WILDFIRE (UTZ) huge dbl. red fuchsia with white edge, abundance of bloom

Variegated Foliage Varieties

ANTIQUE CORAL (EC) a first, dbl. coral blooms on cream and green foliage
SUGAR BLUES (IF) dbl. deep blue, excellent white edge, Tommie Lou foliage, best
seedling 1976 AVSA Conv.

WINTER GRAPE (IF) two tone purple and mauve, Tommie Lou foliage, pix pg 44 9/75 AVSM
THE PARSONS SUNSHINE (CB) dbl. amethyst shaded to purple, fine line white edge,
Tommie Lou notched edge foliage.

THE PARSONS TRIUMPH (CB) tu-tone dbl. lavender and purple, Tommie Lou wavy
foliage, heavy blooming

Trailers - Miniatures - Semiminiatures

JET TRAIL (LL) compact trailer, excellent form, multiple clusters of dbl. medium blue

blooms

FREEDOM TRAIL (LL) a first in this color for trailers, big purple amethyst stars held high
on strong stems, elegant bronze green foliage with red reverse good trailer too
LITTLE ANGEL (AV) a bouquet of dbl. aster violet blooms with darker top, rosette forming
foliage, semi min

CHERRY HILL (RY) big fuchsia semi dbl. stars, tailored semi min foliage, a winner
LITTLE JIM (MM) abundance of dbl. pink blooms over semi min tailored foliage
TIP TOP (LL) medium blue dbl. with white dogwood tips, small min foliage
LITTLE CHARM (LL) full dbl. pink early blooming, small min foliage

This offer is for starter plants at $2.50 each or fresh leaf cuttings at $1.25 each (2 leaves
per variety). Please do not combine in one order plants and leaf cuttings. All orders are
shipped airmail going west of the Mississippi and UPS Blue label where this air service
is available. Other orders are shipped best and fastest method. The following handling
charge should be added to your payment; East of the Mississippi 15% of amount ordered,
minimum $2.00; West of the Mississippi 20% of amount ordered, minimum $3.00
Minimum order is 3 plants or 10 leaf cuttings. Include street address for United Parcel
Service delivery. Give 1st and 2nd choice, otherwise we will substitute our choice.

ORDER DIRECT FROM THIS AD to take full advantage of the EARLY BIRD SPECIAL.

Offer expires March 1, 1977. Shipping starts when weather permits, approximately May
1, 1977.

Complete list of hundreds of cultivars, new, old and unusual is also available. Please

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MAGAZINE

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Vol. 30, Number 1 January, 1977

TABLE OF CONTENTS

made to keep articles technically correct. Since the growing of fine African violets can be achieved in

many ways, the method and opinions expressed by writers are their own and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of AVSA.

PEBTAINING TO VIOLETS

OUR COVER PAGE — ‘Sierra Rose’ by Granger Gardens

20. From Coffee Cups to Pots — Danny Mahen, Valley Park,

MO

21. Random Notes — From Here and There

22. African Violets and Tissue Culturing — Peter C. Bilkey

and A. C. Hildebrandt, University of Wisconsin

23. Use Eggshells

24. When to Transplant — Mrs. Jesse M. Swink. Las Cruces,

NM

26, Revitalizing Soil Energy in Potted Plants — Dr, C. Gustav

Hard, University of Minnesota

27. Save Large Feathers

31. Use Wool to Match Blooms

37. Educational Tables: What They’re All About — Christine
D. Leppard, Westfield, NJ
39. Use Pipe Cleaners

54. Effects of Lights on Trailing Violets — Mrs. Edward

Baxter, Hacienda Heights, CA

55. A Design Workshop — Mrs. W. F. Anderson, St. Louis, MO

58. Wick Watering in Vermiculite: My Way of Growing

Happy Violets — Mrs. Rebecca Felber, Greenton, OH

59. Porous Soil

60. Over-Fertilizing and Its Results — Mrs. Mary LaClair,

Vernon, NY

61. Use Herbicides

64. Affiliate ’Appenings
64. List Your Best Varieties

56. Coming Events

66. A Rank Amateur Hybridizes — Mrs. J. Murphy, Victoria,
Australia

66. Use Charcoal

67. Watering the Lazy Way — Mrs. Sybil Behrens,. Adams, NE

68. Her Four Plants Get Five Ribbons — Cheryl Koch,

Pelham, NH

68. Soil Sterilzation a Must for Violets

69. Why Not a Pole of Violets? — Linda Carr, Seaside, CA

72. Uses Cups, Mugs To Plant Violets — Gerry Halusek, Car-

pentersville, IL

73. Rooting Leaves Quickly — Suzette Smith, Valley Stream,

NY

73. Strange Violets? — Estelle Taylor, Matawan, NJ

74. Nothing to Do? Retiree Says: Get With Violets! — John

Murphy. Pittsburg, PA

74. Watering Violets

75. A Soil of Your Own — Scott Snyder, St. Louis, MO
77. Pots: Clay or Plastic?

77. Upholds Merits of Styrofoam Pots — Dora J. Baker. St.

Paul, MN

78. Cats and Mites — Cyclamen, That Is! — Mrs. C. W.

Beattie, Winnipeg, Canada
79 Beware of Crates
80. Donates Violets to Hospital Sales

REGULAR FEATURES

4. Letter from AVSA President — Mrs. E. A. (Melva) Nelson

5. Your Library — Mrs. M. E. (Gene) Garner

30. Boyce Edens Research Fund — Mrs. L. F. (D. J.) Lidiak

30. AVSA Booster Fund-— Mrs. W. M. (Lucile) Plaster

31. Calling All Affiliates — Mrs. Talbot A, (Helen) Freie
50. Cross Your I’s . . . and Dot Your T’s . . . Mrs. W. F.

(Neva) Anderson

57. Musings from the “Mini-Mam” — Mrs. Sidney (Ellie)
Bogin

62. Beginner’s Column-— Mrs. J. A. W. (Ann) Richardson

63. Registration Report — Mrs. Fred (Adele) Tretter

70. Question Box — Mrs. Frank (Anne) Tinari

80. A Foote on the Violet Path — Mrs. Henry P. (Grace) Foote

SOCIETY BUSINESS

19. Now’s the Time! To get AVSA Dues in Early!
19. Statement of Ownership
24. Mrs. Buschke Is Judge

50. AVSA Emblems

51. New Life Members

MISCELLANEOUS

20. Oh, Yeah? — Estelle Kienzele, Staten Island, NY
20. Did You Know . . .

27. In Memoriam

39. Congratulations, Neva!

50. Did You Know . . .

57. Lila Mills Given Life Membership
57. 12-Year-Old Is AV Grower
62. Do You Know . . .

CONVENTION

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St. Louis Asks You for “3rd Time Around” — Mrs. M. L.

Holt

Advance Registration for Judging School for New and
Refresher Judges
Show Hosts and Hostesses

Tours Set for 1977 Convention — Nancy and Flo Willetts
Nomination of 1977-78 Officers
Attention: Qualified Judges
Judge’s Clerks

Reservations for Class in the Design Division
Call for 1977 Annual Meeting
Call for 1977 Board of Directors Meeting
Hotel Reservation for 1977 Convention and Annual
Meeting

AVSA Convention Registration Form
Convention Show Schedule
Amateur Division Rules and Regulations
The 1977 Convention Showi Society Awards
Judge’s Workshop^.-.i---^'',,-, ,

Amateur Show.-T^pecial 'Avvards i y 1 4 * .

Commercial ^ow-SStibcial Awards ' V
CommerciaUDisplay Tables — Special Awards \

Enter YourA'Yearbook! ^

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Cumulative liRdex — Irene Merrell and Shirley B^e
Conservation ‘Field Tri|)-h-Riehard^T;'lileye^^reland, PA
A Good Violet Prescott, WI

APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP

African Violet Society of America, Inc.

P. O. Box 1326 > Date . . .

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Please enroll me as a member of African Violet Society of America. Inc. My dues are enclosed. Memberships
are defined below. Memoership year March 1 to February 28 includes five issues of IHE AFRICAN VIOLET
MAGAZINE beginning with the June issue, followed by September, November, January and March issues.

Q Individual Membership is $6.00

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From November 16 through February 28, new members may pay half the annua) dues, will receive member¬
ship card expiring February 28 and the January and March issues of THE AFRICAN VIOLET MAGAZINE $3.00.

African Violet Magazine, January, 1977

1

OUR COVER PAGE

‘Sierra Rose’, pictured on the Cover
Page, is one of the many beautiful Afri¬
can violets hybridized by Granger Gar¬
dens of Medina, OH. (Photo by Mildred
Schroeder)

OFFICERS

MRS. E. A. NELSON . President

(i03 East Essex
St. Louis, MO 63122

MRS. MARVIN GARNER 1st Vice President
1010 Edgewood, S. E.

North Canton, OH 44720
MRS. W. J. KROGMAN . 2nd Vice President
1325 Parkway Drive
Brookfield, WI 53005

MR. HARVEY L. STONE 3rd Vice President
51 Peach Highlands
Marblehead, MA 01945

MRS. LIZETA PENNY HAMILTON .. Sec’y.
Meadow Lakes, Apt. 18-06
Hightstown, NJ 08520

MISS FLORENCE M. GARRITY .... Treasurer
36 Cerdan Avenue
Roslindale, MA 02131

STAFF

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211 Allien Place
Port Arthur, TX 77640
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438 Brady Lane
Austin, TX 78746
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* Office Manager
P. 0. Box 1326
Knixville, TN 37901
MRS. W. F. ANDERSON

AVSA Publications Chairman
360 Tulip Drive
St. Louis, MO 63119
COLUMNISTS

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Mrs. Sidney Bogin, Mrs. Marvin Garner,
Mrs. L. F. Lidia'k, Mrs. J. A. W.
Richardson, Paul Arnold, Mrs. W. M.
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Fred Tretter.

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The Official Publication of the
African Violet Society of
America. Inc.

The African Violet Magazine is published
5 times a year, January, March, June, Sep¬
tember and November and second class post¬
age is paid by the African Violet Society of
America, Inc., at 706 Hamilton National Bank
Building, Knoxville, TN 37901 and at addi¬
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year which is included in membership dues
starting with the June issue each year. Copy¬
right hy African Violet Society of America,
Inc., 1977.

NOTICE TO POSTMASTER:

Please send notification regarding im-
deliverable magazines to office address.
African Violet Society of America, Inc.
P. O. Box 1326, Knoxville, TN 37901.

ADVERTISERS^ INDEX

(AVSA can not assume responsibility for advertisers.
However, we request that a carbon copy of any cofnplaint
be sent to the Advertising Manager. If any advertiser is
found irresponsible, AVSA can refuse future ads.)

5. Margaret Anderson — Paintings of African Violets
INSIDE FRONT COVER — Annalee Violetry— Early Bird

Specials

19. Doris Artis — Fresh Cut Leaves

12. Baker’s African Violets — New Introductions for 1977
21. Barbara’s African Violets

7. Becker Printing Company — African Violet Note Paper
21. Viola Bennett — African Violet plants
19. Buell’s Greenhouses — Buell’s Hybrid Gloxinias “Special”

16. Ruth Carey’s 1975 Revised Handbook for Judges and

Exhibitors

6. Champion’s — Champion Variegates for 1977

9. Lou Arta Corbin — Macrame Hangers

14. Crestwood Violetry — Fantastic New Varieties

15. DoDe’s Gardens — Growing Supplies and Aides

13. Jean Dolan’s Violet Room —

17. Elephant .Ear — “I Love Violets” T-Shirts
9. Ernst Nursery— Leaves and Plantlets

15. Floralite Company — Lumen Lighter Stands

7. Fredette Originals — .Stars To Dream By

6. The Green House — Green House Gro-Cart

15. Bernard Greeson — Houseplant Growing Supplies
21. Growing Concern — African Violet Waterwell

10. Happy Violets — Hybrid AV

13. Havens for Plants — Plastic Boxes With Clear Lids
21. Heavenly Violets —

10. Hillside Violets — Fresh Cut AV Leaves
9. Sim T. Holmes — African Violet Supplies

19. Sim T. Holmes — The Parson’s Series
9. House of Violets — Beautiful New Varieties

11. House of Violets — Moist Rite Self-watering Planters
21. Imperial Gardens — Send for New Listing

10. Kitty’s Violets — African Violet Leaves
10. Constance Koch — 'African Violet Seeds
17. Albert Krieger — African Violet Starter Plants
10. Linda’s African Violets — Starter Plants
21. Lloyd’s African Violets — AV Starter Plants
9. Louise’s Greenhouse — African Violets
INSIDE BACK COVER — Lyndon Lyon — Where the Violets Are
10. Mary’s African Violets — Growing Supplies
10. Miller’s African Violets — Variegated and Green Varieties

15. Ronn Nadeau — African Violet Seeds

16. Park Nurseries—

10. Parson Series — Keith Hayman, Sr., has Fresh Cut Leaves

14. Plant Marvel Laboratories — For Optimum Growth and

Bloom Feed As You Water

17. Plant Palace — African Violets and Houseplants

17. Poyner’s Greenhouse— African Violets and Related Plants
13. Rose Knoll Gardens — Visit Us When You Come To St.

Louis

13. San Francisco Plant Co. — African Violets and Gesneriads
10. Shirley’s African Violets — Plants and Supplies
13. Schultz Instant Food

13. Shoplite Company — Decorative Plant Stands

7. Stand-Bye — Wick for Constant Feeding

18. Stim,-U-Plant — Plant Food, Soil Conditioners, Sprays
BACK COVER — Tinari Greenhouses — New Hanging Gro-Lux

Fixture

. 9. Tomaro. African Violets — Many New Varieties
13. TubeCraft Watering Wand: Quick! Neat! Easy!

17. TubeCraft — Enjoy a FloraCart

9. Verilux TruBloom — Fluorescent Lamps

8. The Violet House — Plastic Flower Pots

9. The Violet Farm — ^Fresh Cut AV Leaves
9. Violets at the Ernst’s — Leaves and Plants

18. Violets Atlanta — Varieties From Leading Hybridizers

16. Vitaloam — New Vitaloam-cultured Re-jewva-tone
6. The Walkers — AV Supplies. Pesticides. Plastic Pots

17. Wood’s African Violets — Fresh Cut Leaves, Rooted Cut¬

tings, Episcias

10. Zorza’s African Violets

EDITOR’S NOTE: These are your advertisers who help
the magazine. Please support them and when
your write them for supplies, please mention
The African Violet Magazine.

African Violet Magazine, January, 1977 2

STRICTLY BUSINESS - - YOUR BUSINESS

A TABLE OF INFORMATION TO USE IN CONDUCTING YOUR BUSINESS WITH YOUR SOCIETY TO INSURE GOOD SERVICE.

ALWAYS GIVE YOUR NAME AND COMPLETE ADDRESS, IF YOU HAVE MORE THAN ONE ITEM
SEND EACH ITEM TO THE CORRECT PERSON.

AFFILIATE ’APPENINGS: Send to Editor.

AFFILIATES: See list in Nov. issue. For information on
show awards, how to start a chapter or questions on
new or renewal membership, write Mrs. Talbot A.
Freie, 4854 N. Cedar St., El Monte, CA 91732. Send
officer information sheet received with charter to Mrs.
Freie by July 1.

AVSA EMBLEMS: See January issue. Member, Past Presi¬
dent, Life Member pins. Own and wear them with
pride. Order from AVSA office.

AVSA OFFICE: Mrs. Wade H. Bell, Office Manager, Box
1326, Knoxville, TN 37901

BEST VARIETIES LIST: See November issue,

BEST VARIETIES - HONOR ROLL COMPILER: Mrs.

M, G. Gonzales, 200 Doris Ave., San Jose, CA 95127

BOOSTER 'FUND: Send contributions to Mrs. W, M,
Plaster, 8304 Suffolk Dr., Shreveport, LA 71106

BOYCE EDENS RESEARCH FUND: Send contribution,j
club or individual, to Mrs. L, F. Lidiak, 4503 Sinclair
Ave., Austin, TX 78756
BYLAWS: See September issue.

COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES: Albert Buell, Buell’s
Greenhouses, Box 218, Eastford, CN 06242

COMMERCIAL MEMBERS: See list in November issue.
CONVENTION:

AWARDS: See January issue. Send suggestions or con¬
tributions for convention awards to Mrs. Richard A.
Chase, 482 Rutherford Ave., Redwood City, CA
94061

PROGRAM: See March issue. Send special requests for
workshop programs; suggest names of interesting
speakers to Mrs. J. A. W. Richardson, R. R. 1, Box 70,
Tavares, FL 32778
SCHEDULE: See January issue.

TIME AND PLACE: If your club or a group of clubs
would like to sponsor a national convention in your
area, write to Mrs. H. Harold Baker, 2182 Stanford
Ave., St. Paul, MN 55105

CULTURE FOLDERS: Free from AVSA office, for dis¬
tribution at shows or by commercial members with
plants. Membership application included.
CUMULATIVE INDEX: Write AVSA Office.

EDITOR: Mrs. Grace Foote, 211 Allien PL, Port Arthur,
TX 77640

HONOR ROLL: See June issue.

JUDGES: See September issue for list

JUDGING SCHOOL: For information on holding a
school or to become a qualified judge, write to Mrs.
James B. Carey, 3900 Garden Dr., Knoxville, TN
37918

LIBRARY: See June issue for list of slide programs and
packets available from AVSA Library. Order from
AVSA office. If you have ideas for a library program
or slides to donate for library, write Mrs. Marvin
Garner, 1010 Edgewood S.E,, North Canton, OH
44720

LIFE MEMBERS: See June issue for list.

MAGAZINE:

ADVERTISING MANAGER: For advertising rates,
copy and information write Mrs. Terrance R, Leary,
438 Bradv Lane. Austin. TX 78746
ARTICLES: Send to Editor.

DEADLINE DATES: June issue. Mar. 1; Sept, issue,
June 1; Nov. issue, Aug. 1; Jan. issue, Oct. 1; Mar.
issue, Dec, 1.

BACK ISSUES: Complete your se t now. Write to
AVSA office for price list of available issues.
BINDERS: Sold only in pairs at $7.00 postpaid. Order
from AVSA office.

CHANGE OF ADDRESS: Send your new address at
least 30 days before it is to take effect. Send old ad¬
dress with the new. Enclose the address label from
your last magazine. Send to AVSA office.

FAILURE TO RECEIVE: Notify the AVSA office.
MAGAZINE MART: Do you want to buy or sell back
copies of THE AFRICAN VIOLET MAGAZINE?
Write Mrs. E. A. Nelson, 603 E. Essex Ave,, St, Louis,
MO 63122

MASTER VARIETY LIST:

A must for all judges and serious growers. 19 70 edi¬
tion describes all registered varieties 1948 - 1969; all
classified species; other named cultivars introduced
1960-69. $3.50 Order from AVSA office. Supple¬
ments, September magazine, 1970 to date.
SUPPLEMENT: Send description of any new cultivar
with hybridizer’s name to Mrs. Fred Tretter, 4988
Schollmeyer Ave., St. Louis, MO 63109

MEMBERSHIP: Send new or renewal membership to
AVSA Treasurer, AVSA office. Make check payable to
AVSA. Life — $100; Commercial — $15; Individual —
$6; Affiliate Chapter — $6; Affiliate Council, State or
Region - $15. FOR AFFILIATE, GIVE THE FOL¬
LOWING INFORMATION: Name of chapter or coun¬
cil; President’s name and address; address to which
magazine is to be sent; name of town considered home
town of chapter.

MEMBERSHIP AND PROMOTION: Send your ideas, of¬
fers to help or requests for assistance in this work to
Mrs. John Lackner, 580 E. County Road, B-2, Little
Canada, MN 55117.

MEMBERSHIP APPLICATIONS: See page 1 of the maga¬
zine or the culture folder How To Grow African Vio¬
lets which is available free for postage cost from the
AVSA office. Use for show, commercial sales room or
wherever memberships may be solicited. Please state
quantity required.

MINIATURE AND SEMIMINIATURE LEST: $2.00 Mrs.
Sidney Bogin, 39 Boyd St., Long Beach, NY 11561

MINUTES: See September issue.

NOMINATING COMMITTEE REPORT: See Jan. issue.

OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES: See June issue.

OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE: AVSA Secretary, Mrs.
Robert Hamilton, Meadow Lakes, Apt. 18-06, Highs-
town, NJ 08520

PLANT REGISTRATION: Mrs. Fred Tretter, 4988
Schollmeyer Ave., St. Louis, MO 63109

QUESTION BOX: Anne Tinari, 2325 Valley Road, Hunt¬
ingdon Valley, PA 19006

RESEARCH: Send suggested subjects for scientific re¬
search or names of interested qualified potential re¬
search personnel to Mr. Frank Tinari, 2325 Valley
Road, Huntingson Valley, PA 19006

SHOWS & JUDGES RULES: See November issue.

TALLY TIME: See March issue.

TEACHERS: See November issue for list.

TREASURER’S & AUDITOR’S REPORT: See Sept,
issue.

African Violet Magazine, January, 1977

3

.dettcx *pno«pt

HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYBODY!

It’s that time again when we turn to a fresh page in the book on which our hopes,
our prayers, our successes and our failures will be recorded for the Year 1977.
Undoubtedly, there will be some of all by year’s end, but the important part is to
keep on trying to do all we can to make that little corner of the universe we call our
own a better and brighter place to live. When you get right down to it, isn’t that
what it’s all about?

Whatever else may be floundering, AVSA is alive and well — all 21,170 of us!
Isn’t that great? You must! be doing a good job in spreading the word about AVSA
membership, because letters keep coming in asking for information about our so¬
ciety. How easy to tell them AVSA membership means communion and fellowship
with all these thousands of like-minded African violet lovers. It means receiving five
issues yearly of AFRICAN VIOLET MAGAZINE, which has just been increased to
80 pages of valuable information, including eight pages in glorious color. It means
help is available on culture problems by writing any of the regular magazine colum¬
nists — and I could go on and on.

When January is here, can April be far behind? April means convention and we,
in St. Louis, are working like beavers to be ready to receive you the week of April
25. The convention coupons are in this issue and you’d better read them carefully,
because something new has been added to the registration coupon this year. There’s
an ^Harly-Bird Registration” and if you delay registering beyond the cut-off date,
it’s going to cost you an additional amount. So you’d better clip the coupon and
take care of that detail right now!

We hope many of you will join us on the tours. Did you read the Publicity
Chairman’s article about them as yet? Don’t they sound exciting? Then we hope the
dinner speakers will entertain you and the workshops prove helpful and informative.
So, y’all come!

I’m sure that some of our new members, who might not have known that I live in
St. Louis, are well aware of the fact by now - - - judging from the sales pitch I’m
giving you to come to St. Louis in April

I’ll be seein’ you!

African Violet Magazine, January, 1977

4

Now a Collector Series

A limited edition of 4 full color
reproductions of African Violets. (First of
50 in this series to be published.) Each
11x14 print is suitable for framing as an
individual exhibit.

A masterpiece of the engravers’ art
and does full justice to the talent of the
artist.

— The precise and documentative
handling which makes this valuable,
artistic collection a contribution of first
importance.

— Ms. Anderson has achieved in this
collection the portraiture of African Violets
with absolute realism.

“-The handling of the water color
medium is superb and these portraits are
botanically perfect and pictorially
beautiful.

— $65.00 for a set (includes four).

— $20.00 for individual prints.

Send check or money order to:

Portraits of Violets
P.O. Box 26151
New Orleans, La. 70126
Phone (504) 288-1321
This is a limited edition.

Rebecca

Like Wow Sport

Rose Dust

Pink Fashion

□ Rebecca

Send checks or Money Order to:

□ Like Wow Sport

Portraits of Violets

□ Rose Dust

P.O. Box 26151

□ Pink Fashion

New Orleans, La. 70126

□ Set of all Four

Name _

Address _

Phone # _

(Please allow 4-6 weeks delivery)

African Violet Magazine, January, 1977

5

POSTPAID SUPPLIES

Sudbury Soil Improvement Kit

$8.29

Sudbury PH Soil Test Kit

1.98

Humiguide Hygrometer

4.50

INSECTICIDES AND CONDITIONEHS

Aeti-dionne PM

5 ounces

$1.90

Rock Phosphate

2 pounds

1.75

Dolomite Limestone

2 pounds

1.75

PLACTIC POTS

“White or Utility. All Postpaid. Please specify
If not specified our choice will be sent.”

type.

50

100

Regular

$ 1.85

$ 2.85

$ 4.90

2%” Regular or Square

1.^

2.m

5.15

272*’ Regular or Square

2.25

3.85

6.20

3” Reg. or Square, or Tub 2,55

4.60

7.75

372” Regular or Tub

2.95

5.15

9.04

4” Regular or Tub

3.25

5.90

10.35

5” Tub

6.25

11.40

21.50

6” Tub

5/2.95

10/5.TO K/7.75

PLASTIC SAUCERS

25

50

100

3”

$ 2.95

$ 5.60

$10.^

4”

3.85

7.00

13.00

5”

4.45

8.55

16.00

6”

5.»

10.10

18.60

Due to high postage mlntauan order 57.50.

Complete list of house plant supplies for stamp.
Texas residents include 5% Texas Sales Tax.

THE WALKERS

Box 150-Z Luling, Texas 78648

GRO-CART is a scientifically
equipped indoor plant stand,
designed with special fluores¬
cent lights to bring the ad¬
vantages of an expensive
greenhouse into your home.
Experiment with hybridizing
plants. Grow your own or¬
ganic foods and herbs, or
beautify the decor of your
home with spring flowers the
year 'round and raise beauti¬
ful blooming plants regardless
of weather or season, right
in your living room.

GRO-CART MODEL GH - 3 SHOWN. SEND
FOR FREE BROCHURE AV. WE STILL GROW
BEAUTIFUL AFRICAN VIOLETS FOR .SALE AT
OUR NURSERY ONLY. NO LfST.

OPEN DAILY 10 - 5; SUNDAY 1 - S

THglREEIlHDUSE

9515 Flower Street • Bellflower, California 90706

CHERRY PARFAIT — Yummy cherry pink and white ruffled double. Excellent wavy foliage
variegates in light greens. You’ll love it.

BRIGHT BUTTERFLY Bright pink double with wide side petals. Neat tan and green

foliage.

AMETHYST SPARKS — Big white ruffled star with stripes of fuchsia. Very striking. Good
light ruffled foliage.

ANTIQUE CORAL — Brilliant deep coral double. Pinkish tailored foliage.

HEAVENLY HALO (121F) — Large fuchsia and white star double. Great bloomer. Medium
sized light foliage sometimes spoons.

SAPPHIRE TRINKET — Deep blue double. Tannish tailored semimini.

TRINKET WHITE CAPS — Single white with light blue shading. Pointed light foliage.
Semimini.

MISTY TRINKET — Pretty light pink double. Trim leaves variegate on edges. Semimini.

MIDGET RINGER — Dazzling pink single, usually bell-shaped. Almost a coral color.
Pointed pinkish leaves. Adorable mini.

ORDER FROM THIS AD. ONLY THE ABOVE VARIETIES WILL B'E SHIPPED THIS YEAR, May 1 to November 1.
Starter plants $2.75 each, less than 5, $3.00 each. Minimum order 3 plants. POSTPAID. Plants will
be sent by parcel post, special handling or air mail.

Visitors are welcome to our basement shop. Many other variegates and green varieties available. An
appointment is wise. Located 15 minutes north of Thruway Exit 36 at Syracuse. Drive north to Cicero
on Rt. 81, west on Rt. 31 to Clay, right on Van Hoesen Road. Phone 315-699-7317.

CHAMPION’S AFRICAN VIOLETS

8848 Van Hoesen Road Clay, New York 13041

African Violet Magazine, January, 1977

6

officially approved by AVSA Board

16 BEAUTIFUL VIOLETS PRINTED IN
FULL COLOR. All Different.

INote Size folded 16 NOTEHEADSl $2"^o

5-3/8x3-1/41 Jg ENVELOPES I *

J plus tax

Sold through your local club In minimum lots of 12
packages for $1 per package. (Your club earns 500
per package). An excellent item for sale at your
local violet show. Minimum order- — 12 packages.

(No Single Order Please)

GUS BECKER PRINTING COMPANY

1080 Forsythe -- Beaumont, Texas 77701

Shipped postpaid if check sent with order. Otherwise
shipped COD plus postage. Order direct from Printer.

STARS TO DREAM BY

★ PALE PINK STARS EDGED WITH

RED AND WHITE

★ HUGE SNOWY STARS OVER

CRIMSON-BACKED FOLIAGE

★ LIGHT BLUE STAR SAPPHIRES

WITH DARKER RAYS

★ SHOWERS OF IVORY STARS

★ RED-VIOLET STARS EDGED IN ICY

BLUE

and many more new lovelies from

97 2 Grassy Hill Rd. Orange, Ct. 06477

iMrge stamped envelope for name of your nearest
distributor or list {available in early Spring)

STAND-BYE

3421 Golf Dr. Houston, Texas 77018

GROW WITH CONFIDENCE

WICKED FOR CONSTANT FEEDING

All Plastic 6” tall,

1 .

12 .

48 .

100 .

16-oz. capacity
@ $1.98 each
@ $1.50 each
@ $1.25 each
@ $1.00 each

PLASTIC WICKED STARTER TRAYS

14’'x22”x3V^” Deep
with plastic pots

Tray and
8-9 oz. pots

Tray and
1 1 -4 oz. pots

Tray and
24-4 oz. pots

1 Pan and Tray . $7.25 each

6 Pans and Trays $6.00 each

Add 10% for packing and shipping

Texas residents add 5 % Tax

African Violet Magazine, January, 1977

7

Plastic Flower Pots

ALL FIRST QUALITY

10

20

50

100

500

TYPi

Color

iy4"

.40

.70

1.60

3.00

13.00

Round

Only

White

Only

21/4”

.50

.85

2.00

3.50

15.00

Round

or Square

White,

Green

21/2"

.70

1.00

2,25

4.25

20.00

Round

or Square

White,

Green

3 ”

.85

1.50

3.25

6.25

30.00

Round

or Square

White,

Green

31/2"

1.00

1.80

4.00

7.50

35.00

Round

Tub or Square

White,

Green, Utility

4 ”

1.20

2.20

4.75

9.0c

40.00

Round

Tub, Square, Std.

White,

Green

41/2"

1.50

2.80

6.00

11.50

55.00

Round

Tub or Square

White,

Green

5 ”

1.80

3.40

7.50

13.50

62.50

Round

Tub or Std.

White,

Green

6 ”

2.20

4.00

10.00

18.50

85.00

Round

Tub or Std.

White,

Green

61/2”

2.50

4.50

11.00

20.00

90.00

Round

Tub

White,

Green

7 ”

4.50

8.50

20.00

36.00

170.00

Round

Std.

Green,

White

8 ”

4.75

9.00

21.00

38.00

180.00

Round

Std.

White,

Green

PLASTIC HANGER & SAUCER

SIZE

COLOR

10

20

50

100

6Y2

Green

White

3.50

6.50

15.50

28.00

Makes an instant hanging basket out of any pot up to 6V2'’

PETERS FERTILIZERS

12-36-14 Violet Special . 12-oz. $2.00

5-50-17 Variegated Special . 12-oz. 2.00

20-20-20 General Purpose . 16-oz. 2.00

10-30-20 Blossom Booster-Orchids . 16-oz. 2.00

18-18-18 General Purpose . 16-oz. 2.00

15-30-15 House Plant Special . 16-oz. 2.00

PLASTIC FLOWER POT SAUCERS

size Color 10 20 50 100

3” White 1.10 2.00 4.50 8.25

4” White 1.50 2.60 6.00 11.00

5” White 1.70 3.00 7.00 13.00

PLASTIC HANGING BASKETS

Size Color 1 5 10

51/2” White or Green .75 3,25 6.00

6 ” White or Green 1.00 4.50 8.50

eVa” White or Green 1.00 4.50 8.50

8 ” White or Green 1.25 6.00 11.00

10 ” White 01 Yellow 1.75 8.00 15.00

All with Saucers & Hangers

Perlite . . . . . . . 1 Gal. 50^

Sphagnum Peat Moss . . . 1 Gal. 500

Vermiculite . . . . . . . . . 1 Gal. 500

Charcoal . . . . . 12-oz. 890

Dolomite Lime . . . . 16-oz. 500

Package 4” Plastic Marking Labels . (100) 1.50

WICK WATER

with

PLASTIC WATER RESERVOIRS
(snap-on-lids)

Lids are recessed to hold pote.
Last 2 - 5 weeks.

16-oz.

32-c^

20 for 4.25 20 for 7.75

50 for 9.25 50 for 17.75

100 for 16.50 100 for 33.00

500 for 70.00 500 for 110.00

(Wicks not included)

She Htnlel Mnttae

15 SE 4th Ave.
GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA 32601
phone AC 904 377-8465

MINIMUM ORDER $7.50 plus $2.00 shipping
Fla. resident add 4% sales ta«.

WE SHIP UPS WHERE POSSIBLE.

SEE OUR 4 PAGE AD IN SEPT “76” ISSUE FOR COMPLETE ORDER FORM

African Violet Magazine, January, 1977

8

1975 HEVISED--”AFRICAN VIOLET HANDBOOK FOR
JUDGES AND EXHIBITORS"

SALMON COVER — All 1975 rules, changes, awards,
information updated, plus new material. Due to in¬
crease in printing and postage, $3.00 per copy, in¬
cluding postage. Discount on orders of 25 or more.
$3.50 for books mailed to Canada.

RUTH G. CAREY

3900 Garden Drive Knoxville, Tenn. 37918

THE HOUSE OF VIOLETS

Ralph & Charlyne Reed
936 Gorland-— Dept J77
Camden, Arkansas 71701

1977 list now ready.

Many beautiful new varieties. Send stamp.

Violets At The Ernst^s
221 S.E. 70th St. Gainesville, Fla. 32601
(near Newnans Lake - Phone 376-8655)

LEAVES AND PLANTS
Please Send 25^ for list.

LOUISE'S GREENHOUSE
Fresh Cut A.V. Leaves Episcias

Irene Fredette Originals

New List in March 25<r

LOUISE PITTS

P. O. Box 767 Sour Lake, Texas 77659

Phone 713-287-3387

MACRAME HANGERS

MINI-HANGER; 24" to 28" for pots 3" to 4".

Perfect for Violets $4.00

MIDI-HANGER: 3' to 4’ for pots 8" to 12".

$10.00

ELEGANT HANGER; 5' to 6V2' for pots 12" to 16",

$20.00

All are unique hangers handcrafted to order from
long-lasting, non-tading nylon or polyester cord with
contrasting beads. Use indoors or outdoors. Great for
gifts. Pots not included.

Color: White, green, red, yellow, blue, gold or natural.
Shipped postpaid. Allow 3-5 weeks for delivery.
Spring African Violet Listing, 25?:.

MRS. LOU ARTA CORBIN

12040 Southridge Dt. Little Rock AH 72212

AFRICAN VIOLET GROWING SUPPLIES

8-oz. Trace Elements . $2.00

8-oz. Peters House Plant Special 15-30-15 . 1.50

8-oz. Peters African Violet Special 12-36-14 .... 1.75
8-oz. Peters Variegated Violet Special 5-50-14 .. 2.00

1- oz. Benomyl Fungicide — $2.95 . 2-oz. 3.95

4-oz. Kelthane-kills mites . 1.70

4-oz. Malathion 57% Insecticide . 1.70

10-oz. I. Bomb Spray for Violet Diseases . 3.00

16-oz. Fish Emulsion . 1.90

2- oz. African Violet Blossom Booster . 60

8-oz. Systemic Granules — $1.40 . 114 lb. 2.70

24-oz. Fine Charcoal . 1.60

2 lbs. Superphosphate 0-20-0 . 1.40

1 gal. Bag of our best balanced soil . 1.50

SP20 Diston Cordless Electric One Gal. Sprayer 33.00

25 2y2’’ Square white plastic pots . 1.25

20 3%’’ Round green plastic pots . 2.00

20 4 Vi’’ Round green plastic pots . 3.00

100 4” H. Duty Plastic markers . 1.75

MINIMUM ORDER $7.50
Please Add $2.50 U.P.S. and Packing
West of Denver $1.00

SIM T. HOLMES

African Violet Specialist

100 Tuscarawas Road Beaver, PA. 15009

Phone 412-774-5208

FRESH CUT A.V. LEAVES

New and Old Favorites from Leading Hybridizers
NO SHIPPING DELAYS MAY 1 TO NOV. 1

MIDWINTER SPECIAL 25 LEAVES $5.00

Peg Mitchell

THE VIOLET FARM

Mail Order Only 25d for 1977 List

303 Woodlawn Ave. Willow Grove. Pa. 19090

/4^Uca» Vi/UetA

Rt. 3, Fayette, MO 65248

Distributor of Fredette Originals
Also many new varieties from Champion,
The Parson's, Granger, Lyon & Tinari.
Standards, Minis, and Trailers

Variety list available in March (send 25^)

Mrs. R. D. Tompkin

1 mi. N. Fayette on Hwys 5 & 240
Ph. 818-248-3232

Visitors Welcome 10-8 Sunday by Appointment

ACCLAIMED BY INDOOR GARDENERS!

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FLUORESCENT LAMPS

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Verilux T ruBloom sets new stand¬
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flower nnore profusely . . . and
you always see them in their true
colors. Ask for Verilux TruBloom
at your local dealer or distributor,
or for further information write
or call: ..

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35 Mason Street, Greenwich, Conn. 06830
Telephone: (203) 869-3750

African Violet Magazine, January, 1977

9

SOME OF NEW, SOME OF BEST
Assorted, labeled fresh cut leaves
7 PARSON SERIES— 3 of which will be
variegated foliage.

13 BEST variety LIST— See Nov. A. V.
Magazine.

All 20 for $8 plus $2.50 first class which goes air mail
where available. Offer includes fast growing tips.

Order now for Spring delivery starting March. Or
choosy the varieties you want - send 250 (refunded
with order) for descriptive list with 28 Parsons (14
are variegated) plus our B.V.L.s and others.

Please phone for plant sales (at home only)

KEITH L HAYMAN, SR.

R. 1, Bloomsburg, PA 17815
By Exit 34 1-80 717-784-0826

ABOUT GARDENING

Helen Van Pelt Wilson’s African Violet Book

Revised Edition (Hard Cover) $10.45

Helen Van Pelt Wilson’s African Violet Book

Revised Edition (Paperback) 6.00

The Indoor Light Gardening Book

by George A. Elbert (Hard Cover) 11.45

The Indoor Light Gardening Book

by George A. Elbert 6.00

Ferns to Know and Grow

by Gordon Foster 6.00

The Complete Book of House Plants Under Lights
by Charles Marden Fitch (Hard Cover) 10.45

Gardening Indoors Under Lights (Paper Back) 4.00
Due to the increased cost of postage and packaging
we had to increase the price of books by 50 cents
each. For books shipped out of the United States by
surface mail please add $1.50 for postage.

Michigan residents please include 4% Sales Tax

GROWING SUPPLIES

32 oz. bottle Alaska Fish Fertilizer 5-1-1 . $4.00

16 oz. bottle Alaska Fish Fertilizer 5-1-1 . 2.75

12 oz. bottle Sturdy 0-15-14 . 4.75

8 oz. bottle Sturdy 0-15-14 . 3.30

11/2 lb. Blue Whale Soil Builder (1-1-1) . 1.60

3 oz. can Mildex for Mildew . 3.(®

10 oz. bottle Cygon 2-E Insecticide . 6.85

4 oz. bottle Kelthane Miticide 1.99

4 oz. bottle Malathion 50% . 2.09

114 lb. Systemic Insecticide Granules . 3.65

8 oz. Peters House Plant Food (15-30-15) . 1.95

8 oz. Peters Gener^fl Purpose

Plant Food (20-20-20) . 1.95

8 oz. Peters Violet Special (12-36-14) . . 2.20

8 oz. Peters Variegated Special (5-50-17) . 2.45

4 oz. bottle Superthrive (Vitamin-Hormone) . 3.29

8 oz. Sphagnum Moss Milled (Nodampoff) . 1.80

4 qts. Perlite $1.20 — 8 qts . $2.20

2 qts. Hardwood Charcoal #10 fine, #6 medium 1.75

2 qts. #3 Vermiculite fine grind 50 cents — 4 qts. .80

3 lbs. Carbamate Fermate, Ferbam Bulk . 1.30

2 lbs. Dolomite Limestone . 1.30

2 lbs. Calcium Carbonate Whitipg . 1.60

2 lbs. Superphosphate (0-20-0) . 1.30

1 gal. Mary’s African Violet Soil . 1.35

1 gal. Mary’s Starter Soil

for leaves or baby plants . 1.35

MINIMUM ORDER $5.00 Postpaid

Michigan residents please add 4% Sales Tax
We ship by U.P.S. Please give name of street or road
and Phone Number.

Viot€t4^

19788 San Juan Ave. Detroit, Michigan 48221

3128 VIA SOLANA
ESCONDIDO. CA. 92025
747-1764

KWAy ESCONDIDO

MILLER'S AFRICAN VIOLETS

Specialists in variegated foliage, including the most
complete selection of Champion’s originations to be
found anywhere. Also many other outstanding
variegated and green varieties. Small plants shipped.
Stamp for list.

127 Manor Drive Syracuse, New York 13214

Fresh Cut A.V. Leaves

The best of the new and older varieties.

State inspected Stamp for list

HILLSIDE VIOLETS

33 Winnie Ave. Ravena, N.Y. 12143

starter plants $1.75 each. $1.00 Postage, No sub¬
stitutions. all shipments insured and acknowledged.
Utz’s, Grangers, etc.

LINDA’S AFRICAN VIOLETS

6121 Winsome #37 Houston, Tx. 77057

784-3088

SHIRLEY’S AFRICAN VIOLETS

EPISCIA COLUMNEA

BEGONIA CACmJS

No List No Catalog

Mrs. L. T. Shirley

9504 Berkshire Houston, Texas 77093

Phone 695-6190

Kitty’s Violets

Fresh cut A.V. leaves - 25 i for List
Volkmann supplies - Tube Craft Stands
Visitors Welcome

Kitty Woosley, owner

406 Pearl St. Jasper, Texas 7595 1

(713) 384-8397

BEAUTIFUL HYBRID AFRICAN VIOLETS

6 Assorted Labeled Plants . $8.00

SELF-WATERING handcrafted ceramic African Violet
pot in white and African Violet colors. State your

color preference . $8.00

Plants shipped May 1st through November 1st.

No list All items postpaid

HAPPY VIOLETS

Ht. 1, Box 482 Talladega, AL 35160

AFRICAN VIOLET SEEDS

Mixture from hundreds of crosses in all colors.
$2.00 and STAMPED envelope.

Constance R. Koch

4934 AinsUe St.

Chicago, II. 60630

African Violet Magazine, January, 1977

10

ANNOUNCING

We have been appointed factory representative for SWIFT “MOIST— RITE” PLANTER, a self watering
flower pot. An automatic system designed to properly moisten soil. Made for African Violets and other
plants.

ATTENTION: Do you sell African Violets and supplies? Send business card or letterhead requesting
wholesale and distributor prices.

Better Plants •— Less Care! The Self-Watering Planter Designed for African Violets
Other Plants.

Large water storage allows
long intervals between refills,
(sometimes several weeks—
depending on plant.)

Small outlet holes near
inside bottom edge allow
plant to draw moisture
as required.

An automatic system designed to properly moisten soil. Nothing to deteriorate EVER!

^ke ^J^oude %^ioietA

Charlyne and Ralph Reed
936-940 Garland Street, SW
Dept. AFP

Camden, Arkansas 71701

Please send us.

(How many)

SWIFT “MOIST— RITE” PLANTER (Circle color desired)

GREEN WHITE BLACK OPAQUE

Name...................... . . . . . . . . . . . Single Planter . . $ 2.50

Carton of 6 . 13.00

Address . . . . . . Carton of 12 . . 23.00

Carton of 24 _ ..... _ .... 39.00

City . . . State . . Zip .

(Price includes postage and handling)

African Violet Magazine, January, 1977

11

BAKER’S AFRICAN VIOLETS

2433 Kingscliff Drive
Atlanta, Ga. 30345

ALL NEW INTRODUCTIONS FOR 1977

AMETHYST SPARKS — Single white star with

fuchsia rays from center. Ruffled foi.

ANTIQUE CORAL -™ Big coral dbl. on compact
plant. Plain fol.

BRIGHT BUTTERFLY — "Hof' pink dbl. with
"butterfly” side petals. Plain foi.

CHERRY PARFAIT — Heavily ruffled cherry pink
and white dbl. Ruffled fol.

E. CHAMPION VARIEGATES

HEAVENLY HALO — Large white semi-dbl. star
with fuchsia mottling. Plain fol.

MIDGET RINGER — Very dark pink bell-shaped
single on tiny, miniature fol.

MISTY TRINKET — Light pink semi-dbl. star on
notched, semi-miniature fol.

SAPPHIRE TRINKET — Dark blue dbl. on waxy,
semi-miniature fol.

GRANGER GARDENS

CRIMSON BEAUTY SPORT — Large white semi-
dbl. star with cherry center and broad cherry
edge. Plain dark fol.

DAINTY DOLL Heavily fringed white semi-dbl.
with blue lines. Ruffled dark fol.

PINK NIMBUS — 21/2 inch soft pink semi-dbl.
star. Tailored fol. Show plant.

PINK REGENT — 21/2 inch rose pink star, slight
geneva edge. Notched tailored fol.

PINK SPLENDOR ™ 2V2 inch shell pink semi-
dbl. star. Tailored fol. Show plant.

SYLVAN BLUE Large light blue semi-dbl. star.
Sturdy tailored fol.

MAX MAAS

ERICA — Very large dark velvet purple dbl. Dark
tailored fol. Show plant.

FRANCES — - Huge dbl. white star, mottled red.

Plain fol.

GLENN H. — - Large medium blue-purple dbl.
Pointed tailored fol. Show plant.

“LOU” VARIEGATES

LITTLE PAMY — - Bright medium pink dbl. Plain
fol. Princess of show at Saintpaulia Interna¬
tional Convention.

LYNN RENEE — Bright pink dbl. on plain fol.
Show plant.

PARSON’S COURAGE --- White and red mottled

single. Heavy bloomer. Plain fol.

PARSON’S HONOR — - White star brushed with
blue. Plain fol.

PARSON'S LACE — Violet dbl. with deeper edge.
Ruffled fol.

PARSON'S MELODY Soft medium dbl. pink
on plain fol.

PARSON’S PEACE Frilly white single with

orchid edge. Ruffled fol.

LITTLE JIM — Rosy pink dbl. Plain semi-minia¬
ture fol.

RASPBERRY STAR — Rosy red semi-dbl. star
with cherry tips. Dark tailored fol.

SASHA — Large bright shell pink semi-dbl. with
slight ruffle. Dark fluted fol. Show plant.

FROM THE PARSON

PARSON’S PLEASURE — Slightly frilled white
single with red edge. Ruffled fol.

PARSON’S PRAYERS — Two-toned orchid dbl.
Plain fol.

PARSON’S SONG — Deep blue dbl. with geneva
edge. Notched fol.

PARSON'S SUNSHINE Frilly orchid dbl.
Ruffled fol.

PARSON'S TRIBUTE — White semi-dbl. with
orchid edge. Plain fol.

PARSON'S TRIUMPH — Orchid and violet dbl.
Ruffled fol. Show plant.

PARSON’S VICTORY — White semi-dbl. star with
blue edge. Notched fol.

FANTASM ■— White semi-dbl. flecked with blue.

Unusual. Dark tailored fol.

ROYAL RUBY — 2V? inch deep red semi-dbl.
star showing golden stamens. Dark fol. Show
plant.

LYNDON LYON

LITTLE LULU — Bright magenta dbl. on minia¬
ture Tommie Lou fol.

LITTLE LOU Medium blue dbl. on miniature
Tommie Lou fol.

See elsewhere in this issue for descriptions of these other new varieties

MYSTICAL BLUE LARA LOU UNSPOKEN TIMELESS

COUNTRY CHARMER PURPLE SPOT BREEZY BLUE RED SPOT

CARE DEEPLY CLASSIC KITTY TOY CLOWN LUCKY LOU

DREAM WEAVER PINK 'N INK CRUNCHER DENIM BLUE

CASUAL CLASSIC SNO BERRY STEPPING OUT

ORDERING INFORMATION

S^or^er plants are $2.50 ea. post, paid for overland ^-ansport. Add 15<^ extra per pot for air mail. Minimum
ordef is 4 plants. Shipping starts April 1, 1977 to Southi;rn states; other areas as weather permits.

For a complete selection of varieties and descriptions send 25 <t for our new 1977 listing. Over 500 varieties
available.

African Violet Magazine, January, 1977

12

AFRICAN VIOLETS

Visit us when you eome to the AVSA Convention in
St. Louis and see our newest Illini varieties and
those by leading hybridizers. No shipping.

ROSE KNOLL GARDENS

Assumption, Ill 62510

Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Bhoades (217) 226-3249

African Violets - Gesneriads

SEND STAMPED ADDRESSED ENVELOPE FOR
LIST— READY IN FEBRUARY.

SAN FRANCISCO PLANT CO,

BOX 575, COLMA STATION
DALY CITY, CA 94014

"Schultz-lnstan

plants

LIQUID PLANT FOO

7DB0PS to a quart of «
"starts and feeds" all

— ............ Avoihble t

ersend i2.00 for 2 bollles prepaid
SCHULTZ COMPANY
11730 NORTHIINE, ST. LOUIS, MO. 63043

SEND FOR OUR FUND RAISING OFFER

PLASTIC BOXES with “CLEAR" Lids

12%” X (v%” .X .4 ••*/,”

FREE CATALOG

Includes Many Othei' Unique Items

Havens For Plants

Dept. AV

35193-104 Drakeshire Place Farmington, Mich. 48024

Quick! Neat! Easy!

' FloraCART
Watering Wand

Popular accessory for your FloraCART.
Or for any plant setup. Lightweight 21” alu¬
minum wand dispenses water with pinpoint
accuracy— no spilling, no breaking leaves! No
heavy watering cans! Easy-operating positive-
action valve. Complete with 8 feet of plastic
hose and gallon plastic jug. $19.95 each. In
U.S. add $1.25 shipping; in Canada $1.50.
Ohio residents add 51/2% sales tax. Check,
money order, Master Charge or BankAmeri-
card (give card number). By the makers of
FloraCART indoor greenhouse on wheels.
^ Write for literature. Tube Craft,

Inc., 1311C W. 80th St,

L Cleveland, OH 44102.

Next to your violets . . .

GREEN GOLD'S SOILWASH

• Sensational new “SOILWASH” (tm) works
magic on your plants and cuttings.

• See for yourself by comparing treated
plants with those denied SOILWASH by
Green Gold Inc.

• Unlocks nutrients and promotes healthy
growth and prolific bloom.

• Not a fertilizer. Safe, ordorless, organic.

8 oz. concentrate — $3.75 (Postpaid)

(subject to change without notice)

JEAN DOLAN^S VIOLET ROOM

170 Thimble Islands Road
Stony Creek, Conn. 06405

DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED

NEW DECORATIVE PLANT STANDS
Economical — Convenient

3 Level
40 Watt
Shown
491/2" Long

Five models from 25 to 49 1^" tong.

Tray & fixture heights completely adjustable
without tools. Convenient slide-out trays &
fixtures. Made of gleaming aluminum & Red¬
wood with or without fixtures & casters as
desired. Save — Buy direct from maker!

25^ Brings Catalog of Growth Fluorescents,
Plant Stands, Growth Lamps & Accessories

SHOPLITE CO., INC.

566V Franklin Ave. Nutley, N. J. 07110

African Violet Magazine, January, 1977

13

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/4ttcC Grestwood Violetrij ^tf

Fantastic NEW varieties from Granger, Lyon and other hybridizers.
5;? Idants (fUARANTEKD to be free from pests and disease.
lit Plants GUARANTEED to arrive in perfect condition.

Grestwood \dioletry[

7314 Jervis St.

Springfield, VA 22151

Visitors by appointment only

(703) 256-1575

For optimum growth & blooms

. . . Feed as you water
the PLANT MARVEL way

Complete water
soluble Plant
Food for growing

African Violets

The PLANl MARVEL 12-31-14 formula is a scientifically
balanced, 100% water-soluble, plant food. Leading profes¬
sional growers, as well as many amateur growers of African
Violets, prefer this formula. It delivers needed nutrients in
immediately usable form and in just the right proportions.
This remarkably efficient, water-soluble fertilizer supplies
the entire root system with all the essential NPK and minor
elements. As a result, optimum, healthy growth and blooms
are promoted. Your order is always welcome. 8 oz. can —
$2.10; 1 lb.— ^3.10; 21/2 lb.— $5.90; 5 lb.— $9.20.

Plant MarvePs
African Violet
spray is ideal
for all

house plants

Get positive results with this remarkably effective,
all - around, insecticide spray. Kills hard-to-get-at
Mealy bugs, Soft Brown Scale, Aphids, Spider Mites,
and many other insects. No harm to blooms or
foliage, when used as directed. Won’t stain fabrics
or wallpaper. Harmless to children and pets. Here’s
the ideal insecticide for African Violets, Ivies,
Begonias, etc. 5 oz. can — $2.00.

Postage included. — NO C.O.D.'S,

PLANT MARVEL LABORATORIES

• Depl. AV76 • 624 Wes! 1 1 9fh St. • Chicago, III. 60628

African Violet Magazine, January, 1977

14

4 Trcsy $39.95

8 Troir $52.95

Lumen-Liter Plant Stands are made of Gleaming
Aluminum square tubing with high impact soft green
trays. Lights are easily adjustable above trays with
chains.

Send stemip for literature.

ffaturescent. V if a H t e ,
Grc - Lux tubes. lamps,
tmys and timers, etc.

Ripe-N-Gro Sunlite 17 in
diameter 19 in. high Av<».
cado Green with 21'! v/att
wide spectrum Fliiore.s-
cent Lamp $29.95 P.J-.

Can be used with tiuf-r.
Spot-0"Sun Grolite Plant"
er, Avocado Green $19 \*.j.

Fixtures for above stands with 2-24” — 20 watt cool
white tubes $16.95 each with cord and plug. Add 4%
tax in Wisconsin.

WE PAY SHIPPING ON ALL OUR PRODUCTS

FLORALITE COMPANY

4124A East Oakwood Rd. Octk Creek, Wis.. 531S4
Phone (414) 762-l'770

HOUSE PLANT GROWING SUPPLIES

Postpaid including 10% P.P. Increases

8” Hanging Basket (saucer & hanger) (white). .$4. 25
10” Hanging Basket (saucer & hanger) (green). .$5. 25

PREMIER Potting Soil ( Vj pk) (Sterilized) . $3.00

5% Lindane Insecticide & Drench (8-oz.) . $3.75

Benlate Fungicide (Benomyl) (1-oz.) . $3.99

Cygon 2E (for soil mealy bugs). . . . $6.95

Nemagon-50 (for root-knot nematodes) ('8-oz.) $5.25

Terracolor (Soil Fungicide) (3-lb.) . . . $7.98

Systemic Insecticide (protects from mites,

soil mealy bugs, thrips, aphids, etc.) . $4.65

PLASTIC LABELS

(Postpaid) (Minimum Order: $5.00)

LIFETIME Markers: (White only)

Style A, 472” Vertical Stakes .. 500/$7. 99, 1000/$14.50

Style B, 2” X 5” Tee Stakes 100/$4.89, 500/$18.96

Style C, 6” Vertical Stakes . 100/$4.50 . 500/$18.50

THRIFTEE Markers: (Red, Pink, White, Yellow, Blue,
Orange, Green) (Color NOT Assorted)

Vertical Stakes .1000/$5. 80) Minimum Order

%”x4” ” ” . 10(X)/$7.95) 1000 labels

%”x5” ” ” 1000/$9.35) same color

THRIFTEE RAINBOW PAK: (Pak of 100 labels with 7
mixed colors) %”x4”.

NURSERY MARKING PEN: Fine line, felt tipped with
fast drying waterproof ink $1.25 each 6/$6.95. Dealer
or club prices available for orders of 5000 or more
labels.

BERNARD D. GREESON

3548 N. Cromer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53211

(Send 3S cents for complete growing supply list)

RONN NADEAU

HYBRID AFRICAN
VIOLET SEEDS

The 1977 crop is now in production.
Many, many exciting new crosses.

Send for my free list of crosses

2662 Smoke View Dr.

Maryland Heights, MO 63043

DoDe’s GARDENS
GROWING SUPPLIES AND AIDES

DoDe's SPECIAL
AFRICAN VIOLET POTTING SOIL

24-oz— $1.35 48-oz.— $2.50

8-oz.

Peters Violet Special

12-36-14 . $1.85

8-oz.

Peters Variegated Special 5-50- 1 7. ...$2. 35

8-oz.

Kelthane (Miticide)

. $2.35

8-oz.

Liquid Sturdy .

. $2.90

2-fl. oz. Superthrive (Vitamin

and hormone

supplement-Use for

leaf propagation $1.'89

2 72”

square plastic pots..

. 25 for $1.50

4”

square plastic pots..

. 15 for $1.50

6 qts.

Perlite (coarse) .

. $ .65

4 qts.

Verlite (coarse) .

. $ .65

2 lbs.

Dolomite Limestone..

. .....$1.00

2 lbs.

Superphosphate .

. $1.00

1 -oz.

Carbomate (Fermate).

. $ .50

Please

add .$1.75 postage up

to .$12.99; .$2.75 up to

.$24.99; ovei $24.99 add $:-$.7.5.

AQUAMATIC SELF-WATERING
- PLANTERS -

Single — $2.50 Six for $12.85

Twelve or more $1.94 each

Case of 24 $40.00

Green or White POSTAGE PAID! ! !

.Send stamp for full list. Clubs ask for whole¬
sale list.

LOW PRICES ON FLORACARTS
Write for Details

HELEN VAN PELT WILSON’S
AFRICAN VIOLET BOOK
$8.95 postpaid

DoDe’s GARDENS

1490 Saturn Street
Dept. AV-1

Merritt Island, Florida 32952

African Violet Magazine, January, 1977

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OUR NEW ADDRESS IS:

8400 60th North
STILLWATER, MINNESOTA 55082

Our New Varieties Are Terrific!

Huge stars, doubles, unusual multicolors. All are dependable show

plants that will be a thrill to grow. Only quality plants shipped.

Write now for a list of Park Nursery new introductions.

We ship all winter by REA Air Express. Minimum 25 plants retail or
100 plants wholesale.

PLEASE INCLUDE 13^ STAMP FOR LIST.

^K.

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IF YOU WANT

“SaintPaulia Superbia”

“Gesneriads Jeswunderfulia” &
“Blossoms Profusica”

ANNOUNCING

HERE IS

EXCITING NEWS for ALL Growers of
African Violets, Gloxinias, Achimenes,
Columneas, Sinningias, Episcias, and ALL
plants that grow in the soil . . .

New Triple Strength vitaloam Cultured

for all Home Gardeners. Lighter than Ever . . . Richer than Ever . . .
Safer and Easier to Use than Ever . . . BETTER THAN EVER and
priced LESS THAN LAST YEAR to help Whip Inflation Now.

NO Fertilizers . . . NO Manures , . . NO additives needed . . . Will
NOT Burn . . . Will NOT Leach out with watering . . , Completely
SAFE Alone or mixed with your soil . . . Use as Little or AS MUCH
as you want depending on results desired.

ORDER TODAY AT THESE SPECIAL DIRECT PRICES:

Retail Size (approx. 6 qts.) $4. ea., 2 for $7.50. Club Special, Ctn.
of 12, $32, All orders prepaid east of Rockies, all others add $1.00.
Special Economy Size (5 times as much & Extra Strength for the
advanced grower) $15.0() ea. Dealer Inquiries Invited on Letterhead.

Make Checks PAYABLE TO: RE-JEWVA-TONE

P. O. BOX 686, NEWTON, N. C. 28658

STOP!

Pictured at
Left is our

Appeal
& Repeater

DON’T TURN THE PAGE UNTIL YOU ORDER YOUR NEW VITALOAM ! ! !
If you don’t order, the Exotic Plant Gremlins will give you a “Brown Thumb”.
Try New VITALOAM and love it forever — O, K?

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African Violet Magazine, January, 1977

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- AK... XK AKZT - M 30 K MK- - 'Aii -

Friday 10-2 6116 Southwest Freeway

Sat. -Sun. 10-6 Houston, Texas 77027

Plant Palace

" At The Common Market -

African Violets 784-3353

House Plants Doris Artis

Bepl\aiit ^

V

^ T-SHIRTS ^

Design is 6" high, 9" wide.
Colors: White with green neck
and arm trim, navy or beige.
Sizes: Adult-S,M,L, or XL.

$9.95 Postpaid.

Quantity discounts available.

Sallie Blalock
3646 University
Houston, Texas 77005

POYNOR’S GREENHOUSE

African violets and related plants.

No List No Shipping Phone 345*5558

Route 2, Box 107J
Hammond, La. 70401
Off HighwOY 443 (Morris Hoad),

Fresh-cut leaves, rooted cuttings, Gesneriads.
All Violet supplies. Exclusive for 1976—20
new originations by Ernest Fisher of Canada.

Send 15^ for List. Visitors welcome.

WOOD'S AFRICAN VIOLETS

Proton Station Hwy, 10, Ontario, NOC ILO Cmiada.

AFRICAN VIOLET STARTER PLANTS

10 ORIGINAL VARIETIES, SAINTPAULIA SPECIES,
AND SELECTED NEW AND OLDER VARIETIES.
Send stamp for listing.

ALBERT G. KRIEGER

1063 Cranbrook Jdckson, MI. 48201

ENTER YOUR
PLANTS IN
1977

AVSA CONVENTION
WIN A

FLORACART

For the Finest in Indoor Gardening !

E\J0Y A FLORACART

World's Finest Portable Indoor Garden
For use with Rapid Start Fluorescent Lights!

FloraCart is the original, most popular movable unit for easy
indoor gardening! Raise luxurious African violets . . . force
spring flowering bulbs and get strong plant from all seeds
and cuttings! NOW every FloraCart comes with beautiful
molded fiberglass trays (19”x49”xli/2”) • • - lightweight and
strong, easy to keep clean, and impervious to moisture,
chemicals, and weather! Choose from two FloraCart models:
3 Trays, $99.15; 2 Trays, $72.55. (Light Fixtures additional.)
Rugged lifetime construction of aluminum tubing. Has smart
new decorator type casters. For the heavy-duty 4”

casters shown in picture, add $3.75. Equip your FloraCart
with Comboiite fixtures designed especially for flower culture,
combining incandescent and fluorescent lights, proved superior
to either one alone!

NOTE— The manufacturers of the popular FLORACART
are happy to again present a FLORACART (Model
BA3 complete unit) as an award.

Class— The AVSA COLLECTION AWARD, composed of
three different AVSA registered varieties of African
violet plants. A member may enter only one collec¬
tion and each plant must score 90 or more points.

Write today for illustrated catalog. When
you order, send check, money order or
use Master Charge or Bank Americard.
Give number.

19)-5 — Mrs. Ronald B. Beaunie. Detroit, Michignii
1954 — Mr.<;, E. L. Perdue, Donald'^nn, Tennessee
19-55 — Rev. Harold L. Thompson. Birmingham, Michigan
— Mrs. L. A. Beck, St. Joseph. Missouri
195“ — Mrs. j. R. Bush. Muncie. Kansas

1958 — Mrs. Edward Casey, Rochester, New York

1959 — Mr<-. (.'larence Kndei. B »wling Green, Ohio

1960 — Mrs. Alexander R. Colyer. Brightwaters, New York

1961 — Mrs. Joseph Trost, Indianapolis, Indiana

1962 — Mr«.. .1. "W. Shuev. Richmond, Calitornia

1964 — Mrs. George Phillips, Arlington, Texas

1965 — E. D. Wyke, Oilumbus. Indiana

1966 — Mi>. Johnny Maiorana, Miami. Florida

1967 — Mr^. Karl C. Ohlson. Lynn, Massachusetts
1969 — Mrs. Wallace Behnke. Neward. Delaware
1^70 — Mrs. Frank Liiedtke, Racine, Wisconsin

and Mrs. John Gutridge. Sun City, Calitornia
H6 5 — Mrs. Irene Fiedler. Prescott. Wisconsin
1974 — Brother Blaise, Ilarrisville, Rhode Island
— Elizabeth Behnke, Newark, Delaware
|97i) — Misi Bacholle Verger. Tallahassee. Florida

Ohio residents add 5i/2% Sales Tax

13HC West 80th Street
Cleveland, Ohio 44102

African Violet Magazine, January, 1977

17

HAS A NEW ADDRESS:

2581 PIEDMONT ROAD N.E.

BROADVIEW PLAZA
ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30324
(404) 231-0645

Come see Atlanta’s first African violet shop in our newly decorated head¬
quarters. We have more room, a more convenient location with ample parking,
and as always, a complete line of violets and related supplies.

Mail order begins this Spring. We have varieties from the leading hybridizers

including IRENE FREDETTE and REVEREND BLADES

A Stamp for our list, please

¥ioIet|)

STIM-6-PLANT

a «ouiing

helps you grow
finer blooming
african violets!

BETTER PLANTING

New formula high organic.
Not too heavy or light.

Has shredded spagnum
moss. Decomposing humus
aerates soil, holds moisture,
feeds beneficial soil
bacteria. Better drainage
than lightweight mixes.

SOIL CONDITIONERS

• Vermicuiite • Charcoal

• Peat Moss

EASIER FEEDING

Liquid balanced 5-8-7
formula. Easier to use.
Concentrated for economy.

All food— no residues. Gives
plants 13 needed trace elements.

2077 PARKWOOD AVENUE
COLUMBUS, OHIO 43219,
614/267-1296

BETTER FEEDING

A finely ground food, pure
USP chemicals. Quickly
available to plants. Balanced
5-8-7 formula, gives more
blooms, healthier plants.
Proved by years of use.
Contains 13 needed trace
elements.

PLANT FOOD POWDER

High-analysis 15-30-15,
instantly soluble. A high
powered plant food. PLANT
POWER is strong enough for
outdoor plants yet formu¬
lated for African Violets and
other house plants. Package
makes gallons.

SPRAY— PEST CONTROL

Quick, easy to use. Kills
aphids & mites, spiders &
plant lice, exposed thrips &
white flies, mealy bugs on
house plants elements.

African Violet Magazine, January, 1977

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To Get Your AVSA
Dues in EARLY!!
Expiration Date is Feb. 28

BUELL’S HYBRID GLOXINIAS
’’SPECIAL”

Feb. -June 'll

White to deepest Blue, Purple, Red.

Colored Borders, White Borders, Speckles,
Trumpets, Slippers.

Up to 5" across

LABELED LARGE TUBERS

our choice, each different, postpaid

3/$3 6/$5.50 12/$10

OR ORDER from our DESCRIPTIVE LIST of all we
grow, books, supplies.

Send 25 ^ & long, self-addressed, stamped envelope.
OVER 600 VARIETIES African Violets, Multitude
Columneas, Episcias, Miniature Sinningias, Achi-
menes, other Exotic Gesneriads.

Eastford, Conn. 06242

Phone 203 974-0623

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From Coffee Cups To Pots

Danny Mahen
326 Big Bend
Valley Park, MO 63088

Because I’m 14 years old and have only a small
allowance, I’m always looking for ways of using
what material I have on hand or can buy at low
cost.

Since pots are one of my main expenses, I’ve
learned to make them out of styrafoam coffee
cups. It takes only a few easy steps, and makes a
nice 2y2 squatty pot. The styrafoam has several
other advantages, too. It is light-weight, soft,
warm; fertilizer salts do not accumulate on it as
with clay pots, and the petioles do not rot when
they touch it.

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I use the 7-ounce size cup. First, make a hole in
the bottom of the cup with a hot ice pick or sharp
object that will not split the styrafoam.

Then with a razor blade, cut a 3/4” rim off the
top. Set that aside. Now cut a 3/8” ring off the
top of the cup and discard. Run some glue around
the outer rim of the cup. Slip the 3/4” rim back
up from the bottom and glue it in place. Let it
dry.

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This gives you a pot with a wide rim.

I have fastened a razor blade to a 3/4” thick
piece of plywood on a 45-degree angle, and one to
a 3/8” thick piece of plywood. I turn the cup
upside down and turn it against the razor blade,
cutting off the rim. This goes fast and the cuts are
smooth and even.

I hope others will enjoy making and using these
little pots.

Enjoy your coffee and save the cups.

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Estelle Kienzle
68 Bayview Avenue
Staten Island, N. Y. 10309

whoever heard of*a bug living on a bar of soap
or an onion?

With this fact in mind I decided to make some
experiments. And this is the result of these experi¬
ments:

I have used tobacco powder in my soil for
years. I also water my plants every two weeks with
a brown soap water and on new plants at least
once a week.

I also make a good suds with brown soap with
an egg beater and just gently put this suds on top
and underneath the leaves to clean them. After a
couple of minutes I rinse thoroughly.

In the spring my backyard is full of wild scal¬
lions or onions. I use two cups of these greens cut
up in one quart of boiling water which I use as a
spray. Try this on your roses. The aphids will leave
in a hurry.

Did You Know . . .

That 16 elements are essential for plant
growth? According to the United States Depart¬
ment of Agriculture, these are carbon, hydrogen,
oxygen, phosphorus, potassium, nitrogen, sulfur,
calcium, iron, magnesium, chlorine, rnolybdenum,
boron, copper, manganese and zinc. These essen¬
tial elements are present in the atmosphere or
growing medium most of the time.

Carbon and oxygen are supplied as carbon diox¬
ide from the air. Hydrogen enters the plant as wa¬
ter. The other thirteen elements, which generally
enter the plant through the roots as inorganic salts,
must be present in the growing medium. Plants use
more nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium than
they do other elements and these are the three
elements generally listed on most fertilizer pro¬
ducts.

Soil can be deficient in any of the essential ele¬
ments but, generally, supplies sufficient quantities
of iron, chlorine, molybdenum, boron, copper,
manganese and zinc. Occasionally sulfur, calcium
and magnesium are added to the soil. When grow¬
ing plants in a soilless medium, all of the essential
elements must be supplied.

African Violet Magazine, January, 1977

20

Random Notes...

from here and there

Miniature African violets never become
standard size plants no matter how old they are.
They should be potted in small containers no
larger than two and one-half inch pots, demi tasse
cups or other diminutive containers.

Miniatures produce new leaves at the crown and
need to have the older leaves removed from the
base in the same manner as standard plants are
groomed. When several rows of lower leaves have
been removed the plant’s main stem, which is
often referred to as the neck, will extend above
the pot rim. When this happens it is time to repot.
Slice off as much as one-third from the bottom of
the root ball, remove a Httle soil from the top and
sides so the plant can be sunk deeper into a clean
pot of the same size while adding some fresh pot¬
ting mix.

Miniatures are ideal for windowsill growing
since they only grow to six inches in diameter at
maturity.

It is wise to try to find out what the pH of your
soil is before starting to re-pot. It is an established
fact that the African violet, and also most of the
other gesneriads, prefer a soil that is only slightly
acid. A pH of 6.9 to 7 seems to be ideal. There are
simple soil testing kits available as well as more
elaborate and expensive ones. However, even the
humble litmus paper can be quite a helpful guide.
It is very difficult to adjust your soil after a plant
is potted, so try to be sure it is correct to start
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21

AFRICAN VIOLETS AND

TISSUE CULTURING

Peter C. Bilkey and A. C. Hildebrandt*

(ED. NOTE: This is the first of three articles on “Tissue Culturing African Violets” by Peter C. Bilkey
and A. C. Hildebrandt. Research was supported by the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences,
University of Wisconsin, Madison, and by Hatch Project No. 981. The senior author acknowledges with
special thanks scholarship support from The Wisconsin Council of African Violet Clubs and
encouragement from Mrs. William Wall in this research)

A new breakthrough in African violet research
has occurred. Tissue culturing, a part of micro¬
propagation, is providing scientists with new
methods for solving complex plant genetic prob¬
lems — producing new hybrids asexually, and de¬
veloping mass propagation techniques. Although
tissue culturing is at an early stage of development,
it provides an important potential tool for creating
the first true yellow flowering African violet.

Tissue culturing is the process of growing and
controlling live plant cells aseptically on an artifi¬
cial culture medium containing all nutrients need¬
ed for good growth. The culture media, consisting
of water, sugar and agar, contains fertilizers, trace

Figure 1. Growing African violet plantlets propa¬
gated from a 1/8 inch piece of a cross-sectioned
petiole, age-10 weeks.

*Peter C. Bilkey — Graduate Student, Department of
Horticulture, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wiscon¬
sin.

A. C. Hildebrandt — Professor, Department of Plant Path¬
ology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin.

elements, vitamins, and various hormones. Changes
in the hormonal levels forces the growing cells to
either divide, forming callus, turn into a mass of
roots, or sprout plantlets. Various sizes and shapes
of culture vessels may be used including tubes,
flasks, jars, and bottles.

The number of plantlets that could be pro¬
duced from a single cell is limitless. The method
used is called mass micro-propagation and is a pre¬
lude to all other tissue culture research. Tests show
that more plantlets can be produced per unit time
by micro-propagation methods than using any
other method of propagation. As many as 20,000
plantlets have been produced from a single African
violet leaf in approximately 3 months (Fig. 1)
Given the same amount of time, the normal
method of rooting leaf cuttings may send up only
5 plants.

Scientists are not always limited to using only
leaf tissue to sprout plantlets, Violets have been
propagated from flower stalks, anthers, and even
flower petals. (Fig. 2)

Figure 2. Close up of African violets sprouting
from a flower petal, age-10 weeks.

African Violet Magazine, January, 1977

22

Plants from anthers have yielded haploids (half
the normal number of chromosomes). Using hap¬
loid African violets greatly facilitates such work as
select chromosomal transplantations and asexual
hybridization.

With the aid of tissue culturing, chromosome
transplants are now considered possible. Culturing
cells artificially provides a convenient stage for
genetic research on live single cells. Transplanting
chromosomes that affect a specific flower color,
such as yellow, or flower fragrance, into a growing
African violet cell may result in an African violet
with golden yellow flowers and a gardenia-like
scent. The possibilities appear unlimited.

Asexual hybridization of cultured plant cells is
proving to be easier than transplanting chromo¬
somes. Cross breeding without fertilization by pol¬
len greatly increases the variety of plants that can j
be crossed. Asexual hybridization involves taking
haploid parent plants that have been produced by
anther culturing, and growing their cells on an agar
culture media. Once enzymes have been used to
remove the cell walls, the two parent cells (protop¬
lasts) are fused together. The cells’ contents then
become mixed (hybridized) which doubles their
chromosome count back to normal, and a new
hybrid results. This hybrid cell is placed on fresh
medium where it forms a new cell wall and grows
rapidly. Adjusting the hormomes in the medium
triggers the hybrid cell to turn into a whole plant
having the combination of both parents. Plant pro¬
duction following asexual hybridization has to
now only been possible with tobacco cells, but
similarly by using asexual hybridization techni¬
ques, it may be possible to cross African violets
with episcias, violets with gloxinias, violets with
many plants that could never before be crossed
using conventional techniques.

Tremendous advances in the science of horti¬
culture are occurring. Unfortunately plant experi¬
mentations, such as the ones listed, are extremely
complicated. They demand precise, often expen¬
sive laboratory equipment and extensive know¬
ledge in the sciences of Horticulture, Bacteriology,
Botany, Plant Pathology, Genetics, Plant Physio¬
logy, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Inorganic
and Organic Chemistry, and a well rounded back¬
ground in other related sciences. Research requires
years of work, extreme patience, and a life-long
devotion. On a project-by-project basis the chance
of failure is much greater than the chance of suc¬
cess, but the successes are cumulative. With' tissue
culturing as a foundation tool, the future of horti¬
culture is increasingly promising.

References

1. Butenko, R. G. 1964. Plant Tissue Culture
and Plant Morphogenesis. NSF— Israel Pro¬
gram for Scientific Translations, 1968. Jerusa¬
lem. 291 pp.

2. Gamborg, O. L., and L. R. Wetter (eds.).
1975. Plant Tissue Culture Methods. Nat. Res.
Council of Canada, Ottawa, Canada. 3.

3. Gautheret, R. J. 1959. La Culture des Tissus
Vegataux. Masson et Cie, Paris. 863 pp.

4. Hildebrandt, A. C. 1962. Tissue and single cell
culture of higher plants as a basic experimen¬
tal method. In H. F. Linskens and M. V. Tracy
(eds.). Modern Methods of Plant Analysis.
Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany

5. Hirth, M. L., and M. G. Morel (eds.). 1971.
Les cultures de tissue de plantes. Centre Na¬
tional de la Recherche Scientifique. Paris. 511

pp.

6. Kruse, Paul F., Jr., and M. K. Patterson, Jr.
(eds.). 1973. Tissue Culture Methods and Ap¬
plications. Academic Press, New York, 868

pp.

7. Morel, G. (ed.). 1973. Protoplasts et fusion de
cellules somatiques vegetales. Institut National
de la Recherche Agronomique, Paris. 549 pp.

8. Reinert, J., and Y. P. S. Bajaj (eds.). 1975.
Applied and Fundamental Aspects of Plant
Tissue and Organ Culture. Springer-Verlag,
Berlin, Germany.

9. Street, H. E. (ed.). 1973. Plant Tissue and Cell
Culture. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Ox¬
ford, England. 503 pp.

10. Street, H. E. (ed.). 1975. Tissue Culture and
Plant Science, 1974. Academic Press, New
York. 502 pp.

11. White, P. R. 1943. A Handbook of Plant Tis¬
sue Culture. Jaques Cattell Press, Lancaster,
PA 227 pp.

12. White, P. R. (ed.). 1957. Decennial review
conference on tissue culture. J. Nat. Cancer
Institute 19:467-843.

13. White, P. R. 1963. The Cultivation of Animal
and Plant Cells. Ronald Press, New York.

14. White, R. P., and A. R. Grove (eds.). 1965.
Proceedings of the International Conference
on Plant Tissue Culture. McCutchan Publish¬
ing Corp., Berkeley, CA. 553 pp.

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USE EGGSHELLS

Never throw eggshells away. Use raw eggshells

in your potting mix — a cheap fertilizer that would

either go down the drain or the town dump.

African Violet Magazine, January, 1977

23

WHEN TO TRANSPLANT

Mrs. Jesse M. Swink
1774 Imperial Ridge
Las Cruces, NM 88001

Several years ago I read an article which said,
“Your African violets will tell you when they need
transplanting.” At that time I was not a violet
linguist, but have made a concerted effort to
“listen” to the plants and meet their needs in
every way including transplanting.

This is not intended as a “How To — ” article,
but a “When To — In a few cases one aspect
of transplanting overlaps the other as a continua¬
tion of the subject.

The question most frequently asked me by
people growing African violets is, “How can you
tell when a violet needs transplanting?” Every time
I transplant I have stopped to ask myself the same
question in an effort to compile some answers that
may be of some help to other growers who may
need this information.

Mature African violets do like to be root-
bound, but there comes a time when the roots are
too compact. When this happens, there is no place
for roots to grow except out the drainage holes.
This is a very obvious sign that transplanting is
necessary, if plants are wick-watered and fed, a
root will often grow down the wick into the re¬
servoir. This does not necessarily indicate the plant
needs transplanting, but that it likes the extra food
and water found on the wick. This one root can be
pruned without injury to the root system and the
plant left in its same pot until some other indica¬
tion is shown that transplanting is called for.

Sometimes well-established plants that have
never crowned before will produce crowns around
the base of the plant. When these plants are re¬
moved from their pots for examination, a root
system will be found so compact that there is little
soil left for the roots to penetrate. Transplanting
to a pot one inch larger in diameter is necessary, or
a root-cropping and removal of as much old soil as
can be loosened from the roots and replanted in a
clean pot of the same size.

Plants which are several years old usually lose
bottom rows of leaves. This produces a long neck
which is unsightly. Transplanting to a deeper pot
and the addition of fresh soil to the top surface
around the bare neck area makes a more attractive
plant.

Baby plants show their need for transplanting
in equally recognizable signs. In its first pot [1%-
2^^”) a plant may have a crown so bunched and
crowded the leaves are growing sideways. The

plant needs a pot one inch larger in diameter so
that it can grow syrn me trie ally into a flat rosette.

Often a baby plantlet has been planted at the
proper depth, but in four or six weeks it seems to
have sunk down into the pot. This can be reme¬
died without a total transplant. The little plant can
be gently lifted with a fork to the proper height
and fresh soil added in the bottom of the pot to a
depth sufficient to raise the plant to a height that
will permit the leaves to extend over the rim of the
pot.

When a plant seems to wobble in its pot, a few
bottom leaves can be removed and the plant re¬
potted in a size larger pot. This brings the petioles
of the bottom row of leaves level with the rim of
the pot and makes it more stable. Fresh soil can be
added to the top surface to cover where the leaves
were removed and new roots may develop here.

African violets are also transplanted for
aesthetic reasons. The general rule for pot size of a
standard mature blooming plant is that the diam¬
eter of the pot be one-third the diameter of the
plant. A pot that is too small will not support the
petioles of the leaves, causing them to droop and
eventually be damaged by their own weight on the
rim of the pot. A pot that is too large will contain
so much extra soil that there is danger of root rot
because the roots can not absorb the extra water
contained in the soil.

Mature plants which have not bloomed for a
long period of time may benefit from transplant¬
ing. Part of the old soil can be removed by gently
working your fingers through the root mass and
cropping some of the root system. New potting
soil is used to fill in to the proper depth in a fresh
clean pot. If extensive root cropping is done, pot¬
ting down to a smaller pot may be necessary.

These tips for transplanting do not apply to
miniatures, semiminiatures, or trailers. These
plants have a different “language” to communicate
their needs. I am in my first year with these plants
and am stiU learning to care for them.

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MRS. BUSCHKE IS JUDGE

Mrs. Edward W. Buschke of 11 Drumlin Drive,
Morris Plains, NJ is an AVSA judge. Her name was
omitted from the list of judges in the September
magazine.

African Violet Magazine, January, 1977

24

KIRA

HOWARD UTZ

AN IRA

African Violet Magazine, January, 1977

25

(Photos by Sandra Leary)

REVITALIZING SOIL ENERGY
IN POTTED PLANTS

Dr. C. Gustav Hard
Professor Horticulture
University of Minnesota

Human civilization throughout the ages has
been a process of living with nature and fighting it
at the same time; shielding the sun or rain, chang¬
ing the very air we breathe, altering the course or
quality of rivers and, most basically, modifying the
conditions for plant growth.

What may be the ultimate challenge of nature,
and certainly its most obvious representation, is
the growing of plants indoors and in containers. It
is an age-old practice and quite universally popular
as people try to hold on to a bit of the natural
world within increasingly unnatural surroundings
in the confined spaces which we call homes.

The growing of plants indoors is an unnatural
system, a series of activities contrary to the or¬
dered course of nature.

Light is important for growing green things; so,
we arrange to augment or capture a bit of sunlight
in houses and apartments. Water and temperature
are other essentials of the growing environment;
and, means of supplying or controlling those ele¬
ments have been developed.

An equally important ingredient of a growing
system is the soil. And, many ways of tampering
with the natural dynamics of soil have been de¬
vised under pressure to increase the production of
food. But, similar processes, when applied to the
growing of plants in the doubly-unnatural environ¬
ment of small containers and indoor conditions,
have created about a*s much disappointment as sat¬
isfaction.

I believe that much of the disappointment is
traceable to a lack of understanding, and a lack of
appreciation for the fact that soil is a dynamic,
living entity.

Plants that are brought into the house, if ob¬
tained from a reliable nursery or greenhouse, us¬
ually will have been given optimum water, light
and nutrients, and will have been potted in an ap¬
propriate soil mixture. The elements necessary for
successful growth should thus be in proper bal¬
ance.

The average home owner or apartment dweller
may be less sophisticated in the ways of plant life
than the greenhouse professional; but, chances are
that anyone who buys a plant has acquired a little

knowledge of floral culture. Yet, while intending
to do well for plants, the average gardener is hard¬
ly likely to have much knowledge about manage¬
ment of the soil.

Plants brought into the house in clay pots or
other small containers are particularly sensitive to
soil-related problems.

A common symptom of distress is the accumu¬
lation of salts from watering and fertilizing. White
deposits will appear on the side of the container
and on the surface of the soil. This condition re¬
sults from a lack of microbiological activity.

Reduced microfloral activity under ordinary
potted plant environmental conditions results in a
breakdown of the soil’s bio-structure. The soil be¬
comes crusty and contracts from the sides of the
pot. Aeration is restricted and the soil’s moisture¬
holding capacity is reduced. That can doom the
plant to pot-binding, as the roots try to reach
whatever moisture is available in the drainage area
on inside surfaces of the container but farthest
from the central root cluster.

A little-understood problem of growing plants
indoors is the effect over time of inorganic fertili¬
zers. The chemicals in common use, while they do
feed the plant, may adversely inhibit the natural
interaction of bio-organisms with the soil.

In their natural function, the microbiological
organisms will produce nitrogen from protein as
well as fix nitrogen from the air. They also pro¬
duce phosphorous, potassium and vital trace ele¬
ments from organic energy sources essential to the
growth of plants. Where there is a proper micro¬
biologic balance, air spaces will exist between soil
particles to provide oxygen reservoirs for respira¬
tion. Bio-floral action also breaks down dead,
non-functioning roots and produces colloids and
gels to help retain compounds that might other¬
wise be leached out by watering. That statement
may appear contradictory, but we know from re¬
search that a highly-active, microbiological popu¬
lation in the soil actually enhances the efficiency
of chemical additives as well as stimulating in¬
herent nutrient properties of the soil.

In other words, an appropriate selection of
microfloral population increases the soil’s capacity

African Violet Magazine, January, 1977

26

for storing excess nutrients or inorganic elements
and releasing them as needed by the plant.

When the nutrient supply is restricted, nature’s
competitive scheme operates, and the microflora
soon feed on the inadequate supply at the expense
of the plant. This is a situation common to all
growing things, which depend upon microfloral
activity. Where the nutrient source is balanced and
constant, plants grow well, last longer and develop
greater immunity to diseases or insects.

There is nothing really new in this theory of the
dynamic character of soil because nature has pro¬
duced a symbiotic inter-relationship between mi¬
croflora and plants over billions of years. In that
cyclical relationship, plants produce high-energy,
organic compounds through photosynthesis. The
materials are returned to the soil when the plants
die or shed their leaves, providing nutrients for the
microorganisms. By way of enzyme action, the
microflora in turn break down the plant matter
into simpler organic forms which can, in their
turn, be utilized by plants to complete the cycle.

Recognition of the workings of this biological
chain is the key to agriculture and horticulture.
Crop rotation is the best-known example where
vegetative matter is plowed back into the soil to
maintain or restore its dynamic fertility and tilth
with organic nutrition.

But, when plants are grown in containers of
limited size and away from their natural environ¬
ment, which is the case for most house plants, the
biological cycle is broken. Microflora are deprived
of their consistent nutrient source and diminish
accordingly.

To counteract this microbiological deficiency,
basic controlling principles of nature must be dup¬
licated in the container environment. Vital proper¬
ties of the soil must be preserved or renewed by
introducing material on which soil micro-organ¬
isms can feed and multiply to perform their func¬
tion in revitalizing the soil. Tests under a variety of
home conditions demonstrate the importance of
life sustaining soil to insure better, healthier pot¬
ted plants in the unnatural environment of con¬
tainers kept indoors.

The author has researched and applied this mi¬
crobiological approach to indoor potted plant cul¬
ture, using a new biological material RESTORE*,
which has proved highly effective in replenishing
the population of soil bacteria, fungi and micro-
flora and in providing organic compounds on
which the micro-organisms thrive as in nature.

Using this organic material in potted plant soil,
evidence of its effects were observed within a
period of four to six weeks. Initially the white
sodium or calcium deposits, which occur with wat¬

ering, diminish and disappear. The soil develops
greater moisture retention, allowing the less fre¬
quent watering. Revitalized soil displays a looser
particle texture, a rich dark brown color and a
sweet, fresh aroma typical of newly plowed farm¬
land. Nutrient-deficient plants returned to healthy
green coloration and bloom without repotting.

^RESTORE: A product of Ringer Corporation, 6860
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IN MEMORIAM

Wayne W. Schroeder

AVSA members and the Board of Directors ex¬
tend sincere sympathy to Mildred Schroeder on
the death of her husband, Wayne W. Schroeder, on
Sunday, Sept. 19 following surgery at an Elm¬
wood, IL hospital. Mrs. Schroeder has been a long¬
time AVSA worker. A member of the Board of
Directors, she is now serving as chairman of the
Nominating Committee and is also vice chairman
of the Publications Committee. For several years
she served as Library Chairman.

Miss Mary Searl

Miss Mary Searl of the Tallahassee (FL) AVS
and a former member of the Margaret Scott AVS
of Urbana, IL, passed away in August. Miss Searl
was made an honorary member of the Tallahassee
AVS three years ago when she became unable to
attend meetings. She had been growing African
violets since 1942 and was a retired registered
nurse. Her death was a great loss to the Tallahassee
AVS for she had been an active worker and loved
violets.

Mrs. Anne Bobotis

We were grieved to learn of the death of one of
AVSA’s longtime Life Members. She was Mrs.
Anne Bobotis, 21-12 49th Street, Astoria, L.L,
NY. Mrs. Bobotis died Sept. 27, 1976. Mrs.
Bobotis had been a Life Member since 1960.

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SAVE LARGE FEATHERS

Has Papa been hunting pheasants? Save the
large feathers. They make excellent brushes for
cleaning leaves and removing particles of earth,
etc. from the axil.

African Violet Magazine, January, 1977

27

MAX

MAAS

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PINK

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BOYCE EDENS AVSA BOOSTER

RESEARCH FUND FUND

Mrs. L. F. (D.J.) Kidiak
4503 Sinclair Avenue
Austin, TX 78756

Research: “Studious inquiry; usually critical
and exhaustive investigation or experimentation
having for its aim the revision of accepted conclu¬
sions in the light of discovered facts,” Research:
“Diligent protracted investigation; studious in¬
quiry. In science, a systematic investigation of
some phenomenon or series of phenomena by the
experimental method.” The first quote is from
WebsteFs the second from Funk and Wagnalls Dic¬
tionary. I cite them both here to emphasize one
point — scientific research by any definition is a
long, tedious, exhaustive, and expensive process.

The Boyce Edens Research Fund has benefitted
from the donations of the AVSA affiliates and in¬
dividuals. As a result scientific research into the
mysteries of the African violet has been pursued
by specialists for many years. To cite just a few
examples of the studies that BERF has sponsored,
I would call your attention to various articles that
have been published in the AVM regarding grants
made since 1971. “Research Continues on Mealy
Bugs and Root-Knot Nematodes”, Dr. Herbert T.
Streu, Rutgers University; “Research on Plant
Mutations Under Way at Ohio State University”, a
Research Committee Report by Mr. Frank Tainari;
“Boyce Edens Research Fund Encourages Young
Grower”, a study of polyploidy in Saintpaulia re¬
ported by' then AVSA President Cordelia Rien-
hardt; “AVSA Continues Research Through Boyce
Edens Fund”, another Research Committee Re¬
port citing the recently-made grant to Dr. Richard
Craig of Penn State University. The last named
project was the subject of a most exhilirating
speech given by Dr. Craig at the Atlanta Conven¬
tion, and then reported on by Frank Tinari in the
September, 1976, issue of the AVM.

By its very nature research must be most frus¬
trating at times — it is not always possible to solve
the particular problem at hand, but some unex¬
pected fact may be discovered that is just as im¬
portant (or perhaps more so) than the original
question being addressed. In any event, time must
expire for the thorough testing procedures to be
followed — it is simply not an overnight process,
therefore the report may seem to be long in
coming — patience must endure.

The Boyce Edens Research Fund has been sup-

Mrs. Lucile Plaster, Chairman
8304 Suffolk Dr.

Shreveport, LA 71106

WHAT IS THE BOOSTER FUND? This fund

established in 1968 by the AVSA Board of Direc¬
tors is for members who wish to contribute more
than dues to AVSA activities. This fund becomes a
part of the general treasury and through this fund
AVSA supports EXTRA projects for the benefit of
AVSA members. Your contribution supports
AVSA in doing the extras that make this society
what it is today. Watch the magazine for a listing
of your contributions, they are always appreciat¬
ed. Please keep them coming in.

Contributions from Sept. 1 to Oct. 1, 1976.

The Inner City AVS, St. Louis, Mo.
in honor of Mr. & Mrs. W. F. Anderson for

their support and assistance . . $10.00

AVS of Lower Bucks County, PA in lieu of
speaker’s fee to Mrs. Robert Hamilton . . . 10.00

Wisconsin Council of African Violet

Clubs, Madison, WI . 25.00

Viva La Violet Club, O’Fallon, IL . 10.00

Red River AVS, Sherman, TX . 5.00

Mrs. O. E. McFarland, Denison, TX ...... 3.00

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ported long and faithfully by many who must feel
a sense of satisfaction when the donor(s) reads re¬
ports such as the ones cited above. It is hoped that
each of you will keep this important fund in mind
the next time you wish to make a donation where
it will be used judiciously.

Contributions made from July 27 to September
26, 1976.

African Violet Culture Club,

Port Arthur, TX . . . . $25.00

AVS of Painesville, OH . . . . 10.00

Wisconsin Council of AVC . . . 25.00

The AVS of Denver (CO) - Chapter No. 1
in memory of Dr. Frank W. Elhott ..... 5.00

Mr. and Mrs. James B. Carey in

memory of Mrs. Myrtis Potts . . 10.00

Long Beach (CA) AVS in memory of

C. Holmes Harris . . . 5.00

AVS of Canton, OH . 10.00

First Austin (TX) AVS in memory of
Thomas Peeler . . . . . 5.00

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Viva La Violet Club, IL . . . . 10.00

The AVS of Greater N.Y., Inc . . 25.00

Margaret Scott AVS, Champaign — Urbana, IL,
in memory of Miss Mary Searl ......... 15.00

Red River AVS, TX . . 5.00

Delaware AVS in memory of Elsie M. Kane 10.00
San Mateo County (CA) AVS in

memory of Mrs. Alice Bursley . . . 5.00

Sputh Towne AVS of West Allis, WI . 5.00

North Shore AVS of Long Island, NY .... 10.00^
Brazos Valley AVC Bryan, TX . 5.00

1977 — The beginning of a brand new year.
Many new Affiliates interested in having shows,
seeking information, and, of course wanting to
have one of the very best shows ever staged. This is
GREAT. This is the way it should be. ENTHU¬
SIASM, COMPETITION, DETERMINATION are
the factors upon which a winning show is built. To
make these wheels roll we must first read Ruth
Careys’ hand book and know procedure as she out¬
lines it from start all the way through a show. This
is the greatest complete information you can get
and no one should try for a winning show without
this guide. Next send at least two months in ad¬
vance for your AVS A Collection awards. (The
mails grow more sluggish every week.) Included in
this package will be the forms for the Standard
Show Award (Green Rosette). Study this form and

know what is required for an award winning show.
Follow the instructions and see how it all falls into
place very simply.

I feel very badly about the new affiliates that
are not listed in this issue. If you will answer my
letters and get the necessary information back to
me, you will have your Charters, and be listed in
the March magazine. The reason for the delay is:
Many groups send in their dues to the Knoxville
office and all the information I get is a name and
that the affiliation dues have been paid. It is im¬
possible to affiliate a club this way. I am sorry!
There is much more important information needed
to complete all records. I have been saying this
over and over again to send to me first for the
procedure, then, to carry through according to in¬
structions. You will all be happier with the results.

Affiliates that received their charters before
April 1976 did not receive their Presidents’ Guide
Booklets, because I did not have them at that
time. If you feel the need for one before your next
Charter, please let me know and I will send you
the free one you are entitled to. If you want an
extra one send one dollar to the Knoxville office.

NEW AFFILIATES

This month we welcome into affiliation three
new affiliates:

ULTRA VIOLET CLUB, Mrs. Geneva Holmes,
8810 Hooker Way, Westminister, CO 80030

TENDER LOVING CARE AVC, Fran Raiden,
2009 N. Main, Bonham, TX

MILE-HI NORTH AVS, Susan Verspohl, 10473
Sperry St., Northglenn, CO 80234

Wishing you all a Happy New Year — Happy
Growing — and Beautiful Showings.

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USE WOOL TO
MATCH BLOOMS

Here’s a “Sales Table Tip”, printed in the Cana¬
dian AVS “Chatter”, we’d like to pass on to our
readers:

This may be “old hat’, to some of our ex¬
perienced show people, but did you know that bits
of brightly colored wool can speed up the sale of
leaves on the “plants ‘n leaves” sales table? It does
save the answering of so many questions about the
color of the blooms of certain varieties. Most
everyone uses the adhesive tape method of mark¬
ing plant names on leaves and a bit of bright wool
matching the color of the bloom the leaf produces,
slipped under the tape, helps immensely. Some¬
times even the volunteer selling at the table is
stymied by a new variety. Why not one strand for
“single”, two strands for “double”.

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31

TINY TOT

LYNDON LYON

TIPPY

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32

St. Louis Asks
You For ^Srd
Time Around"

Mrs. H. L. Holt
Publicity Chairman

What does the 1977 Convention hold in store
for you? At the 1954 Convention in St. Louis
double pink violets were introduced. Rhapsodie
violets were first shown in 1968 in St. Louis. We
invite you to be among the first to see the new
introductions for this year — our third convention.

We want you to enjoy all aspects of the conven¬
tion. But maybe you or your family are looking
for a little more — what else is there to do and see
in St. Louis? We have many educational, historical
and entertaining sights, sounds and taste treats for
you to enjoy. Some interesting tours have been
planned, but you may like to strike out on your
own to visit a few places. A few of the favorites
are:

The Gateway Arch: Founded in 1764 as a
French trading post, St. Louis soon became the
gateway to the west. The 630-foot steel arch on
the Mississippi waterfront symbolizes the role St.
Louis played in the epic surge westward. A ride to
the observation deck at the top of the Arch af¬
fords a panoramic view to the east and west. A
train inside each leg is made up of capsules mount¬
ed like baskets of a ferris wheel to permit a
smooth and level ride thru the curve of the leg.
(This year we’ve cancelled the unscheduled stop

midway up}. Under the base of the arch in an
underground space nearly the size of a football
field is the recently opened (August 1976) Nation¬
al Museum of Westward Expansion. Fifteen-foot
high murals around a 600 foot perimeter wall de¬
pict the travels of Lewis and Clark who launched
their two-year expedition from St. Louis. Many
items used by trappers, miners, cowboys and set¬
tlers who followed are on display. Life-size mounts
of bison, Texas longhorn, an Appaloosa horse and
a pair of beavers are present.

The St. Louis Zoo in Forest Park is one of the
finest anywhere in the world. It has more than
2500 animals, birds and reptiles. A one-and-a-half
mile railroad takes passengers around the park. Big
Cat Country is the newest addition to the Zoo
where you may observe the big cats — lions, tigers,
jaguars and leopards — in beautiful naturalistic
outdoor settings.

Also housed in Forest Park is the Jefferson
Memorial which contains historical exhibits of
Charles Lindbergh, Lewis and Clark, Thomas Jef¬
ferson, an aerospace gallery and an old toy shop.
As many of you know, Forest Park was the site of
the 1904 World’s Fair. Today it is a park. Many of
the lovely fountains that spouted perfumed water
during those days, are gone. A very few of the
buildings and sculptures remain and of course, the
whole world has the ice cream cone, which was
born during the fair.

For the scientific minded — McDonnell Planet¬
arium (in the park) contains astronomy and space
travel displays including models of Mercury, Gemi¬
ni and Apollo spacecraft. The depths of space and
mysteries of the universe are demonstrated, high¬
lighted by the Goto Star Projector. The first space¬
craft to carry American astronauts beyond the
earth were built in St. Louis. McDonnell Douglas
Corporation (near the airport) has the futuristic
space shuttle and full-size engineering models of
Mercury and Gemini spacecraft on display.

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33

The Museum of Science and Natural History
offers a wealth of information in its exhibits on all
aspects of the physical science of the earth — the
atmosphere, the solar system, the oceans and the
forces that shape the land. A six-foot diameter re¬
volving globe shows the land surfaces and ocean
bottoms in relief. There are mineral specimens
gathered from around the world. Other exhibits
depict the evolution of man, organs and systems of
the human body, Egyptian culture, Indian life and
Missouri ecology.

For the sports fans — our Cardinal Baseball
team plays at Busch Memorial Stadium which has
also a Sports Hall of Fame with history illustrated
by murals, trophies and World Series movies.
There are also displays on basketball, soccer, golf,
bowling, hockey and football. Baseball’s recorded
history in St. Louis goes back to 1850 when a
team called the Empires represented the city. It
lost some games by scores of 52-26, 63-6 against
teams from Atlantic City and Philadelphia.

For the young at heart — a day at Six Flags at
Eureka, Mo. may be in order. It offers 80 different
rides and attractions, including the world’s largest,
fastest and longest roller coaster called the
“Screamin’ Eagle”.

Missouri Botanical (Shaw’s) Garden covers 79
acres devoted to garden and horticultural displays.
A highlight is the Climatron, a geodesic dome en¬
closed in rigid Plexiglas, that features plants and
climatic conditions of four separate temperature
zones. Temperature and humidity variations allow
plants to flourish in ideal conditions, from jungle
to desert. The Tower Grove House, the restored
residents of Henry Shaw who founded the Garden,
contains furnishings, kitchen utensils, clothing and
antiques from 1865-80. The newest additions to

the Garden are an English garden and a 10-acre
Japanese garden.

The Eugene Field House, birthplace of the
famed children’s poet contains furnishings and per¬
sonal belongings of Eugene Field. An extensive
collection of antique toys and dolls of interest to
all ages has been assembled here.

You may wish to visit other historic homes in
the area, or the Old Cathedral, The Old Court¬
house where slaves were sold and was the scene of
the Dred Scott slavery trial, the Medical Historical
Museum, the Art Museum, Grant’s Farm. Or, How
about shopping, viewing live theatre, hockey, going
antiquing, browsing at the flea market, or touring
a brewery? What is your cup of tea? Whatever it

is _ ST. LOUIS HAS IT - FROM A TO Z.

Come! Partake of the Convention and take a little

extra vacation to see St. Louis.

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PLEASE BE PATIENT

If your article or picture has not been printed in the
magazine please be patient. As soon as space is available,
it will be used.

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SHOW HOSTS AND HOSTESSES

Anyone interested in serving as host or hostess
during the time the St. Louis Show is open, please
send the following blank to Mrs. L. R. Surwald,
7510 Bull Run Drive, St. Louis, MO 63123 no
later than March 10, 1977:

Name _

Street _

City _

State _ Zip _

ADVANCE REGISTRATION FOR JUDGING SCHOOL
FOR NEW AND REFRESHER JUDGES

CHASE PARK-PLAZA HOTEL ST. LOUIS, MO

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1977

A class for new and refresher judges will be held from 7:45 a.m. to 12 noon forjudges desiring to
refresh their certificates and for those desiring to become new judges. The examination and point score
judging will be held on Wednesday afternoon, 2-3 p.m. Registration fee is $1.00.

Name _ Street _

City _ State _ Zip -

Sign blank and send registration fee of $1.00 to Mrs. W. M. Plaster, 8304 Suffolk Dr., Shreveport, LA
71106, no later than April 1, 1977 if you wish to attend. Please study the African Violet Handbook
(1975 Salmon cover) before coming to class.

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34

Tours Set For 1977 Convention

Nancy and Flo Willetts
AVSA Convention
Tours Co-Chairmen
St. Louis, MO

Tuesday, April 26, All Day — St. Louis City
Tour.

Leave Chase-Park Plaza Hotel at 9:30 a.m., re¬
turn 4 p.m. Lunch on the Robert E. Lee included.
Price $15.00.

Leaving the hotel we drive down Lin dell Boule¬
vard, named for Jesse Lindell, whose farm once
encompassed the area, through Laclede Town,
passing Union Station, Milles Fountain, regarded
as one of the truly great sculptures in the United
States and whose 14 bronze figures represent clas¬
sical Roman river gods and water nymphs, symbo¬
lizing the confluence of the Missouri and Mississip¬
pi rivers, and government buildings. We will tour
the Old Courthouse, the Old Cathedral, the River¬
front, the Gateway Arch, and continue to the An¬
heuser-Busch Stables for a visit with the famous
Clydesdales. Our lunch on the Lt. Robert E. Lee
provides excellent food and a closeup view of river
traffic on the Mississippi.

After lunch we explore the 79 acres comprising
the Missouri Botanical Garden with Henry Shaw’s
living legacy of Victorian Grandeur to the ultra
modern Lehman Library and the Climatron.

Then through Forest Park, passing Muni Opera,
the Zoo and Art Museum with a 30 minute stop at
the Jefferson Memorial where the Missouri Histori¬
cal Society has an extensive display and houses the
Lindbergh, Lewis and Clark and Thomas Jefferson
Collections.

Gen. Daniel Bissell House

Wednesday, April 27, All Day — Heritage
Homes Tour

Leave the Chase-Park Plaza at 9:30 a.m., return
4 p.m. Lunch at a private club included. Price
$17.00

Our first stop will be in North County at the
General Daniel Bissell home. In the light but
simple Federal style, the house was built of bricks
made on the site begun in 1812 and completed in
1819. Of the original 2300 acres in the estate nine
remain. Beautifully restored and furnished with
period pieces representing the 150 years of Bissell
family occupation, some of the original furniture
remains. Then back to the river to Chatillon-De-
Menil House. This ante-bellum mansion, an excel¬

lent example of Greek Revival architecture is lo¬
cated on the old Arsenal Hill in the heart of the
brewery district, overlooking the Mississippi Camp¬
bell House, a Mid-Victorian townhouse is only one
of the few old homes in the United States to be
completely restored with its original furnishings .
We will be guests for luncheon at a private club in
Clayton .which excels in cuisine and service and
panoramic view. Also in Clayton we will visit Han¬
ley House which is typical of Greek Revival archi-

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35

ATTENTION: QUALIFIED JUDGES

tecture used on many Missouri farms in the pre-
Civil War period. The grounds typify a Missouri
farm of the restoration era from 1855-1894. All of
the furnishings are from 1820 to 1890. Much of
the old furniture was in the house at the time it
was purchased by the city.

Thursday, April 28 - Plaza Frontenac, Brunch
and Shopping

Leave Chase-Park Plaza at 9:30 a.m., return at
2:30 p.m. Brunch at the Magic Pan included. Price
$6.00.

This morning we drive west on Lindell Boule¬
vard through the handsome residential areas of the
city, Clayton and Ladue to Plaza Frontenac, our
newest and most elegant shopping mall. Brunch
will be at the Magic Pan where the food is deli¬
cious and the atmosphere charming. We will enjoy
a Fashion Show from Saks Fifth Avenue, after
which there will be time for shopping or browsing
in the many shops which can truly offer something
for everyone.

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All qualified judges who desire to judge in the
St. Louis convention show, please fill in the blank
and mail to Mrs. James B. Carey, 3900 Garden
Drive, Knoxville, TN 37918, no later than March
1, 1977. If you plan to enter in the show, please
indicate which class or classes.

Name _

Street _

City _

State _ ^ _ Zip _

AVSA Judge _ Lifetime Judge _

Gesneriad Judge _

Miniature Judge _

Semiminiature Judge _

NOMINATION
OF 1977-78
OFFICERS

The Nominating Committee will submit the
following slate of officers for the election to be
held at the annual business meeting of the African
Violet Society of .America, Inc., at St. Louis, MO,
April 30, 1977.

Officers

President, Mrs. E. A. Nelson, St. Louis, MO.

First Vice President, Mrs. Marvin Garner, North
Canton, OH

Second Vice President, Mrs. W. J. Krogman,
Brookfield, WI

Third Vice President, Mr. Harvey Stone, Mar¬
blehead, MA

Secretary, Mrs. H. N. Hansen, Jenkintown, PA

Treasurer, Miss Florence Garrity, Roslindale,
MA

Directors

Mrs. Lester S. Fladt, Miami Springs, FL
Mrs. Leon Fiedler, Prescott, WI
Miss Sandra M. Lex, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Mrs. Thomas B. McKneely, McLean, VA
Miss Nell Sue Tyson, Denver, CO
Nominating Committee of the African Violet
Society of America, Inc.:

Past President, Mrs. W. F. Anderson; Past Presi¬
dent, Miss Edith Peterson; Member of Committee,
Mrs. Sidney Bogin; Vice Chairman, Mrs. Harold
Rienhardt; Chairman, Mrs. Wayne Schroeder.

National Council Judge _

Judging Experience _

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JUDGE’S CLERKS

Anyone desiring to serve as a judge’s clerk at
the 1977 convention, please fill in the blank and
mail to Mrs. Robert Laske, 4110 Walsh Avenue,
St. Louis, MO 63116 by March 1, 1977:

Name _

Street _

City _

State _ Zip _

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RESERVATIONS FOR CLASS
IN THE DESIGN DIVISION

Name -

Street _ ^ -

City - - — —

State _ Zip -

Mail the above blank to Mrs. Charles Gaines, 5412
Jamieson Ave., St. Louis, MO 63109 by March 20,
1977. _ _ ^ _

See Page 3 to find out how AVSA carries on its
business.

African Violet Magazine, January, 1977

36

EDUCATIONAL TABLES-

WHAT THEY’RE ALL ABOUT

Christine D. Leppard
413 Washington Street
Westfield, NJ 07090

The educational table — who’s going to do the
educationaU table this year? Any volunteers? If
you have heard that before, maybe this article will
be helpful.

First, the educational table is truly meant for
the ‘man on the street.’ He’s the one who still
wants to know “Are there really yellow violets?”
or “Why African violets don’t cross with tulips and
geraniums?” And, are you ready, “Why doesn’t
my plant ever bloom?”

Our ‘man on the street’ has probably had sever¬
al African violets at one time or another, and they
all probably received the same fate — wrapped in a
newspaper coffin at the bottom of his garbage can
or tossed into the garden. Truth is, African violets
are tremendously popular. We all know that huge
shipments sell out quickly in grocery stores. But,
we also know that most of them are doomed to an
unkind fate.

It really is the job of any African violet show to
teach, to educate the public who are interested
enough to come out to a flower show. Your ‘man
on the street’ is already a bit special since he did
come. How can you help him? Several ways.

The educational table can be based on one par¬
ticular theme. I have done educational tables for
several societies just on variegation in African vio-

EDUCATIONAL TABLE-Here's the educational
display prepared by Edward Bias for the 1976
New York City AVS show. The first poster said,
“Yes, You Can Grow African Violets." Other post¬
ers told them how through proper light, proper
soil, proper pots and potting, proper watering,
proper feeding, proper humidity, proper tempera¬
ture and ventilation and proper cleansing. The
final poster pointed out that AVSA is the largest
plant society in the world devoted to a single plant
and Invited visitors to become members.

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37

lets. I became interested in them when I overheard
a guest at the 1971 San Francisco Convention say
to another, “Stay away from the variegated plants
. . . you know, they put out poisonous gases.”
That was enough to raise my adrenalin and get me
up on my soap box. I prepared an eight-foot
display featuring the various kinds of variegated
plants. I separated them into three main categor¬
ies: ‘Tommie Lou’ type foliage, ‘Lilian Jarrett’
type foliage, and Champion type foliage. (Champ¬
ion is the name I gave to describe the type of
variegation which is generally white in immature
leaves, and gradually turns green in an irregular
pattern as the leaves mature. Ethel Champion has
hybridized many of these varieties.) I also demon¬
strated general culture which applies to growing
any African violet, paying particular attention to
the differences which the variegates require: Light
(more hours per day), temperature (cooler — us¬
ually the coolest place in your plant area), and
fertilizer use (sparing and low in nitrogen.)

The presentation of an educational table should
feature a combination of approaches. It is unde¬
niable that the more senses (taste, hearing, sight,
touch, smell) you reach, the more likely the lesson
is to be retained. Therefore, any educational table
should have some printed matter. Big, colorful
posters are great. I like to use these at the back of
the display, usually taped onto a wall. Do not
write too much; outlines and lists are fine. Use
BIG letters, neatly done. (A great investment is a
master stencil set, a set of pens, and a T-square).
Leave ample white space on posters and on the
table itself so the eye can rest between lines. Artis¬
tically spaced items are much more effective.

The material you choose to display is critical. It
is better to display two or three plastic pots than
seven or eight; everybody knows pots come in
sizes. Do not be tempted to display every possible
grooming tool used. You might include a lint
brush, a nut pick, tweezers, manicure scissors, a
measuring spoon, and a spray bottle for misting.
We know that each grower has his favorite tools,
but be selective. If in doubt, opt for the simplest
approach possible. If there is too much to see, the
viewer will stop looking!

Choose outstanding plant material because it
will be scrutinized by many more eyes than those
of the judges. It should be as clean as a whistle
and, hopefully, in bloom. Try to pick up several
colors in blossoms and leaves which will enhance
the display.

After carefully selecting the material to be in¬
cluded, look it over and eliminate one-fourth of it.
One leaf setting with baby plantlets is enough.
You do not need four leaves showing small to

larger babies. Choose one nice leaf grown especial¬
ly for the display. One small container of potting
soil, one of vermiculite, one of perlite are enough.
Yes, there are many, many other possible soil in¬
gredients; but remember you are planning this dis¬
play for the ‘man on the street.’ You are not clean¬
ing up the plant room and displaying everything
you find. One kind of fertilizer, not 15. If you
overwhelm, you will turn the viewer away. It is
better by far to let him be bitten by the “bug”
before he learns about all the paraphernalia he
needs and the work ahead.

So far you have eye appeal: Clean, bright
posters; a few carefully selected items used in gen¬
eral culture; and, most important, nice looking
plants. Maybe you are lucky enough to have a seed
pod. It is preferable to show a dry seed pod under
a magnifying glass than to display a plant with one
pod which the public must distinguish from a bud.
(Glue some of the seeds and the pod to a card and
mount under a magnifying glass. I used a dowell to
hold the glass upright.)

Next, you may appeal to the sense of touch.
Invite the public to touch the soil ... to feel how
vermiculite is really different from perlite and
sand. Kids love to handle things. If you make your
educational table the place to touch the soil, to
tickle the nose with a brush, to handle a f-u-z-z-y
African violet leaf, then the younger audience is
more likely to respect the rest of the show.

You appeal to the sense of hearing when a
patient member is on duty at the table during the
entire show. This descendant of Job will be asked
a thousand questions . . . most of them about
plants that do not bloom, which window, how
much water, about leaves that droop, about repot¬
ting. This program will be your spokesman and a
spokesman for AVSA and will either inspire the
visitors to grow plants and perhaps to join the
club, or will merely be another authority figure
with a “don’t touch, don’t bother” attitude.

The problem of smell is quickly resolved. One
plant on the table is for sniffing. Do not worry too
much if it gets a little broken by enthusiastic
noses . . . better one sample plant than a prize
show plant. Kids are the most likely to be the
sniffers; men are next.

Put the educational table near the front door of
the show room! If you are able to welcome and
talk to visitors before they see the show, you can
point out special features to look for and really
whet their curiosity. You can explain how to fol¬
low the schedule so that the show is more under¬
standable. Frequently the people with whom you
have taken that extra bit of time will come back to
chat after seeing the show. Watch for them; they’re

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38

your future members!

If it is necessary to put labels on the items on
the table, type or neatly letter them — no
handwriting. One of the most beautiful educa¬
tional displays I ever saw was exquisitely simple. It
was based on the “10 propers” (i.e. proper water¬
ing, proper light, proper fertilizer, proper potting).
It demonstrated in one or two sentences each
“proper,” combined with simple visual aides. For
example, proper light was simply shown by a
bright yellow sun and by a two-foot fluorescent
light tube glued to the poster board. Fertilizer, by
one can of fertilizer. All in all, there were only
about 10 uncluttered things showing proper cul¬
ture of African violets.

Another type of educational table can be based
on a particular phase of having a show. One table I
saw was all about judging. It had three posters
featuring the scale of points in pie-shaped wedges.
The next poster enhanced the first poster by ex¬
plaining what each piece of pie represented. In
other words, the 30-point wedge for symmetry
was repeated on the second poster with an explan¬
ation of what symmetry is, etc. The third poster
demonstrated that 50% of the award that a plant
receives is based on the plant itself and its cultural
condition, and that the other 50% of the award is
based on the number of flowers, their color and
size. Visitors learned it takes 90 out of 100 points
to earn a blue ribbon. The display stressed that the
plant with lots of flowers is not necessarily the
best plant. Examples of poor symmetry, underpot¬
ting, lack of bloom were on the table. (One of my
favorite show anecdotes is of a woman who came
to our sale table asking if there were any more
plants of ‘Poor Symmetry’ for sale.) The differ¬
ence between merit and competitive judging was
also explained in this display.

Another idea for an educational table might be
based on the diseases of African violets, but be
careful that the table is in a separate room or entry
hall. Other ideas feature the publications and
materials available from AVSA: slides, the African
Violet Magazine, yearbook packets, show sche¬
dules, culture brochures. Educational tables can
feature the miniatures and semiminiatures, Saint-
paulia species, or hybridizing.

All educational tables should have a few things
in common. They must be attractive to the public.
They must cover one or more facts of African
violet culture. They should teach something. They
must be accessible. Someone must be on duty to
answer questions.

Maybe it is only my personal opinion, but I
believe more educational tables are spoiled by put¬
ting too many things on than too few. Simplicity

is the key.

Judges scoring for the AVSA Standard Show
Award should not deduct points if the club has
prepared an educational table with a particular
theme, rather than on straight culture. The judges’
job is to decide how the theme or idea behind that
particular display has been carried out. If the dis¬
play is only about judging (and this is permissible),
then the panel of judges should not deduct points
because there are no leaf settings, pots, etc. The
one item I believe should always be present is the
AVSA culture brochure. This leaflet answers so
many questions, and it often reminds the visitor of
something else he may want to ask. More new
members have joined because of the AVSA culture
brochure and because of the promotion it gives at
educational tables than from any other single item.
Don’t eliminate them.

Give a bit of thought and time to your next
educational table. Don’t just go to your plant
room and scoop up everything you own. Choose a
theme and carry it out simply and neatly.

If you judge an educational exhibit, consider
the great amount of time and preparation that
went into it. Remember that its creator probably
left good show plants home to have room in the
car for the educational table display. Remember
that the time involved is frequently more than is
required for several arrangements. Ask if the club
gives an award for the educational table. If not,
consider recommending a special award or rosette.

The educational table is a key part of any Afri¬
can violet show. AVSA considers it 10% of the
show. When you are asked to help prepare one, be
generous with your time and talent. Chances are
you will learn more doing the necessary research
than you would have believed.

CONGRATULATIONS, NEVA

Our sincere congratulations are extended Mrs.
W. F. (Neva) Anderson of St. Louis, MO who has
earned the Master Judge Certificate in the National
Council of State Garden Clubs. Mrs. Anderson, a
past AVSA president and currently serving on the
Board of Directors, is the AVSA Publications
Chairman and the “Cross Your I’s . . . and Dot
Your T’s” columnist.

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USE PIPE CLEANER

If you have trouble keeping rooted leaves up¬
right, use a pipe cleaner, bent in a semi-circle and
inserted in the pot in the back of the leaf.

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39

African Violet Society of America, Inc.
31st Annual Convention

APRIL 28, 29, 30, 1977 ST. LOUIS, MO.

CHASE PARK PLAZA HOTEL

CALL FOR 1977 ANNUAL MEETING

The annual meeting of the African Violet Society of America, Inc., will be held Saturday, April 30,
1977 at 9 a.m. at the Chase Park Plaza Hotel for the purpose of electing officers and transacting business
that may properly come before the meeting.

CALL FOR 1977 BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING

The Board of Directors meeting will be held at the Chase Park Plaza Hotel Tuesday, April 26, 1977 at
8:00 p.m. for the purpose of transacting business that may properly come before the meeting.

Melva B. Nelson, President

African Violet Society of America, Inc.

HOTEL RESERVATION FOR 1977 AVSA CONVENTION AND
ANNUAL MEETING

CHASE-PARK PLAZA HOTEL, ST. LOUIS, MO

Mail Reservations to:

ATTENTION: Front Office Manager

Chase-Park Plaza Hotel

212 North Kingshighway Blvd.,

St. Louis, Mo. 63108

Time _ A.M. Time _ A.M.

Arrival Date _ P.M. Departure Date _ P.M.

Name: _

Address _

City or Town _ State _ Zip _

Please reserve accommodations as checked below:

Room Rates (add 9^2% Mo. Room Tax)

S25.00 Single ( )

$32.00 Twin or Double ( ) >

$ 8.00 extra for one roll- away bed added in a room ( )

Parking charge: $1.00 per day per registered guest.

To be eligible for special AVSA Convention rates given above registration must be made on this pink
form or photostat of same.

Send this blank plus check to Chase-Park Plaza Hotel, St. Louis, Mo. 63108.

Reservations for rooms must be received not later than 30 days prior to opening date of Convention, or
March 28, 1977, if you desire to receive accommodations available to AVSA Convention Members.
These reservations will be held only until 6 P.M. of day of arrival unless check or confirmation of a later
date is specified.

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CLIP

AND

MAIL

A V S A CONVENTION REGISTRATION FORM

April 25-30, 1977

Chase Park Plaza Hotel
St. Louis, MO

Check your status: This is my
Individual Member ( )

Commercial Member ( ) Honorary Life Member ( ) Lifetime Judge ( )

Life Member ( ) Board Member ( ) Judge ( }

(first, third, 31st or?) convention.

Judging School Teacher (

BE SURE TO BRING YOUR 1977-78 AVSA MEMBERSHIP CARD

Please Print

Mr.

Name Mrs. _ _ _

Miss (last name (first name) (middle initial)

Address: _

City

.State

-Zip

One registration fee for convention shall admit any two members of family residing at same
address. Please check how many are desired for meal functions and/or tours. We must know definitely
how many to prepare for.

CONVENTION REGISTRATION FEE

Number Price Total

_ For entire convention: Early bird . . $6.50 After April 11 . . $8.00 _

_ For one day. only: Early bird . . 3.50 After April 11 . . 5.00 _

MEALS

Thursday Dinner Meeting . 9.75

Friday Luncheon Meeting . 6.50

Friday Banquet Meeting . 11.00

Thursday Teachers Workshop Breakfast (teachers only) . 2.50

Friday Commercial Members Workshop Breakfast . 5.00

Friday Judges & Exhibitors Workshop Breakfast (for everyone) . 2.50

TOURS

A. Tuesday all day - St. Louis City Tour - Lunch included . 15.00

B. Wednesday all day - Heritage Homes - Lunch included . 17.00

C. Thursday Plaza Frontenac - Shopping - Brunch included . 6.00

MAKE ALL CHECKS PAYABLE TO AVSA IN U. S. FUNDS Total Enclosed
Signature _ Date _

Send reservations not later than April 11, 1977 to Registration Chairman,
Mrs. Carl Meister, 4459 Gemini Dr., St. Louis, MO 63128. Reservations will not be
honored without remittance. Please assist the committee by making reservations early.
Your badge, program and tickets will be ready on your arrival.

REFUNDS: If circumstances make it necessary to change plans, contact
registration chairman before April 18, 1977 and money wiU be refunded.

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CONVENTION SHOW SCHEDULE

THEME: ‘‘THIRD TIME AROUND”

CHASE PARK PLAZA HOTEL, ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI
APRIL 28 - 29, 1977

AMATEUR SECTION

HORTICULTURE DIVISION

Section I Single blossoms
Class

1. Purple, dark blue

2. Light to medium blue

3. Pink

4. Dark pink, coral

5. Red, fuchsia

6. Orchid, lavender

7. White

8. Two-tone, multicolor

Section II Double blossoms
Class

9. Purple, dark blue

10. Light to medium blue

11. Pink

12. Dark pink, coral

13. Red, fuchsia

14. Orchid, lavender

15. White

16. Two-tone, multicolor

Section III Edged blossoms
Class

17. Green, gold, chartreuse

18. Geneva

Section IV Variegated foliage

19. Standard varieties, any type or size of
blossom

Section V Miniature and semiminiature (including
variegated foliage)

Class

20. Miniature

21. Semiminiature

Section VI Single or double blossom, any foliage
Class

22. Collection of three registered varieties, all
of which must be the same type, stand¬
ard, miniature, semiminiature or trailers.
To compete for AVS A Collection awards,
gold and purple rosettes, (See rules 5 and
15)

23. Plants in unusual, decorative or novel
container. Each exhibitor will be permit¬
ted only one entry, consisting of one
plant, planted in the conatiner. (See rule

5)

24. New Introductions. (See rule 9)

A. Seedlings

B. Sports or mutants

25. Specimen plants

A. African violet species (such as S. gro-
tei, S. confusa, etc)

B. African violet trailers (all types)

C. Hanging baskets

Section VII Other gesneriads
Class

26. Episcia, gloxinia, etc.

27. Miniature gesneriads (other than African
violets) in regular pot or growing in clear
glass container. May or may not be decor¬
ative, with cover permitted. More than
one entry permitted in A or B, but they
must be different varieties.

A. One plant only

B. Two or more plants of the same var¬
iety

DESIGN DIVISION

Section VIII Artistic Plantings - All classes in this
section must consist of one or more blooming
African violet plants removed from the pot, used
in a pleasing design with other growing or cut
plant material that has the appearance of growing.
No artificial fruits, vegetables or foliage permitted.
Dried, treated or painted plant material may be
used.

Medium green backgrounds, supplied by
the staging committee will be used, 24”
high, 20” wide, approximately 15” deep
unless otherwise stated. No draping per¬
mitted unless otherwise stated. Bases and
accessories optional unless definitely
stated in the class.

Class

28. “The Big Cat Country” — The St. Louis

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Zoo has just completed a natural setting
for the “Big Cats”. This new addition at¬
tracts the attention of all ages. An artistic
planting incorporating an appropriate ani¬
mal accessory. Background 30” tall, 20”
wide, 15” deep. Draping permitted. Limit
of 4 entries.

29. “200 Years of Worship” The architectural
beauty of many churches and temples
have inspired St. Louisians of all faiths to
worship through the years. A planting
suggesting reverence or serenity. Limit of
4 entries.

30. “Caves of Missouri” The mountains of
the Missouri Ozarks are filled with his¬
toric caves surrounded by beautiful and
artistically shaped rocks. A planting using
one or more rocks. Limit of 4 entries.

31. “Down On The Levee”. Strollers are fre¬
quently rewarded with beautiful and in¬
teresting pieces of driftwood which has
been washed onto the levee by high
waters from the great Mississippi. A plant¬
ing using driftwood. Limit of 4 entries.

32. “St. Louis Has It From A to Z”. Central
geographic location, ideal for industry,
close to markets, the area is important in
the production of shoes, beer, chemicals
and steel. It is the second ranking water
and rail transportation in the United
States. A planting suggesting one of the
industries mentioned. Limit of 4 entries.

33. Terrariums

“Scenic Ozarks”. A planting in a trans¬
parent covered container. Space provided
30” from floor, 15” deep, 20” wide.
Limit of 8 entries.

34. “Dish Gardens”. A planting in any type
container. No cover. Space provided 30”
from floor, 15” deep, 20” wide. Limit of
8 entries.

Section IX Arrangements. Cut African violet blos-
soms are to be featured unless otherwise stated.
Other cut plant material permitted. Treated, dried,
painted or other material may be used if designat¬
ed in the class. No artificial flowers or foliage may
be used. Medium green backgrounds 28” tall, 20”
wide, approximately 15” deep unless otherwise
stated. No draping permitted unless otherwise
stated. Accessories permitted.

Class

35. “Art - Small Scale.”

A. A small arrangement using fresh cut
material, not to exceed 7/4” in any
direction, staged against light green
background. Limit of 12 entries.

B. A small arrangement using dried or
treated material with fresh African
violet blossoms. Not to exceed yVz”
in any direction, staged against a
hght green background. Limit of 12
entries.

Class

36. “Soulard Masket” — The Soulard Market,
a public place for farmers to bring their
fruits and vegetables to sell was built in
1843, enlarged to its present site in 1928.
Today it is a landmark and popular with
the buyers and sellers for miles around.
An arrangement using fruits and vege¬
tables, featuring African violet leaves, no
blossoms permitted. Limit of 4 entries.

37. “The Symphony” - St. Louis takes great
pride in its symphony orchestra, one of
the oldest in the nation, renowned for
their stellar performance of George Ger¬
shwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue”. An arrange¬
ment using ‘Blue Rhapsody’ violet blos¬
soms. Limit of 4 entries.

38. “Theme Of The Show” - An arrangement
interpreting the Theme Of The Show,
“Third Time Around”. Limit of 4 entries.

39. “Historic St. Charles” - Brick streets and
gas lights are an important part of the
authenticity of the historic section of this
old river town. This area is a treat for the
antique lover. St. Charles is the home
town of Missouri’s first state capitol
building, fully restored with antiques
dating from 1821 to 1826. An arrange¬
ment using an antique container. Limit of
4 entries.

40. “In A Japanese Garden” - The 12 acre
Japanese Garden situated in the Missouri
Botanical Garden which also includes
Crane Island and Tea House Island. The
island is a gift from Ikebana International
St. Louis Chapter, an organization specia¬
lizing in the art of Japanese Flower Ar¬
ranging. An arrangement in the Japanese
manner. Limit of 4 entries.

41. “1954 Birth Of The Double Pinks” - The
double pink violet was introduced at the
AVSA Convention held in St. Louis, MO
in 1954. An arrangement using double
pink African violet blossoms. Limit of 4
entries.

42. “On A Roller Coaster” - At Six Flags
Over Mid-America we have the world’s
tallest, fastest and longest roller coaster,
“The Screaming Eagle”. He leaves them
breathless. An arrangement stressing

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rhythm, using medium green background,
30” tall, 20” wide, 15” deep. Draping
permitted. Limit of 4 entries.

Section X - Special Exhibits Division

43. “Affiliate Yearbooks”. (See rule 18)

44. “Educational Exhibit” (By invitation

only)

45. “AVSA Promotional Exhibit” (See rule

20)

46. Affiliate Magazines or Newsletters (See
rule 21)

A. 16 pages or less

B. More than 16 pages

Am a te ur Divisi on
Rules And Regulations

1. Entries must be made between 2 p.m. and 9
p.m. on Wednesday, April 27, 1977 and between 8
a.m. and 10 a.m. on Thursday, April 28, 1977.

2. Plants arriving too late to be entered will be
shown for exhibition only.

3. Only clean healthy plants will be accepted,
and must have been in the possession of the ex¬
hibitor at least three months.

4. An exhibitor may enter only one plant of
each variety in classes 1 through 21.

5. An exhibitor may enter plants of the same
variety in classes 22 and 23 as those entered in
classes 1 through 21.

6. Each variety must be correctly named or sub¬
ject to correction by the classification committee.

7. The Society will afford all possible protec¬
tion to exhibits, but will not be responsible for
any losses.

8. All plants entered in classes 1 through 24
must be single crown, except species and trailers in
classes 25A - B — C and trailers in the collection
class 22, which may be multiple crown.

9. Any number of seedlings may be entered
provided they have been originated by the exhibi¬
tor or released rights given in writing, and not pre¬
viously shown at a convention show.

10. Only blue ribbon winners will be eligible to
receive special or AVSA awards.

11. if an entry is not entered by the owner, the
name of such person making the entry must be on
the back of the entry tag.

12. No flared top pots, supports or collars un¬
der foliage will be permitted. Any shape of pots
for specimen plants will be accepted. For uniform¬
ity, all pots must be covered with dull side of
aluminum foil. Exhibitors are to print their names
on adhesive tape and attach to the bottom of the
foil covered pots.

13. All entries in both amateur and commercial
sections must be removed at 12 midnight Friday,
and from 7:30 a.m. to 12 noon on Saturday, April
30. Show will be closed at 12 midnight Friday.

14. The show will be judged by merit method

of judging, the decision of the judges will be final.
Only qualified AVSA judges will be permitted to
judge.

15. All amateur AVSA members may enter
Class 22 to compete for AVSA Collection (Gold
and Purple Rosette Awards). (See Society awards).

16. Any African violet entered in AVSA Collec¬
tion class, class 22, receiving a blue ribbon is also
eligible for any other special award.

17. Only AVSA members in good standing are
eligible to enter exhibits in convention shows.

18. All club yearbooks entered in class 43 must
be mailed to Mrs. Christine Leppard, 413 Washing¬
ton Ave., Westfield, NJ 07090 by March 1, 1977,
and will be judged by the new scale of points.
These books must be no larger than 5V2 x 8V2
inches, being the same book that all club members
receive. Books exceeding the max,imum size will be
disqualified. Only affiliate organizations are
eligible to enter in this class.

19. Anyone desiring to reserve space to enter in
the Artistic and/or Arrangement classes, send
your blank to Mrs. Charles G. Gaines, 5412 Jamie¬
son Ave., St. Louis, MO 63109 by March 1, 1977.
Any entry after this date will be accepted only if
there is a cancellation.

20. Anyone desiring to reserve space in the
AVSA Promotional class send your blank to Mrs.
Charles G. Gaines, 5412 Jamieson Ave., St. Louis,
MO 63109 no later than March 1, 1977. There is a
limit of 6 entries to be accepted. After the class is
filled, additional entries will be accepted only if
there is a cancellation.

21. Affiliate Newsletters or magazines entered
in class 46 must be mailed to Mrs. WiUiam J. Krog-
man, 1325 Parkway Drive, Brookfield, WI 53005
by March 1, 1977. Only Affiliates are eligible. Pub¬
lications submitted shall be identical to those re¬
ceived by members. All issues published between
March 1, 1976 and Feb. 28, 1977, shall be sub¬
mitted. Maximum size 8V2 x 11 inches. Copy of
scale forjudging available from Mrs. Krogman.

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44

THE 1977 CONVENTION SHO W

Society Awards

AVSA Silver Cup — To be awarded to the best
registered variety in classes 1 thru 22 in the Ama¬
teur Division.

Award of Merit Rosette and S 15.00 cash — to
be awarded to the second best registered variety in
classes 1 thru 22 in the Amateur Division.

Honorable Mention Rosette and S 10.00 cash —
to be awarded to the third best registered variety
in classes 1 thru 22 in the Amateur Division.

AVSA Collection of three Registered Different
Varieties Awards — Gold Rosette to be given the
best collection; Purple Rosette to be given the
second best collection in class 22 in the Amateur
Show.

Trophies for Commercial Display Tables — Sil¬
ver Bowl for the best Commercial Display Table.
Silver Tray to the exhibitor of the second best
Commercial Display Table. 6” Paul Revere Bowl to
the exhibitor of the third best Commercial Display
Table. Honorable Mention Rosette to the exhibi¬
tor of the fourth best Commercial Display Table.

New Introduction Award — A plaque will be
awarded to the commercial member having the
best new introduction, class 4.

Commercial Silver Cup — To the exhibitor of
the best registered variety in classes 1 and 2.

AVSA Collection of three Registered Different
Varieties Awards — Gold Rosette to be given the
best collection; Purple Rosette to be given the
second best collection in class 2 in the Commercial
Show.

AVSA Sweepstakes Award — Four Silver Bowls
to be awarded to the four AVSA members who
won the most blue ribbons in Specimen classes in
shows sponsored by Affiliate Organizations during
the calendar year, 1976 from January 1 to Decem¬
ber 31 inclusive. In case of a tie the winner will be
selected by a drawing of names. Winners will be
announced at the annual Friday nite banquet. The
President or Secretary of the Affiliate Organiza¬
tion must send to the AVSA Awards Chairman,
Mrs. Richard A. Chase, 482 Rutherford Avenue,
Redwood City, CA 94061, by March 1, 1977 the
following information: (a) Name of organization,
(b) Name and address of member, (c) Number of
ribbons won, (d) Dates and places of shows. This is
an Amateur Award and not open to members qual¬
ifying as Commercials in accordance with Article
II, paragraph 2, of the AVSA Bylaws.

Yearbook Awards — Class 43, four awards as
follows:

First Prize . Si 5.00

Second Prize . 10.00

Third Prize . 5.00

Fourth Prize . 4.00

All yearbooks entered in class 43 must be mail¬
ed to Mrs. Christine Leppard, 413 Washington

Avenue, Westfield, NJ 07090 by March 1, 1977.
The 1977 yearbooks will be judged by the revised
scale of points published in the African Violet
Handbook for Judges and Exhibitors by Ruth G.
Carey, 1975 revision (salmon cover) pages 64-67.

Affiliate Magazines or Newsletters Awards:

Four awards as follows:

A. 16 pages or less: 1st Blue Rosette, 2nd, Red
Rosette.

B. More than 16 pages: 1st Blue Rosette, 2nd
Red Rosette.

All affiliate magazines or newsletters entered in
class 46 must be mailed to Mrs. William J. Krog-
man, 1325 Parkway Drive, Brookfield, WI 53005
by March 1, 1977. Classes are open to AVSA Affil¬
iates only. Publications submitted shall be identi¬
cal to those received by members. All issues of a
publication released between March 1 and Febru¬
ary 28 shall be submitted. Publications exceeding
the maximum size of SVi x 11 inches shall be dis¬
qualified.

Standard Show Achievement Award — A spe¬
cial Blue Rosette will be awarded at this conven¬
tion to the Affiliate Organization that has won the
Standard Show Award (Green Rosette) with at
least 95 points during the calendar year from Jan¬
uary 1 to December 31, 1976.

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JUDGE’S WORKSHOP

All questions to be answered at the Judges
Workshop at the St. Louis convention on Friday
morning should be mailed to Mrs. James B. Carey,
3900 Garden Drive, Knoxville, TN 37918 no later
than April 1, 1977. If you have a specific topic,
but no question in particular, please send this in¬
formation to me. I need to know what would be
most helpful to you. Questions received prior to
deadline date will be answered first. If time per¬
mits, others will be answered.

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45

AMATEUR SHOW

SPECIAL AWARDS

HORTICULTURE DIVISION

Section I — Specimen plants, single blossoms.

Class 1 — Purple and dark blue: 1st, Ann and
Ray Dooley, S 10.00; 2nd, Cavalier African Violet
Club, $5.00.

Class 2 — Light to medium blue: 1st, Florence
Garrity, $10.00; 2nd, AVSA Judges’ Council of
Northern California, $5.00.

Class 3 — Pink: 1st, Tampa African Violet So¬
ciety, $10.00; 2nd, Edward Bradford, $5.00.

Class 4 — Dark pink and coral: 1st, Mrs. L. F.
Lidiak, $10.00; 2nd, Mrs. R. E. Hertel, $5.00.

Class 5 — Red, fuchsia: 1st, Indianapolis Afri¬
can Violet Club, $10.00; 2nd, Sue Dohm, $5.00.

Class 6 — Orchid, lavender: 1st, Sylvia Richard¬
son, $10.00; 2nd, Carolyn Hollingsworth, Hand
Painted Pots.

Class 7 — white: 1st, Indianapolis African Vio¬
let Club, $10.00; 2nd, Heart of Texas African Vio¬
let Society, $5.00.

Class 8 — Two-tone, multicolor: 1st, First Aus¬
tin African Violet Society, $10.00; 2nd Pied Piper
AVC, $5.00.

Section II — Specimen plants, double blossoms.

Class 9 — Purple, dark blue; 1st, Stim-U-Plant
Laboratories, Inc., Plaque and $25.00.

Class 10 — Light to medium blue: 1st, Indiana¬
polis AVC, $10.00; 2nd, Robert Sutton Jr., An¬
tique China.

Class 11 — Pink: 1st, Indianapolis AVC,
$10.00; 2nd, Mary S. Garrity, $5.00.

Class 12 — Dark pink, coral: 1st, Ann Richard¬
son, $10.00; 2nd, $5.00.

Class 13 — Red, fuchsia: 1st, Stim-U-Plant Lab¬
oratories, Inc., Plaque and $25.00; 2nd, Lower
Connecticut Valley African Violet Society,
$10.00.

Class 14 — Orchid, lavender: 1st, Mr. W. M.
Plaster, $10.00; 2nd, Celine Chase, $5.00.

Class 15 — White: 1st, Stim-U-Plant Laborator¬
ies, Inc., Plaque and $25.00.

Class 16 — Two-tone, multicolor: 1st, San Fran¬
cisco African Violet Society, $10.00; 2nd, Celine
Chase, $5.00.

Section III — Specimen plants, edged blossoms.

Class 17 — Green, gold or chartreuse edged: 1st,
Indianapolis African Violet Club, $10.00.

Class 18 — Geneva edged: 1st, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Burton, Antique China; 2nd, Border Cities
AVC of Detroit, $5.00.

Section IV — Specimen plants, variegated foli¬
age.

Class 19 — Standard varieties, any type or size
of blossom: 1st, AVS of Greater New York, Inc.,
$25.00; 2nd, The Viva La Violets AVC, $10.00.

Section V — Miniature and Semiminiature (in¬
cluding variegated foliage).

Class 20 — Miniature: 1st, St. Louis Judges’
Council, $15.00; 2nd Rainbow AVC of St. Louis,
$5.00.

Class 21 — Semiminiature: 1st, Mrs. Harold
Baker, $10.00; 2nd, Rainbow AVC of St. Louis,
$5.00.

Section VI — Specimen plants, single or double
blossoms, any foliage.

Class 22 — Collection of three different register¬
ed varieties, all of which must be the same type,
standard, mimiature, semiminiature or trailers: 1st,
Tube Craft, FloraCart; 2nd, AVS of Philadelphia,
$25.00.

Class 23 — Plants in unusual, decorative or no¬
vel containers: 1st, Top Choice African Violet So¬
ciety, $10.00; 2nd, Edward Bradford, $5.00.

Class 24 — New Introductions:

A — Seedlings: 1st, Helen Van Zele, $10.00;
2nd, Amethyst African violet Club, $5.00.

B — Sports or mutants: 1st, AVS of Staten Is¬
land, $10.00;

Class 25 — Specimen Plants.

A — African Violet Species (such as S. Grotei,
S. confusa, etc.): 1st, Mabel and Glenn Hudson,
Silver.

B — African violet trailers (all types): 1st, Helen
Van Zele, $10.00.

C — Hanging baskets: 1st, Mrs. George Gana-
way. Jam Jar.

Section VII — Other gesneriads.

Class 26 — Episcia, gloxinia, etc.: 1st, Mrs.
Percy F. Crane, $10.00; 2nd, $5.00.

Class 27 — Miniature gesneriads (other than
African violets) in regular pot or growing in clear
glass container. May or may not be decorative,
with cover permitted. More than one entry permit¬
ted in A or B, but they must be different varieties.

A — One plant only: 1st, Normandy African
Violet Club, $5.00.

B — Two or more plants of the same variety:
1st, Ann Riddle, $5.00.

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46

OTHER AWARDS

Classes 1 thru 8 — Best specimen plant, single
blossom: Wisconsin Council of African Violet
Clubs, $25.00.

Classes 9 thru 16 — Best specimen plant, double
blossom: Northern California Council of African
Violet Societies, $25.00.

Class 20 — Best specimen miniature, double
pink: Le Chateau AVC, $5.00.

Class 20 — Best specimen plant, miniature,
blue: Mrs. Joan Laske, $5.00.

Class 20 — Best specimen plant, miniature, var¬
iegated: The Viva La Violets AVC, $10.00.

Classes 20 and 21 — Best registered specimen
plant, miniature or semiminiature: Violets After
Five AVS, $20.00.

Classes 1 thry 22 — Best registered variety:
Stim-U-Plant Laboratories, Inc., $50.00 and Pla¬
que.

Classes 1 thru 27 — Sweepstakes in Horticul¬
ture: New York City AVS, Silver.

Classes 1 thru 27 — 2nd highest number of blue
ribbons in horticulture: Percy F. Crane, $20.00.

Classes 1 thru 42 — Most blue ribbons won in
horticulture and design division: President’s award,
Mrs. Edward A. Nelson, China.

DESIGNATED PLANT AWARDS

Class 9 — Richter’s “Nightshade”, Nightshade
AVC, $10.00.

Class 10 — “Blue Belle”, Granger Gardens,
$25.00.

Class 11 — “Pink Viceroy”, “Pink Granada” or
“Pink Electra”, Granger Gardens, $25.00.

Class 15 — “County Belle”, Mrs. Charles Gaines,

$10.00.

Class 15 — “Faith”, “Eternal Snow” or “Miri¬
am Steel”, Granger Gardens, $25.00.

Class 15 — “Faith”, Green Thumb AVC, $5.00.

Class 16 — “Ruth Carey”, “Poodle Top” or
class 12, “Jeanmarie”, Tinari Greenhouses Awards,
Copper Trays, 1st and 2nd.

Class 18 — “Lavender Tempest”, Granger Gar¬
dens, $25.00.

Class 18 — “Kansas City ChieP’, The AVC of
Greater Kansas City, $10.00.

Class 19 — “Kay Russell”, class 13, “Christmas
Holly” or class 1, “Blue Boy”, Inner City AVS,
$10.00.

Class 19 — “Cordelia”, Rienhardt’s African Vio¬
lets, Trophy.

Class 19 — “Top Dollar”, “Happy Harold” or
“Nancy Reagan”, Rienhardt’s African Violets,
Trophy.

Class 20 — “Tiny Ellie”, Mrs. Sidney Bogin,
Silver Bud Vase.

Class 20 — “Hi-Stepper”, class 25B, “Bicenten¬
nial Trail” or class 13, “Helene”, Lyndon Lyon,
$25.00.

Class 9 — “Hi-Hopes”, High Hopes AVC, $7.50.

Class 16 — “Edith V. Peterson”, Edith Peter¬
son, $10.00.

DESIGN DIVISION

Section VIII — Artistic Plantings.

Class 28 — “The Big Cat Country”, 1st, Alma
Janus, $10.00; 2nd, Catherine Carlisle, $5.00.

Class 29 — “200 Years of Worship”: 1st, Vicki
and Susan Erman, $10.00; 2nd, Viking AVC,
$5.00.

Class 30 — “Caves of Missouri”: 1st, Mrs. Jess
Stern, $10.00; 2nd, Florence Gaines, $5.00.

Class 31 — “Down on the Levee”: 1st, Joanne
Steffen, $10.00; 2nd, Erna Holt, $5.00.

Class 32 — “St. Louis Has It From A to Z”: 1st,
Mrs. Charles McGrievey, $10.00; 2nd, Ella Johan-
ning, $5.00.

Class 33 — Terrariums: “Scenic Ozarks”: 1st,
“Wm. R. Smith 1st Annual Memorial Award”, Edd
Stretch Smith, $10.00; 2nd, Viking African Violet
Club, $5.00.

Class 34 — Dish Gardens: 1st, Union County
Chapter of AVSA, $10.00; 2nd, Ethel Mathis,
$5.00.

Section IX — Arrangements.

Class 35A — “Art-Small Scale”: 1st, Mrs. W. F.
Anderson, $10.00; 2nd, Mrs. M. P. McVey, $5.00;
3rd, Marion Bell, $5.00.

Class 35B — A small arrangement: 1st, Mrs. W.
F. Anderson, $10.00; 2nd, Diane Peach, $5.00;
3rd, Barbara Edinger, $5.00.

Class 36 — “Soulard Market”; 1st, Mrs. Dana
Gipson, $10.00; 2nd, Irene Rienhold, $5.00.

Class 37 — “The Symphony”: 1st, Sandra M.
Lex, $10.00; 2nd, Doris Loyet, $5.00.

Class 38 — “Third Time Around”: 1st, Mrs. Ed¬
ward A. Nelson, $10.00; 2nd, Violet Stubblefield,
$5.00.

Class 39 — “Historic St. Charles”: 1st, Edd
Stretch Smith, $10.00; 2nd, Floretta Willets,
$5.00.

Class 40 — “In a Japanese Garden”: 1st, Eunice
and Gene Theil, $10.00; 2nd, Nancy Willets,
$5.00.

Class 41 — “1954 Birth of the Double Pink”:
1st, Virginia Hamilton and Lois Russell, $10.00;
2nd, Roma Wilson, $5.00.

Class 42 — “On a Roller Coaster”: 1st, Patty

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Smith and Joan Laske, $10.00; 2nd, Edith Hoy,
$5.00.

Classes 28 thru 32 — Best artistic planting: Mr.
and Mrs. Victor Joseph Kunz, Original Painting;
2nd best, Helen Van Zele, $5.00.

Classes 35 thru 42 — Best arrangement: Nancy
and Floretta Willets, $10.00; 2nd best, Esther
Brewer, $5.00.

Classes 28 thru 42 — Sweepstakes: The Dixie
Moonbeams AVS, Silver; 2nd highest number of
blue ribbons, Violets Atlanta, Violet Compote.

Section X — Special Exhibits Division.

Class 43 — Affiliate Yearbooks should not ex¬

ceed maximum size, 5y2 x SVi inches: 1st, $15.00;
2nd, $10.00; 3rd, $5.00; 4th, $4.00.

Class 44 — Educational Exhibit (by invitation
only)

Class 45 — AVSA Promotional Exhibit: 1st,
Adeline Krogman, $10.00; 2nd, Celine Chase,
$5.00.

Class 46 — Affiliate Magazines or Newsletters.
A — 16 pages or less: 1st, Blue Rosette; 2nd,
Red Rosette.

B — More than 16 pages: 1st, Blue Rosette;
2nd, Red Rosette.

Ruth Carey Award for Affiliate Chapter Lead¬
ership, Silver.

C ommer dal Show - Special Awards

Section I — Specimen plants.

Class 1 — New Introductions.

A — Seedlings: 1st, “Win Albright Memorial
Award”, Mrs. Winfred E. Albright, $25.00; 2nd,
Helen Van Zele, $10.00.

Classes 1 and 2 —“Helene Galpin Memorial
Award”, F. Henry Galpin, $10.00 for the best
plant of “Helene”.

Classes 1 and 2 — Best single blossom plant:

Crestwood Violetry, Silver.

Classes 1 and 2 — Best geneva edged African
Violet: Crestwood Violetry, Silver.

Classes 1 and 2 — Best “Cordelia”: Rienhardt’s
African Violets, $10.00.

Classes 1 and 2 — Best “Happy Harold”, “Top
Dollar” or “Nancy Reagan”: Rienhardt’s African
Violets, $10.00.

Classes 1 and 2 — Sweepstakes: Jimmy Watson,
Silver.

Commercial Display Tables - Special Awards

Section II — Display Tables.

Class 3 — Best specimen plant: 1st, Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Burton, Antique China; 2nd, Ruth
Hatch, $5.00.

Enter Your

March 1, 1977, is the deadline for entering your
yearbook for AVSA judging. That date will sneak
up on you if you don’t right now mark it down on
your calendar and make sure that the person in
your club knows where to send your entry. Please
mail two unfolded copies of your entry to:

Mrs. Janet Riemer
14 Pelham Rd.

Kendall Park, NJ 08824

The 1977 yearbooks will be judged as a service
project for AVSA by the New Jersey Council of
African Violet Judges. Please check Mrs. Carey’s
coral 1975 revised Handbook for specifications on

Class 4 — Second best new introduction: Helen
Van Zele, $10.00; Third best new introduction:
Helen Van Zele, $5.00.

Classes 3 and 4 — Best horticultural perfection:
New York State African Violet Society, Silver.

Yearbook!

size ^nd content requirements. The judging will
take place early in March, so it is very important
that your yearbook arrives no later than March 1,
1977. If you wish a receipt of arrival of your
entry, please include a self-addressed postcard
which will be returned to you upon the arrival of
your entry.

AVSA judges able to attend meetings in Highs-
town. New Jersey, who wish to participate are in¬
vited to offer their services to the committee.
Please write Mrs. Riemer, enclosing a self-ad¬
dressed envelope for information.

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CROSS YOUR l*s . . .
and

DOT YOUR T^s . . .

Mrs. W. F. Anderson
360 Tulip Dr.

St. Louis, MO 63119

Are YOU taking advantage of the printed
material AVSA has made available for members?

The African Violet Master Variety List, Num¬
ber 3, is available now ($3.50 postpaid from the
AVSA office). The complete list of all registered
cultivars from #1 through #2802 is included.
Registrations before 1976 will no longer be pub¬
lished in the African Violet Magazine and the
complete registration Hst will not be reprinted in
subsequent MVL publications. THIS IS A MUST
FOR YOUR VIOLET LIBRARY.

Show entry tags printed in violet ink on white
stock are available from the AVSA office. For de¬
tails, see page 14, November 1976 African Violet
Magazine.

The Guide Booklet for Affiliate Presidents and
AVSA Representatives is available from the AVSA
office ($1, postpaid). This contains helpful ma¬
terial for any affiliate president and should be in
the president’s file to be passed on to succeeding
presidents. Culture folders How To Grow Afri¬
can Violets are available for cost of shipping from
the AVSA office. This folder contains an AVSA
membership application blank. Use for shows, for
commercial sales, give with gift plants, or wherever
memberships may be solicited. Please include post¬
age cost when you request these free folders.

TO OUR FOREIGN MEMBERS: Please, when
ordering any printed material or when paying
membership dues, remit in US funds with a draft
or check on a New York, USA bank.

Some members have asked how to get the re¬
turn address labels with AVSA and the pot of
violets logo in violet ink. If interested in informa¬
tion, send' me a self addressed, stamped envelope.

” - - —

MAIN NUTRIENTS

Three main nutrients needed by plants are: Ni¬
trogen, phosphate and potash. Nitrogen gives good
color to leaves but does nothing for blooms.
Phosphate makes good root growth, and promotes
constant blooming and deepens colors. Potash
gives flowers a clear lustrous look, and stabilizes
growth. Use the fertilizers higher in the first two
so as to get good color and root system.

AVSA Emblems

Wear an AVSA emblem with pride that
you are a part of the 20,000 member AVSA
family.

Affiliates: Do you present the newly
elected president with an emblem with chain
and gavel attached to be worn during the term
of office and passed on to the succeeding
president at the installation ceremony? This
is a nice tradition for an Affiliate.

STERLING SILVER OR
lOK GOLD FILLED

Pin . . . . $ 6.00

Pin/gavel (for President) . . . 8.00

Charm . . . . . . 6.00

Charm/gavel (for President) . 8.00

Tie Tack . . 6.00

Tie Tack/gavel (for President) . 8.00

Earrings/ pair . . 12.00

Bracelet . . 7.00

Judges’ Charm . . 5.00

Judges’ Charm/disc . . 8.00

Judges’ Guard Pin . 4.00

Gavel/chain . 4.00

14K GOLD

Pin ............. . . 25.00

Pin/ gavel (for President) . . . 35.00

Charm . 25.00

Charm/gavel (for President) . . 35.00

Earrings/ pair . 40.00

Gavel/chain . 13.00

Life Member Pin . . 30.00

Life Member Tie Tack . . 30.00

Prices are subject to change should our cost,
when reordering, be increased.

African Violet Magazine, January, 1977

50

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VAIID 1 IRRADY

IvUn LIDIIIIIII

Mrs. M. E. Garner
1010 Edgewood S.E.
North Canton, Ohio 44720

“Necessity is the mother of invention”. So goes
the famous saying. In an emergency that calls for
one to suddenly leave for an unknown period of
time, your plants are all left to the care of a com¬
pletely inexperienced person. They are willing to
care for them and you are glad to accept their
kindness at this time. You hope for the best and
that they will understand the needs of the plants.
This was the situation I found myself in this past
summer. When I returned home, after a period of
six and a half weeks, I found ~ much to my sur¬
prise — that my African violets were doing very
well. Other than needing a good grooming — they
had been watered and were growing well. (Not Hke
some of my other house plants that were swim¬
ming in containers of water.) The reason — WICK
WATERING! I had them on top of water wells.
They couldn’t be over watered. Any excess went
down into the well and each plant used just what
it needed.

Why not try wick watering? Have a program on
it. There is a slide program in the library that can
be of great help. Ask for it in plenty of time, so it
can be scheduled well in advance of your meeting
date. These slide programs are in such demand and
must be scheduled several months ahead of the
date on which you plan to use it.

Check the June 1976, issue of the AV maga¬
zine, starting on page 68, for the complete listing
of materials and slide programs available for your
use. While planning your year’s programs, don’t
forget to send two copies of your yearbook to
Mrs. Christine Leppard, 413 Washington Avenue,
Westfield, NJ 07090. These should be sent not
later than March 1, 1977, unless otherwise noti¬
fied. With the follovnng guidelines that will be en¬
closed with every slide program — we ask your
-cooperation:

GUIDE LINES FOR SLIDE PROGRAMS

1. TO THE PROJECTIONIST - Please use a
carousel type projector! So you do not have to
chew up the edges of each slide by mounting in a
frame— instead, they are placed in a slot in the

order they will be shown. Check your projector
for good operation.

2. Check the slides with the commentary before
the time comes to present the program. Have a
rehearsal. This wHl help you know if there are any
slides out of place, missing, or damaged.

3. Study the commentary. You may want to
add more of your own information for some slides
and delete commentary on others. This will help
you to know the time necessary to present the
program. DON’T RUSH IT!

4. Make note of any damaged or lost slides on
the comment sheet enclosed with the program and
the number found on each slide that should be
checked by us.

5. Show the program on your scheduled date —
or — return immediately as per instructions. DO
NOT HOLD OVER — this keeps other affiliates
from receiving the scheduled program on their
date.

6. When packing the slides for return FIRST
CLASS MAILING — check to see that the slides
are in correct order. The number is in the upper
right hand corner. That the commentary and com¬
ment sheets are enclosed. Your cooperation will
help us keep these programs in good order so all
may enjoy them. THANK YOU,

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NEW LIFE MEMBERS

Mrs. E. A. Nelson, AVSA president, expressed
her pleasure at learning of AVSA’s newest life
members, Mrs. Sharon Arendacky, 73 Drummond
Crescent, Ft. Erie, Ontario, Canada L2A-IL4,
Clifford G. Webb, 920 S. 27th Street, Temple, TX
and Mrs. Henry Mills, P. O. Box 414, Tallahassee,
FL.

“We are delighted at our growing list of Life
Members,” Mrs. Nelson said. “We are indeed glad
to welcome Mrs. Arendacky, Mr. Webb and Mrs.
Mills into this AVSA group.

Please send COMING EVENTS to the Editor-not to the
Knoxville office!

African Violet Magazine, January, 1977

51

HOUSE

OF

VIOLETS

(Photos by Grower)

BEAUMONT

GREAT MUSIC

African Violet Magazine, January, 1977

52

PARSON'S

SERIES

By

Rev. Charles Blades

(Photos by Grower)

LYNN

RENEE'

African Violet Magazine, January, 1977

53

what she learned through trial and error

Effects of Lights on Trailing Violets

Mrs. Edward Baxter
2135 Las Lomitas Dr.

Hacienda Heights, CA 91745

I would like to tell you about the effects of

light on my trailing violets that I have discovered
through trial and error.

My first trailer was ‘Violet Trail’. The sight of
it, loaded with bloom in an African violet adver¬
tisement captured my attention and I promptly
sent my check and eagerly awaited the mailman’s
arrival for a month. When it finally arrived in a
2y2-inch pot, I fell in love with the foliage. Since I
did not have lights at the time, I placed it in a
south window above my kitchen sink and eagerly
waited for the blooms I was sure were to come.

Well, she just sat and sat and then the leaves
began to curl under and it did not look as pretty as
it did on arrival. From reading my AV magazines I
thought maybe I was giving her too much light. So
I moved it to another part of the kitchen with less
light. Still nothing, ‘Violet Trail’ stubbornly re¬
fused to grow or do anything. Just sat there
looking very unhappy. I was very unhappy with
her, too. But ! could not bring myself to throw her
in the trash can. And as I am a stubborn person
myself, I was determined to make her grow and
bloom.

By this time, months and months had passed as
I was busy with the rest of my violets that re¬
warded me with lots of bloom. I did everything I
could think of for ‘Violet Trail’ over a period of a
year and a half. I had tried it everywhere in my
house. It finally grew a little but nothing like what
it was supposed to do.

My mother got a small light set-up and I took
my trailer over to her house and put it under her
lights. ‘Violet Trail’ perked up right away and
started to grow. She had one main trunk and three
small ones starting from the bottom. I was tickled
pink! Finally I had found something that my un-
happy plant liked.

But that plant had a surprise in store for me!
After about two months, it stopped growing again,
leaves began to curl under so much that they
looked almost rolled together. I felt like crying. I
did not know what to do with it anymore. She was
on the same fertilizing and potting routine as my
other blooming plants.

So I brought her back to my house and stuck
her back in my south window again. I was con¬
stantly pinching off curled leaves to allow more
light to reach the small crowns at the bottom. But
it did no good.

By this time I had gotten my own light set-up

and one day while potting some of my other vio¬
lets, I took ‘Violet Trail’ and cut off the main
trunk to root in vermiculite and repotted the rest
of the plant. I staked the three bottom trunks
apart so that light could reach all evenly, and using
my standard procedure, watered it with vitimin
and put it on my lowest shelf under my Gro-light
in my living room. It is about two feet from the
light.

To make a long story short, ‘Violet Trail’
finally looks like she is supposed to. The leaves are
growing flat and even and it is finally beginning to
be a pretty plant. Two small suckers are growing
where I cut the main trunk and tho I do not have
it in bloom yet, I think (hope?) I will when its
roots fill the pot, I am convinced, at least, for me
anyway, that too much light caused the leaves to
curl under.

In the meantime, I ordered another trailer,
‘Mysterium’, from Fischer Greenhouses. It arrived
with buds which promptly fell off due to shock.
This was last summer. And so far it has not pro¬
duced more buds but it has grown, is a really
pretty plant and does not seem to be as fussy
about light as ‘Violet Trail’. I did have it under my
lights but now it is in my west window and seems
to do well in either place.

I ordered leaves of ‘Seventh Heaven’, also
another trailer, from one of the growers listed in
this magazine, planted them in my standard ver¬
miculite mixture and they were up in no time.
And the other day when shifting young plants
from 2y2-inch pots to dVi-inch ones I found buds
on my young plants of ‘Seventh Heaven’! The
bloom on this one is supposed to be almost two
inches and I am really anxious to see them.

These plants are in my greenhouse and I will
have to wait a little longer before I can report on
the effects of light on them as I have not had my
greenhouse very long and I have much to learn.
How about some of you that have had a green¬
house for a while? I seldom see an article in this
magazine on greenhouse growing and I am sure
that it would help a lot of other people. It is much
easier to learn from someone else’s experience
than to spend months making your own mistakes.

I have not been growing African violets long
enough to compile a list of 25 favorite ones as
requested in this magazine, but before I close this I
must tell you about my favorite performer so far.

African Violet Magazine, January, 1977

54

It is ‘Strawberry Shortcake.’ I have had it for a
year and in all that time it has only been out of
bloom for two weeks. Tho the blooms (double
pink), are not large, it seems to be always in bloom
and that is why I love it. Y oung plants grown from
a leaf often bloom in a 2V2-pot when not even
three inches across. And it grows just as well, if
not better, in natural light as it does under the
Grodights. I repotted my big plant while it was
blooming and it just kept right on blooming.
Twice last summer it was in such heavy bloom that

you could not even see the center leaves. Those
kind of bloomers will always be my first love.

I have so much to learn about the growth and
care of African violets. I enjoy and learn a lot from
this magazine. I only wish that it were larger. And
I would like to see more articles about growing
and caring for AV’s in it, so please write your
experiences and submit them. If I can do it, any¬
one can. Why not sit down right now and try and
maybe you will help someone else learn to care for
the beautiful African violets. Good luck!

A Design Workshop

Mrs. W. F. Anderson
360 Tulip Dr.,

St. Louis, MO 63119

The Metropolitan St. Louis African Violet So¬
ciety sponsored a design workshop as a special pro¬
ject during the summer when the society is on
vacation from regular meetings. Arrangements were
made to hold sessions on five successive Tuesdays
in the Museum Building at the Missouri Botanical
Garden where regular society meetings are held.
Long work tables and the screen for viewing slides
were provided by the Garden, and we were per¬
mitted to bring a brown bag lunch. Interested
members paid a nominal fee in advance.

This was a sharing experience. Twenty-three
members participated. The group’s experience
ranged from members who had never tried to
make an arrangement to several who had won blue
ribbons and special awards in local and convention
shows. Some had taken arrangement lessons in¬
cluding courses in Japanese arranging. Some had
National Council flower show school training.

At the first session each person received a basic
kit of materials including pin holders in two sizes,
wire, floral tape in two colors, and floral clay.
Each participant received printed notes which in¬
cluded general notes on arranging, special notes
covering design elements and principles, the scales
of points to be used, design definitions, and a cal¬
endar for the session which included the assign¬
ment of design element and principle to be
studied; the topic for demonstration; and the class
schedule for the day.

Five sessions were planned from 9:30 a.m. until
about 3 p.m. with a lunch break and chit-chat
time. A simple schedule of classes was compiled
and, to save printing cost, the rules in our latest
show schedule were followed. At each session dif¬
ferent members of the group served as leaders for
the lecture, demonstration, and analysis and sug¬
gestion period.

Lectures covered the six elements and six prin¬
ciples of design. Demonstrations were on special
mechanics for using weathered wood; how to
make a container; how to make an artistic planting
using weathered wood; creating an arrangement
stressing rhythm; designs for small arrangements;
dish garden; terrarium; and underwater arrange¬
ment. Information covered how to condition plant
material. At two sessions arrangement slide pro¬
grams were shown and also a collection of shdes
from the design division of our local show and
convention shows. The commentaries provided
helpful information.

For every session, members brought entries
with a card listing material used. Lectures, demon¬
strations and slide programs were presented in the
morning. After the lunch break, the exhibits were
analyzed and each exhibitor had an opportunity to
explain materials and methods used and to ask
questions about his problems in making the design.

This was truly a delightful learning and sharing
experience. As usual, whenever violet growers
gather, there was an exchange of violet plants and
leaves and, in this instance, there was an exchange
of house plant and garden material especially for
use with violets in design classes.

A nice compliment kt the closing meeting ex¬
pressed the desire that sessions could continue on
a monthly basis. This reflects the group’s en¬
thusiasm demonstrated at every session. We highly
recommend such a project. Try it! You’ll like it.

CUT YOUR COST

Instead of buying the milled sphagnum, which
is expensive, buy the coarse — then put it through
your meat grinder. Takes a little effort but cuts
cost in half.

African Violet Magazine, January, 1977

55

BEST

NEW

INTRODUCTION

by

NONDISPLAY

COMMERCIALS

EXHIBITED

BY

JEAN

DOLAN

Fredette's

SUGAR

BLUES

PRETTY POLLY by Fredette

African Violet Magazine, January, 1977

56

(Photo by Burton) (Photo by grower)

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musinis from the

Mrs. Sidney (Ellie) Bogin
Chr. Miniature & Semimini Class
39 Boyd Street
Long Beach, NY 11561

ll

This is the time of the year that we get the
most pleasure from our beautiful African violets.
Winter never seems to invade the corners of the
rooms where they show their loveliness. If this be
January, can the spring shows be far behind? Now
is the time to take stock of which miniatures and
semiminiatures have given us the most satisfaction
and groom them for a show.

Baby, or secondary leaves, those smaller than
the row above, should be removed. Don’t bemoan
them. They root very readily and in no time, will
be giving you nice little plantlets. Their removal
may leave a small neck, which should be scraped
and left to dry and callous for 15 or 20 minutes.
New roots will spring from there, when the plant is
repotted and set lower in the pot. Don’t forget to
take off a corresponding amount of roots, to keep
the plant in balance.

All yellowed and marred leaves should also be
removed unless it will spoil the symmetry of the
plant. Symmetry gets 30 points in scoring and it is
sometimes wiser to leave a bad leaf alone and only
lose a point. Small plastic picks can be used to
properly space the leaves. This should only be
done when the plant is in need of watering so that
the leaves will be less brittle and less prone to snap
off.

Dead blossoms should be clipped off close to
the stem. All spent peduncles (main stem of the
bloom cluster) should be cut, not pulled, leaving
14” of a stem stub. The stub will dry up and new
buds that are forming, will not be disturbed.

From now until showtime, consistent care will
pay off. Check often for suckers and remove them
before they distort the symmetry of the plant. A
sucker is four leaves, coming up at the axils be¬
tween the leaves or from the bottom of the plant,
that shows no evidence of a bud. Make sure that
your plant doesn’t have buds with leaves attached
and mistake that for a sucker.

The plants should be spaced for good air circu¬
lation, brushed and washed at least every other
week. Keep up the humidity (for bloom), by pour¬
ing hot water on the trays or misting often. Don’t
forget to feed with 14 tsp. to a gallon of water,
with every watering and leach with plain water,
every third or fourth watering.

The miniature and semiminiature trailers should

have all yellowed and marred leaves removed. Bare
stems should be pruned and a minimum of three
crowns (with one main stem) should be allowed to
grow. Older varieties, with a tendency to yellowing
leaves, can be put at the ends of the tubes or in
daylight.

If you continue a planned consistent program
like the above, you should be rewarded with
healthy blooming plants at showtime.

The 1975 Miniature and Semiminiature Variety
4nd Culture list is available from me at $2.00.
Please make check or money order out to AVSA.
The 1976 supplements are available at no charge.
They will be sent with list orders. If you just want
the supplement, please send a large self-addressed
stamped envelope.

LILA MILLS GIVEN
LIFE MEMBERSHIP

To show their appreciation to Mrs. Henry C.
(Lila) Mills for her many years of service and her
untiring efforts with African violets, the Tallahas¬
see AVS presented her with an AVSA Life Mem¬
bership at their annual Christmas party and in¬
stallation service.

Mrs. Mills was the organizer of the Tallahassee
AVS and has served as its president for six years at
different times during its 13-year history. She is
active in AVSA and the Dixie AVS.

- — ^ . . .

12- YEAR OLD
IS AV GROWER

Kaylee Richardson of 3750 Childress, Houston,
TX 77005 is only 12 years old— but she’s an ardent
African violet grower.

Kaylee’s collection of African violets numbers
more than 250 plants and she’s truly an authority
on their care and propagation, according to an
AVSA member, Mrs. Calder Rice.

Kaylee tends to her plants by herself and gives
them plenty of “tender, loving care.” She’s an
honor student in her first year at junior high
school.

African Violet Magazine, January, 1977

57

Wick Watering in Vermiculite - My
Way of Growing Happy Violets

Mrs. Rebecca Felber
P. O. Box 2 78
Greentown, Ohio 44630

After enjoying the newest African Violet Maga¬
zine and reading the request for sharing experi¬
ences, I would like to tell you about how I grow
African violets, what success and failures I’ve had
and just how I decided to use vermiculite as the
only growing medium and water by wick.

My grandma was the first person I knew who
ever grew violets. What a thrill it was to enter her
hall and see her planter fuU of huge, multi-crown¬
ed African violets! She said she was always giving
the plants away to her admiring friends. Grandma
gave her last one to me when I was only seven and
I loved it to death - literally!

The “Saintpaulia-bug” really stung me after my
husband and I were married, three and one half
years ago. I brought about 12 beautiful plants, all
from Granger Gardens, with us to our small apart¬
ment. They quickly found homes on window sills,
and tables but continued, of course, to multiply.

My handy new husband quickly learned to ap¬
preciate African violets and built the first of what
was to become a series of tiered shelves. This first
two-shelfed tier was equipped with 2 single fix¬
tures containing Gro-Lux lamps. It was at this time
I joined the African Violet Society of America,
Inc. and through the magazine, met a very good
yiolet friend. Flora Stevens. From both Flora, and
the magazine I have learned much.

With plants continually on the increase, new
ways of growing had to be found. Especially with
nearly one hundred plants plus rooting leaves to
care for and our first child due any day! Up until
this time, I grew violets in the conventional man¬
ner with sterilized soil, watering from top when
needed. I had not experienced any problems ex¬
cept with these springtails that kept plaguing my
plants. How was my poor husband to care for all
these African violets with “Mom” in the hospkal
and how was “Mom” ever going to care for them
all with a babe in arms?

Fortunately, I had seen an article in the African
Violet Magazine about wick watering. It was worth
a try to simplify the care of my plants. And after a
few weeks, my first attempt at wick watering
seemed to be successful.

Today, after two children and three years of
experimentation, I’ve found a simple, less time
consuming method of growing huge, floriferous
plants that are a thrill to care for. It works for me,
maybe it can work for you. The following is an

explanation of how I grow plants in vermiculite,
by wick watering and under fluorescent lamps
equipped with timers.

I want to explain why I use vermicuHte as a
growing medium. First, vermiculite harbors no
pests to my knowledge; therefore soil diseases and
minor pests, such as those springtails that I had
been bothered with, do not exist. Vermiculite is
clean and easy to work with, no mixing propor¬
tions or sterilization is required! VermicuHte is
also very inexpensive and can be purchased in huge
quantities. Finally, it goes a long way and, if you
are very economical, it can be washed and reused.

Here is a list of materials needed for growing
violets in wick pots.

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vje'ToAldulvW.

1. Pots, I prefer plastic.

2. Suitable wicking (I
use an all purpose utility
cord made of polyester
nylon; however yarn, ny¬
lon hosiery strips & rope
can also be used.)

3. Small margarine
bowls and lids to act as
reservoirs.

4. Vermiculite

I first start my fresh cut leaves in vermiculite in
a tray, pot or pan depending on what I have
handy. Vermiculite is dampened first and the leaf
stem inserted. After
plantlets appear, they

are allowed to grow 2 -
3 inches high before
separating them. I keep
only the healthiest and
strongest among them.

They are each potted in
a 214-inch pot of ver¬
miculite without a wick
and then placed on a
tray of dampened vermiculite.

They are watered generally every other day (in
winter due to our dry oil heat) with % teaspoon
Peter’s Special fertilizer to one gallon room tem¬
perature water. Be sure that if jou have a softener
on your water, you use only water straight from
the well as softened water is death to plants.

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African Violet Magazine, January, 1977

58

when the violets
develop to the stage when
they are large enough for
3V2-inch pots, and are con¬
stant bloomers, the young
plants are moved to wick
pots. The first thing to re¬
member in shifting pots is
to have everything pre¬
pared so the plants will
not be too disturbed and
suffer any shock. I have followed this procedure
for all my plants, many times, and I’ve never had a
blooming plant even drop a bud due to repotting!

Prepare the pots by laying a strip of wicking
across the inside bot¬
tom of the pot. I use
strips about 5 inches
long. Next, using dam¬
pened vermiculite, line
the pots, both sides and
bottom with the ver¬
miculite. Gently shake
the violet loose from
the small pot, groom
plant if needed, and

Insert Wicking

place in prepared pot. Carefully add vermicuhte as
needed to sides and beneath leaves. Take special
care so as not to press vermiculite down too much.

Water with clear water and
add additional vermiculite
if necessary, never packing
it down. Finally, fill mar¬
garine bowl with a dilute
solution of fertilizer, cut a
hole large enough to punch
wick through lid and set
newly potted violet on top
of bowl.

There now, you should have a very happy
African violet who will suffer little or no shock!
You will probably find
as I have that plants
grown in this manner
will need fresh vermicu¬
lite every three to six
months. To add fresh
vermiculite, simply
dampen plant with
clear water, shake plant
loose from pot and

place slightly dampened vermiculite around plant.
It is a good idea to water with clear water from the
top occasionally to keep fertilizer deposits to a
minimum.

Using this method, my plants really grow very
quickly into luscious, large plants with beautiful
foliage and huge blooms. Daily check-ups, groom¬
ing, and frequent warm water mistings to control
humidity, are a must.

I have never tried this way of culture with mini¬
atures or any other type of plant. However, my
friend. Flora Stevens, has reported success with
vermiculite in growing many other kinds of plants.

Want to switch a plant grown in soil to vermicu¬
lite? You can do it, although the plant may suffer
a temporary setback. To do this switching from
soil to vermiculite requires using the same pro¬
cedure except it is necessary to gently crumble
some of the soil away from the root ball and then
^place in a fresh, prepared pot of vermiculite. Be
sure to provide extra humidity and care for a plant
undergoing a switch in growing mediums until a
new type of root system is established.

Now, to complete this method, we have two,
three-tiered units containing double, shielded
40-watt lamps, one cool white and one Gro-Lux. I
grow my plants 6-8 inches below the lamps for
10-12 hours daily, depending on the season. This
gives them the 12-14 hours of their necessary
dark period so vital to growth. Occasionally, I do
foliar feed my plants, drenching the leaves from
beneath, just before the lamps switch off. This
seems to greatly improve the leaf color as well as
size and texture.

Fluorescent lighting as well as growing methods
require much experimentation to find just what is
right for your individual plants. This artificial
lighting combined with the general care and cul¬
ture produces African violets that bloom con¬
stantly and are a source of great beauty and happi¬
ness in our home. So good for the little ones as
well as for the spirit to share the joy and care these
plants bring.

And to close, I want to thank my dear husband
for his patience, concern, love and talents, my
friend, Flora Stevens, and the AVSA for all their
help and encouragement.

I do hope my experiences can help someone
with their problems and I would like to hear from
anyone who wants to write! Good luck and good
growing!

— ♦ - -

POROUS SOIL

African violets prefer porous- soil. This type soil
drains well, letting oxygen reach the roots.

African Violet Magazine, January, 1977

59

O ver-Fertili zin g
And Its Results

Mrs. Mary LaClair
RD 1, Youngs Road
Vernon, NY 13470

Are there any two violeteers who fertilize the
same? My experience would say no. I’m sure we
have all met those who are successful with violets
and yet ‘say’ that they don’t fertilize at all. Then
there are some who fertilize once every six
months, some who foUow a two-month program,
some a two-week schedule, and, of course, the
more up-to-daters, who use a weak solution every
time they water.

At one time or another I have fallen into most
all of these catagories and I would like to share my
experiences with you. We used to have a variety of
many different house plants, which included just
one lonesome African violet. Who wanted more
than one of those temperamental, hard-to-grow
things around the house? This was, of course, be¬
fore the present population of nearly 200 wonder¬
ful African violets that are in the house — and may
I add — to stay!

And to think it all revolved around my lesson in
fertilizing!

Here is my story:

Back in the days of my fohage plant “jungle”
nothing got fertilized — small children in the house
— who needed more dangerous stuff around?
When the plants seemed to want something, out
came all the “old wives tales” and they got doused
with cold tea, smelly old eggshell water, coffee
grounds and cigar ashes. The poor lonesome violet
just sat there and put up with all this treatment
and struggled to put forth a blossom or two once
or twice a year. Poor thing! She was so patient
with me hoping someday her mistress would wake
up; or some kind soul would enter upon the scene
and enhghten me. Then one day one of my ‘plant’
aunts came in and in assessing my greenery asked
how often I fertilized. “What!?” says I. “Well”,
says she, “EVERYTHING hkes a little food now
and then, even plants.”

“Why don’t I try it?” says she, “once every two
weeks in the winter time but make sure you put
the can well out of little one’s reach.” “O.K.,
sounds all right”, says I, “I’ll give it a try.”

A can of fertilizer was purchased and the
plants, when I could keep track of the calendar,
got one dose of food every two weeks, and, of
course, waterings in between with clear water.
ALL of the plants seemed to flourish with thanks
and the violet was becoming more active at blos-

Here are the two plant stands Mary LaClair has
filled with lovely African violets . . . after she
learned her lesson of over-fertiliiing. The top stand
was purchased by her husband to take care of her
violets and the bottom photo shows the stand she
won from the Utica AVS. Her plant room Is just
one blaze of color.

soming, and more enjoyable. Sometimes I wonder¬
ed how come I spent so much time growing plants
that didn’t even make an effort to bloom.

Then it came time to move and the plant collec¬
tion had to be sacrificed. It was not long before I
decided a house was not a home to me without
plants. My loving spouse, knowing there was a
shortage of windowsill space, obligingly made a
double hook affair to hold two glass shelves up at
one window. And when it came time to purchase
the plants - you guessed it - they were violets! A
selection of four small windowsill varieties (now
called semiminiatures) was made at a greenhouse
that had a special section devoted just to African
violets. And what a section; the rainbow of color
was a sight to behold! Of course, I just had to
inquire about their system of fertilizing. I left with

African Violet Magazine, January, 1977

60

my precious plants and a new can of fertilizer
which bore directions for the much weaker every-
time-you-water solution. This system worked just
fine for now. There was continuous bloom at my
window. Looking out at a blanket of snow thru
the confusion of pink, white, and blue blooms is
enough to give anyone violetitis! It was amazing! I
think even the man of the house was bitten when
he suggested I actually buy something (for myself)
— a lighted plant stand to accommodate some
more of those beauties. Using the excuse that he
had found something his little woman could do
well he even helped re-arrange furniture and even
whole rooms so that the plant stand would have its
proper place in the house. He is now in the process
of finishing off a room upstairs to make up for the
lost bedroom; which I now call my Indoor Garden
Room. (It’s really an old off the kitchen pantry
that would have made for a very cramped bed¬
room anyway). Needless to say as the plant stand
became full, my enthusiasm mounted.

That is when my trouble started. I had been
using the every time you water method of feeding;
but previously I had given them a boost only every
other week. So now when I wanted to give them a
boost or do a little something extra for the plants,

I would add a little extra fertilizer to the water
thinking that if a little is good, a little more would
be better and I would have dynamic violets! In
measuring, with enthusiasm in the way, it was
soon easy to forget which was the regular amount
and which was the so-called boost amount. Believe
me this is NOT the way to do something extra
FOR them. It soon became evident that the plants
were no longer doing well or looking well; and
enthusiasm gave way to dampened spirits. I had a
friend, a former violeteer, come over and advise
me on my problem. She said it looked like the
beginnings of a mite infestation to her, some of
them she said didn’t look like they would recover
even with treatment. I was aghast! It could be
mite, it’s true; the centers were bunching and dis¬
torted. More mature leaves seemed to be at a
standstill. But the centers were still growing, which
led me to question the diagnosis.

Soon I had some of the worst ones packaged in
clear plastic, just in case, and was back at the
greenhouse where the original four were pur¬
chased. With the plants still in the car, just in case,
the problem was presented. Soon an investigation
was underway. The leaves were a crisp, small
rosette on top of the pot on the miniatures. Some
of the standards were twisted and distorted. The
centers were growing in so fast they were pushing
their way out before the older ones had made
room for them — in total they looked a bit cab-
bage-y. The plants got knocked out of their pots
during the diagnosis - which revealed tough brown
roots instead of healthy white roots as they should

have been. Yup! It began to look like a case of —
FERTILIZER BURN! Ugh! Now what to do?

My plant doctor wisely advised taking them out
of the fertilizer loaded soil, severely breaking off
the burned roots and rerooting in a bland med¬
ium - - - water or vermiculite - - in hopes the plant

would use up the the quantity of food stored in its
system to make new roots, thereby slowing down
the too rapid center growth which was causing dis¬
tortion. The repotting procedure took days and
for a while all struggled along. It was also a strug¬
gle for myself to watch them trying to make a
comeback from my carelessness when all I wanted
to do was do something extra for them.

Now it would be a nice ending if I could say
that all plants recovered; but they didn’t. The
mini’s especially could not pull through. In the
meantime I had won another plant stand from the
Utica African Violet Society raffle. Why give up
now . . . after all I had another plant stand to fill
and we are supposed to learn from our mistakes,
aren’t we? The joining of the club and the ex¬
change of leaves and raffle of plants at the meeting
helped to make up for my losses and re-spark my
enthusiasm.

At the meetings planning so far ahead for a
SHOW seemed a lot to me and didn’t even think
I’d have a thing to enter. Well D-Day came and I
managed to take 19 plants to act as show fillers.
They were mostly young plants as it took awhile
to get re-established. It wouldn’t be much of a
show if only the sure fire winners entered, would
it? I drive 20 miles one way to go to the African
Violet Society meetings and I have only regretted
the one meeting I missed. No one could have been
more pleased than I when I discovered nine blue
ribbons and five seconds! One of those blue
ribbons went to a “hopeless case” that my first
advisor suggested get discarded and it was one of
only a few that survived. Some of the plants came
back from the show with judges notations that
they needed feeding. In an effort to correct some¬
thing it’s easy to go a little too far the other way
and takes a while to get straightened out again.
Giving your plants an extra ration of plant food is
NOT doing something nice for them. Over-ferti¬
lizing does not give you dynamic plants — it gives
you sick ones. Do fertilize, but be exact -everytime.

You too can have some of these prized blue rib¬
bons — all you have to do is take the initiative to
enter a show. I strongly suggest you seek out your
nearest violet club and JOIN IT!

— - ♦ — —

USE HERBICIDES

Herbicides are used to control plant pests. In¬
secticides have their effect on insects. The term
pesticide applies to any chemical agent that kills
pests or controls their population. Miticides strike
at mites, naturally.

African Violet Magazine, January, 1977

61

Make a smaller circle inside a bit smaller than

Mrs. J. A. W. (Ann) Richardson
RR '‘# 1, Box 70
Tavares, Florida 32778

COLLAR IT!

“As the twig is bent, so grows the child.” ap¬
plies to growing good-looking healthy plants.
Right from the beginning, as soon as the plant has
enough leaves to hold a collar, it should have one
if it shows the slightest tendency to hug the pot. A
collar is a device which is used to cause the leaves
of the plant to go in the desired direction, i.e., flat
and symmetrical. A collar will help you as you
easily see what is going on and correct it. It will
also protect the leaves from being cut by too sharp
a pot edge. Should you see a leaf going off in an
odd direction (unlike the spokes of a wheel), you
can urge it to go where it should be by simply
gently pushing it a little bit at a time toward where
it belongs by means of partially inserting a tooth¬
pick in the soil next to it for a week or so and then
again giving it another push and another until it is
where it should be.

Since 30 points are for symmetry in the scale of
points for judging specimen plants you can see
how important symmetry is but aside from that,
your plant will look.so much prettier even without
blossoms.

There is another time when you will want to
use a collar and that is when you are moving or
when you take it to a show. It will protect the
plant from any jars if you make it a little larger
than the diameter of the plant.

Have a look in the African Violet Magazine for
ads for collars. There are many types. Some you
will like better than others. I prefer the commer¬
cial ones better than the home-made ones because
they allow better circulation of air around the
plant. I do wish that small ones were sold but since
they aren’t, here is how you can make them. Take
a plate with a diameter a little larger than your
plant. Place it face down on a piece of plasticized
cardboard such as a milk carton and mark a circle.

your pot top. Now draw a line exactly through the
middle of both circles.

Cut larger circle, cut in half, cut inner line and
end with two semicircles which you will place on

top of the pot and under the leaves toward one
another.

Avoid wetting the collar when watering the
plant.

All collars must be removed when a plant is
presented to the Classification Chairman at a
show.

— - - -

DO YOU KNOW .

Where ‘Fandango’, ‘Ravencrest’, ‘Navy Bou¬
quet’, ‘Sweetheart Roses’, Granger’s ‘Granada’ and
‘Purple Choice’ may be obtained? if you do write
to Dorothy Harris, 3539 W. 41st Place, Tulsa, OK
74107.

African Violet Magazine, January, 1977

62

Adele Tretter
4988 Schollmeyer

St. Louis, MO 63109

Tke following registrations have been received
during the period from July 31, 1976 through Oct
1, 1976.

FIRST SHOW 2877 ^ W 23 d S 8/9/76
GRANDSON 2878 - R 23 d S 8/9/76
Arthur F. Hill, 1468 Ponderosa, Fullerton, CA
92635

CAROL 3002 - 0~P 35 df S 9/20/76
GLEN H 3003 - D-B 29 dc S 9/20/76
JASON 3004 - D=P 35 df S 9/20/76
LITTLE JIM 3005 - M-P 29 d S^M 9/20/76
LITTLE RED 3006 ^ R 3 s M 9/20/76
MARK 3007 - D-R 35 df S 9/20/76
SEA BREEZE 3008 - VWC or V 3 d L 9/20/76
Mr. Max Maas, 870 Mountain Ave., Springfield,

NJ

PINK LEMONAID 2879 - PX 239 sf L 8/17/76
PINK MINK 2880 -P 239 d L 8/17/76
PIZZAZZ 2881 ^ L-PX 23 s S 8/17/76
Mr. Gene Thiel, 100 Fletcher Dr., Collinsville,

IL 62234

BICENTENNIAL TRAIL 2882 - D-P 2 dc S
8/23/76

CHEROKEE FIRE 2883 = L=r 27 dc S 8/23/76
CHRISTI LOVE 2884 L^p 5 dc S 8/23/76
HELENE 2885 = P-R 2 dc S 8/23/76
MAGIC SPLENDOR 2886 - L-BW-E 23 dc S
8/23/76

SWEET HONESTY 2887 - D=P 57 dc S 8/23/76
TINY TOT 2888 - WP 2 dc M 8/23/76
Lyndon Lyon, 14 Mutchler St, Dolgeville, NY
13329

EVELYN BEAIRD 2889 - OW-E 359 s-df S
9/13/76

Judith S. Richey, 3318 O’Henry Dr., Garland
TX 75042

BALLET ANNA 2890 = M-PX 2 sf S 9/20/76
BALLET CHRISTINA 2891 - M=B s&df S
9/20/76

BALLET ERICA 2892 - V 35 s&s-df S 9/20/76
BALLET EVA 2893 = D=OX 3 s=d S 9/20/76
BALLET HEIDI 2894 - VX 3 s S 9/20/76
BALLET HELGA 2895 ^ L-V 3 s^d S 9/20/76
BALLET INGE 2896 - D-V 35 sf S 9/20/76
BALLET KARLA 2897 ~ VX 25 sf S 9/20/76
BALLET LISA 2898 = L^V 2 sf S 9/20/76
BALLET MARTA 2899 ^ VX 2 s&s^df S
9/20/76

BALLET META 3000 ^ V 35 s S 9/20/76
BALLET ULLI 3001 = V 25 sf S 9/20/76
Geo. J, Ball, Inc., P, O. Box 335, West Chicago,

IL 60185

ARPEGGE MINUET 3009 - P 79 df S 9/22/76

Mrs. Arthur Belanger, 140 Howie Ave., War¬
wick, RI 02888

LEDLEY COX 3010 - VW-E 2 d L 9/27/76

Mrs. J. G. Barnhill Sr., 1108 12th St, Midfield,
AL 35228

NEW YEARNS DAY 3011 - WL-P 39 d S-M
9/30/76

SAINTSMARYS 3012 - WO-E 57 dc S 9/30/76

Donald R, Maness, 3644 St Marys Ln., Nor¬
mandy, MO 63121

MAAS’ VARIEGATED GORGEOUS 3013 -
WR 27 dS 10/1/76

Hilton Dahlia Farm, 870 Mountain Ave., Spring-
field, NJ

RESERVATIONS

WHITE ELF SPORT Mrs. Robert M. McGill, P,
O. Box 206, Jackson, LA 70748 9/30/76

LADY OF LOVE * MARY’S LOVE Mary M.
Mahen, 326 Big Bend, Valley Park, MO 63088
9/30/76

ARPEGGE BOUQUET Mrs, A. Belanger, 140
Howie Ave., Warwick, RI 02888 9/24/76

CHANGES

REED’S PICCADILLY to PICK-A-^DILLY

PINK SNOW 2807 LP 3 df S 3/29/76 has been
changed to REED’S PINK SNOW

Please make these changes on your registration

African Violet Magazine, January, 1977

63

lists.

CORRECTIONS

SHARRON LYNN, Mr. Whiffen’s name was mis¬
spelled.

Reservations ABBY * DOLLY * RACHEL
should be BALLET ABBY * BALLET DOLLY *
and BALLET RACHEL. Sorry about these errors.

Affiliate

‘appenings

(ED. NOTE: When sending in reports of shows, please
group the plants if one person wins with several. Please
send in your writeups in following manner:)

The WINNIPEG (MANITOBA, CANADA) AVS held
three African violet shows in 1976. At the Garden City
Show awards were as follows: Best in show and best ad¬
vanced amateur, ‘Genessee Peach Blossom’, best collec¬
tion of Canadian named varieties, ‘Barbara Jean’, ‘Jayme’,
‘James Arthur’, best collection of named single varieties,
‘Garnet Elf, ‘Red Charm’, ‘Scarlett O’Hara’, best collec¬
tion of registered plants, ‘Superba’, ‘Astro Pink’, ‘Lilac
Time’, aggregate winner, advanced amateur, Mrs. C. W.
Beattie; best amateur, ‘Alexa’, Sheila Andrich; best artis¬
tic class, best gesneriad, ‘Violet Trail’, Robert Serbin; best
Rhapsodie, ‘Violetta’, Kay Storozak; aggregate winner
amateur, Irene Haddow. At the Manisphere Show winners
were: Best in show and best advanced amateur, ‘Top Dol¬
lar’, Kay Nemeth; best amateur, ‘Alexa’ aggregate ama¬
teur, SheUa Andrich; best gesneriad, ‘Moss Agate’, Mrs. T.
Southall; best Rhapsodie, ‘Sophia’, best single variety col¬
lection, ‘Bull’s Eye’, ‘Juniper’, ‘Jennifer’; best registered
variety collection, ‘Poodle Top’, ‘Carefree’, ‘Gotcha’ ag¬
gregate advanced, Robert Serbin. International Show win¬
ners were: Best in show and best advanced amateur,
‘Sport of Garnet Elf, best variegate, ‘Blue Storm’, best
single variety collection, ‘Sport of Garnet Elf, ‘James
Arthur’, ‘Bull’s Eye’, test registered variety collection,
‘Lime Crisp’, ‘Asto Pink’, ‘Silver Celebration’; best Cana¬
dian collection, ‘Juan Lee’, ‘Barbara Jean’, ‘Sport of
Alexa’ aggregate advanced amateur, Mrs. C. W. Beattie;
best amateur, ‘She She Coo’, Mrs. M. Mueller; best Rhap¬
sodie, ‘GiGi’, Mrs. Irene Haddow; best gesneriad, ‘Ruby’,
Kay Nemeth; aggregate amateur, Sheila Andrich.

The AVS OF EAST BAY, INC., held its annual show,
“Violets In Red, White and Blue” with the following win¬
ners: Advanced amateur; best, ‘Christmas Holly’, Mrs.
Phil Simpson; second best, ‘Jeweltone’, third best, ‘Silver
Champion’, Mrs. Dean Gray, who also took sweepstakes
with 22 blue ribbons; amateur: best, ‘Episcia Pink Bro¬
cade’, Mrs. Pearl Buenz; second best; ‘Lady Luck’, third
best, ‘Trail Along’, Matt Wright; novice: best, ‘Blue Dot’,
Mrs. Opal Street; second best, ‘Violet Trail’, Mrs. Robert
Macklin; third best, ‘Tommie Lou’, Mrs. Joan Gigliatti;
best registered Western, ‘Westdale California’, Mrs. Louis
Ambler; second best, ‘Delectable’, Mrs. Dean Gray; best

variegated, ‘Silver Champion’; best single, ‘Boyce Edens’;
Mrs. Dean Gray; largest blue ribbon plant, ‘Rhapsodie
Venus’, best club project plant, ‘Pink Swan’, Mrs. R. P.
Stone; best artistic planting, “One If by Land, Two if by
Sea”, Mrs. Pearl Buenz; best miniature, ‘Little White
Cloud’, Mrs. Louis Ambler; best arrangement, “Shades of
Old Glory”, Mrs. Wendell Bruce; best unusual container,
‘Coral Reef in a conch shell, Mrs. Erwin Perkins; 22 new
AVSA memberships were taken. Awards to Miss Marion
Ivory and Wesco African Violets for commercial display
tables and to Steven Bonacich for educational exhibit.

African violet winners in the SAN FRANCISCO
COUNTY FAIR show were: Sally Smith, sweepstakes in
advanced class, best in show, ‘May Queen’, best single,
‘Garnet Elf, Edna Rosenthal, sweepstakes in intermediate
class; Jean and Don Du Pertuis, sweepstakes in novice
class; Ted Khoe, best miniature in show, ‘Tiny Gypsy’;
and Cecile and Louis Ambler, fourth place among the 21
flower societies and clubs for Educational Table, “The
Ten Propers”; Frances McMahon was show chairman and
Alice Black co-chairman.

The SILVERMINE AVS’ third annual judged show,
“Violets Are Revolutionary”, had John Kosik, Jr., of
Stamford as show chairman and Gilbert Green of Wilton
as co-chairman. Award winners were: Tri color, best
novice, ‘Mary D’, Ralph Goddard of Stamford; queen of
show, ‘Peak of Pink’, AVSA gold rosette, ‘Mystic’, ‘Care¬
free’, ‘Brigadoon’, special awards, ‘Love Letter’, ‘The
King’; sweepstakes (29 blue ribbons), special staging
award, Mrs. Joseph Stramandole of Darien; runnerup to
queen, ‘Miriam Steel’, Mrs. Larry Smeriglic of Port
Chester, NY; special award ‘Gypsy Pink’, runnerup to
sweepstakes (21 blue ribbons), Mrs. John Kosik, Jr. of
Stamford; best artistic design, a terrarium, best commer¬
cial plant, ‘Ballet Marta’, best commercial display, Mrs.
Anthony Cheska of Stamford; best gesneriad, ‘Episcia
Filligree’, Peter Dixon of Riverside; best window grown,
‘Anna’, Mrs. E, Thomas O’Hara of Danbury; best Presi¬
dent’s Challenge, ‘Corpus Christi’, Mrs. Ralph Goddard of
Stamford; best miniature plant, ‘Bright Eyes’, John Kosik,
Jr.; special award for educational table, Mrs. Balwant
Singh of Stamford.

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List Your
Best Varieties

It is again time to submit your list of 25 choices
of African Violet Varieties. The 1976 list was com¬
piled from 1604 lists submitted by 168 Societies
and 81 individual AVSA members. Thank you one
and all. With AVSA membership over 21,000 we
are hoping for better participation. Let every
member try to encourage at least one member to
submit a list. We will be appreciative.

It is the responsibility of every AVSA member
to submit a list. Please help us.

Please send your list before April 1, 1977 to:
Mrs. M. G. Gonzales, 200 Doris Ave., San Jose, CA
95127

African Violet Magazine, January, 1977

64

COMING
EVENTS

(Please send notices of “Coming Events” directly to the Ed¬
itor; not to the Knoxville office. See Page 3 (Strictly Busi¬
ness— Your Business) for deadlines).

January 22 — Top Choice AVS’ workshop on all as¬
pects of African violet culture at Barnwell Center on the
Riverfront, Shreveport, LA. Registration 9:30 a.m. Work¬
shop 10 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Open to the public. Mrs. C. D.
Attaway, workshop chairman.

February 10-12 — Upper Pinellas AVS of Largo, FL to
hold 18th annual show, “African Violets— Nature’s Gift”,
at Sunshine Mall in Clearwater, FL. Dorothy Gray, presi¬
dent; Hazel C. Wester, publicity chairman. Feb. 10, 1-9
p.m.; Feb. 11, 10 a.m. -9 p.m.; Feb. 12, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

February 11-12 — First New Orleans AVS’ fifth annual
show/plant sale “Love Is...”, at Oakwood Shopping
Center in New Orleans, LA. Sale of plants at Country
Store. Feb. 11, 5-9 p.m.; Feb. 12, 10 a.m. -7 p.m.

February 12-13 — Wichita AV Study Club’s show,
“Violets For Valentines” at Diamon Inn Convention Cen¬
ter, 6815 W. Hy. 54, Wichita, KA. Feb. 12, 10 a.m.-8
p.m.; Feb. 13, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Show chairman, Mrs. Joe
Cox.

February 26 — Alamo AVS’ annual artistic display and
plant sale, “Lov — Is African Violets”, at Wonderland
Shopping Mall, San Antonio, TX. Chairman, Mrs. V. F.
Fritsch; co-chairmen, Mrs. Chas. Spengler and Mrs, Byron
Taggart, President, Mrs. J. R. Pittman.

February 26-27 — Shreveport AVS’ annual show at
Barnwell Memorial Garden and Art Center, 501 Clyde
Fant Parkway. Free admission, free parking. 2-5 p.m. Mrs.
Frank J. Rodie, show chairman.

February 26-27 — Haines City AVS’ annual judged
show/plant sale “Violets in Paradise”, at Haines City Civic
Center, Haines City, FL, Mrs. Warren B. Partain, show
chairman. Admission free.

March 4-5 — AVS of Pensacola, FL to hold first annual
show, “Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow” at Cordova
Mall, Pensacola. Barbara Hahn and Donna Seay, show
chairmen. Mar. 4, 3-9 p.m.; Mar. 5, 9 a.m,-8 p.m.

March 4-5-6 - Fort Worth AVS’ spring show, “Plants
for All Seasons” at Seminary South Shopping Center,
Fort Worth, TX. Open to public. Free. Mrs. E. E. Harlow,
show chairman, Mar. 4, 6-9 p.m.; Mar. 5, 10 a.m. - 9 p.m.;
Mar. 6, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

March 4-6 — Central Florida AVS’ sixth annual show,
“A Journey Thru the Zodiac” at Florida Gas Company,
Winter Park, FL. Mar. 5, 1:30-5 p.m.; Mar. 6, 10:30
a,m.-5 p.m, Mrs. H. Steven Johnson, show chairman,

March 5-6 — Tucson AVS’ horticultural and artistic
exhibit at University Married Students Housing, 3401 N,

Columbus Blvd., Tucson, AZ. Admission free. Mar. 5, 3-8
p.m.; Mar. 6, 10 a,m.-5 p.m. For more information con¬
tact Miss Betsy Evans, 4430 E. Presidio PL, Tucson, AZ
85712.

March 6-7 — Violet Harmony Club’s annual show,
“The Sound of Music,” at Fort Worth Botanic Garden
Center, Fort Worth, TX. Open to public. Dr. David
Fuchshuber, show chairman.

March 11-12 — Top Choice AVS’ annual spring show
at Pierremont Mall. Open to the public, Mar. 11, 2-8 p.m.;
Mar. 12, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Mrs. Glenn Reeves, show chairman.

March 12-13 — Twilight AVS’ show/sale in Austin
Area Garden Center of Zilker Park, Austin, TX. Mar. 12,
12 noon-5 p.m.; Mar. 13, 10 a.m. -5 p.m.

March 26-27 — Miracle Strip AVS’ annual show at
Municipal Auditorium, Panama City, FL. Chris Hue-
bscher, show chairman.

March 26-27 — Montgomery AVS seventh annual
show, “There’s No Business Like Show Business”, at Nor-
mandale Auditorium. Free to public. Mar. 26, 2-6 p.m.;
Mar. 27, 1-5 p.m. Mrs. O. O. Sisler, president; Mrs. Jeff
Fuller, show chairman.

March 26-27 — Rhode Island AVS’ annual show “Vio¬
lets Ahoy”, at Woodridge Congregational Church parish
house, 30 Jackson Road (off Reservoir Ave. at Garden
City, Rt. 2 North), Cranston, RI. Mar. 26, 2-6 p.m.; Mar.
27, 1-6 p.m. Admission free. Plants and supplies on sale.
Off street parking available.

March 30-April 1 — Dixie AVS’ 1977 convention/
show, “Dixie Comes of Age”, to be hosted by Alexandria
AVS at Ramada Inn, Alexandria, LA. Mar. 30, show open
to convention, 4-6 p.m.; Mar. 31, show open to public, 9
a.m. -6 p.m. Dr. J. B. Jung, president of Dixie, convention
chairman; Mrs. Joe L.. Williamson, show chairman; Mrs.
Carl S. Ball, co-chairman; Mrs. W. H. Rollins, Alexandria
AVS president.

April 13-14 — 43rd annual daffodil show of the Gar¬
den Club of Virginia, sponsored by Mill Mountain Garden
Club, at National Guard Armory, Roanoke, VA.

April 14-16 — Milwaukee AVS’ annual show/plant sale
“Violet Garden”, at Mayfair Shopping Center Mall in Mil¬
waukee, WI. Mrs. Arthur Geisler, show chairman.

May 7-8 — The AVC of Salt Lake City, UT to hold
annual show at the Garden Center Salt Lake City. Theme
will be “Silver Celebration”.

May 21-22 — Rocky Mountain AV Council’s annual
show/plant sale “Enchanted Carousel”, at Denver Botanic
Gardens, Denver, CO. Public invited. Free. Harold Young,
show chairman; Dot Roesch, co-chairman; Isabel Wolf,
judging chairman. May 21, 1-4:30 p.m.; May 22, 10
a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Dolomite lime is not the same as hydrated lime,
which could burn the roots.

African Violet Magazine, January, 1977

65

A Rank Amateur Hybridizes

Mrs. J. Murphy
Hallam Road
Hampton Park, Victoria
Australia 3976

Little did I know what a fascinating field I was
entering the first time I dabbed pollen of ‘Early
Star’ on to ‘Plum Tips.’ And I didn’t reaHze how
this would start me on the search for more and
more knowledge on the subject.

As the months passed and the long green seed
pod formed, swelled and grew to maximum size, I
watched and waited — and then it changed. It
shrivelled and shrank in size until all I had left was
a thin, brown, scrawny -looking bit of a thing to
which one couldn’t give a name. I looked at it and
wondered how it could possibly hold the miracle
of life and be the starting point for beauty, color
and shape.

How could such a minute object as a violet seed
produce such wonderful flowers as we know it
can?

After drying the pod for a couple of weeks in a
dry glass, I prepared a seed bed of fine vermiculite
on chip charcoal, dampened and smoothed down.
The seed was duly sprinkled on top, covered with
a glass, and placed in a nice warm spot, well lit, on
bottom heated benches.

I have electric tubes, under fibro cement
benches, thermostatically controlled in my violet
room. Eventually green specks appeared on the
surface, and with a magnifying glass I could see the
green leaves taking shape . . . plants starting life
anew! Eventually buds formed and the excitement
of seeing what I had produced! I didn’t expect
much as I knew by then that the firs^t cross didn’t
usually produce much.

The first plants were a mixture of pale lilac and
deep violet ones. The lilac ones had two small
petals on top and larger ones underneath. The
purple ones were just ordinary shaped. The tips
from ‘Plum Tips’ appeared on all flowers, so must
be a very dominant gene. The leaves weren’t good
. . . big floppy leaves with long stems and never in
a hundred years would they have acquired a good
shape.

I had also read that the second cross would
show greater variety, so I dabbed pollen from one
to the other and back again. Then I waited until
flowering arrived. This time more reward for my
labors! What a mixture! Some hadn’t changed
from the first from the parents but others had
changed completely.

First, the cross had improved the leaf forma¬
tion. Stems were shorter and leaves more compact

with a much neater appearance. The range of
blooms were from plain pale lilac to palest of pink
and a blue purple to deep purple. Shapes ranged
from plain to large star shape. The tips showed
again, colored from deep plum to a pale buff pink,
the last on paler pink flowers. The pale lilac flow¬
ers, top petals tipped, had become larger on the
bottom, flowers gaining this from their ‘Early Star’
parentage. One plant is full of blossoms and hold¬
ing its blooms well in the hottest of our Australian
days. Another has a dainty pansy face with a deep
lilac throat on lilac petals. Quite gratifying for a
first try!

They may not be show winners but they are my
first babies and a joy to me! One star is easily two
inches across.

Now I have crossed the best three, the pale pink
ones, obviously the recessive color. I’m waiting to
see what eventuates. Who knows! Maybe they will
be real beauties!

I badly need more information on the subject
of hybridizing, and would welcome it from any
source among you AVSA members. There is so
Httle available in Australia. It’s ‘hit and miss’ for us
who live here.

I love violet growing. It has brought such happi¬
ness and satisfaction in my life and the mere fact
my disability of paraplegea doesn’t affect my
growing them has given me a feeling of being back
to normal again. I want to fully understand hybri¬
dizing and if any of you other AVSA members
could send me any information, I would be more
than grateful

“ — — - ™

USE CHARCOAL

Charcoal has no food value, but it has the
capacity of absorbing and holding nitrogen until it
is needed by the plant. One grain of charcoal will
absorb 80 times its own bulk of organic nitrogen,
and conserves this valuable fertilizing material
until African violets can use it. It also has the
capacity of destroying injurious acids and, at the
same time, absorbing undesirable odors. Try
adding charcoal to the water in which leaves are
rooting.

African Violet Magazine, January, 1977

66

Watering The Lazy Way

Mrs. Sybil Behrens
Adams, NE 68301

I do feel that watering correctly is one of the
most important factors in growing African violets
successfully.

How many times have we been asked, ‘‘How do
you water?” Secondly, I also have a faint hunch
that everyone of us with a goodly number of vio¬
lets is trying to find a quicker, more efficient way
to do the job.

This desire, plus my nosey nature, led me down
an expensive, but interesting, path. I started out
with aquamatics. Now, don’t get me wrong. I am
really sold on some of their features. At the
present time, I am using mine exclusively to grow
my leaves. I do not feel they can’t be beat for this
purpose. For large plants — no thank you! The
plants did beautitully but I found it more time
consuming to fill them with water than watering
conventionally. Also, they had to be moved to fill.
Hence, broken leaves.

My next adventure was green sand path pots.
Also, the plants did very well in them. Beautifully,
in fact. But, as with the aquamatics, there is a
good deal of expense involved.

I love to give away plants and I sell enough to
pay for my hobby. But I am just too tight to give
away those expensive pots. And people who come
to buy will rarely pay the difference.

So, on with my quest. I might add here that my
dear husband was beginning at this time to hint
very broadly, to say the least, that he was very
concerned about the time and work I put into my
plants.

In February 1973 I was preparing a lesson on
pots for a violet club, A friend brought me one of
Volkmann’s pots from a Texas visit. This set the
old wheels to turning. I tried a plastic whipped
topping carton, cut a
quarter sized hole in it,
inserted a piece of yarn
in a pot and tried it out.
Worked pretty good, too,
but as you know you
must have another hole
for air to exit when
water enters one hole. So
I had trouble with water spattering all over instead
of entering said container. So another hole was
added. I then cut two holes in the top of the lid,
each about one-inch in diameter.

I used a sharp, narrow pointed paring knife and
the holes are very easy to cut. I put the wick in the
back hole and believe it or not, nine times out of
10, I just pour a pint or more of water in the top
of the pot and let it run on through. I have had, to
a more or less degree, some root rot for the past

four summers. During the past year I had two get
it in the sand path, one in an aquamatic, 8 or 10
unwicked in plain pots, but not a single case in
those soppy wet wicked plants. I have over 100
plants on reservoirs such as this right now. I have
had more. Also use one-pound margarine tubs and
any other that my wide circle of friends donate to
the cause.

This summer I started to exchange ideas with
another violet grower, Maxine Nelson of San
Diego. She has the best idea yet!

She uses the large fiberglass trays with the egg-
crate fiberglass light diffusers as racks over them.
The wick just extends down into the tray. They
are the laziest approach to watering violets I have
ever tried.

Of course, every good thing has its drawbacks.
This time it’s money. The trays are offered for sale
by Tube Craft and I ordered the diffusers from a
nationwide mail order house. Most lumberjacks
can get them, too, at about $3 extra a piece. Total
cost per shelf about $20. My stands were originally
built with the idea of using these trays, so I’m
lucky. I’m sure some of you ingenious people can
come up with far less expensive setups. I’ve tinker¬
ed with the idea of aluminum cookie sheets with
cake cooling racks over them. Of course, they
won’t hold as large a supply of water. Get alum¬
inum — the others will rust.

I can get about a gallon of water in each tray
and that lasts the 15 or 16 plants on each one a
long time. I have nine shelves set up this way now
out of 25 and you just can’t believe the time sav¬
ing — also the mess saving.

One word of caution: I’d hate to think what a
disease or insect infestation would do. Can you
imagine a better setup for spreading? You will
have to be extra careful about isolation of new
plants.

Now as to wicks. I knit for fun and as a pas¬
time. Only once have I ever had exactly the right
amount of yarn. So I have a goodly amount left
over yarn and my plants have very colorful wicks.
I use only synthetic yarn — all weights. If it is
baby yarn, I use six strands; bulky yarn, one
strand; worsted yarn, three strands.

I have found it much easier to get the wick to
work if the yarn is wet when I put it into the pot.
If not, I always set the pot in a saucer and water as
usual, until it will soak up no more water, and
only then put it on the reservoir. Even then, it is a
good idea to check in a week to be sure everything
is working.

African Violet Magazine, January, 1977

67

If you are not a knitter nor have a friend you
can con out of scraps, watch the sales and you can
generally get odd balls of yarn at under SI. Each
ball or skein wicks a large number of pots. I’ll bet
it will cost well under a penny a plant.

I usually take the wick clear up one side of the
pot, like the sketch, and
after I have the plant and
soil in place, I gently pull
it down below soil level.
It also works just laying
it on the bottom of the
pot.

I have always grown lovely plants. I rather dis¬
like large old plants. But since Thave been wicking,
my plants are something else. I really think that at
almost any given time, I could display 75 or more
fine plants. I do not fuss and groom my plants,
other than to remove spent blooms and leaves.

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Her Four Plants
Get Five Ribbons

Cheryl Koch
4 Glens ide Drive
Pelham, NH 03076

Although I’m a relatively new grower. I’ve de¬
cided that once you understand the fundamentals
of water, light, etc., anything can happen as far as
African violets are concerned.

I know for with only four plants I entered in
our show, I won three blue ribbons, one red rib¬
bon, and one Best in Class!

The show was on a Saturday, and I had only
joined the club on the previous Tuesday, after at¬
tending my very first meeting.

African violet people are so wonderful! I had
brought four of my best plants to the meeting to
see if they would be good enough to enter in the
show on Saturday. Needless to say, I hadn’t done
any special grooming for the show since I didn’t
know I would be entering. Everyone said that they
were good enough to enter, so hesitantly I entered
them.

You can imagine my surprise and ecstatic de¬
light when my four plants won one red ribbon,
three blue ribbons, and one Best in Class!!! I was
so thrilled — and still am. It still doesn’t feel like it
really happened. How could I be so lucky? Need¬
less to say, my ribbons are very proudly displayed
in my living room.

My husband was thrilled too. Heretofore, my
interests in hobby-type things had only lasted for a

week or two. And now, with my violets, I had
spent eight months enjoying them (and acquiring
more — as all violet lovers do), and without hardly
trying had won 5 ribbons!

This should certainly be an incentive to any
new grower.

The day after the show was Mother’s Day. My
wonderful husband^ as my Mother’s Day present,
immediately started building a room in the cellar
so that I could grow violets under lights. So far, all
my violets have been grown in window light only
(with the exception of a Spot-O-Sun lamp v^hich
my mother-in-law gave me) and they are crowded
on windowsills, tables and benches throughout the
house. My husband teases me that one day he will
try to get into the bed and his side will be taken
up with violets! ! !

I have been reading everything I can get my
hands on, including Helen Van Pelt Wilson’s
“African Violet Book”, the “African Violet
Magazine” (which is wonderful!), and all other
books I can find on African violets.

Today I have almost 75 named varieties, and
almost 150 plants. I enjoy putting leaves down to
start new plantlets, and am always on the lookout
for leaves that throw a plant out of symmetry.
Then off they come to start new little plants.

So, as you can see, I am a very fortunate and
happy new grower of that wonderful plant, the
beautiful African violet.

If anyone is interested in corresponding with
me, I would be delighted to exchange ideas on this

terrific hobby.

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SOIL STERILIZATION
A MUST FOR VIOLETS

Few violet growers fail to sterilize their soil or
buy sterilized soil, but with so many new members
being added to our rolls, we thought the subject
might need frequent repeating.

The advantages gained from soil sterilization far
outweigh the inconvenience or extra work re¬
quired to do it. It seems incredible that any grower
would rather fight soil-borne diseases and pests
than use sterilization that quickly and easily does
the whole job.

Soil sterilization actually amounts to pasteuri¬
zation, but the term “sterilization” has become so
widely used that it now seems acceptable in con¬
nection with discussions concerned with ridding
soils of diseases. Good soil pasteurization requires
that the soil be heated quictdy and cooled rapidly.
The soil should be heated to 160 degrees and held
there for 60 to 90 minutes.

However, many growers sterilize the soil at 180
to 212 degrees.

African Violet Magazine, January, 1977

68

Why Not a Pole
of Violets?

Linda Carr
1246B Harcourt Ave.

Seaside, CA 93955

If you have ever wanted an unique way of dis¬
playing your African violets, let me suggest a “pole
of violets”. The space required is that of a six-or
eight-inch pot! Plant the violets in a sphagnum
moss covered pole. A two foot pole will hold
about 18 plants. The pole will help maintain the
high humidity, warmth, moisture, and rapid drain¬
age needed to grow African violets.

My pole is constructed of a 20” x 24” piece of
chicken wire (2” mesh), three pounds of unmilled
sphagnum moss, charcoal (rinsed well), a 1” x 1”
redwood stake 24” long, a tin can lid, a 3-inch clay
pot and an 8” clay pot.

I soak the sphagnum moss in a solution of one
tablespoon water-soluble fertilizer to one gallon of
water (Miracle-Grow 15-30-15). I laid the wire out
flat, in my driveway as this is a messy job. Then I
spread a three-inch thickness of moss evenly over
the wire, after it had been well drained, and
sprinkled a layer of charcoal on the moss. To bal¬
ance the pole and keep the charcoal in, nail the lid
to the bottom of the one-inch redwood stake. I
placed the stake in the middle of the moss-char¬
coal spread, keeping the lid on the bottom. Roll
the entire concoction very tightly around the
stake, overlapping the ends, tucking and fastening
them. This is very difficult and the most important
step as the moss must be firm in order to keep the
moss moist. I suggest a strong helping hand be
present.

I set my pole in an eight-inch pot with aquar¬
ium rock in the bottom for anchorage and drain¬
age. Place the three inch pot in the top of the pole
with nylon stocking or wicking material to let the
water drip into the pole.

I filled the pole with standard violets, mainly
the odd shaped ones! After removing all the soil
and washing the roots, I wrapped the roots in a
blanket of wet moss, made a hole in the moss pole
and carefully worked the plant into the moss. I
put a small hole (finger size) above each plant to
be able to check for moisture. Until the plants
become accustomed to their new environment
they must be checked for moisture at least twice a
day. My pole is six months old and I check it for
moisture and mist it each morning. I use the con¬
stant feed method with (Miracle-Grow 15-30-15,
alternating fish emulsion). I keep the pole in a

Si^kc

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Inside view of pole. Any large container may be
used to support pole.

southwest corner, rotating it twice a day, one
quarter turn.

I do enjoy my collection more, now that space
is not a problem. Use your imagination and create
a masterpiece - - - wouldn’t a six foot pole of vio¬
lets be an eye catcher! WOW!l

IVIrs. Mary Cotta examines her niece's pole of vio¬
lets.

African Violet Magazine, January, 1977

69

Question Box

By Anne Tinari, Tinari Greenhouses
2325 Valley Road, Huntingdon Valley, Pa. 19006

Dear Readers:

As we begin a bright new year, once again we
are privileged to grow and show some of the most
beautiful African violets in existence. The joy of
growing plants begins with the excitement, antici¬
pation and inspiration that flowering plants give at
this time of year. A Happy and Prosperous New
Year!

Anne Tinari

Q. Dear Anne: I live in a small apartment and
possess two African violets that are simply beauti¬
ful and I want them to stay that way. Now I want
to use a spray as a preventative so must I make a
gallon of spray as all the articles give me this pro¬
portion? I specifically want to use the 50% Mala-
thion spray. What do you suggest?

A. This insecticide can be used at a 1/4 tsp. to a
pint of warm or tepid water and is effective as a
preventative. I would suggest putting it in a mist
sprayer to apply, taking precaution to do it when
the sun and light is off of the plants.

Q. I am so confused in determining how wet to
keep my rooting medium and for fear of drying
the medium too much I usually end up losing a
large amount of leaves, never knowing when and
how much to water or whether to keep them out
of the light.

A. It is wisest to keep rooting medium slightly
moist, never wet. If, you are keeping the leaf cut¬
tings away from the light that would be good
cause for them to rot. All plant cuttings need suf¬
ficient light. Either natural or artificial can be
used. Avoid the burning sunlight or excess light
reflected through two panes of glass which can
create a very high temperature and destroy plant
life in a very short time. If you are keeping the
cuttings covered you must remember to provide
enough ventilation in your rooting box so that ex¬
cessive high humidity does not occur.

Q. The bottom row of my plants appear yellow
and often get jelly-looking. The plant develops a
long neck before this condition stops. One plant in
particular grows in this manner and others oc¬
casionally.

A. It is quite normal for lower outer leaves to
deteriorate. This is not always a sign of disease but
age and plant being drawn up from the soil due to
light, unsuitable conditions and the care which the
plant is given can make this happen. If your plant
is old, discard it and start fresh young cuttings to
replace it. Use a good firm leaf of your plant. Too,
if you wish to save this particular plant, remove it
from the soil and start it in fresh new earth by
sinking it down further into the pot, putting the
soil up to the area where the petioles start or
breaking off the long neck to where fresh growth
is, rerooting it in water or a rooting medium of
half sand and half vermiculite until new fibrous
roots have been established and then replant.

Q. Dear Anne:

Being a new member in the society, I am simply
fascinated with the Saintpaulia species. Where can
I find details on descriptions and actual photos or
material dealing with their origin and habitat.

A. There have been many articles in the maga¬
zines over the years, however, some of the most
recent very descriptive and valuable information
along with photographs of the various known
species can be found in the following magazine
issues: Volume 27, No. 4, Sept, issue 1974 by L.
H. Bailey and Margaret H. Stone of Cornell Univer¬
sity, page 25 entitled “Saintpaulia Species;” AVSA
magazine Volume 23, No. 1, page 16, November
1969 and Volume 23, No. 2, January issue 1970 is
a lengthly article by Mrs. Hudson that has very
worthwhile reading.

Q. Is it safe to dip or spray plants with Mala-
thion in the house? I have small children and pets
which concern me. I am suspicious that my plants
have thrips. Are mask and gloves necessary in using
this spray?

A. When the topic of insecticides and pesticides
is under discussion there are no positive answers as
to safety or guarantee. The degree of safety is with
the use and the precautions taken to protect
others and yourself.

Malathion possesses a very undesirable offensive
odor, but can be used with good results for the
ailments you mention. It is very effective as a

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70

spray diluted 1 tsp. per gallon of water and applied
with a fine mist sprayer or it can be used as a
drench on plants applying around the rim of the
pot. Remember, too, one spraying is never quite
enough to get rid of the pest but should be repeat¬
ed in about 7 days for several times.

I would suggest removing plants to an area
where children and pets would not be subject to
any fumes or residue that the odors would cause.
Also use the material where adequate ventilation is
present. Gloves are a must and using a light mask
would also be a good precaution. This material has
a way of permeating an area so it might be wise
also to use it when others are away from hom.e.

Q. I have planted leaves and they have sprout¬
ed, I don’t know what’s wrong when the baby
leaves come up, the mother leaf starts to turn dark
black and rots all the way down until the whole
leaf is covered. What causes this?

A, Make certain you are using a sterilized med¬
ium m which your leaves are rooting. Any starting
material that is contaminated can cause rot as you
describe it. Also keeping your rooting medium too
wet can begin this process. Use proper drainage
and even a little charcoal under your rooting med¬
ium can be helpful. There can be harmful organ¬
isms in your rooting medium to cause such a
problem.

Q. Dear Anne: I am writing to tell you about
something that happened to me that my friends
insist they never heard of before, probably not
new to you, but here goes. About six months ago I
was messing with my violets and I broke off a stem
with several blossoms on
it. I put the stem down in
some vermiculite that I
had and forgot all about it.
I noticed months later the
stem had rooted. I have
since transplanted it aand
it looks like the enclosed
drawing. Isn’t this un¬
usual?

A, I can imagine your
surprise to have a blossom
stalk grow into a plant. It
is quite unusual, but I have
seen it previously. The African violet and all its
many facets are so fascinating, if you had the right
temperature, atmosphere etc., do believe you
could be successful rooting any part of it. There
was probably just enough plant tissue to start the
process of growth.

I had a very strange thing happen this week on a

large seed pod of a sinningia. I had paid no atten¬
tion to it and when about ready to cut it off I
noticed a minute green growth sprouting out of
the seed shell. This I had never seen before. The
tiny seed pod no doubt was fertile and found
enough moisture and humid atmosphere to start a
tiny new plant right in the pod.

Q. Dear Anne: I am in the habit of spraying all
my African violets once a month whether there are
signs of disease or insects as a precaution, but I
always mix more spray than I need. Should I keep
the leftover mixture to use another time. Would it
be as effective?

A. No, it is unwise to save any diluted spray
mixture as it loses its potency shortly after being
mixed and it usually poses as a hazard to other
family members if not carefully labeled as to its
contents.

Q. Since I use peat moss, vermiculite and perlite
in my soil mixture, should I also fertilize?

A. My dear, these materials serve their purpose
well in providing good substance, drainage and
good porosity of the soil but contain no nutritive
value. So fertilizer must be used in proper propor¬
tion, especially for a flowering plant such as the
African violet, where constant replenishment of
the nutrients that are flushed out of the soil need
replacement.

Q. I have my miniatures in various size terrar¬
iums to add color and interest. However, is it
necessary to water them more often than the other
plants that share the same environment?

A. If your terrariums have a lid none of the
plants including the African violets will require
much water. Most of the moisture needed will be
provided by its own accumulation process. Proper
ventilation, proper air circulation is very benefi¬
cial. Keeping the terrarium in an area where suf¬
ficient light is available but avoiding the hot or
burning sunlight is most important.

Q. About three months ago I purchased a pure
white African violet with no trace of any other
color. Within the last month each new flower
seems to be picking up a pink color. I just don’t
understand what is happening?

A. It is quite possible your violet is showing a
recessive trait. This can happen in many cultivars.
They can go along for years being true to variety
and then suddenly revert. Sometimes a different
water or soil pH or fluctuating temperatures can
be the cause, however, generally it is recessiveness
that occurs.

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71

Q. Dear Anne, when I propagate violets I prefer
putting each cutting into a smaJi pot and the new
plant always pops through the ground near the
stem which I know is normal. However, I have
discovered one starting new growth on the under¬
side of the leaf. Imagaine my surprise! Isn’t that
unusual or am 1 being initiated into an old trick?

A. The phenomonen is rather unusual but can
and does happen occasionally in African violet
propagation. The challenge is trying to repot it
when the time arrives to firm it in the pot without
roots until growth is established. Possibly the use
of a toothpick to hold it down can be useful.

Q. I am very interested in knowing what the
‘Tarson Series” are. None of the violet growers in
my vicinity seem to know.

A. Regarding the “Parson Series” these are
African violet cultivars hybridized by the Rev.
Blades of Stafford, Mo. I was privileged to meet
him at the recent Atlanta convention and he told
me about his love for African violets and the great
joy of sharing them with others had led him into
this fascinating hobby.

There are quite a number of his introductions
available through other growers who list them. My
advice is to carefully search the ads in the recent
issues of the African violet magazine if you wish to
purchase them.

Q. Dear Anne, Can you explain why some
plants on former registered lists should fall into
the miniature or semiminiature class, but are not
listed as such?

A. One must remember miniatures and semi-
miniatures have come into great popularity in the
last dozen years or more. Registration became a
reality several years after our society was estab¬
lished and cards for registered plants state “diam-
ater of mature plant”. Thus many hybridizers
would simply mark the size whether it be 6” or
16” and omit stating whether the plant was a true
miniature or semiminiature. Now, of course, we
are more aware of the prominence of these two
types and state very frankly the category they fall
into.

READER’S TIPS

TIP No, 1 , . . I have found an ingenious way
of watering my many hanging plants which are
trailing African violets, episcias, and many of the
interesting gesneriads.

By slipping a shower cap over the bottom of
the container to catch any water that may drip I
have solved the problem of water dripping on the
furniture or carpet.

TIP No. 2 , . . Dear Anne: When I use clay pots
for my violets I dip the rims of the pots into
melted paraffin using a pie plate for melting.
Candle stubs can be used. Red color can be ob¬
tained if you add red crayon. The result is no more
bad leaves from the edges of the pots. Good for
sharp edges on plastic pots also.

TIP No. 3 . . . I have had great success in keep¬
ing the foliage on my violets clean. Plain warm
water sprayed on the plants or sponging the leaves
when they are out of the sun and light keep my
plants more attractive and they seem to grow bet¬
ter. Leaves covered with dust are denied the light
they need. I try to do my spraying at night when
the house is warm and they dry up in the warm
atmosphere before the sun or light can spot the
leaves.

Uses Cups, Mugs
To Plant Violets

Gerry Halusek
1424 Indian Lane
Carpentersvitte, IL 60110

What could be prettier than your favorite Afri¬
can violet in an unusual container!

Although a few years ago I started out with just
a few plants, I was so fascinated with their beauty
and superior qualities as the ideal house plant that
my collection grew rapidly.

Because of the size of my collection, it is more
economical to mix my own soil (using a sterilized
organic potting soil purchased in 40 lb sacks) then
mix in vermiculite, spaghum peat moss and char¬
coal until I have a nice loose mixture. I fertilize
my plants with a weak solution every time I water
and occasionally water with a weak tea solution, I
grow plants both under lights and on window sills
and they do equally well.

I start young plants in 3 oz. plastic cups and
when ready for repotting, transfer them to regular
coffee cups or mugs or similiar shaped containers.

I use either china, pottery or plastic containers and
very carefully tap a snail drainage hole with a small
punch or similiar shaped tool, in the bottom of the
container. Be careful and work slowly, tapping
very gently to avoid breakage. The result is a |
beautiful plant in a unique and inexpensive con- |
tainer, and makes a lovely gift!

African Violet Magazine, January, 1977

72

Ruffled Red

Rise n'Shine

FROM LEAVES — Here are two beautiful plants
from leaves rooted by Suzette Smith, who says
she's found a quicker method of rooting leaves by
using a styrofoam egg carton in a plastic shoe box,
which she calls a miniature greenhouse.

Rooting Leaves
Quickly

Suzette Smith
2 Pershing Ave.

Valley Stream, NY 11581

Have you ever wished you could root your
leaves quicker?

I’ve tried rooting them in water, vermiculite,
perlite, a combination of both perlite and vermicu¬
lite, and even using aqua planters. These methods
are all successful, but the following method seems
to be a bit quicker and ‘‘excellent” for miniature

leaves and rooting suckers:

Take a styrofoam egg carton.

1. Cut lid off egg carton and place like a tray
beneath egg holder part.

2. Make holes in the bottom of each egg cup —
for drainage.

3. Fill each egg cup with your rooting medium
{yi perlite, Vi vermiculite).

4. Place cuttings, leaves, tubers, etc. — one to
each egg cup and water. (Water may have a diluted
fertilizer).

5. Place entire tray in a plastic shoe box (Tiny
holes can be made in the lid of the shoe box, but
this isn’t really necessary).

6. You have now created a tiny greenhouse.
The styrofoam material is a good retainer of heat
and this factor speeds up the rooting process. This
method is excellent for miniature leaves and tiny
sinningia.

7. Place entire box under your lights and watch
for watering and the appearance of your little
‘babies’.

— - — ♦ -

’Strange' Violets?

Estelle Taylor
6 Sutphin Avenue
Matawan, NJ 07747

If African violets can be called “perverse”, mine
seem to fill the bill. I’m not particularly surprised
when two plants from one leaf turn up in different
colors but some of them have acted even more
strangely.

Several years ago during the first stages of my
addiction, one of my plants emulated the aviator
Corrigan and went the wrong way and grew out of
the bottom of the pot. It grew and grew and
bloomed beautifully. I kept it for several years
even though I had to devise all sorts of methods
for keeping the pot fairly upright.

Now another plant has acted up. I was re¬
moving old blooms re¬
cently and as I was get¬
ting ready to put them in
the trash can one of the
blooms from ‘Cheer U’
looked odd. Upon ex¬
amination I found that
coming out of the center
of the double blossom
was a stem about a half
inch long, topped by another bloom of exactly the
same size, color, etc. Perhaps this has happened in
other collections but it certainly looked “differ¬
ent”!

I’m now waiting to see what other surprises are
in store for me!

African Violet Magazine, January, 1977

73

Nothing to do?

Retiree Says: Get With Violets!

John Murphy
Garden Editor
Pittsburgh Press

W. L. Wiegman likes to sit in front of the fire¬
place and enjoy his African violets.

“They look good there, don’t they?” he asks
pointing to the small bright red-tiled artificial fire¬
place in the living room of his home at 1 Harvard
Ave., West View.

Odd as it sounds, Mr. Wiegman is right.

Bathed in fluorescent light on two small shelves
are six of his favorites. Their varying shades of
rose, pink, lavender and violet are indeed striking
against the red background.

“I can enjoy my violets in my fireplace,” the
72-year-old retired high school chemistry teacher
says.

The fireplace is just one place where Mr.
Wiegman enjoys his African violets.

He also enjoys them in his dining room where a
lighted shelf garden sports some 50 or 60 of them.

A wall of flowers — white, pink, deep blue-
purple and everything in between — dominates the
room. About 35 species are included.

Each tray of violets has a layer of wet pebbles
— watered daily by Mr. Wiegman to help maintain
the 50 per cent relative humidity he feels is best
for his violets.

And under each plant is a plastic lid. This, he
explains, is to keep the plants from “drowning” by
soaking the water from the pebbles up through
their roots.

This brings Mr, Wiegman to the point he stres¬
ses most — don’t overwater. Twice a week is
enough, he says, adding that you should stop just
when the water starts coming out of the bottom of
the pot. Then, he advises, wait a few minutes and
drain the excess water.

Mr. Wiegman always fertilizes when he waters
and uses Plant Marvel, Peters Special or Garden
Life in quarter-strength.

He recalls a few years ago he entrusted the
watering of his African violets to a neighbor while
visiting his son in Denver.

“They watered those things every day, and
when I got back I had no violets,” he said.

The three shelves of violets in Mr. Wiegman’s
dining room are only a “centerpiece.”

Two walls are lined with “non-bloomers” and
about three-dozen leaf cuttings being rooted in
vermiculite.

Downstairs in the basement are rows of more

African violets in varying stages of development,
plus his fertilizer and soil supplies.

He mixes his own soil, using peat moss, ver¬
miculite and perlite. He then adds small amounts
of powdered limestone, 5-10-5 fertilizer, Super-
phos and trace element mix.

The limestone, he explains, reduces the acidity
of the peat moss and the Superphos encourages
blooming.

Mr. Wiegman prefers plastic pots for his plants
because “you don’t have to water as much with
them. Clay pots absorb more water.” Plastic pots
are also easier to handle, he says.

He also prefers fluorescent light to natural light
and gives his blooming violets 14 hours of light
daily and the ones in the basement 12 hours.

One cool white light and one warm white light
are sufficient for each tray, he advises.

If you decide to grow African violets by natural
light, Mr. Wiegman says this is best done by
placing them in a north or east window where they
will get morning sunlight but be protected from
the hot summer noon and afternoon sun.

During the winter, they can stay in a south win¬
dow where they will receive sunlight much of the
day.

For the aspiring African violet grower, Mr.
Wiegman has this advice:

Before you do anything, get literature on their
care,

“Care is most important.”

How did Mr, Wiegman get started?

“My sister-in-law gave me a couple of plants, I
liked them, and before you knew it I had a house
full of them,” he explains.

Mr. Wiegman only started his hobby six years
ago when he retired after 33 years of teaching
chemistry.

Mr. Wiegman calls the growing and care of Afri¬
can violets, on which he spends 15 to 20 hours a
week, “very absorbing and interesting,”

And to retirees who have nothing to do, he
says, “Get two-dozen African violet plants, and
you’E have plenty to do.’^

WATERING VIOLETS

African violets may be watered from either the
top or the bottom. Only be sure that the pot is not
allowed to sit in water. Your plant will not ap¬
preciate wet feet.

African Violet Magazine, January, 1977

74

A Soil Oi Youx Own

Scott Snyder
9030 Eager
St Louis, MO 63144

(EDITOR’S NOTE: This article by Scott Snyder is to be followed by a series of soil recipes sent in by
African violet growers,)

I have often thought, while reading someone’s
recipe for soil, that what is right for Mrs.
violets wicked in plastic pots in her cool, moist
basement must not necessarily apply to mine, top-
watered in clay pots in my dry, forced-air heated
apartment. This article was written to provide
African violet hobbyists, like myself, the basic
fund of knowledge required to develop a soil tail¬
ored to the individual circumstances. In order to
attack the problem of soil from this angle, a dis¬
cussion of the function of soils, the nutrients pro¬
vided by soils, and general soil conditions must
first be presented. Then a practical application of
this knowledge along with careful observation
should lead me and my readers to an ideal medium
for the culture and propagation of violets in our
unique surroundings.

FUNCTION OF SOILS

Soil has two basic functions. First, it must pro¬
vide a structural medium in which the plant can
support itself in an upright position. African vio¬
lets like a light soft medium in which to root.
Secondly, the soil must provide adequate, but not
toxic, amounts of the necessary nutrients for
growth and development, and must make them
sufficiently available in usable form. Nutrition is
really the major function of soils as it concerns us
in our efforts to please the Saintpaulia.

NUTRIENTS PROVIDED BY SOILS

Water. Perhaps the most important nutrient is
water, since most plants are 90% water. Water
serves multiple functions: it is the medium for
transporting and storing sugars, the matrix for
photosynthesis and metabolism of sugars, and the
means of carrying off wastes. Water also acts as a
carrier of gases, proteins, minerals, fats and waxes.
Small amounts of water are used in the formation
of sugars during photosynthesis.

The fate of water which enters the plant from
the soil is worth considering. Most of it is probably
lost to the air around the leaves, and most of this

through stomata (small openings on the under¬
surface of leaves where carbon dioxide is taken up
for use in photosynthesis). This water loss is called
transpiration, and the volume of water lost in this
way is several times the total volume contained in
the plant. The amount lost is dependent upon
light, the number of flowers, temperature, hum¬
idity and the movement of air about the growing
area. Plants in areas where the temperature is high,
light is long, where drafts are prevalent, and where
humidity is low will lose much water to transpira¬
tion.

Water is held in the interspaces of the soil
particles, and is conducted by capillary action on
the particles. The larger the particles, the larger the
interspaces and the less water is held by the soil.

Gases. It is important that the roots of the
plant be supplied with air. Oxygen is required for
respiration in the roots, the source of energy for
the uptake of minerals and nutrients. Elemental
nitrogen is not usable by African violets, but
saprophytes (bacteria and algae that live in the
soil) can convert nitrogen from the air to forms
which the African violet can use.

Minerals Nitrogen is used by the plant to form
amino acids, proteins and nucleotides. Most of the
nitrogen must be in the form of nitrates (NO 2—)
or ammonium ions (NH 4 +). Nitrogen is found in
composts, manures (the breakdown of old organic
wastes by saprophytes), and can be provided as
nitrate salts. Elemental nitrogen is held in soil by
charcoal and can be converted to useful forms by
saprophytes. Nitrogen deficiency causes small ill-
looking plants, a condition called chlorosis.

Potassium (K+) is used in enzyme, amino acid
and protein production. It seems to be very im¬
portant for root development and for the uptake
of other minerals by the roots. Potassium is found
in bone and blood meals, composts, manures, pot¬
ash and chemical fertilizers with potassium sulfate
(K2SO4). . Deficiency of potassium causes plants
with yellow-edged leaves and poor root develop¬
ment.

Calcium pectate is responsible for the rigidity
of the cell wall and the structural integrity of the
plant. Soluble calcium (Ca++) seems to be im-

African Violet Magazine, January, 1977

75

portant for the growth of stem and root apices.
This mineral is found in eggshells, dolemite hme,
and can be applied as calcium phosphate. De¬
ficiency causes stunting of the stems and roots.

Phosphorus is used in the formation of high
energy phosphate bonds and in nucleic acids. It is
important in sugar metabolism during dark phase
photosynthesis. It can be provided by composts,
manures, bone and blood meals, superphosphate
of lime [Ca(H2P04)2 ] or as calcium phosphate
[Ca3(P04)2]

Magnesium (Mg-H-j is found in chlorophyll and
is the activator of some enzymes in phosphate
metabolism. It is found in vermiculite, dolemite
lime, and may be applied as magnesium sulfate
(MgS04).

Sulfur, as sulfate (S04=), is found in some pro¬
teins. It appears to benefit the African violet in
defending against disease. Sulfur deficiency is rare.

There are six trace elements (iron, copper, man¬
ganese, zinc, molybdenum, and boron) required
for growth whose functions are known, and three
(fluorine, cobalt, and nickel) whose functions are
uncertain. Most of these are available in soil con¬
taining fine sand, silt or clay, and are available
commercially as prepared trace elements and in
some fertilizers.

GENERAL SOIL CONDITIONS

Soil must contain all the nutrients required, but
it must also contain them in reasonable propor¬
tions. Nelson suggests that the soil be V2 solid
material, Va water and air.

In addition, the soil must have a pH in the 6.2
to 6.9 range. Many soils are well within this range
without further adjustment. Sulfates tend to make
the soil more acid (lower the pH) and are used to
adjust the soil pH. Limes tend to make the soil
more basic (raise the pH). Manures and composts,
although usually acidic, have variable pH ranges.
Organic soils (those containing manures and com¬
posts), while difficult for the horticulturist to
control and measure, have means of regulating
their own conditions.

PRACTICAL APPLICATION

Soils are really derivatives of rocks. Rocks are
broken down by weather, heat, wind and water to
smaller rocks. Lichens and mosses break them fur¬
ther to coarse sand, and as time goes on they are
further broken down to fine sand, silt, and then
clay. During this grinding process, organic ma¬
terials are added: mosses, lichens, plants and the
wastes of animals. These organic materials are de¬

composed and made available to plants. In any
soil, all stages exist: fine gravel, coarse sand, fine
sand, silt and clay all mixed with decomposed
animal and plant wastes (manures and composts).
This admixture provides a dynamic balance of
water, air and nutrients for the plant it supports.

Now we have the basic fund of knowledge we
need to begin to build a soil of our own. It might
be compared to selecting a favorite recipe for stew.
Starting with a cookbook recipe, the cook adjusts
the ingredients to taste. After all, some like lima
beans instead of potatoes; some like the gravy
made of wine and tomato sauce, some of butter
and sour cream.

Many good recipes for African violet soil exist.

Thinking about the humidity, temperature, light
and air movement, select a soil which seems suit¬
able to the environment. Adjust the recipe keeping
in mind the nutrients required for growth, consid¬
ering which nutrients will come from waterings
and which must come from the soil. Making sub¬
stitutions as needed for convenience and avail¬
ability of materials, mix up the adjusted recipe and
try it. Then observe patiently.

Observation can be difficult, since changes in
performance can be subtle, if it is possible to keep
two soil mixes on hand, then making an innova¬
tion and testing a soil is easy. Simply pot half of
the plants in one and half in the other. In a few
weeks you may begin to see any differences; on
the other hand it may be months before subtle
differences become apparent. If space prohibits
having two soils, then observation becomes much
more subjective unless very accurate records can
be kept. A careful series of dates of certain events
(such as reaching a certain size, flowering or germi¬
nation) can give a good indication of how well the
plants are responding to their new medium. If the
soil is better, move on; if worse, track back to the
old recipe. Each adjustment requires thought
about the mechanical qualities: is it light enough
for roots? does it pack too much? Each requires
thought about nutrients: is there a good source of
nitrogen? do the ingredients provide trace ele¬
ments? is there a source of potassium and phos¬
phorus? what part does watering play in nutrition?
Each requires thought about water: does the soil
contain enough small particles to hold water? does
it drain well? can it provide adequate aeration?
These thoughts along with careful observation
should lead us to happy plants and proud show
queens.

CONCLUSION

Soil is a delicate and dynamic part of growing

African Violet Magazine, January, 1977

76

African violets. The soil we use needs to be tailor¬
ed to our unique surroundings. To develop such a
soil requires a basic understanding of what a plant
requires of the soil, and which components satisfy
those needs. With this in mind, thoughtful adjust¬
ment of the ingredients in the soil and subsequent
observation will lead to a more ideal potting mix-
ture.

REFERENCES

Baron, W. M. M. : Organization in Plants, Lon¬
don: Edward Arnold ltd., 1963

Cooke, G. Wu The Control of Soil Fertility,
Darien, Conn: Hafner Publishing, 1970

Nelson, Kennard: Greenhouse Management,
Danville, Ill: Interstate Printers and Publishers,
1973

Pots: Clay or Plastic?

Some African violet growers prefer clay pots.
Others plastic pots.

Those who prefer clay pots say they are more
aesthetically pleasing, the high evaporative ca¬
pacity of their walls lessens the danger of over¬
watering, and the walls allow fertilizer salts to
leach out and oxygen to enter.

On the other hand those who grow in plastic
pots contend that plastic pots are lightweight, easy
to clean and hard to break, they keep soil evenly
moist longer, and there is no leaching of salts to
make them unsightly. Plastic pots, being non-
porous, do not dry out as fast.

Clay pots keep the plant roots cool and aerated.
In fact, tests have shown that clay pots keep roots
as much as 10 to 15 per cent cooler than plastic
pots. This can be helpful in hot homes in the win¬
ter, where warm soil can stimulate growth that will
be weak because of insufficient light.

On the plus side of plastic pots — provided the
grower assures very good drainage with a light-

textured potting mix and good drainage holes — is
the reduction of fluctuations in the moisture and
air supply.

There are, of course, pots of many materials,
clay, plastic, foam, rubber, wood and ceramic, just
to mention a few.

The clay pot industry is the oldest — ■ about
17,000 years old and all during that time very
little change was made in the clay pot. In fact,
more has happened to flower pots in the last two
decades than in the first 10,000 years. In the midst
of these changes, one thing has remained the same:
The shape of the pot.

So whether you prefer clay, plastic or some
other material is a matter of personal choice — the
only thing that matters is that the pot be attrac¬
tive, strong and durable, have good drainage, be
large enough to hold the right amount of soil for
your particular African violet, and have a wide
enough base to set firmly where placed.

— —

Upholds Merits Of Styrofoam Pots

Dora J. Baker
2182 Stanford Avenue
St Paul, MN 55105

After reading that splendid article in one of the
African Violet Magazines by Mrs. Thomas Lenken
of Milwaukee concerning the project conducted by
her club involving the different types of pots for
growing African violets, I felt called upon to up¬
hold the merits of my favorite African violet pot —
the Styrofoam one.

I wish more clubs would conduct tests of all
phases of growing our favorite plant.

I know many people prefer clay pots and I
certainly wish to hurt no feelings nor to make
members feel dissatisfied with what they are now
using. I remember the days when we used clay
pots and dipped the rim of each in paraffin. This
was to keep the petioles from rotting as they
touched the rim of the pot. These pots absorbed,

through capillary action, a great deal of the salts
and minerals in the planting medium and some¬
thing had to be done to protect the petioles from
rotting. Paraffin around the rim worked well until
we wished to clean and sterilize a used pot -- then
what a mess we had! Finally we used a strip of foil
around the top — fine.

Then along came Styrofoam pots and no more
worry about rotting petioles.

Have you ever repotted your favorite show
plant — only to break a leaf or two? Now I have
no trouble — no digging nor ruination of the
gorgeous plant. Simply take a sharp knife and cut
the pot from top to bottom ~ both sides, and
you’ll have no more heartbreak.

African Violet Magazine, January, 1977

77

O/ Cats, Mites (Cyclamen, That Is!)

Mrs. C. W. Beattie
283 Churchill Drive
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

This horror story is true and, sad to say, it hap¬
pened to me. Because it was a “first” for me, it
seems reasonable to assume there must be many
more growers to whom the same thing will happen
and, like me, they will be just as confused and
upset.

I have a large collection of plants, most of
which are grown for exhibition purposes and be¬
fore leaving for the Atlanta Convention they all
looked great. Two weeks after my return, there
appeared to be something wrong with them. The
centers on some of them appeared to have a slight¬
ly grayish cast but the rest of the plant appeared
to be normal. Blossoms also appeared normal.

Never having had a plant disease and not being
sure what to look for, the books and articles per¬
taining to pests and diseases were all consulted im¬
mediately. Powdery mildew or Red Spider mite it
could be. Soil-drenching and spraying with Cygon
2-E was done immediately (previous to this, I had
followed a spraying and drenching program with
Malathion 50).

Their progress for the next few days was watch¬
ed carefully but I finally decided that the situation
was worsening, rather than improving. Several of
my club members with whom I spoke could not
help pinpoint the cause either but each one seem¬
ed to be worried that it could be cyclamen mite.

One early morning it occurred to me that I was
being exceedingly stupid because within a
15-minute drive there was available to me, expert
advice. Accordingly, two plants, a large ‘Purple
Joy’ and a small ‘Coral Caper’ were packed and on
their way to the Plant Science Department at the
University of Manitoba.

The first professor I encountered happened to
be an acquaintance from our local Horticultural
Society— often a guest speaker. He was more than
astonished to be presented with these plants and
my story. At a glance he ruled out mildew and at a
closer glance, said they did not appear to have
either Red Spider mite or cyclamen mite. How¬
ever, the microscope was set up and a center leaf
from each plant placed under it. There were no
mites visible but he suggested that I leave them
and they would be examined more thoroughly the
next day by a gentleman who is presently doing
special research on cyclamen mites in strawberry
plants. He also suggested that I embark immediate¬

ly upon a spraying program with Kelthane on all
of the plants in my collection.

We were both aware that Kelthane is no longer
obtainable, being on the banned list, but by tele¬
phoning various outlets, were able to obtain a pro¬
duct called DICOFOL (strangely enough, it smells
exactly like Kelthane) which I purchased on the
way home. It is to be used AVi tsp. per gallon of
tepid water.

That evening was the last meeting of our violet
club for the season so just before it ended, I spoke
to the members telling them what had happened
to me and what I was going to do about it, suggest¬
ing perhaps, as a precaution, they might want to
do the same thing.

Before leaving for the meeting, I had gathered
up aU the necessary equipment including a large
pressure sprayer which is used in my garden,
tweezers, a spoonknife, a mask (made from a pair
of panty hose, several thicknesses of paper towel¬
ling and a piece of plastic), rubber gloves and the
oldest clothes in my wardrobe (this was the easiest
part of the preparation). The reason for the pres¬
sure sprayer was because it has a wand and will
adjust to the degree of spray or mist required.

Our house is designed in such a manner that the
back door opens on to the stairs leading to the
basement and on the basement wall directly op¬
posite the door there is a window. Before com¬
mencing work, these were opened wide and the
door to the main part of the house closed.

As each plant was taken from its shelf, all buds,
bloom stalks, the four small leaves in the crown
and part of the crown were removed (the spoon-
knife was used for this latter job). The spray was
then directed between each layer of leaves, under¬
neath the last layer and directly into the crown. As
each plant was finished, it was placed, dripping
wet, on the floor.

It was a discouraging, back-breaking chore. In
the midst of it all, whilst in the crouching position
on the floor, there seemed to be a motion of some¬
thing before my eyes. Terrified, because the back
door was wide open, I froze. Wildly I thought that
the only defense against whatever it might be was
the sprayer in my hand and it seemed to me that a
good shot of Dicofol would do as much harm as
any other weapon. Taking a firm grip on the
handle, still in a crouch (by this time the message

African Violet Magazine, January, 1977

78

from brain to back was that this position promised
to be permanent), I squeezed the handle and aim¬
ed the wand •— right at a huge, very pregnant-look¬
ing black cat which streaked up the stairs like a
shot.

Extremely weary and slightly shaken by this
incident, I finished the plants and all the pans of
leaves, many of which had small plantlets ready
for potting. The basement floor was now covered
with this mess and the time was 2:45 a.m.

The plants remained on the floor for two days
during which time everything surrounding them
was thoroughly washed and disinfected. They were
then placed back on the shelves but seven days
later were given another spraying, as soon as the
lights went off. This program now continues at
10- day intervals.

The University subsequently confirmed the
presence of cyclamen mite which they found by
splitting the crown of each plant with a penknife
and placing it under a microscope.

It was an interesting experience watching the
comeback of the plants because I really did not
think they would survive such drastic treatment.
They not only survived, but in about three weeks a
little green began appearing in the crown. The re¬
mainder of the leaves on each plant looked beauti¬
ful, green and shining. The plant, as a whole, made
me think of a young man with a fringe of luxur¬
iant hair surrounding a bald spot (young men look¬
ed like this before hair implants and hair pieces, of
course).

Gradually the crown leaves appeared but, along
with them, something extra and unwanted— suc¬
kers— by the dozen on every plant. It was a daily
chore to keep them removed and, as the new
leaves grew larger, difficult to differentiate be¬
tween suckers and bloom stalks. We had a show
coming up the end of August and I was deter¬
mined to enter some of these plants.

Entry night of the show arrived (August 25)
and so did I, with 23 of these plants. Many of
them won awards and one, a sport of ‘Garnet Elf,
won best in show. The competition this year was
fierce because we have many excellent growers.

We all know that it is easier to fight the known
rather than the unknown so with the help of the
University and our provincial entomologist I set
out to learn as much as possible about cyclamen
mite.

Did you know, for instance, that each femde
mite deposits about 90 eggs, of which some 80%
develop into females and that the life cycle from
egg to adult requires about 2 weeks, and all stages
of the mite are found about the foliage of infested
plants? They are about 1/100 inch long and can¬

not be seen without magnification. They do all
their nasty work in the dark so you can just
imagine them breeding and then chomping their
merry way through your plants the moment the
lights are turned off, Canadians usually like Ameri¬
can imports but this is one we could have done
without for it is an imported species first noticed
in New York in 1898 and in Canada in 1908. The
eggs, incidentally, are laid about the base of the
plant and in the buds.

Have you been in the habit of bringing lettuce,
carrots, strawberries, etc., from the store and, in
the kitchen sink washing them all very carefully,
then patting your hands dry with, perhaps a paper
towel? This was one of the questions put to me by
these experts. My reply, of course, was “yes.” The
next question was “And have you often walked
directly to your plants and perhaps removed a
spent blossom or straightened a leaf?” Again, my
answer was “yes.” This, it seems, is the easiest way
to contact cyclamen mite. We have all been so
careful with our garden flowers but really didnT
think of this.

Perhaps someone will be helped by this article,
and I would hope that from now on, whenever
you think you have contacted a disease, please
play fair with your fellow club-members and tell
them about it immediately. Having a plant disease
is nothing to be ashamed of and, by not telling
them, you may cause them to have the same in¬
festation. Always ask for help if you are in doubt.
I found that everyone I contacted was delighted to
help and very interested in the progress of the
plants.

As I examine the plants from day to day, oc¬
casionally a question pops into my mind and I
don’t suppose there will ever be an answer to it.
What do you think happened to the litter of kit¬
tens? Do you suppose they were normal, sports or
mutants?

CRATES

when bringing plants to a show, don’t ever, ever
use fruit or vegetable crates unless these have been
thoroughly washed or soaked in Clorox, says Kay
Nevin. “Bugs”, she continued, “like the leaves of
violets just as much as they do vegetables and
fruits. Ask any aphid!! if any are still lurking
around, almost before you can say Delft Imperial,
they will reduce your beautiful show plant to
something only fit for the incinerator. I know, be¬
cause it happened to me. So play it safe . . . use
only safe carriers for your plants.”

Green thumb ! Rub with fresh lemon or strong
solution of bleach. Presto — white thumb.

African Violet Magazine, January, 1977

79

Sometimes I wonder if we appreciate our Afri¬
can violets as much as we should. Recently I was
entertaining our garden club at a luncheon in my
home. Another member, who was to be co-hostess
with me, was to arrange the centerpieces for the
large table and two smaller tables where 20 guests
were to be seated. Three days before the day of
the luncheon, she was taken to the hospital. I was
so busy preparing for the luncheon I had forgotten
about centerpieces until a few minutes before the
members were to arrive. I wasn’t a bit perturbed. I
calmly walked upstairs to my violet-workroom,
picked up ‘Highland Fling’ and ‘Yankee Cheer’,
which were in full bloom, put some foil around
them and used them as a centerpiece for the large
table. On the two smaller tables I used ‘Country
Music’ and ‘Sugar Blues’. The whole luncheon con¬
versation was about African violets! . . . The ar¬
gument continues. Now we’ve been told by one of
the world’s leading plant physiologists, Washington
State University Prof. Noe Higginbotham, that
plants are not attuned to other hving creatures nor
do they have extrasensory perception! He says
African violets as well as other plants don’t give a
hoot about your whispering sweet nothings to
them or exposing them to your favorite music. He
says he’s gone to great lengths to prove you’ll only
get a broken heart if you talk to your plant and
expect an answer. ‘Member when Cleve Backster
spoke at our AVSA convention and told us how
he’d used a polygraph machine to prove that
plants possess something closely akin to feehngs or
emotions? ‘Member when he said he found that
plants could read his mind, since when he seriously
thought of testing the effect of fire on the plant, a
recorder needle monitoring it bounded off the
chart before he co,uld reach for a match? Well,
Prof. Higginbotham contends that electrical
charges are released by cells in plants, that the
charges are a result pf separation of electrical
charges in the process of ion diffusion or active
transport, and that the circulation of these ions in
the plant is adequate to account for many of the
electrical signals observed. “It’s that simple”, he
says. So now take your pick. What do your plants
say? . . . Then another thing we learned was that
“dying is what African violets like to do best.
They can’t wait to get to plant heaven.” Can you
imagine anyone saying that about America’s No. I
houseplant? Yet we read such an article in a news¬
paper in which Felice Dickson, the writer, ex¬
plained: “African violets? Not your typical s^vinger’s

flower. Who wants to get involved with something
that finds a windowsill satisfying? Plenty of
people, of course, many of whom never meant to
grow violets but were given a plant and were thril¬
led out of their minds when it didn’t die. For dy¬
ing is what African violets like to do best.” But
then Ms. Dickson did point out that “their second
talent is flowering more than any other living thing
needs to. It is the promise of sharing in this soul¬
lifting explosion of merry color that has resulted
in the situation we have today. There are at least
some 3,000 different hybrids of the plant available
in this country . . . and if you can’t give them
exactly what they want you’d be better off with a
plastic dahlia. For everything has to be just so for
a violet — light, temperature, humidity, ventila¬
tion, watering and fertilizing. There are some
people — aunts, usually — who claim they give
their perfectly formed, endlessly flowering violets
‘no special care’. But aunts lie, too”, so she says.
We’re sure, of course, that there are thousands and
thousands of African violet growers who don’t
agree with her. But why argue? Let’s just keep
growing better and better violets and enjoy them

as we always have.

— - — - -

Donates Violets
To Hospital Sale

J. H. Vance, executive director of Cooper
Green Hospital of Birmingham, AL is of the opin¬
ion that members of the African Violet Study
Club of Birmingham “are playing an important
part in making the world a more beautiful place by
growing magnificent violets.”

Members of The AV Study Club gathered all
their extra plants and took them to the garage sale
that benefitted the hospital.

Here’s part of the letter they received from Mr.
Vance:

“We can never thank you enough for all the
beautiful violets you so graciously gave us for the
garage sale that benefitted Cooper Green Hospital.
Those lovely blossoms gave an attrative setting for
the whole sale. You can be sure, too, that they
went very quickly. Everyone who came wanted
one. Our special thanks go to our dear friend, Mrs.
Ledford, who alerted you ladies to our need. It is
wonderful that a delightful group of ladies like
you are playing an important part in making the
world a more beautiful place by growing these
magnificent violets.”

African Violet Magazine, January, 1977

80

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Cf^lrtcan^^iolet —

VoL 30, Number 2 March, 1977

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Every attempt is made to Keep articles technically correct. Since the growing of fine African violets can be achieved in
many ways, the method and opinions expressed by writers are their own and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of AVSA.

PERTAINING TO VIOLETS

COLUMNISTS

2. OUR COVER: ‘Melva Nelson’.

5. Easy Way to Grow African Violets — Mrs. E. H. Dixon,
Stockton, MO

26. Correction on “Diz-Dizbudding” by Sandra M. Lex,
Toronto, Canada

'J7. Do Not Handle! — Edd Stretch Smith, St. Louis, MO

Pickup Sticks for Plants — Kenneth Keipert, Cleveland.
OH

Poem: “A Violet” — Kate Lang

30. Greenhouses in Miniature — Dolores Kibbe, Clovis, NM

31. A Real Winner!

To Counteract acid

33. Micro-propagation of African Violets— Peter C. Bilkey
and Prof. A. C. Hildebrandt, University of Wisconsin
35. Green Elbows — Sylvia Fellows, Anaheim, CA

37. Hooked for Life — Marcelme Koster, Flushing, NY

38. -43. Registered African Violets — Mrs. Fred (Adele)

Tretter, AVSA Registrar
43. African Violet (Saintpaulia) Species

Untreated Water Better for Plants — Fritz G. Lindley,
Covington, LA
55. Affiliate ’Appenings

Poem: ‘‘They All Belong To Me.” — LeVine Nemanic

57. Violets’ Extreme De.sire to Live Impresses Grower —

Lawrence F. Wilson, Bozeman, MT
Planting by the Moon — Em Hunt

58. Coming Events

62. New Jersey Show Viewed by 30,000
Do You Know . . . ?

Show Entry Blanks

69. Vitamins for Violets

70. A Visit to Holtkamps — Betty Salzer

71. Growers Hear Informative Talks — Mrs. Chas. R. Russell,

Bryan, TX

72. Hi Hopes Did It Again — Nell Sue Tyson, Denver, CO

73. Saintpaulias Fit Into Four Major Classifications — Julia

M. Brittain, Houston TX

74. Decorating the Home With Violets — George A. Elbert,

New York, NY

77. Plant Stands Constructed To Meet Needs of Growers

— Loretta Branigan, South Otselic, NY
Two-Tiered Stand — Bertha Wright, Cooper, TX

78. Violets Enjoy Lighted Garden — Mrs. Robt. M. Miller,

Manassas, VA

15-inch Wooden Legs Form Stand— Mrs. Eva Dale
Blakehouse, Galconda, IL

79. Turns Piano Bench into Plant Stand— Mrs. Dean Lim-

bacher, Fresno, OH

Has 8 Stands for her Violets — Sybil Behrens, Adams, NE

80. Window Growing Under Lights— Linda A. Neumann,

North Royalton, OH
Terrariums

4. Musings From the President — Melva Nelson, St. Louis,

MO

5. Beginner’s Column: ‘‘What Is a Cutting?” — Mrs. J. A.

W. (Ann) Richardson, Tavares, FL
26. Cross Your I’s . . . and Dot Your T’s — Mrs. W. F.
(Neva) Anderson, St. Louis, MO

30. Musings From the ‘Mini-Mam’ — ■ Mrs. Sidney (Ellie)

Bogin, Long Beach, NY

31. Your Library — Mrs. Marvin (Gene) Garner, North

Canton, OH

36. Registration Report — Mrs. Fred (Adele) Tretter, St.
Louis, MO

61. Calling All Affiliates — Helen Freie, El Monte, CA

63. Boyce Edens Reasearch Fund — Mrs. L. F. (D. J.) Lidiak,

Austin, TX

AVSA Booster Fund — Mrs. W. M. (Lucile) Plaster,
Shreveport, LA

64. Tally Time — 1976 — Mrs. John Chase Reed, Bellevue, WA

65. Question Box — Anne Tinari, Huntingdon Valley, PA
68. A Foote on the Violet Path — Grace Foote, editor

SOCIETY BUSINESS

3. Strictly Business — Your Business
26. New Life Members
35. Helen Freie Gives up AVSA Position
54. W. D. Stone Is Judge

CONVENTION

44. AVSA’s 31st Annual Convention program, ‘‘Third Time
Around.”

47. Meet Your AVSA Nominees

50. Highlights — St. Louis 1977 Convention — Ann Richardson,

convention program chairman

51. St. Louis Has It — A to Z — Mrs. H. L. Holt, publicity

chairman

54. ‘‘All Lamps Are Grow Lamps” — Mrs. H. L. Holt
Late Awards
Notice to Award Donors
Correction
Convention Dates

54. Club Gets Going.

64. Here’s Mrs. Wasson’s
67. Judge’s Chairmen
69. In Memoriam

APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP

African Violet Society of America, Inc.

P. O. Box 1326 Date

Knoxville, Tennessee 37901

Please enroll me as a member of African Violet Society of America. Inc. My dues are enclosed. Memberships
below. Memoership year March 1 to February 28 includes five issues of THE AFRICAN VIOLET
MAGAZINE beginning with the June issue, followed by September, November, January and March issues.

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Individual Membership is $6.00

Associate Member ($3.00) (No magazine included) .

Commercial ($15.00) Address

Affiliated Chapter ($6.00)

Affiliated Slate, Regional and Council $15.00 City and State

Life ($100)

Sustaining ($25) Make checks Payable to African Violet Society of America, Inc.

Zip Code . . .

Q New Member
Q Renewal

From November 16 through February 28, new members may pay half the annual dues, will receive member¬
ship card expiring February 28 and the January and March issues of THE AFRICAN VIOLET MAGAZINE $3.00.

African Violet Magazine, March, 1977

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OUR COVER

‘Melva Nelson’ is featured on our
cover page. This lovely African violet
was named in honor of AVSA President
Melva Nelson and hybridized by Edd
Stretch Smith of St. Louis, MO. The vio¬
let, which has just been registered by Mr.
Smith, will be shown for the first time as
a new introduction at the St. Louis con¬
vention at which Mrs. Nelson will pre¬
side. (Photo by Lois Newton Russell)
OFFICERS

MRS. E. A. NELSON . President

603 East Essex
St. Louis, MO 63122

MRS. MARVIN GARNER ..1st Vice President
1010 Edgewood, S. E.

North Canton, OH 44720
MRS. W. J. KROGMAN .. 2nd Vice President
1325 Parkway Drive
Brookfield, WI 53005

MR. HARVEY L. STONE 3rd Vice President
51 Peach Highlands
Marblehead, MA 01945

MRS. LIZETA TENNY HAMILTON .. Sec’y.
Meadow Lakes, Apt. 18-06
Hightstown, NJ 08520

MISS FLORENCE M. GARRITY .... Treasurer
36 Cerdan Avenue
Roslindale, MA 02131

STAFF

MRS. GRACE FOOTE, Editor
211 Allien Place
Port Arthur, TX 77640
MRS. TERRANCE R. LEARY, Adv. Mgr.

438 Brady Lane
Austin, TX 78746
MRS. CLARICE BELL
Office Manager
P. 0. Box 1326
Knoxville, TN 37901
MRS. W. F. ANDERSON

AVSA Publications Chairman
360 Tulip Drive
St. Louis, MO 63119
COLUMNISTS

Mrs. Frank Tinari, Mrs. James Carey,
Mrs. Sidney Bogin, Mrs. Marvin Gamer,
Mrs. L. F. Lidiak, Mrs. J. A. W.
Richardson, Paul Arnold, Mrs. W. M.
Plaster, Mrs. Talbot Freie and Mrs.
Fred Tretter.

BEST VARIETIES, HONOR ROLL COMPILER
Mrs. M. G. Gonzales
200 Doris Ave.

San Jose, CA 95127
PUBLISHER

Gus Becker Printing Co.

1080 Forsythe
Beaiunont, TX 77701

The Official Publication of the

African Violet Society of
America, Inc.

The African Violet Magazine is published
5 times a year, January, March, June, Sep¬
tember and November and second class post¬
age is paid by the African Violet Society of
America, Inc., at 706 Hamilton National Bank
Building, Knoxville, TN 37901 and at addi¬
tional mailing offices. Suscription $6.00 per
year which is included in membership dues
starting with the June issue each year. Copy¬
right by African Violet Society of America,
Inc., 1977.

NOTICE TO POSTMASTER:

Please send notification regarding im-
deliverable magazines to office address.
African Violet Society of America, Inc.
P. O. Box 1326, Knoxville, TN 37901.

African Violet Magazine, March, 1977 2

ADVERTISERS' INDEX

24. Margaret Anderson — Portraits of Violets

7. Annalee Violetry — Newest Varieties for 1977

19. Arth’s African Violets — Many Varieties

14. Doris Artis — Fresh Cut Leaves

20. Linda Baer — Can You Help?

22. Baker’s African Violets — New for 1977 From Leading
Hybridizers

20. Mrs. Edna T. Barton — ^Home of African Violets

17. Becker Printing Co. — African Violet Note Paper

11. Bill and Marleen Violets — Leaves and Small Plants

15. Buell’s Greenhouses — Buell’s Hybrid Gloxinias “Special”
11. David Buttram — How’s Your pH?

18. Cape Cod Violetry — Latest Varieties

15. Ruth Carey’s 1975 Revised Handbook for Judges and
Exhibitors

18. Castle Violets — African Violet Leaves

21. Champion’s African Violets^ — 1977 Champion Variegates
15. Clarel Labs., Inc. — Granny’s Bloomers (formerly NuBud)
11. Lou Arta Corbin — Macrame Hangers

22. Crestwood Violetry — Many New Varieties

20. Cross Hdwe. Co. — Sunshine Centers

21. DoDe’s Gardens— Growing Supplies and Aides

10. Earth Flowers — African Violet Starter Plants, Gift

Plants

23. Elephant Ear — “I Love Violets” Tea Shirts
23. Ernst Nursery — Leaves and Plantlets

21. Elmer R. Estis — Leaves, Starter Plants

19. First Austin AVS — ^African Violet Growing Book
INSIDE BACK COVER— Fischer’s Greenhouse

15. Floralite Co. — Lumen Lighter Stands

11. Fredette Originals — “A Wicket Is Not A Whatsit”

23. John D. Frew — Elisa’s Violet Rings

10. Gail’s Violets — ^Leaf Cuttings and Starter Plants

17. The Green House — Green House Gro-Cart

15. Gerry Halusek — 800 Varieties

16. Rene’ Haro Studios — Limited Edition of Fine African

Violet Prints

18. Mrs. Herman Henry — Violets and Episcias

9. High Hat — African Violets

23. Hillside Violets — Fresh Cut AV Leaves

14. Sim T. Holmes — ^The Parson’s Series

14. House of Violets — Moist-Rite Self-Watering Planters

14. Imperial Gardens — Send for New Listing

11. Indoor Gardening Supplies — ^Plant Stands, Light Fixtures
11. Jacksons House of Violets — New and Older Varieties

18. Jeannie’s Jungle Violets — Starter Plants

8. Just Plants — African Violets and Gesneriads
23. Kitty’s Violets — African Violet Leaves

14. Klinkel’s African Violets — Gifts and Starter Plants

18. Albert Kreiger — African Violet Starter Plants

10. Lloyd’s African Violets — African Violet Starter Plants

17. Louise’s Greenhouse — African Violets

6. Lyndon Lyon — Exotic! New! Doubles and Singles!

23. McGough’s Nursery — Violets and Other Gesneriads

17. Mary’s African Violets — Growing Supplies

11. R. J. Miderski — 350 African Violet Varieties

10. Miller’s African Violets — Specialists in Variegates
23. Sheron Morrison — Leaves and Plants

14. Bonn Nadeau — African Violet Seed

12. -13. Park Nurseries — African Violets for 1977

19. The Parson’s Series — Keith Hayman, Sr. has Fresh Cut

Leaves

6. Plant Marvel Laboratories — For Optimum Growth and

Bloom Feed As You Water

20. Mary Poe — African Violets and Episcias

23. Poyner’s Greenhouse — African Violets and Related Plants

11. Rainbow Forest — ^Miniature Leaves

8. Re-jewva-tone — ^Triple Strength Vitaloam
11. Rice’s Violetry — Leaves and Cuttings

9. Rose Knoll Gardens — ^Visit Us When You Come To St.

Louis

10. Ruth’s African Violets — Leaves, Starter Plants & Gift

Plants

14. San Francisco Plant Co. — African Violets and Gesneriads

11. Shirley’s African Violets — Also Other Gesneriads and

Houseplants

19. Shirley’s Bloomin’ Blossoms — Fresh Cut Leaves
10. Schultz Instant Food

23. Shoplite Company — Decorative Plant Stands

7. Stand-Bye — Wick for Constant Feeding,

9. Stim-U-Plant — Plant Food, Soil Conditioners, Sprays
BACK COVER — Tinari Greenhouses

14. Tingle’s — Leaves, Gift Plants, Starter Plants

20. Tomaro African Violets — Shomee Series and ’77

Varieties From Other Growers

15. TubeOaft Watering Wand — Quick, Neat, Easy.

18. TubeCraft — Enjoy a FloraCart

19. Howard Utz — ^My New Favorites

21. Violet Buds and Blossoms — Minis, Standards, Variegates
17. The Violet Farm — Fresh Cut AV Leaves

INSIDE FRONT COVER— The Violet House— Plastic Flower Pots
9. Violet Window — African Violet Leaves
23. Violets at the Ernst’s — Leaves and Plants

10. Violets Atlanta — Varieties From Leading Hybridizers

8. Vitaloam — New Vitaloam Cultured Re-jewva-tone

9. Volkhart’s — African Violets or Episcias

10. Volkman’s — Reservoir Wick Pots

21. The Walkers — AV Supplies. Pesticides, Plastic Pots
9. White Cloud Farm — 25th Year of Growing and Selling
African Violets

20. Wood’s African Violets — Fresh Cut Leaves, Rooted Cut¬

tings, Episcias

STRICTLY BUSINESS - - YOUR BUSINESS

A TABLE OF INFORMATION TO USE IN CONDUCTING YOUR BUSINESS WITH YOUR SOCIETY TO INSURE GOOD SERVICE.

ALWAYS GIVE YOUR NAME AND COMPLETE ADDRESS, IF YOU HAVE MORE THAN ONE ITEM
SEND EACH ITEM TO THE CORRECT PERSON.

AFFILIATE ’APPENINGS: Send to Editor.

AFFILIATES; See list in Nov. issue. For information on
show awards, how to start a chapter or questions on
new or renewal membership, write Mrs. Talbot A.
Freie, 4854 N. Cedar St., El Monte, CA 91732. Send
officer information sheet received with charter to Mrs.
Freie by July 1.

AVSA EMBLEMS: See January issue. Member, Past 'Presi¬
dent, Life Member pins. Own and wear them with
pride. Order from AVSA office.

AVSA OFFICE: Mrs. Wade H. Bell, Office Manager, Box
1326, Knoxville, TN 37901

BEST VARIETIES LIST: See November issue.

BEST VARIETIES - HONOR ROLL COMPILER: Mrs.

M. G. Gonzales, 200 Doris Ave., San Jose, CA 95127

BOOSTER FUND: Send contributions to Mrs. W. M.
Plaster, 8304 Suffolk Dr., Shreveport, LA 71106

BOYCE EDENS RESEARCH FUND: Send contribution,
club or individual, to Mrs. L. F. Lidiak, 4503 Sinclair
Ave., Austin, TX 78756
BYLAWS: See September issue.

COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES: Albert Buell, Buell’s
Greenhouses, Box 218, Eastford, CN 06242

COMMERCIAL MEMBERS: See list in November issue.
CONVENTION:

AWARDS: See January issue. Send suggestions or con¬
tributions for convention awards to Mrs. Richard A.
Chase, 482 Rutherford Ave., Redwood City, CA
94061

PROGRAM: See March issue. Send special requests for
workshop programs; suggest names of interesting
speakers to Mrs. J. A. W. Richardson, R. R. 1, Box 70,
Tavares, FL 32778
SCHEDULE: See January issue.

TIME AND PLACE: If your club or a group of clubs
would like to sponsor a national convention in your
area, write to Mrs. H. Harold Baker, 2182 Stanford
Ave., St. Paul, MN 55105

CULTURE FOLDERS: Free from AVSA office, for dis¬
tribution at shows or by commercial members with
plants. Membership application included.

CUMULATIVE INDEX: Write AVSA Office.

EDITOR: Mrs. Grace Foote, 211 Allien PL, Port Arthur,
TX 77640

HONOR ROLL: See June issue.

JUDGES: See September issue for list

JUDGING SCHOOL: For information on holding a
school or to become a qualified judge, write to Mrs.
James B. Carey, 3900 Garden Dr., Knoxville, TN
37918

LIBRARY: See June issue for list of slide programs and
packets available from AVSA Library. Order from
AVSA office. If you have ideas for a library program
or slides to donate for library, write Mrs. Marvin
Garner, 1010 Edgewood S.E., North Canton, OH
44720

LIFE MEMBERS: See June issue for list.

MAGAZINE:

ADVERTISING MANAGER: For advertising rates,
copy and information write Mrs. Terrance R. Leary,
438 Bradv Lane. Austin, TX 78746
ARTICLES: Send to Editor.

DEADLINE DATES: June issue. Mar. 1; Sept, issue,
June 1; Nov. issue, Aug. 1; Jan. issue, Oct. 1; Mar.
issue, Dec. 1.

BACK ISSUES: Complete your set now. Write to
AVSA office for price list of available issues.

BINDERS: Sold only in pairs at $7.00 postpaid. Order
from AVSA office.

CHANGE OF ADDRESS: Send your new address at
least 30 days before it is to take effect. Send old ad¬
dress with the new. Enclose the address label from
your last magazine. Send to AVSA office.

FAILURE TO RECEIVE; Notify the AVSA office.
MAGAZINE MART: Do you want to buy or sell back
copies of THE AFRICAN VIOLET MAGAZINE?
Write Mrs. E. A. Nelson, 603 E. Essex Ave., St, Louis,
MO 63122

MASTER VARIETY LIST:

A must for all judges and serious growers. 1970 edi¬
tion describes all registered varieties 1948 - 1969; all
classified species; other named cultivars introduced
1960-69. $3.50 Order from AVSA office. Supple¬
ments, September magazine, 1970 to date.
SUPPLEMENT: Send description of any new cultivar
with hybridizer’s name to Mrs. Fred Tretter, 4988
Schollmeyer Ave., St, Louis, MO 63109

MEMBERSHIP! Send new or renewal membership to
AVSA Treasurer, AVSA office. Make check payable to
AVSA. Life — $100; Commercial — $15; Individual —
$6; Affiliate Chapter — $6; Affiliate Council, State or
Region - $15. FOR AFFILIATE, GIVE THE FOL¬
LOWING INFORMATION: Name of chapter or coun¬
cil; President’s name and address; address to which
magazine is to be sent; name of town considered home
town of chapter.

APPLICATIONS AND BROCHURES: Free from
AVSA office. Please state quantity required. Use for
show, commercial sales room or wherever member¬
ships may be solicited.

MEMBERSHIP AND PROMOTION: Send your ideas, of¬
fers to help or requests for assistance in this work to
Mrs. Harold Rienhardt, 4463 W. Seneca Tpk.,
Syracuse, NY 13215

MINIATURE AND SEMIMINIATURE LIST: $2.00 Mrs.
Sidney Bogin, 39 Boyd St., Long Beach, NY 11561

MINUTES: See September issue.

NOMINATING COMMITTEE REPORT: See Jan, issue.

OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES: See June issue.

OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE: AVSA Secretary, Mrs.
Robert Hamilton, Meadow Lakes, Apt. 18-06, Hights-
town, NJ 08520

PARLIAMENTARIAN: Mrs. Thomas J. Edmundson,
4605 N W 45th St., Fort Lauderdale, FL 33319 is
available to answer parliamentary questions from af¬
filiates. (Stamped self-addressed envelope must be en¬
closed for reply).

PLANT REGISTRATION: Mrs. Fred Tretter, 4988
SchoUmeyer Ave., St. Louis, MO 63109

QUESTION BOX: Anne Tinari, 2325 Valley Road, Hunt¬
ingdon Valley, PA 19006

RESEARCH: Send suggested subjects for scientific re¬
search or- names of interested qualified potential re¬
search personnel to Mr. Frank Tinari, 2325 Valley
Road, Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006

SHOWS & JUDGES RULES: See November issue.

TALLY TIME: See March issue.

TEACHERS: See November issue for list.

TREASURER’S & AUDITOR’S REPORT: See Sept,
issue.

African Violet Magazine, March, 1977

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Dear Friends:

Looking out my kitchen window there’s quite an argument going on between a
feisty bluejay and a grackle for the best seat at the bird feeder beyond the redbud
tree. As they jockey for choice pecking rights at the sunflower seeds, an unflap¬
pable little sparrow just keeps right on enjoying his breakfast as he seems to say,
‘‘Aren’t you silly to waste time fussing about who was there first, instead of just
moving over and both of you could be having some of these delicious seeds.”
There must be a lesson here for all of us.

At any rate, it is good to hear the birds starting to sing again as they usher in
that wonderful season — SPRING, a season of never-ending magic as nature re¬
news itself. In St. Louis, Mother Nature really puts on a dazzling show each
spring, as trees, shrubs and flowers burst forth in riotous color. We hope to share
this beauty with you when you come to convention next month. Surely you’ve
made your reservations by now.

It was my pleasure to visit the Knoxville office in late fall and what an educa¬
tion that ww;! Clarice Bell and her two co-workers handle a volume of paper work
that is mind-boggling. AVSA now has a whopping total of 22,550 plus members
and every last one is recorded on card and plate in that crowded 3-room office.
Each morning Clarice goes to the Post Office for the mail — how early this is I’m
not going to tell you, because the Labor Board might be listening and put us on
the carpet for unfair labor relations, or something’ — and it is a voluminous
collection of letters. The nice ones are those containing new membership — al¬
most 100 during my visit. This means the girls go right to work punching out the
name plates on our fine new Addressograph machine, which makes far too much
noise in such close quarters, but is a far cry from tha old hand-operated model
they had to contend with prior to this year.

Then the not-so-nice letters concern complaints about magazines which failed
to reach members because somehow or other the Post Office managed to lose
them. So the Knoxville office must mail a duplicate copy immediately.

Also there are complaints about Library programs failing to reach a club on
time. Now, no one will argue that such a happening doesn’t present an embarras¬
sing situation for a Program Chairman and no one regrets it more than Clarice
Bell Disappointments are often due to the fact that slide programs weren’t or¬
dered sufficiently early, or that clubs fail to return the slides immediately after
using them, thus fouling up the schedule for re-mailing to the next club. Granted
there have been disappointments, but if you will observe the proper time sche-

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dules in ordering and returning the slides, it
will be much easier for the office to main¬
tain a schedule. And, above all, please be
sure to return them by first class mail in a
properly wrapped package. It was amazing
to learn how carelessly some packages are
returned — poorly wrapped, or not wrap¬
ped at all, and then sent with the least post¬
age possible. Please do your part and every¬
one will be happier.

The office, under Clarice BelVs supervi¬
sion. does a fantastic job and for too long a
time has received little recognition, so I
thought this would be a good opportunity
to salute them.

Good work — Knoxville crew!

Sincerely,

- ♦ -

Easy Way To Grow
African Violets

Mrs. E. H. Dixon
1 906 South Blake
Stockton, MO 6578S

I have a very easy way to care for my African
violets. My husband built wooden benches about
three feet high and two feet wide against one wall
in our basement which provide about 28 feet of
bench space. Seven 48-inch fluorescent fixtures
light the benches. Each fixture, the kind advertised
by discount houses, has a reflector and two 40-watt
bulbs.

The benches are covered first with a plastic
cloth. On top of this, oil drain pans measuring two
feet wide, three feet long and one and one half
inches deep are placed and filled with water. Plas¬
tic woven bread trays, used by the bread men to
deliver to the markets, about the same size as the
oil drain pans are placed over the water filled pans.

My violet plants are wicked with nylon hose
strips which reach through the plastic trays into
the water in the pans. This method also provides
extra humidity for the plants. This is really the
easy way to raise violets.

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See Page 3, “Strictly Business— Your Business”, for
names of persons to whom you are to send questions or
any matters pertaining to AVSA. Page 3 is an AVSA
Directory! Use it!

Mrs. J. A. W, (Ann) Richardson
RR# 1, Box 70
Tavares, Florida 32778

KEEP ’EM CLEAN!

Among the “propers” we talk about to produce
good plants we list “cleansing”. Just as the pores
of your body need to be clean in order to breathe
and help you feel well, a plant too must breathe,
which it cannot do when it is dirty or dusty. Take
a soft brush and gently brush the leaves until all
dust and particles of soil, etc are gone.

In spite of all that has been said about watering
from the bottom so that the leaves of a plant do
not get wet, plants do love a bath and periodic
baths together with proper humidity will give
them that healthy look that show plants always
have. Under tepid running water, hold the plant
sidewise and keep moving it round and round
under the water until all the outside leaves are
clean. If soil is so loose that it might fall out, cover
with foil. The inside leaves should be clean since
they are new and have not had time to get too
dirty. Therefore do not allow the water to get into
the crown. It is difficult to get the crown dry and
sometimes water allowed to settle in the crown
will cause it to turn grey. After the bath, take a
damp sponge and gently mop the excess water.
Keep the plant away from sun and drafts until dry.

Pots should always be sterilized and cleansed. I
throw mine in a tub filled with water and deter¬
gent to soak, then wash again in bleach and rinse
and allow to dry. Never, ever use a pot a second
time without cleansing it.

Of course, it goes without saying that shelves
and window sills should be kept clean of spilled
soil and fallen blossoms.

Use only sterilized soil and use it only once. Be
careful where you keep your sterilized soil so that
it does not become contaminated by contact with
an unclean medium.

If you suspect that a plant may have a disease
be sure to move it away from your other plants
and be very, very sure to wash your hands when¬
ever you handle it. I know of several instances
where hands have carried mites from one plant to
another.

African Violet Magazine, March, 1977

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EXOTIC! NEW! DBL’S & SEMI’S!

BLUE

MYSTICAL BLUE—W i s t e r i a blue semi - dbl.
flowers.

PURPLE SPOT— Royal purple stars, white tipped,
yellow stamens.

CRUNCHER^ — Dbl. purplish blue flowers, semi-
min., dark, girl'foliage.

COUNTRY CHARMER— Dbl. white flowers, with
frilly purple edges.

PINK

CLASSY kitty— Giant crinkly edged dbl. pink
flowers.

STEPPING OUT— Big pink dbis; prominent
yellow stamens.

CARE DEEPLY— Rose pink dbl. flowers; semi-
min. foliage.

PINK N’ INK— Deep rose pink flowers, peppered
with purple ink.

WHITE

CASUAL CLASSIC — Dbl. white flowers, usually
with pink stripes and sections.

UNSPOKEN^ — ^Large white and blue dbl. stars.

“Where the Violets Are’^

RED

TIMELESS— Crinkly white edged fuchsia; dbl.
stars.

DREAM WEAVER— Large dark fuchsia semi-dbl.
stars.

SNO-BERRY^ — Huge dbl. red; white-edged stars.
RED SPOT— White tipped fuchsia stick-tight
stars.

TRAILERS

LUCKY LOU— Semi - trailing dbl. blue flowers;

Tommie Lou variegation.

LORA LOU — Semi - trailing rosy pink flowers;
Tommie Lou variegation.

ADIRONDACK TRAIL— Perfect dbl. pink flowers;

semi-trailing habit.

BREEZY BLUE— P u r p I i s h blue dbl. flowers;

vigorous semi-trailing.

MINIATURES

DENIM BLUE — Denim blue dbl. flowers; vigorous
semi-trailing.

TOY CLOWN— Bright dbl. pink “purplish
specked” flowers.

PRICES include all costs including AIR MAIL for first priority. Six or more plants or rooted cuttings $2.98 each;
less than $3.69 each — Minimum order 2 plants or rooted cuttings. Shipping date is from May 1 st to Nov. 1st.

SHIPPING

Sorry, no wholesale shipping or shipping overseas. Wholesale and retail pickup at our greenhouses.

DESCRIPTIVE LIST FREE!

LYNDON LYON

14 Mutch ler Street

Dolgeville, N.Y. 13329 Phone 315-429-8291

For optimum growth & blooms

. . . Feed as you water
the PLANT MARVEL way

Complete water
soluble Plant
Food for growing
African Violets

Plant Marvel’s
African Violet
spray is ideal
for all

house plants

The PLANT MARVEL 12-31-14 formula is a scientifically
balanced, 100% water-soluble, plant food. Leading profes¬
sional growers, as well as many amateur growers of African
Violets, prefer this formula. It delivers needed nutrients in
immediately usable form and in just the right proportions.
This remarkably efficient, water-soluble fertilizer supplies
the entire root system with all the essential NPK and minor
elements. As a result, optimum, healthy growth and blooms
are promoted. Your order is always welcome. 8 oz. can —
$2.10; 1 lb.— $3.10; 21/2 lb.— $5.90; 5 lb.— $9.20.

Get positive results with this remarkably effective,
all - around, insecticide spray. Kills hard-to-get-at
Mealy bugs, Soft Brown Scale, Aphids, Spider Mites,
and many other insects. No harm to blooms or
foliage, when used as directed. Won’t stain fabrics
or wallpaper. Harmless to children and pets. Here’s
the ideal insecticide for African Violets, Ivies,
Begonias, etc. 5 oz. can — $2.00.

Postage included. — NO C.O.D.’S.

PLANT MARVEL LABORATORIES * Oept. AV76 • 624 West n 9th st. • Chicago, ill. 60628

African Violet Magazine, March, 1977

6

NEWEST VARIETIES FOR 1977

CLOUD BANK (UTZ) — huge dbl. white, very florif-

erous, show plant

GRAND ENTRANCE (RY)—fuil clusters rosy pink
dbl., show plant

GRENOBLE (GG)— huge pale lavender pink, darker
rose orchid border

PINK SPLENDOR (GG)— 2” semi dbl. pink with
fluted edge, deeper eye

ROYAL BLUE RUFFLES (RY)— deepest dark blue
violet shaped, white edge
WINTER GRAPE (IF)— tutone mauve and purple
wavy dbl. blooms, T/L foliage, show plant

SAPPHIRE TRINKET (EC) sapphire blue dbl., semi-

min, variegated foliage

LITTLE LULU (Li)— semi min T/1 foliage, rosy pink
dbl., rosette forming

LI’L CRITTER (LL)— -dbl. pink amazing abundance of
blooms, semi min

LOVE NOTES (LL)— -fuchsia pink stars with fuchsia
eye, white dogwood tips

LUCKY LOU (LL)— semi trailer with T/i foliage,
dbl. blue masses of blooms
LORA LOU (LL)— semi min trailer T/L foliage, dbl.,
rosy pink blooms

ORDER EARLY DIRECT FROM THIS AD for best selection. Starter plants are $2.50 each, minimum order
3 plants, Add handling charges as follows: East of Mississippi 15 % of amount ordered, minimum $2.00;
West of the Mississippi 20% of amount ordered, minimum $3.00. Include street address for United
Parcel Service delivery. Please give second choice.

Complete list of hundreds of cultivars, new, old and unusual also available. Please send business
size envelope, stamped and addressed for prompt receipt.

nnalee

loletry

We are pleased to announce that we
have the mail order distributorship for
IRENE FREDETTE’S Originations.

29-50 214th Place 212-224-3376 Bayside. N.Y. 11360

STAND-BYE

3421 Golf Dr. Houston, Texas 77018

GROW WITH CONFIDENCE

WICKED FOR CONSTANT FEEDING

All Plastic 6" tall,

1 . . . . .

12 ........................

48 . . . .

100 . . . .

16-oz. capacity
@ $1.98 each
@ $1.50 each
@ $1.25 each
@ $1.00 each

PLASTIC WICKED STARTER TRAYS

14”x22"x3V4" Deep
with plastic pots

Tray and
8*9 oz. pots

Tray and
11-4 oz. pots

Tray and
24-4 oz. pots

1 Pan and Tray $7,25 each

6 Pans and Trays . . . . $6.00 each

Add 1 0 % for packing and shipping

Texas residents add 5% Tax

African Violet Magazine, March, 1977

7

AFRICAN VIOLETS AND GESNERIADS

JUST PLANTS 1977

AESCHYNANTHUS— ALSOBIA— CODONANTHE— COLUMNEA— EPISCIA
NEMATANTHUS— SAINTPAULIA (over 1000 varieties)— TRICHANTHA

JUST PLANTS takes great pride in the size and quality of the gesneriads that
we offer for sale. Our plants are grown in 21^” pots and these plants are quite
husky — not rooted or unrooted cuttings. And we grow in large volume so that
you don’t have to wait for us to “pi'op^&^te your order.” This means your order
is quickly sent to you during our shipping season from April to October. Gesneriad
experts have told us that they don’t know of any one who shipped plants of such
quality and size. In addition, the plants we offer are the varieties that do best
in the home.

African Violets are the only gesneriads not offered individually. We offer
them in the following assorted collections: Newest Varieties, Standard Varieties,
Variegated Foliage, Trailing Violets, and Miniature Violets.

For our ILLUSTRATED and informative catalog send 60^ to:

JUST PLANTS

P. O. Box 26193, Dept. A
Indianapolis, IN 46226

Vincent Flanders (317) 842-0836 Lorraine Dillingham

34 k:

34 IC

34 k:

34 JC

34 fC

34K

34K

:AiC

34K:

34 k:

>ik:

IF YOU WANT

“SaintPaulia Superbia”

“Gesneriads Jeswunderfulia” &
“Blossoms Profusica”

HERE IS

EXCITING NEWS for ALL Growers of
African Violets, Gloxinias, Achimenes,
Columneas, Sinningias, Episcias, and ALL
plants that grow in the soil . . .

ANNOUNCING

New Triple Strength vitaloam Cultured

for all Home Gardeners. Lighter than Ever . . . Richer than Ever . . .
Safer and Easier to Use than Ever . . . BETTER THAN EVER and
priced LESS THAN LAST YEAR to help Whip Inflation Now.

NO Fertilizers . . . NO Manures . . . NO additives needed . . . Will
NOT Burn . . . Will NOT Leach out with watering . . . Completely
SAFE Alone or mixed with your soil . . . Use as Little or AS MUCH
as you want depending on results desired.

ORDER TODAY AT THESE SPECIAL DIRECT PRICES;

Retail Size (approx. 6 qts.) $4. ea., 2 for $7.50. Club Special, Ctn.
of 12, $32. All orders prepaid east of Rockies, all others add $1.00.
Specif Economy Size (5 times as much & Extra Strength for the
advanced grower) $15.00 ea. Dealer Inquiries Invited on Letterhead.

Make Checks PAYABLE TO: RE-JEWVA-TONE

P. O. BOX 636, NEWTON, N. C. 28658

& Repeater

STOP!

DON’T TURN THE PAGE UNTIL YOU ORDER YOUR NEW VITALOAM ! ! !
If you don’t order, the Exotic Plant Gremlins will give you a “Brown Thumb”.
Try New VITALOAM and love it forever — O. K?

34K

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34 k:

34 1C

34 IC

34 fC

34 iC

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African Violet Magazine, March, 1977

8

This is our 25th year of growing and selling African

violets, so we offer a wide selection of the new

and best.

No list or shipping. Open Sunday too.

WHITE CLOUD FARM

11/2 nii- south of Carthage. MO on Alternate Hiway 71.

AFRICAN VIOLETS

Visit us when you come to the AVSA Convention in
St. Louis and see our newest Illini varieties and
those by leading hybridizers. No shipping.

ROSE KNOLL GARDENS

Assumption, Ill 62510

Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Rhoades (217) 226-3249

African Violets or Episcias

6 plants - Labeled blooming size (assorted) $9.00

12 Starter African Violet plants . $9.00

6 fresh cuttings Episcias or columneas labeled $4.75
16 fresh cut - Labeled African Violet leaves ..$4.50
All Postpaid My choice only Listing 30<J

MRS. LEONARD VOLKART
Route 1. Russellville. Missouri 65074

Fresh Cut A.V. Leaves

Hundreds of varieties, Episcia and Columnea cuttings
available.

Grown under fluorescent lights.

Listing. 250

HIGH HAT AFRICAN VIOLETS

HFD #4 - E. Dunbarton Rd.

Monchester, N.H. 03102
1-603-744-5686

STIM-(!i-PLANT

a

helps you grow
finer blooming
african violets!

BETTER PLANTING

New formula high organic.
Not too heavy or light.

Has shredded spagnum
moss. Decomposing humus
aerates soil, holds moisture,
feeds beneficial soil
bacteria. Better drainage
than lightweight mixes.

SOIL CONDITIONERS

• Vermiculite • Charcoal

• Peat Moss

EASIER FEEDING

Liquid balanced 5-8-7
formula. Easier to use.
Concentrated for economy.

All food— no residues. Gives
plants 13 needed trace elements.

2077 PARKWOOD AVENUE
COLUMBUS, OHIO 43219,
614/267-1296

BETTER FEEDING

A finely ground food, pure
USP chemicals. Quickly
available to plants. Balanced
5-8-7 formula, gives more
blooms, healthier plants.
Proved by years of use.
Contains 13 needed trace
elements.

PLANT FOOD POWDER

High-analysis 15-30-15,
instantly soluble. A high
powered plant food. PLANT
POWER is strong enough for
outdoor plants yet formu¬
lated for African Violets and
other house plants. Package
makes gallons.

SPRAY— PEST CONTROL

Quick, easy to use. Kills
aphids & mites, spiders &
plant lice, exposed thrips &
white flies, mealy bugs on
house plants elements.

African Violet Magazine, March, 1977

9

EARTH FLOWERS

African Violets

Leaves, Starter Plants, Gift Plants
Temperature controllers for greenhouses
Send self addressed stamped envelope for list and
information on controllers to:

Mrs. J. L. Holeman

3813 Cary Road Huntsville, AL 35810

We ship from May through Sept.

RUTH'S AFRICAN VIOLETS

Hancock’s Hobby House

Old Alvord Hiway 81 N

Blooming plants groomed for show
Many Varieties

Rt. 1, Box 266 Decatur, Texas 76234

817-627-2712

AFRICAN VIOLET STARTER PLANTS

Newer varieties including many
ETHEL CHAMPION VARIEGATES
and

LYNDON LYON ORIGINATIONS
Variegated, Green Asst., Trailers or Minis, your choice.

6 assorted labeled starter plants . $ 7.50

12 assorted labeled starter plants . $14.00

Please add $2.50 handling & postage.

N.Y. State residents please include required tax.
Gov’t, inspected. SHIPPING MAY TO NOV. No list.

LLOYD’S AFRICAN VIOLETS

2568 East Main Street Cato, New York 13033

MILLER’S AFRICAN VIOLETS

SPECIALISTS IN VARIEGATES

We ship small plants of outstanding varie¬
gated varieties and have the most complete
selection of Champion’s originations to be
found anywhere.

This year we are pieased to offer a number
of surprises from Harold Rienhardt, including
a series of variegated trailers.

STAMP FOR LIST

127 Manor Drive Syracuse, New York 13214

2581 piedmont road n.e.

Y1016b@ yn BROADVIEW PLAZA

ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30324
(404) 231-0645

Come see Atlanta’s first African violet shop in our newly decorated head¬
quarters. We have more room, a more convenient location with ample parking,
and as always, a complete line of violets and related supplies.

Mail order begins this Spring. We have varieties from the leading hybridizers
including IRENE FREDETTE and REVEREND BLADES

A Stamp for our list, please

"Schultz-lnstan

LIQUID PLANT FOOD 10-15-10

7 DROPS to a quart of water
"starts and feeds" ail plants

~ Aroi/obfe of

or send ^2,00 for Z bonles prepaid to
SCHULTZ COMPANY '

11730 NORTHUNE, ST. LOUIS, MO. 63043

SEND FOR OUR FUND RAISING OFFER

African Violet leaf cuttings and starter plants

GAIL’S VIOLETS

4357 County Farm Rd.

St. Johns, Michigan 48879

Descriptive price list 35 1
Ph. (517) 224^7697 or 224-8141

RESERVOIR WICK POT

T.M.

It Waters and Feeds at the Same Time”

CONSTANT FEED FERTILIZER
8 oz . $2.25 postpaid

PRICES ON

RESERVOIR WICK POTS

EACH

1 to 5

$1.50 postpaid

6 to 19

. $1.35 postpaid

20 or more

. $1.20 postpaid

Send stamped self-addressed long envelope for 20
page catalog of AFRICAN VIOLKTS and SUPPLIES.

VOLKMANN BROS. GREENHOUSES

2714 Minert St.. Dallas, Texas 75219

African Violet Magazine, March, 1977

10

A WICKIT* IS NOT A WHATSIT

• A WICKIT is an automatic plant-minder like no other,

• A WICKIT lets you see the water supply at a glance.

• A WICKIT accommodates different pot sizes for self-watering.

• A WICKIT refills without moving or disturbing the plant.

• A WICKIT provides humidity needed by plants.

• A WICKIT eliminates human error in watering.

*'Pat. pending

A DECORATOR WICKIT MAKES AN ENCHANTING GIFT TO BE TREASURED AND DISPLAYED
PROUDLY. ITS EXQUISITE DESIGN TRANSFORMS ANY PLANT INTO A CONVERSATION PIECE.
(Choice of “Scenic Victorian” or “Marbleglow” patterns)

_ SAMPLE: $2.95 PLUS $1. FOR SHIPPING _

Also available: Utility Wickits (32 oz.) in cases of 1 dozen.

{Stamped self-addressed envelope with inquiries, please.)

^xs-cUitz.

972 Grassy Hill Road
Orange, Ct. 06477

'xigLna

Beautiful violets and uncommon accessories

How's your pH?

For optimum growth of African Violets, soil pH
should be about 6.8. Send one cup of your potting
mix and $1.65 for a fast and scientific pH analysis.
Informative brochure rn pH and recommendation will
accompany pH test results,

DAVID BUTTRAM

P. O. Box 133 Independence, MO 64051

African Violets

starter and Blooming Plants

350 VARIETIES INCLUDING
MINIATURES & TRAILERS

R. J. MIDERSKI

945 N. Exmoor Avenue Barrington, IL 60010

(312) 382-1077

AFRICAN VIOLETS

STARTER PLANTS & LEAVES

List 25^ Mail Order Only

MRS. LOU ARTA CORBIN

12040 Southrldge Dr.

Little Rock AB 72212

JACKSONS HOUSE OF VIOLETS

New and older varieties.
WHOLESALE — ■ RETAIL

Please send 25^ for List

1830 S. Broadway Ada, OK 74820

Phone 405-332-3361

SHIRLEY’S AFRICAN VIOLETS

EPISCIA

BEGONIA

COLUMNEA

CACTUS

No List

No Catalog

Mrs. L. T. Shirley

9504 Berkshire Houston. Texas 77093

Phone 695-6190

LEAVES AND CUTTINGS

Over 900 African violets, over 80 Episcia’s and some
Columnea’s. List includes Granger, Parson Series,
Lyon’s etc. and featuring:

IRENE FREDETTE’S ORIGINALS
AND FREDETTE’S ALLEGRO
Send 25^ for List. List will be ready after Jan. 15th.

Rice's Violetry

1334 Long Rood Oconomowoc, Wis. 53066

MINIATURE LEAVES

Over 175 varieties

RAINBOW FOREST

15955 Union Ave. Los Gatos, CA 95030

Mail only, list 25^

25 Fresh Cut Leaves — $5.00
12 Small Plants

50 Leaves— -$9.00
-$7.25

All different and labeled
Airmail add $1,00

BILL AND MARLEEN'S VIOLETS

550 Colebrook Webster Groves, MO 63119

LARGEST SELECTION IN U.S.A.

SAVE 20/40% ON PLANT STANDS, LIGHT
FIXTURES, LAMPS (30 kinds-78 packages),
BOOKS, MOISTURE METERS AND ACCES¬
SORIES. Examples of our savings listed below:

A B C

A — Sylvania Fixtnre-2-20 watt GRO-LUX lamps.

adj. legs, Gold top, Black legs ($35.95 list) $21.95
B — Room Divider, 3 adjustable lighted shelves,

2 lamps per shelf, walnut woodgrain finish.
EPLF-200 — 4-20 watt Naturescent

($89.00 list) . ......$57.95

EPLF-300 — 6-20 watt Naturescent

($120.00 list) . ..$77.99

EPLF-34C) — 6-40 watt Naturescent

($155.00 list) . $99.95

C— Spot-O-Sun with 1-S watt GRO-LUX (WS) lamp,
9” Bowl, Avocado Green ($29.95 list) . $18.16

Not Shown— FL42WS Fixture, 2-40 watt GRO-LUX
(WS) lamps, adj. legs, 48”L x 23”H, White ($36.95
list) $26.95

GRO - LUX, NATURESCENT, VITA - LITE, VITA - LITE
Powertwist fluorescent & PLANT-LITE Incandescent
lamps available at the following discounts from list
price;

2—20% 4—30% 6—35%

1 2—40 % 24 — 42 Va % 48—45 %

FREE CATALOG— LARGEST SELECTION IN U.S.A.
SHIPPING: 48 States— add 10%; outside 48 States
—add 2C«%

INDOOR GARDENING SUPPLIES

P. O. Box 40567A, Detroit, Michigan. 48240
Phone (313) 464-8873 from 8:00 il.M. till 8:00 P.M.
every day.

African Violet Magazine, March, 1977

11

t977

PINK

^ STARBURST— Semi-double vibrant pink star with a distinct light green edge. The
slightly cupped foliage is shiny medium green with a red reverse.

VERN'S QUEEN— -This is truly a great plant. The single stick-tight blossoms are of a
rich medium pink with darker shading at the centers. They sparkle like jewels. The
dark tailored foliage grows into a beautiful symmetrical show plant.

BETTY NIPP— An ultra-prolific medium pink stick-tight star. Blooms young and without
let-up above the darker tailored foliage.

VERN’S MOONBEAM—This shell pink star is an outstanding performer. The delicate
color is a beautiful contrast with the dark tailored foliage.

CAREFREE— -A huge semi-double vibrant pink star. Each cluster of flowers is a
fistfull. The foliage is large, ovate medium green with a unique shine.

* PINK ROMANCE — A full double medium pink rose blossom. The petals are cupped
with a faint green edge. The quilted leaves are dark olive with a red reverse.

* ROSY GLOW— A vibrant semi-double rose pink star with darker radiating veins. The
leaves are very rich dark green — quilted and very neatly growing.

VERN'S MASTERPIECE— Full double deep pink with pollen saks exposed. Foliage is
very dark, heavily quilted and with a red reverse. Truly a masterpiece of the violet world.
PINK INTENSITY— Semi-double, heavily fringed, intense pink blooms. Foliage is
ruffled and very symmetrical. A must!

SENSATION— A single rose pink star with a deeper hue radiating from the center.
The flower has a sparkle when it looks at you. The foliage is medium green and
very symmetrical for show.

; * PINK TAFFETA — A real beauty- — a deep pink semi-double star with a fluted edge.

The foliage is very neat, but it stays behind to set off the magnificent flowers.

ZSA ZSA— This plant is for you if you like lots of blossoms all the time. The deep
pink double flowers are real eye catchers, set off by the dark olive foliage.

BLUE & VIOLET

* GRAND WALTZ— Very full double royal blue with a light green edge and reverse. The
medium green leaves are dentated, medium-sized and slightly cupped.

* AFTERNOON DELIGHT- — This Is a royal plum version of Vern’s Delight, the all-time
favorite. The semi-double star has a white edge and blooms above the symmetrical
medium green foliage.

* SEA CAPTAIN— Huge stick-tight single dark blue star with a white edge^ — ^21/^-inch
blossoms. The foliage is very dark, dentated, with symmetrical. Sure to be a show winner.

* HEY LOOKY— Dark blue semi-double star with a fluted white edge. The flowers are
medium sized but bloom in abundant clusters on the dark green symmetrical plant.
VERN'S FLASH^ — A prolific semi-double lavender Geneva star. The flowers are borne
on erect stems. Foliage is tailored and of excellent quality.

* FOND MEMORY— A two-toned lavender cup with star points. The center and tips
blush to a deeper violet. The dark tailored foliage sets the flowers off beautifully.
MRS. GREG— A huge semi-double lavender star of magnificent quality. The flowers
last and last. This plant has been a sell-out each year, so order early. Mrs. Greg
has won blue ribbons nation-wide.

SURPRISE — A massive double white with a blue edge shading into the white on
each petal— a true double, yet the yellow center shows. Foliage is large medium
green, flexible and symmetrical.

ZARA— Two-toned lavender semi-double star. The deeper center is repeated at the
edges. Zara has won many blue ribbons with its lovely blossoms and well-shaped foliage.
LAVENDER SA-SHAY— -Semi-double lavender star with radiating veins and a white edge.
The medium green tailored foliage is moderate standard sized.

* NEW FOR ‘‘77".

PARK IVURSERY

8400 60 ST. NORTH, STILLWATER, MINNESOTA 55082

612/770-5700

African Violet Magazine, March, 1977

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RED

RADIANT— This double red radiates the true beauty of this variety. Flowers are alive
with color. Foliage is dark olive green; a very symmetrical and compact grower.

* MOLTEN EMBERS- — A beautiful semi-double deep red star with a ruffled edge. It has
the most beautiful qlark foliage — always a show plant.

® HOT HEAD^ — -A beautiful symmetric plant— semi-double red flowers with a fluted edge.
A choice plant.

VALENTINE— A brilliant red single stick-tight star— hence its name. The dark olive
foliage is small and pliable, growing into a symmetrical plant.

WHITE

WHITE WINGS— Very full double white with a pink tinge— excellent green foliage.

LUCILLE'S DELIGHT— Lovely large double white flowers with pink sections throughout
the blossom.

SNO GOOSE— A semi-double white star. Flowers are so white they sparkle. The plant
is symmetrical with medium green shiny foliage— a real beauty.

VERN'S SNOWMAN— A large double white blossom full like a ball. The plant has
dark green rounded leaves with a light green underside.

* SOMETHING NEW— A huge semi-double white star — -flowers measure 21/2”. Each
blossom has a very slight tinge of lavender at the center. The large tailored foliage
is light green. New and different.

* NEW FOR "77".

PRICES

FOR PLANTS IN 3” POTS; NO LEAVES OR SEEDS

2- 5 PLANTS $3.70 EACH 12- 24 PLANTS $2.50 EACH

6 -11 PLANTS $3.00 EACH 25- 49 PLANTS $2.25 EACH

These prices include packing and prepaid shipping.

50 -74 PLANTS $2.00 EACH 75 -100 PLANTS $1.85 EACH

These prices include packing, but they are shipped air freight collect.

SHIPPING begins the first part of June, after the weather has settled. Large orders (50 or more)
can be shipped any time of the year.

We ship by UPS, Greyhound Bus, or air freight or cargo. We insure the orders when possible.
(UPS does not insure, but they try to handle carefully.) If the plants arrive severely damaged, notify
the carrier at once. A few broken leaves are unavoidable; use them for cuttings. We are very careful
in packing. We are not responsible for the .condition of the plants after they leave our dock.

SUBSTITUTIONS will be made only when necessary. Please order from this ad; varieties from older
lists may not be available. Substitutions are similar in color and equal or better in quality.

ALL VARIETIES ON THIS LIST ARE THE RESULT OF OUR YEARS OF
EXPERIENCE IN BREEDING TOP QUALITY AFRICAN VIOLETS.

PARK IMURSERY

8400 60 ST. NORTH, STILLWATER, MINNESOTA 55082
612/770-5700

African Violet Magazine, March, 1977

13

African Violets, Episcias, Columneas,
Nematanthus and other gesneriads.

SEND STAMPED, SELF ADDRESSED ENVELOPE AND
25 1 FOR CATALOG.

SAN FRANCISCO PLANT CO.

BOX 575, DALY CITY, CA 94014

RONN NADEAU

HYBRID AFRICAN
VIOLET SEEDS

The 1977 crop is now in production.
Many, many exciting new crosses.

Send for my free list of crosses

2662 Smoke View Dr.

Maryland Heights, MO 63043

FRESH CUT LEAVES

Choice varieties from
GRANGER, MAAS, UTZ, PARK

* ORIGINAL 10

* SPECIES

* TRAILING AFRICAN VIOLET
AND EPISCIA CUTTINGS

list 25t

DORIS ARTIS

P. O. Box 656 Alief, Tex. 77411

THE PARSON’S SERIES AFRICAN VIOLETS
AMERICA’S MOST WANTED AFRICAN VIOLETS

37 varieties for spring 1977
— 10 New 1977 Introductions —

The Parson’s Courage, The Parson’s Grace, The
Parson’s Inspiration, The Parson’s Little Pamy, The
Parson’s Peace, The Parson’s Prayer, The Parson’s
Promise, The Parson’s Tribute, The Parson’s Song and
The Parson’s Victory.

1974-1976 VARIETIES — The Parson’s Baby, Beauty,
Blessing, Gift, Daughter. Dream, Faith, Friend, Ful¬
ness, Glory, Hope, Happiness, Joy, King, Lynn Renee,
Love, Nadine. Pinkness, Pride, Pink Love, Ruffled
Pinkness, Ruffles, Sport, Surprise, The Parson,
Triumph, Twilight Pink and Wife.

21/2” Pots — $2.50 each Minimum order $7.50

Fresh Cut Leaves 75t each Minimum order $7.50
Add $2.50 U.P.S. & packing for each separate order.
West of Denver add $1.00 additional
We Reserve The Right To Substitute.

—FROM OTHER LEADING HYBRIDIZERS—

15 Assorted plants 21/2” pots prepaid . $17.00

20 Assorted fresh cut leaves prepaid . $ 7.00

10 Newest assorted plants prepaid . $17.00

20 Newest assorted fresh cut leaves prepaid .. $10.00
All Plants Grown Under Fluorescent Lights.
SEND ORDERS NOW FOR SPRING DELIVERY.

SIM T. HOLMES

100 Tuscarawas Rd. Beaver, Pa. 15009

Phone 412-774-5208

Shipping coast to coast April 15 to Nov. 15.

NO LIST NO CATALOGUE

SPECIAL— AFRICAN VIOLETS

Standards, trailers, variegated, semi-mini or minia¬
tures or mixed — 20 leaves. $8.00 P.F.

250 FOR NEW 1977 LIST

KLINKEL'S AFRICAN VIOLETS

1553 Harding St. Enumclaw, WA 98022

206-825-4442

Visitors welcome, please call ahead

SEND 250 FOR OUR 1977 LISTING of nearly one
thousand of the newest most unusual Afrisan violets
(both standards, traders, and miniatures) of the
leading hybridizers.

Including our own
“IMPERIAL JEWEL”

Imperial Gardens

220 N. Haslet Wellington. Kansas 67152

316-326-8705

MOIST-RITE SELF WATERING
VIOLET PLANTER

Grow better plants with less care.

Single $2.50; 6 for $13.00; 12 for $23.00 ; 24 for
$39.00; postage included.

THE HOUSE OF VIOLETS

Ralpn and Charl5me Reed

Dept. M-77, 936 Garland St., S.W.

Camden, Arkansas 71701

FRESH CUT LEAVES— LIST 25 CENTS

Gift And Started Plants
For Sale
At Greenhouse

VISITORS WELCOME . . . OPEN 8-5 .. .
CLOSED SUNDAY.

705 SOUTH ROOSEVELT STREET
POST OFFICE BOX 1627
CLEVELAND, TEXAS 77327

African Violet Magazine, March, 1977

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AFRICAN VIOLETS

best of toe new and OLD--OVER 800 VARIETIES

12 Leaves (My Choice) . $3.00

25 Leaves (My Choice) . $5.50

40 Leaves (My Choice) . $8.00

All Different and Labeled— Postage Included

GERRY HALUSEK

1424 Indian Lane Carpentersville, IL 60110

Mail Order Only No List

1975 REVISED— "AFRICAN VIOLET HANDBOOK FOR
JUDGES AND EXHIBITORS*'

SALMON COVER — All 1975 rules, changes, awards,
information updated, plus new material. Due to in¬
crease in printing and postage, $3.00 per copy, in¬
cluding postage. Discount on orders of 25 or more.
$3.50 for books mailed to Canada.

RUTH G. CAREY

3900 Garden Drive Knoxville, Tenn. 37918

TAKE THE FRUSTRATION OUT OF
GROWING AFRICAN VIOLETS ! !

GRANNY'S BLOOMERS (formerly Nu-Bud)

100% Guaranteed Bioomer-Promotes more
abundant, larger and longer lasting blooms.

♦Especially low nitrogen with balanced phosphorous
and potassium along with 12 exclusive trace
elements.

♦Blended with a root rot and mold and fungus
retardant!

One 2 oz. bottle of GRANNY'S BLOOMERS
makes 4 GALLONS (1 qt. pre-measure cap)

Only $1.29

Ask your favorite plant store for it or write

CLAREL LABS. INC DEERFIELD, IL. 60015

BUELL’S HYBRID GLOXINIAS
’’SPECIAL”

Feb.-June '77

White to deepest Blue, Purple, Red.

Colored Borders, White Borders, Speckles,
Trumpets, Slippers.

Up to 5” across

LABELED LARGE TUBERS

our choice, each different, postpaid

3/$3 6/$5.50 12/$10

OR ORDER from our DESCRIPTIVE LIST of all we

grow, books, supplies.

Send 25 ^ & long, self-addressed, stamped envelope.
OVER 600 VARIETIES African Violets, Multitude
Columneas, Episclas, Miniature Sinninglas, Achi-
menes, other Exotic Gesneriads.

^GREENHOUSES, INC.

P. O. Box 218-AV77 \ Weeks Rd.

Eastford, CT 06242

Phone 203 974-0623

Quick! Neat! Easy!

FloraCART
Watering Wand

Popular accessory for your FloraCART.
Or for any plant setup. Lightweight 21” alu¬
minum wand dispenses water with pinpoint
accuracy— -no spilling, no breaking leaves! No
heavy watering cans! Easy-operating positive-
action valve. Complete with 8 feet of plastic
hose and gallon plastic jug. $19.95 each. In
U.S. add $1.25 shipping: in Canada $1.50.
Ohio residents add 51/2% sales tax. Check,
money order, Master Charge or BankAmeri-
card (give card number). By the makers of
FloraCART indoor greenhouse on wheels.
Write for literature. Tube Craft,

Inc., 1311C W. 80th St,

Cleveland, OH 44102.

4 Tray $33.9S 8 Troy $52.85

Fixtures for above stands with 2-24" — 20 watt cool
white tubes $16.95 each with cord and plug. Add 4%
tax in Wisconsin.

WE PAY SHIPPING ON ALL OUR PRODUCTS

FLORALITE COMPANY

4124A East Oakwood Rd. Oak Creek, Wis., 53154

Phone (414) 762-i'770

Ripe-N-Gro Sunlite 17 in.
diameter 19 in. high Avo¬
cado Green with 22 watt
wide spectrum Fluores¬
cent Lamp $29.95 P.P.
Can be used with timer.
Spot-O-Sun Grolite Plant¬
er. Avocado Green $19.96.

Naturescent, V H a 1 M e ,
Gro - Lux tubes, lamps,
trays and timers, etc.

Lumen-Liter Plant Stands are made of Gleaming
Aluminum square tubing with high impact soft green
trays. Lights are easily adjustable above trays with
chains.

Send stomp for literature.

African Violet Magazine, March, 1977

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cun ^ioiet ..^nlu

mn

Full Color, 21 by 27 inches. This is a limited edition, signed and numbered 60 Dollars each.

FOR THE COLLECTOR, this fine print is a realistic and sensitive color
portrait of one of nature's masterpieces . . . the African Violet.

This African Violet print was taken from an original oil painting done
in 1975 by Mr. Haro. Over 1/3 of this Limited Edition of 300 has
already been sold

Rene' Haro was born in 1 945 and is a native and resident of New
Orleans. Tropical and historical. New Orleans abounds with flowers
most of the year. The natural color of wild flowers and cultivated
flowers are Mr. Haro's unlimited source material.

The poetic warmth, color and strength in Mr. Haro's works caused one
viewer to comment, ‘‘Rene' Haro is a rare gem in this day and
age-— a disciple perhaps of the master Japanese caligraphers. He is
to flowers what Audubon is to birds". Another reviewer said, ‘‘He
approaches his interpretations with some of the dedication found in
the 17th and 18th century printmakers. But his blossoms are in
20th Century terms.”

Send check or money order to

RENE’ HARO STUDIOS

P. 0. Box 52883

New Orleans, Louisiana 70152

African Violet Magazine, March, 1977

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The Little Violet House

“Violets for the C.R.S.A.”

The area’s first complete selection of violets — ^most
from Best Varieties List — and related plants and
supplies. Leaves aiso by mail. Send 25?! for list.

MARSHA SANDERS

Route 2, Box 219 Old Waynesboro Rd.

Phone 404-592-4079 Hephzibah, GA 30815

LOUISE’S GREENHOUSE

Fresh Cut A.V. Leaves Episcias

Irene Fredette Originals

List 25^

LOUISE PITTS

P. O. Box 767 Sour Lake, Texas 77659

Phone 713-287-3387

ABOUT GARDENING

Helen Van Pelt Wilson’s African Violet Book
(Hard Cover $10.45) - (Paper Back $6.00) ppd.

The Indoor Light Gardening Book
by George A. Elbert

(Hard Cover $11.45) - (Paper Back $7.00) ppd.
MIRACLE HOSEPLANTS-The Gesneriad Family
by Virginia F. and George A. Elbert
(Hard Cover $13.45) - (Paper Back $8.00) ppd.
Ferns to Know and Grow

by F. Gordon Foster (Paper Back $6.00) ppd.

The Complete Book of House Plants Under Lights
by Charles Harden Fitch (Hard Cover $10.45) ppd.
Gardening Indoors Under Lights
by F. H. and J, I. Kranz (Paper Back $4.(X)) ppd.
For books shipped out of the United States by Surface
Mai) please add $1.50.

Michigan residents please include 4% Sales Tax

GROWING SUPPLIES

32 oz. bottle Alaska Fish Fertilizer 5-1-1 . $4.00

16 oz. bottle Alaska Fish Fertilizer 5-1-1 . 2.75

12 oz. bottle Sturdy 0-15-14 . 4.75

8 oz. bottle Sturdy 0-15-14 . 3.30

IV2 lb. Blue Whale Soil Builder (1-1-1) . 1.60

3 oz. can Mlldex for Mildew . 3.05

16 oz. bottle Cygon 2-E Insecticide . 6.85

4 oz. bottle Kelthane Miticide . 1.99

4 oz. bottle Malathion 50% . 2.09

IV4. lb. Systemic Insecticide Granules . 3.65

8 oz. Peters House Plant Food (15-30-15) . 1.96

8 oz. Peters General Purpose

Plant Food (20-20-20) . 1,95

8 oz. Peters Violet Special (12-36-14) . 2,20

8 oz. Peters Variegated Special (5-50-17) . 2.45

4 oz. bottle Superthrive (Vitamin-Hormone) . 3.29

8 oz. Sphagnum Moss Milled (Nodampoff) . 1.8O

4 qts. Perlite $1.20—8 qts . $2.20

2 qts. Hardwood Charcoal #10 fine, #6 medium 1.75

2 qts. #3 Vermiculite fine grind 50 cents — 4 qts. .80

3 lbs. Carbamate Fermate, Ferbam . 6.40

8 oz. Carbamate Fermate, Ferbam (bulk) . 1.30

2 lbs. Dolomite Limestone . 1.30

2 lbs. Calcium Carbonate Whiting . 1.60

2 lbs. Superphosphate (0-20-0) . 1.30

1 gal. Mary’s African Violet Soil . I.35

MINIMUM ORDER $5.00 Postpaid
Michigan residents please add 4% Sales Tax

We ship by U.P.S. Please give name of street or road
and Phone Number.

^ioietA

19788 San Juan Ave, Detroit, Michigan 48221

Officially approved by AVSA Board

Violet

NEWLY REPRINTED ON HEAVIER, BETTER
PAPER. Now 12 Beautiful violets printed full
color. ALL DIFFERENT.

(Note size folded
5-3/8 X 3-1/4)

12 NOTEHEADS
12 ENVELOPES

plus tax

Sold through your local club in minimum lots of 12
packages for $1 per package. (Your club earns 50^
per package). An excellent item for sale at your
local violet show. Minimum order — 12 packages.

(No Single Order Please)

GUS BECKER PRINTING COMPANY

1080 Forsythe - Beaumont, Texas 77701

shipped postpaid if check sent with order. Otherwise
shipped COD plus postage. Order direct from Printer.

GRO-CART is a scientifically
equipped indoor plant stand,
designed with special fluores¬
cent lights to bring the ad¬
vantages of an expensive
greenhouse into your home.
Experiment with hybridizing
plants. Grow your own or¬
ganic foods and herbs, or
beautify the decor of your
home with spring flowers the
year 'round and raise beauti¬
ful blooming plants regardless
of weather or season, right
in your living room.

GRO-CART MODEL GH - 3 SHOWN. SEND
FOR FREE BROCHURE AV. WE STILL GROW
BEAUTIFUL AFRICAN VIOLETS FOR SALE AT
OUR NURSERY ONLY. NO LfST.

OPEN DAILY 10 - 5; SUNDAY 1 - 5

THE GRECn HOUSE

515 Flower Street • Bellflower, California 90706

African Violet Magazine, March, 1977

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CAPE COD VIOLETRY

John and Barbara Cook
28 Minot Street, Falmouth, MA. 02540
lei. (617) 548-2798

Authorized Distributor *'or FREDETTE ORIGINALS.
Latest varieties from Granger Gardens, Lyon, Maas,
and Champio >.

FRESH CUT AFRICAN VIOLET LEAVES AND EPISCIA
STOLENS.

Please send 25<J for list.

FRESH CUT A.V. LEAVES

New and Old Favorites from Leading Hybridizers
NO SHIPHNG DELAYS MAY 1 to NOV. 1
Peg Mitchell

THE VIOLET FARM

306 Woodtawn Ave. Willow Grove. PA liD90

Mail Order Only 250 for 1977 List

AFRICAN VIOLETS OR EPISCIAS

SURPRISE COLLECTION! All Different, Labeled.

16 African Violet Leaves . $4.00

6 Episcia Cuttings _ . . . $4.00

Postpaid, shipped First Class or U.P.S. Listing 300

Mrs. Herman Henry

4703 Taft Hwy. A.V. Signal Mountcdn. Tenn. 37377

‘‘GRAND OPENING SPECIAL"

Free Plant with Order

STARTER PLANTS minimum order five

Send self-addressed, stamped envelope for list.

Jeannies Jungle Violets

P. O. Box 412 Streator, IL 61364

AFRICAN VIOLET STARTER PLANTS

10 ORIGINAL VARIETIES, SAINTPAULIA SPECIES,
AND SELECTED NEW AND OLDER VARIETIES.
Send stamp for listing.

ALBERT G. KRIEGER

1063 Cranbrook Jdckson. MI. 49201

CASTLE VIOLETS

614 Castle Road Colorado Springs, Colo. 80904

No plants this year, Leaves only. Very good varieties.
30 leaves, 2 each of 15 varieties, labeled, well packed,
prepaid, $7.00. Air Mail $8.00. Instructions. To avoid
duplication, send ust of your varieties.

Shipping from April through October

ENTER YOUR
PLANTS IN
1977

AVSA CONVENTION
WIN A

FLORACART

For the Finest in Indoor Gardening !

EI\J0Y 4 FLORAC/VRT

World’s Finest Portable Indoor Garden
For use with Rapid Start Fluorescent Lights!

FloraCart is the original, most popular movable unit for easy
indoor gardening! Raise luxurious African violets . . . force
spring flowering bulbs and get strong plant from all seeds
and cuttings! NOW every FloraCart comes with beautiful
molded fiberglass trays (19”x49”xl Vg”) ■ • ■ lightweight and
strong, easy to keep clean, and impervious to moisture,
chemicals, and weather! Choose from two FloraCart models:
3 Trays, $99.15; 2 Trays, $72.55. (Light Fixtures additional.)
Rugged lifetime construction of aluminum tubing. Has smart
new decorator type 2^4” casters. For the heavy-duty 4"
casters shown in picture, add $3.75. Equip your FloraCart
with Combolite fixtures designed especially for flower culture,
combining incandescent and fluorescent lights, proved superior
to either one alone!

NOTE — The manufacturers of the popular FLORACART
are happy to again present a FLORACART (Model
BA3 complete unit) as an award.

Class—The AVSA COLLECTION AWARD, composed of
three different AVSA registered varieties of African
violet plants. A member may enter only one collec¬
tion and each plant must score 90 or more points.

Write today for illustrated catalog. When
you order, send check, money order or
use Master Charge or Bank Americard.
Give number.

— Mrs. Hunuld B, Beaunie. Detroit. Michitidii
1‘j54 — .Mrs. E. L. Perdue. Donaldson, Tennessee
1(It5 — Kev. Harold L. I'hoinpson. Bimiingham. .Michigan
— Mrs. L. A. Beck. St. Joseph. Missouri
1057 — Mrs. J. K, Bqsh, Muncie. Kani>HS
]()58 — Mrs. Edward -Casey, Rochester, New York
H'bO — Mix. ( larence Kudei. Bawling Green. Ohio
19<)0 — Mrs. Alexander R. Colver. Brightwaters, New Yoik
jhhl — Mrs. Joseph ‘Trost, Indianapolis, Indiana
19()2 — Mr<, J. YV. Shuev. Richnujnd, Calilornia
— Mrs. George Phillips, .Arlington, Texas
— E. D. Wvke, Oilumbus. Indiana
Hirif, — Mtv Johnnv Maiorana. Miami. PTorida
1067— -Mrs. Karl C. Olilson. Lynn, Massachusetts
101)9 — Mrs. YVallacc Behnke. Neward. Delaware

1070 — Mrs. Frank Luedtke. Racine, Wisconsin

1071 — Mr. and Mrs. John Gutridge. Sun City, California
107 5 — Mrs. Irene Fiedler. Prescott, Wisconsin

107J — Brother Blaise. Harrisville. Rhode Island
107-3 — Elizabeth Behnke. Newark, Delaware
107(1 — .Mi<c Rathf'lle Yei-ger. Jallahassee. Florida

Ohio residents add 5V^% Sales Tax

131 1C West 80th Street
Cleveland, Ohio 44102

African Violet Magazine, March, 1977

18

9 Banbury Lane

ARTH'S AFRICAN VIOLETS

Com mack,

Long Island, N.Y. 11725

Blue Magic (Lyon)

Phone: 516-S64-3387

SHIPMENTS BEGIN EARLY MAY
Dream Weaver (Lyon)

Regalaire (Granger)

Casual Classic (Lyon)

Helene (Lyon)

Sandra (Utz)

Cherokee Fire (Lyon)

Midnight Rider (Lyon)

Sparkle Plenty (Annalee)

Commando (Lyon)

Mystical Blue (Lyon)

Pink N’ Ink (Lyon)

Wildfire (Granger)

Country Charmer (Lyon)

MANY OTHER VARIETIES

Plants in 2^/2" pots are $2.50 each, minimum order 4 plants. Add $2.00 shipping and handling charges.

N.Y. State Residents add required sales tax.

VISITORS WELCOME

SHIRLEYS BLOOMIN BLOSSOMS

Fresh Cut A.V. Leaves

IRENE FREDETTE ORIGINALS

Send 25 1 for Large List.

Mail Order Only

8755 Rushside Drive
Pinckney, Michigan 48169

MY

NEW FAVORITES

Anira

Geveine

Rio Grande

Pink'n Red

Falba

Utz Explorer

Blue Explosion

Truffels

Sharon

Crestline

Sandra

Corpus Christi

Sara Lynn

Mimi

Kira

Jeannie

Cloud Bank

Texas Wildfire

No Shipping

HOWARD R. UTZ

10017 Sahara Dr. San Antonio, Tx. 78216

SOME OF NEW, SOME OF BEST

Assorted, labeled fresh cut leaves
7 PARSON SERIES— 3 of which will be

variegated foliage.

13 BEST variety LIST— See Nov. A. V.

Magazine.

All 20 for $8 plus $2,50 first class which goes air mail
where available. Offer includes fast growing tips.
Order now and we will ship shortly, weather per¬
mitting. Or choose the varieties you want-send 25d
(refunded with order) for descriptive list with 28
Parsons (14 are variegated) plus our B.V.L.s and
others.

Now Shipping Plants also.

KEITH L HAYMAN, SR.

R. 1, Bloomsburg, PA 17815
By Exit 34 1-80 717-784-0826

Order now for .:‘ariy spring delivery —

FRESH CUT A. V. LEAVES— Our best selection of
choice OLD and the NEWEST . . . contains Granger
Garden’s latest,

FIFTEEN carefully packed, labeled, first class mail,
prepaid . $5.95

The Violet Window

896 Terra Alta N.E. Warren, OH 44483

A stamp, please for our listings.

PLASTIC POTS AND HANGING BASKETS

20

50

100

500

2'

’x2"

Square

.65

1.55

2.85

13.20

2

3/4’

’x2 3/8”

Square

.75

1.75

3.20

14.75

4

1/4’

’x3 3/8'

’ Square

2.10

4.65

8.60

39.00

4'

'•x3”

Violet tub

1.80

4.30

8.00

36.00

5'

”x3 3/4” Violet tub

3.40

7.45

13.25

62.00

HANGING BASKETS (with hanger & Saucer)

5V2"-”5/3.15 6V2"— 5/4.20 8"— 5/5.75 10"— 5/7.50

Square pots black, others your choice white or green.
Please include 10% for shipping, orders over $20.00
in 48 states postpaid. Min. order 5.00 FI. res. 4% tax.
List of other sizes for stamp.

GONE TO POT NURSERY & SUPPLY

6310-A Chicago Avenue Pensacola, FI. 32506

"AFRICAN VIOLET
GROWING HANDBOOK"

by

First Austin African Violet Society

A carefully researched, illustrated book by
and for violet growers. Complete and concise,
deals with every phase of violet culture and
problems. Clever and helpful techniques for
advanced growers as well as beginners.

$1.50 p. pd.

Write for quantity discount price list.

9205 Quail Cove
Austin, Texas 78758

African Violet Magazine, March, 1977

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Can You Help?

LINDA BAER, 2501 Morris Ave., Bronx, N.Y.

10468 would like to obtain plants or leaves
of “Swiss Pansy”, “Ablaze” or “Easter Egg”.

Please contact if you can supply.

AFRICAN VIOLET LEAVES

Many of the latest varieties from leading hybridizers
on my Spring, 1977 list, available in early March.
Leaves are 400 each — less by the dozen (or dozens).
Send 250 for your copy.

MILDRED V. WOODS

6009 Van Buren PI. West New York, N.J. 07093

HOME OF AFRICAN VIOLETS

Fresh Cut Leaves — over 300 new & old varieties
also Miniatures and Trailers
Vistors Most Welcome — Please Call

MRS. EDNA T. BARTON 803-859-2158

503 Southway St., Easley, SC 29640

Violets By Mary

AFRICAN VIOLETS AND EPISCIAS
Stamped, self-addressed envelope for list.

MARY POE

3808 W. Brookview Waco. Texas 76710

Phone 817-754-7959

/IpUcan Vailetl

NEW FROM TOMARA FOR 1977 — ‘SHOMEE’
series Cherry Mint, Mint Floss and Thistledown

FREDETTE ORIGINALS (Exclusive Distributorship): Abigail Adams*, Alouette, Creampuff*, Country Music, Highland
Fling, Pineapple Sherbet*, Princess Grace*, Sugar Blues, Trudy*, Velvet Ribbons, Winter Grape and
Yankee Cheer. (1977* releases)

THE PARSON’S SERIES — Limited supply of ’77 varieties: Grace, Little Pamy, Peace, Prayer, Promise, Song,
Tribute and Victory.

CHAMPION — New for '77: Amethyst Sparks, Antique Coral, Bright Butterfly, Cherry Parfait, Heavenly Halo,
Misty Trinket, Sapphire Trinket, Trinket White Caps. Plus '76 popular varieties — Half & Half, Heather
Blue, Lucky Lilac, Night Magic, Plain and Fancy, Thistle Patch and others.

Also new varieties from GRANGER, LYON, CONSTANTINOV, TINARI, ETC.

Our 1977 variety list will be available about March 1. Send 250.

Mrs. R. D. Tompkin

Ph. 816-248-3232

Visitors Welcome 9-7 — Sunday by appointment

Rt. 3, Fayette, MO 65248

1 mi. N. on Hwys 5 & 240

A SPECIAL PLACE FOR YOUR SPECIAL VIOLETS

Sunshine Centers by Rubbermaid

Floor Model with 24” fixture and bulbs . 49.95 ppd.

Table Model with 24” fixture and bulbs . 44.95 ppd.

Two or three tier plant stand . 12.95 ppd.

(All of above in either walnut or oak color)

Swing shelf plant stand (white, choc., or black) . 12.95 ppd.

HYPONEX, PRECISE, PETERS, SCHULTZ, STIM-U-PLANT

Fertilizers and Supplies

Large selection other pots, hangers, brackets, and hanging baskets.

LARGE ASSORTMENT AFRICAN VIOLETS

$1.50 Varieties $1.75 Varieties

Blue Flair Glacier Chateaugay Lilac Morn

Mountain Mist Pinks A Poppin Capri Governor Knowles

Blue Sprite Dorothy's Delight Dark Beauty Like Wow Sport

Olivia Blue Modiste Charm Song Ivory Coast

Eternal Snow Tinted Ruffles Quiet Waters Edna Fischer

Pink Ripple Ruby Glow Jolly Roger Pink Viceroy

$1.95 Varieties

Bandmaster Frilled Crimson Frost Serenity

Festival Blue Reverie Green Dawn

Silver Crest Sailor's Dream Pink Reverie

Many Other Violets Not listed. Substitution may be necessary so please list second choice.

LEAVES (our choice only) 10— $3.00 20— $5.00 SURPRISE PACKAGE 10 violets— $12.50

SEND 25 0 FOR COMPLETE LIST

Please include 10% of plant order to help cover postage. (15% west of Miss.) GA residents add
3 % sales tax.

CROSS HD WE CO.

P. O. BOX 66 IRON CITY, GA 31759

PH. (912) 774-2311 VISITORS WELCOME

African Violet Magazine, March, 1977

20

Miniatures, Standards, Variegates

NEW IN CHATTANOOGA
0/ LoLsi £r

841 Valley Wood Cir. Chattanooga, TN 37343

No List No Shipping

Retail & Wholesale (615 ) 842-4254

FRESH CUT LEAVES - - - ROBUST STARTER PLANTS
grown under fluorescent lights

Stamped, Self-Addressed Envelope For List

ELMER R. ESTIS

325 Hidgewcry Dr. Metairie, LA. 70001

DoDe’s GARDENS

GROWING SUPPLIES AND FERTILIZER

DoDe’s SPECIAL
AFRICAN VIOLET POTTING SOIL

Sterilized, treated with insecticides, and contains
special growing elements.

24-02.—$ 1 .40 48-oz.— $2.50

6-oz. CJharcoal . $ .50

8-oz. Peters Violet Special 12-36-14 . 1.85

8-oz. Peters Variegated Special 5-50-17 . 2.35

2-oz. Superthrive liquid Vitamins — great

for leaf propagation . 1.89

8-oz. Liquid Sturdy Brand 0-15-14 . 2.98

16-oz. Liquid Alaska Fish 5-1-1 . 2.25

(success formula=% cup Sturdy & %
cup Alaska use 'A .teaspoon of mixture
per gal. of water)

8-oz. Kelthan (miticide) . 2.25

1- oz. Carbonmate (Fermate) . 50

6-qts. Perlite (coarse) . 70

4-qts. Verlite #3 (crumb type) . 70

2- lbs. Dolomite Limestone . 95

2-lbs. Superphosphate . 1.00

100 Stake labels — 6” white-sturdy . 2.25

21/2” Square plastic pots . ^ for 1.25

4” Square or round plastic pots . 15 for 1.50

6” Hanging Basket-White with saucer .. ea. 1.00

Minimum order $5.00

Please add $1.75 for shipping up to $12.99; $2.75 up
to $24.99. West of Rockies add $.30 to all rates.
We ship by UPS . . . For box number and RFD please
add phone number and give street address.

AQUAMATIC SELF-WATERING
VIOLET PLANTER

Lets your plants water and fertilize themselves.
Single — $2.50 6 for $12.85

Twelve or more- — -$1.94 each Case of 24-^ — $40.00
POSTAGE PAID!!

*'Clubs write for discount prices on Supplies, Soil,
and 2 Va " violet assortments.

♦LOW PRICES ON FLORACARTS Write us for details.

HELEN VAN PELT WILSON'S
AFRICAN VIOLET BOOK
$8.45 (harf“'ack) $3.49 (paperback)

postpaid with other regular order.

Add 60^ Shipping & Handling if ordered alone.

Send stamp for catalog. Florida residents add 4%
Phone 305-452-5670 sales tax on all items.

DoDe’s GARDENS

1490 Saturn Street
Merritt Island, Florida 32952

1977 CHAMPION VARIEGATES

CHEHHY PARFAIT — Yummy cherry pink & white

ruffled double. Excellent wavy foliage variegates
in light greens. Love it.

BRIGHT BUTTERFLY — Bright pink double, wide side
petals. Neat tan & green foliage.

AMETHYST SPARKS — Big white ruffled star with
fuchsia markings. Very striking. Light ruffled
foliage.

ANTIQUE CORAL — Deep coral double. Pinkish
tailored foliage.

HEAVENLY HALO (12ir) — Large fuchsia & white
star double. Great bloomer. Medium sized light
foliage sometime? spoons.

SAPPHIRE TRINKET — Deep blue double. Semi mini.
TRINKET WHITE CAPS — Single white with light
blue shading. Light pointed foliage. Semi-mini.
MISTY TRINKET — Pretty light pink double. Leaves
variegate along edges. Semi-mini.

MIDGET RINGER — Very bright pink single, usually
bell-shaped Adorable mini with pointed pinkish
leaves.

ORDER FROM THIS AD. Above varieties ONLY will
be shipped this year, May 1st to October 15. Starter
plants $2.75 each, less than 5, $3.00 each. Minimum
order 3 plants. Postpaid. Plants will be sent by
Special Handling (Parcel Post) or Air Mail.

Visitors are welcome to our basement shop. Many
other variegates and green varieties available.
Located 20 minutes north of Thruway Exit 36 at
Syracuse. Drive north to Cicero on Rt. 81, west on
Rt. 31 to Clay, right on Van Hoesen. Phone 315-
699-7317.

CHAMPION'S AFRICAN VIOLETS

Phone 315-699-7317

8848 Van Hoesen Road Clay, NY 13041

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MANY NEW VARIETIES INCLUDING:

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NEW FOR 1977 FROM LEADING HYBRIDIZERS

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STEPPING OUT

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featuring hundreds of blooming violets from our collection, is now open in the TUCKER SHOPPING CENTER
less than 3.5 miles north of 1-285 on Lawrenceville Hwy. LOW GROWER PRICES, quantity discounts*,
and a stunning selection of gesneruads from which to choose. WHOLESALE INQUIRIES INVITED.

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Violets At The Ernst's

221 S.E. 70th St Gainesville, Fla. 32601
(near Newnans lake - Phone 376-8655)

LEAVES AND PLANTS
Please Send 25^ for list.

Kitty’s Violets

Fresh cut A.V. leaves - 25i for List
Volkmann supplies - Tube Craft Stands
Visitors Welcome

Kitty Woosley, owner

406 Pearl St. Jasper, Texas 75S51

(713) 384-8397

Fresh Cut A.V. Leaves
The best of the new and older varieties.

State inspected Stamp for list

HILLSIDE VIOLETS

33 Winnie Ave. Ravena, N.Y. 12143

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African violets and related plants.

No List No Shipping Phone 345-5558

Route 2, Box 107J
Hconmond, La. 70401
Off Highway 443 (Morris Road).

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Specializing in violets and other gesneriads.

Have begonias also. No

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1012 Mitchell Rd.

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Phones 447-5495

Mon.-Fri. 9-5

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Fresh-cut leaves & plants
Over 500 varieties — ^25^ for list

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COMMERCIAL GROWERS AND
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Have you tried

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These rings are made sturdy green plastic
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bottom so you don’t have any broken leaves.
Wonderful for training plants for show.

The overwhelming numbers of reorders we
receive indicate that countless rings are being
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Q/fta yet t^t/^n/de r^en i

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Now a Collector Series

A limited edition of 4 full color
reproductions of African Violets. (First of
50 in this series to be published.) Each
11x14 print is suitable for framing as an
individual exhibit.

— A masterpiece of the engravers’ art
and does full justice to the talent of the
artist.

— The precise and documentative
handling which makes this valuable,
artistic collection a contribution of first
importance.

— Ms. Anderson has achieved in this
collection the portraiture of African Violets
with absolute realism.

— The handling of the water color
medium is superb and these portraits are
botanically perfect and pictorially
beautiful.

— $65.00 for a set (includes four).

— $20.00 for individual prints.

Send check or money order to:

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P.O. Box 26151
New Orleans, La. 70126
Phone (504) 288-1321
This is a limited edition,
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African Violet Magazine, March, 1977

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Picture below shows closeup of blossoms.

African Violet Magazine, March, 1977

25

CROSS YOUR Vs. . .
and

DOT YOUR T's . . .

Mrs. W. F. Anderson
560 Tulip Dr.

St. Louis, MO 63119

WHAT IS A CUTTING?

By definition, a cutting is a severed part of a
plant which will produce a new plant like the
parent in color and size. Not all kinds of plants can
be grown from cuttings, but many can.

Different parts of plants— all the so-called vege¬
tative parts, the stems, roots, and leaves— are used
in different species. According to their nature,
some plants are best started from pieces of stem
(many shrubs and perennials). This is called a stem
cutting which may be softwood, sometimes refer¬
red to as greenwood which is taken during the
growing season, or hardwood which is taken after
growth matures.

Root or rootstock cuttings are made from such
plants as blackberries and Oriental poppies.

Leaf cuttings are made from leaves or even
parts of leaves from plants having thick leaves such
as African violets, rex begonias and many succu¬
lents.

African violets are propagated in any of three
ways: from seed, by division, but mainly from leaf
cuttings. The African violet is a good example of
reproduction by leaf cuttings. A detached leaf is
placed with a part of the petiole (leaf stalk) in
water, or preferably in a propagating medium such
as vermiculite, perlite, sand, sphagnum moss, or a
combination of such materials. Roots will appear
and later one or many small plantlets appear. The
small plantlets are separated and grown on as a
new plant.

Plants grown from leaf cuttings usually look
like the parent. Occasionally a single leaf may go
haywire and produce plants that bear different
color flowers or produce different kinds of leaves.
These are known as mutations.

Have you ever wondered about the miraculous
change whereby a plant can be reproduced from a
single leaf? Warm blooded animals are not able to
produce a new animal from a severed part. How do
plants do this?

Microscopic study has revealed that the roots
arise from parenchyma cells (either in the stalk or
in the blade, of the leaf) which lie near the vascular
cells of the veins. The parts which produce the
new top growth come from cells of the epidermis;

more highly differentiated cells but still evidently
capable of dedifferentiation.

When the piece of stalk is cut, some chemical
and physical changes, the nature of which is as yet
unknown, stimulate certain parenchyma cells
within the stalk to start dividing. The cells at the
cut surface begin to divide, forming a mass of cells
which covers the cut end. The layer which closes
the wound is called the callus.

For success with any leaf cutting, it is im¬
portant to keep the air moist so as to reduce water
loss to a minimum, maintain suitable temperature,
and give light but not direct sunlight.

Commercial growers may offer a leaf cutting (a
leaf which is fresh-cut from a plant); a rooted cut¬
ting (one which has started to develop); or a clump
(the group of small plantlets developed from a leaf
cutting). Often these names are carelessly inter¬
changed. To know the vocabulary of violet
growing is to understand the specific terms.

— - -

NEW LIFE MEMBERS

Melva Nelson, AVSA president, is delighted
with the number of African violet growers who are
taking out AVSA life memberships.

Newest member to be welcomed into this
AVSA group is Mrs. George F. Behrens of Adams,
NE 68301.

Also being welcomed into AVSA Life member¬
ship are Mrs. Harold Hall, Rt. 1, Peno Penobwquis,
New Brunswick, Canada EOE-ILO and Mrs.
Haradelle E. Downing, 1400 West Fir Avenue,
Oxnard, CA 93030, both of whom were enrolled
in December.

Also just received in the late mail from Mexico
was a Life Membership for Jaime Piza, Jr., of
Calzada del Ejercito, 1475 S.R., Guadalajara,
Jalisco, Mexico. We are always glad to welcome
our neighbors “South of the Border” as Life Mem¬
bers.

Melva Nelson, AVSA president, welcomes
David Hicks as one of the AVSA’ newest Life
members. Mr. Hicks lives at 2338 S. Hearth Drive
Condo 39, Evergreen, CO 80439.

CORRECTION

In the article, “Diz-Dizbudding” by Miss Sandra
Lex of Toronto, Canada, reference was made to
the amount of fertilizer used by Miss Lex. It
should have read Va teaspoon rather than Vi tea¬
spoon to a gallon of water every watering.

African Violet Magazine, March, 1977

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DO NOT HANDLE---

Edd Stretch Smith
4136 Flora Place
St. Louis, MO 63110

TEMIK®! Do not even go into an area where
TEMIK®has been used for at least 45 days! Such
strict warnings do not come from an alarmist but
rather from those who are concerned about life:
Your life!

Speaking at a seminar on pesticides, sponsored
by the Chemical Council of Greater St. Louis, held
at the Missouri Botanical Gardens, Dr. Goddard,
Asst. Professor of Plant & Soil Sciences, U. of
Mass., Amherst, discussed the lethal properties of
TEMIK® at length. “A single drop of this product
if added to the water system of New York City has
the potential of killing the entire population of
that great metropolis”, he stressed.

Explaining how labels on pesticides are worded
and what the words mean, Dr. Goddard explained
that the effectiveness of all dangerous product^ are
measured by what is known as “L-T-D”. This is an
abbreviation of Lethal Test Dosage which is the
amount fatal to a human being. It does not always
have to be taken internally and we will come to
that.

When a label reads: CAUTION, the L-T-D is
three teaspoonfuls or more; labels stating: WARN¬

ING, indicate the L-T-D to be from one to three
teaspoonfuls; and ones reading: DANGER, show
that an amount of only one drop to one teaspoon¬
ful is a proven lethal dosage. One of these three
words-CAUTION, WARNING, DANGER-is al¬
ways used. Learn them well.

A most dangerous and frightening property of
TEMIK®,— and one often misunderstood by ama¬
teur growers, is that it vaporizes. When this vapor
comes into contact with human skin it crystallizes
and, through absorption of the skin, a microscopic
amount entering the body is more, far more, than
enough to kill. It isn’t a game of chance where it
may or may not crystallize, it does crystallize! It is
this external exposure which was referred to in
paragraph 3. (The reader is requested to refer to
African Violet Magazine, Vol 29, No. 5, Novem¬
ber, 1976.)

Perhaps this lethal product is available only to
licensed professional growers in your state, but in
the writer’s state of Missouri, and in some immedi¬
ate surroundings, as of this writing it has been and
continues to be obtainable to non-professionals.
May they be delivered!

Pickup Sticks for Plants

Kenneth Keipert
4430 Burger Ave.

Cleveland, OH 441 09

often times we receive helpful hints from the
African Violet Magazine, and at other times the
hints might come from the strangest places.

While I was fixing my violets in my office in the
junior high school that I work at (Patrick Henry
Junior High School, Cleveland, Ohio) one of my
students asked why was I putting toothpicks in the
plants. I tried to explain the purpose. The student
said I didn’t seem happy with the results, and I
wasn’t.

She suggested that I try “PICKUP STICKS.” I
am sure many of you remember playing with them
when you were younger. They really work great.
They are longer and easier to place among the
leaves, etc. They have really provided a ‘pickup’ to
many of the plants.

You can never tell where the next helpful hint

will come from.

I also found that by using plastic leaf guards
which you normally put in the gutters on the
house, that you are able to set plants above peb¬
bles for humidity which they need. The pots are
able to drain and not set in water as they often do
on plain pots that are turned upside down. They
work beautifully with Episcias! !

— — ♦ -

A VIOLET

by Kate Lang

Dear little violet sitting so still . . . Waiting for
someone to tell it what to do . . . Shall I grow tall
or shall I grow wide? . . . Shall I show off my blos¬
soms or shall I hide? ... I think I’m too pretty to
hide ... So I’ll let you decide.

African Violet Magazine, March, 1977

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African Violet Magazine, March, 1977

28

JET TRAIL

STEPPING OUT

African Violet Magazine, March, 1977

29

11

fllusings from tire

Mrs. Sidney (Ellie) Bogin
Chr. Miniature & Semimini Class
39 Boyd Street
Long Beach, NY 11561

IL

Many of you will be flying to the convention in
St. Louis. Our little minis offer a big advantage for
air traveling. The last time the convention was held
there, I took my most perfect mini in a tiny hat-
box and it won best mini in the show. To bring
one plant with you and win with it is a terrific
thrill. It can happen to you!

If you have followed the procedures for the
care and grooming of prospective show plants in
my column in the January issue of AVM, you
should have a few beauties to choose from. Make
sure that the pot has your name and the name of
the plant on it. Cover it with foil, dull side out and
please don’t put holes in the bottom of the foil.
They will leak and make a mess of the show table.
Water sparingly to avoid the plant sitting in water.
Take your grooming brush, and something to take
off last minute dead flowers, nubs and suckers.

Although hats aren’t that much in vogue these
days, it should be possible to scrounge up a man’s
hatbox. Take a large piece of cardboard and mark
the diameter of the hatbox on it. Space pots
around the circle, according to the room the plant
or plants will need and cut out these circles. Wedge
the cardboard into the hatbox about halfway
down. Plastic cleaning bags can be crumbled and

put under the leaves and around each plant to
cushion it. Tie an extra cord, opposite to the one
on the box, so that it will not swing when carried.
The boxes fit very nicely under the plane seats.

St. Louis is big on miniatures and they will be
happy to enter as many as you wish to bring. Let’s
make this convention memorable for having the
largest miniature and semiminiature classes ever.

We are working on a new miniature slide pro¬
gram for the AVSA library and would appreciate
donations of original slides of any minis or semis
that have come out within the last five years or so.
Our old miniature program is very much outdated
with old, old varieties. All clubs may rent these
slides from the library and we hope to have an
outstanding one ready by spring. If you have ever
taken a slide of a winning mini or one of your
prettiest, you can greatly contribute to the pro¬
gram.

The 1975 Miniature and Semiminiature Culture
and Variety list is available from me at the price of
S2.00. The 1976 supplement will be sent with it
free of charge. If you already have the mini list
and just want the supplement, just send me a self-
addressed stamped envelope.

Greenhouses

Dolores Kibbe
K-D Ranch, Inc.

816 East Eirst Street
Clovis, NM 88101

It’s always interesting to know how other Afri¬
can violet lovers grow their plants. I’m an amateur
and have no greenhouse and only a Hmited time
for my violets’ care but I guess I’m hopelessly ad¬
dicted to the lovely things. I have them all over the
place and have an eight-tray Floralite.

In these trays I have about an inch and half of
paving pebbles— green in color. I wick feed nearly
all my plants and bury the wicks in these pebbles.
So it makes it quite simple to mix up a weak solu¬
tion of fertilizer and fill the trays about two or
three times each week. Of course, there is a double
value with moisture below the plants and constant

In Miniature

fertilizing.

I also have about a dozen “grow domes” from
Gurneys of Yanktown, S.D. and found them quite
ideal for rooting leaves. I also wick them and place
them over the pebbles with the wicks hidden in
the pebbles. The little “grow domes” hold two
leaves very nicely. Holes in the domes provide ven¬
tilation and I use at least one tray on my Floralite
to have a whole bunch of little “greenhouses”!
Under the Hghts they produce little plantlets very
quickly.

They are my substitute for a real greenhouse.
Sometimes I use these little “grow domes” as gifts.
I plant the leaves in a “grow dome”, wick it in a
margarine “tub” of fertilized water, and present it
to a friend so she, too, can enjoy the “miracle of
birth.”

Aren’t violets fun!! and beautiful!!

African Violet Magazine, March, 1977

30

YOUR LIBRARY

Mrs. M. E. Garner
1010 Edgewood S.E.
North Canton, Ohio 44720

St. Louis, MO, “Gateway To The West”, will be
our host city for the 1977 convention, April 26 -
30. A new venture for many, a rewarding reunion
for many others. One thing is certain, there will be
lots of beautiful people there and lots of beautiful
African violets. Plan now to give your prize plants
their final beauty treatment and carefully prepare
their travel boxes — they are going to the St. Louis
show.

We look forward to the start of a new year in
AVSA. There will be lots of new faces and names
to remember, in addition to the wonderful friends
we now have. There will also be a few changes.
One of these changes will be the Library Chair¬
man. Harvey Stone will be your new Library
Chairman. Harvey has been one of the “team” of
photographers for our award winning plants at the
conventions. His home is Marblehead, MA. He is
very interested in the library and will be a very
capable and efficient chairman. He is also the
Third Vice President of AVSA. We wish you much
success Harvey.

From the St. Louis show we hope to add to the
library, a new slide program on the award winning
plants. Another program from the commercials, on
what’s new in the violet world and what to expect
in the near future. These programs should be ready
by July 1, from the Knoxville office, and listed in
the June issue of the magazine. Look for them.

We hope you enjoy the new programs and will
help others enjoy them too, by carefully following
the instructions in the June 1976 issue of the mag¬
azine, on page 68. Also, in the January 1977 issue
of the magazine under YOUR LIBRARY.

With many new members, the requests have in¬
creased and Clarice Bell, in the Knoxville office, is
doing a marvelous job scheduling the programs and
materials for your use. We want you to use them.
They are there to help you and your society pre¬
pare your programs. PLEASE she needs your help
and cooperation in returning them promptly to
the office ... or as she directs, so that all sched¬
ules will be kept. When slide programs are held
over . . . even one day . . ,they can keep several
other affiliates from their scheduled use of the

program. Be sure the slide program boxes are
wrapped in heavy paper before sending FIRST
CLASS MAIL!

THANK YOU for your interest and use of the
library materials.

Convention time is not far away - we will see
you in St. Louis.

A Real Winner!

‘^AFRICAN VIOLETS AND THEIR RELA¬
TIVES”, a handbook from Brooklyn Botanic Gar¬
dens, has been extensively revised and is now avail¬
able. Frances Batcheller, widely known authority
on the Gesneriaceae, is guest editor of this most
informative publication. It is one of the standards
in the Plants and Gardens series.

Now revised by authorities and experienced
growers, it takes into account some of the changes
in nomenclature in this group of plants in recent
years. With the increased popularity of fluorescent
light gardening in the home, this plant family is
becoming much better known among indoor gar¬
deners. Besides the violets (saintpaulias) and florist
gloxinias (sinningias), special chapters are given to
episcias, streptocarpus, columneas, and “the
minis”, as well as to hybridizing; a picture dictio¬
nary and a list of suppliers.

The Plants and Gardens handbook series are
available by mail, $1.50 each, postpaid, from
Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 1000 Washington Ave.,
Brooklyn, NY 11225. If you are not already famil¬
iar with these garden handbooks, request the list
of other titles.

■ . - -

TO COUNTERACT ACID

If you use a lot of peat moss in your soil mix
you may find the soil mix becomes more acid as
the peat moss decomposes. To counteract this —
about once a month water with a solution of one
tablespoon of lime water (you buy it in the drug
store) to one quart of water.

African Violet Magazine, March, 1977

31

5 pedette
(f3unnle5

(Photos by Grower)

BARBIE

DOLL

African Violet Magazine, March, 1977

32

Micro-propagation Of African Violets

Peter C, Bilkey and A. C. Hildebrandt*

(ED. NOTE: This is the 2nd of three articles on “Tissue Culturing African Violets” by Peter C. Bilkey
and A. C. Hildebrandt. Research was supported by the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences,
University of Wisconsin, Madison, and by Hatch Project No. 981. The senior author acknowledges with
special thanks scholarship support from The Wisconsin Council of African Violet Clubs and
encouragement from Mrs. William Wall in this research)

Millions of plants derived from a single cell is
the ultimate objective of micro-propagation. It is
fast becoming a reality. Already techniques have
been developed to produce as many as 20,000
plantlets from a single African violet leaf in the
time that it would normally take a fresh leaf cut¬
ting to root and sprout 5 plantlets. Twenty thou¬
sand is just the beginning. The potential number of
plantlets from a single leaf cutting is unlimited.

Micro-propagation is a complicated process and
should perhaps be left to the professional Horticul¬
turists and research scientists who have the time
and expensive laboratory equipment needed.
Other individuals may attempt the technique pro¬
vided they have the interest, culture equipment
and background knowledge in the methods of tis¬
sue culturing.

Micro-propagation involves growing African vio¬
let tissue aseptically on an agar or in a liquid med¬
ium containing every nutrient needed for good
growth. The medium mainly water, sugar and agar,
contains major elements (N, P, K, Ca, Mg), trace
elements (Fe, Mn, Cu, Zn, B), vitamins (niacin,
thiamin, pyridoxine), and various hormones
(auxins and cytokinins). Agar solidifies the med¬
ium making it easy to support the tissue. The
auxin hormones stimulate root formation. Cyto¬
kinins stimulate cell division and plantlet produc¬
tion. Adjusting the ingredients makes it possible to
control the growth of the tissue.

Aseptic conditions are critical for success. The
culture media that supports good plant growth un¬
fortunately also stimulates rapid fungal and bacter-
— — — - —

*Peter C. Bilkey Graduate Student, Depart¬
ment of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin,
Madison, Wisconsin.

A. C. Hildebrandt — Professor, Department of
Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin, Madison,
Wisconsin.

(REFERENCES were published in initial article
in January 1977 African Violet Magazine)

ial growth that may contaminate the isolated plant
part. The pathogens act on the plant tissue by di¬
rect invasion or indirectly by producing toxins
which poison the tissue.

Sterile working conditions are provided by
specially constructed transfer chambers. These
may be large walk-in rooms or small, box-shaped
chambers. The small chambers are usually made
out of Plexiglas and are of a size that would easily
sit on a table. An inside positive pressured bacter¬
ial filter attached to the transfer chamber reduces
the number of potentially contaminating bacteria
and fungal spores from entering. An added ultra¬
violet (UV) lamp kills any contamination sources
already present in the chamber. Caution must be
exercised to turn off the UV light source when
tissue work is being done.

All work on sterile tissue such as cutting, divid¬
ing plantlets, transferring to fresh media, etc., is
done in the transfer chamber. The table top trans¬
fer chamber may be placed on a table or bench
within another room. This culture room or cham¬
ber is also kept extremely clean. The more aseptic
the surroundings the less chance for contamina¬
tion. Table tops are washed with disinfectant and
the walls and floor are kept clean with a Clorox
solution. The walk-in chamber may be clouded
with steam as part of its preparation. The reason is
that bacteria and fungal spores cling to the mist of
water droplets in the air. A good exhaust fan then
removes the steam and the contaminants with it. A
small room air conditioner is also desirable for
walk-in chambers.

Some commercial tissue culturing companies re¬
quire their researchers to shower and wear a
special sterile surgical gown prior to any tissue cul¬
turing work. When a 100% success rate is required,
such special procedures must be undertaken.

The tools used for tissue culturing depend upon
the type of research being done. Compound micro¬
scopes and dissecting microscopes are often used.
Alcohol burners or gas Bunsen burners, tweezers,
scalpels, and sterile Petri dishes are always used.
The metal tools are sterilized by being dipped in

African Violet Magazine, March, 1977

33

alcohol and flamed several times. A damp sterile
piece of cheesecloth may be spread on the table in
the small transfer chamber on which to work. Any
bacteria or fungal spores that touch the damp
cloth stick to it. Also any flaming alcohol that
drips from the tools while being sterilized, is in¬
stantly extinguished by the damp cloth.

When the medium has been prepared and the
transfer chambers set up, the tissue must then be
prepared. Most parts of the African violet plant
can be tissue cultured. Leaf petiole cross-sections
often work the best. Young vigorously growing
leaves are chosen for this purpose. They are re¬
moved very carefully from the plant so as not to
damage the petiole, and the leaf is washed in a 1%
solution of Alconox. Alconox is a mild detergent
that not only washes off dirt particles and insects
that might be on the leaf but also acts as a wetting
agent. Other detergents could also be used. Be¬
cause African violet leaves and petioles are pub¬
escent, sterilization is a problem. The wetting
agent eliminates air bubbles and lets the Clorox
solution penetrate to the tissue surface more easily
and therefore, more effectively disinfects the leaf
surface. After rinsing, the tissue is then sterilized
in a 10% solution of commercial Clorox bleach.
Care must be taken, because soaking thli tissue too
long in the bleach kills it. If it is not soaked long
enough, the tissue remains contaminated. Fifteen
minutes is usually long enough. In the transfer
chamber under sterile conditions, the tissue must
be rinsed at least seven times with sterile distilled
water. Any traces of Clorox bleach left on the
tissue will damage it severely.

Figure 1. Fresh cut 1/8 inch petiole cross-sec¬
tions of an African violet leaf cutting.

A single cell can theoretically produce an un¬
limited number of plants. However, the greatest
success so far has been with a section of leaf
petiole tissue. Leaf petiole cross-sections an eighth
of an inch long are ideal (See fig. 1 & 2). After

Figure 2. Close up of a fresh cut petiole cross-
section.

being cut and placed aseptically on the culture
media, the tissue shows its first sign of swelling in
about a week. The mass of dividing cells (callus)
grows rapidly from the cut surface of the petiole
section. After the third week it is usually about 1

Figure 3. Close up of a petiole cross-section
covered with callus and small differentiated plant-
lets, age 4-weeks.

inch in diameter. (See fig. 3). The callus growth
may then be cut into 8 wedge pieces. It is similar
to cutting a pie to serve 8. The callus wedges are
then placed on fresh culture media containing a
higher amount of cytokinin than the initial grow¬
ing media. Cytokinins stimulate plantlet produc¬
tion. The callus wedges continue to grow, sprout¬
ing between 25 and 50 plantlets per wedge. Tiny
clusters can usually be seen a week after being
placed on the fresh culture media. (See fig. 4).

Figure 4. Wedge-shaped callus on fresh media
with differentiated plantlets, age &weeks.

African Violet Magazine, March, 1977

34

Figure 5. Twenty-five to fifty plantlets ready
to be divided and transplanted into soil, age
10-weeks.

When the mass of plantlets has grown to about
2 inches high, the plants are removed from the
culture vessels and divided into single plantlets.
(See fig. 5). The plantlets are transplanted to
sterile African violet soil and treated as they were
transplanted seedlings.

Besides the obvious advantage of being able to
produce more than 20,000 plants quickly from a
single African violet leaf, plantlets grown under
sterile conditions are usually totally free of insects
and diseases. During the growth period of the cal¬
lus, no watering, fertilizing or insecticide spraying
is needed!

There are some disadvantages to tissue cultur¬
ing. Micro-propagation of African violets is still in
the experimental stages and its use is not yet avail¬
able to commercial growers. Transfer chambers,
balances, microscopes, autoclaves, to name a few,
are very expensive. Micro-propagation takes time
and involves making the culture media, sterilizing
the tissue, transferring and dividing the callus and
clumps of plantlets.

Tremendous achievements in science are being
made across the country in private labs, govern¬
ment labs and universities. Their application and
involvement in the “Violet World” has only just
begun. Micro-propagation has been a large step,

others will definitely follow. . ,

(To be continued)
- -

HELEN FREIE GIVES
UP AVSA POSITION

Helen Freie has resigned as chairman of the
AVSA Affiliates Committee. “Ill health this past
year has presented me with quite a problem,” she
explained.

Mrs. Freie^s resignation became effective Jan.
31. She has served as Affiliates Chairman for sever¬
al years and has done an outstanding job. It is with
regret that AVSA learned of her resignation.

PLEASE BE PATIENT

If your article or picture has not been printed in
the magazine, please be patient. As soon as space is
available, it will be used.

Green Elbows

Sylvia Fellows
4718 Maychelle Drive
Anaheim, CA 92807

Okay, Fm convinced! It’s been a long time
coming, but finally I believe that wick watering is
the only way to go. I’ve been growing African vio¬
lets for 15 years or so, trying many different meth¬
ods during that time.

I started out putting leaves in water to root —
that worked, but I frequently lost either the leaves
or the plantlets when they were planted in soil.
Then I tried planting the leaves in the same potting
medium I used for mature plants. That was a little
better, but still I couldn’t be sure whether that
“special” leaf received from a friends’ collection
would root or rot!

I heard about vermiculite; it sounded good and
worked better than the potting soil. Still, there
was the unexplainable rotting of the mother leaf.
Then a friend recommended starting leaves in a
wick-fed container. He used cottage cheese cartons
with a strip of nylon stocking through a hole in
the container as the wick. I came home that night
all afire: maybe NOW every leaf would grow! I put
down about 12 or 15 leaves in margarine tubs and
a couple of 4-inch pots (4 leaves to each con¬
tainer). The rooting medium was 1/2 vermiculite
and 1/2 Sponge Rok. Six weeks later, some of the
plantlets were nearly an inch high, and not a leaf
was lost. My husband and I decided that the con¬
stant moisture in the rooting medium did the
trick. The new roots didn’t get drowned and dried
alternately. They just grew. Now I start all my
leaves this way with fantastic success.

Since I was trying wicking for starting leaves, I
thought I might as well put a few mature plants on
wicks, just for the sake of the experiment. That’s
why I’m convinced now: the plants on wicks im¬
mediately began growing faster and blooming
more with bigger flowers. The plants no longer had
to suffer the damage of wilting when my heavy
performing schedule as a professional musician
kept me from watering.

At this point I have only 150 leaves rooting and
little plants and big ones threatening to push my
husband and my cats right out the door! Husband
doesn’t mind; he says that I don’t have just a
Green Thumb, but that I’m Green clear to my
elbows! Hmmm . . .

- - - -

COMING EVENTS must reach the Editor’s desk before
the deadline dates. See page 3 under MAGAZINE for
deadline dates.

African Violet Magazine, March, 1977

35

St Louis, MO 63109

The following registrations have been received
during the period from September 30, 1976
through November 30, 1976.

ERIC (3014) V 3 df S 9/30/76

Union County Chapter, 14 Pelham Rd., Kendall
Park, NJ

TENNESSEE APPLE BLOSSOM (3015) L^P 2
scS 10/20/76

TENNESSEE BLUE MOON (3016) D^B 2 sc S
10/20/76

TENNESSEE PINAFORE (3017) WBCG-E 5 sf
S 10/20/76

TENNESSEE MIST (3018) L-PX 2 sc L
10/20/76

TENNESSEE PINK STAR (3019) D-P 2 sc S
10/20/76

Mrs. T. C. Fritz, 4626 Harbor Cir. Kingsport,
TN 37664

MILLIE BLAIR (3020) L-BW-E 5 df S
10/26/76

Granger Gardens, Medina, OH 44256

CHINESE DAWN (3021) OX 3 d L 10/26/76

CHINESE MIDNIGHT (3022) V 35 dfc S
10/26/76

Christine D. Leppard, 413 Washington St.,
Westfield, NJ 07090

MIGHTY MINI (3023) M-B 39 s^dc L 11/3/76

Dorothy Parker Adams, 34543 Avenue C,

Yucaipa, CA 92399

ANDROMEDA I (3024) D-PX 2 sc S 11/6/76

FOREST MIST (3025) M-PG-E 59 df S 11/6/76

Lyn D. Robinson, 2749 McDowell Rd., Dur¬
ham, NC 27705

BALLAD OF DIXIE (3026) WR 29 dc S
11/8/76

BIG LEAGUE (3027) M-B 39 d S 11/8/76

CHATTERBOX (3028) PX 29 s L 11/8/76

CRITERIA (3029) M-P 238 dc S 11/8/76

GOOD MORNING (3030) M-P 239 d S 11/8/76

ILLUMINATION (3031) L-PX 239 dc S
11/8/76

V AMOUR (3032) M-P 29 d S 11/8/76
LAVENSQUE (3033) OX 39 s-t-d S 11/8/76
LUCILLES DELIGHT (3034) WPG 368 d S
11/8/76

MISS CHARM (3035) D-P 39 dc S 11/8/76
PINK WAVES (3036) M-P 29 dc S 11/8/76
PLUM CREST {3037} R 29 d S 11/8/76
RADIANT (3038) R 29 dc S 11/8/76
ROSE PARADE (3039) M-P 29 dc S 11/8/76
SOMETHING NEW (3040) W 23 d S 11/8/76
SPANGLES (3041) P 239 sc S 11/8/76
SPRAY (3042) L-V-B 358 d S 11/8/76
SURPRISE (3043) BWC 28 dc S 11/8/76
FALENPINE (3044) R 239 dc S 11/8/76
VELVET QUEEN (3045) D-B 239 d S 11/8/76
VERNAS BLUE CHIPS (3046) D-B 29 dc S
11/8/76

VERN’S BLUE HEAVEN (3047) M-B 29 dc S
11/8/76

VERNAS FLASH (3048) M-BW-E 289 dc S
11/8/76

FERN’S FRENCH LACE (3049) BWC 239 d S
11/8/76

FERN’S MASTERPIECE (3050) D-P 239 d S
11/8/76

FERN’S MOONBEAM (3051) L-P 239 s-dc S
11/8/76

VERNAS RED VELVET (3052) D-R 29 d S
11/8/76

VERNAS SUMMER SKIES (3053) L-B 239 dc
S 11/8/76

FERN’S TELESTAR (3054) BWC 289 dc S
11/8/76

FERN’S WHITE CHEER (3055) W 39 d S
11/8/76

FERN’S WHITE KNIGHT (3056) W 239 dc S
11/8/76

FERN’S ZODIE (3057) WRC 239 d M 11/8/76
V. Lorenzen, (Park Nursery) 8400-60th St. No.,
Stillwater, MN 55082

LIZZY MAE (3058) PX 27 d S 11/15/76
James H. Smith, 946 Cleveland Ave., Niagara
Falls, NY 14305

African Violet Magazine, March, 1977

36

SHOMEE CHERRY MINT (3059) D-PX 579 df
S 11/17/76

SHOMEE MINT ELOSS (3060) WP 579 df S
11/17/76

SHOMEE THISTLEDOWN (3061) WO 2 dfc S
11/18/76

Tomara African Violets, RT. 3, Fayette, MO
65248

LIZA r. (3062) W 239 s S 11/18/76

Mrs. Goldie Kinne, 206 N. Indiana Ave., Water-
town, NY 13601

LITTLE BOY BLUE (3063) M-B 2 s S-M
11/23/76

MARY ANN PRITCHET {3064) M-P 2 s-d L
11/23/76

Mrs. J. S. Barnhill, 110 8-1 2th Ave., Midfield,
AL 35228

SWANEE FLAMINGO (3065) PX 39 s S
11/26/76

SWANEE PARTY PINK {3066) PG-E 2 df S
11/26/76

Elmer Swanson, 521 So. 3rd, Lindsborg, KA
67456

LADY JANE (3067) O 23 d L 11/26/76

Mr. Francis V. Delly, 305 W. 13th St., Apt. 4H,
New York, NY 10014

RESERVATIONS

The following reservations have been received
during the same period as above.

CHINESE PORCELAIN * CHINESE MYS¬
TERY * CHINESE MAIDEN * CHINESE
BEAUTY * CHINESE SURPRISE * CHINESE
FESTIVAL * CHINESE ARTISTRY 10/22/75

Reserved by Christine D. Leppard, 413 Wash¬
ington St., Westfield, NJ

ROYAL DREAM 11/3/76 Reserved by William
G. Hartley, 315 Webster St., Bel Air, MD 21014

STONEWALL PEACH 11/17/76 Reserved by
Sandra Leary, 438 Brady Lane, Austin, TX 78746

SHARON ROCKEFELLER * RUTH ANN *
LARSTINE * STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL
11/26/76 Reserved by William F. Wiffen, Box
5155, Capital Station, Charleston, WV 25311

(NOTE TO REGISTRANTS: The Editor would

like to use color slides of your newly registered
violets in the Magazine. Use only light back¬
grounds. Dark slides cannot be reproduced. Send
original color slides to Editor with name of plant

and name of hybridizer.)

HOOKED^ FOR LIFE

Marceline Koester
161-15 29th Avenue
Flushing, NY 11358

In April of 1975 when I was slowly recuperat¬
ing from spinal disc surgery and wearing my arm in
a sling because of a “frozen shoulder”, my darling,
patient husband took me on a rare outing to the
spring show held by the AVS of Greater New
York. This affair took place at the Queens Botan¬
ical Gardens in Flushing, New York.

Although I had always had three or four Afri¬
can violets growing and blooming intermittently, I
had never realized the potential of these plants
until I saw the marvels displayed at this show. I
joined the organization at their very next meeting.
This was the first stage in what was to become an
incurable addiction!

I bought young plants, leaves, etc. at the show
and promptly went to work. Due to my physical
limitations I dropped many a pot, spilled soil, etc.
but despite this I was encouraged to continue as it
became apparent this was the best therapy for me,
both physical and emotional. I started with a small
table and a 48” light fixture which I soon outgrew.
Next step was a three-tier FloraCart.

The “disease” spread rapidly as my new friends
in the club supphed me with many new varieties of
leaves to start. In addition to my original set-up I
now have 18’ of table growing area, lit by two 8’
fixtures in our basement, and am at present grow¬
ing in excess of 200 plants despite the fact that I
have already given away at least 150 plants to my
husband’s clients upon the opening of our new
office and to friends and new neighbors.

This past April, despite insecurity as to the
quality of my plants, I entered six plants and an
artistic planting in the 1976 spring show. To my
amazement I won four Blue Ribbons, three “Best
In Class”, three Red Ribbons plus the Novice
Trophy and Trophy for Best Rhapsodic. I just
stood there and cried in disbelief.

Again I was hospitalized for further spinal sur¬
gery but was not worried about the care and feed¬
ing of my “babies”. I left them in the hands of a
dear son-in-law, whom you see, has also contracted
a severe case of the addiction commonly known as
“African Violet Fever”.

African Violet Magazine, March, 1977

37

REGISTERED AFRICAN VIOLETS
The African Violet Society of America, Inc.

December 1, 1975 to December 1, 1976

AVSA Registrar Mrs. Fred Tretter
4988 Schollmeyer
St. Louis, Missouri 63109

All varieties registered from 1949 through June 1, 1976 may be found in the MASTER VARIETY
LIST VOLUME No. 3.

Code: Color, Leaf Type, Flower Type and Plant Size

COLOR
B - Blue
C - Multicolor

(s2 or more colors)
D - Dark
E - Edge
G - Green
L - Light
M - Medium

O - Orchid, Mauve,
Lavender
P - Pink, Rose
R - Red, Maroon,

Plum, Burgundy

V - Violet, purple

W - White, Cream, Blush
X - Two-tone, 2 hues
of same color

Y - Yellow

LEAF TYPE

1 - Longifolia or 7 - Variegated

spider 8 - Spooned,

2 - Plain, Tailored Ovate,

3 - Quilted Cupped-up

4 - Girl, Semi-girl 9 - Pointed

5 - Ruffled, Fringed Compound

Wavy, Fluted or Piggyback

6 - Supreme

FLOWER TYPE
s - Single
d - Double
s-d - Semi-double
c - Star shaped
f - Fringed, Ruffled
s-t-d - Single to
double
w - Wasp type

PLANT SIZE

M - Miniature (6” or under)
S-M - Semiminiature (6” - 8”)
S - Standard (Over 8”)

L - Very Large (Over 16”)
M-T - Miniature Trailer
S-T - Standard Trailer

Name

Reg. No. Date Reg.

Applicant

A

Code

Alouette

2787 2/17/76

Irene Fredette

P57dfL

Amy Anderson

2775 12/27/75

Mrs. W. E. Anderson

WV-E 5 sf S

Andromeda I

3024 11/6/76

Lyn D. Robinson

D-PX 2 s c S

Angel’s Petticoats

2778 1/29/76

Mrs. W. F. Anderson

M-PX 38 s-df S

Anna (See Ballet Anna)

Apple Blossom (See Tennessee Apply Blossom)

Arpegge’ Minuet 3009 9/22/76

Mrs. A. Belanger

P 79 dfS

B

Ballad of Dixie

3026

11/8/76

V. Lorenzen (Park N)

WR 29 dc S

Ballet Anna

2890

9/20/76

Geo J. Ball Inc.

M-PX 2 sf S

Ballet Christina

2891

9/20/76

Geo J. Ball Inc.

M-B s&df S

Ballet Erica

2892

9/20/76

Geo J. Ball Inc.

V 35 s&s-df S

Ballet Eva

2893

9/20/76

Geo J. Ball Inc,

D-OX 3 s-d S

Ballet Heidi

2894

9/20/76

Geo J. Ball Inc.

VX 3 sS

Ballet Helga

2895

9/20/76

Geo J. Ball Inc.

L-V 3 s-d S

Ballet Inge

2896

9/20/76

Geo J. Ball Inc.

D-V 35 sf S

Ballet Karla

2897

9/20/76

Geo J. Ball Inc.

VX 25 sf S

Ballet Lisa

2898

9/20/76

Geo J, Ball Inc.

L-V 2 sf S

Ballet Marta

2899

9/20/76

Geo J. Ball Inc.

VX 2 s&s-df S

Ballet Meta

3000

9/20/76

Geo J. Ball Inc.

V 35 sS

Ballet Ulli

3001

9/20/76

Geo J. Ball Inc.

V 25 sfS

Beau Philip (See Suzy’;

s Beau Philip)

Because

2837

5/17/76

Swifts’ AV

L-P 5 s-d L

Beginner’s Luck

2803

3/9/76

Mrs. R. L. Pritchett

M-PX 29 s&d S-M

Bicentennial Trail

2882

8/23/76

Lyndon Lyon

D-P 2 dc S-T

Big League

3027

11/8/76

V. Lorenzen (Park N)

M-B 39 d S

Blue Chips (See Vern’s

Blue Chips)

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Blue Heaven (See Vern’s Blue Heaven)

Blue Moon (See Tennessee Blue Moon)

Bonnie May (See Suzy’s Bonnie May)

Brett Steven (See Suzy’s Brett Steven)

C

California Sunrise

2834

5/10/76

C. E. Wilson

RW-E 57 dfS

Cameo Queen (See Granger’s Cameo Queen)

Carol

3002

9/20/76

Union Co. Chapter

O-P 35 dfS

Charisma

2820

4/22/76

House of Violets

VW-E 6 d S

Chatterbox

3028

11/8/76

V. Lorenzen (Park N)

PX 29 s L

Cherished Hope

2805

3/29/76

House of Violets

P-W 3 df S

Cherokee Fire

2883

8/23/76

Lyndon Lyon

L-R27dcS

Cherry Hill

2804

3/15/76

R. Yerman

R 2 dc S-M

Cherry Mint (See Shomee Cherry Mint)

Chinese Dawn

3021

10/26/76

Christine Leppard

OX 3 d L

Chinese Midnight

3022

10/26/76

Christine Leppard

V 35 dfc S

Christi Love

2884

8/23/76

Lyndon Lyon

L-P 5 dc S

Coral Belle

2776

1/5/76

Tinari GH

D-PW-E 239 d S

Christina (See Ballet Christina)

Criteria

3029

11/8/76

V. Lorenzen (Park N)

M-P 238 dc S

Crocus

2838

5/17/76

Swifts’ AV

PX 9 s-d S

D

Delta Dawn

2821

4/22/76

House of Violets

D-P 3 df S

Dick Bell

2819

4/21/76

Martha Tucker

L-BX 2 s M

Dixie Dandy

2806

3/9/76

House of Violets

P35dL

Duffy

2832

4/26/76

V. M. Ozimek

V 27 d S

Dum Dum

2839

5/17/76

Swifts’ AV

V 2 d L

Dutchman

2840

5/17/76

Swifts’ AV

M-B 35 s-dc L

Dutch Miss

2841

5/17/76

Swifts’ AV

PX 3 dL

Dutch Stars

2842

5/17/76

Swifts’ AV

BWC 35 s-dc L

E

Eileen

2801

2/25/76

Mrs. C. J. Donald Jr

L-B 5 df S

Engaged

2843

5/17/76

Swifts’ AV

P 23 s-dc L

Eric

3014

9/30/76

Union County Ch.

V 3 df S

Erica (See Ballet Erica)

Eva (See Ballet Eva)

Evelyn Beaird

2889

9/13/76

Judith Richey

F

OW-E 359 s-df S

Fair Fax

2781

2/3/76

Mrs. E. Kramer

D-R 57 d L

First Snow

2877

8/9/76

Arthur Hill

W 23 dS

Flamingo (See Swanee Flamingo)

Flash (See Nern’s Flash)

Flower Power

2822

4/22/76

House of Violets

R-P 3 df S

Forest Mist

3025

11/6/76

Lyn D. Robinson

M-PG-E 59 df S

French Lace (See Vern’s French

Lace)

French Lilac

2844

5/17/76

Swifts’ AV

ORC 35 df L

Futuristic

2845

5/17/76

Swifts’ AV

PW-E 28 d L

G

Gale’s Gift

2784

2/4/76

Mrs. Gale Tucker

OX 2 sS

Gertha (See Suzy’s Gertha)

GlenH

2003

9/20/76

Union County CH.

D-B 29 dc S

Good Morning

3030

11/8/76

V. Lorenzen (Park N)

M-P 239 d S

Grace G (See Suzy’s Grace G)

Granada (See Granger’s Granada)

Grandson

2878

8/9/76

A. F. Hill

R 23 dS

Granger’s Cameo Queen

2863

7/31/76

Granger Gardens

W 23 dS

Granger’s Granada

2864

7/31/76

Granger Gardens

R-OX 239 d S

Granger’s Jim Dandy

2865

7/31/76

Granger Gardens

D-BV 23 d S

Granger’s Lavender Belle

2866

7/31/76

Granger Gardens

O 23 dS

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Granger’s Monaco

2867

7/31/76

Granger Gardens

WB-E 23 d S

Granger’s Pink Fashion

2868

7/31/76

Granger Gardens

M-P 239 d S

Granger’s Pink Nimbus

2869

7/31/76

Granger Gardens

L-PW-E 239 d S

Granger’s Red Flame

2870

7/31/76

Granger Gardens

R-O 239 d S

Granger’s Red Gold

2871

7/31/76

Granger Gardens

R-0 279 dS

Granger’s Red Knave

2872

7/31/76

Granger Gardens

R-O 239 d S

Granger’s Regalaire

2873

7/31/76

Granger Gardens

D-BW-E 239 d S

Granger’s Starburst

2874

7/31/76

Granger Gardens

D-PRC 35 sc S

Granger’s Sylvan Blue

2875

7/31/76

Granger Gardens

M-B 23 df S

Granger’s Wildfire

2876

7/31/76

Granger Gardens

R-OW-E 239 dfS

Great Music

2823

4/22/76

House of Violets

H

PX 3 sc S

Heidi (See Ballet Heidi)

Helene

Helga (See Ballet Helga)

2885

8/23/76

Lyndon Lyon

P-R 2 dc S

Illumination

Inge (See Ballet Inge)

3031

11/8/76

V. Lorenzen (Park N)

J

Swifts’ AV

L-PX 239 dc S

Jack

2846

5/17/76

B-VW-E 2 s-d L

Jason

3004

9/20/76

Union County CH.

D-P 35 dfS

Jennifer Paige (See Suzy’s Jennifer Paige)

Jerry B (See Suzy’s Jerry B)
Jim Dandy (See Granger’s Jim

Dandy)

Joy Bells

2824

4/22/76

House of Violets

M-BRC 2 s-d S

Karia (See Ballet Karia)

K

L

Lady Jane

3067

11/26/76

F. V. Delly

O 23 dL

L’Amour

3032

11/8/76

V. Lorenzen (Park N)

M-P 29 d S

Lanigan’s May Queen

2774

12/12/75

J. B. Kuhler

M-PXW-E 29 sfc S

Lavender Belle (See Granger’s

Lavender Belle)

Lavender Cream (See Shirlee’s

Lavender Cream)

Lavenesque

3033

11/8/76

V. Lorenzen (Park N)

OX 39 s-t-d S

Ledley Cox

3010

9/27/76

Mrs. J. G. Barnhill Jr,

VW-E 2 d L

Lisa (See Ballet Lisa)

Little Beau (See Suzy’s Little Beau)

Little Boy Blue

3063

11/23/76

Mrs. J. S. Barnhill

M-B 2 s S-M

Little Jim

3005

9/20/76

Union County CH

M-P 29 d S-M

Little Red

3006

• 9/20/76

Union County CH

R 3 sM

Liza T

3062

11/18/76

Mrs. Goldie Kinne

W 239 sS

Lizzy Mae

3058

11/15/76

J. H. Smith

PX 27 dS

LuciUes Delight

3034

11/8/76

V. Lorenzen (Park N)

WP 368 d S

M

Maas’ Variegated Gorgeous

: 3013

10/1/76

Hilton Dallia Farm

WR 27 dS

Magic Splendor

2886

8/23/76

L. Lyon

L-BW-E 23 s-dc S

Marge Winters

2817

4/9/76

Mrs. R. S. Riquelmy

VX 37 s S

Maria-Elaina

2816

4/9/76

Mrs. H. Keenahan

R-PXW-E 23 d S

Mark

3007

9/20/76

Union County CH

D-R 35 df S

Marta (See Ballet Marta)
Mary Ann Pritchet

3064

11/23/76

Mrs. J. S. Barnhill

M-P 2 s-d L

Masterpiece (See Vern’s Masterpiece)

May Queen (See Lanigan’s May Queen)
Mel va Nelson 2855

5/24/76

Edd Smith

OX 359 dfS

Meta (See Ballet Meta)
Mighty Mini

3023

11/3/76

Dorothy Adams

M-B 39 s-dc L

Millie Blair

3020

10/26/76

Granger G

L-BW-E 5 df S

Mint Floss (See Shomee Mint Floss)

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Miss Charm

3035

11/8/76

V. Lorenzen (Park N)

D=P 39 dc S

Monaco (See Granger’s Monaco)

Moonbeam (See Vern’s Moonbeam)

Mount Currie

2835

5/10/76

H. Gethen

OX 29 d S

Mount Garibaldi

2836

5/10/76

H. Gethen

O 35 dfS

Mrs. Lucky (See Suzy’sMrs. Lucky)

Mulberry Mist

2847

5/17/76

Swifts’ AV

D-R-O 39 d L

Murphy

2833

4/26/76

V. M. Ozimek

WBC 37 d S

My Valentine

2825

4/22/76

N

House of Violets

P-R 3 d S

Nancy Kelly

2826

4/22/76

House of Violets

VW-E 25 s-d S

New Year’s Day

3011

9/30/76

O

D. R. Maness

WL-P 39 s S-M

Olympic

2782

2/3/76

Mrs. E. Kramer

PWRC 3 dc L

Orchid Twin

2785

2/11/76

D. K. Feeter

L-VX 3 s L

Ouida Donald

2802

2/25/76

Mrs. C. J. Donald Jr.

PVC 239 sc S

Our Joyce

2779

2/2/76

Rienhardt’s AV

BWC 3 d L

Painted Orchid

2848

5/17/76

P

Swifts’ AV

OV 2 s-d L

Paper Lace

2827

4/22/76

House of Violets

P 2 dS

Party Pink (See Swanee Party Pink)
Pinafore (See Tennessee Pinafore)

Pink Fashion (See Granger’s Pink Fashion)

Pink-I-Think

2849

5/17/76

Swifts’ AV

P 29 d L

Pink Lemonade

2879

8/17/76

Mr. Gene Thiel

PX 239 sf L

Pink Mink

2880

8/17/76

Mr. Gene Thiel

P 239 d L

Pink Mist (See Tennessee Pink Mist)

Pink Nimbus (See Granger

’s Pink Nimbus)

Pink Snow

2807

3/9/76

House of Violets

L-P 3 df S

Pink Star (See Tennessee Pink Star)

Pink Surprise

2828

4/22/76

House of Violets

P 5 dfS

Pink Waves

3036

11/8/76

V. Lorenzen (Park N)

M-P 29 dc S

Pizzazz

2881

8/17/76

Mr. Gene Thiel

L-PX 23 s S

Plum Crest

3037

11/8/76

V. Lorenzen (Park N)

R 29 d S

Pretty Pansy

2850

5/17/76

Swifts’ AV

O-V 2 s-d L

Pretty Thing

2851

5/17/76

Swifts’ AV

D-PX 23 d L

Pure Chloroform

2856

5/29/76

Ronn Nadeau

O 2 s&d S-M

Pure Glucose

2857

5/29/76

Ronn Nadeau

P 5 dc S

Pure Hexane

2858

5/29/76

Ronn Nadeau

P 2 s&s-d S-M

Pure Methanol

2859

5/29/76

Ronn Nadeau

P 29 s S-M

Pure Sucrose

2860

5/29/76

Ronn Nadeau

B 5 dcS

Pure Water

2861

5/29/76

Ronn Nadeau

WBC 2 s S

Purple Rythum

2783

2/3/76

R

Mrs. E. Kramer

VW-E 3 sf L

Radiant

3038

11/8/76

V. Lorenzen (Park N)

R 29 dc S

Red Flame (See Granger’s

Red Flame)

Red Gold (See Granger’s Red Gold)

Red Knave (See Granger’s

Red Knave)

Red Velvet (See Vern’s Red Velvet)
Regalaire (See Granger’s Regalaire)

D-B 2 d L

Rodney

2829

4/22/76

House of Violets

Rose Parade

3039

11/8/76

V. Lorenzen (Park N)

M-P 29 dc S

Rosy Plus

2852

5/17/76

Swifts’ AV

PX25 dL

Saint Marys

3012

9/30/76

S

Donald Maness

WO-E 57 dc S

Satin Sheen

2830

- 4/22/76

House of Violets

L-P 2 dfS

Say Yes

2808

3/9/76

House of Violets

P 2 dfS

Sea Breeze

3008

9/20/76

Union County CH

VWC or V 3 d L

Shirlee’s Lavender Cream

2862

6/3/76

Mrs. D. E. Sands

L-OX 7 d S

Shomee Cherry Mint

3059

11/17/76

Tomara AV

D-PX 579 dfS

Shomee Mint Floss

3060

11/17/76

Tomara AV

WP 579 df S

Shomee Thistledown

3061

11/17/76

Tomara AV

WO 2 dfc S

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41

Snowball Special

2809

3/9/76

House of Violets

W 3 dS

Something Else

2810

3/9/76

House of Violets

P-RX 3 d S

Something New

3040

11/8/76

V. Lorenzen (Park N)

W 23 d S

Song Sung Blue

2811

3/9/76

House of Violets

M-B 3 d S

Southland Grape

2853

5/17/76

Swifts’ AV

V 3 df L

Southland Rose

2854

5/17/76

Swifts’ AV

D-P 3 d L

Spangles

3041

11/8/76

V. Lorenzen (Park N)

P 239 sc S

Sparkle Plenty

2786

2/12/76

Annalee Violetry

D-PR-E 358 dc L

Spry

3042

11/8/76

V. Lorenzen (Park N)

V-B 358 d S

Starburst (See Granger’s Starburst)

Summer Skies (See Vern’s

Summer Skies)

Surprise

3043

11/8/76

V. Lorenzen (Park N)

BWC 28 dc S

Suzy’s Beau Philip

2791

2/22/76

Mrs. H. S. Johnson

M-B 23 s&d S

Suzy’s Bonnie May

2792

2/22/76

Mrs. H. S. Johnson

D-OX 2 sfc S

Suzy’s Brett Steven

2793

2/22/76

Mrs. H. S. Johnson

L-O 3 d S

Suzy’s Gertha

2794

2/22/76

Mrs. H. S. Johnson

M-B 2 s & d S-M

Suzy’s Grace G

2795

2/22/76

Mrs. H. S. Johnson

woe 2 s&dc S

Suzy’s Jennifer Paige

2796

2/22/76

Mrs. H. S. Johnson

OX 3 dS

Suzy’s Jerry B

2797

2/22/76

Mrs. H. S. Johnson

L-VX 3 s&s-dc S

Suzy’s Little Beau

2798

2/22/76

Mrs. H. S. Johnson

L-BX 2 d S-M

Suzy’s Mrs. Lucky

2799

2/22/76

Mrs. H. S. Johnson

L-OX 239 d S-M

Suzy’s Ward B

2800

2/22/76

Mrs. H. S. Johnson

L-VX 27 s-d S

Swanee Flamingo

3065

11/26/76

Elmer Swanson

PX 39 s S

Swanee Party Pink

3066

11/26/76

Elmer Swanson

PG-E 2 df S

Sweet Honesty

2887

8/23/76

Lyndon Lyon

D-P 57 dc S

Sweet Surrender

2812

3/9/76

House of Violets

P 2 d S

Sylvan Blue (See Granger’s

5 Sylvan Blue)

T

Tennessee Apple Blossom

3015

10/20/76

Mrs. T. C. Fritz

L-P 2 sc S

Tennessee Blue Moon

3016

10/20/76

Mrs. T. C. Fritz

D-B 2 sc S

Tennessee Pinafore

3017

10/20/76

Mrs. T. C. Fritz

WBCG-E 5 sf S

Tennessee Mist

3018

10/20/76

Mrs. T. C. Fritz

L-PX 2 sc L

Tennessee Pink Star

3019

10/20/76

Mrs. T. C. Fritz

D-P 2 sc S

Thistledown (See Shomee Thistledown)

Thriller Diller

2813

3 9/76

House of Violets

RG-E 3 dfS

Tina Lou

2780

2/2/76

Rienhardt’s AV

D-R-OX 27 d L

Tiny Tot

2888

8/23/76

Lyndon Lyon

WP 2 dc M

Tony

2831

4/22/76

House of Violets

U

V

R 3 df S

Ulli (See Ballet Ulli)

Valarie Lynn

2818

4/17/76

S. L. Brown

L-PX 56 d S

Valentine

3044

11/8/76

V. Lorenzen (Park N)

R 239 dc S

Variegated Gorgeous (See

Maas’ Variegated Gorgeous)

Velvet Queen

3045

11/8/76

V. Lorenzen (Park N)

D-B 239 d S

Velvet Ribbons

2788

2/17/76

Irene Fredette

PR-E 2 sc S

Vern’s Blue Chips

2046

11/8/76

V. Lorenzen (Park N)

D-B 29 dc S

Vern’s Blue Heaven

3047

11/8/76

V. Lorenzen (Park N)

M-B 29 dc S

Vern’s Flash

3048

11/8/76

V. Lorenzen (Park N)

M-BW-E 289 dc S

Vern’s French Lace

3049

11/8/76

V. Lorenzen (Park N)

BWC 239 d S

Vern’s Masterpiece

3050

11/8/76

V. Lorenzen (Park N)

D-P 239 d S

Vern’s Moonbeam

3051

11/8/76

V. Lorenzen (Park N)

L-P 239 s-dc S

Vern’s Red Velvet

3052

11/8/76

V. Lorenzen (Park N)

D-R 29 d S

Vern’s Summer Skies

3053

11/8/76

V. Lorenzen (Park N)

L-B 239 dc S

Vern’s Telstar

3054

11/8/76

V. Lorenzen (Park N)

BWC 289 dc S

Vern’s White Cheer

3055

11/8/76

V. Lorenzen (Park N)

W 39 d S

Vern’s White Knight

3056

11/8/76

V. Lorenzen (Park N)

W 239 dc S

Vern’s Zodie

3057

11/8/76

V. Lorenzen (Park N)

WRC 239 d M

Very Peachy

2814

3/9/76

House of Violets

L-PX 3 df S

Very Raspberry

2815

3/9/76

House of Violets

P-03 d S

African Violet Magazine, March, 1977 42

w

Ward B (See Suzy’s Ward B)

Westdale Sassy 2790

White Cheer (See Vern’s White Cheer)
White Heritage 2777

White Knight (See Vern’s White Knight)
Wildfire (See Granger’s Wildfire)

Winter Grape 2789

2/19/76

Irene Haseltine

OX 2 s S

1/5/76

Tinari

W or W&O 35 df S

! 17/76

Irene Fredette

OX 27 s& s-df S

Z

Zodie (See Vern’s Zodie)

AFRICAN VIOLET (Saintpaulia) SPECIES

genus Saintpaulia H. Wendland in Gartenflora, xlii, 321, t 1391 & Fig. 66

(1893)

S. brevipilosa

B. L. Burtt

1964

S. confusa

B. L. Burtt

1958

S. difficilis

B. L. Burtt

1958

S, diplotricha

B. L. Burtt

1947

S. goetzeana

Engler

1900

S. grandifolia

B. L. Burtt

1958

S. grotei

Engler

1921

S. inconspicua

B. L. Burtt

1958

S. intermedia

B. L. Burtt

1958

S. ionantha

H. Wendland

1893

S. magungensis

S. magungensis

E. P. Roberts

1950

var. minima

S. magungensis

B. L. Burtt

1964

var. occidentalis

B. L. Burtt

S. nitida

B. L. Burtt

1958

S. orbicularis

B. L. Burtt

1947

S. orbicularis
var. purpurea

B. L. Burtt

1964

S. pendula

B. L. Burtt

1958

S. pendula
var. kizarae

B. L. Burtt

1964

S. pusilla

Engler

1900

S. rupicola

B. L. Burtt

1964

S. shumensis

B. L. Burtt

1955

S. teitensis

B. L. Burtt

1958

S. tongwensis

B. L. Burtt

1947

S. velutina

B. L. Burtt

1958

Untreated Water Better For Plants

Fritz G. Lindley
1 6 Country Club Pk.

Covington, LA 70433

Just as your coffee tastes better made with
natural spring water, so too, your violets will
respond to water untreated by chemicals.

Several months ago, we moved from New
Orleans where Mississippi River water is
distributed after having gone through many
chemical treatments to remove impurities and
pollutants in general. Like everyone else, water
from the tap was used for household consumption
including African violets. We had fair success with
our plants and at least comparable to those of
friends and neighbors.

In Covington (40 miles north of New Orleans)
we use artesian well water direct from several
hundred feet down. The water is noticeably soft
compared to New Orleans.

Within three months, the violets that were

looked upon as average bloomers suddenly came
to life. New growth, brighter and healthier foliage
appeared yet the plants are exposed to the same
light conditions, same fertilizers, potting soils and
on their FloraCart as before. The only change has
been the source of water.

Conclusion: violets show their appreciation for
chemical treatment free water by blooming up a
storm. Moral: As you get bottled spring water for
an improved cup of coffee, give spring water to
violets for improved results.

— - - -

DEADLINES are deadly! They must be observed if our
Magazine is published on time. See page 3 under MAGA¬
ZINE for deadline dates.

African Violet Magazine, March, 1977

43

African Violet Society
of America, Inc.

31st Annual Convention

THEME: ‘^THIRD TIME AROUND”
APRIL 25 - APRIL 30, 1911

THE CHASE-PARK HOTEL
ST LOUIS, MISSOURI

MONDAY, APRIL 25, 1977

7: 30 pm to

9:00 pm

8: 00 am to

9:30 am

4: 00 pm to

9:00 pm

9: 15 am to

4:00 pm

8:00 pm to

adjournment

7:30 am to

9:30 am

2: 00 pm to

9:00 pm

7:45 am to

i 8:00 am

8:00 am to 12 Noon

8: 00 am to 12 Noon

2:00 pm to

3:30 pm

9:15 am to

4:00 pm

9: 00 am to

adjournment

10:00 am to 10:00 pm

2:00 pm to

9:00 pm

8:00 pm to 10:00 pm

7:30 am to

9:15 am

Registration . .Chase Lounge

Mrs. Carl Meister, St. Louis, MO, Registration Chairman

TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 1977

Registration . .Chase Lounge

Registration . Chase Lounge

Tour - St. Louis City . Lindell Blvd. entrance

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1977

Registration . . . . . Chase Lounge

Registration . Chase Lounge

Judging School Registration . . . . Lido

Judging School, Teacher, Mrs, W. M. Plaster, Shreveport, LA . Lido

Entries accepted. Convention Workers Only . Adjacent to Chase Club

Judging School Examination . . . . . . . .Coach

Heritage Homes Tour . . Lindell Blvd. entrance

9:00 am to adjournment Board of Directors Meeting . . . . . Stockholm

Commercial Sales Room open . . . . . Regency

Entries: Amateur and Commercial . Adjacent to Chase Club

Social Hours: . . . . . Lido

Metropolitan St. Louis African Violet Society, hosts
Slides, Atlanta Convention by Gus Becker, Beaumont, TX
at 8 pm/repeat 9 pm. Refreshments between.

THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1977

Teachers’ Breakfast Workshop - Teachers Only . . . Park

Mrs. James B. Carey, Shows & Judges Chairman, Knoxville, TN

African Violet Magazine, March, 1977

44

8:00 am to 9:00 am

8:00 am to 4:30 pm

8:00 am to 10:00 am

9:00 am to 5:00 pm
9:00 pm to midnight

9: 15 am to 2:30 pm

9:30 am to 10:30 am

11:00 am to 12 Noon

Workshop - “PLANTING TERRARIUMS” . Coach

Mrs. Monroe Achauer, Milwaukee, WI

Registration . . . . . Chase Lounge

Entries accepted, Amateur and Commercial . Adjacent to Chase

Commercial Sales Room Open . . . . . . Regency

Commercial Sales Room Open . . .

Tour - Plaza Frontenac, Brunch and Shopping

. Regency

Lindell Blvd. entrance
. . . . . .Coach

Workshop - “A WAY WITH CAMERAS” . . . .

Mrs. Marvin Garner, North Canton, OH, Moderator
Frank Burton, Harvey Stone, Edgar Varick, participants

Workshop - “DID YOU KNOW?” . . . Coach

Mrs. Henry P. Foote, Port Arthur, TX, Editor AV Magazine, Moderator;

Mrs. L. F. Lidiak, Austin, TX, Boyce Edens Research Fund;

Mrs. W. M. Plaster, Shreveport, LA, Booster Fund;

Mrs. Terrance R. Leary, Austin, TX, Advertising Manager;

Mrs. Richard A. Chase, Redwood City, CA, Awards

1:00 pm to

2:00 pm

Judges’ and Clerks’ Instruction . . .

. Coach

2:00 pm to

4:30 pm

Judging Convention, Amateur and Commercial divisions .

5:30 pm to

6:30 pm

Get Acquainted Reception and Happy Hour .

. Khorassan Room

6:30 pm to

9 00 pm

CONVENTION CONVENES - Dinner Meeting _ ...

. Khorassan Room

9:00 pm to midnight

7:30 am to 9:15 am

8:00 am to 12 Noon
8:00 am to 4:30 pm
9:00 am to 5:00 pm

Presiding: Mrs. Marvin Garner, North Canton, OH, AVSA 1st Vice President
Invocation: Mrs. Ross V. Lahr, Littleton, CO

Presentation of AVSA President: Mrs. E. A. Nelson, St. Louis, MO
Official Welcome to St. Louis: Mrs. Robert T. Neal, President, Federated
Garden Clubs of Missouri, Inc.

Response: Mrs. E. A. Nelson, St. Louis, MO, AVSA President
Introduction of Convention Chairmen: Mrs. Daniel Dohm, Jr., St. Louis,
Mo, Chairman; Mrs. Dana Gipson, St. Louis, MO, Vice Chairman
“ALL LAMPS ARE GROW LAMPS”, Dr. Marc Cathey, Chief, Ornamentals
Laboratory, U. S. Department of Agriculture.

CONVENTION SHOW OPEN,

Amateur and Commercial Divisions . Chase Club

Registered Convention Members ONLY

FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 1977

Judges and Exhibitors Workshop & Continental Breakfast . Empire

(ANY interested violet grower),

Mrs. James B. Carey, Knoxville, TN, Shows and Judges Chair¬
man

Commercial Members Workshop and Breakfast . Park

Registration . . . . . . .Chase Lounge

Show Room Open - PubUc and Members (registered or not) .... Chase Club

African Violet Magazine, March, 1977

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9:30 pm to midnight
9:00 am to 5:00 pm
9:00 pm to midnight
9:30 am to 10:30 am

10:45 am to 12 Noon

12:30 pm to 3:00 pm

3:30 pm to 4:30 pm

5: 30 pm to 6:30 pm
6:00 pm to 6:30 pm
6:30 pm to 9:30 pm

9:30 pm to midnight
12 Midnight to 1:00 am

8:00 am to 10:00 am

9:00 am to 11:00 am

11:00 am to adjournment

Show Room Open - Registered AVSA Members Only . . Chase Club

Commercial Sales Room Open . . . Regency

Commercial Sales Room Open . . . . Regency

Workshop - “HYBRIDIZING” . . . . . Coach

Dr. Ronn Nadeau, Maryland Heights, MO

Workshop - “ARRANGEMENTS” . . . . . Stockholm

Mrs. Edward Fisher, St. Louis, MO

LUNCHEON MEETING . Khorassan Room A

Presiding: Mrs. W. J. Krogman, Brookfield, WI, 2nd Vice President

Invocation: Lawrence Grissom, Beverton, OR

“New Introductions” — Mrs. Duane Champion, Clay, NY

“Awards for 1977” — Mrs. R. A. Chase, Redwood City, CA, Awards Chair¬

man

Parliamentarian, Mrs. Thomas J. Edmundson . Chase Lounge

Ft. Lauderdale, EL available for conference

President’s Reception and Happy Hour . Khorassan Room C

Reception Line . Khorassan Room C

BANQUET MEETING . . Khorassan Room C

Presiding: Mrs. E. A. Nelson, AVSA President
Invocation: Lloyd Lynn McArthur

Introductions of Past President, Honorary Life Members, Life Members and
past Bronze Medkl Winners

Roll Call of States: Piano accompaniment, Lloyd Francis, Chesterfield, MO
“THE HAPPY GARDENER” Mrs. Clarissa Start Lippert, High Ridge, MO
AVSA Awards - Mrs. R. A. Chase, Awards Chairman, Redwood City, CA
Introduction of 1978 Convention Chairman: Mrs. Terrance R. Leary, Aus¬

tin, TX

Show Open to Registered Convention Members only . Chase Club

COMMITTEE AVAILABLE TO CHECK OUT ENTRIES . Chase Club

SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 1977

Committee available to check out entries . . . Chase Club

ALL STOREROOMS AND EXHIBIT ROOMS MUST BE CLEARED BY 12
NOON

MORNING MEETING . . Empire

Presiding: Harvey Stone, Marblehead, MA, 3rd Vice President
Invocation: Mrs. Harold Rienhardt, Syracuse, NY
Workshop — “SPECIES” - Dr. Scott Snyder, St. Louis, MO

ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING . . . Empire

Presiding: Mrs. E. A. Nelson, St. Louis, MO
Election of Officers

Installation of Officers: Mrs. James B. Carey, Knoxville, TN

Board of Directors Meeting . . . . . . Stockholm

African Violet Magazine, March, 1977

46

Meet

MRS. E. A. NELSON
... for president

Your AVSA Nominees

MRS. M. E. GARNER MRS. W. J. KROGMAN

HARVEY L. STONE

. . . for 1st vice pres. ... for 2nd vice pres.

. . . for 3rd vice pres.

MRS. '^E^' HANSEN MISS FLORENCE GARRITY MISS SANDRA M. LEX

. . . for secretary . . . for treasurer . . . for director

The following slate of officers for 1977-78 wiU
be presented at the annual AVSA business meeting
in St. Louis, MO, Saturday April 30 by Mrs.
Wayne Schroeder, nominating committee chair¬
man.

Mrs. Edward A. (Melva) Nelson, St. Louis, MO,
for re-election as president. Under Mrs. Nelson’s
leadership AVSA has grown and prospered in
1976-77. Her knowledge and experience as an
AVSA Life Member, lifetime judge, and judging
school teacher has prepared her for her office.

For many years she has been active in local St.
Louis African violet affairs including the St. Louis
Judges’ Council, past president and member of the
advisory board of the Metropolitan St. Louis AVS
and chairman of their ways and means committee.
She is also an active member of a Federated Gar¬
den Club and a speaker on African violet growing.

Her previous AVSA activities include the office
of vice president, secretary, and advertising man¬
ager of the African Violet Magazine.

Mrs. Marvin (Gene) Garner, North Canton, OH,

MRS. T. B. McKNEELY
... for director

MRS. LEON FIEDLER
. . . for director

MRS. L. S. FLADT
. . . for director

MISS NELL-SUE TYSON
. . . for director

African Violet Magazine, March, 1977

47

for re-election as first vice president. Mrs. Garner
has been active in both AVSA and State AVS. She
is past president of the AVS of Canton and Ohio
State, past board member and officer of the Can¬
ton Garden Club. Her AVSA offices include vice
president, director, past Booster Fund chairman,
membership and promotion committee member,
and Library chairman.

Gene also is an AVSA judge, Ohio State Judges’
Council member, AVSA Life Member and partici¬
pates in AGGS activities.

Mrs. Wm. J. (Adeline) Krogman, Brookfield, WI
for re-election as second vice president. Adeline
Krogman has served AVSA in many capacities in¬
cluding the offices of vice president, secretary, di¬
rector, membership and promotion chairman and
1970 Milwaukee convention chairman.

She is a lifetime judge, judging school teacher
and assistant to shows and judges chairman, Ruth
Carey, registering judging schools. Adeline is an
AVSA Commercial member.

In her home state of Wisconsin she is past presi¬
dent of the Wisconsin Council AVC, the organizer
of many new societies, and also is a well known
speaker for groups in neighboring states.

The Ruth Carey award for affiliate leadership
was presented to Mrs. Krogman in 1971.

Harvey L. Stone of Marblehead, MA for re-
election as third vice president. Using his ability as
an amateur photographer, Harvey has been a well
known member of the Library committee. He also
has served as an AVSA director, and has been an
active judge for 10 years.

Harvey served as secretary of the Bay State
Judges’ Council and is a member of the North
Shore and Bay State AV Societies. He and his wife
own and operate Harbor Town Flowers of Marble¬
head since his retirement as an Air Traffic Control¬
ler.

Mrs. Elisabeth H. (“E”) Hansen, Jenkintown,
PA, for election as secretary. The AVS of Philadel¬
phia and the AVS of Lower Bucks County are the
local clubs Mrs. Hansen has memberships in. She
has served as recording secretary, 2nd vice presi¬
dent, show chairman and AVSA representative in
these societies. She is an AVSA lifetime judge, Life
Member and teacher.

She also has served as an AVSA director and on
the following AVSA committees: membership and
promotion, convention program, publications,
standing rules, shows and judges, and yearbook
judging coordinator.

“E” is also a member of the Liberty Bell Chap¬
ter of AGGS and is a senior judge of AGGS.

Miss Florence M. Garrity, Rosalindale, MA for
re-election as treasurer. With a background as a
foreign teller with the First National Bank of Bos¬
ton, Florence has experience for her position as
treasurer of AVSA. She also has served AVSA as a
director, the 1975 Boston convention chairman
and as a member of the membership and promo¬
tion committee.

Her local activities include being a director of
the MA Horticultural Society and she has present¬
ed an AVSA exhibit in the society’s spring shows
since 1970.

She is an AVSA Life Member, founder and past
president of Trimont AVS, a member of Nutmeg,
Bay State, RI and NY societies and was the mem¬
bership secretary of the Bay State society.

Miss Sandra M. Lex, Toronto, Ontario, Canada,
for election as director. Sandra is presently serving
as Co-Editor of the AVSC magazine Chatter and is
on the board of AVSC. She is a member of Lake-
shore AVS of Toronto and the Toronto AVS. On
the American side she belongs to NY State AVS,
and NY State Judges’ Council.

At the present time she and her mother have a
hobby-small business promoting African violets
but she also breeds American Cocker Spaniel dogs
and is a member of the Canadian Kennel Club.

Miss Lex is an AVSA judge and will become a
teacher soon.

Mrs. Thomas B. (Myrtle) McKneely, McLean,
VA for election as director. As a member of AVSA
since 1951 Myrtle’s interest in African violets is
centered in showing. She has served on the shows
and judges committee for 10 years and also on
membership and promotion. She is an AVSA life¬
time judge and teacher.

Mrs. McKneely assisted in organizing two Afri¬
can violet clubs in Virginia and was the organizer
and first president of the Potomac Council of Afri¬
can Violet Judges.

Her interest also is in the Falls Church Garden
Club which she served as vice president and is a
member of the executive board.

Mrs. Lester S. (Julia) Fladt, Miami Springs, FL
for election as director. Mrs. Fladt grows not only
African violets but also has a collection of orchids
and enjoys growing many varieties of gesneriads. A
former resident of Ohio Julia belonged to the Ohio
State AVS and since moving to Florida has be¬
come a member of the Dixie AVS and the South
Florida AVS. She has been president, vice presi¬
dent, and treasurer of the South Florida club.

Her AVSA membership has given her the privi¬
lege of being a Life Member, lifetime judge, and

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48

(Photo by Burton) (Photo by Burton)

DEW KISS (left) makes its
EASTER DEBUT

THREE MINI A TURES JOIN
THE EASTER PARADE
Top: Midget Mischief grown by Mrs. J. Hayes.
Dancing Dandy grown by Lillian Crew
and bottom, Redderness grown by Mrs.
L. L. Presley.

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49

teacher. She has also served on the AVSA member¬
ship and promotion, publications, and awards
committees.

Other activities include membership in the
Southwest Garden Club, Tropical Gloxinia and
Gesneriad Society, and AGGS.

Mrs. Leon (Irene) Fiedler, Prescott, WI, for
election as director. Living in Wisconsin but just
next door to Minnesota gives Irene the advantage
of being a member of clubs in both states. She is a
member of the AVC of River Falls, WI, the AVS
of Minnesota, and the Minuet Violet Club of St.
Paul, MN. She has been president, vice president,
show chairman, and director of the various clubs.

Her AVSA activities include being a judge and
Life Member in addition to being co-show chair¬

man of the Minneapolis convention.

Mrs. Fiedler has been growing African violets
for 30 years and grows 1000 in all stages most of
the time.

Miss Nell-Sue Tyson, Denver, CO, for election
as director. Being an avid gardener Miss Tyson
grows 400 African violets in her home. She is an
AVSA judge and has judged at convention shows.

Her club affiliations include the Hi Country
Judges Workshop, the Rocky Mountain African
Violet Council and the Hi Hopes Study Club. She
has been vice president, historian, and ways and
means chairman of the Hi Hopes Study Club.

Nell-Sue is a graduate of the University of Colo¬
rado and has been a teacher in Texas and Hawaii.

Highlights-St. Louis
1977 Convention

Ann Richardson

A VSA Convention Program Chairman

Time was when the convention really began on
Thursday but now it starts on MONDAY when
members of the Board of Directors arrive. Since
the Board Meeting starts on TUESDAY evening
they take advantage of the Tuesday tour on April
26, their only chance since they will be pretty
busy later. This time it will be a St. Louis City
tour.

A judging school on WEDNESDAY April 27,
will be taught by Mrs. W. H. Plaster. Registration
for the school starts at 7:45 a.m. so be sure to get
to bed early so you can be bright-eyed the next
day. For those who will not take the judging
school there will be a wonderful all day “Heritage
Homes” tour, which will show you some fully re¬
stored historic landmarks. Also on Wednesday at 8
p.m. there will be the usual Social Hours in the
Lido room with Gus Becker’s fine slides taken in
Atlanta, with refreshments for all — a wonderful
time to meet friends we have not seen for a long
time.

THURSDAY, April 28, starts with the Tea¬
chers’ workshop and continental breakfast at 8
a.m. Sorry! It is for TEACHERS ONLY!

Mrs. Monroe Achauer follows with a program
on “Planting Terrariums.” She is highly regarded
in the Milwaukee area and will make you want to

put her ideas into effect as soon as you reach
home.

For those who never seem to be happy with
their photos and would like to learn more especial¬
ly about photographing African violets, there will
be a workshop moderated by Mrs. Marvin Garner,
called “A Way With Cameras” at 9:30 a.m.

Also Thursday morning, too, if you want to
learn more about how our Society works and meet
some who make it work, come to the workshop at
11 a.m. moderated by our beloved Grace Foote,
Editor of the African Violet Magazine, with such
interesting people as Mrs. L. F. Lidiak, Boyce
Edens Research Fund; Mrs. W. M. Plaster, Booster
Fund; Mrs. Terrance R. Leary, Advertising Man¬
ager, etc. The Thursday tour will be for those who
love to shop in a new area and then meet friends
for lunch boasting of or showing off their new
acquisitions. Judging of the show wiU be preceded
by instruction for clerks and judges in the after¬
noon, At 5:30 p.m. the Get Acquainted Reception
and Happy Hour starts and an hour later the CON¬
VENTION CONVENES. Dr. H. Marc Cathey,
chief, Ornamentals Laboratory, U.S. Dept, of
Agriculture, will be our main speaker for the even¬
ing. He has been doing some new, interesting light
research which you will want to hear about. Then,

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50

come the big moment when the SHOW IS OPEN¬
ED. Will we ever become blase about anything as
wonderful as our convention shows? It will include
a very special exhibit on Species. St. Louis is
blessed with experts on Species and they are pre¬
paring an especially fine exhibit for our enjoyment
and education. St. Louis members will want to tell
their friends to be sure to see the show, open to
the public on Friday, April 29.

FRIDAY is the big day of the convention when
something is happening every minute. First comes
the workshop and breakfast forjudges and exhibit¬
ors. Everyone is invited whether they are judges or
not. Ruth Carey, Shows & Judges Chairman, wdl
discuss the new rules and answer questions with
the help of other competent judges. The commer¬
cial members will have their workshop about the
same time. Theirs is for commercials only. Then
comes a workshop by Dr. Ronn Nadeau on hybrid¬
izing. You have read some of his articles in the
magazine and know how well he can explain
things. You will not want to miss this one.

Also, those who love to make arrangements or
would like to know how to improve their know¬
ledge should come and hear Mrs. Edward Fisher
who is especially gifted in making beautiful and
interesting arrangements. Her workshop starts at
10:45 a.m.

At lunch we will again have a program that all
look forw ard to. Be sure to have pencil and paper
with you as you will want to jot down the names
of all the new introductions, slides of which Mrs.
Duane Champion will show you and tell you
about. If you haven’t renewed friendships on
Thursday you will have another chance at the Pres¬
ident’s Reception and Happy Hour at 5:30 Friday
evening. Do be sure to get in the reception line at
six and meet our President and officers. After a
delicious dinner many nice things will happen —
awards will be presented; important people such as
past presidents will be introduced; the Roll Call of
States which we all love will be made; and a very
nice person, Clarissa Start, well known to St. Louis
readers through her weekly column “The Happy
Gardener” will speak to us in a light-hearted man¬
ner. Another look at the show and then either to
bed or unofficial meetings with friends to rem¬
inisce about other conventions.

You must not miss SATURDAY, April 30. The
morning meeting will start at nine. First, Scott
Snyder will conduct a meeting on Species . This
will be the time when the questions that occurred
to you while viewing the educational exhibit can
be answered. Next wiU be the Annual Business
Meeting and the installation of officers. All too

soon, the convention will be over and you will be
sorry. Perhaps you too will say goodbye to valued
friends and say, “See you next year in Austin,
Texas.”

— - - - - -

St Louis Has
It - A to Z

Mrs. H. L. Holt
Publicity Chairman

Are you talking to your plants? Are they telling
you they would like to “show off” at the St. Louis
Convention April 28 - 30? Let’s make this the big¬
gest horticultural display ever and fill all the spaces
in the design division. For those who have not
attended a convention, it is a fun time, a time of
learning, a time of comradery, also a time of work.
Come see and meet some of the other people who
make up the cogs and wheels of our great AVSA.
We hope you are planning to be among them.

St. Louis has 10 major airlines, two national
buslines, Amtrak and four Interstate Highways
converging on the city making travel convenient
and our city easily accessible.

Whatever you’re looking for, whatever you like
to do, ST. LOUIS HAS IT - FROM A TO Z, from
the Arch to the Zoo, from African violets to
Zealous violet people.

Do come. We’re expecting YOU!

PLEASE BE PATIENT

If your article or picture has not been printed in
the magazine, please be patient. As soon as space is
available, it will be used.

African Violet Magazine, March, 1977

51

OF AUSTIN grows”! EX AS STYLE”

MONIQUE

CRESTLINE

African Violet Magazine, March, 1977

52

(Photos by Grower)

^(MAe a^^ccCet4^o? Arkansas grows"$OUTHERN STYLE”

SONG SUNG BLUE

FLOWER POWER

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53

‘'All Lamps Are
Grow Lamps"

Mrs. H. L. Holt
Publicity Chairman
'll Convention

“All lamps are grow lamps.” So says Dr. Henry
M. Cathey, widely recognized scientist in the field
of plant growth regulation research, who will pre¬
sent facts on this subject matter at the AVSA Con¬
vention at St. Louis, Mo., April 26-30. Dr. Cathey
is chief of the Ornamentals Laboratory in the Agri¬
cultural Research Service’s Plant Genetics and
Germplasm Institute at the U. S. Department of
Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland.

From research done at Beltsville on the interre¬
lations of light, temperature and chemicals in the
growth of plants. Dr. Cathey has developed guide¬
lines that can be used by home gardeners as well as
commercial growers.

Dr. Cathey is president of the American Horti¬
cultural Society. A prolific writer, he has produced
22 Home and Garden bulletins; serves as consul¬
tant, advisor to many horticultural organizations,
environmental groups and garden writers. He is a
frequent guest on NBC’s TODAY show. Needless
to say. Dr. Cathey has received many, many
honors and awards.

LATE AWARDS

Two additional awards have been received by
Celine Chase, awards chairman, for presentation at
the St. Louis Convention.

Hybridizer Catherine Hawley is offering a $10
cash award for the best plant of “Crimsunny”,
“Katy Did” or “Miss Buffy”, three of her origina¬
tions.

Mrs. Warren Rosenbaum will give a $5 cash
award for the best white at the St. Louis conven¬
tion/show.

Granger’s Gardens will offer two additional
awards at the St. Louis AVSA Convention for
named varieties. These awards will be for ‘Laven¬
der Tempest’ and ‘Granger’s Blue Bell’.

__ — - ^ - -

DEADLINES are deadly! They must be observed if our
Magazine is published on time. See page 3 under
MAGAZINE for deadline dates.

NOTICE TO AWARD DONORS

Will donors who have offered a cash
award for convention, please send check,
payable to St. Louis Convention Account, to
AVSA Awards Chairman, Mrs. Richard A.
Chase, 482 Rutherford Avenue, Redwood
City, CA 94061 by April 1.

Gift awards may be shipped early to
Awards Aide, Mrs. Knute B. Swennes, 18
Crabapple Court, St. Louis, MO 63132. If a
gift award will be delivered in person at con¬
vention, please advise Mrs. Chase who will
bring the award and when it will arrive.

CORRECTION

There was an error in the address for the Show
Host and Hostess Chairman in the January maga¬
zine. If interested in volunteering to serve, send
your name to Mrs. Lester Surwald, 7540 Bull Run
Drive, St. Louis, MO 63123, no later than March
10, 1977.

CONVENTION DATES

1977 _ St. Louis, MO. Chase Park Plaza Hotel,
April 26-30.

1978 - Austin, TX. Driskill Hotel, April 11-15.

1979 — Denver, CO. Regency Hotel, June 6-10.

1980 — New Orleans, LA. The Braniff Place
Hotel, 1500 Canal Street, April 15-19.

1981 — San Francisco, CA

— -

W. D. STONE IS JUDGE

William D, Stone, 12068 E. Amherst Place,
Denver, CO 80232 is a qualified AVSA judge. His
name was omitted from the list of judges publish¬
ed in the African Violet Magazine. Mrs. Stone’s
name was listed. But both Mr. and Mrs. Stone are
AVSA judges. Sorry, Bill!

CLUB GETS GOING!

The African Violet Correspondence Club is
really on its way, members are exchanging ideas
and making new friends, and are enjoying the
newsletter, “African Violets Come Chatting.”

According to Dorothy Harris, “it’s such fun to
talk violets with others. I’m sure I tried the
patience of my friends in always talking about
African violets, but now I can write to prople who
love them as mucK as I do and we never get tired
of hearing about them.”

African Violet Magazine, March, 1977

54

Affiliate

‘appenings

(ED. NOTE: When sending in reports of shows, please
group the plants if one person wins with several. Please
send in your writeups in following manner:)

THE OHIO STATE AVS’ 21st annual show, ‘T Never
Promised You a Rose Garden”, with Mrs. Earl Neumann
as show chairman and Mrs. Jack Westfall as convention
chairman was held at the Kingwood Center. Show winners
were as follows; Queen of the Show, ‘Garnet Elf; First
AVS Collection, ‘Garnet Elf, ‘Cordelia’, ‘Miriam Steel’,
Best Ohio Collection, ‘Wendy’, Seedling, ‘Star Power’,
Best single pink, ‘Sister Ancilla’, Best single blue, ‘Star
Power’, ‘Canton Star’, Best Hawley Origination, ‘Star
Power’, Best Granger Gardens Origination, ‘Garnet Elf,
Best Ohio Origination, ‘Garnet Elf, Best D. Blue, ‘Parma
Zip’, Martha Fensel; Sweepstakes (74) Best Double White,
‘Regina’, Best single red, ‘Red Chief, Best single white,
‘Starshine’, Best double pink, ‘Jolly Pink’, Best Geneva
edge, ‘Top Job’, Best Trailer, ‘Trail along’. Best miniature
double, -‘Little Rascal’, Best semiminiature double,
‘Bloombursf, Best plant of ‘Faith’, Best coral, ‘Coral
Caper’, Best seedling, ‘Midget Orchid’, Emily Savage; First
runner-up to Sweepstakes (35), Second AVS A Collection
‘Rodney’, ‘Delta Dawn’, ‘Song Sung Blue’, Best double
purple, ‘Rodney’, Best plant of ‘Parma Zip’, Best variegat¬
ed plant (other than ‘Tommie Lou’), ‘The Parson’s Gift’,
Best double two-tone, ‘R. Barbara’ and ‘R. Karla’, Best
multi-color, ‘R. Patricia’, Rosemary Armstrong; Second
runner-up to Sweepstakes (27), Best plant in unusual con¬
tainer, “Kitten in a Shell”, Best single miniature, ‘Midget
Mischief, Best terrarium (over 12 inch), “A Garden Un¬
der Glass,” Best of class double semiminiature, ‘Candy
Trinket’, Rebecca Swaney; Best ballet plant, ‘Ballet Lisa’,
Best double pink, ‘Ballet Lisa’, Opal Stockum; Best pink
Brocade, Best Episcia in Bloom, E. Pink Brocade’, Bea
Minister; Best plant shown by a novice, ‘Little Mountain’,
Best double multi-color (Novice), ‘Plum Pretty’, Best
double two tone (Novice), ‘Gene Garner’, Best variegated
plant, ‘Tommie Lou’, Jackie Mercer; Best sport, ‘Dancing
Doll Sport,’ Evelyn Grinstead; Best double white, ‘Miss
Buffy’, Best artistic planting, ‘Garden of Eden’, Best of
class Scaly Rhizomatous Class, ‘K. erinoides’, Donna
Maruschak; Best arrangement, “An Old Fashion Garden”,
Best miniature sinnigia, ‘S. Tinkerbelle’, Best terrarium
(12 inches or under), “A Garden Under Glass”, Betty
Rosaa; Novice Sweepstakes (8), Best of class of Novice
miniatures and semiminiatures, ‘Sweet Pixie’, ‘Dancing
Doll’, Best trailer (Novice), ‘Violet Trail’, Kathy Smith;
Best Tommie Lou foliage (Novice), Thelma Wilcox; Best
of class (variegated) ‘Tommie Lou’, Mildred Lusk; Best
Dish Garden, Fran Lane; Best plant of “Gene Garner”,
Donna Warren; Best episcia (not blooming), ‘E. Checker¬
board’, Thelma Miller; Best Gesneriad, ‘X Gloxinera’,
Mary Frederick; Best Commercial Display, Susan Feece;
Best double red, ‘Ballet Erica’, Mary Pilek; Best Colum-
nea, ‘C. Earlybird’, Miriam Tuchewicz; Best Yearbook,
Columbus African Violet Society.

“Violets in Red, White and Blue” was the theme of the
16th annual show of the AVS OF THE EAST BAY, CA,

Awards were as follows: Best plant, advanced amateur,
‘Christmas Holly’, Dorothy Simpson; 2nd best, ‘Jewel-
tone’, 3rd best, ‘Silver Champion’, sweepstakes with 22
blue ribbons; best variegated, ‘Silver Champion’, best
single, ‘Boyce Edens’, Martha Gray; best plant, amateur
Episcia, ‘Pink Cascade’, best artistic planting (show
theme), best artistic planting, classes 31 - 34, Pearl Buenz;
2nd best plant, ‘Lady Luck’, 3rd best, ‘Trail Along’,
Matthew Wright; best novice plant, ‘Blue Dot’, Opal
Street; 2nd best, ‘Violet Trail’, Erika Macklin; 3rd best,
‘Tommie Lou’, Joan Gigliati; best miniature, ‘Little White
Cloud’, Cecile Ambler; largest plant, ‘R. Venus’, best club
project plant, ‘Pink Swan’, Ruth Stone; best arrangement,
Marion Bruce; best unusual container, Gladys Perkins.

Theme of the annual judged show of the NUTMEG
STATE AVS held in New Haven was “African Violet Bi¬
centennial.” Mrs. Julius Fargeot of Branford was show
chairman. Awards were as follows: Tri-color Award for
best in show, best miniature and AVSA 2nd best Collec¬
tion Award, (purple rosette), ‘Lavender Delight’, ‘Star-
shine’, ‘Pink Swan’, Mrs. John Kosik of Stamford; 1st
runner-up to best in show, Mrs. Edward Pryor of Hart¬
ford; 2nd runner-up, Mrs. Joseph Stramandole of Darien;
sweepstakes (most blue ribbons) and AVSA first Collec¬
tion Award (gold rosette), ‘Tommie Lou’, ‘Nancy Rea¬
gan’, ‘Bronx Cheer’, Mrs. Jessie Crisafulli of Belchertown,
MA; sweepstakes runner-up and best artistic design, Ed¬
ward Bradford of Woodhaven, NY; best arrangement,
Christine Leppard of Westfield, NJ; Gesneriad special
award, Mrs. Julius Fargeot; best gesneriad, George Holo-
makoff; educational table award, Mrs. Herbert Young of
Trumbull. Many other special awards and blue ribbons
were presented at the dinner at which Mrs. Ralph Caye of
Windsor, state president, presided and Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Tinari of Huntingdon, PA, were the speakers.

At THE AFRICAN VIOLET COUNCIL OF SOUTH¬
ERN CALIFORNIA’S 22nd anniversary show, top award
winners were: Best in Show, ‘Mary D’; AVSA Collection
Award, (gold rosette), ‘Mary D’, ‘Mary C’, and ‘Becky’;
AV Council of So. Calif, rosette for Best California Hy¬
brid, ‘Mighty Mini’, hybridizer’s rosette to Dorothy
Parker Adams; AVSA silver bowl for sweepstakes, best
miniature, ‘Window Blue’, best semiminiature, ‘Little
Smokey Supreme’, best in show (design), a terrarium,
Pauline Bartholomew of Port Hueneme; AVSA Collection
Award, (purple rosette), ‘Chanticleer’, ‘Brigadoon’, and
‘Mary D’, Pat Tusing of El Monte.

THEY ALL BELONG TO ME

By La Vine Nemanic

Oh, what a glorious sight to see . . . And know
they all belong to me . . . With colors of pink,
white, red and blue ... A sight to make a heart
beat fast . . . And how the blossoms last and
last . . .A drink, some fertilizer, and much
love . . . With rays of sun from up above . . . They
stretch their leaves and show the blooms . . . They
really brighten up all rooms . . . Ah! What deUght
they bring to me ... To think a leaf can grow to
be ... A lovely sight for all to see . . . And know
they all belong to me.

African Violet Magazine, March, 1977

55

(Photo by Burton) (Photo by Grower)

African Violet Magazine, March, 1977 56

NEW VARIETY IS RESULT

Vi olets' Ex tr em e Desi re
To Live Impresses Grower

Lawrence F. Wilson
114 South Ninth Avenue
Bozeman, MT 59715

(See opposite page for new variety ‘Henrietta Wilson’)

After my surgery in 1971 and again in 1972,
both times during which I had a very close brush
with death, I found I could lose myself among my
violets. The thing that attracted me was not the
variety of plants and blossom colors, though they
were beautiful. It was the extreme desire of this
plant for life!

I found that if a leaf was broken off, it would
heal. If I cut the very stalk of the plant itself, it
would heal.

I found that if you put a freshly cut leaf into
wet soil before it had time to heal, it would some¬
times weaken with the same drawing sensation one
feels on his hands when working with wet mud.

And then there is that miracle of life that re¬
mains in the leaf that was broken off. If it’s placed
in a glass of water or a dish of damp material or
even placed, very shallowly in damp soil, it will
root.

Now from this broken leaf comes a host of
little plants. Just like their parent plant? Not al¬
ways. Of course, we expect them to be the same to
prove their correct inheritance, but once in a
while, like the human family, here comes one that
is not like the rest; it doesn’t conform. The leaf is
different, the leaf coloring is different, and, as it

develops, the plant is not the same. Then comes
the bloom. Is it different? Well, not always, but
many times it is and then comes the fun of seeing
if it will reproduce itself by taking leaves and root¬
ing them to produce another plant — and then
again and again. It takes time but who is in a hurry
when you are surrounded by these little characters
of beauty?

Several years ago while growing plants from leaf
cuttings, a plant developed that was not like any¬
thing from which I was taking leaves. These many
years I have reproduced this plant by taking leaves
from the original plant and its descendants and
neither the color of the blossoms or the character
of the plant has made any change.

Recently I registered the plant with the AVSA
Registrar Adele Tretter, and named it ‘Henrietta
Wilson’ in honor of my wife. My wife’s favorite
color is blue and ‘Henrietta Wilson’, is a sky blue
with double blossoms that measure from IVa to IV2
inches. It is a prolific bloomer.

So losing myself among my violets during my
convalescence both in 1971 and 1972 has paid rich
dividends for me and has brought forth another
beautiful violet for us to grow and admire.

Planting By The Moon

by EM. HUNT
4648 Fourth Ave.

Niagara Falls, Ont. L2F 4N7

MARCH -

Fruitful: 1,8,9,10,17,18,19,27,28,29
Semi Fruitful: 7,13,14,23,24
1st quarter Mar. 19th, 4th quarter Mar. 12th
APRIL -

Fruitful: 5,6,13,14,15,23,24,25

Semi Fruitful: 2,3,9,10,18,19,20,30

1st quarter Apr. 18th, 4th quarter Apr. 10th

MAY -

Fruitful: 2,3,11,12,20,21,22,29,30
Semi Fruitful: 1,7,8,15,16,17,28
1st quarter May 17th, 4th quarter May 9th
JUNE -

Fruitful: 7,8,17,18,26,27

Semi Fruitful: 3,4,12,13,25,30

1st quarter June 16th, 4th quarter June 8th

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COMING

EVENTS

(ED. NOTE ~ Deadlines for Coming Events and Affiliate
’Appenings must be observed if the magazine is to be
published on time)

(Please send notices of “Coming Events” directly to the Ed¬
itor; not to the Knoxville office. See Page 3 (Strictly Busi¬
ness— Your Business) for deadlines).

MARCH 11-12 New Orleans AVS to hold third annual
spring show, “Violets In an Oriental Mood”, at Lakeside
Shopping Mall, Veterans Memorial Highway, Metairie,
LA. Mar. 11, 1-9 p.m.; Mar. 12, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Mrs. Susan
Burden, show chairman.

MARCH 12-13 Twilight AVS of Austin, TX to hold
annual show/sale, “Violets and Shamrocks” at Austin
Area Garden Center, Zilker Park, Austin, TX. Admission
free. Mar. 12, 12 noon-5 p.m,; Mar. 13, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Pat
Gorzycki, president; Mary Ann Nelson, show chairman.

MARCH 12-13 Atchafalaya AVS of Morgan City, LA.,
to hold judged show and plant sale, “Violets — A Paradise
of Beauty” at Municipal Auditorium in Morgan City, Mar.
12, 2-5 p.m.; Mar. 13, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. George Ramirez,
show chairman. Admission free.

MARCH 12 - 13 — Air Capitol Society of African Vio¬
lets of Wichita, KA to hold judged show/plant sale,
“Violets You’ve Come A Long Way, 1890-1977”, at Cen¬
tury II Convention Center downtown Wichita. Mar. 12,
12 noon-6 p.m,; Mar. 13, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Sheryl Glenn,
Show Chairman.

MARCH 17 - 18, AV Study Club of Atlanta and AVS
of Cobb County to hold joint judged show, “Green Grow
The Violets” at Rich’s Auditorium, Plaza Floor, 45 Broad
Street, Atlanta, GA. Public invited. Admission free. Mrs,
Jerry L. Whitfield and Ralph R. Preston, show chairmen.

MARCH 18-19 Bergen County AVS to hold 20th an¬
nual show/plant sale at Old North Church, Washington
and Madison Avenues, Dumont, NJ, in celebration of
china anniversary, “Violets in a China Garden,” Sue
Humphreys, show chairman, Muriel Kaiser, co-chairman.

MARCH 19-20 Utica AVS to hold annual show, “Vio¬
let Fest”, at Our Saviour Lutheran Church, 1640
Genessee Street, Utica, NY. Public invited. Mar. 19, 2-9
p.m.; Mar. 20, 12 noon-5 p.m. Bea Blake, show chairman.

MARCH 25-26 First Arlington AVS’ annual show,
“Swinging Into Spring” in Amphitheater of the Forum
303 Shopping Center, Arlington, TX. Mar 25, 3-9 p.m.;
Mar. 26, show/plant sale, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Mrs. Bob Gilson,
show chairman.

MARCH 25 - 26, Union County Chapter AVSA, to
hold 24th annual judged show/ plant sale, “Peter Pan,
Tinkerbell and Violets”, at American Legion Hall, 1003

North Avenue W, Westfield, NJ. Mar. 25, 6-10 pm; Mar,
26, 9 am - 4 pm Edward Maas, show chairman; Mrs. Janet
Reimer, president.

MARCH 26 - 27, San Mateo AVS’ 10th annual show,
“Violets and Shamrocks”, at Howard Johnson’s, Bayshore
and Whipple, Redwood City, CA, Frances Swope, show
chairman. Mar. 26, 1 - 8 pm; Mar. 27, 10 am - 4: 30 pm.

MARCH 26-27 Orange County AVS’ first show/ plant
sale, “Violets in the Land of Oz” at Civic Center of
Tustin, 300 Centennial Way, Tustin, CA. Mar. 26, 1-8
p.m.; Mar. 27, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Open to public. Introduc¬
tion of Arthur Hill’s new introduction, “First Show”, and
Southern California Council Show blue ribbon winners.

MARCH 27 Techland AVS of Franklin, LA to hold
first show, “Make Techland Bloom With African Violets”
at Franklin Recreation Center, Hospital Avenue. Public
invited. Admission free. Educational exhibits, plants,
leaves, soil for sale. Audrey Guillotte, club president.

APRIL 1-2 The 1st Nighters AVS of Dallas, TX to
present annual show/sale, “Violets in Wonderland” at
Town East Mall in Dallas. Bill Foster, show chairman. Ad¬
mission free. Public invited. April 1, 1-9 p.m.; April 2, 10
a.m.-9 p.m.

APRIL 1-2 AVS of Staten Island’s 28th annual show,
“TAVSSI Comes of Age”, at Great Kills Moravian
Church, 74 Hillside Ter., Great Kills, Staten Island, NY.
Admission free. April 1, 3-10 p.m.; April 2, 10 a.m.-5
p.m. William Sorenson, show chairman; Mrs. Adolph
Gundlach, co-chairman.

APRIL 1-3 Delaware AVS to hold 11th annual
show/sale at Pomeroy’s Community Room, Concord Mall,
Wilmington, DE. Theme, “Heavenly Violets.” Admission
free. April 1, 3-9:30 p.m.; April 2, 10 a.m.-9:30 p.m.;
April 3, 12 noon-4:30 p.m.

APRIL 2 Moby Dick AVC of New Bedford, MA to
hold spring show at Dartmouth Mall, N. Dartmouth, MA,
10 a.m.-9 p.m. John Cook, chairman. A. H. Pinkham,
president.

APRIL 2 Lincoln AVS to hold show/sale at Lincoln
Gateway Auditorium, Lincoln, NE. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Open
to public. Admission free.

APRIL 2 - 3 — Sparkling Waters AVS’ annual judged
spring show at American Legion Hall, Route 121 (Grassy
Hill Road), Orange, CT, just south of Exit 56, Merritt
Parkway. Theme, “Violets Swing Into Late Spring.” April
2, 2-5 p.m.; April 3, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

APRIL 2 - 3 — First Austin AVS’ annual spring judged
show/sale at Zilker Park. Open to public. 10 a.m,-5 p.m.
Admission free. Show chairman, D, J. Lidiak; president,
Frances Young.

APRIL 2-3 Windsor AVS to stage judged show, “Vio¬
lets at Eastertime”, at Windsor Public Library, 323 Broad
Street, Windsor, CT. Open to public. Admission free.
Lyndon Lyon’s plants on sale. April 2, 2-5 p.m.; April 3,
10 a.m.-4 p.m.

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58

APRIL 7 - 9, Columbus AVS’ 28th annual show/plant-
leaf sale, “Violets for All Seasons”, at Union Company
Downtown Store. Admission free. Plants and leaves sold
during show. Show plants sold April 9. April 7, 10 am -
8:30 pm; April 8, 10 am - 5 pm; April 9, 10 am - 5 pm.
Mrs. Lois Noble, show chairman; Mrs. Sharon Bruce, co-
chairman.

APRIL 9-10, Ventura County AVS to hold annual
show in McBride Building at Ventura County Fair
Grounds. April 9, 1 - 6 pm; April 10, 10 am - 5 pm.

APRIL 14-17 AVS of Minnesota to hold 26th annual
show at Har Mar Shopping Center, County Road B and
North Smelling Ave., Roseville, MN. Mrs. Richard (Mary)
Sandve, show chairman; Mrs. C. (Retha) Johnson, co-
chairman; Mrs. Leon (Irene) Fiedler, president.

APRIL 15-16 First AVS of Wichita Falls, TX to hold
show, “The History of African Violets” at University
United Methodist Church, 3405 Taft Blvd. Wichita Falls,
TX. April 13, 2:30-7 p.m.; April 16, show/sale, 10 a.m.-5
pun. Mrs. Harold Moffett, show chairman.

WHY NOT HAVE AN
AVSA

MEMBERSHIP TABLE
IN YOUR SHOW?

APRIL 16-17 AVS of Lower Bucks County’s third an¬
nual show, “SS. Saintpaulia”, at YMCA Bldg., Levittown
Parkway, Fairless Hills, PA. Admission free. April 16, 2-9
p.m.; April 17, 3-6 p.m. Mrs. Kay Lyons, chairman.

APRIL 16 - 17 — Naugatonic AVS’ annual judged
show, “Down Memory Lane With Violets”, at Boothe
Memorial Park, Stratford, CT. April 16, 2-5 p.m.; April
16, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Mrs. Ernest Gorgens, show chairman.

APRIL 15-16 First AVS of Denton, TX to hold show,
“Violets Go to the Orient”, at United Methodist Church.
April 15, 1:30-7:30 p.m,; April 16, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Mrs.
Shirley Jeffrey, show chairman; Mrs. Bruce Stoneburner,
president.

APRIL 15 - 17, Illinois AVS, Inc., to hold 22nd annual
convention/show, “Nostalgic Memories”, at Stratford
Motor Hotel in Alton, IL. Mrs. Lloyd Ballard, Rosewood
AVS, state president; Mrs. Dennis Schmidt, show
chairman.

APRIL 16 - 17, Thimble Islands AVS’ 16th annual
judged show at Willoughby Wallace Library, Stony Creek,
CT. Take CT. Turnpike 95 to exit 56, turn south to Stony
Creek. Admission free. Plants and leaves for sale. April 16,
2 - 5 pm; April 17, 10 am - 4:30 pm. Dennis Boyce, show
chairman; Mary Phillips, president.

APRIL 16 - 17, Des Moines AV show to be held by
Evening AVC at Iowa Commission for the Blind, 4th and
Keosauqua, in Des Moines, lA, Theme, “Springtime and
Violets.”

APRIL 16 - 17, Long Island AVS’ 23rd annual show,
“Violets and the Arts”, at Rockville Centre Recreation
and Community Center, 111 Oceanside Road (north of
Sunrise Hwy.), Rockville Centre, NY. Marilyn Hennecken,
91 Adams Street, Garden City, NY 11530, show chair¬
man,

APRIL 16-17 AV Culture Club’s spring show, “Rain¬
bow of Violets”, at Department Clubhouse in Port
Arthur, TX, with Julie Broussard as show chairman, Rosa¬
mond Bartlett, staging chairman, and Elva Ganson and
Julie Broussard, schedule co-chairmen. April 16, 2-8 p.m.;
April 17, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

APRIL 16-17 Border Cites AVC to present 24th an¬
nual judged show/sale, “Violet Splendor”, at N. Dom
Polski Hall, 5505 E. Buffalo at McNichols, Detroit, ML
Public invited. Pat Stamkoff, show chairman; Louisa Les¬
lie, co-chairman. April 16, 2-8 p.m.; April 17, 11 a.m.-5
p.m.

APRIL 17 — Green Thumb AVC of Fayetteville, AR
to hold annual show, “Anytime Is Violet Time”, at Root
School. 12 noon-5 p.m. Mrs. B. E, Yandell, show chair¬
man,

APRIL 22-23 Pomona AVS’ show/sale, “The World of
Violets”, at Church of the Brethren, 2175 Bonita Ave.,
LaVerne, CA. April 22, 1-8 p.m.; April 23, 10 a.m,-5 p.m.
Admission free. Mrs. Alex Mueller and Mrs. Owen Filler,
information chairmen.

APRIL 22-23 Clifton AVS’ ninth annual spring show,
“Carnival of Violets,” at St, John’s EV. Lutheran Church,
810 Broad Street, Clifton, NJ. April 22, 2-9 p.m.; April
23, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Mrs. Beatrice Alstein, show director;
Cathy Kulesa, assistant director.

APRIL 22 - 23, Evening Violeteers AVC to hold
judged show/plant sale at Crossroads Shopping Mall, Hwy.
29/51. April 22, 4 - 9 pm; April 23, 9 am - 6 pm. Mr. and
Mrs. Clarence Crammer of Wausau, WI, show chairmen,

APRIL 23 - 24, Astro AV Club and Spring Branch AV
Club of Houston and Montco AV Club of Conroe to
present spring Houston-Conroe show/sale, “Texas Is —
Natural Beauty”, at Greenwood Forest Club, 12700
Champion Forest Drive, Houston, TX. Open to public.
Admission free. April 23, 2 - 8 p.m.; April 24, 1 - 8 p.m.
Julia M. Brittain, show chairman.

APRIL 23 - 24, Portland AVS to present annual show/
plant sale, “Silver Celebration,” at Woodman of the World
Hall, 1847 S.E. Clinton Street, Portland, OR, in celebra¬
tion of 25th anniversary. Public invited. Admission 50
cents, April 23, 3 - 9 pm; April 24, 12 noon - 6 pm,

APRIL 23 - 24, AVS of Greater New York to hold
21st annual show/plant sales, “Violets Across Our Land,”
at Queen’s Botanical Gardens, 43-50 Main Street, Flush¬
ing, NY. Admission free. Free parking. Non-members per¬
mitted to show one violet. Mrs. Sophia Greives, chairman;
Mrs. Rose Ghossn, co-chairman.

APRIL 30 - MAY 1, Seattle AVS’ annual show, “Vio-

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lets in an Oriental Garden”, at Eames Theater, Pacific
Science Center, Seattle, WA. April 30, 1 - 8 pm; May 1,
1 2 noon - 6 pm.

APRIL 30-MAY 1 North Shore AVS of Long Island,
NY to hold 19th annual judged show/ sale, “Merry May of
Violets”, at St. Paraskevi Greek Orthodox Church, Pulaski
Road and Shrine Place, Greenlawn, LI, NY. April 30, 2-8
p.m.; May 1, 1-7 p.m. Mrs. Alfred Tirzmalis, president and
show chairman.

APRIL 30-MAY 1 Silvermine AVS’ 4th annual judged
show/sale, “Violets Casino”, at Cranbury Elementary
School, Knowalot Lane, Norwalk, CT. April 30, 2-8 p.m.;
May 1, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Public invited. Admission free.

MAY 5 - 6, The West End AVS’ annual show/plant
sale, “Green Grow the Violets”, at the Christian Temple,
Edmondson Avenue and Academy Road, Catonsville,
Baltimore, MD. Proceeds from plant sale to go to Del Rey
Cerebral Palsey Center of Catonsville.

MAY 5-7 AVS of Springfield, Delaware County, PA to
hold annual show, “And the Violets Sing,” in auditorium
of Strawbridge & Clothiers, Springfield, PA. May 5, 3-9
p.m.; May 6, 10 a. m. -9:30 p.m.; May 7, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Public invited. Mrs. Carlos Rios, chairman; Dick Meyers,
co-chairman.

MAY 5-7 Parrnatown AVC’s annual show, “Love Is,”
at Parrnatown Shopping Center. Mary Pilck, show
chairman; Roberta Klimo, co-chairman.

MAY 5-7 AVS of South Bay’s annual show at
Mayfield Mall, Mountain View, CA.

MAY 6 - Wausau AVC’s African violet display/sale at
Crossroads Shopping Mall, Hwys. 29 & 51 W. in Wausau,
WI. 9 a.m.-7 p.m.

MAY 6 - 7 - Mid-South AVS of Memphis, TN to hold
annual show/plant and supplies sale at Southland Mall,
Hwy. 51 South. Theme, “Portrait of Violets.” 10 a. m. -10
p.m. Public invited, admission free. Mrs. Cyndi Burlison,
show chairman.

MAY 6 - 7 - Baltimore AVC’s annual show “Nature’s
Wonderland”, at Hutzler’s Department Store, Towson,
MD. Betty Leges, show chairman. May 6, 3-9 p.m.; May 7,
1 0 a.m.-6 p.m.

MAY 7, Pioneer Valley AVS’ judged show/plant sale,
“Violets Over Pioneer Valley”, Springdale Mall, Boston
Rd., Rt. 20, Springfield, MA. Admission free. Public in¬
vited. 10 am - 9 pm.

MAY 21-22 AVS of San Francisco’s annual May
show/sale at Hall of Flowers, 9th Avenue and Lincoln
Way in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA

JUNE 11-12 Suburban AV Friends’ 2nd judged
show/plant sale at San Mateo Garden Center, Parkside
Way and Alameda de las Fulgas, San Mateo, CA. Public
invited. Judy Mitchell, show chairman.

In a secret ballot when voting for Best in Show,
etc. it is a mistake to use an unusual colored pen
or pencil. If the person to whom the plant belongs
happens also to be a judge who is present, she or
he will know how you voted.

IN NEW ORLEANS— TIain and Fancy' was
named Queen of Show at the New Orleans AVS'
annual show and was shown by Mrs. Frank
Renaudin (upper photo). In the lower photo is
shown Mrs. Marian Magee, sweepstakes winner,
with one of her entries. The Parson's Daughter'.

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60

March once again and renewal dues deadline has
been reached. I hope none of you are guilty of
being late. Consult your Treasurer and make sure
your dues have been sent in. if not make sure you
take care of it now for very soon the clubs are
terminated and I am sure no one wants this to
happen to them.

I have many new affiliates hsted today. Many
of them are without complete information on
their records. As soon as I receive this necessary
information, your records will be completed. ’Til
then, you are a club name with the name of the
officer who sent in the application with the initial
payment to the Knoxville office. This is not
enough for affiliation.

At this writing (Dec. 1st, 1976) I have heard
from three Early Birds who are requesting the
AVSA Collection Awards for their Spring shows.
This is great! Do hope every day brings more and
more requests, because then there will be no
worries that the rosettes will not arrive in time for
show. When you fiU in the Standard Show Award
forms, please list the blue, red and white ribbons
won in the Artistic Design section, also the num¬
ber of entries, just the same as in the Horticulture
Section. I know there is not much room, but, you
can find a little space to list this. I cannot figure, if
I do not have figures. Your scores cannot be
checked without this information. Please all show
people, do read Ruth Careys’ handbook for all in¬
formation on show procedure. You will find there¬
in a mint of information! Everything you want to
know. One thing I feel I must say at this time is
that the blue, red and white ribbons you need for

your judged shows must be bought by you at your
trophy house. I’m sorry but AVSA does not fur¬
nish them. You can send to the Knoxville office
for entry cards if you do not choose to make your
own.

When sending in your officer lists, please in¬
clude the addresses and don’t forget I need them
in July. You all should know by then who your
next President will be. Also when writing to me or
when returning rosettes please, please do include
the name of your club. Happy showing and may
all of you win all the awards.

21 NEW AFFILIATES

This month we welcome into affiliation these
21 new societies:

Happy Hour Violet Club - Mrs. Lillian Braun-
ing, 8401 Roosevelt Blvd., Philadelphia PA 19152
Sunshine Violet Club - Protestant Home for
Aged, 700 Gilham St., Philadelphia, PA 19152
Fondy’s Ever Blooming AVS - Bobbie Kole-
house, 2408 Springdale Rd., No. 20, Waukesha, WI
53186

Finger Lakes AVS - Marie Hannig, RFD 4 E.,
Genesee Rd., Auburn, NY 13021

Primer Club de Violetas - Edith M. West, Via
Latina 110 Fuentes del Valle, Garza Garcia Nuevo
Leon, Mexico

The AVS of Hawaii - Mrs. Jo Middleburgh,
2003 Kalia Rd. 11-F, Awikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii
96815

Violets on The Bayou - Mrs. Anaise Le Blanc,
Rt. 2, Box 101-A, Napoleonville, LA 70390

Town & Country VC - Mrs. A. L. Robinson, P.
O. Box 308, Geismar, LA 70734

African Violet Lovers - Mrs. V. Richter, Rt. 2,
Box 232-A, Kiel, WI 53402

Moonlight AVS - Mrs. Carol Rodgers, 128 N.
Commerce, Burleson, TX 76028

Sweet Vi - O - Lets - Betty Smith, 9012 Dow¬
dell Rd., Tomball, TX 77375

Societe d’Horticulture at d’Ecologie Laval Sec¬
tion Violette Africaine - Robert Mayer, 6394
Mignault St., Montreal, P.Q. Canada PIMIZ4

African Violet Society of the PhiUppines - Mrs.
Alicia O. Javier, 81 Maginoo St., Quezon City,
Philippines 3008

Riverside AVC - Katherine M. Katydky,
Wewahitchka, FL 32465 (Rt. 1 Box 20)

Ruston AVS - Mrs. George A. Davidson, Rt 1
Box 317, Ruston, LA 71270

Evening Violeteers AVC - 2708 Merrill Ave.,
Wausau, WI 54401

Bright and Lively VC - Mrs. C. Goodwin, 1203
Veronica, La Marque, TX 77568

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61

old Cutler AVC - Jeanne Hurlbut, 9482 Easter
Rd., Miami, FL 33157

Friendship Gesneriad and AVS - John Ward, Rt
2, Box 168-8, Wylie, TX 75098

MCC AVS of Atlanta - Charles Karo, 800 N.
Highland Ave., Atlanta, GA 30306

Houston Gesneriad Society - 12822 Huntington
Venture, Houston, TX 77072

SWEEPSTAKES BOWLS

The silver sweepstakes bowl that were awarded
this Fall are as follows:

Wisconsin Council of AVC - Mrs. Gilbert W.
Arndt, 309 Huron St., Randolph, WI 53956

Bay State AVS show in Natick, MA - Mrs. Jessie
Crisafulli, Amherst Rd., Belchertown, MA 01007
Nutmeg AVS show in New Haven, Cl - Mrs.
Jessie Crisafulli, Amherst Rd., Belchertown, MA
01007

AVS of Minnesota - Mrs. Leon Fiedler, Rt. 1,
Prescott, MI 54021

Northern CA Council of AVS - Celine Chase,
482 Rutherford Ave., Redwood City, CA 94061
Southern CA Council of AVS - Mrs. Pauline
Bartholomew, 172 W. Elfin Green, Port Hueneme,
CA 93041

MORE BOWL WINNERS WILL BE LISTED
NEXT TIME.

SEE YOU IN ST. LOUIS!

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New Jersey Show
Viewed by 30,000

“Excitement Is African Violets” was the theme
of the 16th show staged by the New Jersey Coun¬
cil of African Violet Clubs. More than 30,000 per¬
sons viewed the two-day show of which Mrs. Chris¬
tine D. Leppard, Council president, was show
chairman. Winners and their awards were: Best in
Show, ‘Chinese Dawn’, (a seedling), AVSA sweep-
stakes with 54 blue ribbons, horticulture division
sweepstakes with 50 blue ribbons, best variegated
foliage, ‘Lilian Jarrett’, Best Trailer, ‘Pixie Blue,’
Mrs. Leppard, Union County Chapter, AVSA; run¬
ner-up to best and best Maas origination, ‘Jason,’
Mrs. Pam Groff, Clifton AVS; second runner-up to
best and second best Maas origination, ‘Eileen’,
Mrs. Kazuko Lyons, Lower Bucks County AVS;
AVSA Collection, (Gold Rosette) amateur,
‘Becky’, ‘Flamingo,’ ‘Nancy Reagan,’ New Jersey
Council Collection Award, ‘Jiffy,’ ‘Leila,’ ‘The
King,’ best gesneriad, Chrysothemis Friedrich-

staliana, second best arrangement, “Up, Up, and
Away,” best artistic planting, “Pack Your Bags,”
best container garden, “New Jersey: The Garden
State,” design division sweepstakes with 8 blue rib¬
bons, Edward Bradford, member at large. AVSA
Collection Award, (Purple Rosette) amateur
‘Green Ice,’ ‘Pink Blueberry,’ ‘Valerie,’ best
semiminiature, ‘Little Jim,’ runner-up to horticul¬
ture division sweepstakes with 46 blue ribbons,
Norman Kehrli, Union County Chapter, AVSA;
best Tinari origination, ‘Purple Concord,’ best
Rhapsodie, ‘R. Mars,’ Mrs. Glenn B. Hudson,
Union County. AVSA Collection, (Gold Rosette)
commercial, ‘Gail,’ ‘Maas’ Gorgeous,’ ‘The Queen’,
Max W. Maas, Union County; best miniature, ‘Hur¬
rah,’ Marj Kehrli, Union County; best single,
‘Happy Days,’ Lee de Risi, Bergen County AVS;
best arrangement, “What Next?” Bill Lyons, Low¬
er Bucks County; second best artistic planting,
“Hub of the Mall”, Raymond Dooley, member at
large; best underwater arrangement, “Reflections,”
Tom Seiler, AVS of Philadelphia; best miniature
arrangement, “A Little Bit of Fun,” Magda Kum-
mich, Bergen County; second best container gar¬
den, “New Jersey: The Garden State” Mrs. Charles
Everitt, Trenton AVS: special awards, Clifton
AVS, educational exhibit; AVS of Philadelphia,
Court of Honor, and Lower Bucks County AVS
staging. There were a total of 449 horticultural
entries and 67 design entries. The show was or¬
ganized and staged in less than three months time
with full cooperation of the 10 affiliates and mem¬
bers at large of the New Jersey Council of African
Violet Clubs.

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DO YOU KNOW . . .

Where Mrs. Marjorie Dill, Route lA, Gardiner,
ME 04345 can obtain a plant or a leaf of ‘Rosalie’s
Trailer?” The trailer was hybridized by Rosalie
Gamlen.

SHOW ENTRY TAGS

Do you need entry tags for your African
violet shows?

Then purchase them from The African
Violet Society, Inc., P. O. Box 1329, Knox¬
ville, Tenn., 37901.

The show entry tags are selling at $2
per hundred — so send check to AVSA for
the number you’ll need, and you’ll find
yourself rid of a lot of bother and worry.

This is just another service being pro¬
vided members by AVSA.

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62

BOYCE EDENS
RESEARCH FUND

Mrs. L. F. (D.J.) Kidiak
4503 Sinclair Avenue
Austin, TX 78756

“We so enjoy being a part of the wonderful
world of violets,” These words are an excerpt from
the gracious letter accompaning a donation from
the Lanierland AVS of Gainesville, GA.

“Being a part of the wonderful world of vio¬
lets” in general and AVSA in particular means the
giving of ourselves in some manner. A great
number of speakers and judges forego fees so that
the Boyce Edens Research Fund may benefit; affil¬
iates and individuals alike memorialize friends or
recognize special holidays and personal occasions.
Each of these thoughtful gestures results in re¬
search funds which can be applied to projects de¬
signed to benefit the health and beauty of our
lovely African violets.

Remember, however, it does not have to take a
special occasion to precipitate involvement! Many
affiliates make yearly donations. Not only is an
affiliate gift to Boyce Edens a means of AVSA
participation, but it serves as a “Project Support¬
ing AVSA” (See p. 67, Sec. 7a., A V Handbook for
Judges and Exhibitors) in the organization’s year¬
book when entered for national competition.

Contributions made from September 27 to
November 26, 1976

Violet Harmony Club, Fort Worth, TX . . $ 10.00

First AVC of West Allis, WI . 5.00

Lincoln (NE) AVS . 25.00

Springfield (MO) AVS . . 5.00

Evening AVC of Des Moines, lA . 9.00

AVS of Syracuse, NY . . . 50.00

Northern California Council of AV

Societies . 25.00

Indian Capital AVS of Muskogee, OK ... 5.00

Pomona Valley (CA) AVS in memory

of Marguerite Evans . . 5.00

Top Choice AVS, Shreveport, LA ...... 20,00

Long Beach (CA) AVS in memory

of Mrs. Georgeana F. Jackson . . 5.00

Central Connecticut Saintpaulia Club ... 10,00

Jean R. Natter in memory

of Mrs. Frances Jackson . . . 15.00

Sweet Water AVS, Hauppauge, NY . 5.00

The Exhibitors Club (IL) in memory
of Wayne W. Schroeder ............. 10.00

Saintpaulia Society (MO) . 10.00

AV Study Club of Birmingham, AL . 5.00

Sunday AV Matinee, WI . 10.00

Los Angeles (CA) AVS in memory

of Mrs. Mary Harbert . . 5.00

New Orleans (LA) AVS in memory

of Mr. Archie Fondham . 5.00

Travelers Rest (SC) Garden Club in lieu
of speaker’s fee to Mrs. C. R. Logan . . . 5.00

The AVC of Trenton, NJ in memory

of Helene Condon . 5.00

Metropolitan AVS of Peoria, IL . . 5.00

Crosstown AVC Madison, WI . . . . . . 15.00

Hi Hopes AVC St. Louis, MO . 5.00

Old Dominion AVS of Northern VA .... 5.00

AVS of Canton, OH in memory

of Mr. Albert Kehl . . 10.00

Sarasota County (FL) AVS in memory

of Leroy McFarland . . . 25.00

Santa Clara Valley (CA) AVC,

annual Christmas donation . . 25.00

T.H.E. AVS of Birmingham, AL in memory

of Mrs. Earl Ziegenhagen . . 5.00

First Austin (TX) AVS . 5.00

First New Orleans (LA) AVS . . 5.00

Lloyd L. McArthur, Atlanta GA, donation of
judging fee from Lanierland AVS show . 5.00

Lanierland AVS, GAinesville, GA, matching gift
for Lloyd L. McArthur donation ...... 5.00

AVSA BOOSTER
FUND

Mrs. Lucile Plaster, Chairman
8304 Suffolk Dr.

Shreveport, LA 71106

At this time, the beginning of our new year, the
AVSA and the Booster Fund join in expressing to
you our appreciation for your faithful generosity
during the past year. We have accepted your gifts
as a gesture of sincere loyalty and your desire for
the growth and expansion of our great society.
Our pulling together is helping us to grow rapidly
and to become a very close knit family.

Please keep your contributions coming and let
us make our organization grow even bigger and
better. Come to the St. Louis convention in April
— see you there!

Contributions from Oct. 1 to Dec. 1, 1976

Pied Piper Club of St. Louis, MO . $ 5.00

Viking AVC of St. Louis, MO . 5.00

Los Angeles AVS, Los Angeles, CA ...... 10.00

Top Choice AVS, Shreveport, LA . 20.00

Evening AVC of Des Moines, lA . 9.00

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Sweet Water AVS, Hauppauge, NY . 5.00

AVS of San Francisco, CA . 25.00

Desert AVS of Lancaster, GA, in

memory of Mrs. June Hubbard . 5.00

Saintpaulia Society of St. Louis, MO . 10.00

Sunday African Violet Matinee

of West Allis, WI . 10.00

Rhode Island AVS, in memory

of Mr. Phanual B. Gibbs . 15.00

Mrs. W. F, Anderson, in lieu of speaker’s
fee from Saintpualia Society

of St. Louis, MO . 10.00

Crosstown AVS, Madison, WI . 10.00

Metropolitan AVS, Peoria, IL . 5.00

Rhode Island AVS, Providence, RI . 15.00

TALLY TIME -1976

Mrs. John Chase (Mary ) Reed
17124 NE 29 th Place
Bellevue, WA 98008

Tally Time is a listing of the varieties receiving
the greatest number of total awards at shows dur¬
ing 1976. The awards are for AVSA Collection
Awards, Best of Show, Second Best of Show, Best
Miniature and Best Semiminiature.

To assist in compiling further lists, please re¬
cord the names of the varieties in your show which
win the AVSA Collection Award, Best of Show,
Second Best of Show, Best Miniature and Best
Semiminiature and send to

No. Of Variety Hybridizer Reg.

Awards No-

13 Garnet Elf (Granger) 2339

7 Pink Blueberry (Kartuz) 2608
7 The King (Maas) 2698

7 Tina (Maas) 2680

7 Tommie Lou (Oden) 1744

6 Becky (Maas) 2669

6 Mary D (Maas) 2675

5 Miriam Steel (Granger) 2276
4 Gala (Tonkadale) 2390

4 Lullaby (Granger) 1783

4 Starshine (Granger) 2349

SEMIMINIATURES

5 Bloomburst (Lyon)

5 Sweet Pixie (Swift’s) 2195

3 Blue Sprite (Lyon) 2725

3 Icicle Trinket (Champion) 2522

MINIATURES

4 Window Blue (Reed) 1710

2 Midget Midnight (Champion) 2281

■ - ♦ -

HERFS ADDRESS
OF MRS. WASSON

Many Magazine readers have written asking me
for the address of Lucile Wasson, who constructed
the “Violet Hospital”, which caused so much
interest at the AVSA Atlanta Convention, and also
created the educational exhibit, shown at the
International Flower Show and was an attraction
at the Atlanta Show.

Here’s the address: Mrs. Lucile J. Wasson, 1101
Frankford Avenue, Panama City, FL 32401.

GETS HONOR— High honor was received by this
unusual AVSA educational exhibit, designed and
made by Lucile Wasson, when AVSA was invited
to have the exhibit on display at the International
Flower Show in Miami Beach, FL. The lower
photo pictures the entire exhibit. Top photo
shows the center portion of the exhibit, which was
awarded a rosette.

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64

Question Box

By Anne Tinari, Tinari Greenhouses

2325 Valley Road, Huntingdon Valley, Pa. 19006

Q. Dear Anne: I have a very bad infestation of
botrytis. Since this is my first year that I am grow¬
ing African violets in my little greenhouse, can you
tell me more about it and how to treat it or eradi¬
cate it?

A. Botrytis is a gray mold fungus which pro¬
duces soft brown spots or blotches on stems or
leaf. Many times it will attack a plant right at the
soil line. The key to avoiding botrytis is good san¬
itation. Any dead or fallen blossoms or foliage
should be kept off the benches and the walks in
the greenhouse. Preventative methods of any type
such as keeping tools clean, keeping the humidity
adequate, but not excessive is of prime import¬
ance. Installing a humidistat controlling water va¬
por content of the air and circulation of the air
can help greatly. Contact your local greenhouse
supplier to find out what materials are available
that can be used periodically in a greenhouse for
this condition. Materials available vary from state
to state.

Q. Dear Anne: I have read articles about graft¬
ing which involve cutting leaves from different
African violet plants, tying them together and then
planting the joined cut surfaces.

In each instance the author appears to believe
young plants will eventually develop and will be
hybrids with characteristics of the two parent
plants.

I find this difficult to believe and think there is
a misconception by tne author. I fail to see where
physical union of plant juices could result in an
actual genetic cross as suggested. Besides a graft, as
I understand it, is usually the addition of a bud or
branch to a related but less delicate plant.

Significantly, perhaps, I have seen no follow-up
discussion of the result of such an experiment
which I suspect would produce only young of the
two plants involved according to the articles I have
read.

A. I have never quite gone along with the graft¬
ing theory, especially in the instances shown us, as
only leaves and the petiole of the plant are in¬
volved which result in either similar or mutations
of the cultivar cuttings used. I should welcome any
information concerning well-known registered cul-

tivars or otherwise that have been a direct result of
grafting.

Q. None of the variegated plants I purchased,
which are always so attractive, remain that way
after I repot them. What could be the cause of
change to a plain green leaf?

A. An excess of nitrogen in the soil may pre¬
vent the variegated foliage from remaining as pur¬
chased, especially since you notice this after plants
are repotted. I am sure you are aware they prefer
great amounts of light and cool temperatures.
There is also a variegated plant food (Peters
5-50-17) low in nitrogen that may be of great help
to you.

Q. Last year I attended my first African violet
show and was so impressed to see all the beautiful
prize-winning plants. I asked several people how
long it took them to grow these plants 18 inches
and over. Best information I could gather was they
are about a year old. But growing a few plants
from leaf cuttings I’m sure this would be utterly
impossible. Could they have meant they were
grooming the plant for a year and what is the aver¬
age lifetime of a violet plant? After a plant reaches
show-stage can it be expected to continue to grow
and bloom, or is its life ended?

A. I’m sure what was meant was that grooming
had started a year ahead. Grooming a show plant
should start when it is approximately a year old or
when the leaf pattern is established and possibly
the first bloom is open, as I find it very wise to
make positive it is representative of the true color.
Also that it is a vigorous growing young plant that
can take the grooming and growing necessary to
turn it into a show plant by the time it is approxi¬
mately 2 to 2V2 years. If proper care has been given
it can be in good condition for a show plant.
Many, of course, are older but I have referred to
the minimum time.

The average life of a plant can vary. I recently
saw a plant over 25 years old still in excellent
shape and in bloom. The owner was a well-exper¬
ienced home grower that cares for her plants in a
very devoted manner. They mean so much to her.
Generally speaking, I prefer young plants where

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vigor and profusion of bloom are tops and prefer
to replenish stock often rather than hang on to
older plants where disease and problems are more
prevalent.

if after a plant is shown and the grower knows
how to care for it by spraying it carefully with an
insecticide, removing any lower leaves, disbudding
it and even repotting if necessary, it can come
back and be as beautiful as ever and even be shown
again.

Q. As readers we are warned constantly to
“Keep suckers off plants— but be sure they are
suckers.” How can I be sure? Are they the tiny
leaves low on the plant underneath the larger
ones?

A. The best definition of a sucker is the one
found in the Judges Handbook as follows: “Suck¬
ers are tiny leaves that form near the base of a
plant or in the axils where the petioles or leaf stem
join the main stem of the plant. Some bud stems
form with small leaves but by the time four leaves
show without evidence of a bud it is a sucker.”

They can be removed easily with a sharp tool or
even the fingernail when they are small before
they grow large and make it a multiple crown
where plant pattern is disrupted.

Q. Dear Anne: Is it possible for a violet to con¬
vert to a different variety? Or does the type of
light received make a difference in the color of
blooms? I am completely mystified about this and
would appreciate any information.

A. Yes, it is very possible for a plant to be
recessive enough to look entirely different.

Light and environment also play a decisive part.
I have seen plants, grown in different areas of the
greenhouse where light intensity varies greatly,
change in flower color. Also plants grown in a
cooler temperature seem to have intense blossom
colors and it is common knowledge that variegated
cultivars thrive best in less light, but cooler tem¬
peratures.

Q. I have very poor environment in my
apartment to grow violets. They get less than 20
minutes of sunlight per day and poor ventilation
and I have no control over room temperature. My
latest problem is new growth from repotted plants
with about 1/3 the size of normal leaves. They are
not baby leaves, but what keeps them so small?
Even my standard size plants are smaller than new¬
ly acquired miniatures. I see no disease of any
kind, but what could be wrong?

A. I am surprised your plants grow and survive
at all. Twenty minutes of sunlight is hardly suffi¬
cient even for green plants.

The only way you will be able to grow and
flower your African violet plants is to acquire
more light. I would recommend fluorescent light.
Even a small unit would help. However, when in¬
vesting in lights the 20 watt fluorescent tubes and
over are the best. Then give plants at least 12 to 14
hours per day of light and you will certainly notice
the difference. Also placing plants on pebble-filled
trays with lights overhead will help to improve a
more buoyant atmosphere for better plant growth.

Q. Having moved to a new location where well
water is used, I find the well water is very hard
with a high mineral and iron content. Thus I had a
water softener installed and also a special tap to
the well for my plants. But now I am afraid to use
it for fear the mineral and iron content will build
up in the soil. I am afraid to use rain water for fear
of having fungus and pests from having water
standing.

A. Your well water should have no adverse ef¬
fect on your plants and would be my choice of
other means you mention.

We have been using well water high in iron and
mineral content for more than 25 years in our
greenhouses where millions of plants have grown
and flowered with no ill effects.

Do not use water from a softener, as the
salinity will destroy your tender plants.

Q. Dear Anne: I have several of the popular
Ripe-N-Grow Sunlite units and am anxious to
know how costly they are to operate?

A. The manufacturers’ literature on this unit
states the following: Depending on your cost of
power the daily cost of operating this unit will be
in the vicinity of lV2(j per day.

The special Gro-lux wide spectrum tube in this
unit has a rated life of 7500 hours.

Q. Please let me know if gas heat will hurt my
violets. The furnace is in the basement with my
violets. Also what kind of an insecticide is safe to
use in the basement since we have duct heat with
vents open that travel to all parts of the house?

A. Gas heat should not harm violets as long as
there is not gas escaping. It is as good as any other
type fuel.

As to insecticides there are very few one can
use that do not have a very offensive odor that will
travel. Possibly Kelthane would be the least
potent. We use gases here that cannot be used in
the home.

Q. My husband and I were away for two days
and when we came home we discovered that our
main furnace had quit working, and my African

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66

violets were severly damaged because of the freez¬
ing temperatures. The leaves in the centers of each
plant were the only parts that wern’t frozen. Is
there anything I can do to speed their recovery
and help them get over the terrible shock?

A. Regarding your unhappy problem of plant
damage due to cold temperature there is not much
that can be done except to persist in caring for
them as best possible. Remove any leaves that are
mush or lifeless, if your center crowns look green
and healthy they will no doubt recover, but it may
be a long time before they will become a symmet¬
rical, prosperous looking plant. Do not remove any
to large pots and place plants fairly close together
to retain a healthy growing atmosphere. Plant food
given every time you water at a reduced strength
of 1/4 tsp. to 1 gallon of water and giving them 12
to 14 hours of light pen day, 8 hours of darkness,
should bring them back to normal growth though
it may take much time.

Q. I want to use super phosphate in my soil
mixture, but cannot find information on quantity
to use. Can you help me?

A. A common recommendation for this is to
use a 4” pot full of super phosphate to each IV2
bushels of soil.

Q. Dear Anne: In trying to bring pleasure to the
residents of a local nursing home, I run into a lot
of problems as the enthusiam is high, but results
are very discouraging. Because very large windows
get very cold at night many plants must be placed
on the floor. The heat is not really adequate to
maintain these plants in a good growing condition.
These are only a few of the problems. Last year
one plant survived to enter a local show with the
constant threat of being stolen for its attractive¬
ness. Naturally the residents depend on the atten¬
dants to help them with their plants and I can only
get there once a week, but it’s not enough to
water, turn and groom plants. I love your column,
do you have any ideas?

A. Your problem is a difficult one. My sugges¬
tion would be to try to obtain an area where arti¬
ficial light could be used. Any dark corner that
may be accessible where you could hang a few
40-watt fixtures would certainly give a great boost
to plant growing and flowering for anyone that
must reside in a nursing home. The benefit derived
would be exhilirating. When conditions exist as
mentioned the only choice is artifical light that
remains on 12 to 14 hours per day and 8 hours of
darkness.

Sometimes the local clubs take on such projects
or community-minded people when they know of
the existing need.

Q. Why do my plants grow such long petioles?

A. This is characteristic of some types. How¬
ever, long petioles often indicate a definite lack of
sufficient light. When light is dim and weak the
food produced is not sufficient to produce plant
cells of normal strength. Water pressure within the
plant can stretch the cell walls and the end result is
large soft leaves with long petioles. Increasing the
light will give you shorter petioles and healthier
leaves.

TIPS:

TIP No. 1 ... I have found leaf propagating of
African violets really quick and exciting by using
the following method under my lights.

A clear plastic box that fits my tray perfectly
which is 16” by 14” and seven inches high. First, I
sprinkle the bottom with horticultural charcoal,
just a skim, then place two inches of milled sphag¬
num moss on this, cut my leaves to about IV2 to
2” petioles then insert them in the moss. Place the
cover on the box and set it about 4” from my
light. It never needs watering, if steam forms on
the cover I simply remove it, wipe dry and replace
it. Many of my leaves root within two weeks.

TIP No. 2 ... I grow my plants in clay pots.
Rather than wonder if they are clean and safe, I
scrub them clean and boil them for a few minutes
in a solution of 1/2 oz. vinegar to 1 gallon of
water. Then I use good organic soil that has been
pasteurized so I know my violets are off to a good
start for good growth and flowering.

TIP No, 3 . . . After a very severe case of thrip,
I took your suggestion to read and follow direc¬
tions in A VS A Magazine, Vol. 24, No. 4, page 59
an article with illustrations by Neva Anderson. I
was able to resolve my problem with excellent re¬
sults. As per directions, I used 1/2 tsp. Cygon 2E
to 1 gallon of water and sprayed seven days apart
for three applications, using it in a mist sprayer
and as a drench.

JUDGES CHAIRMEN

A list of qualified American Gloxinia and Ges-
neriad Society judges Hving in adjacent areas of an
AVSA Affiliate show may be obtained by writing,
Frances N. Batcheller, Box 331, Durham, New
Hampshire 03824.

Copies of the Flower Show Manual forjudges
and Exhibitors prepared by Frances Batcheller and
Estelle Crane may be obtained for $2.50 from the
same address.

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67

Now what do you know? After I said Atlanta
was 2nd largest convention AVSA has held conies
word from Madeline Gonzales of San Jose, CA.
She wrote: “California’s San Francisco convention
in 1962 had 836 registrations. Shame on you!” So
you see I’m going to have to get a statistician to
keep records for me. Now what will our official
count be in St. Louis? Sue Dohm, St. Louis con¬
vention chairman, and the rest of those St. Louis
people contend “we’re going to have the best one
yet!” Will I be seeing you there? . . . Have you
tried any of the fluorescent lamps, called Tru-
Bloom, which have been introduced by Verilux,
Inc? It’s reputed to be a revolutionary lamp in that
it promotes healthy growth rather than fast
growth, and provides an even distribution of the
color spectrums so that plants receive enough red
light to promote growth and flowering, and
enough blue light for slower, long-lasting growth.
And, too, every lamp is guaranteed to lose not
more than one per cent of its color rendition abil¬
ity for the life of the lamp. Some lamps have been
used for periods as long as five years . . . Caroline
Hammers, 4194 S. Delaware, Englewood, CO
80110 wants to trade violets with other growers —
she started her collection from leaves and now has
so many violets she’d like to start trading . . . Mal¬
colm Macmillan, Gilnockie, Park Road, Dumfries,
Scotland, DG2 7PW, writes: “I simply want to say
how much pleasure I derive from being an AVSA
member. The magazine with its extremely helpful
articles and exquisite illustrations is an absolute
inspiration, and through its advertisements I have
managed to obtain some of the more recently de¬
veloped violets all of which are simply unobtain¬
able here. African violets are not produced here
commercially so I am all the more grateful for the
plants and leaves provided for me by one of your
advertisers, especially, who goes to all the bother
to send them. AVSA is doing a wonderful thing in
bringing together people who share a common in¬
terest. One day, maybe, I may be able to make the
long journey to one of your conventions. In the
meantime, let me just thank you for all the plea¬
sure you have brought me.” . . . Ruby Eichelberger
still wondering how she could have been a member
of Dixie AVS 24 years when Dixie AVS is only 20
years old? The “Ruth Carey Citation” she received
commended her on 24-year service but, as she
says, she’ll still settle for 20 . . .Chris Leppard
mighty proud of the fall show staged by the New
Jersey Council of African Violet Clubs even

though they only had 90 days to put together an
event that had died five years previously — but as
state president she felt the state organization had
to get active immediately and the show turned out |
most successfully. Now they’re looking forward to i
next fall . . . Mrs. H. Steven (Suzy) Johnson of Or- ,
lando, FL being honored with an Award of Service j
by the Orlando Garden Club for the many pro- I
grams she’s given throughout the area to clubs and
on TV and radio on growing violets. Her proudest
accomplishment, however, was “after three and
one-half years, taking five flower show schools,
plus the reading exam and passing, she is now an
Accredited Flower Show Judge of the National
Council” . , . Dora Lee Odom Dorsey of Tampa,
FL a member of both the Tampa AVS and Be¬
gonia societies suggesting you contact Lydia Aus¬
tin, librarian, American Begonia Society, 15329
Eastwood Ave., Lawndale, CA 90260, if you’re
interested in obtaining publicity for your group.
Ms. Dorsey says to ask for Chuck Anderson’s pub¬
licity guide, “Getting It in the Paper,” There might
be a charge. We don’t know . . . We’re glad to see
more men taking an interest in African violets. A
young man working on his doctorate appealing to
me for help, said the all-women AVS in his home¬
town wouldn’t let him join because he was a man.
Another young man learned I was the magazine
editor and called me, asking for help in joining a
local club. Said he had quite a few plants but
wanted to join a club and learn more. Sol obliged
him by furnishing him with some names. Hope
they’re both happy club members by now . . . Mrs.
Warren B. Partain, a transplanted Texan from
Wichita Falls, moving to Haines City, FL about a
year ago and the first thing she did was to look up
the name of the Haines City AVS president in the
Affiliates listed in the November Magazine and
now she’s an active member with some 250 violets.
Her husband, who loves violets as much as she
does, looked around their two-bedroom double¬
wide mobile home one day and recommended
“either start a birth control system on your violets
or else we’ll have to build a greenhouse.” . . . Just
had a note from Susan Baumgardner, 901 Radnor
Dr., Maryville, TN 37801 wondering if any African
violet growers would help her find Tink Beauty’
or ‘White Lady’. She’s interested in the older varie¬
ties she remembers from her childhood — like the
plain singles and doubles of the ’50’s. . . . Y’know
someone is always casting aspersions on older vio¬
let growers by calling them “little old women in

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tennis shoes.” They just don’t know AVSAers, do
they? In fact, I really don’t know what age group
they include in these “little old women” - - - but
I’ll venture to say they don’t know our well-
groomed ‘‘grandmothers” and “great grand¬
mothers” in AVSA. Take for instance our attrac¬
tive AVSA President, Melva Nelson, who recently
became the great grandmother of a beautiful
golden-haired blue-eyed great grandson! “Golly—
great grandma!” she exclaimed, “I’d better stop
this gallivanting around and take to my rocking
chair!” There’s also Adele Tretter, our charming
AVSA registrar, who is also a great-grandma now!
And then there’s pretty Gene Garner, AVSA first
vice president, who says “You should see my
beautiful new TWIN grandsons — I am one happy
GRANDMOTHER! My first!” So, you see, being
an AVSA grandmother or even a great grand¬
mother, doesn’t put you in the class of “little old
women in tennis shoes”.

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IN MEMORIAM

Percy Crane

The AVSA Board of Directors and AVSA mem¬
bers throughout the nation were grieved to learn
of the death of Percy F. Crane of Sharon, MA.
Percy died at a hospital on Jan. 10 and funeral
services were held in Walpole on Jan. 13. He was
an AVSA Life Member.

Percy was the husband of Estelle Crane, who
for many years was AVSA treasurer. He accom¬
panied her to all the AVSA conventions and be¬
cause of his wit and amiability was always a wel¬
come addition to that group of “hotel lobby hus¬
bands”, who banded together while their wives at¬
tended Board meetings. Some of this group had
formed a small “club” with Percy serving as “presi¬
dent.”

The heartfelt sympathy of many, many AVSA
friends is extended to Estelle in her time of loss
and bereavement.

Cora Plymale

Members of the Richmond, Virginia branch of
the AVSA are saddened at the passing of Cora
Plymale, who served as our President from
1969-71. She’s fondly remembered for her
devotion, the generous contribution of her time
and many talents.

Carl Manship

Carl Louis Manship of Roanoke, AL died after
being stricken vHth a pulmonary embolus. Mr,

Manship was the husband of Clarice Manship, who
won the bonnet contest at the AVSA Convention
in Atlanta, GA, last year. Our deepest sympathy is
extended to Mrs. Manship.

Millie Blair

A vivacious and enthusiastic AVSA member has
left our group and her passing is mourned by many
African violet growers. She was Millie Blair, of
Vallejo, CA., a member of the AVSA Board of
Directors, who died Dec. 7, 1976. She had been ill
several months but her death is a great loss to her
many friends, not only in California but through¬
out the nation. Many AVSA members feel a deep
personal loss since she was such a true friend. Our
deep sympathy to Millie’s family.

Cathy Granbacka

Cathy Granbacka, mother of Elaine Taber, pres¬
ident of the Tampa, FL, AVSA, died Nov. 6, 1976
after a brief illness. Mrs. Granbacka was a native of
Hungary and a former resident of New York State.
She will be greatly missed by her many friends and
the Society. She was always a gracious hostess and
willing worker in her community and the Tampa
Society. Our sympathy goes out to Elaine and the
family.

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VITAMINS FOR VIOLETS

Mary M. Mahen
326 Big Bend
Valley Park, MO 63088

Have you ever received a leaf that was wilted
and did not root? A soaking in Vitamin B^
(Thiamine) will usually revive a badly wilted leaf.

Get a bottle of Vitamin B^ tablets from the
drug store and dissolve two tablets in one gallon of
warm water. After the tablets are dissolved let it
settle so that the residue goes to the bottom. The
solution is now ready to use.

Lay the leaf in a small shallow dish and pour
the Vitamin B^ solution over it. Let it soak until
the leaf perks up. This may take a day or more,
when the leaf is firm, remove it and pat dry. It is
now ready to root by your own favorite method.

This solution is also good to water the leaves
with when they are put down for rooting. It stim¬
ulates root formation. This is also good for rooting
other flowers from cuttings and leaves.

Give your flowers vitamins and watch them
glow with health.

African Violet Magazine, March, 1977

69

A Visit To Holtkamps

By Betty Salzer

High above shapely green foliage, a large deep
pink ruffled star shone. The excitement was catch¬
ing as we admired this beautiful Saintpaulia which
was just beginning to flower.

‘Tt’s the prototype, the first flower,” said Her¬
mann Holtkamp Jr. who was showing us the new
Rhapsodic seedlings in one of the three large glass¬
houses which are used for the hybridizing and
growing of seedlings.

Other new seedlings, with star or violet shaped
blossoms, many with ruffled edges, displayed dark
velvety blue, very bright red, purple, pink, two
toned and white flowers.

“Two hundred thousand new seedlings are
grown every year,” said Mr. Holtkamp. Only be¬
tween five and 10 of these would be selected and
ever reach the market.

I learned that new and better varieties were
gradually replacing older popular ones. ‘Elfreide’,
had until quite recently been the number one best
seller, but it was now down to number 26. Very
dark blue is still the most popular color. They
grow 70% blue, 20% pink and 10% other colors.

Seeds are planted in styrene trays bn a finely
pulverized and sterilized mix, mainly peat moss,
perlite, and dolomite lime to bring the pH to 6.5.
The trays are placed in a glassed in compartment,
which has controlled heat and humidity. Fluores¬
cent lights, 40 cm. (nearly 16”) above the bench,
are warm white only, without shades, but frosted
on the top so the light goes down. They are used
in all the glasshouses in conjunction with natural
light.

“Lights are very good for growing seedlings and
propagating,” said Hermann Holtkamp Sr. who
had joined us in the hybridizing house. “Lights
also draw the flowers.”

Right away, one could feel the affection the
elder Holtkamp has for his Saintpaulias. Such a
charming and kindly man. It was he who hybrid¬
ized and produced the beautiful Rhapsodies which
are grown under license in America.

Recently, Mr. Schultz in Sydney, Australia has
been authorized to grow them.

Mr. Holtkamp Sr. still has much to do with the
hybridizing, although the business is gradually
being taken over by his eldest son Reinhold, who
has always worked with his father.

Later with Reinhold we visited the glasshouses,
12 kilometers away, where Rhapsodies are propa¬
gated and grown commercially.

In one section, small plants were being brought
into flower in small clay pots approximately 3V2”
size. Mr. Holtkamp lifted a beautiful ‘Elfreide’
from the pot, revealing its healthy white roots. As
he talked, he groomed plants within his reach,
showing the feeling for violets so many of us share.

The glasshouse was light and airy, oil-heated to
a pleasant 20’C with humidity between 60 and 80
per cent, perfect for Saintpaulias. On most of the
long benches, large polystyrene trays, for warmth,
held rows of leaf cuttings and plantlets, growing
vigorously in the winter light, supplemented with
fluorescent tubes. The length of time the lights are
on every day depends on the time of year. Houses
must be shaded from too much direct sun in sum¬
mer.

“In their natural state, they grow in filtered
bright light,” Mr. Holtkamp explained. “Mature
plants grow very well all year round in natural
light, but plantlets and leaf cuttings need extra.”

We walked to the central building where the
production is carried on, and here it was “Rhapso¬
dies on the Assembly Line”. It was a joy to see
such cleanliness and efficiency.

The potting soil is mixed in a large drum and
consists of peat moss, perlite, and dolomite lime to
bring the pH to 6.5. A special mixture of organic
fertilizer called HUZ is added. It is dampened and
kept for about three weeks before it is used.

Polystyrene trays, approximately 20” square
are filled vHth the potting mix automatically by
machine. The soil is flattened down on top, and
100 holes, evenly spaced, are stamped into it. The
trays are carried on a moving belt which passes
beside 12 girls sitting at small potting tables. One
hundred plantlets, graded to similar size and the
same variety, are quickly planted into each tray
which is replaced on the belt. From here they go
into one of the glasshouses where they grow for
two or three months. Most of Holtkamp’s business
consists of selling these well grown trays of plant-
lets to other commercial growers who will bring
them into flower for the market.

Reinhold Holtkamp told us about his father.

“When he wanted to marry my mother, my
grandfather told him he better go and learn some¬
thing useful, so he went to Horticultural College,”
said Mr. Holtkamp. “Up until then he had been a
salesman for imported products such as tea and
coffee.”

“In 1935 he started growing Saintpaulias as a

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70

hobby and he had begun to specialize in them
when the war started,’' he added*

He went on to tell us how badly that part of
Germany had suffered then, and that during the
war only vegetables could be grown. Luckily, his
father was able to save a few of his best plants and
about 1949-50 he was able to return to his hobby.
In 1951 he entered his first commercial flower
show in Hanover, won the first prize medal for his
Saintpaulias and this was the catalyst which re¬

Growers Hear Informative Talks

Mrs. Charles R. Russell
111 Koenig 2
Bryan, TX 77801

vived his interest after the war.

Rhapsodies have been painstakingly bred to be
hardy disease resistant plants, with blossoms which
are guaranteed against flower drop.

As an African violet enthusiast, who loves col¬
lecting and experimenting, I haven’t forgotten the
other growers. We who have become hooked on
violets appreciate the many and varied types which
are released every year, with no strings attached.
We owe you a great debt.

Damage done by mites, mealy bugs, thrips,
nematodes and other insect pests to African violets
was viewed by African violet enthusiasts from
across the state of Texas at the state convention
and horticultural competition held by the Lone
Star AV Council at Texas A&M University in Col¬
lege Station, TX. Over 200 members from 35 clubs
in Texas viewed the slide presentation by Dr.
Charles Cole, area entomologist, Texas Agricultur¬
al Extension service, who called attention to pesti¬
cides and their use in destroying such pests. The
state meet was hosted by the Brazos Valley AVC,
Linda Ray, president.

“Take It With a Grain of Salt” was the subject
of a talk on the salinity of African violets by
Richard Norris, TAMU PhD candidate. Mr. Norris
conducted a visual experiment to show the ionic
nature of salts and he further discussed the defini¬
tion of salts in relation to plants. He pointed out
that salts furnish all the essential elements neces¬
sary for African violets except for carbon, hydro¬
gen, and oxygen. He stated that there are two
types of salt problems we growers may encounter:
an osmatic effect or a specific toxic ion effect.

Dr. Wendel Horne, professor of plant pathology
at TAMU, gave a detailed study of fungi affecting
African violets, the damage they may cause, and
remedial measures to alleviate this problem. After
a slide presentation of infected plants. Dr. Horne
said many fungi can be eliminated with the use of
Benomyl or Benlate.

Dr. Ed McWilliams, TAMU floriculture profes¬
sor, gave a slide presentation which showed lovely
color photographs of gesneriads, some of which he
collected in Brazil.

Mrs. Brennan A. Forcht of Arlington discussed
the care and grooming of African violet species
plants.

At the luncheon, show chairman, Mrs. Don
Phillips of College Station, announced the win¬
ners: Mrs. Brennan A. Forcht of Arlington, the
President’s Award and Tri-Color Award for the
best of show, ‘May Morn’; best single blossom,
‘Starshine’; best gesneriad, ‘Nematanthus perian-
thomega’; Mrs. Terrance R. Leary of Austin, best
miniature, ‘Little Rascal’, best AV species plant,
‘S. pendula’; Francis Young of Austin, best varie¬
gated foliage, ‘Nancy Reagan’; Mrs. W. N. William¬
son of College Station, 2nd best double blossom,
‘B. Michelle’; Debbie Philbeck Slater of Houston,
best AV trailer, ‘Tucson Trail’; Mrs. R. T. Davis of
Austin, best seedling, ‘ IE 36’; seven-year old Cari
Ray of College Station, best geneva-edged AV,
‘Hondo’; Verna L. Hudson of Houston best plant
hybridized by June Swift, ‘Southland Grape’; Mrs.
Mickey Ray of College Station, best plant
hybridized by Howard Utz, ‘Geronomo’; Geviene
Perkins of Houston, 2nd best variegated foliage,
‘Top Dollar’; Mrs, Henry Hebert of Nederland, 2nd
best two-toned blossom, ‘Bell Ringing Fool’.

During the luncheon, by a vote of all the guests,
Mollie Richie of Houston won a $10 cash award
for her Aeschynanthus Purple Pagoda.

Mrs. Terrance Leary of Austin state president
and advertising manager of the African Violet
Magazine, presided at the business session.

Dr. J. B. Jung, of Alexandria, La., president of
Dixie AVS, extended greetings from the Dixie
A VS.

A tour of the A&M greenhouses condluded the
day’s events.

COMING EVENTS must reach the Editor’s desk before
the deadline dates. See page 3 under MAGAZINE for
deadline dates.

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71

HI HOPES DID IT A GAIN!

Nell-Sue Tyson,

Ways and Means Chairman, 1975
Datha Vollmer,

Ways and Means Chairman, 1976

For several years Hi Hopes Study Club (a max¬
imum of 18 members) in Denver, CO, has conduct¬
ed successful African violet sales. The purpose is to
raise money to send a delegate to our AVSA Con¬
vention, and to further the interest of the general
public in growing African violets. We hold our
sales in March, and plan them a year ahead. This
gives us plenty of time to have plants of all sizes
and good color range.

Our Ways and Means chairman reviews
suggestions from prior sales and then asks mem¬
bers to do pre-sale jobs. Written suggestions per¬
taining to each job are given to members three
months prior to the sale.

A good Publicity committee is essential for a
successful sale. This committee makes posters,
sends postcards to buyers of the previous sale and
contacts newspapers, radio and TV stations.

Our Leaf chairman and her committee make
cardboard packets with a pocket to hold leaves.
Petioles are wrapped in wet cotton and foil. Pack¬
ets are placed in plastic envelopes with a label on
the front indicating name, hybridizer, and color
strip designating blossom color. A free leaf is given
with each purchase with an additional 2Sf! charge
for each leaf thereafter.

Match-stick curtains are taken apart and cut in
5” lengths. Flags are made of these to hold name
of plant, hybridizer, and again, a corresponding
color strip of paper on each non-blooming plant.
This color strip has helped us in setting up the sale
and helped our customers to easily locate a partic¬
ular color desired.

Supplies are ordered in quantity ahead of the
sale (and sold to members at cost) for correct pot¬
ting, etc. Also, they are sold to customers the day
of the sale at retail cost.

A diagram of table layout is given at the last
meeting prior to the sale, so members will know
where to place their plants when brought in. Last
year we had a special table of Centennial-Bicen¬
tennial plants as an added attraction. Large plants
are attractively boxed at home, using green florist
paper. These plants are later sold in these boxes
saving time of the wrappers. These plants are
placed in a prominent location. Miniatures and
starter plants are placed in stuffed berry baskets.
These are placed in designated areas, with starter
plants separated by color. Other Gesneriads have a

separate table with hanging plants nearby. The last
two years we have seen a growing interest in trail¬
ers, and they, too, have a special location.

Now the Pricing Crew starts their big job!
Pricing has been previously discussed at the meet¬
ing prior to the sale, using example plants as a
guide. Prices are put on a separate marker which
indicate the member^s special number, so that she
will get her “percentage credit” after the sale.
Plants are priced nominally. Our object is not to
make a profit, but just to defray the cost of setting
up the sale, the actual Convention expenses (tours
are her own obligation) and to reimburse the grow¬
er’s cost of producing the plant.

Our sales have grown each year and last year we
needed four cashiers during the morning hours to
handle the crowd. Our treasurer acts as chairman
for this important job and it is her duty to select
cashiers, round, up adding machines for the day of
the sale, and figure expenses, taxes, and profits
after the sale. A percentage of the profits is then
given back to the grower to help compensate for
the actual expense of producing the plant -- an
added incentive to grow many good, healthy
plants. Pre-stamped cards with place for name,
address, phone and zip are placed near each cashier
for people who wish to be notified of our next
sale. There is space for comments so that they may
ask for additional information on clubs, AVSA
membership, and plants they were not able to find
at the sale. The Ways and Means chairman and
members volunteer to follow up on requests.

The Wrapping Crew has a very important job.
Without them plants would not arrive home safely.
Last year we had six wrappers for four cashiers
during peak hours. Pre-boxed plants are placed
sideways in large grocery sacks (where possible) or
covered securely with green florist or newspaper.
Members divided the task of bringing beer boxes
for packaging smaller plants. These boxes were
also handed out to prospective buyers by the
hostess as people entered, thus enabling them to
shop more easily. We also have several members
“floating” on the floor, restocking tables and help¬
ing buyers shop. Each Hi Hopes member wears her
special matching Club apron which distinguishes
her.

This is a very special day for us, our large pro¬
ject for the year, but in order to do it well, and

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72

PLANT SALE“Here are customers at the Hi
Hopes AVS plant sale held in Denver, CO. During
the two-day sale 13 members sold $3,000 worth of
African violets.

easily, it takes a lot of planning so that things run
smoothly. We have had many nice comphments
from our customers who return each year, not
only to help us make money to send our delegate
to the AVSA Convention, but to enjoy shopping
in a fairyland of beautiful plants.

RECIPE FOR
PLANT SALE

Good cooperation before the sale on the
nasty little jobs we have to do to make the
sale run smoothly.

An abundance of good plants in all sizes
by all growers.

Good publicity for a large crowd of eager

buyers.

Congenial atmosphere which makes for
two pleasant days even though they are
tiring ones.

Moderate prices to make buying a
“must”.

Floor workers whose help our guests so
much appreciate.

Four cashiers who speed the buyers along
before they get too frustrated.

Careful wrappers who help get the plants
safely into their new homes.

Husbands whose patience before the sale
and help during the sale make the burden
lighter.

A photographer whose good pictures
commemorate the occasion.

A security guard for peace of mind.

Good mathematicians to figure the
“loot” after everyone else has collapsed.

A Ways and Means chairman to blend all
ingredients well.

Saintpaulias Fit

Into Four Major
Classifi ca tions

Julia M. Brittain

322 Mill Stream
Houston, TX 77037

In my comparatively brief “life” as an AV
grower, I seem to have identified four major classi¬
fications of Saintpaulians. Sometimes the classes
overlap; sometimes not.

First, there is the commercial grower who, for
business reasons, must grow a maximum number
of plants in a minimum amount of space. These
grov^/'ers are the inventors and the experimenters;
the first to develop and try new methods and pro¬
ducts. Naturally, most will grow what selJs best.
Some will grow a little bit of everything. Others go
into hybridizing with the desire, not only to gen¬
erate business, but also to create something new
and appealing to even the most experienced AV
grower.

Second, there is the casual grower who grows
usually for eye appeal alone. These are not gen¬
erally AVSA members. The really casual grower
cares nothing for symmetry or the cultural condi¬
tion of the foliage. Frequently, their purchase of a
violet is because “it matches something in my
decor”.

Third, there is the highly competitive show
grower who grows all year round with an eye to
show and capture the blue ribbons. These growers
want maximum growth and maximum bloom all
of the time. Rarely will they experiment and buy a
new variety they have not already seen as a blue
ribbon show plant. Rarely will they try anything
new after they are once established in a growing
pattern.

Fourth, it seems that most of us fit into a
“hybridized” class of growers who do take their
growing seriously but who are not afraid to try
something new. These are the ones who will give
any new variety a chance to prove itself. These use
some of their precious space to propagate babies
for a club sale; grow for show but are not heart¬
broken over a red ribbon; and are just as interested
in the quality of a friend’s collection as they are
their own.

The fourth classification of Saintpaulians seems
to be the most interested and the most interesting.
Perhaps, it is because they are a combination of
the best qualities of the first three classes. Not
only are they the backbone of AVSA and our af¬
filiate clubs, but they are also what keeps AV
growing fun and dynamic.

African Violet Magazine, March, 1977

73

Decorating The Home
With African Violets

George A. Elbert
801 West End Avenue
New York, NY 10025

(Sketches by Virginie Elbert)

It is only relatively recently that v^e have been
able to bloom a great variety of plants indoors.
Our concern with growing has been in the fore¬
front and their proper use as home decoration a
neglected subject. Most people have been content
with displaying their plants very much as they
might cut flower bouquets. Cut flower arra^^ge-
ment and display, which have been thoroughly ex¬
plored, have nothing to do with interior decora¬
tion. Display is temporary. A display plant can be
plumped down almost anywhere and makes no de¬
mand on us save to admire it. Decoration, on the
other hand, is permanent and is a much more com¬
plex affair.

Decorating with plants — or any other object of
beauty — means integrating it into a scheme of
arrangement in which the individual plant or plant¬
ing, attractive in itself, relates to everything else in
a room and is only a part of an overall design.
Plants used as decoration perform the same func¬
tions as furniture or art objects, if we add an ele¬
ment to a decorative scheme we are often obliged
to shift everything else in such a way that the
harmony of the effect is not destroyed by the in¬
truder. Otherwise our rooms come to look like a
collection of totally unrelated objects filling any
available space.

In recent years we have become more and more
aware that interior decorators were tossing plants
into their rooms without either knowledge of the
plants or of their function. It was the thing to do
and they did it without understanding what plants
fitted the situations or whether they would e^^en
survive. Anybody familiar with plants will observe
that the beautiful photographs in home decorating
magazines are usually misleading regarding the
placing and the type of plants shown. The designer
may not be responsible, for it is the photographer
who arranged (or rearranged) plants and furniture
in relation to his camera lens and his light sources.
The plants look pretty but they could not grow
there. The plants in the window, moreover, are
growing inward, away from the light and toward
the camera. At first sight everything looks logical
and decorative in the illustration because it is two

dimensional. But if you were to walk into the
actual room the plants would seem totally mis¬
placed.

When we (Jinny and I) started writing our
forthcoming book on decorating with house plants
(The House Plant Decorating Book, Dutton,
Spring 1977) we had to restudy the whole matter
and develop principles to work by. This could only
be a beginning but at least something to hang on
to, and a vast improvement over the “stuff them in
the window” or the “place them anywhere they
look good in a photograph” school. We had to
figure out where plants could be placed in relation
to natural light, what was the role of artificial light
in extending their use in a room, and what effect
the availability of plants might have on arrange¬
ment of furniture and even its design. As more and
more people grow plants indoors these principles
will be put to work by decorators, designers and
growers who have a desire to use plants to the best
advantage as decoration in their homes.

There are enough examples around for us all to
be aware that the most useful plants for decora¬
tion are almost all foliage plants for medium to
large size. Palms, large ferns, big succulents, aroids
and liliaceous plants are important categories. So
are the trailing plants grown in baskets. These
plants are able to stand alone, grow slowly, and
above all do not require much light. Some of them
we rate as cast iron plants -- those which can take
a tremendous amount of neglect without suc¬
cumbing.

When I say these plants can stand alone I mean
that they can be placed individually as semi¬
permanent decoration of a room. We can consider
them permanent from the point of view that if
they do grow too large or die off eventually they
are easily replaced.

But when we come to thinking about the small¬
er plants, whether foliage or flowering, the distinc¬
tions partly disappear and, for the purpose of de¬
coration, there appeared to be very little differ¬
ence between them. All required either being set
into a special architectural or furniture framework
or be massed.

African Violet Magazine, March, 1977

74

This inability to differentiate in terms of de¬
coration was particularly galling in the case of
African violets which are the most popular flower¬
ing plants for the home. I had visions of illustra¬
tions in numerous issues of horticultural magazines
featuring African violets displayed at conventions
either for judging or as arrangments, in the grow¬
ing areas of hobbyists or on show with other
plants or accesories. All of these were either tem¬
porary displays or purely utilitarian and could not
be imitated for interior decoration. They served
very well, however, to demonstrate an extreme ex¬
ample of the difficulty.

Of course, in my mind’s eye I was seeing the
most popular form of the African violet plant — a
circle of overlapping leaves with a raised cluster of
flowers in the center. A variation might involve
inflorescences being more widely scattered, but
the basic design remained the same.

This type of symmetry we have encountered in
only a few flowering gift plants bred and grown
entirely for temporary display such as florist Glox¬
inias and cyclamens, plants most people throw out
after they have finished blooming. Quite apart
from any problem of keeping the plants alive was
their impermanence in use which is certainly due
to their form. A pleasing assymmetry in plants is
generally considered preferable to perfect regular¬
ity for decorative purposes.

In a situation such as this one we look for ana¬
logies. It seems to me that it is fair to compare
symmetrical African violets plants with a bouquet
of real violets — the leaves green all around and the
blue flowers in the center. What can one do with
such a bouquet — whether cut or in a pot — except
to display it in a vase or cachepot somewhere —
anywhere on tables, mantels and sideboards?

If, however, we take into consideration that
African violets do continue to grow and bloom —
in fact better than any other indoor plant we
know — and if we visualize them as used in furni¬
ture we begin to see a glimmer of what can ulti¬
mately be done with this fine plant in interior de¬
coration. If we include the less symmetrically
grown plants, suckering miniatures and trailers, the
possibilities are considerably extended.

The following suggestions may help people to
start thinking about African violets as features of
interior decoration.

1. In windows African violets are often grown
at sill level on a shelf with the pots set on gravel or
plastic crate in trays or in individual saucers. They
make a nice spot of color but the real purpose is
growing and the arrangement of the pots and
plants is secondary. Thus one siU garden looks very
much like another and does not relate to the decor

WINDOW GARDEN — Here's an ideal window gar¬
den with two hanging baskets of trailing African
violets at the top, two others of the flat type at a
lower level, and a planting area made with a half
round or shallower the width of the window. Sup¬
port the shelf with angle irons or legs. The front
should be faced with vertically oriented split bam¬
boo shade, tatami, decorative cloth or a solid wall
of vertical wood strips stained or painted. The top
of the front must reach to sill level and the shelf
surface must be sufficiently below the top edge of
the front to hide the pots.

of the room.

When we no longer use curtains and drapes at a
window we are faced with the problem of glare
and the bareness of window frames. The solution
with plants is baskets at the top and/or vines
around frame and top. By setting attractive plants
at sill level we draw the eyes downward and away
'from glare.

For the baskets or hanging pots you should use
trailing violets. Some of the suckering miniatures
allowed to run will assume a very pretty form
without growing so large. The device of growing
A.V.’s on glass or other shelving attached to the
window at different levels is almost purely utilitar¬
ian. Flat growing A.V.’s must be seen from above
and if placed higher than eye level are inferior even
as display to other plant choices.

The sill must be treated differently. The main
feature is a trough at least as deep as the pots you
will use. It can be of metal, wood made water tight
with epoxy, or plastic. This tr ugh must be sup

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75

-5'6'-

SHELF FOR VIOLETS - Here's the planting area
on the shelf. Fill the available space with a rectan¬
gular tray or trough of any desirable depth. Afri¬
can violets will be grown on the tray while the two
spaces on the sides are reserved for framing ferns
or other foliage plants.

ported by an enclosing structure or stand reaching
to the floor. Make the shape of the trough-stand
rectangular or curved inward. Make the front of
the stand, facing into the room, a solid surface or a
framed texture such as expanded metal, grass cloth
or a textile.

If you wish to minimize the decorative impact
of the trough-structure the easiest solution is to
finish it in the same color or cover with the same
wall paper as the walls of the room, if you have a
particular style of furniture finish the stand in a
matching stain and/or provide decorative details
which match the design. This is not always easy or
economical, but it is meant to last and makes a big
difference in appearance.

Do not leave the space between trough and
floor open — by supporting it with legs.

1. Fill the trough with sufficient drainage ma¬
terial to lift the top of the plants well clear of the
sides. Or fill it with perlite or sphagnum moss and
plunge the pots into it. By moistening the filler
material nearly ideal conditons will be created for
growing.

2. Along a wall with one or more windows,
construct a 12-inch wide shelf the full length and
finish to match furniture or walls. To the front of
the shelf attach a short valance. Install two tube
fluorescent lamps below — Verilux TruBloom or a
combination of Cool White and Warm White.

Presuming a height of 30 inches, set a shelf 15
inches below the upper one, also with valance, if
the valance strip is made, say 7 inches vnde, it can
project 3 inches above the shelf and three inches
below. This will serve the double purpose of hiding
the bottom of the pots and the light of the tubes.

Extend a 3 to 4 inches by 1-inch strip of wood on
edge of the floor below the leading edge of the
upper shelves. Shallow trays will hold the pots.
This second shelf should have the same fluorescent
installation as the first.

African violets can be grown on these two
shelves and the exact arrangement is not important
as they will be massed. The top shelf should be
used for display.

Many variations of this pleasing arrangement
are possible. Parts of between shelf spaces can be
used for other purposes, including cabinets for
storage. Shape can be adapted to the architecture
of the room and run down side walls or fill in
corners. In many homes where space is at a premi¬
um these structures are the answer to installing a
greater growing area.

3. In a storage wall or shelving unit, install two
tube fluorescent fixtures for light gardens in some
of the spaces and leave others for books, objects of
art and enclosed storage. The arrangement of the
alternate light gardens/object display areas is up to
you and is a matter of visual judgement. However,
the spaces reserved for flat topped African violets
should be below eye level. Trailers can be grown at
a somewhat higher position.

I have found that the two tube fixtures need
not fill the width of the space. For years I have

COFFEE TABLE - How's this idea for a
glass-topped coffee table? Tray on floor is equip¬
ped with rollers or casters. Make it of metal or
wood sealed with epoxy. Cover surface with Jap¬
anese brook stones. Place a decorative tufa or
feather rock in the center and plant with a couple
of miniatures. Four A.V.'s of suitable size are set
on the pebbles at the corners of the tray, lighting
is by means of two Slimline fluorescent tubes in
sideways fixtures attached to the long axis.

African Violet Magazine, March, 1977

76

used 24-inch lengths of tube to fill 36-inch wide
shelves without any loss of blooming. Shelving of
light gardens over 5 feet high should have a six-
inch valance, at 4 feet it can be four inches and
below that 3 inches are sufficient. The irregular
width of the valances, far from being a drawback,
is one of the attractions of this arrangement. The
gardens reserved for African violets are permanent
but the plants themselves can be changed at will.

4. Almost any table with legs at the corners
makes a light garden where you can grow African
violets and beautify your room at the same time.
The idea needs little explanation, as coffee and
end tables with built-in fluorescent lighting are of¬
fered by manufactures. You need only follow their
example in converting existent furniture to this
use.

Should you wish to utilize a glass top table and
look through to the plants below, place the single
fluorescent tube fixtures along the sides.

5. Narrow vertical niches or cabinets of that
shape built out from a wall in foyer or dining
room make beautiful settings for single African
violet plants. Light them with 75 watt reflector
lamps (not one of the excessively hot “growth”
lamps). Although this design is for display it is a
permanent part of the decoration. Where people in
the past have placed a herb jar or small sculpture

or piece of ceramic the African violet plant will
prove both more colorful and more intimate.

6. Cabinets on stands, if properly designed to
match furniture, add richness of effect to any
room. The front should be framed on all sides, the
top valance being the broadest. Equip with a two-
tube fluorescent fixture. Designing or doing it
yourself you can have a handsome piece that could
compare with any manufactured light garden you
can buy in the store. However, do not ignore the
possibilities of cabinets and wall units sold in fur¬
niture and department stores. They are easily con¬
verted to light gardens growing and blooming
African violets. Second hand show cases from
stores are often both inexpensive and handsome.

These suggestions are only meant to set you
thinking and planning. The number of possibilities
of growing and displaying African violets in decor¬
ative situations is infinite.

(ED. NOTE: Similar ideas and many more are de¬
veloped in “The House Plant Decorating Book,”
(Dutton) which is the American Garden Guild
Book Club selection for February 1977; also in
“The Miracle Houseplants, the Gesneriad Family,”
(Crown) which is just out and which is proving an
outstanding success with all kissing cousins’ grow¬
ers.

Plant Stands Constructed
To Meet Needs of Growers

(ED. NOTE: This is the first of several articles dealing with plant stands which have been constructed

by African violet growers).

“I have two plant stands that are very simple to
put together,” says Loretta Branigan, Box 42,
South Otselic, NY 13155. “The lights can be plug¬
ged into any regular outlet.

“I bought two pieces of something like ply¬
wood. It is a little heavier and cheaper. Buy
seconds or the cheapest material you can find.
This material is sometimes used for kitchen
shelves. It is 24 inches wide, 60 inches long, and
3/4 inch thick. I bought two pairs (four legs each)
of black legs and fastened one leg to each corner
of the board. I covered each table with aluminum
foil.

“Then I bought two commercial lights on a
standard and it has two fluorescent tubes. The fix¬
ture is 48 inches long and legs or standard are
adjustable, so you can place it as close to the
plants as you wish. I placed one on each table.

“Then I bought green plastic trays about 12
inches wide and 24 inches long. Four trays will fit
nicely under the lights. After this I bought a
50-pound bag of chips for 99 cents and put a layer
in each tray. I put water on the chips and set the
plants on them. The water provides humidity.

“You may think of these as tables instead of
plant stands, but they fit my needs and are tables
that one can put together even if they’re all
thumbs.”

TWO-TIERED STAND

“Recently I built a two-tiered stand using two
six-foot long shelves, 22 inches wide,” writes
Bertha Wright, 450 SW Fourth Street, Cooper, TX

75433.

“In each shelf I hung a double 48-inch fixture

African Violet Magazine, March, 1977

77

as near the ceiling of the shelf as possible. The
shelves are 24 inches apart. My violets just love
this stand.

“I have a friend who has two three-tiered

stands, the same dimensions as mine. Her violets
are gorgeous under Gro-Lux, tinted Lifeline tubes,
same as mine. This is just right for us here in
Cooper.”

Violets Enjoy Lighted Garden

Mrs. Robert M. Miller
Deer Park, Ap t 4
8857 Liberia Ave.

Manassas, VA 22110

Living in an apartment I longed to have the
beauty of a garden around me. I always had foliage
plants but when I acquired my first African violet
it was ’love at first sight’.

To my dismay however, after the original
blooms faded I couldn’t get it to bloom again so I
put it under my single tube undei-the-counter light
in my kitchen and within three weeks I had a
bloom once more.

Well, now I wanted more violets but I was run¬
ning out of space so I decided to design an artifi¬
cial light garden that was not only utilitarian but
blended nicely with the colonial decor of my living
room. What I came up with was a three tiered
stand, each tier holding a forty-eight inch two-tube
light with reflectors. It measured 72 inches high,
53 inches wide and 28 inches deep. I had a Iqcal
carpenter construct it to my specifications and had
valances added to hide the light fixtures. My hus-

Lighted Garden

band then stained the wood to match our antique
pine furniture and gave it two coats of paste wax
to resist water spills. We then decided it would be
even more attractive with a trellis, so using strips
of plywood stained to match the stand we added
the trellis for vining plants and appearance.

By having it made to our specifications and
finishing it ourselves we saved a lot of money and
have a beautiful piece of furniture that comple¬
ments our living room. Now we have blooming
violets year round even on those gray winter days.

15-inch Wooden Legs Form Stand

“When I went shopping for plant stands, I
found them too small for my use, so decided to
build my own,” writes Mrs. Eva Dale Bakehouse,
R. 3, Galconda, IL 62938. Now she has two, de¬
signed with the decorated legs used to make tables
and book shelves. Here’s what she did:

“First, I found the 15-inch wooden legs so that
I could put my lights under the shelves and have
my violets 12 inches from the lights. The wooden
legs are put together with plastic screws. It takes
four legs for each shelf.

“Then to the lumber company for 3/4-inch
plywood, 24 x 48 inches, around which I placed
molding and varnished the shelves and legs, I
placed two 48-inch Gro-Lux light fixtures under
each shelf, the bottom of which had been painted
white. My stands are four shelves higL On the top
shelf of one stand I keep a collection of pretty
pots for display in which to put violets in for
customers to take to hospitals. The stand is high
enough off the floor for storage of my plastic jugs
of water and fertilizer.

“The other stand is built like the first one, only

I have a mitered board around the top with plastic
and chicken grit, where I grow my baby violets for
sale.

“In ^these two stands I have 90 large violets
and 170 babies. On the bottom shelves are my
variegated violets.”

African Violet Magazine, March, 1977

78

Turns Piano Bench Into Plant Stand

“My plant stand, is not exceptional, but it was
evolved by chance”, says Mrs. Dean Limbacher,
Rt, 1, Box 94, Fresno, OH 43824.

“ I had an old piano bench on which I put my
violets,” she continued, “I like wick watering,
which made the plants stand up high. So I took
the top off the bench and set my plants down in
it. In this way the pots were covered. Only the
lovely leaves and flowers could be seen,

“It worked so well that I had another bench
made just like it. I put one on top of the other.
This left room for a fluorescent fixture, I refinish¬
ed the new bench to match the walnut finish of
the original one. The stand is very attractive and is
in my living room. Now I have plans for adding
another bench to the top. Hope I can do this,”

_ only leaves and f lovers show

- - - -

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Two Benches Form Stand

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Has Eight Stands For Her Violets

Sybil Behrens of Adams, NE 68301 fashioned
her own plant stands. And she built them all! Each
stand is 5 foot, 4 inches tall and 4 foot, seven
inches wide. The shelves are 16% inches apart,
Here’s her story.

“To start I had all the lumber cut to order at
the lumber yard, A small fee is charged for this but
to me it was worth it,

“Here’s a list of materials needed* Two 1x4
select fir, 5 ft, 4 in. long ripped into two pieces,
making four uprights; eight 1x4 select grade, 4 ft.
7 in. long; eight 1x4 select grade, 20% in. long;
eight 1x10 utility grade 4 ft, 5% in. long for
shelves; four 1x4 utility grade, 4 ft, long and four
1x4 utility grade, 16 in, long, ripped in two pieces,
for shelf supports; one box of one-inch screws, and
a handful of finishing nails.

“First, select the front and back pieces, using a
bit to make the holes and countersink holes. We
fastened all shelf supports and uprights with
screws. One-inch is o.k. We have found a small
finishing nail here and there help keep them -in
line. Be careful that you leave just enough space
beyond the leg for the end pieces to fit smoothly.
If you desire, you can miter the corners.

“Screw the shelf supports on end pieces.

“We like to leave a slight lip above the shelves
so things can’t slip off of finished stand quite so
easily.

“With finishing nails, nail end pieces in place.
These fit inside of front and back pieces, making
the stand 22 inches deep. With a handsaw carefully
cut out a notch on the corners of boards used for
shelves so they will fit around the uprights. Tack

LIGHTED STAND— Sybil Behrens grows beautiful
African violets on plant stands she constructed
herself. And they're mighty attractive stands, too!

shelf boards in place with finishing nails. Several
friends have used plywood for shelves and one
used pressed wood.

“I then sanded, stained and put on two coats of
plastic finish.

“I use the TubeCraft trays and egg crate diffus¬
ing panels on these. Holes are drilled through the
shelves for- bolts to hold lamps in place. I also have
a fourth lamp fastened to the ceiling, making the
top shelf a good place for young plants. The lights
are normally on 10 hours a day, I tried 11 hours.
This was a mistake. Plants started to reach.”

African Violet Magazine, March, 1977

79

Window Growing
Under Lights

Linda A. Neumann
1 1 620 Mapleridge Drive
North Royalton, OH 44133

My story is one which eveiitually becomes fami¬
liar to most African violet enthuiasts. Although it
all started with only six violet plants, it was only a
short time before more growing space was re¬
quired. A new plant shelf was to be designed and
built, but until it was completed, something tem¬
porary had to be arranged.

Last year I had a cracked window replaced. It
was the type of window in which sash and all are
replaced, not just the glass. I saved the window
and sash with the thought of using the glass at a
later date. With an immediate need for more plant
shelf space at hand, I decided to use my window
and sash as a temporary shelf.

Two screw eyes were placed in each end of the
window sash which was then suspended from the
basement joist by four chains. Next, a double light
four-foot fluorescent fixture was suspended over
the window shelf. ^

Thirty African violet plants in 3” pots were
then put on my new window shelf. An old table
was placed under the shelf and a 2’ x 4’ piece of
5/8” plywood placed on top of it. Fifty baby vio¬
let plants in 214” pots were then placed on the
plywood sheet. (See Photo 1).

TERRARIUMS

Terrariums are becoming more and more pop¬
ular and because of this terrarium-growers are
being warned not to mix cacti and woodland
plants.

It was pointed out that the flora should be
either dry soil plants for a desert-like planting or
woodland plants requiring more moisture. Condi¬
tions for cacti and succulents just won’t work for
ferns and woodland natives.

Terrarium popularity is attributed to the fact
that these miniature, self-contained greenhouses
are attractive and easy to care for, requiring water
only every six months if kept tight.

Over-watering is said to be probably the most
common mistake in terrarium gardening. Best way
is to spray the foliage, avoiding a thorough soaking
of the soil.

See Page 3 to find out how AVSA carries on its
business.

Photo # 1

when it is time to water the babies, I simple
slide the plywood sheet most of the way out from
under the window shelf, keeping the back edges of
the plywood on the table and resting the front
edge on a stool. (See Photo 2).

Photo # 2

Although the lights are turned on for 12 hours
each day, I thought that perhaps the babies on the
bottom might not get enough light because of the
larger plants above. This, however, was not the
case. After about three months on the shelf, the
baby plants have almost doubled in size, one of
them even bloomed, and the larger ones have
grown so much that they are overlapping and
blooming their heads off.

if you need a temporary light set-up, keep this
idea in mind. It has sure worked well for me, and
it is really quite economical. Two levels are ade¬
quately illuminated for the price of one.

African Violet Magazine, March, 1977

80

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Vol. 30, Number 3

June, 1977

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Every attempt is made to keep articles technically correct. Since the growing of fine African violets can be achieved in
many ways, the method and opinions expressed by writers are their own and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of AVSA.

PEBTAINING TO VIOLETS

2. COVER PAGE — ‘Joyful’, hybridized by Lyndon Lyon,
Dolgeville, NY

5. Honor Roll of African Violets — Mrs. M. G. Gonzales.
San Jose, CA

24. Lists Guide in Buying Violets — ^Thomas L. Linden,
Wareham, MA
31. Coming Events

31. Planting By the Moon — Em Hunt, Niagara Falls, Ontario,
Canada

31. Rooting Leaves — Mrs. V. H. Roelle, Peetz, CO
31. Good for Algae' — ^Inez Heinrich, Kansas City, MO
31. D'o You Know?

33. Soil Mixes

34. Potting Tables? — Mrs. Mary LaClair, Vernon, NY

34. Energy Crisis No Problem! — Seth B. Pauli, Bristol, RI

36. Propagation of African Violet Flower Petals — Peter C.

iBilkey and A. C. Hildebrandt, University of Wis¬
consin, Madison, WI

37. Pesticide Problems

38. Plant Sprouts on Backside of Leaf — Maradell Bird,

Lewistown, MT

41. Plant Stands Constructed to Meet Needs of Growers —
Bernadette Williams, Barnhart, MO

41. If I Can Build One, You Can, Too — Carol Ann Kostulias,

Mineola, NY

42. Sketches and Finished Product — Norman Steinke, New

Berlin. WI

43. Shelves in Windows — Katherine F. Lang. Rochester, NY
43. Shape Up or Ship Out — Mrs. Sylvia Fellows, Anaheim,

CA

47. Dayton Affiliate Is Organizing
5i. Affiliate ’Appenings

53. Violets’' Therapeutic Value Demonstrated — Don C.
Wilson, Roachdale, IN

'55. Novel Containers for Your Violet s — Joan Naismith,
Australia
55. Perk It Up!

57. Arrangement Is Hit on TV — Anne Tinari, Huntingdon
Valley, PA

66. Grower Helped by Magazine Article — Mrs. B. Moores,
Vontali, Rhodesia

66. Use Rain Water — Mrs. Dale Andrews, Waco, TX
77. Organic in Nature — Mrs. Dale Andrews, Waco, TX

SOCIETY BUSINESS

3. “Strictly Business — ^Your Business’’ — How AVSA carries
on its business.

48. AVSA Library — Regulations for Use of AVSA Materials
— Slide Programs Available
58. AVSA 1977-78 Officers and Elected Directors
58. Standing Committees for 1977-78

60. Other 1977-78 Committees
6. Past AVSA Presidents

61. Honorary Life Members

62. Life Members

Life Members Go Over 200 Mark on March 1. 1977
77. New Deadline for Lifetime Judges

COLUMNISTS

4. Letter from AVSA President — ^Melva Nelson, St. Louis,
MO

26. Boyce Edens Research Fund — ^Mrs. L. F. Lidiak, Austin,
TX

26. AVSA Booster Fund— Mrs. Lucile Plaster, Shreveport, LA
30. Beginner’s Column: “Growing Under Lights Simplified’’,
Mrs. J. A. W. Richardson, Tavares, FL

35. AVSA Affiliates — Helen Freie and Mildred Schroeder
37. Cross Your I’s. . .and Dot Your T’s — Mrs. W. F. Ander¬
son, St. Louis, MO'

39. Registration Report — Adele Tretter, St. Louis, MO

44. Question Box — Anne Tinari. Huntingdon Valley, PA
47. Your Library — Harvey L. Stone, Marblehead, MA
57. Musings From the “Mini-Mam’’ — ^Mrs. Sidney Bogin,
Long Beach, NY

MISCELLANEOUS

27. Have You Ever Thought of This?

35. Root Rot and Diseases — Edd Stretch Smith, St. Louis, MO

40. Columnea Multiflora — ^Mrs. Hugh F. Eyerdom, Medina,
OH

47. In Memoriam

CONVENTION

54. A Way With Cameras— Edgar F. Varick, Milford. CT
67. The Happy Gardener— Mrs. Clarissa Start Lippert, High
Ridge, MO

70. Blue Rosette Winners Listed

70. Convention Dates

71. Projecting Plant Slides — Harvey Stone, Marblehead, MA

72. Do You Know. . .How Boyce Edens Reasearch Funds Are

Used? — Mrs. L. F. Lidiak, Austin, TX

72. Do You Know. . .Booster Fund Helps AVSA In Many

Ways? — Mrs. Lucile Plaster, Shreveport, LA

73. Do You Know. . .How We Get AVSA Awards? — ^Mrs.

Richard A. Chase, Redwood City, CA

74. All Lamps Are Grow Lamps — ^Dr. H. M. Cathey, U. S.

Department of Agriculture, Baltsville, MD
73. Mrs. Glenn B. Hudson Is Awarded Coveted Honorary
Membership

75. Continuing Service Certificates Given

76. C. Huebscher Gets Leadership Award
76. AVSA Sweepstakes Winners Listed

76. Awards for New AVSA Memberships

76. Honorary One-Year Memberships Awarded

77. Need Awards for 1978 Show — Celine, Chase, AVSA

Awards Chairman

78. Two Missouri Women Tie for Top Honors at AVSA

Convention/Show

80. Lyon, Swift’s Have New Introductions
Outstanding Articles Are Given Awards
Best Commercial Tables Get Awards
Awards Given For Newsletters

APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP

African Violet Society of America, Inc.

P. O. Box 1326 Date

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are defined below. Membership year March 1 to February 28 includes five issues of THE AFRICAN VIOLET
MAGAZINE beginning with the June issue, followed by September, November, January and March Issues.

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African Violet Magazine, June, 1977

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COVER PAGE

Pictured on the cover page is ‘Joyful’
and is well named because it certainly is
an African violet which would bring
much joy to its grower. ‘Joyful’ is one of
Lyndon Lyon’s hybridizations and is a
frilly red-edged double white.

OFFICERS

MRS. E. A. NELSON . President

603 East Essex
St. Louis, MO 63122

MRS. MARVIN GARNER ..1st Vice President
1010 Edgewood, S. E.

North Canton, OH 44720
MRS. W. J. KROGMAN .. 2nd Vice President
1325 Parkway Drive
Brookfield, WI 53005

MR. HARVEY L. STONE 3rd Vice President
51 Peach Highlands
Marblehead, MA 01945

MRS. H. N. HANSEN . Secy.

708 Wyndale Road
Jenkintown, PA 19046

MISS FLORENCE M. GARRITY . .. Treasurer
36 Cerdan Avenue
Roslindale, MA 02131

STAFF

MRS. GRACE FOOTE. Editor
211 Allien Place
Port Arthur. TX 77640
MRS. TERRANCE R. LEARY, Adv. Mgr.

St. Petersburg, FL
MRS. CLARICE BELL
Office Manager
P. 0. Box 1326
Knoxville, TN 37901
MRS. W. F. ANDERSON

AVSA Publications Chairman
360 Tulip Drive
St. Louis. MO 63119
COLUMNISTS

Mrs. Frank Tinari, Mrs. James Carey.
Mrs. Sidney Bogin, Harvey L. Stone.
Mrs. L. F. Lidiak. Mrs. J. A. W,
Richardson, Paul Arnold. Mrs. W. M.
Plaster. Mrs. Mildred Scliroeder and
Mrs. Fred Tretter.

BEST VARIETIES, HONOR ROLL COMPILER
Mrs. M. G. Gonzales
200 Doris Ave.

San Jose, CA 95127
PUBLISHER

Gus Becker Printing Co.

1080 Forsythe
Beaumont. TX 77701

The Official Publication of the
African Violet Society of
America, Inc.

The African Violet Magazine is published
5 times a year, January, March, Jime, Sep¬
tember and November and second class post¬
age is paid by the African Violet Society of
Arnerica, Inc., at 706 Hamilton National Bank
Building, Knoxville, TN 37901 and at addi¬
tional mailing offices. Suscription $6.00 per
year which is included in membership dues
starting with the June issue each year. Copy¬
right by African Violet Society of America,
Inc., 1977.

NOTICE TO POSTMASTER:

Please send notification regarding un¬
deliverable magazines to office address.
African Violet Society of America, Inc.
P. O. Box 1326, Knoxville. TN 37901.

ADVERTISERS^ INDEX

(.AVSA can not assume responsibility for advertisers. However, we request
that a carbon copy of any complaint be sent to the Advertising Manager.
If any advertiser is found irresponsible, AVSA can refuse future ads.)

15. Ann Andrews — Wanted: 1st Ekiition Master Variety List

6. Annalee’s Violetry — Special for Fall
24. Doris Artis — Fresh Cut Leaves

13. AVSA Magazine Binders — Sold Only In Pairs

14. Baker’s African Violets — 1977 Fall Introduction from Lyndon Lyon

19. Becker Printing Company — African Violet Note Paper

20. Bill and Marleen Violets — -Leaves and Sm.all Plants

19. Cape Cod Violetry — Latest Varieties

23. Ruth Carey’s 1975 Revised Handbook for Judges and Exhibitors

15. Castle Violets — African Violet Leaves

16. Clarel Lab, Inc. — Granny’s Bloomers (Formerly NuBud)

17. Lou Arta Corbin — Macrame Hangers

8. Crestwood Violetry — Don’t Waste Another June — Get “Married Now’’

9. Crown Publishers — Latest Books On African Violets
17. DoDe’s Gardens — Growing Supplies and Aides

23. Jean Dolan’s Violet Room — Green Gold’s Soilwash

20. Earth Flowers — African Violet Starter Plants, Gift Plants
20. Elephant Ear — ^'T Love Violets’’ T-shirts

15. Ernst Nursery — Leaves and Plantlets
INSIDE BACK COVER— Fischer’s

20. FloraCart Watering Wand — Popular Accessory For Your FloraCart
13. FloraCart — Enjoy a FloraCart by TubeCraft

24. Floralite Co. — Lumen Lighter Stands

11. Fredette Originals — Allegro Plant Tonic

19. Gail’s Violets — Leaf Cuttings and Starter Plants

23. Gone to Pot Nursery and Supply — Plastic Pots and Hanging Baskets

12. Granger Gardens — New for 1977

23. The Green House — ^Green House Gro-Cart

15. Bernard Greeson — Plastic Labels, Supplies

20. Gerry Halusek — ^500 Varieties

16. G. B. Hanson — Fresh Cut Leaves

16. Happy Violets — Labeled Plants — Ceramic Pots and Reservoirs

20. Heavenly Violets — Irene Fredette Originals — List Available

21. High Hat — African Violets

15. Hillside Violets — Fresh Cut AV Leaves

21. Sim T. Holmes — The Parson Series

16. Mrs. Phyllis Holzem — African Violet Plants

17. House of Violets — Moist-Tite Self-Watering Planters

8. Imperial Gardens — Send For Listing — Imperial Varieties

24. Indoor Gardening Supplies — Plant Stands, Light Fixtures
16. Jacksons House of Violets — New and Older Varieties
21. Jeannie’s Jungle Violets — Starter Plants

6. Just Plants — African Violets and Other Gesneriads
8. Kat’s African Violets — Fresh Cut Leaves

20. Kitty’s Violets — African Violet Leaves

8. Albert Kreiger — African Violet Starter Plants

13. Linda’s Violets — Many New and Old Varieties

24. Little Violet House — AV Leaves and ‘Pink Brocade’ Episcia

21. Louise’s Greenhouse — African Violets. Leaves and Episcias

10. Lyndon Lyon — Exotic! New! Doubles and Semi’s!

20. McGough Nursery — Violets and Other Gesneriads

15. Mary’s African Violets — Growing Supplies and Books on African Violets

and Lighting

18. Ronn Nadeau — Hybrid African Violet Seeds

13. The Parson’s Series — Keith Hayman. Sr., Has Fresh Cut Leaves

20. Paw Paw Everlast Labels — Permanent Metal Garden Label

10. Plant Marvel Laboratories — ^For Optimum Growth and Bloom Feed As You

Water

24. Plant Palace — African Violets and Other House Plants

22. The Pot Shop — African Violets. Hoyas, Holiday Cacti, Other Potted Plants

21. Poyner’s Greenhouses — African African Violets and Related Plants

21. Rainbow Forest— Miniature Leaves

12. Re-jewva-tone — Triple Strength Vitaloam

7. Ringer Corporation — Restore

16. Rose Knoll Gardens — Own Illini Series

23. Shirley’s African Violets — Also Other Gesneriads and Houseplants

13. Schultz Instant Food

11. Shoplite Company — Decorative Plant Stands

8. Silver City Glass Company — African Violet Glasses

22. Stim-U-Plant^ — -Plant Food, Soil Conditioners, Sprays

11. Sunset Gardens — Leaves, Rooted Clumps. Plants — Miniature and Standards
BACK COVER — Tinari Greenhouses — “Our African Violet Heritage’’

15. Tingle’s — Leaves. Gift Plants. Starter Plants

17. Tomaro African Violets — Shomee Series and ’77 Varieties From Other

Growers

13. TubeCraft — Enjoy a FloraCart

23. Utopia Greenhouses — African Violets and Relatives

16. Valley Violets — 1976 Most Popular Varieties

19. Violet Fantasia — Newest Varieties of African Violets
16. The Violet Farm — Fresh Cut AV Leaves

INSIDE FRONT COVER — The Violet House — Plastic Flower Pots
8. Violet Window — African Violet Leaves

12. Vitaloam — New Vitaloam Cultured Re-jewva-tone
16. Volkhart’s — African Violets and Episcias

21. Volkman’s — Reservoir Wick Pots

21. The Walkers — AV Supplies, Pesticides, Pots

24. White Cloud Farm — 25th Year of Growing and Selling African Violets
19. Wonder Garden — Blossoms By The Bunch With Grow Light Stands

8. Wood’s African Violets — Fresh Cut Leaves, Rooted Cuttings. Gesneriads,
Supplies

13. Worl of Violets — Blooming Plants and Starter Plants
15. Mrs. Ernie Wursten — Fresh Cut Leaves

EDITOR’S NOTE: These are your advertisers who help tlie magazine.
Please support them and when you write them for suipplies, please
mention Tlie African Violet Magazine.

African Violet Magazine, June, 1977

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STRICTLY BUSINESS - - YOUR BUSINESS

A TABLE OF INFORMATION TO USE IN CONDUCTING YOUR BUSINESS WITH YOUR SOCIETY TO INSURE GOOD SERVICE.
ALWAYS GIVE YOUR NAME AND COMPLETE ADDRESS, IF YOU HAVE MORE THAN ONE ITEM
SEND EACH ITEM TO THE CORRECT PERSON

AFFILIATE ’APPENINGSi Send to Editor.

AFFILIATES: See list in Nov. issue. For information on
show awards, how to start a chapter or questions on
new or renewal membership, write Mrs. Wayne W.
Schroeder, 1739 N. 74th Court, Elmwood Park, IL
60635. Send officer information sheet received with
charter to Mrs. Schroeder by July 1.

AVSA EMBLEMS: See January issue. Member, Past Presi¬
dent, Life Member pins. Own and wear them with
pride. Order from AVSA office.

AVSA OFFICE: Mrs. Wade H. Bell, Office Manager, Box
1326, Knoxville, TN 37901
BEST VARIETIES LIST: See November issue.

BEST VARIETIES - HONOR ROLL COMPILER: Mrs.

M. G. Gonzales, 200 Doris Ave., San Jose, CA 95127
BOOSTER FUND: Send contributions to Mrs. W. M.

Plaster, 8304 Suffolk Dr., Shreveport, LA 71106
BOYCE EDENS RESEARCH FUND: Send contribution,
club or individual, to Mrs. L. F. Lidiak, 4503 Sinclair
Ave., Austin, TX 78756
BYLAWS: See September issue.

COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES: Albert Buell, Buell’s
Greenhouses, Box 218, Eastford, CN 06242
COMMERCIAL MEMBERS: See list in November issue.
CONVENTION:

AWARDS; See January issue. Send suggestions or con¬
tributions for convention awards to Mrs. Richard A.
Chase, 482 Rutherford Ave., Redwood City, CA
94061

PROGRAM; See March issue. Send special requests for
workshop programs; suggest names of interesting
speakers to Mrs. J. A. W. Richardson, R. R. 1, Box 70,
Tavares, FL 32778
SCHEDULE: See January issue.

TIME AND PLACE: If your club or a group of clubs
would like to sponsor a national convention in your
area, write to Mrs. H. Harold Baker, 2182 Stanford
Ave., St. Paul, MN 55105

CULTURE FOLDERS: Free from AVSA office, for dis¬
tribution at shows or by commercial members with
plants. Membership application included.
CUMULATIVE INDEX: Write AVSA Office.

EDITOR: Mrs, Grace Foote, 211 Allien PI., Port Arthur,
TX 77640

HONOR ROLL: See June issue.

JUDGES: See November issue Judges and Teachers list.
JUDGING SCHOOL: For information on holding a
school or to become a qualified judge, write to Mrs.
James B. Carey, 3900 Garden Dr., Knoxville, TN
37918

LIBRARY: See June issue for lists of slide programs and
packets available from AVSA Library. Order from
AVSA office. If you have ideas for a library program
or slides to donate for library, write Harvey Stone, 51
Peach Highlands, Marblehead, MA 01945
LIFE MEMBERS: See June issue for list.

MAGAZINE:

ADVERTISING MANAGER: For advertising rates,
copy and information write Mrs. Terrance R. Leary,
St. Petersburg, FL.

ARTICLES: See to Editor.

DEADLINE DATES: June issue, Mar. 1; Sept, issue,
June 1; Nov. issue, Aug. 1; Jan. issue, Oct. 1; Mar.
issue, Dec. 1.

BACK ISSUES: Complete your set now. Write to
AVSA office for price list of available issues.

BINDERS: Sold only in pairs at S7.00 postpaid. Order
from AVSA office.

CHANGE OF ADDRESS: Send your new address at
least 30 days before it is to take effect. Send old ad¬
dress with the new. Enclose the address label from
your last magazine. Send to AVSA office.

FAILURE TO RECEIVE: Notify the AVSA office.
MAGAZINE MART: Do you want to buy or sell back
copies of THE AFRICAN VIOLET MAGAZINE?
Write Mrs. E. A. Nelson, 603 E. Essex Ave., St. Louis,
MO 63122

MASTER VARIETY LIST:

A must for Judges, exhibitors, serious growers. Num¬
ber 3, 1976 edition describes all varieties registered to
June 1, 1976, all recognized species, and non-register-
ed cultivars introduced from 1966 to June 1, 1976.
Number 2, 1970 edition, includes non-registered culti¬
vars introduced 1960-69. Order either edition from
AVSA office. $3.50 each.

SUPPLEMENT: Send any correction and/or descrip¬
tion of new cultivar with hybridizer’s name to Plant
Registration Chairman.

MEMBERSHIP: Send new or renewal membership to
AVSA Treasurer, AVSA office. Make check payable to
AVSA. Life — $100; Commercial — $15; Individual —
$6; Affiliate Chapter — $6; Affiliate Council, State or
Region- $15. FOR AFFILIATE, GIVE THE FOL¬
LOWING INFORMATION: Name of chapter or
council; President’s name and address; address to
which magazine is to be sent; name of town consider¬
ed home town of chapter.

APPLICATIONS AND BROCHURES: Free from
AVSA office. Please state quantity required. Use for
show, commercial sales room or wherever member¬
ships may be solicited.

MEMBERSHIP AND PROMOTION: Send your ideas, of
fers to help or requests for assistance in this work to
Mrs. Harold Rienhardt, 4463 W. Seneca Tpk., Syra¬
cuse, NY 13215

MINIATURE AND SEMIMINIATURE LIST: $2.00 Mrs.
Sidtiey Bogin, 39 Boyd St., Long Beach, NY 11561

MINUTES: See September issue.

NOMINATING COMMITTEE REPORT: See Jan. issue.

OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES: See June issue.

OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE: AVSA Secretary, Mrs.
H. N. Hansen, 708 Wyndale Rd., Jenkintown, PA
19046

PARLIAMENTARIAN: Mrs. Thomas J. Edmundson,
4605 NW 45th St., Fort Lauderdale, FL 33319 is
available to answer parliamentary questions from affil¬
iates. (Stamped self-addressed envelope must be en¬
closed for reply).

PLANT REGISTRATION: Mrs. Fred Tretter, 4988
Schollmeyer Ave., St. Louis, MO 63109

QUESTION BOX: Anne Tinari, 2325 Valley Rd., Hunt¬
ingdon Valley, 19006

RESEARCH: Send suggested subjects for scientific re¬
search or names of interested qualified potential re¬
search personnel to Frank Tinari, 2325 Valley Rd.,
Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006

SHOWS & JUDGES RULES: See November issue.

TALLY TIME: See March issue.

TEACHERS: See November issue for list.

TREASURER’S & AUDITOR’S REPORT: See
September issue.

African Violet Magazine, June, 1977

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.dcttei

'PteAiclmt

Another convention has passed into history. AVSA wishes to express its
appreciation and thanks to the Metropolitan St. Louis AVS for hosting the
convention, particularly to Chairman Mrs. Daniel Dohm, Vice Chairman Mrs.
Dana R. Gipson and Show Chairman Mrs. Jane Francis, and all of the local
committees responsible for such a wonderful convention and show.

Sincere thanks also to the dedicated AVSA convention committee chairmen:
Awards, Mrs. Richard A. Chase; Commercial Sales & Exhibits, Jimmy Watson;
Convention Program, Mrs. J. A. W. Richardson; Convention Time & Place, Mrs. H.
Harold Baker; Shows & Judges Chairman, Mrs. James B. Carey and all of their
committees. To all those who participated in the workshops and especially the
outstanding guest speakers, our most sincere appreciation.

Several changes have been made in Standing Committee Chairmanships: Mrs.
Wayne W. Schroeder is now Affiliate Chairman and Harvey Stone the Library
Chairman. You will find a complete list of officers, directors and committees in
the back of this June magazine. It is put there for your convenience in addressing
the proper person concerning any questions you may have in mind.

Along these lines, another important feature in the magazine is page 3 headed
- ^‘STRICTLY BUSINESS - YOUR BUSINESS^ I really dond believe many of
you ever look at this page, or perhaps even know that it is there, because Eve
answered a number of requests for information which could have been obtained
by referring to this page. Right now would be a good time to familiarize yourself
with the ^^STRICTLY BUSINESS - YOUR BUSINESS^’ feature.

AVSA membership continues to soar. At the end of January, it totaled a
fantastic 24,'^ 14 African violet enthusiasts. Can anyone dispute the fact that
A VS A is a society to be reckoned with in the world of Horticulture?

Club activities will quiet down a bit now, so do have a pleasant, restful summer
and come back in September all refreshed and rarin^ to go!

Sincerely,

African Violet Magazine, June, 1977

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Honor Roll Of
African I iolets

Mrs. M. G. Gonzales
Best Varieties Compiler
200 Doris Avenue
San Jose, Calif. 95127

To be on the Honor Roll, a variety must have appeared on the Best Varieties List for five consecutive
years.

1967

Delft Imperial No. 1326 (Granger Gardens)

Granger Garden’s Fury No. 1216 (Granger Gardens)
Granger Garden’s Never Lovelier No. 1213 (Granger Gar¬
dens)

Granger Garden’s Sweetheart Blue No. 1225 (Granger
Gardens)

Granger Garden’s Top Sail No. 1212 (Granger Gardens)
Paul Bunyan (Lyndon Lyon)

Sea Grape (West)

1968

Christmas Holly (Reed)

Champion’s Water Lily No. 1289 (Champion’s African
Violets)

Silver Crest No. 1161 (Mrs. Duane L. Champion)

White Perfection No. 1471 (Lyndon Lyon)

1969

Tommie Lou No. 1744 (Oden)

Peak of Pink No. 1467 (Lyon)

Master Blue No. 1465 (Lyon)

Candy Lips No. 1461 (Lyon)

Clipper No. 1724 (Lyon)

Crown of Red No. 1462 (Lyon)

Plum Tip No. 1468 (Lyon)

Leawala (Lyon)

Full Stop (Lyon)

1970

Strawberry Shortcake No. 1509 (Taylor)
Jolly Giant No. 1549 (Lyon)

My Darling (Luciano)

Purple Choice (Lyon)

Red Honey No. 1551 (Lyon)

Cousin Janet No. 1547 (Lyon)

Icy Peach No. 1642 (Lyon)

1971

Lullaby No. 1783 (Granger)

Pink Jester No. 1598 (Granger)

Prom Queen No, 1533 (Granger)

Henny Backus No, 1725 (Lyon)

Hello Dolly No. 1641 (Lyon)

Tinted Frills (Lyon)

Red Cavalier (Lyon)

Janny No. 1527 (Granger)

Happy Time No. 1866 (Ly on)

Wrangler No. 1731 (Lyon)

Magnifica No. 1643 (Lyon)

Alakazam No. 1723 (Lyon)

Cochise (Lyon)

Emperor No, 1597 (R. J, Taylor)
Ruby (Lyon)

1972

No African violets qualified.

1973

Autumn Russet No. 1777 (Granger Gardens)

Charm Glow No. 1779 (Granger Gardens)

Granger Garden’s Pied Piper No. 2021 (Granger Gardens)

1974

Ann Slocomb No. 1907 (Lanigan)

Blizzard (Lyon)

Bullseye (Lyon)

Creekside Moonbeam (Bea Mills)

Dazzling Deceiver No 1865 (Lyon)

Rhapsodic Claudia (Holtkamp)

Rhapsodic Gisela (Holtkamp)

Rliapsodie Elfriede (Holtkamp)

Triple Threat No 1989 (Lyon)

1975

Brigadoon No, 1014 (Granger Gardens)
Butterfly White No. 1983 (Lyndon Lyon)

Blue Reverie No. 2013 (Granger Gardens)

After Dark No. 2117 (Richter)

Firebird No, 2018 (Granger Gardens)

Granger’s Carefree No. 2221 (Granger Gardens)
Jingle Bells (Richter)

Rhapsodic Gigi (Holtkamp)

Rhapsodic Ophelia (Holtkamp)

1976

Fashionaire No, 2223 (Granger)

Nancy Reagan No. 2167 (Rienhardt)

Happy Harold No. 2165 (Rienhardt)

Top Dollar No. 2168 (Rienhardt)

Poodle Top No, 2053 (Tinari)

Chanticleer No. 1386 (Granger)

Jennifer No. 2006 (Tinari)

Royalaire No. 2023 (Granger)

Floral Fantasy No. 1986 (Lyon)

Softique No. 1957 (Richter)

Granger’s Peach Frost No. 2216 (Granger)
Granger’s Peppermint No. 2227 (Granger)

Pink Panther No. 2108 (Lyon)

African Violet Magazine, June, 1977

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AFRICAN VIOLETS AND GESNERIADS

JUST PLANTS 1977

AESCIIYNANTIIUS— ALSOBIA— CODONANTIIE— COLUMNEA— EPISCIA
NEMATANTIIUS— SAINTPAETEIA (over 1000 varieties)— TRICIIANTHA

JUSr PLAN IS takes great pride in tlie size and quality of the gesneriads that we offer for sale. Our plants
are grown in 2Vi” pots and these plants are quite Inisky — not rooted or unrooted cuttings. And we grow in large
volinue so that you don’t have to wait for us to “propagate your order.” Tliis means your order is quickly sent
to you during our shipping season from April to October. Gesneriad experts have told us that they don’t know
of any one who shipped plants of such quality and size. In addition, the plants we offer are the varieties that
do best in the home.

African Violets are the only gesneriads not offered individually. We offer them in the following collections-
Newest Varieties, Standard Varieties, Variegated Foliage, Trailing Violets, and Miniature Violets,
hor our ITXUSTRATED and infomiative catalog send GO^ to.

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SPECIAL FOE FALL

IRISH ANGEL (AV) — lite blue dbl. with green

edge, clusters of blooms semi min plain
foliage, won best seedling NYS AVS
convention

SCARLET RAIMBOW (AV)— big semi dbl.
shaded tutone very deep ruby red top
petals, dark glossy foliage

MARY LOU (MM) — huge frilled pink violet
shaped single sticktite bouquet of blooms,
plain dark foliage

JOYCE B (MM) — huge full dbl. pink carmine
edged plain dark foliage

ROBERTA (GG) — 21/2” semi dbl. blooms
frilled lavender, ruched olive green foliage
pretty

PURPLE CASCADE (GG)— large full dbl. deep
blue purple carnation fringed edge, wavy
variegated cream, pink and green foliage

EXPLORER (UTZ) — semi dbl. lavender with
purple tips, quilted foliage, makes large
show plant

RIO GRANDE (UTZ) — ^dark wine dbl. with
purple tips, very floriferous, plain foliage
show plant

RAIN BEAU (Fredette) — huge semi dbl. lav¬
ender with purple splashes, Tommie Lou

variegated foliage, pix pg 50 AVM 6/76

MING ROSE (Fredette) — dbl. pink with green
frilled edges, ruched and wavy glossy fo¬
liage, pix pg 51 AVM 6/76

CRYSTAL SWAN (Fredette) huge frilly dbl.
white stars, wavy foliage floriferous

TRACY (Fredette) — ^large dbl. pink and red
fantasy with frilled edges, rosette forming
foliage, heavy blooming

MAGIC GLOW (LL) — giant coral pink with
white edges, striking color plain foliage

FREE N EASY (LL) — huge full dbl. fuchsia,
early and free blooming plain foliage

LORA LOU (LL) — semi trailer with Tommie
Lou foliage, wow, dbl. rose pink blooms

LUCKY LOU (LL)— blue version of Lora Lou

WEE LASS (LL) — dbl. white with crimson red
edges, tiny holly foliage on the this ador¬
able miniature

HEAVENLY HALO (EC)— I a r g e white with
fuchsia markings, blooms ring around
medium size plant variegated foliage

TRINKET WHITE CAPS (EC)— white single
with lite blue markings, variegated plain
semi miniature foliage

ORDER EARLY DIRECT FROM THIS AD for best selection. Starter plants are $2.50 e.ach, minimum order 3 plants
or fresh leaf cuttings at $1.25 each, minimum 10 varieties. Add handling charges as follows: East of Mississippi
15% of amount ordered, minimum $2.00; West of the Mississippi 20% of .amount ordered, minimum $3.00. Include
street address for United Parcel Service delivery. Please give second choice.

Complete list of hundreds of cultivars, new, old and unusual also available. Please send business size envelope,
stamped and addressed for prompt receipt.

nnalee

29-50 214th Place 212-224-3376 Bayside, N.Y. 11360

We are pleased to announce that we
have the mail order distributorship for
IRENE FREDETTE'S Originations.

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African Violet Magazine, June, 1977

6

For African Violets.

Indoor gardeners have a real challenge
on their hands. Because to grow African
Violets successfully, you’ve got to re¬
create natural growing conditions — in a
pot. And that isn’t always easy. You can
make adjustments for heat. And light.
And humidity. But soil has always been
another story. Until now.

NOW there’s RESTORE for African Vio¬
lets. The 100% organic soil rebuilder and
plant food. It turns containerized potting
mixtures into rich, vital soil — the kind
plants grow in naturally. RESTORE con¬
tains the same living organisms and.en-
zymes that aerate soil, break it up, and
keep it fresh in nature. Meanwhile, the

organic nutrients in RESTORE provide a
fully balanced diet for your African
Violets.

Nature never had it so good in a pot.

RESTOBg

iT Mail today to: ^

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■ 6860 Flying Cloud Drive ■

I Eden Prairie, MN. 55343 I

I Enclose $3.79 plus $1.00 postage and handling for |

I each 14 oz. bottle ordered. ■

I Please rush _ bottles of RESTORE for African ■

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African Violet Magazine, June, 1977

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Order now for immediate shipment:

FRESH CUT A. V. LEAVES— Our best selection of
choice OLD and the NEWEST . . . contains Granger
Garden’s latest.

FIFTEEN carefully packed, labeled, first class mail,
prepaid . $5.95

The Violet Window

896 Terra Alta N.E. Warren, OH 44483

A stamp, please for our listings.

AFRICAN VIOLET STARTER PLANTS

10 ORIGINAL VARIETIES, SAINTPAULIA SPECIES,
AND SELECTED NEW AND OLDER VARIETIES.
Send stamp for listing.

ALBERT G. KRIEGER

1063 Cranbrook Jackson, MI. 49201

ATTENTION
African Violet Lovers!

What every African Violet grower should own.

Old Fashion glasses with an African Violet
decal and growing instructions on each glass.
Dishwasher proof! $15.00 - 8 pc. set

Silver City Glass Co.

122 Charles Street
Meriden, Connecticut 06450

Imperial Gardens

220 N. Haslet 1-316-326-8705 Wellington, KA 67152

Send 25^ for a listing of nearly 1000 of the newest,
most unusual varieties of the leading hybridizers, in¬
cluding our own:

“IMPERIAL JEWELS” — large red single that does not
drop with wide fringed band of white.

“IMPERIAL SUNDOWN” — clusters of deep purple
singles on Tommie Lou variegation.

“WISHFUL DREAMER” — Unusual. Wanted by all
who see it. Rose pink center, blue middle and rose
fringed edged — whole blossom radiated with purple
“IMPERIAL’S DARLING” — a great miniature, purple
semi-dbl., pink rays throughout blossom with white
edge, semi-girl foliage

Visitors by appointment

DON'T WASTE ANOTHER JUNE
Get “Married" Now!

SOMETHING OLD: We have several best sell¬
ing varieties from last year including CAMEO
QUEEN, CHRISTI LOVE, SPARKY, HELENE,
WILDFIRE etc.

SOMETHING BORROWED: Introducing Irene
Fredette’s WICKITS, beautiful decorative wick-
ing containers AND ALLEGRO, a plant tonic
concentrate which helps African violets grow
and bloom even under adverse conditions.

SOMETHING NEW: The best and most exciting
varieties— OUR QUEST, PURPLE VARIEGATE,
SMART DYNA, SYLVAN BLUE, LUCKY LOU,
LORA LOU etc.

SOMETHING BLUE: Fresh cut leaves available
of the following “blue” varieties— ABIGAIL
ADAMS, THE PARSON'S DREAM, BEAUMONT,
JIM DANDY, SAPPHIRE TRINKET etc.

7314 Jervis St.

For complete list please send 20^

Grestwood Sdioletry^

Springfield, VA 22151

Visitors welcome by appointment ONLY

(703) 256-1575

CV now ships WHOLESALE (plants and leaves) to dealers and clubs.
Please write on business letterhead for information.

We'd ding bells if you’d buy from us.

African Violet Magazine, June, 1977

8

Gesneriads. Here's the only book
tiiat explores in full detail

care and feeding.

THE MIRACLE HOUSEPLANTS,
by gardening experts Virginie F. and
George A. Elbert, is the most extensive
and thorough study of the easily-
homegrown Gesneriad family yet pub¬
lished. It’s a handsomely illustrated vol¬
ume providing tips on every aspect of this
marvelously versatile plant group —
which includes the African violet, the most
widely cultivated houseplant in America.

THE MIRACLE HOUSEPLANTS is fill¬
ed with expert answers to every imaginable
question about Nature’s finest indoor bloom¬
ers. “It does a superb job of bridging the gap
between the technical specialist and the gen¬
eral plant-growing public.” — TED MARSTON,
Publisher, Plants Alive Magazine
Complete with a glossary and information on
seed, plant and equipment
sources, the Elberts have
assembled the “every¬
thing” guide for grow¬
ing gloxinias, col-
umneas, espiscias,
and hundreds of
other Gesneriads.

Order your copy
of THE MIRACLE
HOUSEPLANTS
today. It’s the guide¬
book “designed to
make each reader a
Gesneriad expert.”

—Publishers Weekly
THE MIRACLE
HOUSEPLANTS
“answers an awful lot
of questions I get in
every mail about the cul¬
ture and propagation of
violets.” ---GRACE FOOTE,

Editor, African Violet
Magazine

$9.95, cloth or $6.95, paper,
now at your bookstore, or use
coupon to order. Please write for
information about quantity discounts.

CROWN PUBLISHERS, Dept. 682
One Park Ave., N. Y, N. Y 10016

Please send me THE MIRACLE HOUSEPLANTS as
indicated below for which I enclose check. If not com¬
pletely satisfied, I may return book(s) postpaid within 10
days for full refund.

_ copy(ies)clothbound @$9.95 (525321)

_ _copy(ies) paperbound @$6.95 (52533X)

□ Please send me information on quantity discounts.

Name _

Over 100
illustrations
in color and
black and
white.

Address

CROWN

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City _ State _ Zip

N.Y. and N.J. residents, add sales tax.

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African Violet Magazine, June, 1977

9

EXOTIC! NEW! DBL'S & SEMI'S!

BLUE

MYSTICAL BLUE— W i ste r i a blue semi - dbl.
flowers.

PURPLE SPOT — Royal purple stars, white tipped,
yellow stamens.

CRUNCHER — Dbl. purplish blue flowers, semi-
min., dark, girl foliage.

COUNTRY CHARMER— Dbl. white flowers, with

frilly purple edges.

PINK

CLASSY KITTY— Giant crinkly edged dbl. pink
flowers.

STEPPING OUT — Big pink dbis; prominent
yellow stamens.

CARE DEEPLY— Rose pink dbl. flowers; semi-
min. foliage.

PINK N’ INK — Deep rose pink flowers, peppered
with purple ink.

WHITE

CASUAL CLASSIC — Dbl. white flowers, usually
with pink stripes and sections.

UNSPOKEN — Large white and blue dbl. stars.

“Where the Violets Are”

RED

TIMELESS — Crinkly white edged fuchsia; dbl.
sta rs

DREAM WEAVER^ — Large dark fuchsia semi-dbl.
stars.

SNO-BERRY — Huge dbl. red; white-edged stars.

RED SPOT — ^White tipped fuchsia stick-tight
stars.

TRAILERS

LUCKY LOU — Semi - trailing dbl. blue flowers;
Tommie Lou variegation.

LORA LOU — Semi - trailing rosy pink flowers;
Tommie Lou variegation.

ADIRONDACK TRAIL — Perfect dbl. pink flowers;
semi-trailing habit.

BREEZY BLUE — P u r p I i s h blue dbl. flowers;
vigorous semi-trailing.

MINIATURES

DENIM BLUE — Denim blue dbl. flowers; minia¬
ture girl foliage.

TOY CLOWN — Bright dbl. pink “purplish
specked” flowers.

PRICES include all costs including AIR MAIL for first priority. Six or more plants or rooted cuttings $2.98 each;
less than 6 $3.69 each — Minimum order 2 plants or rooted cuttings. Shipping date is from May 1st to Nov. 1st.

SHIPPING

Sorry, no wholesale shipping or shipping overseas. V\/holesale and retail pickup at our greenhouses.

DESCRIPTIVE LIST FREE!

LYNDON LYON

14 Mutchler Street

Dolgeville, N.Y. 13329 Phone 315-429-8291

For optimum growth & blooms

. . . Feed as you water
the PLANT MARVEL way

Complete water
soluble Plant
Food for growing
African Violets

Plant Marvel's
African Violet
spray is ideal
for all

house plants

The PLANT MARVEL 12-31-14 formula is a scientifically
balanced, 100% water-soluble, plant food. Leading profes¬
sional growers, as well as many amateur growers of African
Violets, prefer this formula. It delivers needed nutrients in
immediately usable form and in just the right proportions.
This remarkably efficient, water-soluble fertilizer supplies
the entire root system with all the essential NPK and minor
elements. As a result, optimum, healthy growth and blooms
are promoted Your order is always welcome. 8 oz. can —
$2.10; 1 lb.— $3.10; 21/2 lb.— $5.90; 5 lb.— $9.20.

Get positive results with this remarkably effective,
all - around, insecticide spray. Kills hard-to-get-at
Mealy bugs, Soft Brown Scale, Aphids, Spider Mites,
and many other insects. No harm to blooms or
foliage, when used as directed. Won’t stain fabrics
or wallpaper. Harmless to children and pets. Here’s
the ideal insecticide for African Violets, Ivies,
Begonias, etc. 5 oz. can — $2.00.

Postage included. — NO C.O.D.’S.

PLANT MARVEL LABORATORIES • Dept. AV76 * 624 West 1 1 9th St. • Chicago, III. 60628

African Violet Magazine, June, 1977

10

SUNSET GARDENS

BOX 22342

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. 94122

MINIATURES

6c

STANDARDS

18 Leaves . $ 5.00

8 Rooted Clumps . $10.00

5 Blooming Size Plants $10.00

Our own and other hybridizers varieties.
We grow over 100 varieties of minia¬
tures.

Send stamped envelope with 2 stamps
for List.

NO SALESROOM

NEW DECORATIVE PLANT STANDS
Economical — Convenient

3 Level
40 Watt
Shown
491/2" Long

Five models from 251/2" to 49 long.

Tray & fixture heights completely adjustable
without tools. Convenient slide-out trays &
fixtures. Made of gleaming aluminum & Red¬
wood with or without fixtures & casters as
desired. Save — Buy direct from maker!

25^ Brings Catalog of Growth Fluorescents,
Plant Stands, Growth Lamps & Accessories

Wholesale, too

Owned & operated by Peter Maestas

SHOPLITE CO

INC.

566V Franklin Ave. Nutley, N. J. 07110

WE APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS ON

ALLEGRD PLANT TONIC

“Allegro is marvelous! Many plantlets showing in only 5 weeks and we didn’t lose a
single leaf." Violets Atlanta, Atlanta, Ga.

“Allegro is really great and I couldn’t get along without it. My customers love it also.”

Rice's Violetry, Oconomowoc, Wise.

“Allegro is something my plants can’t do without. Plantlets appear in half the time,
are stronger and grow like weeds.” Verna Hudson (V. V. Supply), Houston, Texas

“My plants grow faster, are healthy and bloom earlier with Allegro.”

Kitty's Violets, Jasper, Texas

“Fantastic growth with Allegro. Lush foliage indicates happy plants. There cannot be
a better product.” Mary V. Boose (Heavenly Violets) Trumbull, Ct.

“Since using Allegro plant tonic, I can see the difference. Plantlets appear more quickly
and are stronger.” Barbara Cook (Cape Cod Violetry) Falmouth, Mass.

“I’m very pleased with Allegro for my leaf cuttings and young plants which get a head
start with no shock from transplanting.” Louise Pitts (Louise's Greenhouse) Sour Lake, Texas

“Great success with Allegro in propagating leaves. Also with some tiny starter plants
which were almost dead on arrival but, in no time at all, they gained strength and
began to grow rapidly. After two months, they are ready for 4” pots.”

Shirley's Violet World, Inc., NevA/ Orleans, La.

^ vedette

972 Grassy Hill Road ^ Orange, Conn. 06477

Sample bottle of Concentrate: $2.50 plus $1. for shipping

African Violet Magazine, June, 1977

11

WHOLESALE SHIPPING ONLY, TO DEALERS AND CLUBS. We request that you submit
a proof of Dealership or Club stationery. This list free upon request with a self-addressed
stamped legal size envelope.

^0% SpfUtt^ t^77

Pink Nimbus Sylvan Blue Red Knave Monaco Pink Fashion

Pink Electra

AFTER MAY 1, 1977

Classic Pink Roberta Grenoble Pink Splendor

NO RETAIL SHIPPING

All retail sales are made at the Greenhouses only. Greenhouses are open daily from '8:00 a.m. to
5:00 p.m. daily. Closed Sundays and Holidoys.

Our business is strictly developing new varieties for the Collectors. We have expanded our growing
space again and still do not have as many plants as we could use. We guarantee you clean healthy
plants with large blooms. However we cannot guarantee you will always get blooming plants, but
they will be budded, near blooming.

WE ASSUME NO LIABILITY OF DAMAGED SHIPMENTS ONCE THEY ARE IN THE HANDS OF THE CARRIER.
We recommend Air Freight wherever possible. There is far less damage. We ship in 200 weight
corrugate cartons which is the heaviest we can get, and wrap carefully to avoid damage.

GRANGER GARDENS

1060 WILBUR ROAD MEDINA, OHIO 44256 PHONE 216-239-2349

Greenhouses are located in Granger, one mile east of Rt. 94 on Wilbur Rd.

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IF YOU WANT

“SaintPaulia Superbia”

“Gesneriads Jeswunderfulia” &
“Blossoms Profusica”

HERE IS

EXCITING NEWS for ALL Growers of
African Violets, Gloxinias, Achimenes,
Columneas, Sinningias, Episcias, and ALL
plants that grow in the soil . . .

ANNOUNCING

New Triple Strength vitaloam Cultured

for all Home Gardeners. Lighter than Ever . . . Richer than Ever . . .
Safer and Easier to Use than Ever . , . BETTER THAN EVER and
priced LESS THAN LAST YEAR to help Whip Inflation Now.

NO Fertilizers . . . NO Manures . . . NO additives needed . . . Will
NOT Burn . . . Will NOT Leach out with watering . . . Completely
SAFE Alone or mixed with your soil . . . Use as Little or AS MUCH
as you want depending on results desired.

ORDER TODAY AT THESE SPECIAL DIRECT PRICES:

Retail Size (approx. 6 qts.) $4. ea., 2 for $7.50. Club Special, Ctn.
of 12, $32. All orders prepaid east of Rockies, all others add $1.00.
Special Economy Size (5 times as much & Extra Strength for the
advanced grower) $15.0() ea. Dealer Inquiries Invited on Letterhead.

Make Checks PAYABLE TO: RE-JEWVA-TONE

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Left is our
Beautiful
4-Color
Retail
Package.
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Sales
Appeal
& Repeater

DON’T TURN THE PAGE UNTIL YOU ORDER YOUR NEW VITALOAM ! ! !
If you don’t order, the Exotic Plant Gremlins will give you a “Brown Thumb”.
Try New VITALOAM and love it forever — O. K?

P. O. BOX 636, NEWTON, N. C. 28658

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12

AFRICAN VIOLET BLOOMING PLANTS

and starter plants.

Newest varieties.

No shipping.

Visitors welcome.

Worl of

Violets

2403 Laverne Dr. NW

Huntsville, ALA 35'810

MAGAZINE BINDERS

Sold only in pairs, $7.00 a pair postpaid.
Send order and check to AVSA, P. O, Box
1326, Knoxville, Tenn. 37901.

PARSON’S SERIES PLANTS— -6 different sturdy plants
$13.50 plus $2.50 first class.

Assorted, labeled fresh cut leaves

7 PARSON SERIES— 3 of which will be variegated
foliage.

13 BEST VARIETY LIST— See Nov. A. V. Magazine.
All 20 for $8 plus $2.50 first class which goes air mail
where av.ailable. Offer includes FAST GROWING TIPS.
Or choose the varieties you want-send 250 (refunded
with order) for descriptive list with 30 Parsons (15
are variegated) plus our B.V.L.s and others.

Started shipping March 7th.

Comments: “Items arrived in beautiful shape’’!

KEITH L HAYMAN, SR.

R. 1, Bloomsburg, PA 17815
By Exit 34 1-80 717-784-0826

"Schultz-lnstaA

LIQUID PLANT FOOD 10-15-10
’ DROPS to a quart of water
"starts and feeds" all plants

or send i2.C0 for

SCHULTZ COMPANY ‘

11730 NOPTHHn::, ST. IO JIS. mo. 63C-i3 "

Linda's Violets

Many new varieties and the best of the older ones.
Visitors welcome anytime. Sorry, no list or shipping
at present.

Linda Reuber, owner

512 Marland Dr. Ponca City, Okla. 74601

Phone 1-405-762-3051

ENTER YOUR
PLANTS IN
1978

AVSA CONVENTION
WIN A

FLORACART

For the Finest in Indoor Gardening !

E^JOY A FLOR/VC/IRT

World’s Finest Portable Indoor Garden
For use with Rapid Start Fluorescent Lights!

FloraCart is the original, most popular movable unit for easy
indoor gardening! Raise luxurious African violets . . . force
spring flowering bulbs and get strong plant from all seeds
and cuttings! NOW every FloraCart comes with beautiful
molded fiberglass trays (19'’x49’'xl V2'’) ■ ■ • lightweight and
strong, easy to keep clean, and impervious to moisture,
chemicals, and weather! Choose from two FloraCart models:
3 Trays, $99.15; 2 Trays, $72.55. (Light Fixtures additional.)
Rugged lifetime construction of aluminum tubing. Has smart
new decorator type 2%" casters. For the heavy-duty 4”
casters shown in picture, add $3.75. Equip your FloraCart
with Combolite fixtures designed especially for flower culture,
combining incandescent and fluorescent lights, proved superior
to either one alone!

NOTE — The manufacturers of the popular FLORACART
are happy to again present a FLORACART (Model
BAS complete unit) as an award.

Class— The AVSA COLLECTION AWARD, composed of
three different AVSA registered varieties of African
violet plants. A member may enter only one collec¬
tion and each plant must score 90 or more points.

Write today for illustrated catalog. When
you order, send check, money order or
use Master Charge or Bank Americard.
Give number.

1953 - Mrs. Ronald B. Beaume, Detroit, Michigan

1954 - Mrs. E. L. Perdue. Donaldson, Tennessee

1955 — Rev. Harold L. Tliompson, Birminglia

1956 - Mrs L A Bed " ' '

1957 - Mrs. J.R, Bush

York

1962 - Mrs. J. W. Shuey, Richmond, California

1964 - Mrs. George PhUlips, Arlington, Texas

1965 - E. D, Wyke, Ctdumbus, Indiana

1966 -Mrs. Johnny Majorana, Miami, FI

1967 - Mrs. Karl C. Ohlson, Lynn, Massa

Ohio residents add 51/2% Sales Tax

131 1C West 80th Street
Cleveland, Ohio 44102

African Violet Magazine, June, 1977

13

WE ARE NOW SfflPPING THE 1977 FALL
INTRODUCTIONS FROM LYNDON LYON

BLUE THUNDER — Dark purplish blue double flecked with white. Striking.
Semi-miniature.

CHERI FROST — Big fuchsia red dbl. stars on tailored Tommie Lou foliage.
COMMANDO — Dark purplish blue double. Pretty.

FREE 'N EASY — Fat fuchsia semi-double. Tailored foliage.

FREEDOM TRAIL — Free blooming large fuchsia dbl. on dark flexible foliage.
FOREGO — 21/2” Light pink semi-double star on dark foliage.

HIGH STYLE — Large white ruffled star mottled with blue-purple.

JET TRAIL — Wisteria blue double flowers almost cover the semi-trailing
foliage. Small grower.

LITTLE RASCAL — Reddish purple double flecked with white and pink. Miniature.
MAGIC GLOW — Huge lightly ruffled medium pink with slight white edge.
MY HAPPINESS — Large deep rose pink dbl. on tailored Tommie Lou foliage.
PLUM SWEET — Large white ruffled star with fuchsia border.

SITTING PRETTY — Dark, full fuchsia double. Tailored foliage.

TICKLED PINK — Large rose pink double on dark green foliage.

WEE LASS — Frilly white double edged in red. Semi-holly, miniature foliage.
Sharp.

Starter plants $2.50 each postpaid. Minimum order four plants. Add
15^ per pot if you desire Special Handling. Otherwise we will ship UPS
or parcel post. Send 25^ for complete listing.

These LYON introductions and those of THE PARSON, ETHEL CHAMPION,
MAX MAAS, GRANGER GARDENS and others are on display in full bloom in
OUR RETAIL SHOP. Our collection of 600 varieties features the reddest reds,
the deepest corals, and the prettiest greens. We also have a wide selection
of novelties, miniatures, trailers, variegates and other gesneriads. Our green¬
houses produce our stock enabling us to offer modest prices. One plant FREE
with the purchase of a dozen, “A Baker's Dozen."

We are conveniently located in Northeast Atlanta, three miles north of 1-285 on
Lawrenceville Hwy in the Tucker Shopping Center. Stop in and see us during your
summer vacation, you won’t be disappointed!

4341 B Hugh Howell Rd.

Tucker Shopping Ctr. Hours: 10 - 6, Mon. - Sat.

Tucker, Ga. 30084 (404) 939-8844

African Violet Magazine, June, 1977

14

WANTED

First Edition (1963)

MASTER VARIETY LIST

ANN ANDREWS

3'830 Colina Lane Waco, Texas 76705

Violets At The Ernst's

221 S.E. 70th St. Gainesville, Fla. 32601

(near Newnans Lake - Phone 376-8655)

LEAVES AND PLANTS
Please Send 25^ for list.

Tingle’s African Violets

Fresh Cut Leaves — List 25 Cents

Gift And Started Plants
For Sale At Greenhouse

Visitors Welcome . , . Open 8-5 . . . Closed Sunday,

705 S. Roosevelt St. Box 1627 Cleveland, Tx. 77327

CASTLE VIOLETS

614 Castle Road Colorado Springs. Colo. 80904

No plants this year, Leaves only. Very good varieties.
30 leaves, 2 each of 15 varieties, labeled, well packed,
prepaid, $7.00. Air Mail $8.00. Instructions. To avoid
duplication, send list of your varieties.

Shipping from April through October

PLASTIC LABELS

Postpaid — Minimum Order: 1000 labels

THRIFTEE (Flexible)

i’s” X 3” (Not assorted Colors) . $5.85 ppd

%”x4” ” ” ” . 8.10 ppd

%” X 5” ” ” ” . 9.10 ppd

LIFETIME (Rigid)

Style “A” 41/2” Vertical Stake. .500/$7.90. 1000/$14.50

Style “B” 2” X 5” Tee Stake . 100/$5.00, 500/$21.00

Style “C” 6” Vertical Stake . 100/$5.00, 500/$19.00

LIFETIME Labels: White only. Thriftee available in
white, green, orange, blue, pink, yellow, red. 5”
Thriftee available in lavender & above colors.
RAINBOW PAR:

4” assorted colors: 10O/$1.85, 500/$7.85
5” ” ” 100/$2.05, 500/$8.05

Special discount prices to dealers & clubs on 5M or
more.

Nursery Marking Pen — King Size: $1.35, 6/$6.95.

12/$12.10.

Custom Printed Labels: Send in your copy for price
quote.

MISCELLANEOUS GROWING SUPPLIES (postpaid)

SUPERTHRIVE: Vitamin-hormone supplement

. 2-oz. bottle: $2.20

PLANT MARVEL AV Spray (all purpose spray)

. 5-oz. can: $2.50

NEMAGON-50 (Soil fumigant for nematodes)

. . 4-oz. bottle: $3.25

NEMAGO'N GRANULES (Mix with soil for nematodes)

. 1-lb. pkg.: $3.45

AGRICULTURAL RESPIRATOR (Protects you)

EPA approved . $17.98

MICRO-MIKE & LITE (20 power)

(Spot that Mite) . . $9.98

BENOMYL FUNGICIDE

(control most fungus diseases) . 1-oz. : $3.49

RESERVOIR POTS (Volkmann Bros) Furnished with
wick & sample pkg. of Constant Feed Fertilizer.
Waters & feeds at the same time. Terrific for larger
plants. Minimum order: 10 pots: . $18.00 postpaid.

thimble (Thumb) POTS: 1L4” diameter (green)

. 48/$3.95, 96/7.85

Send 35 cents in coin or stamps for complete catalog
listing: soil, fertilizers, pots, insecticides, orchid
growing supplies, books, plastic labels, organics, etc.

BERNARD D. GREESON

3548 N. Cramer Dept AV Milwaukee, WI 53211

20 Fresh Cut African Violet Leaves $5.00
plus $2 for postage.

10 Leaves $3.00 plus $1.50 for postage.

250 for ’77 List.

Shipping ends mid-October,

Mrs. Ernie Wurster

R. 1 Box 156 Elizabeth, ILL 61028

Fresh Cut A.V. Leaves

The best of the new and older varieties.

State inspected Stamp for list

HILLSIDE VIOLETS

33 Winnie Ave. Ravena, N.Y. 12143

ABOUT GARDENING

Helen Van Pelt Wilson’s African Violet Book

Revised Edition (Hard Cover) $10,45

Helen Van Pelt Wilson’s African Violet Book

Revised Edition (Paper Back) 6.00

The Indoor Light Gardening Book

by George A. Elbert (Hard Cover) 11.45

The Indoor Light Gardening Book

by George A. Elbert (Paper Back) 7.00

Ferns To Know and Grow

by F. Gordon Foster (Paper Back) 6.00

The Gesneriad Family

by Virginia F. and George A. Elbert 10.45

The Gesneriad Family

by Virginia F. and George A. Elbert 8.00

The Complete Book Of House Plants Under Lights
by Charles Marden Fitch (Hard Cover) 10.45

Gardening Indoors Under Lights

by F. H. and J. L. Kranz (Paper Back) 4.00

Due to the Increased cost of Postage and packaging
we had to increase the price of books by 50 cents
each. For books shipped out of the United States by
surface mail please add $1.50 for postage.

Michigan residents please include 4% sales tax

GROWING SUPPLIES

32 oz. bottle Alaska Fish Fertilizer 5-1-1 . $4.00

16 oz. bottle Alaska Fish Fertilizer 5-1-1 . 2.75

12 oz. bottle Sturdy 0-15-14 . 4.75

8 oz. bottle Sturdy 0-15-14 . 3.30

3 oz. can Mildex for Mildew . 3.05

16 oz. bottle Cygon 2-E Insecticide . 6.85

4 oz. bottle Kelthane Miiicide . 1.99

4 oz. bottle Malathion 50% . 2.09

IV4. lb. Systemic Insecticide Granules . 3.65

8 oz. Peters House Plant Food (15-30-15) . 1.95

8 oz. Peters General Purpose

Plant Food (20-20-20) . 1,95

8 oz. Peters Violet Special (12-36-14) . 2.20

8 oz. Peters Variegated Special (5-50-17) . 2.45

4 oz. bottle Superthrive (Vitamin-Hormone) . 3.29

8 oz. Sphagnum Moss Milled Nodampoff . 1.80

4 qts. Krum Perlite $1.20 — 8 qts . $2.20

2 qts. Hardwood Charcoal #10 fine, #6 medium 1.75

2 qts. #3 Vermiculite fine grind 50 cents — 4 qts. .80

3 lb. bag Carbamate Fermate, Ferbam . 6.40

8 oz. bag Carbamate Fermate, Ferbam (Bulk).. 1.30

2 lbs. Dolomite Limestone . 1.30

2 lbs. Calcium Carbonate (Whiting) . 1.60

2 lbs. Superphosphate (0-20-0) . 1.30

1 gal. Mary’s African Violet Soil . 1.35

1 gal. Mary’s Starter Soil or Terrarium Soil . 1.35

MINIMUM ORDER $5.00 Postpaid
Michigan residents please include 4% sales tax

We ship by U. P. S. Please give name of street or
road and phone number.

Violets

19788 San Juan Ave. Detroit, Michigan 48221

African Violet Magazine, June, 1977

15

BEAUTIFUL HYBRID AFRICAN VIOLETS

6 assorted labeled plants . $8.00

2 pc. handcrafted ceramic self-watering African Violet
pot and reservoir in white and African Violet colors.
State color preference. 3 in. — $5.00, 4 in. — $6.00,
5 in.— $8.00, 6 in.— $9.00.

Plants shipped May 1st through Nov. 1st.

No list All items postpaid

HAPPY VIOLETS

Rt. 1, Box 482 Talladega, AL. 35160

AFRICAN VIOLETS

20 fresh cut leaves . $5.00

My choice. Air Mail - add $1.00

G. B. HANSON

P. O. Box 1721
Idaho Falls, ID 83401

Over 200 standard and miniature African Violet
varieties. 50 from the 1976 best varieties list. Ship¬
ping starts June 1 ends Oct. 1, 1977. Leaves fresh cut
and dipped in rooting hormone, my choice 4 for $1.00.
your choice 4 for $1.50. Starter plants my choice
$1.50 , your choice $1.75.

20 cents for list Min. order $5.00

MRS. PHYLLIS HOLZEM

Route 3. Box 223

Wausau, Wis. 54401

HELP TURN
THOSE SHY
AFRICAN VIOLETS
INTO

BOLD BLOOMERS
USE

GRANNY'S
BLOOMERS
EXCLUSIVELY FOR
AFRICAN VIOLET
BLOOMS

Granny's Bloomers (0-6-5) may be just
what you're looking for to help turn
your ‘shy’ African Violet into BOLD
BLOOMERS ! !

GRANNY’S BLOOMERS is e x c i t i n g
African Violet lovers everywhere! It's
clean and ordorless too! JUNGLE JUICE
(2-5-4) super for all house plants,
helps to green-up, vitalize stimulate
your plants leaf, stem and root system.
Each capful makes a quart and each
2 oz. bottle makes approx. 4 gallons.
Sold direct by the case of 48 bottles
at special discount prices to African
Violet Clubs.

Write to:

CLAREL LABORATORIES
DEERFIELD, ILLINOIS 60015

ROSE KNOLL GARDENS

Assumption, lillinois

Our own lllini series and varieties by leading
hybridizers including the new “Parsons".

No Shipping

Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Rhoades (217) 226-3249

African Violets or Episcias

6 plants - Labeled blooming size (assorted) $9.00

12 Starter African Violet plants . $9.00

6 fresh cuttings Episcias or columneas labeled $4.75
16 fresh cut - Labeled African Violet leaves . $4.50
All Postpaid My choice only Listing 300

MRS. LEONARD VOLKART
Route 1, Russellville, Missouri 65074

FRESH CUT A.V. LEAVES

New and Old Favorites from Leading Hybridizers
NO SHIPUNG DELAYS MAY 1 to NOV. 1
Peg Mitchell

THE VIOLET FARM

306 Woodlown Ave. Willow Grove, PA 19090

Mail Order Only 250 for 1977 List

JACKSONS HOUSE OF VIOLETS

New and older varieties.
WHOLESALE -- RETAIL

(No Shipping)

Please send 250 for List

1830 S. Broadway Ada, OK 74820

Phone 405-332-3361

1Qj6 ^A/\o±h ^J^ojjuCa^ ^l/aiLEti£±
(listed in order of popularity)

Miriam Steel
Tommie Lou
Garnet Elf
Triple Threat
Fashionaire
Nancy Reagan
Happy Harold
Firebird
Lillian Jarrett
Butterfly White
Delft Imperial
Top Dollar

Brigadoon

Serenity

Whirlaway

Mary-D

Like Wow Sport
Creekside Moonbeam
Carefree
Cordelia

Dbl. Black Cherry
Poodle Top
After Dark

Plus These Favorites:

Peppermint Frost
Cherry Sunday
Lime Puff
Ivory Buttons
Vais Silver Honey

We also carry assorted miniatures, trailers, excellent
variegated foliage, and some of the Parson series.

PRICES — $'2.50 ea. including all costs
Minimum order 6 plants
Calif, res. add 6V2 % tax.

VaUeif

P. O. Box 448 Ph. 415-828-5589

San Ramon, Calif. 94583

African Violet Magazine, June, 1977

16

AFRICAN VIOLETS FOR FALL

CAMiO QUilN— ‘Creamy white dbi.

CASUAL CLASSIC— Lg. dbl. white & pink.

CHRISTl LOVE— Dbl. coral.

CLASSY KITTY~=^Lg. dbl. pink.

DENIM BLUE— Blue dbl. Mini, girl fob
FAITH— Large semi-dbl. white.

HEATHER BLUE — 'Med. blue dbl. white edge. Var.
JIM DANDY— Huge dbl. dark blue.

JOYFUL— Frilly red-edged dbl. white.

LITTLE DELIGHT— Dbl. whiTe, purple edges. S-M.
LORA LOU — ^Dbl. rosy pink var. trailer.

LUCKY LOU — Dbl. blue var. trailer.

RIGALAIRE— Bl ue semi-dbl. White edge.

SAM— Coral semi-dbl.

STARBURST— Pink single star, cerise eye.

SWEET HONESTY — ^Lg. pk. dbl., var. foliage.

TOY CLOWN — "Dbl. pk., purple-specked. Mini.
UNSPOKEN— Lg. blue & white dbl. stars.

WILD COUNTRY— Huge semi-dbl. blue-violet.

YUM YUM — Pink & white single. Var. foliage.
PLANTS: $2.00 Air Mail Ppd. Minimum-3.

LEAVES: 50^ Air Mail Ppd. Minimum-10.

Shipping September 1 through November 1.
Complete 1977 listing 250. Mail Order Only

MRS. LOU ARTA CORBIN

12040 Southridge Dr. Little Rock AR 72212

*7<*^f<**<f

NEW FROM TOMARA FOR 1977
the ‘SHOMEE’ series

CHERRY MINT — Fiery pink dbl., lighter pink

edges, cream, green and pink variegated
foliage.

MINT FLOSS--Delicate white dbl. pink blush,
cream and green variegated foliage.
THISTLEDOWN— Huge white fluffy, fluted
double marked with shades of lavender
and green, tailored symmetrical foliage.

1977 releases from
Fredette, The Parson, Champion,
Constantinov, Granger, Lyon, Tinari
and others.

Send 250 for variety list

Mrs. R. D. Tompkin

Rt. 3, Fayette, MO 65248 Ph. 816-248-3232

Visitors Welcome 9-7 Sunday by appointment

GROWING SUPPLIES AND FERTILIZER

DoDe's SPECIAL
AFRICAN VIOLET POTTING SOIL

sterilized, treated with insecticides, and contains
special growing elements.

24-oz.- — "$1.40 48-01.— -•$2.50

12-oz, Charcoal . . . 5 *^9

6-oz. Charcoal . ,50

8-oz. Peters Violet Special 12-36-14 . 1.85

8-oz. Peters Variegated Special 5-50-17 . . 2.35

2-oz. Superthrive liquid Vitamins — great

for leaf propagation . . . . 1.89

8-oz. Liquid Sturdy Brand 0-15-14 . . 2.M

16-oz. Liquid Alaska Fish 5-1-1 . 2.25

(success formula=% cup Sturdy & %
cup Alaska use ‘A teaspoon of mixture
per gal. of water)

8-oz. Kelthane (miticide) . 2.25

1- oz. Carbonmate (Fermate) . . . . •50

6-qts. Perlite (coarse) . -•••■ -TO

4-qts. Verlite #3 (crumb type) . .70

2- lbs. Dolomite Limestone . -95

2-lbs. Superphosphate . I-™

100 Stake labels— 6” white-sturdy . 2.15

21/2” Square plastic pots . . 25 for 1.00

3” Round plastic pots . 25 for 1.50

6” Hanging Basket-White with saucer .. ea. 1.00
Minimum order $5.00

Please add $1.75 for shipping up to $11.99; $2.75 up
to $24.99. West of Rockies add .500 to all rates.
We ship by UPS . . . For box number and RFD please
add phone number and give street address.

AQUAMATIC SELF-WATERING
VIOLET PLANTER

Lets your plants water and fertilize themselves.
Single— $2.50 6 for $12.85

Twelve or more-— -$1.94 each Cose of 24— -$40.00
POSTAGE PAID!!

*Clubs write for discount prices ^on Supplies & Soil.
*LOW PRICES ON FLORACARTS Write us for details.

HELEN VAN PELT WILSON'S
AFRICAN VIOLET BOOK

$8.95 (bardbackl pp $4.69 |paperbeek| pp

(NEW)

THE MIRACLE HOUSIPLANTS
The Gesneriad Family
$8.95 pp

Send stamp for catalog. Florida residents add 4%
Phone 305-452-5670 sales tax on all items.

DoDe^s GARDENS
1490 Saturn Street
Merritt Island, Florida 32952

Minimum Charge Order $10. (W. Send All Info, on Card

African Violet Magazine, June, 1977

17

HYBRID AFRICAN VIOLET SEEDS

DARDEVIL'S STEEL — A seedling grown from seed
purchased from Ronn Nadeau. I ask my customers
to send me leaves from their best seedlings. These
I grow and determine the most outstanding, for
cash awards. Thus a $25.00 Fantastic Seedling
Award goes to Mr. Arthur Goodall of New Athens,
IL. DARDEVIL’S STEEL is a floriferous red and
white bi-color whose parents are DARDEVIL and
MIRIAM STEEL.

Create and Name New Varieties

There is a good possibility that some of the seedlings you produce will be sufficiently different
and interesting to merit their being named and carried on by leaf propagation. If you are
interested in this aspect let me know when you are ordering, or later, and I will send you
complete directions for naming and registering new varieties (no extra charge).

Guarantee

For whatever reason, if past, present, or
future customers are not satisfied with their
seeds, I invite them to request a replace¬
ment of seeds. My goal is for my customers
to achieve success and satisfaction from
growing violets from seed.

Instructions Provided

With each order is included an 8-point set
of instructions on growing violets from seed.
These instructions, which I have put together
from the experience of others plus my own,
have helped hundreds achieve rewarding suc¬
cess with violets from seeds.

Seed Selections

Below are listed 10 different kinds of crosses. The LOU crosses will produce seedlings 100% of which
will have LOU type variegated foliage. Bloom color of seedlings is hard to predict, even when the bloom
color of the parents is known. Each of the selections will produce many different new varieties.

LOU — ^Red. LOU foliage plants crossed with pollen
from red bloomers such as Mars, Jimmy Carter, and
Redbirds.

LOU — Pink & White. LOU foliage plants crossed
with pollen from pinks and whites, such as Pink
Lemonade and Miriam Steel.

LOU — Purple and Blue. LOU foliage plants crossed
with pollen from purple and blue bloomers.
MIRIAM STEEL — Miriam Steel pollen crossed onto
several outstanding varieties such as Mars, Pink
lemonade, and Dardevil’s Steel.

LAVENDER — Lavender bloomers crossed with other
lavenders. Should produce many lavender bloomers.
MIXTURE — Dark. Mixture of crosses involving dark
colored bloomers crossed with other dark bloomers.

(Purple, dark blues, intense reds).

PINK — Mixture of crosses involving all pink plants
such as Pinky Panky, Time For Pink, and Pink
Lemonade.

STARS — ^This cross will produce seedlings with star
shaped blooms, various flowe'r colors and leaf
shapes.

BI-COLOR — ^Various blue & white, red & white, and
edged bloomers produced these seeds. Should yield
mostly bi-color seedlings.

GIRL — Plants with foliage -having a distinctive
yellow splotch near the base of the leaves were
used in these crosses. Approx 50% of the seed¬
lings will possess this trait.

PRICES

All packets contain 100 seeds (minimum)

1 - 3 packets: $4.00 each 4 ■ 6 packets: $3.75 each

7 or more packets: $3.50 each

RONN NADEAU

2662 SMOKE VIEW DR.
MARYLAND HEIGHTS, MO. 63043

(Foreign orders will be sent by airmail)

African Violet Magazine, June, 1977

18

AFRICAN VIOiET LEAF CUTTINGS & STARTER PLANTS

GAIL’S VIOLETS

4357 County Farm Rd.

St. Johns, Mich. 48879

Descriptive price list 350
ph. (517) 224-7697 or 224-8141

CAPE COD VIOLETRY

John and Barbara Cook

Dept AV 28 Minot Street, Falmouth, MA. 02540
lei. (617) 548-2798

Authorized Distributor for FREDETTE ORIGINALS.
Latest varieties from Granger Gardens, Lyon, Maas,
and Champion.

FRESH CUT AFRICAN VIOLET LEAVES AND EPISCIA
STOLENS.

Please send 250 for list.

Violet Fantasia

15414 Heimer Road
San Antonio, Texas 78232

NEWEST VARIETIES OF AFRICAN VIOLETS

A large selection of African Violets of the
best new hybrid? from Fisher of Canada,
Irene Fredette, Lyndon Lyon, Parson, Cham¬
pion, Utz, Granger and many more. Also a
large selection of unusual Variegates and old
favorites.

Fresh cut leaves and starter plants at
reasonable prices.

Shipping until November 15th. Stamp for list.

Larger plants sold at home by appointment, phone
(512) 494-7829.

Officially approved by AVSA Board

^Coiet

NEWLY REPRINTED ON HEAVIER, BETTER
PAPER. Now 12 Beautiful violets printed full
color. ALL DIFFERENT.

(Note size folded
5-3/8 X 3-1/4)

12 NOTEHEADS
12 ENVELOPES

Only

$150

plus tax

Sold through your local club in minimum lots of 12
packages for $1 per package. (Your club earns 500
per package). An excellent item for sale at your
local violet show. Minimum order — 12 packages.

(No Single Order Please)

GUS BECKER PRINTING COMPANY

1080 Forsythe -- Beaumont, Texas 77701

Shipped postpaid if check sent with order. Otherwise
shipped COD plus postage. Order direct from Printer.

1

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Blossoms
by the BuncR

You can grow more blossoms on
your violets if you quit starving them
of the light they so desperately need.

University studies reveal that a 260% increase in
the number of blossoms can be achieved by
increasing the light period from 6 to 18 hours.

The only way to get that amount of light is to grow under artificial
light. And the best artificial light growing units are built by
WONDER GARDEN. At least we think so.

WONDER GARDEN Grow Light Stands are built of heavy duty
1 ” square aluminum tubing and are available in either 24” or 48”
models. All models use an extra strength plastic tray measuring
1 7” X 1 2” X 214” — just right for handling on your work bench.
To get “blossoms by the bunch” write us
for a free catalog. We’ll be happy to
help you grow better violets.

WQNDEI
GARDEN

NATURE ISLAND, INC.

5360 Snapfinger Woods Dr.
Decatur. GA 30035 (404) 981-3014

African Violet Magazine, June, 1977

19

AFRiCAN VIOLETS

BEST OF THE NEW AND OLD— OVER 800 VARIETIES

12 Leaves (My Choice) . $3.00

25 Leaves (My Choice) . $5.50

40 Leaves (My Choice) . $8.00

All Different and Labeled— Postage Included

GERRY HALUSEK

1424 Indian Lane Carpentersville, IL 60110

Mail Order Only No List

McGOUGH'S

NURSERY

Specializing in violets and other gesneriads.

Have begonias also. No

list

1012 Mitchell Rd.

Houston, Texas

Phone: 447-5495

Mon.-Fri. 9-5

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL

Sat. Appt. Only

25 Fresh Cut Leaves— -$5.00 50 Leaves--$9.00

12 Small Plants— $7.25

All different and labeled
Airmail add $1.00

BILL AND MARLEEN’S VIOLETS

550 Colebrook Webster Groves, MO 63119

EARTH FLOWERS

African Violets

Leaves, Starter Plants, Gift Plants
Temperature controllers for greenhouses
Send self addressed stamped envelope for list and
information on controllers to:

Mrs. J. L. Holeman

3813 Cary Road Huntsville, AL 35810

We ship from May through Sept.

Kitty's Violets

Fresh cut A.V. leaves - 25i for List
Volkmann supplies - Tube Craft Stands
Visitors Welcome

Kitty Woosley, owner

406 Pearl St. Jasper, Texas 75951

(713) 384-8397

Fresh cut leaves
EPISCIAS

IRENE FREDETTE ORIGINALS

Please send 20C for 1976 list.

1977 list available about Jan. 15 for 25<)

HEAVENLY VIOLETS

MRS. MARY V. BOOSE

9 Turney Place Trumbull, Conn. 06611

SHIRTS

$7.95* Post Paid

Alternate design:

“PLANT LOVER”,

with a pot of ivy. Green
design. Shirt Color Choices:
1. White with green arm &
neck trim. 2. Solid light
purple. 3. Solid beige. Sizes
34-36 (Small) 42-44 (Large)
38-40(Med.) 46-48 (Ex-Large)
50% cotton, 50% polyester
& MasterCharge accepted.
The residents add sales tax.

Elcplpit Off

3646 University, Houston, Texas 77005

Quick! Neat! Easy!

FloraCART
Watering Wand

Popular accessory for your FloraCART,
Or for any plant setup. Lightweight 21” alu¬
minum wand dispenses water with pinpoint
accuracy— -no spilling, no breaking leaves! No
heavy watering cans! Easy-operating positive-
action valve. Complete with 8 feet of plastic
hose and gallon plastic jug. $19.95 each. In
U.S. add $1.25 shipping; in Canada $1.50.
Ohio residents add 5V2% sales tax. Check,
money order, Master Charge or BankAmeri-
card (give card number). By the makers of
FloraCART indoor greenhouse on wheels.
Write for literature. Tube Craft,

Inc., 131 1C W. 80th St,

Cleveland, OH 44102. ^=7^^

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A — Hairpin Style Markers
B — Plant or Shrub Labels
C — 'Cap Style Markers
D — Swinging Style Markers
E — Rose Markers
F — ^Tall Display Markers
G — Tall Single Staff Markers
H — ^Pot or Rock Garden Markers
J — Small Plant Labels
K — Tie-On Labels
* Introductory Offer: One each A,
and K with

B,

10 for $1.50
50 for $1.50
10 for $1.50
10 for $1.25
10 for $1.45
10 for $2.00
10 for $2.00
10 for $1.00
50 for $1.25
100 for $3.25
C, D, E, H. J,

water-proof crayon

only $1.25.

Special Quantity Prices Available

Marker
Code E

Popular and
Durable
10 for $1.45

“Postage Prepaid”

Introductory Offer

One each A, B, C, D, E,

H, J & K with waterproof
crayon only $1.25.

Paw Paw Everlast Label

Box 93 X

Paw Paw, Mich. 49079

African Violet Magazine, June, 1977

20

Jeannie’s Jungle Violets

P. O. Box 412 Streator, Ill. 61364

STARTER PLANTS FOR SALE

Minimum Order Five
“FREE” PLANT WITH ORDER

Send self-addressed, stamped envelope for list
Visitors welcome at 27 Stacy Ave. Tel. (815)673-1424

MINIATURE LEAVES

Over 175 varieties

RAINBOW FOREST

P. O. Box 1047 Fremont, CA 94538

Mail only, list 25^

Fresh Cut A.V. Leaves

Hundreds of varieties, Episcia and Columnea cuttings
available.

Grown under fluorescent lights.

Listing 250

HIGH HAT AFRICAN VIOLETS

RFD #4 - E. Dunbarton Rd.

Manchester. N.H. 03102
Mrs. Carol Morrissette 1-603-774-5686

POYNOR’S GREENHOUSE

African violets and related plants.

No List No Shipping Phone 345-5558

Route 1, Box 107J
Hammond, La. 70401
Off Highway 443 (Morris Road).

RESERVOIR WICK POT ^ ^

“It Waters and Feeds at the Same Time”

CONSTANT FEED FERTILIZER
8 oz . $2.25 postpaid

PRICES ON

RESERVOIR WICK POTS

EACH

1 to 5

$1.50 postpaid

6 to 19 .

$1.35 postpaid

20 or more

. $1.20 postpaid

Send stamped self-addressed long envelope for 20
page catalog of AFRICAN VIOLEH'S and SUPPLIES.

VOLKMANN BROS. GREENHOUSES

2714 Minert St., Dallas, Texas 75213

LOUISE’S GREENHOUSE
Fresh Cut A.V. Leaves Episcias

Irene Fredette Originals

List 250

LOUISE PITTS

P. O. Box 767 Sour Lake, Texas 7765S

Phone 713-287-3387

THE PARSON’S SERIES AFRICAN VIOLETS
AMERICA'S MOST WANTED AFRICAN VIOLETS

37 varieties for spring 1977
-—10 New 1977 Introductions —

The Parson’s Courage, The Parson’s Grace, The
Parson’s Inspiration, The Parson’s Little Pamy, The
Parson’s Peace, The Parson’s Prayer, The Parson’s
Promise, The Parson’s Tribute, The Parson’s Song and
The Parson’s Victory.

1974-1976 VARIETIES — The Parson’s Baby, Beauty,
Blessing, Gift, Daughter, Dream, Faith, Friend, Ful¬
ness, Glory, Hope, Happiness, Joy, King, Lynn Renee,
Love, Nadine. Pinkness, Pride, Pink Love, Ruffled
Pinkness, Ruffles, Sport, Surprise, The Parson,
Triumph, Twilight Pink and Wife.

2V>” Pots — $2.50 each Minimum order $7.50

Fresh Cut Leaves 750 each Minimum order $7.50
Add $2.50 U.P.S. & packing for each separate order.
West of Denver add $1.00 additional
We Reserve The Right To Substitute.

—FROM OTHER LEADING HYBRIDIZERS—

15 Assorted plants 214’’ pots prepaid . $17.00

20 Assorted fresh cut leaves prepaid . $ 7.00

10 Newest assorted plants prepaid . $17.00

20 Newest assorted fresh cut leaves prepaid . $10.00
All Plants Grown Under Fluorescent Lights.
SEND ORDERS NOW FOR SPRING DELIVERY.

SIM T. HOLMES

100 Tuscarawas Rd. Bearer, Pa. ISOOS

Phone 412-774-5208

Shipping coast to coast April 15 to Nov. 15.

NO LIST NO CATALOGUE

POSTPAID SUPPLIES

Sudbury Soil Improvement Kit $8.29

Sudbury PH Soil Test Kit 1.^

Humiguide Hygrometer 4.50

INSECTICIDES AND CONDITIONERS

Acti-dionne PM 5 ounces

Rock Phosphate 2 pounds

Dolomite Limestone 2 pounds

$1.90

1.75

1.75

PLASTIC POTS

“White or Utility. All Postpaid. Please specify type.
If not specified our choice will be sent.”

25

50

100

i%”

Regular

$ 1.85

$ 2.85

$ 4.90

21A”

Regular or Square

1.^

2.96

5.15

21/4”

Regular or Square

2.25

3.85

6.20

3”

Reg. or Square, or Tub 2.55

4.60

7.75

31/2”

Regular or Tub

2.95

5.15

9.04

4”

Regular or Tub

3.25

5.90

10.35

5”

Tub

11.40

21.50

6”

Tub

5/2.95

10/5.00

25/7.75

PLASTIC SAUCERS

25

50

100

3”

$ 2.95

$ 5.60

$10.35

4”

3.85

7.00

13.00

5”

4.45

8.55

16.00

6”

5.25

10.10

18.60

Due to Ugh postoge minimum order $7.S0.

Complete list of house plant supplies for stamp.
Texas residents include 5% Texas Sales Tax.

Box 150-Z

THE WALKERS

Luling, Texas 78648

African Violet Magazine, June, 1977

21

6 Starter Plants (my choice)
$5.95 + $1.35 postage
List of Plants & Supplies — 25

dSflojl,

African Violets — • Hoy as — Holiday Cacti
and other Potted Plants
Plants Shown by Appointment Only

Christine M. Burton
(404) 261-3349

5070 N. Ivy Road
Atlanta, Georgia 30342

stim-(!i-plant

a grouiing
ousiness

2077 PARKWOOD AVENUE
COLUMBUS, OHIO 43219,
614/267-1296

helps you grow
finer blooming
african violets!

BETTER PLANTING

New formula high organic.
Not too heavy or light.

Has shredded spagnum
moss. Decomposing humus
aerates soil, holds moisture,
feeds beneficial soil
bacteria. Better drainage
than lightweight mixes.

SOIL CONDITIONERS

• Vermiculite • Charcoal

• Peat Moss

EASIER FEEDING

Liquid balanced 5-8-7
formula. Easier to use.
Concentrated for economy.

All food— no residues. Gives
plants 13 needed trace elements.

BETTER FEEDING

A finely ground food, pure
USP chemicals. Quickly
available to plants. Balanced
5-8-7 formula, gives more
blooms, healthier plants.
Proved by years of use.
Contains 13 needed trace
elements.

PLANT FOOD POWDER

High-analysis 15-30-15,
instantly soluble. A high
powered plant food. PLANT
POWER is strong enough for
outdoor plants yet formu¬
lated for African Violets and
other house plants. Package
makes gallons.

SPRAY— PEST CONTROL

Quick, easy to use. Kills
aphids & mites, spiders &
plant lice, exposed thrips &
white flies, mealy bugs on
house plants elements.

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7. The quality of the leaves: are they attractive
to the eye when not in bloom?

8. How well do the leaves root and send up
plantlets (small amounts or large)?

9. Do they come true to the color described in
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24

BOYCE EDENS
RESEARCH FUND

Mrs. L. F. Lidiak
4503 Sinclair
Austin, TX 78756

At this writing the end of the AVSA fiscal year
is approaching. Actually, another month will
elapse before final compilations will be made; but
in reviewing my contribution log, the picture re¬
garding Boyce Edens Research Fund looks pretty
good.

Naturally, I am hopeful of reporting that the
fund has done well; but equally important — that
more individuals/affiliates have had a hand in the
growth. The funds that have been given through
these voluntary contributions will be added to
monies which are contributed by the Commercial
Members. All dues from Commercial Members
over and above the amount of an individual mem¬
bership are deposited in the Boyce Edens Research
Fund. Hopefully, these combined sources will pro¬
vide the Research Committee sufficient capital for
projects they may have in mind.

It has been a rewarding year for me — I have
enjoyed your letters and feel closer to you by vir¬
tue of our correspondence. In a number of cases
the name of the person to whom an acknowledge¬
ment of a memorial or remembrance gift should be
sent has not been furnished. If you will enclose
this information in your letter of transmittal, I will
notify the proper person of your thoughtfulness.

Thank each of you who participated for your
cooperation as well as your generosity. I hope that
the coming year will see others joining your ranks
and sharing the sense of satisfaction that you have
achieved. Whether large or small any contribution
is most significant because of the fact that you
“put your shoulder to the wheel” to the best of

your ability.

Contributions made from November 27, 1976,
to January 26, 1977.

Miss Rytsa Finkelstein, Winnipeg, Canada $ 5.00

Evening Violeteers AVC, Wausau, WI ... 10.00

The AVS of Denver (CO), Chapt. No. 1 . . 5.00

Richmond (VA) AVS in memory of

Mrs. Cora Plymale . 10.00

New Jersey Council of AVC in memory

of Helene Condon . 10.00

Mrs. Frances C. King in lieu of speakers fee to
Escondido Garden Club, San Diego, CA 15.00
Austin (TX) friends of Rosemary Thompson
in memory of Jackie Nobley . 16.00

The Fort Worth (TX) AVS . 10.00

AV Study Club of Houston, TX . 100.00

Celine K. Chase in memory of MiUie Blair 10.00

Tampa (FL) AVS . IQ.OO

Techeland AVS of Franklin, LA . 10.00

AVS of Staten Island, NY . 10.00

Santa Cruz (CA) AVS . 10.00

Del Dago Garden Club, Carmichael, CA, in lieu
of speaker’s fee to Mrs. Raymond E. Hertel 10.00

Hi Hopes AVS, WI . 10.00

Fort Collins (CO) Violeteers . 5.00

“Happiness Is” AVS, Longmont, CO ... . 8.00

AVS of South Bay, CA . 15.00

Dixie Moonbeam Chapter AVS,

Panama City, FL . 10.00

Waukesha (WI) Violeteers . 10.00

AVS of the East Bay (CA) . 25.00

The First AVS of Dallas, TX . 10.00

AVSA Board in memory of Millie Blair . . 166.00
Mrs. James B. Carey in memory of

Percy F. Crane . 3.00

Mrs. James Merrell in memory of

Percy F. Crane . 5.00

Mrs. James Merrell in memory

of Wayne Schroeder . 5.00

Mrs. C. W. Beattie in memory of
Percy F. Crane . 5.00

AVSA BOOSTER
FUND

Mrs. Lucile Plaster, Chairman
8304 Suffolk Dr.

Shreveport, LA 71106

Many of you attended the AVSA Convention
held in St. Louis this past April. Doubtless, you
had a good time and their warm and gracious hos¬
pitality was outstanding. Your contributions to
the BOOSTER FUND assisted them in providing
some of the small favors you enjoyed there, such
as, enlarging our general program and the continu¬
ation and encouragement of many phases of it.
Your donations were appreciated. Let us resolve to
increase our support to our respective Convention
Hosts each year through the BOOSTER FUND.

Contributions from Dec. 1, 1976 to Mar. 1,
1977

Old Dominion AVS of Northern VA . $ 5.00

Bay State AVS of MA in memory

of deceased members . 25.00

New Jersey Council of African Violet Judges
in memory of Helene Condon . 10.00

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26

Techeland A vs, Franklin, LA . 5.U0

Capital City AVS, Sacramento, CA in

memory of Millie Blair . 25.00

AVS of Staten Island . 10.00

“Happiness Is” AVS of Longmont, CO . . . 8.00

AVS of South Bay, Cupertino, CA . 15.00

Mrs. W. F. Anderson, St. Louis, MO in lieu
of speaker’s fee from Hi Hopes AVC .... 5.00

Melva Nelson, St. Louis, MO in memory

of Percy Crane . 5.00

Florence M. Garrity, Roslindale, MA in

memory of Percy Crane . 5.00

Mr. & Mrs. Ralph E. Caye, Windsor, CT in

memory of Percy Crane . 5.00

Mrs. Dora J. Baker, St. Paul, MN in

memory of Percy Crane . 10.00

Mrs. W. F. Anderson, St. Louis, MO in

memory of Percy Crane . 10.00

Mr. & Mrs. W. M. Plaster, Shreveport, LA in
memory of Percy Crane . 5.00

VIOLET HOSPITAL— Probably no other display
at the AVSA convention/show in Atlanta created
as much interest as the “Violet Hospital”, designed
and set up by Mrs. Lucile Wasson. The hospital
rooms were filled with ailing violets, others con¬
valescing about the grounds, others on crutches.
The top photo shows the front view of the hos¬
pital, the lower photo the rear view. (Photos by
Frank Burton)

HAVE YOU EVER
THOUGHT OF THIS?

Every time you fail to answer a letter that re¬
quires an answer the following happens:

PAPER IS WASTED because of the additional
writing paper and envelope used.

MONEY IS WASTED because of the additional
postage.

ENERGY IS WASTED because of all the steps
necessary to rewrite the letter and because of
machinery used in the postoffice.

TIME IS WASTED because of the repeated ef¬
fort of the original letter writer.

There is more to CONSERVATION than saving
the trees in the forest. (Our thanks to Ann Rich¬
ardson)

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COMING EVENTS must reach the Editor’s desk before
the deadline dates. See page 3 under MAGAZINE for
deadline dates.

Columbus
flcari Violef
Socie+y

Columbus, Ohio
197 6

COVER PAGE— Here's the 1976 cover page for
the yearbook of the Columbus (OH) African Vio¬
let Society. The cover page depicted the Bicenten¬
nial theme, 1776-1976, according to Thelma Will-
cox, club president.

African Violet Magazine, June, 1977

27

Color

Contrasts

SNOW ORCHID

JULY FOURTH

from

C^rec/eUe

(Photos by Grower)

ICY

BLUE

LU ANN

African Violet Magazine, June, 1977

29

Mrs. J. A. W. (Ann) Richardson
RR# 1, Box 70
Tavares, Florida 32778

GROWING UNDER LIGHTS SIMPLIFIED

The subject of growing under lights can be a
complex one to a beginner. This article is designed
to help you understand the basics. Later, you will
want to read some of the excellent articles in the
magazine which go into all the details.

Why grow under lights? Because you then have
a controlled situation. When you must depend on
the weather you get sun some days for a while or
all day and some days none at all, whereas with
artificial light you can control the amount of con¬
stant light. Some growers think that African vio¬
lets have a rest period. You will find that growing
under artificial lights will make a tremendous dif¬
ference in that your plants will be almost constant¬
ly in bloom, provided, of course, that they are
given the usual recommended care. There is
another advantage. You may grow wherever you
please — not necessarily on a window sill. Choose a
dark corner if you will, set up a stand and you will
have a conversation piece.

There are all kinds of lighted stands (see AVM
ads) but if you need an unusual shape or size and
have a handy husband he might build one. Keep in
mind the size (length, width and depth) of the
fixture, the size of pot and plant and the fact that
you will want to set the plants 12” to 14” from
the tops of the plants under the lights. Measure
your largest plants. Smaller ones can be put on
strawberry baskets, up-side-down pots, etc. to get
them closer to the lights. Usually one fluorescent
tube is insufficient so plan, on two and if the
stand is extra long supplement your long tube with
two shorter ones, either the long way or crosswise.
My stand has two 40W tubes in the middle and
two 20W tubes crosswise on each end, with reflec¬
tors. The growing space is 76” x 30”.

Because fluorescent lamps are ideal for plant
growth and because they are not expensive to run
and because they do not generate as much heat as
incandescent hght, they are the ones to use. There
are many different kinds of fluorescent lamps to
choose from and I recommend that you try the
different ones to see which you prefer. When I
first started to grow under lights we had no special

growth lamps and we used regular cool white
lamps. I didn’t know it then but they give the
most light per watt. In time we found that an
incandescent bulb helped induce more bloom, the
addition of which, at least in my case, resulted in a
sort of Reub Goldberg set-up. Now, stands some¬
times have built-in outlets for incandescent lamps.
I note that some growers are going back to a com¬
bination of cool white and warm white and are
just as satisfied as if they were using growth lamps.
Some growers use Gro-Lux lamps with cool white
ones and Hke the combination. No one can deny
that Gro-Lux lamps enhance the beauty of the
blossoms. It is for this reason that in AVSA con¬
ventions we do not use them. We want the blos¬
soms to look natural but in your home there is no
harm in gilding the lily — I mean, African violet!
Personally, I Hke and use the Gro-Lux Wide Spec¬
trum lamps in combination with cool white.

While tubes appear to be working, they do wear
out and it is advisable to change tubes at least once
a year, more often if they get black at the ends, if
you are economy minded and insist upon using
them until they burn out, increase your lighting
time. Mark the date on the tube when you make
the change. Clean tubes are a must. Those full of
dust will not emit sufficient light.

Place your light flowered plants (pinks, whites,
etc.) around the edges and your darker colors
(purple, dark blues, etc.) under the center of the
fixtures. Variegated should also be in the middle.

If you want to impress other beginners, speak
of “Photoperiod” which is simply the number of
hours of light a plant requires to make food. The
usual number of hours that the lights should be
turned on is around 10 or 12 except when show
time is approaching and you find that the blos¬
soms are not coming out fast enough, then you
might keep the lights on up to 15 hours, if you
find the temperature gets too high in hot weather,
turn off the lights during the day and on during
the night. Fluorescents do not generate as much
heat as incandescents but when the temperatures
really soar every bit more counts. Don’t fall into

African Violet Magazine, June, 1977

30

the error of thinking that if a little light is good a
whole lot is better. Plants need a period of dark¬
ness.

Every stand should have a thermometer to mea¬
sure temperature and a hygrometer which mea¬
sures humidity. You can buy them separately or in
combination. It is important to know your tem¬
perature (ideal between 65 and 75 } and the
humidity (ideal 40% to 60%). The brightness of
light is important and is measured in footcandles.
It is possible to buy a lightmeter but you can tell
by the behaviour of your plants if your light
strength is about right. Light that is too intense
will stunt growth and cause brittle leaves, especial¬
ly in the center and also bleached foliage (usually
the first sign) and outside leaves to hug the pot,
while insufficient light causes poor growth, long
stems and lack of bloom.

Plants grown under lights should have the same
care as those not under lights. However, because
they grow faster under lights you may find that
you will have to fertilize a little more and repot
oftener. Water when temperatures are rising, early
enough in the day so that they have a chance to
dry before the lights go out.

Planting By The Moon

by EM. HUNT
4648 Fourth Ave.

Niagara Falls, Ont. L2F 4N7

JULY

Fruitful: 4,5,14,15,16,23,24,25
Semifruitful: 1,10,11,21,22,28,29
1st quarter July 16, 4th quarter July 7th
AUGUST

Fruitful: 1,2,10,11,12,20,21,28,29
Semifruitful: 5,6,7,17,18.19,24,25
1st quarter Aug. 14th, 4th quarter Aug. 6th
SEPTEMBER

Fruitful: 7,8,16,17,25,26
Semifruitful: 2,3,14,15,30
1st quarter Sept. 13th, 4th quarter Sept. 5th
OCTOBER

Fruitful: 4,5,6,13,14,22,23,31
Semifruitful: 1,11,12,17,18,26,27,28
1st quarter Oct. 12th, 4th quarter Oct. 5th
NOVEMBER

Fruitful: 1,2,10,11,18,19,20,28,29
Semifruitful: 8,9,14,15,23,24
1st quarter Nov. 11th, 4th quarter Nov. 3rd
DECEMBER

Fruitful: 8,9,15,16,17,25,26

Semifruitful: 6,7,20,21

1st quarter Dec. 10th, 4th quarter Dec. 3rd

COMING

EVENTS

JUNE 11 - 12 — Suburban AV Friends’ 2nd annual
show/plant sale, “Violet Fiesta”, at San Mateo Garden
Center, 605 Parkside Way, south of Hwy. 92, off at
Alameda de las Pulgas. June 11, 2-6 p.m.; June 12, 10
a.m.-4:30 p.m. Free admission, Judy Mitchell, chairman,
assisted by Harriette Foss. Proceeds of plant sale go to El
Portal Campship Fund for orthopedically handicapped.

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ROOTING LEAVES

Here’s a method of rooting African violet leaves
used by Mrs. V. H. Roelle of Peetz, CO 80747.

She says:

‘T like to root violet leaves in pots of loose,
light growing medium, placed in a plastic bag. But
there are times when I receive new leaves and just
do not have the time or the necessary materials to
plant them that way. So 1 stick them into the
holes of a glass flower frog wet in a small bowl of
warm water. You can root them this way, and
plant them in pots later when you have the time
and material.”

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GOOD FOR ALGAE

Inez Heinrich of Kansas City, MO, says here’s a
tip for African violet growers. Here’s what she
says:

“I save my rainwater. I had one green container
and one black. We were gone two months from
home and when I returned I found the green con¬
tainer filled with algae. I dumped all the water.
The black container was clear and sparkling.

“I got busy and painted all my reservoirs and
containers black inside. Now I don’t have an algae
build-up any more.”

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DO YOU KNOW . . .

That there is a violet club that knows no state
bounds? It’s the African Violet Correspondence
Club, which has members all over the U.S. and
Canada and is now boasting of a new member in
the Republic of South Africa. The club publishes a
newsletter that contains hints, questions and an¬
swers, growing methods and just plain “violet
talk.” Yvonne Schenfield says if you want to
know more about the club send her a self-address¬
ed stamped envelope to 699 West Washington,
Bradford, PA 16701.

African Violet Magazine, June, 1977

31

The Parson’s Series

(Photos by Grower)

PARSON’S PEACE

PARSON’S SONG

African Violet Magazine, June, 1977

32

SOIL MIXES

(ED. NOTE: For benefit of those African violet growers who like to mix their own soils, a series of soil
mixtures will be carried in the African Violet Magazine).

To be successful in growing violets, a grower
must have a good potting mix, the most important
characteristic of which is good drainage, which re¬
quires a light, porous, non-packing mix. For op¬
timum plant growth the mixture should have a pH
factor between 6.4 and 6.9.

The old standard African violet mix was equal
parts of garden loam, leaf mold or peatmoss, and
sand. Sterilization or preferable pasteurization of
the soil, leaf mold, organic materials, etc., was the
only means of eliminating undersirable contamina¬
tion. This was accomplished by moistening the soil
and baking it in a closed container at a tempera¬
ture of 180 ° for 30 minutes.

Today we have packaged African violet potting
mixtures available for those needing only small
quantities.

Many growers, however, have asked for mix for¬
mulas used over the country.

FROM CALIFORNIA

Here’s a mix, published in The Council News
using a one-pound coffee can as a measure:

1 can Black Magic Planter Mix

14 can vermiculite

/4 can Sponge Rok

2 TBSP Charcoal

2 TBSP oyster shell

Mis dry ingredients well and then moisten with
Hyponex 7-6-19, mixing well. Let stand overnight.

SAYS IT’S GOOD MIX

Mrs. A. Blouw, 822 Elhot Street, Grand Rapids,
MI 49501 says the following is a very good mix:

3 quart cans Fertilite (soil)

6 quart cans Ready Earth

5 quart cans Canadian Peat

6 quart cans perlite

5 tablespoons bonemeal

2 tablespoons Super-Phosphate

1 quart can charcoal

1 quart can dried (dehydrated) cow manure.

Mix together and moisten and place in sealed

container. This mix can be used immediately.

When ready to use this mix, I take

2 quarts of the mix and add 2 quarts vermicu¬
lite and one quart of perlite and use for regular
plants or for baby plants.

African Violet Magazine, June, 1977

USED MIX FOR TWO YEARS

Bertha Wright, 450 SW Fourth Street, Cooper,
TX 75432 has been using the following mix for
two years and has had very good success, she says:
3 quarts Black Magic AV Soil
3 quarts Baccto Potting Soil
3 quarts coarse perlite
1 quart coarse vermicuhte
1/4 quart (or 1 cup) ground eggshells
1/4 quart (or 1 cup) fine chip charcoal
1 TB 20% Superphosphate

Mix in a 50-pound Baccto bag or any strong
plastic bag by holding top closed, picking up one
bottom corner, then the other until well mixed.

Add 1 pint fertilizer solution and mix thor¬
oughly by same method. Fertilizer solution is
made with equal parts of Peters (5-50-17) and
Peters (12-36-14) mixed thoroughly. Then add
one-fourth teaspoon of solution to one gallon of
water.

LEAF STARTER MIX

Here’s a leaf starter mix, published in Violet
Time, the official publication of the AVC of Van¬
couver, Canada:

2 parts vermiculite (horticultural)

1 part Sponge Rok (perlite)

1 part charcoal

Thoroughly dampen mixture before using. Re¬
member to cut leaf stem (petiole) about iVi inches
in length. Make the cut using a razor blade or very
sharp knife, on an angle away from leaf rather
than behind. Insert leaf about half an inch into
mix. If necessary prop leaf up with a tooth pick to
keep it from flopping over. In due course your
plantlets will appear. Let them be iVi inch to 2
inches before separating them from the mother
leaf to pot up. Plant only the sturdy ones. These
can be started off in the leaf starter mix with a
little soil added and then as they grow, more soil
can be added.

FROM KANSAS CITY

Mrs. Edward A. (Inez) Heinrich, 6801 Bannister
Road, Kansas City, MO 64134 has a soil mix

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FAMILY AFFAIR-Martin Miller, Susan Miller
and Jennifer Miller, members of the AVS of Syra¬
cuse, NY, prove that growing African violets and
showing and winning special prizes can really be a
family affair. Martin is holding 'Gala', largest
blooming plant; Susan has 'Half and Half', Queen
of Show, and Jennifer is holding the President's
project plant.

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which, she says, is used by her and others in clubs
in Kansas City. She uses a one-pound coffee can
for measuring.

Here’s her mix:

1 can of Blue Whale Soil conditioner (or Build¬
er)

1 can of No. 10 grade charcoal

2 cans vermiculite
2 cans perlite

2 teaspoons ground limestone
2 teaspoons Fermate

Mix thoroughly and wet. Let set for 10 days or
two weeks.

When I want to mix a large batch, I use my
32-gallon trash container. I have an electric cement
mixer — a five-gallon. It works great and fast.
After it’s mixed, I let our Kansas City sunshine,
which reaches 100 ° , do the rest.

POTTING MIX

The favorite soil mix in England is called the
John Innes Compost Mix. The Innes mix is not
available in the United States but an equivalent
mixture is the Cornell Mix, which is available here
or can be made following these instructions: Mix
four quarts of vermiculite or perlite, four quarts of
shredded peat moss or sphagnum, two level table¬
spoons of ground Hmestone and four level table¬
spoons of 5-10-5 fertilizer.

For the gardener who is not ready to do so
much mixing, two parts of prepared Jiffy Mix can
be blended with one part perlite or vermiculite to
achieve almost the same results.

POTTING TABLES?

Ms. Mary LaClair
P. O. Box 327
Vernon, NY 13476

“From the mouths of babes come words of wis¬
dom” . . .and “from old dressing tables come won¬
derful potting tables . . . REALLY”. Have an old
changing table that’s too good to throw away but,
still not quite good enough to sell or give to some¬
one?

They make swell potting tables, with storage
compartments to neatly keep handy, pots, saucers,
soil, etc. There’s a compartment for clean pots, a
separate compartment for pots waiting to be wash¬
ed, a place for a collection of plant saucers — and
if your little one just gave up the changer, your
fertihzers and insecticides should be under LOCK
& KEY, but if you find one at a garage sale and
have no little ones around the house, the hidden
compartment underneath the flip top would be a
possible place to keep these things out of easy
reach and out of little visitors’ viewing tempta¬
tions.

Everything is right there handy and neat and
organized.

AND don’t overlook that diaper pail — or old
step-on garbage can — it’s great for keeping potting
soil. No more ‘hole in the bag worries’.

ORGANIZE YOUR POTTING CORNER AND
RE-CYCLE YOUR BABY EQUIPMENT AT THE
SAME TIME.

ENERGY CRISIS
NO PROBLEM!

Seth B. Pauli, who operates Pauli’s Radio &
TV, Marine Supplies, 701 Hope Street, Bristol, RI
02809 had no problem this past winter with the
energy crisis and his African violets. Here’s his
story:

“I grow African violets at 55° to 60 ° in win¬
ter in my cellar until they are as big as I wish the
lush green foliage. Then I bring them up into the
house at 70 . They bloom enmasse in 4 weeks,
much better than the ones I’ve grown in the house
at the same time.

“This is the second year of doing this. I also
keep them watered every other day. They’re under
fluorescent lights, 12” to 15” above them. The
plants will not bloom at this temperature though,
but like the warmth when brought up from the
cellar.”

African Violet Magazine, June, 1977

34

AVSA AFFILIATES

GREETINGS TO ALL - - - When you read this
in the June magazine most shows will be in the
past. The convention will be over for another year.
People will be inspired to start new clubs. Over 50
in 1976! You would never believe the enthusiasm
shown in these new groups, even staging shows in
their first year — OUTSTANDING! I Keep up the
good work! It’s a beautiful hobby and so reward¬
ing.

I want to thank the clubs that sent their officer
lists to me early. This too is a big help for strange¬
ly enough that month of July comes up quite
quickly and affiliate listings are again being done
and many clubs have wrong presidents’ names list¬
ed which does not make tor happy presidents and
this we do not intentionally do. Maybe the lists
were sent to the Editor and thus did not reach me.
Send them to the Atfiliate Chairman.

This column is my farewell to all of you. I have
resigned and will no longer be your Affiliate Chair¬
man. Mrs. Wayne Schroeder, 1739 N. 74th Court,
Elmwood Park, IL 60635 is the new Affiliate
Chairman. She is a very capable and understanding
person. Please cooperate with her requests as you
did with mine. This period of transition may slow
up progress a little but please be patient and all
will be taken care of as soon as possible.

I will miss all the great friends I have made and
hope I will be seeing you at convention times in
the future. Remembering all of you always.

Sincerely,
Helen Freie

SEVEN NEW AFFILIATES

This month there are seven new Affiliates we
are welcoming into affiliation.

Tidewater AVS, George E. Wilson, 2433 Hem¬
lock St., Norfolk, VA 23513

The Golden Circle AVC, Mrs. E. G. Brown, 45
S. Valley Rd., Palmerdale, AL 35123

African Violet Society of Grays Harbor, Mrs.
Beverly Cornell, 6116 Kavjula Rd., Aberdeen, WA
98520

Tustana AVS, Cheridah L. Lewis, 9841 Brent¬
wood Drive, Santa Ana, CA 92705

Ruston AVS, Mrs. George A. Davidson, Rt. 1
Box 317, Ruston, LA 71270

Green Bay Area AVS, Pat Robinson, 1641
Bruce Lane, Green Bay, WI 54303

Mile-Hi North AVS, Susan Verspohl, 10373
Sperry St., Northglenn, CO 80234

Greetings from your New Chairman

Working for the African Violet Society of
America has always been a privilege and a chal¬
lenge for me. Through the years I have not only
enjoyed the many friendships I have made but I
look forward to the mail and hope I may be able
to help members with whom I share the joy of the
African violet hobby.

Certainly there are many facets of this new job
that will be hard work for a while, but I will try to
learn the procedures as rapidly as possible to give
the very best service to the society. Perhaps there
will be mistakes of commission and of omission
but with your patience and understanding we can
work together to make the AVSA even better in
its service to its members.

Please feel free to write if you have questions or
if you have not received a reply to your requests.
The transition of this chairmanship from Cahfor-
nia to Illinois has entailed cross country mailing
which of course will delay your answers. Please be
patient and understanding for soon everything
should be running smoothly once again.

Affiliate Chairman
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Root Rot

And Diseases

Edd Stretch Smith
4136 Flora Place
St. Louis, MO 63110

Three groups of pathogens, pythium and phyto-
phthora; fusarium; and rhizocttonia, cause most
common root diseases of container grown plants,
according to Dr. Harvey A. J. Hoitink, Associate
Professor of Plant Pathology, Ohio Agricultural
Research & Development Center, Wooster.

Experiments have shown these pathogens can
be controlled, by substituting composted hard¬
wood bark for peat moss in the potting medium.

In test nursery situations where half the plants
were potted in a medium containing peat moss and
the other half in a medium containing composted
bark, the diseases were common where peat moss
was used, while those in composted hardwood
bark were free of root-rotting organisms.

African Violet Magazine, June, 1977

35

Propagation Of African Violet Flower Petals

Peter C. Bilkey and A. C. HildebrandP^

(ED. NOTE: This is the third of three articles on “Tissue Culturing African Violets” by Peter C.
Bilkey and A. C. Hildebrandt. Research was supported by the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences,
University of Wisconsin, Madison, and by Hatch Project No. 981. The senior author acknowledges with
special thanks scholarship support from The Wisconsin Council of African Violet Clubs and
encouragement from Mrs. William Wall in this research).

Tissue culturing is now enabling African violets
to be propagated from flower petals. Those deli¬
cate colorful blossoms for which all violets are
grown, have the tremendous potential of sprouting
millions of plants. The largest of greenhouses
could be filled to capacity with violets propagated
from one flower petal.

Tissue culturing African violet flower petals can
offer another advantage besides mass propagation.
If ever a mutation in a flower where a yellow
stripe in a petal occurs, the potential of getting a
whole plant with all yellow flowers from the mu¬
tated area is now possible. If this petal mutation
occurred in the past, it was lost forever, since con¬
ventional methods of propagating violets could not
continue the mutation. Tissue culturing sprouts a
whole plant that genetically has the mutation in
every cell.

The procedure for tissue culturing African violet
flower petals is very similar to tissue culturing leaf
petiole cross-sections described in article #2 in the
March Magazine. The same artificial culture media
containing water, sugar, agar, fertilizers, trace
elements, vitamins and various hormones is used.
In a transfer chamber under aseptic conditions, the
African violet blossoms are sterilized using the

Figure 1. Close up of plants sprouting from an
African violet flower petal, age— 10 weeks.

Figure 2. Same cultured flower petal growing on
media in 6 oz. prescription bottle.

same procedure as for leaf tissue. After being
rinsed with sterile distilled water, the blossom
petals are removed and placed on the culture
media.

In a few days changes can be seen. The flower
petals enlarge, lose most of their attractive color,
and turn green. Cells, especially where the petal
was removed from the blossom, divide rapidly.
After about 3 weeks the cultured petal triples in
size, and a large mass of cells (callus) can be seen.
This callus begins to sprout plantlets when it is
divided and transferred to fresh culture medium
high in cytokinins. (Fig. 1 and 2). Cytokinins are
hormones that promote rapid cell division and dif¬
ferentiation of caullus cells into plantlets. The
number of plantlets produced depends upon how
often the callus is divided and the concentration of
cytokinins in the culture media. The number of
plantlets produced from one flower petal can be
unlimited. When the plantlets are about 2 inches
*Peter C. Bilkey — Graduate Student, Department
of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin, Madison,
Wisconsin.

A. C. Hildebrandt — Professor, Department of
Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin, Madison,
Wisconsin.

African Violet Magazine, June, 1977

36

high, they are removed from the bottles, divided
and transplanted into sterile African violet sod,
and are ready to bloom in a few weeks.

A short while ago propagation of African violets
from flower petals would have been impossible.
With the way that science progresses further tech¬
nical improvements in tissue culture may be antici¬
pated.

(REFERENCES were listed in the first article,
“African Violets and Tissue Culturing”, appearing
in the January 1977 African Violet Magazine.)

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CROSS YOUR Vs. . .
and

DOT YOUR T's . . .

Mrs W. F. Anderson
360 Tulip Drive
St Louis, MO 63119

For this column, we are indebted to Frances
Batcheller and Estelle Crane for sharing their re¬
search to help others pronounce the botanical
names of African violets and other gesneriads.

The pronunciation of botanical words does not
have an absolute, universal standard. There is some
disagreement even among the experts.

In the book Botanical Latin, Sir William Stern
states: “Botanical Latin is essentially a written lan¬
guage, but the scientific names of plants often
occur in speech. How they are pronounced really
matters little provided they sound pleasant and are
understood by all concerned.”

Liberty Hyde Bailey in How Plants Get Their
Names says: “All words are beautiful when prop¬
erly used and correctly pronounced. For the most
part, these binemials are not difficult in speech. Of
course practice is required to speak any vocabulary
well.”

Roland Wilbur Brown, author of The Composi¬
tion of Scientific Words states: “The purpose of
pronunciation is not to be sonorous but to be un¬
derstood . . . clarity may be promoted by enunci¬
ating the simple components of technical words so
that they will be heard as distinct, etymological
entities.” ’

There are two main principles involved in pro¬
nunciation. First is accentuation which is finding
the stressed or accented syllable. The second is
vowel quality — whether the sound is short or
long. The pronunciation of long vowels varies with
the speaker’s preference. In New York, it may be
Americayna — in Boston, Americahna.

If a word has two syllables, accent the first

syllable — bel-la. If a word has several syllables, the
stress is generally on the next to last syllable when
the vowel is long — dip-lo-trich (trike)-a. If the
vowel is short, the stress is generally on the third
from the last syllable as hir-sutis-simus.

Most consonants are pronounced as in English.
The letter c causes many difficulties. The usual
rule is that it is pronounced as k before a, o and u -
c(k)onfusa, obc(k)onic(k)us, orbic(k)ularis,
inc(k}onspic(k}ua. Before e, i and y, the sound is a
s dulc(s)is, diffic(s)ilis, c(s)yanandrus. Double c
follows the rules that the first is k, the second
depends on the following vowel as coc(k)c(s)inea.
Ch is usually pronounced as k — pulch(k)ella. G
may have the sound of g or j, depending on the
speaker’s preference as g(g)esneriad or g(j)esneriad.

Derivatives from proper names are usually pro¬
nounced as nearly as possible to the original lan¬
guage. An example Saintpaulia grotei has been
named for the man who found it, Mr. Grote, or S.
tongwensis, named for the geographical location,
Mt. Tongwe in Africa.

Harold E. Moore, Jr. in African Violets, Gloxi¬
nias and their relatives says: “Common names for
gesneriads are few. We must rely largely on tech¬
nical names of Latin or Greek derivation.” In the
appendix he devotes a section to pronunciation
and meanings of names.

As you become acquainted with more and more
of these plants, don’t approach the name calling it
a jawbreaker and search for a common name. It’s
fun to find the meaning of the name and pronun¬
ciation becomes easier with practice.

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Pesticide Problems

A member from Minnesota who thought she
had Pritchard (soil) mealy bug, but later found
that the pest was springtails, treated all her plants,
plantlets and leaf cuttings with a drench of 2 table¬
spoons of Isotox to a gallon of water with disas¬
trous results. Roots and centers were burned and
she lost her entire collection of 125 violets.

She wrote “I learned the hard way. Don’t be¬
lieve everything you read or hear no matter who
it’s from and only do a few violets at a time when
trying something new. Because of my husband’s
help and encouragement and help from a very dear
violet friend I have started a new violet collec¬
tion.”

(Editor’s Note: There are several different
Isotox formulas. The Isotox Systemic has been
used successfully by many members.)

African Violet Magazine, June, 1977

37

Plant Sprouts On Backside of Leaf

Maradell Bird

Post Box 256

Lewistown, MT 59457

Anne Tinari said in the January ’77 issue of the
African Violet Magazine: “If you had the right
temperature, atmosphere, etc, I believe you could
be successful rooting any part of an African vio¬
let.”

Now I have proof of it!

My plant, ‘Pom Pom Delight’ had formed
several crowns and was quite crowded. It was
blooming so beautifully I hated to disturb it, but
finally I re-potted, and in so doing several leaves
were broken off. I was going to throw them away,
but decided to pot them. One leaf was broken and
had a hole in it but I potted it anyway.

I put them in a small plastic pot, wicked with a
bit of nylon from old stockings, put a few small
stones in the bottom of a styrofoam coffee cup,
added water to cover the stones, dropped in the
small pot with the leaves, and covered the whole
thing with a small plastic baggie, and put them
under the lights. About every week or ten days I

Photo No. 1

Photo No. 2

made sure there was enough water in the cup to
make the wick effective.

In about five weeks I noticed that a tiny plant
had sprouted on the under side of the leaf that had
been broken! Photo No. 1 shows the front side of
the leaf with the hole in it. Photo No. 2 shows the
tiny plant growing on the back side of the leaf at
the site of the break.

I am just a beginner in this African violet craze.
There have been violets in my family for 40 years,
but I only got really serious about them when I
retired about two and one-half years ago. I am
proud to say that my collection includes 1 minia¬
ture, three trailers, and about 100 other plants,
comprising 32 varieties. I find I am being called
upon more and more to bring centerpieces, and
table decorations for the social function I attend.
Of course, I am so proud to bring my violets.

!

African Violet Magazine, June, 1977

38

St. Louis, MO 63109

The following registrations have been received
during the period from November 30, through
February 28, 1977.

ROYAL DREAM (3068) VW-E 5 dfS 12/2/76

William G. Hartley, 315 Webster St., Bel Air,
MD 21014

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, USA (3069) L-OX 35 df
S 12/10/76

ABOUT FACE (3070) D-ROW-E 23 df S
12/10/76

Mrs. P. W. Riesling, 475 Madison St., Denver,
CO 80206

PLUM MARALADE (3088) RX 259 d L
2/1/77

CANTON STAR (3089) D-B 259 sc S 2/1/77
PARMA ZIP (3090) D-B 259 d L 2/1/77
PARAGON (3091) L-PD-P-E 25 dfS 2/1/77
SHEER BEAUTY (3092) L-PG-E 35 df L
2/1/77

MIDNIGHT KISS (3093) OV-E 259 d L 2/1/77
Mrs. C. S. Hawley, 2432 Nottingham Rd.,
Columbus, OH 43221

FRJEDETTE’S SUGAR BLUES (3094) BW-E
37 s-d L 2/22/77

Irene Fredette, 972 Grassy Hill Rd., Orange, CT

HENRIETTA WILSON (3071) L-B 2 d S
12/10/76

L, F. Wilson, 114 So. 9th Ave., Bozeman, MT
59715

GENE’S PRIDE (3095) M-D-BW-E 59 S
2/22/77

Irene Reinhold, 5823 West Park Ave., St. Louis,
MO 63110

BLUE BENDER (3072) D-BW-E 2 s-d L
12/30/76

BOMBAY RED (3073) RV-E 2 d L 12/30/76
CLOUDBANK (3074) W 2 d L 12/30/76
CORPUS CHRISTI (3075) L-PX 2 s-dc L
12/30/76

DONNA (3076) OXV 2 d L 12/30/76
FALBA (3077) W 2 d L 12/30/76
KIRA (3078) OV 23 d L 12/30/76
MIMI (3079) W 2 d L 12/30/76
SANDRA (3080) PXW&G-E 2 d L 12/30/76
SARA LYNNE (3081) RW-E 2 d L 12/30/76
TEXAS CHARMER (3082) OXV&W-E 2 s-d L
12/30/76

TEXAS WILDFIRE (3083) RW-E 2 d L
12/30/76

TRUFFLES (3084) OW-E 2 d L 12/30/76
UTZ MONIQUE (3085) D-PW-E 2 d L
12/30/76

UTZ TIFFANY (3086) PW-E 23 d L 12/30/76
Howard Utz, 10017 Sahara, San Antonio, TX
78216

SIR HILL (3087) VO 358 s L 2/1/77
Arthur Hill, 1468 Ponderosa, Fullerton, CA
92635

BLUE MARINER (3096) L-B 59 df S 2/25/77
CANDY LOVE (3097) L-PW-E 59 s-d S
2/25/77

DIRTY FACE (3098) L-PG 59 s-d S 2/25/77
FESTIVE RED (3099) RW-E 35 s-d S 2/25/77
FRILLY LACE (3100) OX 5 dfS 2/25/77
JEWELED STAR (3101) RO-E 3 s S 2/25/77
IRISH DUDE (3102) WOG-E 5 df L 2/25/77
LAVENDER JEWEL (3103) O 39 s-d S
2/25/77

MIDNIGHT MADNESS (3104) V 5 df S
2/25/77

PEACH LACE (3105) PG-E 3 d S 2/25/77
PINK DYNAMO (3106) PX 3 d S 2/25/77
RING TWICE (3107) L-RX 2 sc S 2/25/77
SAILOR’S DREAM (3108) L-B 59 d L 2/25/77
SHAYNA (3109) V 5 df S 2/25/77
SWINGIN PINK (3110) D-P 2 d S 2/25/77
TOMMIE’S SON (3111) WB 79 d L 2/25/77
TWILIGHT ANGEL (3112) VW-E 59 s-d L
2/25/77

Kolb’s Greenhouses, 725 Belvidere Rd.,
PhiUipsburg, NJ 08865

BICENTENNIAL ROSE (3113) D-PX 1589 d S
2/26/77

African Violet Magazine, June, 1977

39

STORM WARNING (3114) D-BW-E 239 sc S
2/26/77

Mrs. P. W. Kiesling, 475 Madison St., Denver,
CO 80206

RESERVATIONS

The following reservations have been received
during the same period as above.

Barnhill, 1108 12th Ave., Midfield AL 35228

RENEWALS AND RELEASES

Renew THERESSA CAROL and CINDEREL¬
LA The Flower Pot, Stevens St., Albert Lee, MN
56007

Release COBRA AND EASTER BUNNY

NANA’S LOVE 2/11/77 Mrs. Walter Bruce,
3459 Villa Ave., Shreveport, LA 71107

THE MUSCIAN * THE MUSCIAN’S WIFE ^
THE MUSCIAN’S SONG 2/22/11 Rev. L. E. Col¬
lins, 1333 Riverside, Waco, TX 76706

DEVIL’S PINK * TOMMY’S BROTHER
1/26/77 Kolb’s GH, 725 Belvidere Rd., PhUlips-
burg, NJ 08865

BOY BLUE * MACYANN 11/19/76 Mrs. J. G.

CORRECTION

In the March Magazine SHARPRA should have
been SHAYNA

The above registration PLUM MARMALADE
was formerly released under the name PLUM
PRETTY

Please send your orders for the Master Variety
List 2 and 3 to The Knoxville Office.

Send self addressed stamped envelope for any
reply.

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Columns a Multiflora

Mrs. Hugh F. Eyerdom
Granger Gardens
Medina, OH 44256

Numerous years back we attended a Gloxinia
Society Convention at Ithaca, NY. There we be¬
came familiar with many plants which we did not
know existed. We were very much impressed by
some of them and decided to grow some for our
trade. When the public had not become aware of
them, and were not interested when we showed
them, we dumped most things, with the exception
of a few Columneas and Hypocertas.

We have done nothing towards hybridizing any¬
thing but the Columneas. By making numerous
crosses and coming up with some interesting plants
Hugh kept a few select ones. Of these, there are
two. They are Columnea ‘Multiflora’ and Colum-
nea ‘Chocolate Soldier’. We have sold many, many
of both. ‘Multiflora’ will win again and again in
shows because it is an easy one to propagate and
grow. It has large blooms and is almost always in
bloom. The thing Hugh tried to develop in this
crossing was a sturdy, well proportioned amount
of foliage of good substance with good sized
blooms held well upright from the stem, and not a
hidden bloom with weak foliage. He feels he has a
most desirable one in this one.

We do not grow enough Gesneriads to put on
our price list because our violet trade in the past

several years has been so heavy and we use all the
space we can for them. What Columneas we do
grow are purchased here at the greenhouses by
either the retail trade or the area wholesale dealers
who drive in and pick them up. Therefore we do
not list them.

Columnea ‘Chocolate Soldier’ is a most attrac¬
tive plant because of its bronze chocolate color
with a waxy cast to the foliage. We feel it is a good
one from the standpoint of an attractive hanging
basket plant. It is getting more popular all the
time, and is also easy to propagate.

Both plants are heavy feeders and must have
fertilizer regularly. They should be fed every other
time you water to get the best performance.
‘Chocolate Soldier’ is not the constant bloomer
that ‘Multiflora’ is, but it does bloom heavily at
certain times of the year as they reach maturity.

Columnea ‘Calypso’ is the third one we are
working with. It is also an ever bloomer. The fol¬
iage is dark olive red with large red upright blooms
with a yellow throat and single red tongue. This
one we are going into heavier production than we
have been. It has proven itself different enough to
be another variety than the above two. Either
20-20-20 or 15-30-15 fertilizer can be used.

We have no intention of changing the name of
‘Multiflora’ for any reason, even though we have
been told numerous times that it would not be
recognized as a name for the plant by the powers
that be!

African Violet Magazine, June, 1977

40

Plant Stands Constructed
To Meet Needs of Growers

(ED. NOTE: This is the second of several articles dealing with plant stands which have been
constructed by African violet growers).

Here's where Bernadette Williams grows her violets.

Bernadette Williams, 285 Dandridge Drive,
Barnhart, MO 63012 certainly displayed her in¬
genuity when she was faced with the need of
taking care of her African violets.

But let her tell her story:

“In our living room we have a wall 15-foot
wide, which we turned into a home for my African
violets along with a place to put our portable tele¬
vision and component stereo equipment.

“The braces, which were to support the shelves,
were placed on 16-inch center studs across the
width of the wall. The cantilever brackets were

then positioned up or down on the braces depend¬
ing on where we wanted the shelves. The shelves
were made of particle board, then stained a dark
brown. The shelves measure 7 feet long and 16
inches wide. The two Gro-Lux lights in each fix¬
ture are 48 inches long with two 40-watt tubes
placed on brackets so that they can be raised or
lowered depending on their use.

“My collection of violets is small since I have
not been involved that long with violets, but I’m
sure it will grow. I certainly enjoy reading the Afri¬
can Violet Magazine.”

If I Can Build One, You Can, Too!

Carol Ann Kostulias
461 Wellington Road
Mineola, NY 11501

I know if I can build a plant stand, you can,
too! I recently completed my last one. Practically
all you need is a screw driver and perhaps a drill.

For a single stand, I had 8 pieces of 49^2 inch
common pine cut by the lumber yard, 8 pieces of
25 inch common pine - both of these are SVi inch
by inch wood. Then you need 4 pieces of 60
inch Ixl’s and a 4x8 piece of masonite cut in Va’s.
This will give you three shelves for plants, and a
top for storing things such as your pots and fertili¬
zers etc. Of course you need three 48-inch fluores¬
cent rapid start fixtures (also easily wired). If you
want to double the size of this stand the 49V2 inch

0(H TOP

Carol Kostulias Built This.

African Violet Magazine, June, 1977

41

wood is replaced by 98 inch wood, and you need
two extra Ixl’s for the center. Does all this make
sense? Also needed are 64 wood screws (for the

single stand). I put two in each corner to brace it
real well.

My opinion is that a 48-inch fixture will only
light a 24x48 inch area.

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Norman Steinke, 5220 S. Nicolet Drive, New
Berlin, WI 53151 has offered some sketches of a
plant stand he built and says that dimensions may
vary to suit the lumber you may have on hand, or
if you purchase new lumber, stock sizes are given
in the bill of material

Here is his description of his stand:

“The trays are 2x4 ft., the bottom is peg
board, so that the air can circulate up thru if
plants and pots are on saucers. Otherwise for small
plants I put a 4 mil. sheet of plastic in the tray
which makes it water tight. The trays are not fas¬
tened to the frame. This enables you to raise them
by blocking up or down,

“Two feet wide is about the maximum in
width, when you can work from one side only.
Also your light spread will be about maximum at
12” from plants.

“The light fixtures are standard 4 foot. In Mil¬
waukee area (if bought on sale) are 19.88 to
$11.88 at Kohl’s, K-Mart, Sears and Target. Watch
for sales. Tubes supplied with light fixtures are not

Side or End View
African Violet Magazine, June, 1977

42

the grow type.

“The end A frames are glued and nailed toget¬
her while the cross pieces, the length are fastened
with wood screws so that it can be disassembled if
desired.

“The whole assembly painted white makes it
easy to keep clean.

“The height will depend on your ceiling
height. Dimensions given are for 7-ft. ceilings. The
bottom shelf was kept 12” off the floor to make it
easy to clean and work under.

“I keep my large plants on the bottom shelf,
medium on the middle and the small on the top,
because of the difference in temperature from
floor to ceding.

“For a short person, a foot stool is needed to
work on the top shelf.”

Shelves in Windows

Plant stands and lighted stands are fine if you
have the floor space, writes Katherine F. Lang,
118 Craig Road, Rochester, NY 14616, but my
home is too small for such stands.

So my husband constructed me some shelves
across my windows in the dining room. This not
only saves space in the home but also makes my
dining room very attractive.

This probably isn’t a new idea but it does make
for beauty and openness in my dining room win¬
dows.

‘SHAPE UP OR SHIP OUT”

Mrs. Sylvia Fellows
4718 Maychelle Drive
Anaheim, CA 92807

My goodness, that sounds like a Drill Sergeant,
doesn’t it? That’s always been my policy with my
violets, and when I came back from that gorgeous
national convention in Atlanta, the refrain was
shouted loud and long!

Violets have been an inseparable part of my life
since about 1963, when I was in high school. You
see, to begin with, I watched my mother mistreat
two poor, anonymous plants and couldn’t stand it.
How they ever survived in that dark room. I’ll
never know! I retrieved them and the kitchen
“breakfast nook” made a great new home. Of
course, you know, there weren’t two plants for
long, not the way the leaves root so easily. Soon
the plants all had to hang on by their very finger¬
nails to stay on the sill. Oh yes, the original two
had also been joined by three leaves (and their
subsequent offspring) gained at a show (3 for $1).
As I recall, two of them were ‘Irresistible’ and
‘Peak O’ Pink’. I still have a plant of ‘Irresistible’.

Then I went off to college. My desk became
both the bane and the glory of the dormitory
maids’ existence. What with the cookie pan with
Sponge Rok (for humidity) and the fluorescent
light, very little cleaning — or studying — went on
at that desk. The maids (and the housemother)
loved those plants almost as much as I did. And,
every now and then, a plant went out as a bridal
shower gift. Even so, it was “hang on for dear Hfe”
to the desk top. Every plant grew and bloomed so
well on my scholastic regimen: the light went on
at 6 a.m. when I got up to go practice harp, and

stayed on until 11 p.m., when I collapsed into bed.
The intellectual environment seemed to be very
stimulating to blooms of all types.

We all made it through the four years — with a
diploma and one or two blue ribbons from some
shows in the local Violet Society too — and moved
home to an apartment.

Unfortunately, even the walls molded in that
apartment. So all my pretties had some problems.

I started all over again (shape up or ship out —
they shipped out) after a year of mold. I married
my Air Force sweetheart and moved to northern
California, trays, lights and all. Oh boy, I almost
had to stand back as all the new leaves and Httle
plants “took off.” They must have liked having
my flute students playing and my own flute and
harp practicing going on in the same room. Good
vibes, as we used to say.

And now, we live in southern California, in a
house with enough rooms to have one for the
harping and one for the violets. I wonder if they
miss the close proximity to all that music? It still
comes through the doors and down the hall . . . I’ll
have to ask, when I can get a word in edgewise
between the frantic blooming. (P.S. They shaped
up!)

PLEASE BE PATIENT

If your article or picture has not been printed in
the magazine, please be patient. As soon as space is
available, it will be used.

African Violet Magazine, June, 1977

43

Question Box

By Anne Tinari, Tinari Greenhouses
2325 Valley Road, Huntingdon Valley, Pa. 19006

Q. Dear Anne: I have recently moved to Okla¬
homa and it is very dusty in our house to the point
that I need to dust almost every day, Problern is
my violets are getting covered. I heard they could
be given a shower. If this is true could you advise
me on the best way of doing this, or tell me how I
can safely remove the dust?

A. Dusting is not near as much fun as growing
African violets. However, violets can be sprayed to
be kept free of dust. There are a few precautions I
would advise. First, never spray plants while they
are in the bright light or sunshine as it will surely
spot the leaves. Water that varies more than 10
degrees in temperature can cause yellow marks to
appear on the leaves and is usually due to tempera¬
ture change. Thus, I would caution you to use
tepid water or comfortably warm water and do the
plant spraying out of sun and light with a fine mist
sprayer.

If done properly and with caution plants should
thrive and grow beautifully. When foliage is full of
dust and particles, it prohibits the tiny pores in the
foliage to function properly and the whole plant
can look old and unsightly.

Q. I have so much trouble with my leaf cuttings
rooting. Can you tell me of a good rooting powder
and a soil for rooting leaves?

A. Over many years of propagating and growing
African violets we have found Proliferol Powder to
be a very suitable hormone to dip the end of the
leaf cutting before placing in to root. We find
more uniform growth results.

The rooting medium we find best is half sand
and half vermiculite. Do not keep this medium too
wet, just slightly moist and sufficient good light
and proper air circulation for good growth.

Q. I’ve transplanted two of my plants into
ceramic pots, about the same size as the plants,
without drainage. I put charcoal in the bottom in
the bottom for drainage. I’m concerned. Will the
roots get enough air? Do you think I should trans¬
plant them again?

A. I would leave plants in present pots since
they are doing well. You probably are watering

them properly and drainage is adequate. The
charcoal will permit proper air circulation pro¬
vided plants are not overwatered.

Q. Could you please tell me why the leaves are
falling off my Aeschynanthus Obconicus vine? It
doesn’t seem to be growing very much and the
plant is almost bare of leaves. It was in full flower
when I purchased it but never flowered since. I
keep it protected from excessive light,

A. This plant commonly known as the Lipstick
Vine is a fascinating one. The original species come
from warm tropical regions with high humidity,
thus you may have been protecting it too much.
They prefer lots of light, high humidity and in a
container that is not too large but keeps the root
area slightly pot bound. Temperature should never
be below 65 degrees. If they grow long and leggy it
may be wise to cut back some of the growth and
try to reroot some of the stems. They prefer a
slightly acid scil about the same as the African
violets, keep slightly moist, but never soggy. Feed¬
ing plants constantly with a well-balanced diluted
fertilizer can also help to produce bloom,

Q. It seems like I have inherited a diseased plant
but didn’t realize it until it had spread to several
trays. It appears to be some type of fungus with
patches of white powdery stuff on the leaves and
flower stems, especially under the flowers. What
would you suggest?

A. Your problem sounds like the old familiar
botrytis that settles on flower stalks of plants,
especially if they are overcrowded and overwater¬
ed and sufficient air circulation is lacking.

First, it is wise to take diseased plants away
from others as tiny spores will circulate in the air
and spread to plants around them. Spores of this
disease can be carried on your hands to others, so
do be careful in handling. Try to keep plants a
little on the dry side and maintain a temperature
of over 65 degrees.

Spraying the plants with Mildex about 2/3 tea¬
spoon to one gallon of water can help eradicate
your problem and follow up after seven days for
several applications of 50% Benomyl 1/4 teaspoon
to 1 pint to water, mist or spray plants and soil.

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44

Q. Dear Anne: I have a collection of miniature
African violets and would like to include S. pusilla.
I can’t find it anywhere. Could you head me in the
right direction? Also would you consider S. mag-
ungensis minima a miniature?

A. Regarding the S. pusilla, I don’t know where
it would be available. The only information I
could uncover is its description in Ruth Carey’s
Handbook for Judges on page 37. It relates the
following: It is the smallest of the species and
found to be distinct from S. goetzeana, but partly
due to their growing together and having bi-color
flowers of the same color, a careful study showed
it to be distinct.” She further claims at present it is
missing. The last known information was that it
was present in Berlin but probably lost during the
bombings.

If you will note in the same book the descrip¬
tion of S. magungensis var. minima. It is a small
edition of S. magungensis. At this time I have no
idea who would have it available.

Since you are particularly interested in the Afri¬
can violet miniatures I believe you will see in the
AVSA magazine that a new miniature and semi¬
miniature Hst has been recently published and is
now available. For further information on the min¬
iatures, may I suggest you write Mrs. Sidney
Bogin, 39 Boyd Street, Long Beach, NY 11561.
She is the miniature plant chairman and can give
you better assistance on this. She would be up to
date on this matter.

Q. I have recently acquired a great set-up with
artificial lights and am delighted with this type of
growing, but I don’t understand why most of the
books recommend 12 to 14 hours of day Ught.
Would not the benefit be greater to keep them on
constantly?

A. Photoperiod or the light and the dark periods
each day for plant growth is very important. It
affects both flowering and growth, although some
plants can grow under continuous light, most flow¬
ering plants prefer a dark period each day for nor¬
mal growth and process and to trigger flowering.

Q. I have discovered two nice seed pods on one
of my African violets. How will I know when they
are ready to pick and plant? What soil is best to
plant the seed in?

A. It is best to let your seed pod attached to the
plant until they show signs of shriveling or turn¬
ing brown. Keep plants holding seed pods slightly
dry and be certain proper air circulation exists so
that the pedicels holding the seed pods do not
soften. After removal of the seed pods, which can
vary from 6 weeks to 6 months, you can split the

shriveled pods open very carefully and gather the
seed which is as fine as pepper. Use a white paper
or material to empty your seed capsule thus not
losing the very fine seed or you can sow it directly
on your prepared medium.

Seed can be sown in any sterile medium. I pre¬
fer a mixture of half sand and half vermiculite.
However, many prefer milled sphagnum moss or
perlite and moss.

Q. I suspect that some of my African violets
have anthracnose but I have not been able to find
anything written on violets having this. (Perhaps
this has been covered in back issues of the AVSA
magazine but I have received only a few editions.)
Some of the leaves have small sunken spots and
others have tiny pin-holes. Can you suggest a fun¬
gicide and precautions I can take to prevent the
others from getting this?

A. Anthracnose refers to certain plant diseases
typically producing ulcer-like lesions, can be
caused by certain species of fungi. Thus you are
correct in stating you can find no literature on
this. Very little has been scientifically done at the
laboratory level on virus diseases of African vio¬
lets, possibly because it is not at all a common
ailment as it is on various other plants.

Your ailment can be due to thrip or an infesta¬
tion of springtails, either can cause damage and
partially resemble some of your symptoms. Cygon
2E or Malathion can be used to help eradicate
these pests. Use cautiously as per directions on
container with follow up treatment for best pro¬
tection.

Q. My violets were accidentally subjected to
cold when heat went off in the greenhouse. It was
only for a few hours and did not kill them. How¬
ever, it did leave spots on many leaves. I moved
them into a violet room under lights where the
temperature is stable. What can I expect in the
way of recovery? Should I continue feeding these
plants? Also what causes relatively short stems and
a tendency to hug the pot? I have trouble getting
plants to grow flat and symmetrical.

A. Your treatment of these chilled plants was
indeed sensible. I would suggest you remove any
leaves that really deteriorate but do not defoliate
them any more than necessary. They will look
drab for a time, but with your knowledge and care
you should be able to nurse them back.

Beware of disease which can hit severely when
plants are at their weakest. I would suggest using
any insecticide in their immediate area to ward off
trouble, but do not spray the plants themselves
until they have a few weeks of growth and are
robust enough to handle it. Yes, I would continue

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45

normal light feeding with a food in diluted
strength.

Plant growth and form is usually due to the
manner in which light falls on the plants. Keep
lights 10” to 12” above the plants, if you have
outside light influence plants will tend to grow
toward the most light. Sometimes by simply re¬
moving plants a short distance in another direction
you can change the leaf and growth pattern. Nor¬
mally they grow especially well under lights kept
on 12 to 14 hours a day with 8 hours of complete
darkness.

Q. After using a new insecticide, highly re¬
commended to me, I note great loss in my young
plants. I carefully followed directions and don’t
see how this could happen.

A. Plant loss is always very frustrating. How¬
ever, to the best of my knowledge materials con¬
cerning insecticides, fungicides and pesticides are
used at the customer’s own risk.

My suggestion is that a new material, no matter
by whom or how highly recommended, should
never be used on a great quantity of plants, but
only on a few to observe what reaction takes place
under one’s own environment. Soil, water and any
residue of material previously used can determine
success or failure.

Q. Dear Anne: Since I am just starting with vio¬
lets, do you think it is harmful for me to use in¬
secticides in the same room where I have several
birds? They are loose in the area at times where
my violets are and often land on them.

A. I would not recommend using any pesticides
or insecticides in the same room as your birds or
where they might have access to plants after they
are sprayed.

Q. Is it proper to water a strawberry jar by
pouring water in the saucer and letting plants draw
what they want?

A. A strawberry jar arrangement should always
be watered from the top large opening, provided
you placed a fine layer of sphagnum moss at each
opening so the soil will not sift out. Thus the
water will penetrate to the other openings, even
when fed this is the proper procedure. Also with
this type arrangement it is well to take it to the
sink and give it a good spraying with warm or
tepid water and let the leaves dry out of the sun
and bright light.

TIMELY TIPS FOR SUMMER CARE . . .

1. Remember that moist soil combined with
constant high temperatures and excessive humidity
can create many fungus problems.

2. When constant rain persists for more than
several days, cut down on watering, keeping plants
only slightly moist to prevent mildew and botrytis.

3. Warm night air during the summer months
will not harm plant growth but usually increase it.

4. If plants must be left under plastic while you
vacation remember to remove all open blossoms
that can drop on plant foliage or any spent leaves
so plants are left in as trim a condition as possible,
leaving them moist but not saturated. Don’t pro¬
vide any condition that will cause a breeding area
for fungus growth.

5. Be sure to provide proper air circulation
while you are gone so that stagnant air does not
cause a series of problems for your return.

TIP: Dear Anne: The pH of St. Louis city water
is between 9.0 and 10.0. My husband adjusts all of
our water with phosphoric acid to an adjusted pH
of 6.0 to 7.0 with the aid of a pH meter. He feels
this is safer to use than nitric acid, and the plants
benefit by the use of the phosphorous. I have been
using this water some time and all of the plants are
doing very well. I also omit the lime from our
soilless mix.

CORRECTION:

Anne ... I would like to cite a question in the
January 1977 issue of AVS magazine “Question
Box” section. The writer wished to know if it was
necessary to fertilize plants in a soil mixture con¬
taining peat moss, vermiculite and perlite. You re¬
sponded to do so, which I agree, but you added
that peat moss, perlite and vermiculite contained
no nutritive value. This is, in part, incorrect. Peat
moss does contain about one percent nitrogen, and
vermiculite does contain enough magnesium and
potassium to supply most plants.

CORRECTION

On page 66 of the March 1977 Magazine, an
error was made in the answer to the question in
Anne Tinari’s column: “Is it possible for a violet
to convert to a different variety? Or does the type
of light received make a difference in the color of
blooms?”

The last line instead of less light, should have
read: “. . . and it is common knowledge that varie¬
gated cultivars thrive best in very light, but cooler
temperatures.”

PLEASE BE PATIENT

If your article or picture has not been printed in
the magazine, please be patient. As soon as space is
available, it will be used.

African Violet Magazine, June, 1977

46

YOUR LIBRARY

Harvey L. Stone
51 Peach Highlands
Marblehead, MA 01945

This is your new Library Committee Chair¬
man’s first column in our wonderful AVSA Maga¬
zine. Now, I am personally experiencing the feel¬
ings other writers mention both in AVSA and
other publications when deadlines require a col¬
umn be written months ahead of time! I am writ¬
ing this for appearance in the June Magazine right
after the worst winter in our history. Many are
saying this will be the winter to remember — Td
rather forget it — how about you? WeVe talked to
a lot of florists, especially in the really hard hit
areas such as Cincinnati to Michigan, who lost
most or all of their violets and other plants be¬
cause of a ^shortage’ of Natural Gas. I hope you
were all able to avoid the loss of any of your
plants.

First, let’s say “Thanks for a job well done” to
Gene Garner who is retiring as Chairman in order
to devote more time to her duties as our first vice
president.

In reviewing some of the problem areas in our
Library slide programs I find that although Clarice
Bell, in the Knoxville Office, expends every effort
to expedite the handling of the programs, some
clubs are not reciprocating. Her clear, easy to un¬
derstand instructions/requests as to the return or
remailing of these programs are not always being
followed. Just a few quick examples. One Club’s
programming was changed and they simply kept
the slides until after their next monthly meeting
before returning them. A program was mailed to
another club for a scheduled meeting and not been
returned nearly three weeks later. Another club
which had reserved the program was disappointed!
Since there was little time between a scheduled
shovsdng by one club and another by a second club
Mrs. Bell mailed an address label for the second
club and a note asking the first club to immediate¬
ly mail the program directly to the second club.
Nearly 2 1/2 weeks after their scheduled showing,
the first club mailed the program, the note and the
address label back to the Knoxville Office. Delays
like this disappoint one and sometimes more than
one club. Too often when the programs are check¬
ed on their receipt at Knoxville, one or more slides

are missing. Please, please check your trays and
make sure no slide/s are left in them. Check each
program for the proper sequence of numbered
slides before wrapping them in heavy paper and
returning them or remailing them as the case may
be, via first class mail. The 11.50 charge for post¬
age and handling is no longer adequate and will be
increased to $3.00 effective July 1, 1977.

I think we have the best slide programs in the
world, don’t you? Won’t you all please make the
effort after ordering a program to return it
promptly so as not to disappoint other clubs?

If an individual requests the program/s and they
are to be shown at an African Violet Club meeting,
please indicate the name of the Club in your re¬
quest.

If all goes well, there will be one or two new
slide programs from our St. Louis Convention
available after July 1, 1977.

I hope every one of you said, “Have plants, will
travel”, and attended the AVSA’s 31st Annual
Convention in St. Louis. I know you have enjoyed
every minute of it.

— —

In Memoriam

Mrs, Gussie Briggs, 3201 Austin St., Corpus
Christi, TX passed away February 7, 1977. Mrs.
Briggs was the organizer of Corpus Christi African
Violet Society and its first president. She was also
instrumental in organizing Gulf Breeze African
Violet Society and Sparkling City African Violet
Society. Her death was a great loss to Corpus
Christi African Violet Society for she was an active
worker and loved violets.

DAYTON AFFILIATE
IS ORGANIZING

Anyone in the Dayton, Ohio, area interested
and willing to help organize a local affiliate, please
contact Mrs. Robert M. (Neena) Montgomery, 510
Kenilworth Avenue, Dayton, OH 45405.

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47

AFSA LIBRARY

REGULATIONS FOR USE OF AVSA LIBRARY MATERIAL

REQUEST FOR RESERVATION

Send to AVSA Library, P. O. Box 1326, Knox¬
ville, TN 37901. Reservations \vill be scheduled
and confirmed by this office.

Slide programs and packets are available for use
by AVSA members in good standing subject to
Library regulations.

SLIDE PROGRAMS

1. Make checks payable to AVSA. A $1.50 fee
is payable with request for slide programs for in¬
dividual members and AVSA Affiliate Organiza¬
tions. Fee to non-members is $5.00.

2. Make request for reservation three (3)
months in advance of date desired for use with the
following information:

Name and address of person to whom slides will
be mailed.

State exact date when material will be used.

Substitutions for requested program may be
necessary. Give second and third choice of date for
specific program request.

Only one (1) slide program may be reserved for
a meeting. Special requests will be filled when
possible. When two or more programs are reques¬
ted, such requests will be filled ONLY if there are
no other requests for the program on the same
date. Affiliate Organizations requests will receive
priority over individual members requests in case
of a duplication because more people will benefit
from the use of the program.

3. Slide programs must be returned immediate¬
ly after specified meeting date in order to meet
schedules for others. Please carefully repack the
box for mailing.

4. Library material must be returned postpaid
to the Knoxville office by first class mail. (Return
postage will be the same as when posted by Knox¬
ville.)

PACKETS

1. Program packets (written material helpful in
preparing programs) are available to individual
AVSA members.

2. Yearbook Collection Packets are available
only to AVSA Affiliate Organizations in good
standing. Yearbook Packets A, B, C, each contain
approximately fourteen books representing all sec¬
tions of the country.

3. Requests for two or mor.e packets will be |

filled unless there is a duplicate request for the ’
same packet. s

4. Packets are loaned for a period of one
month.

5. Enclose the $1.00 fee with request to AVSA i
Library, P. O. Box 1326, Knoxville, TN 37901.

6. Library material must be returned postpaid j

to the Knoxville Office by first class mail (Return j
postage will be the same as when posted by Knox¬
ville). I

SLIDE PROGRAMS AVAILABLE

“A PORTRAIT OF VARIEGATED FOLIAGE”
(75 slides) A look at one of the newer facets of
violet growing-variegated foliage plants. Instruc¬
tions on growing and a detailed description of
plants in this category.

“BEAUTY IS . . . THE AFRICAN VIOLET” (75
slides) Know the violet from its historical back¬
ground, family, cousins, leaf patterns, blossom
color, and uses in arrangements. An educational
approach to the hobby.

“AFRICAN VIOLETS IN ARTISTIC DESIGNS”
(60 slides) A collection of arrangements and artis¬
tic plantings using a Madonna or other accessory
to enhance the design or help express the mood or
theme of a class. Most slides are blue ribbon win¬
ners from shows.

“ARRANGE YOUR AFRICAN VIOLETS” (59
slides) A workshop program with slides illustrating
the Elements and Principles of Design and Scale of
Points forjudging arrangements.

“DESIGN FOR DOING” (62 slides) The most ele- i
mentary fundamentals of arranging are featured in |
this program. It is especially designed for the be- -
ginner who wishes to learn to do arrangements for
her own pleasure.

“FACETS OF VIOLET GROWING” (64 sHdes) A
program presenting cultural information, pointers
in potting, methods of detecting insects, including
specimen African violet show plants.

African Violet Magazine, June, 1977

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"Best by Test” from LYNDON LYON

SAM

MYSTIC MOMENT

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“FROM THE LAND OF SKY BLUE WATERS”
(70 slides) Those new varieties presented by hy¬
bridizers at Minneapolis.

“FROM SEED TO SHOW PLANT” (49 slides) A
pictorial history of one plant from seed to show.

“GATEWAY TO VIOLETS” New introductions
1977. Always a first from St. Louis. These are the
new ones from the hybridizers at the St. Louis
Convention, the Gateway City.

“GESNERIADS ON REVIEW” (72 slides) A col¬
lection of gesneriads slides from commercial dis¬
plays and prize winning plants at shows. Many of
the slides were taken at the American Gloxinia and
Gesneriad Convention shows.

“GROWING AND GROOMING A SHOW
PLANT” (82 slides) A how-to-do-it program start¬
ing with the selection of the best leaf for propaga¬
tion, showing the development and culture of a
plant all the way to packing and OFF TO THE
SHOW.

“KNOW YOUR FLOWER POWER” (36 slides)
Testing your knowledge of African violets can be
fun with this program. Everyone will enjoy these
brain teasers with their multiple choice answers.

“LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF VIO¬
LETS” (80 slides) From the cradle of liberty come
the new patriots of the violet world. The new com¬
mercial introductions at the Boston convention.

“xMULTIPLYING SAINTPAULIAS” (65 slides)
This program covers propagation by leaf cutting,
division, seeds, and grafting. Slides show how to
produce and plant seeds to the development of a
small potted plant.

“OUR AMERICAN HERITAGE” (80 slides) Our
1976 Bicentennial Show and Southern Hospitality
at its best, are recorded in this slide program.

“POINTERS ON JUDGING” (60 slides) A work¬
shop program for exhibitors and judges on judging
specimen plants.

“SHOW OFF YOUR VIOLETS” (70 slides) A pro¬
gram showing many ways of using violets for home
decoration, party favors, and table arrangements.

“STAR SPANGLED VIOLETS” (69 slides) From
STAR Blossoms and all other shapes and shades,
come our new commercial introductions, bursting
with vigor and appeal the bicentennial year, 1976.

“TENDER LOVING CARE FOR MINIATURES”
(70 slides) It is fun to work with plants that thrive
on TLC. These slides will show you how to groom,
grow, and show miniatures.

“THE AFRICAN VIOLET PLANT” (77 slides)
Learn to identify the variety of leaf types of the
violet, the diseases that affect the leaf, and the
blossom colors and types with this program.

“THE GENUS SAINTPAULIA” (62 slides) A pro¬
gram of Saintpaulia species from Mrs. Glen Hud¬
son’s collection and species exhibited at shows.
The program includes African violets from the first
registrations to the newer varieties showing the ad¬
vancements in hybridization.

“THE GREAT WHITE WAY” (80 slides) The
highlights of the AVSA Convention in New York
City were recorded in this slide program.

“THE MOD MINIATURES” (76 slides) The sec¬
ond program in a series on miniature African vio¬
lets. You will enjoy seeing some “oldies” and some
“mods” and this should help you bridge the gener¬
ation gap in miniatures.

“THE PRIDE OF PENNSYLVANIA - TINARI’S
GREENHOUSES” (69 slides) Presents an out¬
standing Hew of African violets grown commer¬
cially. Featured are Tinari’s introductions old and
new.

“THE TREND IS MINIATURE” (78 slides) A
wealth of information on growing, hybridizing and
identifying the miniature and semiminiature.

“THEATRE OF SEASONS PRESENTS VIO¬
LETS” (80 slides) From the northlands AVSA
Convention Show in Minneapolis, we present a re¬
view of the highlights of that event.

“THIRD TIME AROUND” Enjoy the beauty of
the best in the show from St. Louis’ third big con¬
vention - 1977.

“VIOLET HITS ON BROADWAY” (70 slides)
The glamor girls of the new varieties introduced at
the New York City Convention.

“VIOLETS AND MORE VIOLETS” (79 shdes) A
basic lesson for beginners showing how to set
leaves, separate baby leaves from the mother leaf
and divide a multiple crown plant. Also includes
suggestions on potting, repotting a large plant and
ways to treat a necky plant.

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50

“VIOLETS AND SPICE AND EVERYTHING
NICE” (70 slides) Connecticut known for its nut¬
meg spice was the state in which these new varie¬
ties were introduced. From many hybridizers —
their newest.

“VIOLETS BY LAND AND BY SEA” (80 slides)
Our beacons of beauty from the AVSA Conven¬
tion show in Boston 1975. A review of the high¬
lights of that convention.

“VIOLETS IN THE NUTMEG STATE” (75 slides)

Violets galore marked this show in Connecticut,
1974. You will enjoy seeing this program.

“VIOLET TROUBLES” (63 slides) Pests, diseases
and results of poor culture are discussed here. A
good basic program.

“WICK WATERING” Pointers on growing wick
watered African violets demonstrating wicks and
reservoirs which are commercially available and ad¬
aptations of common household materials or
‘throw aways’.

OTHER MATERIAL AVAILABLE

BY LAWS PACKET: Rene Edmundson, the Parlia¬
mentarian for the AVSA, has presented a simple
set of bylaws to be used as a guide in writing by¬
laws for new clubs or updating outmoded constitu¬
tions.

INSTALLATION PACKETS: There are two pac¬
kets with Installation ceremonies. Each packet
contains different suggested installation ceremon¬
ies which can be adapted for a Violet Club. Two
new ones are made just for Violet Clubs.

PROGRAM PLANNING PACKET: Suggestions to
help a Program Committee plan the programs for a
year of club activity.

SHOW SCHEDULES PACKET: Show schedules
from 1975 and 1976 African violet shows from
different sections of the country. Updated each
year. Excellent for new ideas.

SOIL RECIPES AND HINTS ON GROWING PAC¬
KET: This packet contains a selection of soil rec¬
ipes from AVSA members in different parts of the
country. Also included are helpful hints in growing
the violet.

YEARBOOK COLLECTION PACKETS: These
packets contain approximately 14 or more year¬
books each. Each packet contains one of the top
prize winners at the last AVSA Convention com¬
petition. New each year.

Affiliate

‘appenings

(ED. NOTE: When sending in reports of shows, please
group the plants if one person wins with several. Please
send in your writeups in following manner:)

Organization of the NIGHT MAGIC AVS has just been
perfected in Tallahassee, FL with the election of Mrs.
Henry C. Mills, Life Member and longtime AVSA mem¬
ber, as president. The night club was organized for Afri¬
can violet growers who work during the day and are not
able to attend daytime club meetings. The new Night
Magic AVS is affiliated with both AVSA and DAVS.

THE LAKES AND HILLS AVS sponsored a free clinic
for the public at Mt. Dora, FL. The program was geared
to persons interested in learning more of the care and
culture of African violets but who were not interested in
joining a Society. Although it was the coldest day of the
winter in Florida, 68 persons braved the weather and at¬
tended the clinic.

Guests were welcomed by Mrs. Palmer Pigot, presi¬
dent, and a talk on the culture of African violets was

given by Mrs. J. A. W. Richardson, Life Judge and Judging
School Teacher. A demonstration on the dividing of
plants was presented by Mrs. Raymond V. Todd, chair¬
man of the clinic, and one on “necking” plants and wick-
ing by Mrs. M. B. Mansfield, AVSA judge.

The UPPER PINELLAS AVS of Largo, FL, held its
18th annual show, “Violets— Nature’s Gift”, with the fol¬
lowing winners: Best in show, “Colorado Knight”, first
runner-up, “Delft Imperial”, AVSA Award (Gold Roset¬
te), “Rebecca”, “Marta”, “Forever White”, best artistic
arrangement (tri-color award), “Spring in the Woods”,
special award for violet educational table, Mrs. Russell
Yawger; best under 12”, “Pixie Blue”, best miniature
trailer, “Pixie Blue”, best miniature arrangement (three
inches), best in unusual container, “Crafty Farmer”, Mrs.
William Zane; best miniature, “Calico Kitten”, Mrs.
Cheryl Atkins; best dish garden, best shadow box, Mrs.
Royal Bratton; best semimrniature, “Bambino”, Mrs.
Elaine Kiphart; best semiminiature trailer, “Trail Along”,
best novice, “Gigi”, Mrs. Mary Glen Campbell; best ges-
neriad, “Streptocarpus Constant Nymph”, Mrs. Karen
Peters; sweepstakes award with 27 blue ribbons, special
award for educational table, “Other Gesneriads”, Mrs.
Roy Raines; best standard trailer, “Violet Trail”, Edward
Hartley; best club project, “Red Flair”, Mrs. Lloyd Ran¬
dall; best terrarium, Mrs. Jack Williams.

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51

Presidential Hybrids

Photos by Ron Nadeau of St. Louis, Missouri

With skillful help from two good as¬
sistants Ronn Nadeau hybridizes African
violets and sells the seeds by mail. They
grow some of the seeds themselves in order
to test for percentage germination and to
learn which crosses produce the best seed¬
lings. In this way they hope to improve
their seed production program.

They have found that most of the seed¬
lings from any one cross are different from
one another in bloom, color or foliage or
size, etc. This is evident in picture 1 which
shows two blooms from each of three new
varieties from the cross ‘Mars’ x ‘Miriam
Steele’. ‘Jimmy Carter’ is the best new va¬
riety to come out of their hybridizing pro¬

gram thus far, a very large semi-double star,
rich red. Permission to use their names was
granted by the Carters who said they were
delighted.

Picture 2 is a composite of blooms from
many different crosses. Among these are
‘Moon Shadow’, ‘Jack of Hearts’, ‘Jimmy
Carter’, ‘Time for Blue’, ‘Sargeant Pepper’,
‘Rosalyn Carter’, ‘Time for Pink’, ‘Beryl
Childs’, ‘Earthsong’, ‘Redbirds’, ‘Afternoon
Delight’ and ‘Lilith’.

Picture 3 shows just a few of the many
bloom types produced from seeds of the
cross ‘Purple Crest’ x ‘Mars’. ‘Rosalyn
Carter’, a vigorous plant with very dis¬
tinctive blooms, was one of the results of
this cross.

Three New Varieties From the Cross ‘Mars’ x ‘Miriam Steele’.

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52

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Composite of Blooms of Many Different Crosses.

Blooms From the Seeds of the Cross ‘Purple Crest’ x ‘Mars’.

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53

A Way With Cameras

Edgar F. Varick
161 Orange Avenue
Milford, CT 06460

(Edgar F. Varick’s talk was made at a workshop,
Garner, at the AVSA Convention in St. Louis, MO)

As most of you know my picture taking for
AVSA is arrangements for the AVSA Library. I’d
like to tell you of the equipment, films, different
types of lenses and cameras used.

First, let me give you some idea of the equip¬
ment I use. The single lens reflex camera with a
light meter reading through the lens; 2 flood lights
with 250 watt bulbs. I find 250 watt bulbs, if left
on the plants or arrangements while making the
necessary adjustments of camera, lights, etc. won’t
wilt the plants, while larger bulbs, because of the
extreme heat, if left on too long might cause slight
damage. With the lights I sometimes use a reflector
umbrella. I have it with me if needed. And, of
course, let’s not forget the old stand by, the tri¬
pod.

For arrangements for library use, I use Kodak
High Speed Ektrachrome ASA 125 for use with
tungsten light 3200 k. This film is made for use
with floodlights. With floodlights and through the
lens meter reading in your camera, you can get a
good idea of just what your finished slide is going
to look like.

By the way, if you should be using this film
with floods and find you have some shots left on
the roll, you can use an 85-B filter for use either
with flash or daylight to finish the roll.

Some are asking, “What are Ks?” K or Kelvins
are units of measurements on the absolute temper¬
ature scale used to measure the color temperature
of light sources. Manufacturers make film of dif¬
ferent K’s, such as 6000K - 5560-K - 3400K -
3200K. Each has a different effect on the finished
picture or slide, when used under different light
sources. 3200K for floodlights, 5500K used for
daylight and both electronic and flash bulbs.

I also use Kodak Kodachrome ASA 64 and
High speed Ektrachrome Daylight ASA 160; some¬
times ASA 25. Maybe this ASA is a little confusing
to some, so let’s try to explain the meaning.

ASA means American Standards Association. It
denotes the speed system with which film manu¬
facturers may rate their films in terms of its sensi¬
tivity of light. ASA 400 is twice as fast as ASA
200. The higher ASA the less amount of light
needed. Kodak and other film manufacturers make

“A Way With Cameras”, moderated by Mrs. Marvin

many different film speed. A few in the slide
family are 25-64-125-160 etc. The Kodak Koda¬
chrome Daylight ASA 25 is traditionally the film
by which all others are compared. Extremely fine
grain, good skin tones, and warm white. ASA 64 is
a good film for most use, a bit grainier than ASA
25, but again most of us use ASA 160 dayhght
which gives a faster film which can be used both
outdoors and indoors with flash, both electronic
and bulbs. They come in 20-36 exposures 135
magazines. Yet at times I find it most difficult to
tell the difference between 25-64-125-160 when
projected on the screen. I like to use ASA 160 for
shots of arrangements as well as plants when not
taking for the library and using my electronic
flash. This is also a good film to use for all over
shots in showroom, banquet hall and for a general
overall picture with or without flash indoors and
out. By the way, you can use an 80-B filter with
25-64-160 with floodlights.

I find that by using the ASA 160 for allover use
I can get a fairly good depth of field in my pic¬
tures and slides. DEPTH OF FIELD: The distance
between the nearest point and the farthest point in
the subject which can be brought to acceptably
sharp focus on a common focal plane. In other
words, if we were to focus our camera on the cen¬
ter of this room, the folks in back and in front will
be in focus. To get this, we close down our lens
opening, which is called the F stop, as small as
possible, and setting our shutter speed to corres¬
pond to our meter reading. Some cameras must be
set at 1/60 of a second shutter speed when using
an electronic flash so then you have to work back¬
wards. Shutter speed 1/60 opening or F stop.

LENS: In most of my picture taking, I use the
lens on my camera which is 50 mm. This is good
for arrangements and plants and general use. At
times if I can’t get up close due to some sort of
interference I will then resort to either teleconver¬
ter lens or the regular telephoto lens. In either case
it brings the picture up closer. My teleconverter
changes my 50 mm to 100 mm as it is a 2x. My
regular telephoto lens is a 135 mm, slightly strong¬
er. Again, if I can’t get the whole room or scene I
will then use my wide angle lens, a 28 mm. Tele-

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photo brings the background up close; wide angle
is just what it means, covering a larger area.

There are different type of lenses. A 6 m is
sometimes called a fish eye 18m-35m-50m is us¬
ually a standard on most cameras.

Then we get into the telephoto lens,
82m-100,-and 800m. On this you can see the
clock’s face and read the time. This gives you some
idea how different type lenses work.

When we get into cameras, we could spend all
day on that subject alone. Just let’s touch briefly
on some of the popular models.

Probably the largest and most complicated one
is the view camera. Used by professionals in
studios for portrait work. The camera uses either
cut film or plates. You view your subject through

a ground glass back.

Then we have one called the “view finder.” The
early models had a very bad feature. Sometimes
you didn’t get what you saw through the view
finder. This was called an error in parallax. New
models have overcome most of this trouble.

Then we have the twin lens reflex. This is a
good all-around camera. The parallax has been cor¬
rected except for real close up work.

Now we have the most popular model known as
the single lens reflex. The light path passes through
the lens and a series of mirrors and into the eye
piece. You get what you see. Most of these cam¬
eras have a light meter through the lens.

Last, but not to be forgotten, the old Kodak
Box Camera about 1889 made by George East¬
man, the guy that started all this confusion.

Violets' Therapeutic Value Demonstrated

Don C. Wilson of Wilson Bros. Floral Co., Inc.,
Roachdaie, Indiana, and vice president of Putnam
County Mental Health Association has made good
use of some of his seedling African violets that he
cuts from his hybridizing program. Don has long
realized the therapeutic value of growing live
plants, particularly the African violet.

With the cooperation of De Pauw University
students, who are volunteer Mental Health work¬
ers, Don donates several blooming seedling African
violets to the mental institution (Central Hospital)
in Indianapolis every month. A qualified instructor
teaches groups of patients how to repot, water,
etc.. The response has been fantastic and the value
in aiding the rehabilitation of the patients is price¬

less. This is another place where the African violet
is playing an important part in making the world a
better place to live.

A DePauw student, Jeanne Albrecht, speaking
for the Mental Health Club at the University, told
of a visit to the pre-selected ward: “There were
about 10 patients who took great interest in want¬
ing to put the plants in pots. Two patients finished
the other five and placed them around the ward.
One woman, who hadn’t even wanted a plant or to
take part thanked us profusely for coming and
bringing the beautiful flowers.” She expressed
thanks to Don for the opportunity to take the
plants to the hospital, saying, “It did a great deal
for me personally to have made the ‘plant therapy’
visit.”

- ^

Novel Containers For Your Violets

Joan Naismith
(Former Editor,

A VS of Australia’s News and Views )

A lot of Australian members who know me,
know I like to grow violets in novel containers. I
have violets in shells, brandy balloons, glasses, cups
and rocks. I enjoy showing the different ways our
violets can be displayed.

The one question I am always asked is “How do
you water in an undrained container?” Well, I
watch the color of the soil. This tells me when the
plant needs watering. It is all a matter of being
careful. If you do by any chance over water, try
placing a folded paper towel, or tissue on top of
the soil to soak up the excess water.

Growing in undrained containers, you will find
they may only need to be watered every second
time, compared to your normal pots. Do try, as
it’s a lot of fun. Cups with broken handles or
cracks can be lined with cooking foil trimmed to
pot shape, cut a drainage hole fill with both soil
and plant. When you need to water lift out the
plant in its foil pot, drain on the sink and replace.

- ♦ - —

PERK IT UP!

If a plant needs perking up — try placing it in a
plastic bag, leaving a tiny opening for ventilation.
This acts as a greenhouse and you’ll be surprised
how quickly the plant will spruce up.

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55

(Photo by Schroeder) (Photo by

Pink

Granada

by

Granger

Gardens

Volcanic Rock Arrangement by Anne Tinari ^ Plants: Dora Baker and Mini Fantasy

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Illusings from tire

Mrs. Sidney (Ellie) Bogin
Chr. Miniature & Semimini Class
39 Boyd Street
Long Beach, NY 11561

In this column in March 1976, the following
plants were noted as being changed to standards.
The change of classification was inadvertently
omitted from the 1976 supplement. Please note
these changes in your miniature hsts. Tinari’s
‘Coral Blaze’, ‘Carnival’, ‘Coral Pink’, ‘Haptica’,
‘Jungle Fire’, ‘Pom Pom Delight’, ‘Red Beam’,
‘Spitfire’, ‘White Moon’ and Isla Montgomery’s
‘Ruth Dodge’.

Change: ‘Irish Angel’ by Annalee Violetry from

a single to a double.

All the shows are over and most of us are look¬
ing forward to a relaxed easy summer. In the midst
of all that relaxation, don’t forget one of the cardi¬
nal rules in growing African violets, large or small,
“consistency in care”. Hit and miss watering, skip¬
ping too many feedings, suckers allowed to grow
too large, neglected grooming of dead flowers and
lack of a regular spraying program, will result in
sad looking plants in the fall. It will take many
hours of work to undo the damage that a little
consistent care could have prevented.

If you will be taking a vacation, either arrange
for a plant sitter or put them on wicks. The pro¬

cedure of covering them with plastic that works so
well in the cooler months, can be disastrous, in the
summer. The heat builds up and plants suffer from
the rise in temperature and the lack of air cir¬
culation.

Some of the newer plants that have proven to
be delightful are: Lyndon Lyon’s ‘Little Rascal’,
‘Little Lulu’, ‘Little Lou’, ‘Toy Clown’ (a must
have), ‘Reflections’ and ‘Wee Lass’. Ethel Champ¬
ion’s ‘Button Trinket’ and ‘Tiffany Trinket’ and
Barr Tichnor’s ‘Barr’s Blue Bird’. They are all
heavy blooming, easy growing and different in
flower and leaf coloring.

The 1975 Miniature and Semiminiature Culture
and Variety list is available from me at the price of
$2.00. The 1976 supplement will be sent with
each Hst free of charge. If you already have the list
and just want the supplement, send me a large
stamped self-addressed envelope. All checks or
money order should be made out to AVSA. Please
do not staple your checks. When there is much
mail to go through, it is a nuisance to have to stop
and take staples out.

Have a good summer and make sure your “little
ones” also do, by not neglecting them.

♦

Arrangement Is Hit on TV

^■(See opposite page for picture of volcanic rock arrangement)

A volcanic rock arrangement was used by Anne
Tinari on a television program earlier this year and
proved the most popular arrangement she showed
on the program. The arrangement consists of a
large volcanic rock with two holes for planting. “I
had planted the Devallia (rabbit-foot) fern in the
rock months ago for another demonstration but
there was still room for African violets, she said.
So I planted ‘Dora Baker’ and ‘Mini Fantasy’ in
this space and they did me proud!! I was amazed
at the comment I received.”

The arrangement was exhibited at Frank and
Anne Tinari’s 10th annual appearance as guests of
Roy Kersey, famous TV personality of the “TV
GARDEN CLUB” in.Philadelphia, PA.

Frank showed new trends in African violets, in¬

cluding variegated, mini’s and hanging cultivars. A
discussion on growing under artificial lights was
followed by a demonstration on replanting pock¬
ets in a violet jar and tips on planting other popu¬
lar gesneriads.

Anne conducted a clinic on African violet pro¬
blems caused by severe low temperatures for 50
days and how it affected African violets in this
cold winter of ’77 in Philadelphia. Her program
was highlighted with a display of African violet
arrangements which are produced daily in the
Tinari show rooms and greenhouses in Huntingdon
Valley.

Arrangements in volcanic rock showing planting
and decorating with them received much favorable
comment.

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57

African Violet Society of America, Inc.

ORGANIZED NOVEMBER 8, 1946 - INCORPORATED JUNE 30, 1947

“To stimulate a widespread interest in the propagation and culture of African

violets everywhere''

The Board of Directors is composed of the elected officers, the directors,
the immediate past president and the chairmen of standing committees.

OFFICERS

President . . . Mrs. E. A. (Melva) Nelson

603 East Essex Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63122

First Vice President . Mrs. Marvin (Gene) Garner

1010 Edgewood S.E., North Canton, OH 44720

Second Vice President . Mrs. W. J. (Adeline) Krogman

1325 Parkway Dr., Brookfield, WI 53005

Third Vice President . Harvey Stone

51 Peach Highlands, Marblehead, MA 01945

Secretary

708 Wyndale Rd., Jenkintown, PA 19046

Mrs. H. N. (“E”) Hansen

Treasurer

36 Cerdan Avenue, Roslindale, MA 02131

Miss Florence M. Garrity

Past President . Miss Edith V. Peterson

1545 Green St., San Francisco, CA 94123

ELECTED DIRECTORS

To serve until the conclusion of the 1978 meeting

. 39 Boyd St., Long Beach, NY 11561

. P. O. Box 218, Eastford, CT 06242

. . . P. O. Box 575, Old Saybrook, CT 06475
2432 Nottingham Rd., Columbus, OH 43221
409 Hillendale Dr., Oconomowoc, WI 53066

To serve until the conclusion of the 1979 meeting

. 6415 WUcox Ct., Alexandria, VA 22310

6045 S. W. Glenbrook Rd., Beaverton, OR 97005
.... 3559 E. Easter Ave., Littleton, CO 80122
. . .751 Sherwood Rd. N.E., Atlanta, GA 30324
. 8304 Suffolk Dr., Shreveport, LA 71106

To serve until the conclusion of the 1980 meeting

Mrs. Lester S. (Julia) Fladt . . . 1173 Quail Ave., Miami Springs, FL 33166

Mrs. Leon (Irene) Fiedler . . . Rt. 1, Prescott, WI 54021

Miss Sandra M. Lex . 70 Enfield Ave., Toronto, Ont. M8W-1T9 Canada

Mrs. Thomas B. (Myrtle) McKneely . . . 6135 Tompkins Dr., McLean, VA 22101

Miss Nell Sue Tyson . . . . . 2030 E. Amherst Ave., Denver, CO 80210

Mrs. Arthur F. (Mary) Boland

Lawrence Grissom .

Mrs. Rosa V. (Emma) Lahr .
Lloyd Lynn McArthur . . .
W. M. Plaster . . .

Mrs. Sidney (Ellie) Bogin .....

Albert Buell .

Mrs. Frank (Dottie) Burton ....
Mrs. Charles S. (Catherine) Hawley
Mrs. James (Irene) Merrell ....

STANDING COMMITTEES

AFFILIATE

Mrs. Wayne W. (Mildred) Schroeder, Chairman
1739 N. 74th Ct., Elmwood Park, IL 60635
Mrs. Robert (Rita) Miller, Vice Chairman

6542 N. Knox Ave., Lincolnwood, IL 60646

AWARDS

Mrs. Richard A. (Celine) Chase, Chairman

482 Rutherford Ave., Redwood City, CA 94061
Mrs. Glen B. (Mabel) Hudson, Vice Chairman
761 Belvidere Ave., Westfield, NJ 07090

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Mrs. Julia Brittain

311 Mill Stream, Houston, TX 77060
Mrs. Frank A. Burton

P, O. Box 575, Old Saybrook, CT 06475
Mrs. Lester S. Fladt

1173 Quail Ave., Miami Springs, FL 33166
Mrs. John Lackner

580 E. County Rd., B-2, Little Canada, MN 55117
C. Russell Marshall

410 Algonquin Dr., Warwick, RI 02886
Miss Edith V. Peterson

1545 Green St., San Francisco, CA 94123
Mrs. W. M. Plaster

8304 Suffolk Dr., Shreveport, LA 71106
Mrs. Robert I. Slocomb

30 Inglewood Dr., Rochester, NY 14619
Mrs. Helen Van Zele

8302 Golden Ave., Lemon Grove, CA 92045
Jimmy Watson

1361 Madison Ave., Apt. 2-AA, New York, NY
10028

BOYCE EDENS RESEARCH FUND

Mrs. L. F. (Dorothy) Lidiak, Chairman
4503 Sinclair Ave., Austin, TX 78756
Mrs. H. Steven Johnson, Vice Chairman

741 West Colonial Dr., Orlando, FL 32804

COMMERCIAL SALES AND EXHIBITS
Jimmy Watson, Chairman

1361 Madison Ave., Apt. 2-AA, New York, NY
10028

Harold Rienhardt, Vice Chairman

4463 W. Seneca Tpk., Syracuse, NY 13215
Ralph Reed

936 Garland St., SW., Camden, AR 71701
W. M, Plaster

8304 Suffolk Dr., Shreveport, LA 71106

COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES
Albert Buell, Chairman

P. O. Box 218, Eastford, CT 06242
Henry Peterson, Vice Chairman

3132 McHenry Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45211
Mrs. Harold Rienhardt, Secretary

4463 W. Seneca Tpk., Syracuse, NY 13215

CONVENTION PROGRAM

Mrs. J. A. W. (Ann) Richardson, Chairman
RR 1, Box 70, Tavares, FL 32778
Mrs. Daniel Dohrn, Jr,, Vice Chairman
7358 Milan Ave., St. Louis, MO 63130
Mrs. H, N. Hansen

708 Wyndale Rd., Jenkintown, PA 19046
Mrs. H. Harold Baker

2182 Stanford Ave., St. Paul, MN 55105
Mrs. Percy F. Crane

317 Massapoag Ave., Sharon, MA 02067

CONVENTION TIME AND PLACE

Mrs. H. Harold (Dora) Baker, Chairman
2182 Stanford Ave., St. Paul, MN 55105
Mrs. James B. (Ruth) Carey, Vice Chairman
3900 Garden Dr., Knoxville, TN 37918

FINANCE

Mrs. Percy F. Crane, Chairman

317 Massapoag Ave., Sharon, MA 02067

Miss Florence M. Garrity, Vice Chairman
36 Cerdan Ave., Roslindale, MA 02131

LIBRARY

Harvey L. Stone, Chairman

51 Peach Highlands, Marblehead, MA 01945
C. Russell Marshall, Vice Chairman

410 Algonquin Dr., Warwick, R.I. 02888
Mrs. Arthur F. Boland

6415 Wilcox Ct., Alexandria, VA 22310
Mrs. Duane Champion

8848 Vanhoesen St., Clay, NY 13041
Mrs. Gordon Downing

1400 W. Fir Avenue, Oxnard, CA 93030
Mrs. Marvin Garner

1010 Edgewood S.E., North Canton, OH 44720
Mrs. John A Hayes, Jr.

9 Cobblestone Rd., Bloomfield, CT 06002
Mrs. Ross V. Lahr

3559 E. Easter Ave., Littleton, CO 80122
Henry Peterson

3132 McHenry Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45211
Edgar Varick

161 Orange Ave., Milford, CT 06460

MEMBERSHIP AND PROMOTION

Mrs. Harold (Cordelia) Rienhardt, Chairman
4463 W. Seneca Tpk., Syracuse, NY 13215
Mrs. Lester Fladt, Vice Chairman

1173 Quail Ave., Miami Springs, FL 33166
Mrs. J. D. Austin

1221 - 41st St., West, Birmingham, AL 35208
Mrs. H. Harold Baker

2182 Stanford Ave., St. Paul, MN 55105
Mrs. Frank A. Burton

P. O. Box 575, Old Saybrook, CT 06475
Mrs. Myrtle Clement

179 Doyle Ave., Providence, RI 02906
Mrs. Marvin Garner

1010 Edgewood S. E., North Canton, OH 44720
Miss Florence M. Garrity

36 Cerdan Ave., Roslindale, MA 02131
Lawrence Grissom

6045 S.W. Glenbrook Rd., Beaverton, OR 97005
Mrs. H. N. Hansen

708 Wyndale Rd., Jenkintown, PA 19046
Mrs. E. Kramer

Box 783, Cherokee Village, AR 72542
Mrs. W. J. Krogman

1325 Parkway Dr., Brookfield, WI 53005
Mrs. Ross V. Lahr

3559 E. Easter Ave., Littleton, CO 80122
Emory E. Leland

7014 - 29th Ave., N.E., Seattle, WA 98115
Miss Sandra Lex

70 Enfield Ave., Toronto, Ont. Canada M8W 1T9
Mrs. Dorothy Powell

1219 S. Fir Ave., Inglewood, CA 90301
Mrs. E. H. Price

1809 E. North St., Greenville, SC 29607
Mrs. Charles H. Staat

1701 Kentucky St., N.E., Albuquerque, NM 87110
Mrs. Walter B. Stallings

3709 Glenmont, Fort Worth, TN 76133
Mrs. Garland Wilkins

5918 Eltrick Ave., Houston, TX 77002

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NOMINATING COMMITTEE

Mrs. Sidney (Ellie) Bogin, Chairman
39 Boyd St., Long Beach, NY 11561
To serve until the conclusion of annual meeting 1978
Mrs. W. F. Anderson, Vice Chairman
360 Tulip Dr., St. Louis, MO 63119
Past President
Miss Edith V. Peterson

1545 Green St., San Francisco, CA 94123
To serve until the conclusion of annual meeting 1979
Mrs. Charles S. Hawley

2432 Nottingham Rd., Columbus, OH 43221
To serve until the conclusion of annual meeting 1980
Mrs. Harold Rienhardt

4463 W. Seneca Rpk., Syracuse, NY 13215
Past President

PLANT REGISTRATION

Mrs. Fred (Adele) Tretter, Chairman

4988 Schollmeyer, St. Louis, MO 63109
Fred Tretter, Vice Chairman

4988 Schollmeyer, St. Louis, MO 63109

PUBLICATIONS

Mrs. W. F. (Neva) Anderson, Chairman
360 Tulip Dr., St. Louis, MO 63119
Mrs, Frank Tinari, Vice Chairman

2325 Valley Rd., Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006
Mrs. C. W. Beattie

283 Churchill Dr., Winnipeg, Man., Canada R3L 1V7
Edward Bradford

87-05 89th Ave., Woodhaven, NY 11421
Mrs. Percy F. Crane

317 Massapoag Ave., Sharon, MA 02067
Mrs. Henry P. Foote

211 Allien PI, Port Arthur, TX 77640
Mrs. H. N. Hansen

708 Wyndale Rd., Jenkintown, PA 19046

Mrs. Charles S. Hawley

2432 Nottingham Rd., Columbus, OH 43221
Lloyd Lynn McArthur

751 Sherwood Rd., N.E,, Atlanta, GA 30324

RESEARCH

Frank Tinari, Chairman

2325 Valley Rd., Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006
Hugh Eyerdom

R. D. 2, Box 289, Medina, OH 44256
Lyndon Lyon

14 Mutchler St., Dolgeville, NY 13329
Henry Peterson

3132 McHenry Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45211
Jack Swift

P. O. Box 28012, Dallas, TX 75228

SHOWS AND JUDGES

Mrs. James B. (Ruth) Carey, Chairman
3900 Garden Dr., Knoxville, TN 37918
Mrs. Henry Bircher

7666 Bender Rd., N.E., Canton, OH 44721
Mrs. Warren Churchill

11 Crest Rd., Sharon, MA 02067
Mrs. J. T. Cotton

228 Tall Oaks Dr., Knoxville, TN 37920
Mrs. H. N. Hansen

708 Wyndale Rd., Jenkintown, PA 19046
Mrs. Frank Huebscher

3920 W. 16th St., Panama City, FL 32401
Mrs. W. J. Krogman

1325 Parkway Dr., Brookfield, WI 53005
Mrs. Thomas McKneely

6135 Tompkins Dr., McLean, VA 22101
Mrs. Stanley E. Skelton

3910 Larchwood Rd., Falls Church, VA 22041
Mrs. Robert I, Slocomb

30 Inglewood Dr., Rochester, NY 14619

OTHER COMMITTEES

ADVERTISING MANAGER

Mrs. Terrance R. (Sandra) Leary
St. Petersburg, FL

BEST VARIETIES - HONOR ROLL

Mrs. M. G. (Madeline) Gonzales, Chairman
200 Doris Ave., San Jose, CA 95127
Mrs. Edward Black

1450 Oakland Rd., Sp 5, San Jose, CA 95112
Mrs. Barbara Elkins

719 Pritchard Ct., Santa Clara, CA 95051
Mrs. Leon Fiedler

Rt. 1, Prescott, WI 54021
Mrs. J. K, Jantzen

2725 Katrina Way, Mountain View, CA 94040
Lloyd Lynn McArthur

751 Sherwood Rd., N.E., Atlanta, GA 30324
Mrs. Ruth Wolffe

1062 S. Blaney , San Jose, CA 95129

SUB-COMMITTEE: TALLY TIME

Mrs. John (Mary) Chase Reed

17124 N.E. 29th PL, Bellevue, WA 98008

BOOSTER FUND

Mrs. W, M. (Lucile) Plaster, Chairman

8304 Suffolk Dr., Shreveport, LA 71106

Mrs. T. K. Thomas, Vice Chairman

2902 Missouri, Shreveport, LA 71109

CLASSIFICATION OF MINIATURES AND
SEMIMINIATURES

Mrs. Sidney (Ellie) Bogin, Chairman
39 Boyd St., Long Beach, NY 11561
Mrs. Richard Bell

50 Bardolier Lane, Bay Shore, NY 11706
Mrs. Harold Frank

36 Russell Rd., Garden City, NY 11530
Mrs. Paul Kasperski

5 Hewlett Point Ave., E. Rockaway, NY 11518
Miss Nell Sue Tyson

2030 E. Amherst Ave., Denver, CO 80210
Mrs. John Tucker

2 Duke St., Bellmore, NY 11710

CUMULATIVE INDEX

Mrs. James (Irene) Merrell, Chairman

409 HUlendale Dr., Oconomowoc, WI 53006
Mrs. Ed Rice

1334 Lang Rd., Oconomowoc, WI 53006

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INTERNATIONAL CODE OF NOMENCLATURE
FOR CULTIVATED PLANTS
Frank A. Burton, Chairman

P. O. Box 575, Old Saybrook, CT 06475
Mrs. Fred Tretter

4988 Schoilmeyer, St. Louis, MO 63109

MASTER VARIETY LIST

Mrs. Fred (Adele) Tretter, Chairman

4988 Schoilmeyer, St. Louis, MO 63109
Fred Tretter, Vice Chairman

4988 Schoilmeyer, St. Louis, MO 63109
Mrs. Albert J. Schueler

8979 Belmar Court, St. Louis, MO 63126

PARLIAMENTARIAN

Mrs. Thomas J. (Rene’) Edmundson^ Reg. Pari.

4605 N.W. 45th St., Fort Lauderdale, FL 33319

PUBLIC RELATIONS

Mrs. Helen Van Zele, Chairman

8302 Golden Ave., Lemon Grove, CA 92045

RESOLUTIONS

Mrs. Robert I. (Ann) Slocomb, Chairman
30 Inglewood Dr., Rochester, NY 14619

STANDING RULES

Mrs. H. N. (“E”) Hansen, Chairman

708 Wyndale Rd., Jenkintown, PA 19046
Edward Bradford

87-05 89th Ave., Woodhaven, NY 11421

STAFF

EDITOR PUBLISHER

Mrs. Henry P. (Grace) Foote Gus Becker

211 Allien PL, Port Arthur, TX 77640 1080 Forsythe St., Beaumont, TX 77701

OFFICE MANAGER

Mrs. Wade H. (Calarice) Bell

P. O. Box 1326, Knoxville, TN 37901

AUSTIN CONVENTION 1978

CONVENTION CHAIRMAN VICE CHAIRMAN

Mrs. Gladys Hudnall Mrs. L. F. (D. J.) Lidiak

8612 Winding Walk, Austin, TX 78758 4503 Sinclair, Austin, TX 78756

SHOW CHAIRMAN

Mrs. Fred C. (Frances) Young

1400 Lorrain, Austin, TX 78703

Past Presidents

Mrs. Feme V. Kellar 1947-49
Mrs. Robert Wright 1949-50
Mrs. Arthur Radtke 1950-52
Floyd L. Johnson 1952-54
Mrs. E. G. MagUl 1954-55
Floyd L. Johnson 1955-56

*William B. Carter 1956-58
*H. G. Harvey 1958-60
Mrs. James B. Carey 1960-62
Mrs. Jack Yakie 1962-64
Frank A. Burton 1964-66
Mrs. Dorothy Gray 1966-67

Mrs. W. F. Anderson 1967-69
Frank Tinari 1969-70
Mrs. Helen Van Zele 1970-72
Mrs. Harold Rienhardt 1972-74
Miss Edith Peterson 1974-76
^deceased

Honorary Life Members

*Boyce M. Edens — 1949
Alma Wright - 1950
Myrtle Radtke — 1951
Floyd L. Johnson — 1953
*Ferne V. Kellar - 1954
Anna M. Layson — 1954
Ruth G. Carey — 1955
Dr. Evan Paul Roberts — 1956
Priscilla Landaker — 1957
Maxine Wangberg— 1958

*Dalene Rhodes — 1959
*Miriam Lightbourn — 1960
Helen Van Pelt Wilson - 1961
Constance Hansen — 1962
*Bess Greeley — 1963
Maisie Yakie — 1964
Dora Baker — 1965
Frank Burton — 1966
Dorothy Gray — 1967
*Winfred E. Albright — 1968

Mrs. W. F. Anderson — 1969
Frank Tinari — 1970
Anne Tinari — 1971
Helen Van Zele - 1972
Mrs. Percy Crane — 1973
Mrs. Harold Rienhardt — 1974
Mrs. Fred Tretter — 1975
Edith Peterson — 1976
Mrs. Glen B. Hudson - 1977
* deceased

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Life Members

Mrs. Julia Adams
186 Waverly Road
Shelton, CT 06484

Mrs, Alexander Aiken
1028 Grant Ave.

Pelham Manor, NY 10800

Mrs. Marian E. Albright
221 W 48th, Apt. 607
Kansas City, MO 64112

Mrs. W. F, Anderson
360 Tulip Drive
St. Louis, MO 63119

Mrs. Edward Anschutz

3550 China Garden Rd., Space 27

Placerville, CA 95667

Charles V. Applegate
Rt. 1

Perrysville, OH 44864

Mrs. Sharon Arendacky
73 Drummond Crescent
Ft. Erie, Ont, Canada L2A-1L4

Mrs. H. Harold Baker
2182 Stanford Ave.

St. Paul, MN 55105

Mrs. Sophia Baker
3060 S. E. Stark
Portland, OR 97214

Mrs. C. R. Ballard
630 Cloverdale Rd.

Montgomery, AL 36106

Audrey S. Bambauer
P. O. Box 2216
Los Banos, CA 93635

Mrs. Amelia P. Banos

400 Brookline Ave., Apt. 6-D

Boston, MA 02115

Mrs. S. H. Barclay
959 Fiske St.

Pacific Palisades, CA 90272

Lionel T. Barneson
Bank of Calif.

Box 45000

San Francisco, CA 94145

Aramintha Barnett
4720 Saviers Rd.

Oxnard, CA 93031

Mrs. Edward T. Bartholomew

172 W. Elfin Green

Port Hueneme, CA 93041

Gus Becker

1080 Forsythe

Beaumont, TX 77701

Mrs. Robert J. Burns

135 E 71st St.

New York, NY 10021

Mrs. Gus Becker

640 Kennedy Dr,

Beaumont, TX 77706

Mrs. George F. Behrens

Adams, NE 68301

Frank A. Burton

P. O. Box 575

Old Saybrook, CT 06475

Mrs. Frank Burton

P. O. Box 575

Old Saybrook, CT 06475

Mrs. Clarice Bell

1804 Me Alice Dr.

Knoxville, TN 37918

Miss Aline M. Callens

1552 E. Hueneme Rd.
Oxnard, CA 93030

Mardele Benton

P. O. Box 24771

Oakland, CA 94623

Felicio Camati

Rau Chile, 1145

Curitiba, Parana, Brazil, S.A.

Kathy Bethke

807 Hutchins

Ann Arbor, MI 48103

Mrs. James B. Carey

3900 Garden Dr.

Knoxville, TN 37918

Miss Barbara A. Bieker

1716 E. 121st St.

Crown Point, IN 46307

George Carpentier

2358 Montrose Ave.
Montrose, CA 91020

Doris Black

1450 Oakland Rd., SPC 5

San Jose, CA 95112

Mrs, George M, Carpentier
2358 Montrose Ave.
Montrose, CA 91020

Mrs. Sidney Bogin

39 Boyd St.

Long Beach, L.L, NY 11561

Vitginia M. Clements

146 South High St.

Larue, OH 43332

Mrs. Mary A. Boland

6415 Wilcox Ct,

Alexandria, VA 22310

Mrs, Paul Clendenen

40545 Ambar PI.

Fremont, CA 94538

Phillip C. Bond

Box 230

Dillon, MT 59725

Mrs. H, E. Compton

70 Oakwood Rd.

Huntington, WV 25701

Edward Bradford

87-05 89th St.

Woodhaven, NY 11421

Mrs. V. L. Conrad

1807 Corona Dr.

Austin, TX 78723

John T. Brownlie

600 Sdvercreek Blvd. No. 80
Mississauga, Ont., Canada L5A-2B4

Mrs. Percy F. Crane

317 Massapoag Ave.

Sharon, MA 02067

Mrs. Dorothy L. Bruce

3245 Foothill Rd.

Ventura, CA 93003

Mrs. Patrick Crowe, Sr.

324 James Blvd.

Signal Mountain, TN 37377

Mrs. Hazel E. Bryan

3020 Mickle Ave.

Bronx, NY 10469

Mrs. Atlee W. Davis

640 S. Jackson

Bartow, FL 33830

Mrs. A. W. Burg

2030 Overland Ave.

Los Angeles, CA 90025

Mrs. Robert G. Davis

2806 S. E. 45th

Lawton, OK 73501

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Mrs, J. L. DeLong
6276 Brynwood Ct.

San Diego, CA 92120

Mrs. Margo rie Dill

Rt. lA, Old Brunswick Rd.

Gardiner, ME 04345

E. H. Dixon
1906 S. Blake, Rd, 3
Stockton, MO 65785

Mrs, Raymond Dooley
33 Collfield Ave.

Staten Island, NY 10302

Mrs. Haradelle E. Downing
1400 West Fir Ave.
Oxnard, CA 93030

Mrs. Rene Edmundson
4605 N. W. 45th St.

Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33313

Mark S. Eggink
17847 Hoffman Ave.
Cerritos, CA 90701

Mrs. Ruby T. Eichelberger
1409 S. 10th St.
Birmingham, AL 35205

E. M. Evans
11445 175th PI,

St. Albans, NY 11434

Mrs. Julius Fargeot
235 Alps Rd.

Branford, CT 06405

Mrs. Sylvia Fellows
4718 Maychelle Dr.
Anaheim, CA 92807

Mrs. Leon Fiedler
Rt. 1

Prescott, WI 54021

Mrs. Lester S. Fladt
1173 Quail Ave.

Miami Springs, FL 33166

Mrs. Alberta Flora
P. O. Box 575
Daly City, CA 94014

Mrs. Grace Foote
211 Allien PI.

Port Arthur, TX 77640

Mrs. A. C. Foster
4474 Gladwin Ave.

Detroit, MI 48214

Mrs, Morris D. Friedman
7553 Waterford Dr,

San Jose, CA 95129

African Violet Magazine, June, 1977

A. R. Gain

4224 Leavenworth St.

Omaha, NE 68105

Mrs. Edith Garehime

230 N. 10th

Las Vegas, NV 89101

Mrs. Marvin E. Garner
1010 Edgewood SE
No. Canton, OH 44720

Miss Florence M. Garrity
36 Cerdan Ave.

Roslindale, MA 02131

Mrs. Lois W. Giles
Rt. 2, Box 663
Sheppenville, PA 16254

Mrs. Paul O. Gillespie, Sr.

5201 St, Elmo Ave.

Chattanooga, TN 37409

Gloria Goetzke
5740 Sander Dr,

Minneapolis, MN 55417

Mrs. Madeline Gonzales
200 Doris Ave,

San Jose, CA 96127

Mrs, E. F. Gordon
999 Chippewa Dr.

Elgin, IL 60120

Ms. Winifred Graham

507 Harvard Ave., E. No. 202

Seattle, WA 78102

Mrs. Dorothy Gray

180 Serendipity Mobile Home Village

3135 U.S. 19 North

Clearwater, FL 33515

Mrs. Miriam K. Greene
4204 Cheryl Ann Ct,

Stone Mtn., GA 30083

Mrs. Grace Grissom
2112 W. Main
Houston, TX 77006

John M. Gutridge
25890 Whitman Rd.

Sun City, CA 92381

Mrs. John M. Gutridge
25890 Whitman Rd.

Sun City, CA 92381

Mrs. Harold Hall
Rt. 1

Penobsquis, N.B. Canada EOE-ILO

Mrs. Robert Hamilton
Meadow Lakes, Apt. 18-06
Highstown, NJ 08520

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Mrs. Constance Hansen
1931 N. 33rd St,

Lincoln City, OR 97367

Mrs. H. N. Hansen
708 Wyndale Rd.

Jenkintown, PA 19046

Mrs. C. Holmes Harris
1222 Second Place
Calimesa, CA 92320

Mrs. John H. Harris
4 Milton Lane
Neptune, NJ 07753

Mrs. Catherine Hawley
2432 Nottingham Rd.
Columbus, OH 43221

Mrs. Fred J. Hay
Presbysterian Home
Summerville, SC 29483

Mrs. R. E. Hertel
9495 South Wales Way
Elk Grove, CA 95624

David Hicks

2338 S. Hearth Dr. Condo 39
Evergreen, CO 80439

Mrs. J. W. Hofman
1210 12th St., S.

Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54494

Margo A. Hornung
618 Jerome St.

Davis, CA 95616

Mrs. Irene K. Hoyt
340 N. 9th St.

Indiana, PA 15701

Mrs. Leon Hoyt
Box 211

Ldy Dale, NY 14752

Glenn B. Hudson
761 Belvidere Ave.

Westfield, NJ 07090

Mrs. Glenn B. Hudson
761 Belvidere Ave.

Westfield, NJ 07090

Mrs. Frank Huebscher
3920 W. 16th St.

Panama City, FL 32401

Helen Belle Hughes
8306 Golden Ave.

Lemon Grove, CA 92045

Herbert Warner Hughes
Star Rt. Box 47
Lonsdale, AR 72087

Mrs. Mildred Hughes

Star Rt. Box 47

Lonsdale, AR 72087

Mrs. Christine D. Leppard

807 Aspen

Rochester, MI 48063

Miss Florence M. Nelson

120 Van Buren Ave.

Ridgeway, PA 15853

Mrs. Leroy E. Hultin

726 Maple Bend Dr.

Duluth, MN 55811

Mrs. Lucille Loughlin

105 Pompton Road

Haledon, NJ 07508

Linda A. Neumann

11620 Mapleridge Dr.

North Royalton, OH 44133

Mrs. Walter Hunt

5“A Ohio Dr.

Whiting, NJ 08759

Brian Lundy

27452 Powers

Westland, MI 48185

Mrs. Elmeda Alice Nielsen

373 Richard Ave.

Staten Island, NY 10309

John R. Janes

P. O. Box 1

Jericho, NY 11753

Mrs. J. E. Mackey

2164 Ashbourne

San Marino, CA 91108

Hans C. Nielsen

373 Richard Ave.

Staten Island, NY 10309

Floyd L. Johnson

183 W. Gibson St.

Canandaigua, NY 14424

Mrs. Mary Lou Markley

10610 Meadow Glen E

Escondido, CA 92026

Mrs. Hans C. Nielsen

373 Richard Ave.

Staten Island, NY 10309

Mrs. Estelle Kienzle

68 Bayview Ave.

Staten Island, NY 10309

Mrs. Ruth McCoy

Rt. 1, Box 580

Arvin, CA 93203

Mrs. V. R. Nofziger

225 Country Club Dr. No. B-218
Largo, FL 33540

Mrs. Brian M. Kincaid

Van Buren Rd.

New Vernon, NJ 07976

Mrs. Ross McLaren

625 Biltmore Way, Apt. 104

Coral Gables, FL 33134

Mrs. David Nurenberg

9 Lowndes Ct.

London, SWI, England

Mrs. Frances C. King

3327 28th St.

San Diego, CA 92104

Mrs. L. B, Mengsol

5616 W. Cairdel Lane

Mequon, WI 53092

Mrs. Forda F. Pappas

51 Strathmore Rd,

Brighton, MA 02146

Mrs. Willa Kulka

8707 Wiley Post Ave.

Los Angeles, CA 90045

Mrs. Irene P. MerreU

409 Hillendale Dr.

Oconomowoc, WI 53066

Mrs. Joe L. Partain

58 Ward Circle

Aiken, SC 29801

Mrs. John Lackner

580 E. County Rd. B.2

St. Paul, MN 55117

Mrs, Donald L. Miller

811 Newell Rt. 2

Watseka, IL 60970

Miss Elsie H. Pearson

33- 32 155th St.

Flushing, NY 11354

Mrs. Ross V. Lahr

3559 E. Easter Ave.

Littleton, CO 80120

Mrs. Jessica Miller

794 Sumneytown Pk., M R No. 2
Lansdale, PA 19446

Mrs. G. M. Penn

4522 Crompton Dr.

Columbus, OH 43220

Mrs. John A. Landaker

405 Palm Lake Village

Dunedin, FL 33528

Mrs. J. R. Millikan

640 N. Manus Dr.

Dallas, TX 75224

Miss Edith V. Peterson

1545 Green St.

San Francisco, CA 94123

Paul Landzaat

319 N. Division

Charleston, IL 61920

Mrs. Flenry C. Mills

P. O. Box 414

Tallahassee, FL 32302

Mrs. Marion B. Pinkston

5216 Marburn Ave.

Los Angeles, CA 90043

Mrs. Z. C. Layson

Wellington Arms

Lexington, KY 40503

Gillian L. Molson

1506 Ashwood Dr.

Martinez, CA 94553

Jamie Piza, Jr,

Calzada Del Ejercito, 1475 S.R.
Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Mrs, Ella M. Ledsinger

901 Ogden St.

Baltimore, MD 21224

Sandra Cavender Moore

1930 Neimans Ave. S.E.

Canton, OH 44736

Mrs. W. M. Plaster

8304 Suffolk Drive

Shreveport, LA 71106

Ronald Leger

Rt. 1, Chemin Richelieu

St. Jean, Quebec, Canada

Mrs, Andree Mott

Rt. 1, Box 797

PuntaGorda, FL 33950

Cecil Porter

RR2

Danville, IL 61832

Mrs. Charles J. Leland

830 Lachman Lane

Pacific Palisades, CA 90272

Mrs, E. A. Nelson

603 E. Essex Ave.

St. Louis, MO 63122

Mrs. Mary Pospisil

2321 Second St. Avona Heights
Easton, PA 18042

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Mrs. Dorothy Powell

1219 Fir Ave.

Inglewood, CA 90301

Mrs. Frank J, Schrey, Jr.
7512 Boyer St.
Philadelphia, PA 19119

Mrs. Henry H. Rachford

2919 Amherst

Houston, TX 77005

Mrs. Wayne W. Schroeder
1739 North 74th Ct.
Elmwood Park, IL 60635

Mrs. Arthur Radtke

8477 Owlwood Lane

Cincinnati, OH 45243

Clarence F. Sercu

1130 Clinton Ave. S.
Rochester, NY 14620

Everett T. Reed

P. 0. Box 825

Enid, OK 73701

Mrs. G. E. Shelton

6508 Hillside Lane
Alexandria, VA 22306

Mrs. M. Renner

7931 S. Kenneth St.

Chicago, IL 60652

Mrs. Edmond Sherer
11983 Darlington Ave,
Los Angeles, CA 90064

Mrs. J. A. W. Richardson

RR 1, Box 70

Tavares, FL 32778

Mrs. Robert L. Slocomb
30 Inglewood Dr.
Rochester, NY 14619

Mrs. Victor Glenn Richter

Rt. 2, Box 232A

Kiel, WI 53042

Edd Stretch Smith

4136 Flora PI.

St. Louis, MO 63110

Mrs. Donald N. Riemer

14 Pelham Rd.

Kendall Park, NJ 08824

Mrs. Fred K. Smith

144 S. 39th St.

Omaha, NE 68131

Harold Rienhardt

4463 W. Seneca Tpk., Rt. 2

Syracuse, NY 13215

Helen Ray Smith

1968 Plymouth St.
Bridgewater, MA 02324

Mrs. Harold Rienhardt

4463 Seneca Tpk., Rt. 2

Syracuse, NY 13215

Mrs. George Spencer
28291 Portsmouth Dr,
Sun City,CA 92381

Dr. Evan Paul Roberts
1906 Jackson St.

Commerce, TX 75428

Mrs. Theodore Rosenak

505 N. Lake Shore Dr., No. 5806

Chicago, IL 60611

Miss Sylvia Roszkowski
3503 E. 73rd Ave.

Merrillville, IN 46410

Mrs. Felix Rothschild
1267 Lago Vista Dr.

Beverly Hills, C A 90210

Mrs. Stanley C. Russell
238 S. Amalfi Dr.

Santa Monica, CA 90402

Miss Anne C. Sangree

3210 Wisconsin Ave., N.W. No. 805

Washington, D.C. 20016

Mrs. Walter Spencer
18 S. Arlington Ave.
Indianapolis, IN 46219

Mrs. Thomas Springer
2601 Elton Ave.
Bakersfield, CA 93306

Judy Stroske
7314 Jervis St.
Springfield, VA 22151

Mrs. H. W. Sullivan

Rt. 1, Box 61

Dover Plains, NY 12522

Delia Symonds
2506 Sacramento St.

San Francisco, CA 94115

Mrs. Joseph Szabo
78 Gloucester Rd.
Parsippany, NJ 07054

Mrs. Clifford Schnurstein
3628 Centinela Ave.

Los Angeles, CA 90066

G. H. Tedrow
Box 837

Hannibal, MO 63401

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Mrs. Anne Tinari
2325 Valley Rd.

Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006

Frank Tinari
2325 Valley Rd.

Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006

Frank A. Tinari, Jr.

2320 Terwood Drive
Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006

Miss Jennifer Ann Tinari
2320 Terwood Drive
Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006

Mrs. M. S. Toft
9 Church Rd.

Mangere, Auckland 6, New Zealand

Mrs, Mdry Tompkins
955 Ponderosa Ave., No. 29
Sunnyvale, CA 94086

Mrs. Fred Tretter
4988 Schollmeyer
St. Louis, MO 63109

Mrs. Patricia A. Tusing
10403 Klingerman
El Monte, CA 91733

Mrs. Hendrik Van Laer
39 Fleetwood Ave.

Albany, NY 12208

Mrs. Helen Van Zele
8302 Golden Ave.

Lemon Grove, CA 92045

Mrs. Joan Van Zele
8306 Golden Ave.

Lemon Grove, CA 92045

Mrs. Edgar F. Varick
161 Orange Ave.

Milford, CT 06460

Mrs. Martin Wangberg
Rt. 3 Loch KnoUs
Spirit Lake, lA 51360

Mrs. Muriel A. Warwick
645 Pegasus Ln.

Foster City, CA 94404

Mrs. Jack H. Wasson
Rt. 1

Meadville, PA 16335

Clifford G. Webb
920 S. 27th St.

Temple, TX 76501

Mrs. Roy Weekes
1356 E. Cypress
Glendora, CA 91740

Mrs. G. H. Wilkins
5918 Ettrick St.
Houston, TX 77035

Mrs. Helen Van Pelt Wilson
36 Heritage Hill Road
New Canaan, CT 06840

Mrs. Jack H. Yakie

P. O. Box 674

Port Arthur, TX 77640

Mrs. Joy B. Williams
10 Evans St.

West Pymble 2073 N.S.W. Australia

Mrs. Robert Wright
4752 Calumet Dr. S.E.
Knoxville, TN 37919

Paul R. Younger
115 E. 9th St., Apt. 14-J
New York, NY 10003

A MILESTONE FOR AVSA . . .

Life Members Go Over 200
Mark on March 1, 1977

Mrs. E. A. Nelson, AVSA president, is delighted
to report that with the addition of the following
new hfe members, the total number now is an im¬
pressive 206 Life Members as of March 1, 1977.

The newest additions to the hst are: Mrs. V. R.
Nofziger, 225 Country Club Dr., Largo, FL; Mrs.
J. L. DeLong, 6276 Brynwood Ct., San Diego, CA;
Mrs. Miriam K. Greene, 4204 Cheryl Ann Ct.,
Stone Mtn., GA; Mrs. Patricia A. Tusing, 10403
Klingerman, El Monte, CA; Miss Barbara A.
Bieker, 1716 E. 121st St., Crown Point, Ind.;

Brian Lundy, 27452 Powers, Westland, MI; Ed¬
ward Bradford, 87-05 89th St., Woodhaven, NY;
Mrs. G. M. Penn, 4522 Crompton Dr., Columbus,
OH and John T. Brownlie, 600 Silverc reek Blvd.,
Mississauga, Ont., Canada.

Also Miss Allene M. Callens, 1552 E. Hueneme
Rd., Oxbard, CA 93030; Mrs. Frank J. Schrey, Jr.,
7512 Boyer St., Philadelphia, PA 19119 and Mrs.
Jack H. Wasson, Rt. 1, Meadville, PA 16355.

A hearty welcome to each of you.

Grower Helped by Magazine Article

Ideas of American African violet growers print¬
ed in The African Violet Magazine are of much
benefit to AV growers in other parts of the world.

Proof of this was received by Marie Moos of
Watertown, WI in a letter from Mrs. B. Moores, 12
Mopani Road, Vontali, Rhodesia. Here’s the letter:

“Some weeks ago I received the African Violet
Magazine from America and avidly read it from '
cover to cover. On reading your article on rooting
leaves, I happened to have a leaf that I had only
just put in some soil. So I popped a plastic bag
over leaf and pot! I also had four other leaves that
I had planted in soil, but didn’t cover them.

“You can imagine my delight when only after a
few weeks, a tiny green leaf was visible in the pot I
had covered. So the others I had left uncovered,
now also have plastic bags over them.

“I firmly believe that the plastic bag enhanced
the growth considerably. The soil stayed moist,
which is the most important factor, especially at
this time of the year in Rhodesia when plants have
to be watched every day as they dry out quickly.

“I was particularly happy that this leaf has
‘taken’ since it came all the way from England to

Rhodesia. Due to sanctions and the very precari¬
ous position we live in in Rhodesia, unfortunately
we don’t get the many different variations to
grow. I only have the very common colors, but do
take dehght in tending them.

“I just love receiving the African Violet Maga¬
zine. While in England I became an AVSA member I
last year. I only wish now I had done it sooner.
The winning plants photographed in the magazine
are very beautiful. They must be wonderful to act¬
ually see in true life. |

“I am very surprised to see the many activities j
of the African violet clubs in America. The com- |
petition between hybridizers must be very keen to j
produce bigger and better varieties. I wish them '
every success in the cultivation of this wonderful !
and popular plant.” ;

USE RAIN WATER j

Here’s a tip from Mrs. Dale Andrews, 3830 [
Colina Lane, Waco, TX 76705: !

“When using chemicals to treat African violets |
for insects, if the grower will use rain water, the
offensive odor will be reduced considerably.

African Violet Magazine, June, 1977

66

Violet Growers are Michaelangelos of the Garden World

The Happy Gardener

Mrs. Clarissa Start Lippert
High Ridge, MO

(ED. NOTE: Mrs. Lippert was one of the speakers at the AVSA convention in St. Louis, MO.)

This is a terrible admission to make to members
of the African Violet Society but I don’t grow
them. Oh, I try to grow them — in fact, I have five
right now, two in bloom and none with mealy
bugs. At least I try to keep the mealy bugs off,
ever since that embarrassing moment at a party at
my house when one of the women guests ap¬
proached me and, in that tone one woman uses to
tell another her slip is showing, whispered to me,
“My dear, I hate to tell you this but your African
violets have mealy bugs.” The next day I was busy
with toothpick and cotton swab and alcohol and
since then I’ve given the violets the closest scrutiny
before every party.

But managing to keep a few violets in bloom
and free of mealy bugs is not growing African vio¬
lets. The true African violet grower — and I don’t
have to tell any of you this — has them pushing
her out of the house, burgeoning with bloom
under fluorescent lights in the basement (where
she eliminated her husband’s work bench long
ago); she has exhibition plants, yea, wide and great
grandchildren of the biggest ones starting new
plants from tiny leaves in water glasses protected
with aluminum wrap or mini greenhouses. Her
African violets never fail, never die and her only
problem is where to put all of them.

This is a talent, a true talent like being able to
sing on perfect pitch, or write a Shakesperian son¬
net or turn a block of marble into a lean muscular
David. You might say the African violet growers
are the Michaelangelos of the garden world.

I admire you. I envy you. But I must admit, I
just don’t have it. However, I consider African vio¬
lets the real stars of indoor gardening, more beauti¬
ful than any other house plant, even more beauti¬
ful than orchids, which I do grow with some de¬
gree of success. (Anyone can grow an orchid — or
cactus — or philodendron.)

So the admission is made; I can’t grow African
violets and I thought we’d better make that clear
from the start.

It doesn’t keep me from trying what you can
never quite achieve is the essence of the optimistic
gardener. For five years I’ve been writing a weekly
column called “The Happy Gardener,” and while

I’m woefully inadequate as an African violet grow¬
er, I do have some expertise on the subject of
happy gardeners.

The Happy Gardener is just about every garden¬
er. I’m sure many of you are familiar with the old
Chinese proverb:

If you would be happy for a day, get drunk.

If you would be happy for three days, kill your
pig and eat it.

It you would be happy for a week, take a wife

If you would be happy for a lifetime, plant a
garden.

I wonder how many of you know garden writer
Gertrude Jekyll’s works? This pioneering English
gardener had her first book published in 1889 at
age 56 and before she died, at 89, had written 13
books and planned or planted something like 350
gardens. She is, you might say, my ideal. Over the
seas and over the years, I identify with so much
she had to say. For instance:

“The lesson I have thoroughly learnt and wish
to pass on to other,” she said in one book, “is to
know the enduring happiness that the love of a
garden gives ... I have learned much, and am al¬
ways learning, from other people’s gardens, and
the lesson I have learned most thoroughly is, never
to say ‘I know’ — there is so infinitely much to
learn.

“And a garden is a grand teacher. It teaches
patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches in¬
dustry and thrift; above all, it teaches entire trust.
‘Paul planteth and Apollo watereth, but God
giveth the increase.’ ”

Looking back on my own gardening experience,
something less than Gertrude Jekyll’s 89 years,
and considerably less than 350 gardens, I realize
how much I have learned, not in technique but in
basic philosophy, in the acceptance of the world
of nature and its ways.

Growing up as a city child, mostly in apart¬
ments, I had no opportunity to admire gardens
except from afar. As children, we went to our own
famous Shaw’s Garden and walked in the palm
house admiring exotic plants but never quite relat¬
ing to them. More familiar was the snowball bush
in my aunt’s back yard, and, I recall, being abso-

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67

lutely overcome by lilacs on the campus when I
went to college, the University of Missouri which
is — was then — in a small, very flowering town.

But my first real garden came about in 1940
when my husband and I moved from our apart¬
ment to a rented house in the suburbs and I plung¬
ed into growing flowers with absolute ignorance
and tremendous enthusiasm. After a kind neighbor
pointed out to me that my petunias would do bet¬
ter if I pulled out the huge weeds overshadowing
them (I thought they were the petunias) I decided
to read, study, learn, and I’ve never stopped.

Each time we moved, I had to start learning all
over again. From our rented house, we went to a
new “ranch house” (even the phrase was new
then) where the garden consisted of excavation
clay but grew fantastically beautiful roses. I
fancied myself a rose expert and gave advice to all
my friends.

We moved to another suburb, to a 100-year-old
house, surrounded by oak trees and rampant
honeysuckle. I moved 30 of my favorite roses with
me. 29 died. Eventually I switched allegiance to
azaleas which do better under oak trees.

When I moved to my present house, a small one
on 10 acres of rocky hills, I soon learned we were
on hmestone cliffs where the spading fork goes
clang every time you sink it into the spot where
you thought you were going to plant something. I
began learning again . . . learning, for instance, that
azaleas do not like limestone. But clematis does.
And so do iris and lilacs. And if you remove quan¬
tities of soil and mix potting soil with peat moss
and apply azalea fertilizer, you can fool those acid
loving azaleas and even rhododendrons into grow¬
ing there. Eventually . . . with gypsum and com¬
post and peatmoss and heavy straw mulch — and
patience, you can even improve the soil and have a
garden on the rocks.

Perhaps the most important lesson I’ve learned
in all those years of gardening is the power of
nature and of God. The gardener is only the go-
between. The gardener does not “make things
grow.” She helps put plants into the most advan¬
tageous setting, encourages them, yes, talks to
them . . . but nature — and God — makes them
grow. You develop a great deal of humility after
years of trying to grow roses under oak trees and
azaleas in front of limestone walls.

You learn that the gardener must adapt to na¬
ture. If grass will not grow on a rocky hillside, a
rock garden will. After two years of laboriously
removing clumps of grass (which decided they
would grow persistently after I started the rock
garden), suddenly this spring, the flowers emerged
without coaxing or arrangingg - drifts of phlox

subulata cerastium and long protective arms of
cotoneaster horizontalis.

A few years ago I didn’t know the names, let
alone how to pronounce them but now I know
that these plants like rocks and so I like them.

We tend to think of a garden as alien plants
which we “set out” and of the native plants as
weeds which we root out, but this isn’t necessarily
wise. One man’s weed is very definitely another
gardener’s cherished flower.

A few years ago, the Burpee seed people caused
a stir by including dandelion seeds in the com¬
pany’s catalog. Most of us believe the saying,
“Give dandelions an inch and they will take a
yard,” and ruthlessly gouge them out. But many
people hke the dark green leaves boiled as a veg¬
etable, and the hearts — they say — taste hke en¬
dive. Some dandelion afficionados brew tea from
the roots and others never pick a plant until after
it has flowered so they can make wine from the
yellow blossoms. To some people they’re pretty.
An Eskimo child called them “sunshine in the
grass.”

I recall my amazement, visiting an English gar¬
den some years ago, when my host walked me
through fields of foxglove, growing wild and treat¬
ed with the casual contempt wildflowers get.
Then, as we approached a wooded area, he began
flailing at familiar looking shrubs with his cane and
saying, “And these blasted things — we can’t get
rid of them.”

“That’s funny,” I said. “They look just like
rhododendron.”

“That’s right,” he said. “Rhododendron. Can’t
get rid of the blasted things.”

And yet, on the south coast of England, I’m
told, they cultivate and nourish and cherish a plant
difficult to grow there. Its common name is gol-
denrod.

So we all try to grow the impossible even while
we know we should appreciate the homegrown.

Another lesson the gardener should learn: al¬
though the sundial’s carved motto urges us to
“Count only the sunny hours,” we must realize
that it takes more than sunny hours to make a
garden grow.

Those of you who grow Christmas cactus know
how important it is to insure a long dark night
when the plant is forming its flower buds. To turn
on artificial fight even for a few moments may
interrupt the cycle. The same is true of poinsettias
— and chrysanthemums. It’s the dark hours that
make the mums bloom.

Thomas Dreier writes that we tend to think of
sunshine as positive and darkness as negative, of
joy as good and grief as evil. But, he says, “flower

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68

growers have found what they need to hasten
maturity is not more sunlight but more darkness
regularly appHed.” He continues:

“The dark days of our lives may be the ones
that do most to hasten our maturity. After people
have had great trouble one hears it said of them,
‘That experience caused him to grow up.* The man
has to fight his way to success, who overcomes
obstacles, who knows days of heartbreak and dis¬
appointment, should give thanks for those gifts
straight from the gods that have increased his
strength. Days of darkness may be fitting us to
make better use of our days of sunlight.”

Those of you who have been widowed - - - or
have known other sorrow - - - can attest to the
truth of that statement.

Not all gardening is pure science. Much of it is
an art. In fact, Thomas Jefferson called gardening
the “seventh fine art.” And much of it cannot be
explained away with rules. It just happens.

The ancient gardeners passed down much of
what they learned in old wives tales and we know
now that many of the things looked on as folklore
have a basis in fact.

We use to smile patronizingly at the old farmer
who planted potatoes in the dark of the moon, but
now moon sign planting is gaining scientific ac¬
ceptance. And many people have accepted it be¬
cause they find it really works.

Last summer, a cousin of my husband’s visited
us and told of an experience he’d had many years
ago.

“My wife and I decided to plant potatoes,” he
recalled, “and we were cutting them up, as you do,
when my father said, ‘You’re planting those too
early. You ought to wait until next week and plant
in the dark of the moon.’

“I gave him the usual answer — T’m planting
them in the ground, not on the moon,’ ” the cou¬
sin recalled, “and we went on, preparing the eyes
but suddenly my wife stopped and said, ‘You
know, he might be right.’ And so we decided to
plant what we had cut up and wait until next week
for the rest.

“We did — and the results were amazing. The
ones we planted by the light of the moon, at the
wrong time, were much bigger with more foliage,
but when we dug them up. the potatoes were little
things, hardly worth using. The ones we’d planted
after the full moon were shorter sturdier plants
and the potatoes were enormous. It really made
believers out of us.”

The growth of organic gardeners and the in¬
crease of youthful ecologists has revived an in¬
terest in moon sign gardening and in its related
area, companionate planting, whereby the garden¬

er utilizes one plant to discourage the pests com¬
mon to another. If you’d Hke to try, for fun or
experiment, here are some of the tried and true
companions:

Marigolds around the tomatoes; or marigolds
around just about anything will discourage many
garden pests.

Plant chives with your carrots but keep dill
away from carrots and plant it with the cabbage
instead. Sage is supposed to deter the cabbage
moth but doesn’t get along with cucumbers. Sum¬
mer savory will deter bean beetles. Mints generally
are good near both cabbage and tomatoes but
don’t let them take over. Petunias are supposed to
be protection for the beans, and nasturtiums are
good to plant under the fruit trees. And many rose
gardeners swear that they’ve been able to give up
spraying ever since they started planting garlic
among the roses.

There’s a book on “Old Wives Lore for Garden¬
ers,” new this spring, and it contains one bit of
advice with which I agree. It suggests sowing seed
thickly, or as the old verse points out:

One for the rock, one for the crow

One to die and one to grow.

I did just that, only in our garden it was 18 peas
planted for the rabbits on an unprotected slope of
ground, and 80 for the family in a wire enclosure.
Last year the rabbits got all of them.

Another old wives’ tale suggests you tear up
your horsehair mattress, if you happen to have
one, and add it to the garden soil. Or, if you’re a
hairdresser, just use the hair combings from your
customers to put in the trench where you’re plant¬
ing. My hairdresser, German born and a gardener
of ability, does just that and his roses are the great¬
est.

We all know how the Indians taught the Pil¬
grims to bury fish in the corn rows but have you
ever heard of burying an old pair of shoes near the
peach tree? I’m not sure that plastic shoes work as
well as leather.

And then there’s another old wives tale that
I’ve never had the courage to follow. Your spring
planting should be done, say many old herbals, in
the nude. I think this is to make sure it’s warm
enough for the tender seeds - - - but I really don’t
advocate it for the crowded suburban areas.

Talking to one’s plants has had a great vogue in
recent years, following the noted Cleve Backster
experiments in which he came up with some
astounding seismographic reactions which indicat¬
ed that plants can experience fear of people who
are bent on their destruction, and do, apparently,
have different responses to different people. This
has led to all sorts of ramifications, such as the

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69

plant that talks back via a recorder. And, of
course, the cartoon of the wilting plant, complain¬
ing sadly, “She talked me to death.”

I’m more inclined to go along with Roberta
Pliner’s advice in her “Lazy Indoor Gardener”
book. She says: “Whatever you’ve heard to the
contrary, it’s really not necessary to have a love
affair with every leaf in order to have a beautiful
house plant collection . . . There are ways of in¬
door gardening that can keep the usual house plant
grande passion on the more casual level of platonic
friendship. You can ignore some of the traditional
no-nos, skip a lot of frills, turn off the Bach sona¬
tas and still have great plants.”

Her advice, in substance: stick to the plants
that are easy for you to grow and avoid the tem¬
peramental ones or the ones for which your gar¬
dening skills aren’t suited ... I keep coming back
to African violets just the same.

There are two schools of thought on the magic
of a green thumb, English gardener Gertude Jekyll
wrote that she had no patience with the visitors
who adopted a bantering tone and said, “Oh, but
anything will grow for you.” Nonsense, it’s hard
work, she implied.

Another English gardener, Beverley Nichols, a
witty and charming writer, whom I interviewed
when he visited this area, believes that some
people do possess magical properties. Chaucer
wrote of the green thumb. Every language, in¬
cluding Arabic and Chinese, has its word for it,
and there is some scientific credence to the belief
that there may be a mystical unity between the
blood in the veins of a man or woman and the sap
that flows in trees and plants.

It was Beverley Nichols who wrote this delight¬
ful comment on the garden practice of taking cut¬
tings, such as geranium branches, and creating new
plants.

“Do you realize that the whole thing is miracul¬
ous?” he asked. “It is exactly as though you were
to cut off your wife’s leg, stick it in the lawn and
be greeted on the following day by an entirely new
woman sprung from the leg, advancing across the
lawn to meet you.

“Surely you would be surprised, if, having snip¬
ped off your little finger and pushed it into a
flower pot, you were to find a miniature edition of
yourself in the flower pot a day or two later. Even
if you were prepared for it, your wife would think
the whole thing highly suspicious and might in¬
stitute proceedings for divorce!”

Fhp it is - - - and yet profound, too. For the
whole business of gardening is miraculous. The
African violet leaf that becomes a plant. The little
nobbin that unfolds into a gloriously colorful

flower. The cycle of life and death - and rebirth.
The inexorable change of the seasons. The length¬
ening and shortening of the days and the response
of our growing world to the alteration of time.

As a garden writer, I admire many garden writ¬
ers — as you’ve gathered by now - - - but the
master of them all is Hal Borland, whose columns
have been gathered together in such books as
“Sundial of the Seasons” and the New York Times
Garden Book. One of the wisest of his observa¬
tions is this one:

“The green world is a comfort, not only to
tired eyes but to jangled nerves, Man’s haste and
tensions have not altered by one iota the pulse of a
maple’s sap or the deliberate growth of a carrot,
and his loud disagreements have yet to change the
relationship of a bee and a blossom, Man gets so
busy with his own affairs that he sometimes for¬
gets these things. The noise of his machines tends
to drown out the quiet fundamental voices. But if
all the machines rusted away, the garden world
would still be there, quietly going about important
business and waiting for men to look and listen
and learn.”

Look — listen — learn. That’s the key to suc¬
cessful gardening. And always — always — try to
accomplish a little more than you’ve tried before.
Try the impossible, if you will. This time you may
make it.

Inspired by this group - - - I believe I’ll try
African violets again.

BLUE ROSETTE
WINNERS LISTED

Blue Rosette winners announced at the AVSA
convention in St. Louis, MO are as follows:

First Arlington AVS, First New Orleans AVS,
Long Island AVS, Memphis & Shelby County
AVS, Union County Chapter of AVSA, Inc., AVS
of Syracuse, Montgomery AVS, Metropolitan AVS
of Peoria, Mid South AVS, North Shore AVS,
AVS of Staten Island, First Austin AVS, AV
Study Club of Houston, and Suburban African
Violet Friends.

Convention Dates

1978 — Austin, TX. Driskill Hotel, April 13 -
15.

1979 — ■ Denver, CO. Albany Hotel, June 6-9.

1980 — New Orleans, LA

1981 — San Francisco, CA

1982 — Syracuse, NY

African Violet Magazine, June, 1977

70

Projecting Plant Slides

Harvey Stone
51 Peach Highlands
Marblehead, MA 01945

(Harvey Stone, new AVSA Library Committee Chairman, appeared on a workshop, “A Way With
Cameras”, at the AVSA convention in St. Louis, MO)

When I was invited to be a panel member I
looked at the list of the other panelists and de¬
cided they might be better qualified to help you
with photographing your plants than L Having sat
through many so-called amateur slide shows the
thought came to me that perhaps I could help you
more by giving you some hints on how to put on a
good slide show.

First in importance, assuming that you have
some good slides, is to edit them mercilessly. As
you look at each slide ask yourself, “Is it properly
exposed? Is it clear, sharply in focus?” You
wouldn’t intentionally enter a plant for show if it
were deformed, diseased, less than symmetrical,
etc. Why should you show a slide that is too light,
too dark, not in focus, etc? Sure, when you first
get your slides back from the processor you are
going to show them all for your own edification,
but why show them to others if you have to apol¬
ogize for them — “this one is too dark but it is the
only one I have of the Queen of the Show” —
“This is out of focus but I only took one of the
Theme of the Show” — “This is too light”, etc.

Second, why blind your audience with a screen
without a slide projected on it? Each projector has
the means of preventing this. With a Kodak
Carousel projector which, incidentally, our Library
asks you to use when showing a Library slide pro¬
gram, you can simply place a 2 x 2 piece of card¬
board no thicker than a slide mount into the pro¬
jector gate before you start projecting. The card¬
board will move into the “0” slot in the tray as
soon as the tray rotates to slide number one. When
you advance the tray after showing the last slide in
a full tray, the cardboard will be lowered into the
gate and will block off the hght while you replace
the tray. If the tray is not completely filled, insert
a similar piece of cardboard into the slot following
the last slide. You can also separate different sec¬
tions of your show the same way.

Third, in planning your slide show you should
set up your seating so that if you have a matte-
type screen no viewer will be more than preferably
30 off the lens axis, an imaginary line drawn
from your projector lens to the center of the
screen. If using a beaded screen, no viewer should
be more than 25 ° off this axis.

Fourth, the advice from Audio Visual experts is
to hold down the length of your show to the “at¬
tention span” of the audience. You may agree
with me that most violet growers will gladly sit
and pay rapt attention to good slides for more
than the average of 45 minutes that is recommend¬
ed. This you may have to judge separately for each
show and audience.

Another aide is to mark your slides with at least
a minimum of information . . . the date, location
and name of plant. This can pay dividends if you
should accidentally drop your slides, thus
thoroughly pieing them as our good friend Gus
Becker would say about spilled type. It can also
help you if you loan them to someone else. If you
look at them or even project them some time later,
the identification information you have placed on
each one will be of immense value in enhancing
your enjoyment.

Why not take a tip from the AVSA library
slide programs you probably have all seen? When
you have a really good set of slides, why not make
it up into a program? You caii combine slides from
several sets if advisable to make your program.
Write out or type a brief commentary for each
slide. This will add considerably to the profession¬
alism of your show. Something your library chair¬
man hopes to get into this next year is to record
such commentaries on a cassette tape and where
this is done, give those borrowing the programs the
choice of using either the commentary in the usual
manner or using the cassette.

Here are some excellent sources of further in¬
formation: All are from Eastman Kodak’s “Here’s
How” series of books. Number Two has an article
on Titling, No. 7 on “Top-Quality Slide Projec¬
tion” and No. 9 on “Producing Successful Slide
Shows”. There is, of course, some duplication in
the articles in Numbers 7 & 9, but both are in¬
formative and interesting.

• - ^ -

Please send names of new officers to Mildred Schroeder,
Affiliate chairman— NOT to the Editor!

COMING EVENTS must reach the Editor’s desk before
the deadline dates. See page 3 under MAGAZINE for
deadline dates.

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71

DO YOU KNOW...

How Boyce Edens Research Funds Are Used?

Mrs. L. F. Lidiak - 4503 Sinclair Avenue - Austin, TX 78756

(These three talks were made at a St. Louis Convention workshop)

“We hit the jackpot!” and “African Violet
Growers Credited with Being First to Use Fluores¬
cent Lamps.” Actually, there are 30 years separat¬
ing these two statements. The first was made by
Henry Peterson, Chairman, Scientific Committee
of AVSA in 1950; the latter being the title of an
article in the African Violet Magazine, September,
1975, by Dr. Henry M. Cathey of the USD A,
Agricultural Research Center. Mr. Peterson’s state¬
ment was made as the result of a research grant
completed at Ohio State University which had dis¬
covered the fact that the African violet responded
well to fluorescent light. This had been the first
research project sponsored by AVSA.

In this 30-year interval, much transition has
taken place. The Scientific Committee has become
the Research Committee, and a formalized pro¬
gram has been established for the purpose of ac¬
cumulating funds to be used for research. In 1952
a southern gentleman who had been one of the
founders of AVSA, its first treasurer and first
chairman of the Plant Registration Committee was
lost through death. Because of Boyce Edens’ tre¬
mendous contributions to the formation of AVSA
and many of its facets, as well as his avid interest
in research, the Scientific Committee presented a
resolution to the general body suggesting that the
Boyce Edens Memorial Fund be established in his
honor. So was born an entity that has now become
the Boyce Edens Research Fund.

The function of the BERF chairman is basically
to receive and acknowledge the voluntary contri¬
butions from individuals/affiliates. The Standing
Rules of AVSA outline the duties of this chair¬
manship in five parts: (1) solicit contributions; (2)
promptly forward all funds received to the AVSA
Treasurer; (3) submit a list of donors and contri¬

buted amounts to the A V Magazine; and (5) main¬
tain a file of all affiliates and a record of the date
and amount of each donation.

In addition to the voluntary funds received,
there is another important source of monies. All
dues from commercial members over and above
the amount of an individual membership are de¬
posited directly by the AVSA Treasurer into the
Boyce Edens Research Fund.

1976 - 1977 being my first year of service in
this capacity has been a most interesting one. My
curosity has been piqued — urging me to go back
through the history of AVSA via the' A V Magazine
in order to try to see the entire picture of the
research program as it now exists. If you ever have
the chance I suggest this “trip” be made by each
of you. AVSA has sponsored some most worthy
programs, and one look at the “show plants” of
the 1940-50 era as compared to those of the
1970’s will point out to you just how much we as
individual growers have benefitted by these expen¬
ditures. Remember — we have reaped the benefits
of these projects from two directions: (1) directly
and (2) indirectly because of the improved know¬
ledge of particular value to the commercial grow¬
ers which has been passed on to us through plant
improvement.

As to the goals I hold for 1977-78. I hope to be
able to help answer the often-posed question —
“how are these funds used?” I would call every
AVSA member’s attention to the yearly report of
the Research Committee, given during the conven¬
tion and then published, usually in the September
issue of the AV Magazine. I sincerely believe that
when any member or any affiliate becomes aware
of how important this program is to all African
violet growers, each will wish to become one of
those who helped!

Booster Funds Help AVSA In Many Ways?

Mrs, Lucile Plaster, Chairman
8304 Suffolk Drive
Shreveport, LA 71106

Since I was not active in our society at the time
the Booster Fund was organized, I have relied on
board members who sat in on meetings at that
time and took part in the organization procedure
to inform me as to how it all came about. This, I

relate to you as it was given to me.

It was organized at the AVSA Convention in i
our present host city, St. Louis, in the year 1968 !
at a time when AVSA’s finances were very low.
There was not sufficient money to support a new

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project or a new service to the AVSA membership
and some projects current at that time were cur¬
tailed because of lack of funds, so the board put
forth every effort to come up with a new idea to
provide more money.

After much thought and discussion it was sug¬
gested that each board member make a small con¬
tribution and start a fund to Boost our general
treasury. This fund was not to be reserved for any
specific project or projects but was to be deposited
in the AVSA general fund and was to be used
wherever it was needed most.

The first little contribution made by board
members served as a nucleus to build to. It was
named the Booster Fund and was placed in our
general treasury. Next, accounts of this were
printed in our AVSA magazine and you were given
an opportunity to contribute, which you always
do so generously. The Booster Fund began to grow
and the AVSA finances began to pick up and soon
there was sufficient money to operate comfortably
again. (I would hke to say the Booster Fund was
responsible for this but perhaps I should just say
our contribution helped.)

Many ask about benefits from the Booster
Fund. After our general finances improved, which
included Booster Fund donations, some of our old

projects took on new life and new projects were
added to our program. For instance: Tally Time, a
new program in the past few years is now printed
in our magazine. A special committee to classify
miniatures and semiminiatures was appointed and
now members may obtain a listing of same. Addi¬
tional color pages, many photographs from our
conventions, in color, began to appear. The Ac¬
cumulative Index is also available. Affiliate Presi¬
dent’s Guide Books are included with our charter.
Our magaizne was increased by eight pages and our
headquarters in Knoxville has received new equip¬
ment. The Booster Fund was only a small part of
all this but every little bit helps, you know, and we
are proud of it.

This fund furnishes a spot where donations may
be made in memory of loved ones or in honor of
certain people or occasions. Also, many speakers
are contributing their speaker’s fee and judges are
contributing expenses given them for their ser¬
vices.

Your board is a dedicated group and they put
much time and thought on placing your gifts
where they will benefit the most AVSA members.

I wish to thank all of you for your contribu¬
tions in the past and let me urge you to keep them
coming in. You will be glad you did.

How We Get AVSA Awards?

Mrs. Richard A. Chase
Awards Chairman
482 Rutherford Ave.

Redwood City, CA 94061

In the June Magazine each year I ask for awards
for next year’s Convention Show. And each year
an aide from the area where the Convention is to
be held is appointed to the Awards Committee for
a one-year term. The duties of this aide are not
only to assist me at the Convention but also to
help secure awards from the Convention area.
Awards are needed for the entire show: Amateur
and Commercial — Horticulture and Design Divi¬
sions.

Now, it is most important that all possible in¬
formation on awards be sent me by September 1.
This deadline is necessary in order that the awards
may be listed in the January Magazine. Should
some additional awards be received between Sep¬
tember 1 and December 31, it is possible to list
these in the Convention Souvenir Book, but no,
and I do have to emphasize this, no awards can be
accepted after December 31.

The reason for this is that there is a tremendous
amount of work in connection with the handling

of the awards. First, there is the listing which is
required for the January Magazine, so you can all
see what is offered. Then, there is the listing for
the Convention Souvenir Book. Everyone attend¬
ing the Convention gets one. The judges’ sheets,
cards and envelopes are prepared. Also, complete
information has to be furnished to Mrs. Carey and
her Committee so that all can be ready before the
Convention opens.

In making an award, if you have a preference
for its use, please designate this. However, some
donors have standing requests for awards to be
used for a certain class. I try to assign all awards as
requested but if there is a prior request, this is not
always possible. Also, if two awards come in for
say, a single pink, one for $15 and the other for
$10, then the larger award would be for first place
and the other for second place.

When I became Awards Chairman, the proce¬
dure seemed to be to have a first and second award
in each class, and I have tried to keep it that way.

African Violet Magazine, June, 1977

73

without dividing the cash award from one donor,
unless the donor requests it. In other words, if
someone makes a $15 award, I try to use it as one
award or as a first and second in the same class.

Some donors want to give awards for certain
named cultivars, say the best of three named cul-
tivars. This makes it very difficult, not only for the
judges, but also for all who work in the show
room, and we can no longer accept any such
awards. Any award for a named cultivar must be

for one plant only. And, of course, it is important
that any award for a named cultivar be made early
so that information on the award can appear in the
January Magazine, or earlier, giving growers time
to groom such plants for the show.

Should a cash award not be awarded at the
Convention Show, the money is not returned to
the donor but is put into the Convention Fund.
Other awards will be held for the next Convention.

All Lamps Are Growth Lamps

H. M. Cathey,

Research Horticulturist
Florist and Nursery Crops Laboratory
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Beltsville, MD 20705

Let us assume that the natural light in the living
space is insufficient to help maintain the plants
and that artificial light must be used. There are so
many claims and counterclaims concerning the
merits of special lamps, the gardener is often con¬
fused and intimidated from trying gardening under
lamps. Gardeners can experience the genuine plea¬
sures and challenges.

Recent research in the U.S. Department of
Agriculture has simplified what indoor gardeners
need to know, equipment they need to buy, and
changes they need to make in the environment to
grow plants successfully under lights.

Light Sources: The most efficient, the most
widely available, and the longest lasting fluores¬
cent lamps are cool white (CW) and warm white
(WW). Most growth lamps age more rapidly then
CW or WW, thus the light output diminishes rapid-

■y-

Distance: Mount lamps 6 inches away from the
plants to supply 8,000 lux of light. This intensity
of light is sufficient to sustain the growth of a
wide range of plants. Remember! When you in¬
crease the distance of the plant from 6 to 12
inches, you reduce the intensity in half. Fluores¬
cent lamps mounted more than 4 feet from a plant
do not provide sufficient light to make it worth
the use of it.

Wattage: Use the most commonly available 40
watt, 4-foot lamps. Their fixtures (connectors, bal¬
lasts, and reflectors) are available everywhere.
They are a once in a lifetime investment.

Appearance: CW lamps tend to reduce the hue
of the foliage and flowers. WW lamps emphasize
the warm colors. Growth lamps enhance the blue
and red region and darken the greens.

Regulation: Plants operate on a 24-hour

rhythm. Use a time clock to regulate the 12 to 16
hour light, 12 to 8 hour dark period and to extend
the useful life of the lamps.

Reflection: Cover all surrounding surfaces with
reflective material such as mirrors, mirrorized
mylar, aluminium foil. These surfaces reflect 97-99
percent of the light and increase the light available
to the plant.

Leaf surfaces: Dust which accumulates on the
surfaces of leaves cuts down the light available to
the plant, both by reflecting light away from the
plant and reducing transmission of light into the
leaf. Wash all plants at monthly intervals in warm
(90 F) soapy water. Rinse with clear water and
dry. Remove all damaged leaves and flowers to
permit light to get into plant.

Yearly cycle: Replace all lamps every year.
Even though the lamps will light longer than for 1
year, the output is greatly reduced and is an in¬
efficient use of electricity. Schedule and replace
lamps yearly.

Finally, explore locations in your living space
where lamps will permit you to add green plants to
your decoration. It will become your adventure of
mixing the art and the science of gardening.

(ED. NOTE: Dr. Cathey was one of the speak¬
ers at the St. Louis Convention. He is currently
reviewing lights of African violets, spectral depend¬
ence, intermittent light and supplemental lighting.
When the experiments are complete, Dr. Cathey
will plan an article for the African Violet Maga¬
zine).

DEADLINES are deadly! They must be observed if our
Magazine is published on time. See page 3 under
MAGAZINE for deadline dates.

African Violet Magazine, June, 1977

74

Mrs. Glen B. Hudson Is Awarded
Coveted Honorary Life Membership

One of the most coveted awards presented to
an AVSA member at each convention is the Hon¬
orary Life Membership. This year at the St. Louis
Convention this great honor was bestowed upon
Mrs. Glen B. (Mabel) Hudson, 761 Belvidere Ave¬
nue, Westfield, NJ 07090.

Mabel has been growing African violets for
many years, specializing in the species. She has
been an active AVSA member since 1953. In 1955
she won her first blue ribbon at an AVSA judges
show and also attended her first Convention in
Pittsburgh. She has attended every Convention
since then. She became a judge in 1957 and a Life¬
time judge in 1966.

Her many activities for AVSA include being
Yearbook Chairman in 1960, Hospitality Chair¬

Continuing Service

In appreciation of their continued services to
AVSA over a longtime period and for their interest
in growing African violets and spreading know¬
ledge of their culture Continuing Service Certifi¬
cates were awarded three African violet growers at
the AVSA convention in St. Louis, MO.

The certificates were presented to:

Mrs. Ross V. (Emma) Lahr, 3559 E. Easter
Ave., Littleton, CO 80122

Emma has served AVSA in many capacities
since 1967 when she was appointed “Best Varie¬
ties— Honor Roll Compiler” following the Boston
Convention. She held this post until 1970 and
handled this detailed work most efficiently.

In 1968 she was elected to a three-year term as
an AVSA Director and then was appointed Con¬
vention Program Chairman in 1971. She was re¬
sponsible for arranging for the excellent work¬
shops and programs at the New York, Minneapolis,
Hartford, Boston and Atlanta Conventions. Cur¬
rently she is serving as an AVSA Director.

Emma has also been very active in promoting
AVSA in the Colorado area. She is an AVSA judge
and teacher; has been most zealous in gaining new
friends for AVSA by selling AVSA memberships at
the Denver shows, and promoted the idea of Den¬
ver hosting an AVSA Convention, which we are
looking forward to in 1979.

Mrs. Wayne (Mildred) Schroeder, 1739 N. 74th
Court, Elmwood Park, IL 60635

Mildred was Chairman of the Library Commit-

man for the 1965 AVSA Convention in Baltimore,
and Awards Chairman for seven years. Presently
she is vice chairman of the Awards Committee.

Mabel is a charter member of both the New
York City A VS and the Union County Chapter of
the AVSA and has served as President of the New
Jersey Council of AV Clubs and Union County
Chapter of the AVSA.

She has served in many capacities on shows; has
manned approximately 25 Educational Exhibits
for Affiliate shows as well as a large number of
garden clubs. At the 1967 AVSA Convention in
Boston she featured 31 Saintpaulia species, 18 dif¬
ferent varieties, in the Educational Exhibit.

Mabel has made many long tiring trips to judge
shows and is always willing to do anything she can
to promote goodwill for AVSA.

Certificates Given

tee for six years, doing an excellent job. She is an
AVSA judge and a member of the Illinois AVS and
the Exhibitor’s Club.

She is concluding a three-year term as AVSA
Director; has been on many AVSA Committees,
including being Chairman of the Nominating Com¬
mittee. As of February 1, 1977 she took over the
duties of the Affiliate Chairman.

Mrs. Robert (Ann) Slocomb, 30 Inglewood
Drive, Rochester, NY 14619

Since 1947 Ann has been supporting AVSA in
many ways. She helped bring the African violet to
the attention of the Rochester Garden Center,
where Ann was the speaker, and from that meeting
the Rochester AVS was born.

In April 1949 she attended her first Conven¬
tion; in 1951 she became a judge; she has held
various offices, including President of the Roches¬
ter AVS; in 1958 she was Show Chairman of the
AVSA Convention at Rochester; has been AVSA
Program Chairman and has served as a Director.
Currently she is Chairman of the Resolutions Com¬
mittee and is a member of the Awards Committee
and the Shows and Judges Committee.

PLEASE BE PATIENT

If your article or picture has not been printed in
the magazine, please be patient. As soon as space is
available, it will be used.

African Violet Magazine, June, 1977

75

C. Huebscher Gets Leadership Award

Mrs. Frank S. (Chris) Huebscher, 3920 West
16th Street, Panama City, FL 32401, was awarded
the Ruth Carey Leadership Award at the AVSA
Convention in St. Louis, MO.

Chris has been interested in African violets for
many, many years. She organized the first African
violet club in Panama City in January 1954, which
club was affiliated with AVSA in June 1954. She
established the second club in Panama City in
1957, which club is now known as Miracle Strip
African Violet Society of Panama City. She has
been instrumental in forming many other violet
clubs in the South. She is a charter member of the
Dixie African Violet Society, served as its second
President, and served again as its President during
1974 and 1975. She is presently the Art Editor of
The Dixie News.

Chris has been tireless in promoting all phases
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AVSA Sweepstakes
Winners Listed

Four Silver Bowls were awarded to AVSA
members who won the most blue ribbons in speci¬
men classes in shows sponsored by AVSA Affili¬
ates during the past year. Presentation of the
awards were made at the St. Louis MO convention.

Receiving awards were: Mrs. Christine D. Lep¬
pard of Westfield, NJ who won 192 blue ribbons;
Mrs. Jessie Crisafulli of Belchertown, MA with 157
blue ribbons; Mrs. James Savage of Chillicothe, OH
with 143, and Mrs. Joanne Steffen of St. Louis,
MO with 105.

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AWARDS FOR NEW
AVSA MEMBERSHIPS

The award offered by Edith Peterson, past
AVSA President, to the affiliate selling the most
NEW AVSA memberships at its show during 1976
was won by Rocky Mountain AV Council. 72
memberships were sold, all of them by Emma
Lahr.

A second award was given to Metropolitan St.
Louis AVS, which sold 64 memberships.

Congratulations and sincere thanks to both
these affiliates.

Many thanks also to the following affiliates who
sent in reports of their shows:

Memberships Sold

AVS of San Francisco . 49

AVS of South Bay (CA) . . . 45

Wisconsin Council of AVC . 30

of Dixie activities in accordance with the objec¬
tives of AVSA. She is an AVSA Lifetime Member,
an AVSA Lifetime Judge and Teacher and she was
the Show Chairman for the AVSA Convention in
Atlanta. She has stimulated widespread interest in
the propagation and culture of African violets
through articles in the African Violet Magazine
and in The Dixie News and through lectures at
many clubs.

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HONORARY ONE-YEAR
MEMBERSHIPS AWARDED

Honorary one-year memberships were awarded
the following at the AVSA Convention in St.
Louis, MO:

Mrs. Margaret Booth, 187 Edgemont Road,
Rochester, NY 14620

Margaret has been growing African violets since
1939. She is a charter member of AVSA, a charter
member of AVS of Greater Pittsburgh where she
has held all offices except President. She was the
Show Chairman for the 1955 AVSA Convention at
Pittsburgh. Margaret moved to Rochester, NY and
has been an active member in the Rochester AVS
since 1968; she is a former judge; sets up and mans
the Educational booth each year. When the Black
Creek Saintpaulia Society was formed a year ago,
she was one of the first members. She is 76 years
young.

Mrs. Ralph E. (Gertrude) Caye, 70 Eastview
Drive, Windsor, CT 06095

Gertrude has been growing African violets for a
long time and has been active in organizing and
helping with local shows. She was the Registration
Chairman for the 1974 AVSA Convention at Hart¬
ford. She is a Lifetime Judge and is currently the
President of the Nutmeg State African Violet So¬
ciety.

Miss Ruth Hatch, RFD Rte. 148, Hillingworth,
CT 06417

Ruth has been active in violet activities for
quite some time. She is an AVSA judge; served as
Show Chairman for the 1974 AVSA Convention at
Hartford. She is currently First Vice President of
the Nutmeg State African Violet Society as well as
the Editor of its publication. The Nutmegger.

Mrs. Richard (Dorris) Hundley, 921 Spencer
Way, Los Altos, CA 94022

Dorris’ specialty is selling new AVSA member¬
ships. Each year she is generally in charge of the
AVSA Promotional Display Table at the annual
show of South Bay AVS. In 1975, through her
efforts, the Society won the award that Edith

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76

Peterson gave for the most new AVSA member¬
ships sold at an Affiliate show. She has held many
offices in her South Bay Society, including Presi¬
dent, and is now the President of Northern Califor¬
nia Council of African Violet Societies.

Mrs. Terrance R. (Sandra) Leary, 438 Brady
Lane, Austin, TX 78746

Sandra has been an AVSA Director for the past
three years; she has served on various committees,
including the Membership and Promotion Commit¬
tee. she is currently the AVSA Advertising Man¬
ager. Until her resignation in March, she was the
General Chairman for the 1978 AVSA Convention

in Austin. Mr. and Mrs. Leary are moving to Flori¬
da. Gladys Hudnall will succeed Mrs. Leary as Aus¬
tin convention chairman.

Mrs. Lucile J. Wasson, 1101 Frankford Ave.,
Panama City, FL 32401

Lucile has a special talent for creating the most
unusual and beautiful Educational Exhibits. The
one in the 1976 AVSA Convention at Atlanta was
outstanding. Following the Convention, she dis¬
played the Educational Exhibit in the Bicentennial
International Flower Show at Miami, Florida, May
20-24. She has also exhibited in the National
Council of State Garden Clubs as well as many
local club shows.

NEED A WARDS FOR 1978 SHO W

Celine Chase
AVSA Awards Chairman

The AVSA Awards Committee is now receiving
awards for the Austin Convention Show.

A big “Thank You” to AVSA members, affili¬
ate chapters, state societies or councils, commer¬
cial growers and suppliers of materials used by
African violet growers for your generous and
active support for many years. For the happy
people who have received your awards, I’m sure
they thank you too.

Let’s make the 1978 Convention a success too,
by getting your awards to me by September 1,
1977. This gives time to meet the deadline to be
published in the January AVM. I’m sure we all
look forward to the January issue . . . we check
the awards, convention happenings and then plan
to attend and have fun.

The deadline for the souvenir book is January
1, 1978. No awards accepted after that.

There are a few things to keep in mind: the
award must not present impractical problems for
the judges and must be within the show schedule.
It is not always possible to allocate an award to a
specific class because many of our long term spon¬
sors have given awards for certain classes, also
some other person may have requested the class
earlier.

Awards for special plants should be in early so
that the exhibitor is aware in advance and has time
to groom for the show.

The award may be some suitable item or cash.
All items other than cash are to be delivered to the
Awards Aide, Mrs. Juha Brittain, 311 Mdl Stream,
Houston, TX 77060, or you may bring them to
the Convention. When advising me of your award,
please specify whether you will bring it to the
Convention or have it delivered to Mrs. Brittain.

Cash awards are to be paid by check made out to
AVSA Convention Fund and mailed to Mrs.
Richard A. Chase, Awards Chairman, 482 Ruther¬
ford Avenue, Redwood City, CA 94061.

We thank all sponsors for their cooperation to
make the Austin Show a success. See you in Aus¬
tin, 1978.

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NEW DEADLINE FOR
LIFETIME JUDGES EXAM

The deadline for submitting exams has been
changed to October 1. Questions will be ready for
mailing mid-summer.

Send your request for questions NOW with a
check for $1, payable to AVSA, plus a LONG,
STAMPED, SELF-ADDRESSED ENVELOPE to
Mrs. James B. Carey, 3900 Garden Drive, Knox¬
ville, TN 37918.

Judges making first application for lifetime cer¬
tificate must send required evidence of eligibility.
Refer to the African Violet Handbook for Judges
and Exhibitors, page 100 or the November 1976
African Violet Magazine, page 68.

ORGANIC IN NATURE

“For my baby and young African violets plants,
I use Seaweed by Science”, says Mrs. Dale An¬
drews, 3830 Colina Lane, Waco, TX 76705. “It
promotes strong root systems, gives leaves and
plant in general a healthy appearance. Also if one
should run across one that is dry and the leaves are
limp - give it some Seaweed. I use 2 Tablespoons
to a gallon. It is organic in nature, and very safe.”

African Violet Magazine, June, 1977

77

Two Missouri Women Tie for Top
Honors at A VS A Convention/Show

Two Missouri growers tied for top awards at the
1977 AVSA convention/show held in St. Louis,
MO. They were Mrs. Roger Drury of St. Genevieve
and Mrs. Fred Steffen of St. Louis. Mrs. Steffen
received the President’s Award from Mrs. Edward
A. Nelson of St. Louis for the most blue ribbons
(46) and Mrs. Drury the Metropolitan St. Louis
AVS Award for the second highest.

Mrs. Drury won the AVSA silver cup for the
Best in Show with ‘Coon Valley’, a royal blue with
strawberry leaves. ‘Coon Valley’ is an oldie among
violets and started winning top honors nearly 20
years ago. Mrs. Drury’s ‘Coon Valley’ also cap¬
tured two Stim-U-Plant Awards, S50 and a plaque
and $25 and a plaque, and the California Council
of AV Societies Award of $25. She also received
the AVSA Award of Merit Rosette and $15 for
‘Margaret Rose’, 2nd Best in Show.

‘Coon Valley’ was registered by Wilson Brothers
on Nov. 27, 1957 and ‘Margaret Rose’ by Max
Maas on May 20, 1976.

Mrs. Drury’s other plants receiving awards were
as follows: ‘Tommie Lou’, AVS of Greater New
York, Inc., Award of $25; ‘Gotcha’ and ‘Margaret
‘Rose’, Indianapolis AVC $15 and $10 cash
awards; ‘Ann Slocomb’, the Mary S. Garrity
Award; ‘Christmas Holly Supreme’, the Celine
Chase Award; and ‘Brigadoon Sport’, the AVS of
Staten Island Award. Mrs. Drury also placed
second in scoring the second highest number of
blue ribbons in the design division.

Mrs. Steffen also received the New York City
AVS silver award for sweepstakes in horticulture;
the Union County Chapter of AVSA Award for
best dish garden, and the Viking AVC Award for
2nd best design, “Scenic Gardens”.

Mrs. Steffen’s plants winning awards were as
follows: ‘Bicentennial Trail’, Lyndon Lyon Award
of $25; ‘Loverly Wasp’, Violets After Five Award
of $20; and Mrs. Harold Baker’s Award; ‘Pixie
Blue’, Helen Van Zele Award of $10; ‘Pure
Waters’, Indianapolis AVC Award of $10; ‘Tiny
Twilight Time’, Helen Van Zele Award of $10;
‘Karen’, the Ann Richardson Award; ‘Wee One’,
the Rainbow AVC of St. Louis Award; and ‘Tiny
Blue’, Mrs. Joan Laske Award.

Mrs. Mae A. Trost of Indianapolis, Ind., a con¬
sistent winner at the AVSA convention/shows
took 10 top honors again this year.

Her ‘Miriam Steel’ received three awards, the

AVSA Honorable Mention Rosette and $10; Gran¬
ger Gardens Award of $25; and the Stim-U-Plant
Laboratories Award of $25 and a plaque. Her ‘Gar¬
net Elf’ won the Wisconsin Council of African Vio¬
let Clubs Award of $25; and the First Austin AVS
Award of $10. Her other scoring plants were as
follows: ‘Superba’, Stim-U-Plant Laboratories,
Inc., Award of $25 and plaque; ‘Blue Fashionaire’,
Robert Hutton, Jr., Award of antique china; ‘Fran¬
kie’, the Rocky Potters AVC Award; ‘Christmas
Holly’, Mrs. Warren Rosenbaum Award; and ‘R.
Barbara’, the CeUne Chase Award.

Tom E. Toms of Bossier City, LA came a long
way to show but he captured eight top awards. He
won the Gold Rosette for the AVSA Collection of
‘Garnet ElP, ‘Ballet Lisa’ and ‘Orion’ and walked
away with the TubeCraft Award, a complete Flor-
aCart, for another AVSA Collection of ‘Mary
Morn’, ‘Tommie Lou’ and ‘Dixie Dandy’.

His other plants receiving awards were: ‘Plum
Crest’, Sylvia Richardson Award of $10; ‘Lavender
Delight’, W. M. Plaster Award of $10; ‘Ruffled
Red’, Lower Connecticut Valley AVS Award of
$10; ‘Top Dollar’, Rienhardt’s African Violets
Award; ‘Double Stateline 1895’, Mrs. Daniel
Dohm, Jr., Award; and ‘Winter’s Dream’, Heart of
Texas AVS Award.

Winning seven awards each were Mrs. T. C.
Fritz of Kingsport, TN and Edward Bradford of
Woodhaven, NY.

Mrs. Fritz took the Joanne Steffen Award for
the best entry of “Down on the Levee”, in the
design division, the Granger Gardens Award of $25
for ‘Lavender Tempest’, and the Tinari Green¬
house copper tray award for ‘Poodle Top’. Her
other plants receiving cash awards were:
‘Christmas Holly’, the Inner City AVS Award;
‘Tennessee Misty Pink’, the Tampa AVS Award;
‘Tennessee Fluffy Ruffles’, the San Francisco AVS
Award; and ‘Wild Flame’, the Pied Piper AVC
Award.

Bradford’s trophies were won in the design divi¬
sion. He captured the Dixie Moonbeam AVS
Award of Silver for sweepstakes in the design divi¬
sion with seven blue ribbons. He received the
Nancy and Floretta Willets Award for the best ar¬
rangement. His other awards in the design division
were as follows: William R. Smith 1st Annual
Memorial Award, best entry, “Scenic Ozarks”;

African Violet Magazine, June, 1977

78

Edd Stretch Smith Award, best entry, “Historic
St, Charles^’; Eunice and Gene Thiel Award, best
entry, “In a Japanese Garden,” Patty Smith and
Joan Laske Award, best entry, “On a Roller
Coaster”; Marian Bell Award, 3rd best entry,
“Art— Small Scale”.

Mrs. H. L. Holt of St. Louis was winner of six
awards, included among which was Tinari Green¬
house Award of a copper tray for 2nd best speci¬
men plant of ‘Ruth Careyb Her other awards were
in the design division as follows: Mrs. Charles
McGrievy Award, best entry, “St. Louis Has It
from A to Z”; Doris Loyet Award, 2nd best entry,
“The Symphony”; Catherine Carlisle Award, 2nd
best entry, “The Big Cat Country”; Ethel Mathis
Award, 2nd best entry, dish gardens; Helen Van
Zele Award, 2nd best artistic planting.

Four top awards each went to Mrs. R. E,
Schroeder of Dwight, IL and to Diane Gribschaw
of New Castle, IN. Mrs. Schroeder’s honors includ¬
ed the Ann Riddle Award, best gesneriad, ‘S.
Wood Nymph’; the H. P. McVey Award, 2nd best
entry, “Art— Small Scale”; the Roma Wilson
Award, “1954 Birth of the Double Pink”; and the
Barbara Edinger Award, 3rd best small arrange¬
ment.

Mrs. Gribschaw took the AVS of Philadelphia
Award of $25 for her AVSA Collection (Purple
Rosette), ‘Garnet Elf’, ‘Ballet Lisa’, ‘Orion’; the
Indianapolis AVC Award, ‘Lullaby’; the Gene Gar¬
ner Award, ‘King’s Jewel Sport’, and the Border
Cities AVC of Detroit Award, ‘Bold Lad.’

Two growers took three awards each in the de¬
sign division. They were Mrs. Marilyn Bordelon of
Matairie, LA, who won the Mrs. Edward A. Nelson
Award for best entry, “Third Time Around”, the
Diane Peach Award for 2nd best arrangement,
class 35B; and the Ester Brewer Award, 2nd best
arrangement, classes 35- 42; and Edna M. Kunz of
St. Louis, who won two Mrs. W. F. Anderson
Awards for best entry, “Art— Small Scale” and
best entry for small arrangement and the Vicki and
Susan Erman Award, best entry, “200 Years of
Worship.”

Roma Wilson of St. Louis was winner of the
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Burton Award of antique
china for ‘Geneva Rose’ and in the design division
was winner of the Mrs. Jess Stern Award, best en¬
try, “Caves of Missouri”; and the Mr. and Mrs.
Victor Joseph Kunze Award, an original painting,
for best artistic planting.

Would you believe it? Mrs. Chas. Gaines of St.
Louis offered an award of $10 for the best speci¬
men plant, ‘County Belle’ — and she won it!

Jean and Jeanette Achauer placed entries in the
design division and both won awards. Jean won

the Alma Janus Award for the best entry in “The
Big Cat Country” and the Fleur de Lis AVC
Award for the 2nd best entry, “On a Roller
Coaster”, Jeannine’s honors were the Ella Johan-
ning Award for the 2nd best entry, “St. Louis Has
It from A to Z” and the Violet Stubblefield Award
for 2nd best entry, “Third Time Around.”

Five other growers captured two awards each.
They were as follows: Mrs. O. L. Weiss of New
York, NY, the Sandra M. Lex Award for best en-
-try, “The Symphony” and the Adeline Krogman
Award for best promotional exhibit; Mrs. Bernard
Gill of Kansas City, MO, the Green Thumb AVC
Award, and the Rocky Potters AVC Award, for
best specimen and 2nd best specimen, ‘Faith’;
Mary Lou Terral of St. Louis, the St. Louis Judges’
Council Award, best miniature, ‘Little Delight’,
Gene Garner Award, 2nd best green edged, ‘Poodle
Top’; Mrs. Gene A. Thiel of Collinsville, MO, 2nd
best single pink, ‘Pink Lemonade’, the Rainbow
AVC of St. Louis Award, 2nd best mini, ‘Lil Red
Wagon’, Mrs, M. Pozsgay of St. Louis, the Indian¬
apolis AVC Award, ‘Cabaret’, and the Ann Rich¬
ardson Award, ‘My Darling’.

The Amethyst AVC Award for the 2nd best
seedling fell to Jim Wright of Decatur, GA for
‘Do’s Jean’, and the Celine Chase Award for the
2nd best promotional exhibit went to Linda Neu¬
mann of Royalton, OH. Jane Ward of Kansas City,
MO won the AVS of Minnesota Award for 2nd
best trailer, ‘Mysterium’.

Among the miniature awards Mrs. Wayne
Churchill of Rockport, ME won the Top Choice
AVS Award for ‘Tiny Blue’ in an unusual contain¬
er and the Edward Bradford Award for the 2nd
best went to ‘Pixie Blue’, entered by Joan Laske of
St. Louis. The Viva La Violets AVC Award for the
best variegated foliage mini fell to Mrs. Frank
Olsen of Madison, WI.

Other awards were as follows: The Viva La Vio¬
lets Award, ‘Night Magic’, Mrs. Lydia Cramer,
Wausau, WI; Gene Garner Award, ‘Fashionaire’,
Mrs. Wm. Krogman, Brookfield, WI; the Mrs. L. F.
Lidiak Award, ‘Coral Pink’, Edd Stretch Smith of
St. Louis; Granger Gardens Award, ‘Pink Granada’,
Mrs. Gilbert Arndt of Randolph, WI; The LeCha-
teau AVC Award, ‘Lil Critter’, Mrs. Kenneth Hill
of Independence, MO; Ann and Roy Dooley
Award, ‘Burma Ruby’, John Moreau of St. Gene¬
vieve, MO; and the AVC of Greater Kansas City
Award, ‘Kansas City Chief’, Mrs. Harold Proctor.

Other design division winners were: The Vir¬
ginia Hamilton and Lois Russell Award, “1954
Birth of the Double Pink”, best entry, Mrs. Dana
Gipson, St. Louis; the Irene Reinhold Award,
“Soulard Market”, Fran Russom, St. Louis; the

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Mrs. Dana Gipson Award, “Soulard Market”, Mrs.
Wm. Janus, St. Louis.

Species also had their inning with Mrs. Mary
Mahen winning the Mabel and Glenn Hudson
Award with ’S. Diplotricha’ for best specimen
plant; and Peggy McClure of St. Louis capturing
the AVS of Minnesota Award for ^House of
Amani’. c

Lyon, Swifts Have

Two plants hybridized by Lyndon M. Lyon of
Dolgeville, NY captured the awards for the best
and 2nd best new introductions at the 31st annual
convention/show held in St. Louis, MO. ‘Pink N’
Ink’ was winner of the best introduction AVSA
award and ‘Dyn-O-Mite’ received the Helen Van
Zele Award for the 2nd best introduction.

“Sweet Violet” won for Swift’s Violets of Dal¬
las the Helen Van Zele Award for the 3rd best
introduction. Swift’s was also awarded the New
York State AVS Award for best horticultural per¬
fection.

The Win Albright Memorial Award went to
Irene Fredette of Orange, CT for the best seedling,
‘Royal Hussy’. ‘Mark’ by the Hilton Dahlia Farms
of Springfield, NJ was judged the second best seed¬
ling.

— — — ♦ - —

OUTSTANDING ARTICLES
ARE GIVEN AWARDS

On the recommendation of the Publications
Committee, AVSA Certificates of Appreciation
were awarded for outstanding articles during the
past year in the AFRICAN VIOLET MAGAZINE
to the following authors:

Miss Sandra Lex, Toronto, Canada, for her
article “Diz-Dizbudding” in the November maga¬
zine.

Emory E. Leland, Seattle, WA, for his review
“Foliar Feeding African Violets Controversy or
Serendipity” in the June magazine.

Peter C. Bilkey, University of Wisconsin, Madi¬
son, WI, for his photographs and research report
“Tissue Culturing African Violets” presented in
three parts beginning in the January magazine.

Mrs. Lahla E. Yakel, Los Altos, CA, for the
pictures and drawings with her article, “Why Not
Start a Junior African Violet Club?” in the
September magazine.

Mrs. Christine D. Leppard, Rochester, MI for
pictures and suggestions in “Educational Tables—
What They’re All About” in the January magazine.

These awards were presented by Publications
Chairman, Mrs. W. F. Anderson, at the annual
AVSA convention/show in St, Louis, MO.

Awards were also offered for other gesneriads
with Mrs. Alvin Whitfield of Dallas, TX winning
the Mrs. Percy F. Crane award with ‘E. Cleopatra’;
Mrs. Clyde Bridges of Springfield, IL receiving the
Normandy AVC Award for ‘S. Frilled Wood
Nymph’; and Trudy Klundt of Brookfield, WI get¬
ting the Mrs. Percy F, Crane Award for ‘Columnea
Cornellian’.

New In tro ducti ons

Buell’s Greenhouses of Eastford, CT, won the
antique china offered by Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bur¬
ton of Old Saybrook, CT, for the best specimen
plant ‘Pure Innocence.’

Tinari Greenhouses of Huntingdon Valley, PA
won five awards and also Jimmy Watson’s silver
for sweepstakes of 23 blue ribbons. The awards
included the Helene Galpin Memorial Award for
the best specimen plant, ‘Helene’; two Crestwood
Violetry Awards of silver for the best specimen
plant, single blossom, ‘Pink Philly’ and for the best
geneva edged, ‘Wild Flame’; the Rienhardt Award
for the best ‘Nancy Reagan’; and the Helen Van
Zele Award for the 2nd best seedling.

BEST COMMERCIAL
TABLES GET AWARDS

Four awards were presented Commercial mem¬
bers for their display tables at the AVS conven¬
tion/show in St. Louis.

Swift’s African Violets of Dallas, TX received
the AVSA silver bowl for the best commercial dis¬
play table with 150 points.

Second best, the AVSA silver tray, went to
Lyndon Lyon of Dolgeville, NY, with 145 points
and third best to Buell’s Greenhouse of Eastford,

CT. The House of Violets of Camden, AR with
109 points received the AVSA Honorable Mention
Award and the Gene Garner cash award for the
4th best display table.

AWARDS GIVEN
FOR NEWSLETTERS

The AVSA Blue Rosette went to Emory Leland
of Seattle, WA, editor of “Blossoms”, for the best
newsletter, 16 pages or less; and the Red Rosette
for the second best newsletter, 16 pages or less,
was awarded Mrs. Haradell Downing of Oxnard,

CA.

Mrs. Nelson Hopper, of Latham, NY, editor of j
the Empire Magazine, received the AVSA Blue
Rosette for the best newsletter, more than 16 j
pages; and the Red Rosette went to Olga MacLean I
of Norwood, MA, editor of “Ye Bay Stater”. I

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STRICTLY BUSINESS - - YOUR BUSINESS

A TABLE OF INFORMATION TO USE IN CONDUCTING YOUR BUSINESS WITH YOUR SOCIETY TO INSURE GOOD SERVICE.

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SEND EACH ITEM TO THE CORRECT PERSON

AFFILIATE ’APPENINGS: Send to Editor.

AFFILIATES: See list in Nov. issue. For information on
show awards, how to start a chapter or questions on
new or renewal membership, write Mrs. Wayne W.
Schroeder, 1739 N. 74th Court, Elmwood Park, IL
60635. Send officer information sheet received with
charter to Mrs. Schroeder by July 1.

AVSA EMBLEMS: See January issue. Member, Past Presi¬
dent, Life Member pins. Own and wear them with
pride. Order from AVSA office.

AVSA OFFICE: Mrs. Wade H, Bell, Office Manager, Box
1326, Knoxville, TN 37901
BEST VARIETIES LIST: See November issue.

BEST VARIETIES - HONOR ROLL COMPILER: Mrs.

M. G. Gonzales, 200 Doris Ave., San Jose, CA 95127
BOOSTER FUND: Send contributions to Mrs. W. M.

Plaster, 8304 Suffolk Dr,, Shreveport, LA 71106
BOYCE EDENS RESEARCH FUND: Send contribution,
club or individual, to Mrs. L. F. Lidiak, 4503 Sinclair
Ave., Austin, TX 78756
BYLAWS: See September issue.

COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES: Albert Buell, Buell’s
Greenhouses, Box 218, Eastford, CN 06242
COMMERCIAL MEMBERS: See list in November issue.
CONVENTION:

AWARDS: See January issue. Send suggestions or con¬
tributions for convention awards to Mrs. Richard A.
Chase, 482 Rutherford Ave., Redwood City, CA
94061

PROGRAM: See March issue. Send special requests for
workshop programs; suggest names of interesting
speakers to Mrs. J. A. W. Richardson, R. R. 1, Box 70,
Tavares, FL 32778
SCHEDULE: See January issue.

TIME AND PLACE: If your club or a group of clubs
would like to sponsor a national convention in your
area, write to Mrs. H. Harold Baker, 2182 Stanford
Ave., St. Paul, MN 55105

CULTURE FOLDERS: Free from AVSA office, for dis¬
tribution at shows or by commercial members with
plants. Membership application included.
CUMULATIVE INDEX: Write AVSA Office.

EDITOR: Mrs. Grace Foote, 211 Allien PI., Port Arthur,
TX 77640

HONOR ROLL: See June issue.

JUDGES: See November issue Judges and Teachers list.
JUDGING SCHOOL: For information on holding a
school or to become a qualified judge, write to Mrs.
James B. Carey, 3900 Garden Dr., Knoxville, TN
37918

LIBRARY: See June issue for lists of slide programs and
packets available from AVSA Library. Order from
AVSA office. If you have ideas for a library program
or slides to donate for library, write Harvey Stone, 51
Peach Highlands, Marblehead, MA 01945
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June 1; Nov. issue, Aug. 1; Jan. issue, Oct. 1; Mar.
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Write Mrs. E. A. Nelson, 603 E. Essex Ave., St. Louis,
MO 63122

MASTER VARIETY LIST:

A must for judges, exhibitors, serious growers. Num¬
ber 3, 1976 edition describes all varieties registered to
June 1, 1976, all recognized species, and non-register-
ed cultivars introduced from 1966 to June 1, 1976.
Number 2, 1970 edition, includes non-register«d culti¬
vars introduced 1960-69. Order either edition from
AVSA office. $3.50 each.

SUPPLEMENT: Send any correction and/or descrip¬
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Registration Chairman.

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AVSA Treasurer, AVSA office. Make check payable to
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MEMBERSHIP AND PROMOTION: Send your ideas, of¬
fers to help or requests for assistance in this work to
Mrs. Harold Rienhardt, 4463 W. Seneca Tpk., Syra¬
cuse, NY 13215

MINIATURE AND SEMIMINIATURE LIST: $2.00 Mrs.
Sidney Bogin,- 39 Boyd St., Long Beach, NY 11561

MINUTES: See September issue.

NOMINATING COMMITTEE REPORT: See Jan. issue.

OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES: See June issue.

OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE: AVSA Secretary, Mrs.
H. N. Hansen, 708 Wyndale Rd., Jenkintown, PA
19046

PARLIAMENTARIAN: Mrs. Thomas J. Edmundson,
4605 NW 45th St., Fort Lauderdale, FL 33319 is
available to answer parliamentary questions from affil¬
iates. (Stamped self-addressed envelope must be en¬
closed for reply).

PLANT REGISTRATION: Mrs. Fred Tretter, 4988
Schollmeyer Ave., St. Louis, MO 63109

QUESTION BOX: Anne Tinari, 2325 VaUey Rd., Hunt¬
ingdon Valley, 19006

RESEARCH: Send suggested subjects for scientific re¬
search or names of interested qualified potential re¬
search personnel to Frank Tinari, 2325 Valley Rd.,
Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006

SHOWS & JUDGES RULES: See September issue.

TALLY TIME: See March issue.

TEACHERS: See November issue for list.

TREASURER’S & AUDITOR’S REPORT: See
September issue.

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Vol 30, Number 4

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Every attempt is made to keep articles technically correct. Since the growing of fine African violets can be achieved in many ways, the
method and opinions expressed by writers are their own and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of AVSA.

PERTAINING TO VIOLETS

5. Adaptation of Microculture Technology to Saintpaulia improvement Pro¬
duction — Dr. Brent H. McCown and Peter C. Bilkey
University of Wisconsin

9. Coming Events

10. Are You a Certified Pesticide Applicant? — Dr. Thomas B. McKneely,
McLean, VA

11. A Nickname Starts a New Series

14. Preparing Plants for Show — Mrs. H. N. Hansen,

Jenkintown, PA

18. Variegated African Violets, What Will You Do Next?

Michael Luongo, Norwalk, CT

24. Violets En Route to Sweden — Monica Bohstrom,

New York City, NY

30. She's Got 10 Green Thumbs — Donna Gayle
Thompson, Rocky Mountain, NC

31. Soil Mixes

34. Affiliate 'Appenings

40. Demand Increasing for Flowering Houseplants — Dale
Eyerdom, Medina, OH

42. I'm a Tired Mini — Always Movin' On — Montine
(Monty) Dale, Denver, CO

43. Violet Shows Can Be Funl Mrs. Edward Fisher, St.

Louis, MO.

51. Hint from a Novice Grower — Mrs. Harry G. Gamer,

Austin, TX

55. Population Explosion!!! — Pamela Groff, Passaic, NJ

56. Greenhouse Growing — Julia Brittain, Houston, TX

56. Grows Violets in TV Cabinet — Mrs. V. H. Roelle, Peetz, CO

59. Well, as I Live and Breathe! — Andy and Caroi Anderson,

Bellflower, CA

66. African Violet Lovers — Janet Carter Lowrie, Levittown, PA

69. AVID: African Violet Inter-State Delivery — Charyl Koch, Pelham, NJ

70. Buy With Caution

70. Clinic Held in Fort Worth

COLUMNISTS

3. Letter from the AVSA President — Melva Nelson

7. Registration Report — Mrs. Fred (Adele) Tretter

12. Musings From the "Mini-Mam" — Mrs. Sidney (Ellie) Bogin

13. Cross Your I's ... and Dot Your T's — Mrs. W. F. (Neva) Anderson

19. AVSA Affiliates — Mrs. Wayne (Mildred) Schroeder
21. Question Box — Mrs. Frank (Anne) Tinari

26. Boyce Edens Research Fund — Mrs. L. F. (D.J.) Lidiak

27. AVSA Booster Fund — Mrs. Bill (Lucile) Plaster

33. Beginner's Column — Mrs. J. A. W. (Ann) Richardson

58. Your Library — Harvey L. Stone

62. A Foote on the Violet Path — Mrs. Henry P. (Grace) Foote

MISCELLANEOUS

13. In Memoriam

59. Greenhouse Catalog Now Off the Press

SOCIETY BUSINESS

1. Application for Membership
4. $1,000 Grant for Research

4. Candidates' Names Needed — Whom Do You Know? — Mrs. Sidney Bogin
6. Additional Life Members Announced

15. Statement of Cash Receipts and Disbursements
15. Lifetime Judges

39. Ruth Carey Transfers Copyright to AVSA
41. Judging Schools Set for October

43. Do You Have Your Master Variety List?

44. Shows and Judges

CONVENTION

11. 69 Yearbooks in Competition — Mrs. Christine Leppard and Mrs. Donald
W. Riemer

15. Mrs. W. J. Krogman Receives Award

16. Terrarium Thumb — Mrs. Jean Achauer

17. Enter Yearbooks in Austin Show — Mrs. H. Nicholas Hansen

20. New Awards Aide Named

39. Our Thanks, Apologies — Mrs. H. L. Holt

51. Named Cultivars for Austin 1978 Convention Awards

52. Convention Minutes

63 Third Time Around — Commercials Were There!

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African Violet Magazine, September, 1977

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COVER PAGE

Lyndon Lyon’s 1977 introduc¬
tion, ‘Dyn-O-Mite’, first displayed at
the AVSA Convention/Show in St.
Louis, Mo is pictured on our cover
page. ‘Dyn-O-Mite’ is a brand new
seedling which explodes with very
deep red semidouble blossoms on
plain foliage. (Photo by Frank
Burton)

OFFICERS

MRS. E. A. NELSON . President

603 East Essex
St. Louis, MO 63122

MRS. MARVIN GARNER ...... 1st Vice President

1010 Edgewood, S. E.

North Canton, OH 44720

MRS. W. J. KROGMAN . 2nd Vice President

1325 Parkway Drive
Brookfield, WI 53005

MR. HARVEY L. STONE . 3rd Vice President

51 Peach Highlands
Marblehead, MA 01945

MRS. H. N. HANSEN . Secretary

708 Wyndale Road
Jenkintown, PA 19046

MISS FLORENCE M. GARRITY . Treasurer

36 Cerdan Avenue
Roslindale, MA 02131

STAFF

MRS. GRACE FOOTE, Editor
211 Allien Place
Port Arthur, TX 77640
MRS. TERRANCE R. LEARY, Adv. Mgr.

2088 Illinois Ave., NE
St. Petersburg, FL 33703
MRS. CLARICE BELL
Office Manager
P. O. Box 1326
Knoxville, TN 37901
MRS. W. F. ANDERSON

AVSA Publications Chairman
360 Tulip Drive
St. Louis, MO 63119
COLUMNISTS

Mrs. Frank Tinari, Mrs. James Carey, Mrs.
Sidney Bogin, Harvey L. Stone, Mrs. L. F.
Lidiak, Mrs. J. A. W. Richardson, Paul Arnold,
Mrs. W. M. Plaster, Mrs. Mildred Schroeder
and Mrs. Fred Tretter.

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The Official Publication of the
African Violet Society of
America, Inc.

The African Violet Magazine is published 5 times a
year, January, March, June, September and No¬
vember ^nd second class postage is paid by the
African Violet Society of America, Inc. at 706
HamiltoOf National Bank Building, Knoxville, TN
37901 and at additional mailing offices. Subscription
$6.00 per year which is included in membership dues
starting with the June issue each year. Copyright by
African Violet Society of America, Inc., 1977.

NOTICE TO POSTMASTER:

Please send notification regarding undeliver¬
able magazines to office address. African Violet
Society of America, Inc. P. O. Box 1326,
Knoxville, TN 37901.

African Violet Magazine, September, 1977

ADVERTISERS' INDEX

(AVSA can not assume responsibility for advertisers. However, we request that
a carbon copy of any complaint be sent to the Advertising Manager. If any
advertiser is found irresponsible, AVSA can refuse future ads.)

81 Allegro Plant Tonic — Fredette Originals

79. Annalee's Violetry — Order early for best selection

71. Arndt's — Houseplants

83. Arth's African Violets — New and best varieties
73. Doris Artis — Fresh cut leaves

82. AVSA Magazine Binders — Come only in pairs
9. Back Issues of African Violet Magazines

82. Baker's African Violets — Special for fall
73. Barbara's — Over 500 varieties

72. Barrington Industries — Greenhouse and Garden Supply catalog

73. Mrs. Edna Barton — Home of African violets

74. Becker Printing Co. — African violet note paper
73. Betty's Unique Boutique — Violets and begonias

73. Bill and Marleen's Violets — Leaves and small plants

83. Bloomers — Gesneriads, sinningias, African violets
73. Candy's Plants — African violet plants and trailers
73. Cape Cod Violetry — Latest varieties

80. Ruth Carey's Revised Handbook for Judges and Exhibitors

71. Castle Violets — African violet leaves

84. Crestwood Violetry — For want of a plant, the ribbon was lost
88. DoDe's Gardens — Growing supplies and fertilizer

73. Earth Flowers — - African violet starter plants, gift plants

84. Elephant Ear — 'I Love Violets ' T-shirts
88. Ernst Nursery — Leaves and plants
INSIDE BACK COVER - Fischer's

72. FloraCart Watering Wand — Popular accessory for your FloraCart

76. FloraCart — Enjoy a FloraCart by Tubecraft

78. Floralite Co. — Lumen lighter stands

88. Florence's — African violets and supplies

85. For Sale — Collection of AV Magazines

78. Geneva African Violets — Handpainted designs

81. Granger Gardens — Newest cultivars

79. Green Gold, Inc. — Soilwash

87. The Green House — Green House Gro-Cart

80. Bernard Greeson — Plastic labels, AV Supplies

70. G. B. Hanson — Fresh cut leaves

71. Heavenly Violets — Fresh cut leaves and episcias

72. High Hat — African violets

77. House of Violets — Moist-Rite Self-Watering Planters

87. The House Plant Decorating Book — Virginie E. and George H. Elbert

85. Jackson's House of Violets — New and older varieties

73. Jeannie's Jungle Violets — Starter plants

71. Kat's African Violets — Fresh cut leaves
85. Kitty's Violets — African violet leaves

73. Klinkel's African Violets — African violet leaves

72. Albert Kreiger — African violet starter plants

71. Leix's Village Violetry — Latest varieties, leaves

84. Little Violet House — Fresh cut leaves

71. Louise's Greenhouse — African violets, leaves and episcias

75. Lyndon Lyon — New registered 1977 African violets

85. Mary Lou's Violet Closet — Choice varieties

80. Mary's African Violets — Books on gardening, growing supplies
85. Ronn Nadeau — Hybrid African violet seeds

88. Patches and Pots — African violets and sinningias

72. Peg Mitchell's Violet Farm — A harvest of values

75. Plant Marvel Laboratories — For optimum growth and bloom feed
as you water

76. Poyner's Greenhouse — African violets and related plants

85. Rainbow Forest — Miniature leaves

73. Reigning Violets — Over 400 different varieties

74. Re-jewva-tone — Triple strength vitamin

76. Rose Knoll Gardens — Illini series and varieties of leading hybridizers
88. San Francisco Plant Co. — Mini sinningias, African violets
76. Shirley's Violet World

72. Shoplite Co. — Decorative Plant stands

83. Stand-Bye — Grow with confidence

70. Stim-U-Plant — Plant food, soil conditioners, sprays

81. Sugar Beach Violetry — Leading varieties

78. Sunset Gardens — Leaves, rooted clumps, plants — Miniature and standard
BACK COVER — Tinari Greenhouses — Violet Venture for Fall '77

73. Tingle's — Leaves, gift plants, starter plants

80. Tamaro African Violets — African violets and supplies

76. TubeCraft — Enjoy a FloraCart

83. Howard Utz — Utz' new varieties

88. Valley Violets — Most popular varieties

73. Violet Buds & Blossoms — New in Chattanooga

73. Violet Fantasia — Newest varieties

77. The Violet House

84. The Violet Room — Green Gold Soilwash

80. Violet Madness — Starter and blooming plants

71. Violet Window — African violet leaves

71. Violets Atlanta — Fall Fashions

73. Violets bv Marv — Starter plants

86. Violets Et Cetera — Plant communicator; Seal and Grow

72. Volkhart's — African violets and episcias

74. Volkmann's — Reservoir wick pots

87. The Walkers — AV Supplies, pesticides, pots
76. White Cloud Farm — African violets

72. Wood's African Violets — Fresh cut leaves, rooted cuttings, gesneriadr
76. Mildred V. Woods — Fresh cut African violet leaves

85. Worl of Violets ~ glooming plants and starter plants

EDITOR'S NOTE: These are your advertisers who help the magazine.
Please support them and when you write them for supplies, please
mention 'Tne African Violet Magazine.

2

During the summer when the pace was less frenzied, it was pleasant to remin¬
isce over the recent St Louis convention. What a week that was! If you enjoyed
your visit as much as we enjoyed being your hosts, then all is well.

The show was the largest in AVSA^s history, with approximately 800 spectacu¬
lar entries in horticulture, plus 40-odd lovely design entries. And, who could
forget that dazzling display of New Introductions on the Commercial sales tables?
What good does it do to tell yourself firmly before leaving home that you aren’t
going to buy a lot of plants because you simply do not have room for more ....
those famous last words!

But now it is September and time to pick up the usual fall schedules with
renewed vitality and enthusiasm. Pm sure you will let no opportunity slip by to
promote AVSA, Have you noticed that our beautiful magazine has grown again —
that it now has 88 pages instead of 80? Come on, let’s do a little bragging, which
reminds me of a favorite remark of one of my friends - ‘Tor he who tooteth not
his own horn, I say, it shall not be tooted!”

Convention week is not all ^Tun and Games” for your hard-working Board of
Directors, They spend many long hours reviewing and updating our various pro¬
grams in an effort to provide you with the most helpful information and service
possible. One of the problems they were concerned about was the difficulty some
of our Affiliates have experienced in obtaining slide programs from the Library,
After careful consideration it was voted to add an additional employee to the
Knoxville office force, whose duty will be supervising the Library schedule. Be¬
fore mailing a program and on its return, it will be checked to see that all slides
listed in the program are present; also that legible commentary sheets accompany
the slides. As I’ve mentioned in a previous letter, you, too, have a responsibility in
seeing that the slides are returned to Knoxville IMMEDIATELY after use, or
forwarded to another Affiliate if so instructed in the slide box. Your failure to
cooperate means some other group is going to be disappointed.

Another decision made at the St, Louis meeting was to move the STRICTLY
BUSINESS - YOUR BUSINESS page to the inside front cover. It seems many of
you have been unaware there was such a page in the magazine, judging by the
questions asked needlessly, as the answers may be found on this page. Now it has
been placed right as you open your magazine, so you can hardly miss it.

Perhaps you live in an area where there are no A VS A Affiliates and you would
like to form a club but don’t know how to go about it. A letter to Mrs, Wayne W.
Schroeder, Affiliate Chairman, at 1739 N. 74th Ct., Elmwood Park, Illinois 60635,

African Violet Magazine, September, 1977

3

will bring you all necessary information and help. One of the greatest pleasures
derived from a hobby is the association with like-minded enthusiasts. So far as our
hobby goes, if you are not part of a group meeting regularly to discuss all phases
of violet propogation and culture, you are missing half of the fun.

Sincerely,

$1,000 Grant For Research

A S 1,000 grant for African violet research work
at the University of Wisconsin was voted by the
AVSA Board at the St, Louis convention and will
go toward a research project undertaken by Dr.
Brent H. McCown, assistant professor, and Peter C.
Bilkey. The research will deal with the adaptation
of microculture technology of Saintpaulia im¬
provement and production.

The grant was made on recommendation of the
AVSA Research committee, comprised of Frank
Tinari, chairman, Hugh Eyerdom, Lyndon Lyon,
Henry Peterson and Jack Swift.

Tinari told of various projects now under way
by Dr. Marc Cathey, Chief Ornamentals Labora¬
tory, US Department of Agriculture, Beltsville,
MA, the Penn State genetic project, and the Ohio
State Project.

Dr. Cathey is now doing research on lighting of
various types and intensities for African violets.

At Penn State mutations are being studied, with
seeds, species, miniature types, trailers and other
hybrids being used. Dr. Richard Craig heads this
project.

The Ohio State project deals with the control
of the Pritchard soil mealy bug by the chemical
treatment of plants. ‘^Through foliar treatment
Saintpaulia will tolerate various chemicals,” ac¬
cording to Dr. Richard K. Lindquist, department
of Entomology, who heads this project. ^‘Perhaps
with numerous proper tests and dosages done at
laboratory level, this pest can be controlled
through foliar intake”, he added.

The project will be started at the Ohio State
University and later transferred to Penn State Uni¬
versity under the direction of Dr. Paul Heller, en¬
tomologist.

One hundred three-inch plants have been sup¬
plied to Ohio State University for preliminary in-
noculation and tests. No monetary fee has been
arrived at at this time. Plants were purchased from
the Granger Gardens at the cost of $141,25 and

sent to Ohio State University research center for
their tests.

“Dr. Paul Heller is a well-known entomologist
and heads this department at Penn State. Both he
and Dr. Lindquist are well-acquainted with African
violets and understand the seriousness of our prob¬
lems and we are in great hopes that the society can
benefit from their project,” Tinari concluded.

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Candidates’ Names Needed

Whom Do
You Know?

Mrs. Sidney (Ellie) Bogin
Nominating Committee Chairman
39 Boyd Street
Long Beach, NY 11561

The Nominating Committee of AVSA selects
five directors annually from our 25,000 plus mem¬
bers and tries to choose candidates from different
geographical areas. Since it is impossible for com¬
mittee members to be personally acquainted with
all AVSA members, we have decided to appeal to
you, the membership.

We are interested in people who are enthusias¬
tic, active members of a club or clubs, who would
be in a position to attend conventions. Perhaps
places where there are not too many clubs or
AVSA members. We do not have adequate repre¬
sentation from the middle and northwest states.

If you know people who might fill the biU,
people with imagination, verve and dedication,
who would be an asset to AVSA, please drop me a
line with their name and address telling me what
you know about them and why you suggest them.

African Violet Magazine, September, 1977

4

Adaptation of Microculture Technology
To Saintpaulia Improvement, Production

Dr. Brent H. McCown and Peter C. Bilkey
Department of Horticulture
University of Wisconsin, WI S3 706

(ED. NOTE: At the AVSA Convention in St. Louis, MO a $1,000 grant was made to the University of
Wisconsin to further the work being done on African violets)

The horticultural industry is entering a period
of rapid and unprecedented change. Spurred by a
renewed interest in plants by the general populace
and by the resultant increase in demand for a wide
variety of plant materials, modern and innovative
methods of plant production and merchandising
are permeating the industry. High yield nursery
practices, automated and computerized green¬
house production, and mass-market merchandising
are examples of these changes. Indeed, the horti¬
cultural industry of the year 2000 will little re¬
semble the one familiar to us today.

Among the advances in technology needed to
support these changes are methodologies for de¬
veloping new cultivars and their subsequent pro¬
pagation. Microculture, the multiplication and
growth of plant selections under sterile, labora¬
tory-like conditions, may be highly useful in this
regard. Current research has clearly shown that
plants, unlike most animal counterparts, poss’ess
the ability to regenerate missing organs. In the ex¬
treme, many living plant cells have the potential to
regenerate the total plant if given the proper en¬
vironmental and nutritional conditions.

Microculture of plants has the following appli¬
cations to the horticulture industry:

1. Mass propagation of selected clones. When
the more conventional techniques of propa¬
gation possess inherent practical problems,
multiplication of plants in “test tube” en¬
vironments may be a highly useful and
economical solution. This is particularly true
for normally difficult-to-propagate species
and for the rapid increase of newly develop¬
ed cultivars. Such techniques are called mi¬
cropropagation and include cell, organ and
shoot-tip cultures (mericloning).

2. Elimination of disease organisms. Vegetative
propagation has always been accompanied
by the probability of disease, particularly as
regards viruses, contaminating the plant ma¬
terial and being carried along in the propaga¬
tion process. In many cases, microculture
techniques combined with heat and chemical
treatments can be used to free such materials
of these diseases.

3. Recovery of normally lethal products of sex¬
ual reproduction. Many crosses of potential¬
ly desirable plants are prohibited by genetic
factors, resulting in premature death of the
newly formed embryo before seed matura¬
tion. Such embryos can be cultured in the
laboratory and the resultant hybrid secured.
This technique is called embryo culture.

4. Generation of new genetic hybrids. Due to
genetic and/or morphological problems,
many crosses are unsuccessful using conven¬
tional methods. This is especially true when
crosses are attempted between species, gen¬
era, and families. However, the potential of
uniting the genetic material from two plants
grown in culture has recently been realized.
Indeed, fusions of plant with animal cells
have been reported. This technique has been
called asexual hybridization to distinguish it
from the sexual process of fusion of gametes
and subsequent seed production.

Such applications of microculture are well be¬
yond the laboratory test phase and a number of
horticultural industries have embraced this new
technology. Mericloning of orchids was one of the
earliest uses of microculture. Small pieces of tissue
from shoots (rhizone tips or pseudobulbs) can be
used to multiply an orchid plant under aseptic
conditions. Before micropropagation, growers
were lucky to produce more than half-a-dozen
orchid plants each year from a prized hybrid. Now
literally thousands of genetically identical plants
can be produced from a single individual in a
year’s time. In addition, total costs have been re¬
duced, uniformity of the final product has been
increased and the timing of the cut flower crop has
been improved.

Micropropagation techniques have also been
applied in the production of ferns, especially the
infertile and very popular cultivars of Boston fern.
With the initial help of University researchers,
growers now are able to propagate 10,000 Boston
ferns from a single runner tip not more than one
inch long. With only 2,100 sq. ft. of shelf space in
a building, 50,000 fern plants can be produced
monthly and used in conventional production

African Violet Magazine, September, 1977

5

facilities.

Wholesale plant propagators such as Yoder
Brothers have utilized microculture of plants to
obtain disease-free stock. Such techniques have been
used to produce virus-free stock of flowers (mums,
carnation, geraniums*), fruits (strawberries, raspber¬
ries), vegetables (potatoes), and forest trees
(poplar).

Unlike the above applications, asexual hybridiz¬
ation has yet to be used to produce a product
useful to man. However, the potential is exciting.
In the laboratory, fusions of a number of diverse
species have been made. However complete plants
have not yet been generated.

Application of Microculture to Saintpaulia

We can visualize two important applications of
microculture techniques to the production of
Saintpaulia.

Mass Propagation

The potential of micropropagation in the pro¬
duction of African violets has already been demon¬
strated. A conservative estimate is that 20,000
African violet plants can be produced from a single
leaf cutting. The application of this technology
can have a number of benefits to the commercial
industry:

1. New cultivars can be propagated and market¬
ed within a year of the decision to produce them.

2. Expensive greenhouse space will not be
needed for stock plants or propagation benches
and can be used to directly produce saleable stock.

3. Overall quality can be improved as unifor¬
mity and quality are more easily controlled with
micropropagation techniques than with conven¬
tional leaf cuttings.

Asexual hybridization

Utilization of the techniques of asexual hybridi¬
zation for African violets may revolutionize violet
breeding. In particular, genes for flower colors
such as yellow, orange, and true red can be intro¬
duced from other genera in the Gesneriaceae.
Flower fragrance may also be introduced, thus of¬
fering a whole new dimension to the popular Afri¬
can violet.

Traditional sexual hybridization procedures are
limited in their ability to work with such genetic
material. Not only are there strong genetic inhibi¬
tions to intergeneric crosses (such as incompatibili¬
ty and ploidy differences), but differences in
flower morphology may prevent a successful cross.
Attempting to produce desirable traits by muta¬
tion (such as by X-ray) is an extreme long-shot, as
most mutations are deliterious and the resultant
outcome cannot be controlled.

Proposed Research Program

We, at the Department of Horticulture, Univer¬

sity of Wisconsin, wish to investigate the applica¬
tion of mass micropropagation techniques to the
African violet industry and the use of asexual
•hybridization as a breeding technique to introduce
new flower colors (yellow, orange, and true red)
into the genus Saintpaulia.

(ED. NOTE: This is the first of two articles to
appear in the African Violet Magazine. The second
article will be published in the November 1977
issue).

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Additional Life
Members Announced

More Life Members! On March 1, President
Melva Nelson announced that the Life Membership
List had reached the 200 mark!

Since that time Mrs. Nelson has welcomed into
membership the following:

Erica Hahn, 28 Presidents’ Pi., Kingston, NY
12401; Mrs. Alan E. Sonnanstine, 3757 Vassar,
Dearborn, MI 48124; Robert Halperin, 72 Sharpe
Rd., Newton, MA 02159; Lois M. Hall, 4056 W.
Palmer, Chicago^'IL 60639; Bertha M. Pfouts, Rt.
4, Adrian, MI 49221; Mrs. Jean Fitch, 1263 Rays
Rd., Stone Mtn. GA 30083; Mrs. Frank M. Seay,
RD 1, Lee Lane, Tunkhannock, Pa 18657; Mrs,
M. C. Vance, 2761 Lakewood Dr., Columbus, OH
43229; Robert M. Phipps, Medical Dept. HMC
USN US NAV/SEC/GRU/ACT FPO, New York
09518; Roger K. Wedel, 5151 S. 34th St., Kalama¬
zoo, MI 49001; Steven W. Dalrymple, 250 Center
Grove Rd., Randolph, NJ 07801; Mrs. Eugene W.
Fike, Rt. 3, Box 19-B, Hempstead, TX 77445;
Mrs. Etsuko Ohno, 2-33-4-1210 Takashimadaira,
Itabashi-Ku Tokyo, Japan; Mrs. Terrance R. Leary,
438 Brady Ln., Austin, TX 78746; Mrs. H. Steven
Johnson, 741 W. Colonial Dr., Orlando, FL 32804;
Doris M. Brownlie, 600 Silvercreek Blvd. No. 80,
Mississauga, Ont. Canada L5A-2B4; Mrs. Dale
Kinley, P. O. Box 622, Sheridan, WY 82801; Mrs.
Bernard F. Gill, 1015 Greenway Ter. Kansas
City,MO 64113; Miss Nell Sue Tyson, 2030 E.
Amherst Ave., Denver, CO 80210; Mrs. Roberta J.
Close, 8333 W. Pocahontas, Tampa, FL 33615;
Raymond A. Nowowieski, 5339 Glen Arm Rd.,
Glen Arm, MD 21057; James M. Loya, 2400 N.
Dustin, No. 203, Farmington, NM 87401.

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If you have articles, pictures or slides to be
printed in the Magazine, send them to the Editor,
NOT to the Knoxville office!

African Violet Magazine, September, 1977

6

AJfle Tretter
4988 Schollmeyer
St. Louis, MO 63109

(NOTE TO REGISTRANTS: The Editor would
like to use color slides of your newly repstered
violets in the Magazine, Use only light back¬
grounds, Dark slides cannot be reproduced. Send
original color slides to Editor with name of plant
and name of hybridizer,)

The following registrations have been received
during the period from February 28, 1977 through
May 31, 1977,

BLEEDING HEART (3115) WRC 345 s-dc S
3/9/77

Mrs, P, W, Riesling, 475 Madison St,, Denver',
CO 80206

LITTLE SOFTIE (3116) L-PX 29 sfc S 3/24/77

Mrs, L, E, Strange, 1419 Harper St,, Santa
Cruz, CA 95062

SISTER ANCILLA (3117) PX 2 s S 4/1/77

George Crouchet, 110th St,, Inglewood, CA
90303

TENNESSEE WALTZ (3118) D-BW-E 23 sfc S
4/8/77

Mrs. T. C. Fritz, 4626 Harbor City, Kingsport,
TN 37664

BRIGHT EYED DONNA (3119) D-PX 3 s S
4/13/77

C. D. Martin, 14300 Bowman Ct., Woodbridge,
VA 22193

GRANDDAD (3120) D-BW-E 57 d S-M
4/14/77

Wanda McPeters, 1802 Chama, Hobbs, NM
88240

BALLERINA (3121) PX 5 d S 4/20/77

Vincent Ballirano, 110 Grandview Ave., John¬
ston, RI 02919

ALTON DANDY (3122) P 39 d S 4/20/77

Mary - Ray Violets, 5007 Terry Dr., Alton, IL
62002

BIG SUE (3123) V 38 s-dc S 5/2/77
Mrs. C. S. Smith, 1403 St. Vincent St., Gon¬
zales, TX 78629

CASTLE’S PINK MEASURE (3124) M-P 2 d S
5/9/77

CASTLE’S RED STONE (3125) D-R s-’d S
5/9/77

CASTLE’S RUSTIC CHARM (3126) D-R 5 df
S 5/9/77

Verne C. Fuhlrodt, 614 Castle Rd., Colorado
Springs, CO 80904

JANEY BRISCOE (3127) PX 238 d S 5/18/77
Jodi Davis, 2818 Rio Grande, Austin, TX
78705

FATIMA (3128) L-POC 2 sfS 5/20/77
GARY (3129) D-V.R 5 df S 5/20/77
HALF MOON BAY (3130) M-PX s-df S 5/20/77
TERESA (3131) WP 2 d S 5/20/77
Gary R. Beck, 539 Spindrift Way, Half Moon
Bay, CA 94019

CARLA (3132) D-P 5 d S 5/27/77
CECELIA (3133) BX 2 d S 5/27/77
FORTY-NINE TRAIL (3134) B 2 d S 5/27/77
SARITA (3135) P 23 d S-M 5/27/77
HAMMOND’S TERRY LYNN (3136) L-P 23 d
S 5/27/77

WAVECREST (3137) BW-E 5 df S 5/27/77
CONCHITA (3138) PX 38 s M 5/27/77
MONTEREY SUNSET (3139) R 2 d S 5/27/77
Everett & Lois Hammond, 3917 Copeland
Lane, Fremont, CA 94528

FIRE CHIEF (3140) R-PG-E 3 s-d L 5/27/77
FREEDOM SONG (3141) D-VW-E 3 d L
5/27/77

NEW DAWN (3142) L-P 2 d S 5/27/77
David Buttram, P. O. Box 193, Independence,
MO 64051

ARLINGTONAIRE (3143) L-OX 259 &-d L
5/27/77

BETCHA (3144) WR-E 5 d S 5/27/77

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LUSH BLUSH (3145) M-PX 23 s-d L 5/27/77
RALPH REED (3146) OW-E 59 s-d L SSllUl
SOUTHLAND JUNGLE (3147) OX 5 s-d L
5/27/77

VIOLET TINT (3148) L-OV-E 25 s-d L
5/27/77

WHISPER ROSE (3149) R-P 23 d L 5/27/77
Swift’s AV, P. O. Box 28012, Dallas, TX 75228

BLUEBERRY FROST (3150) BW-E 3 d S
5/28/77

C. Wilson, 9057 Oak St., Bellflower, CA 90706

CALIFORNIA (3151) V 3 s S-M 6/2/77
COLORADO (3152) V-R 3 sf S 6/2/77
DELAWARE (3153) V-R sc S-M 6/2/77
FLORIDA (3154) MV 3 s S 6/2/77
GEORGIA (3155) P 2 s S 6/2/77
MARYLAND (3156) M-B 3 s-dc S 6/2/77
NEW JERSEY {3157) P 3 sf S 6/2/77
NEW YORK (3158) D-V-B 3 sc S 6/2/77
PENNSYLVANIA (3159) V-R 3 s-dc S 6/2/77
VIRGINIA (3160) P 3 sf S 6/22/77
Reinhold Holtkamp, Wertherstr, 112 4294 Is-
selburg, Germany

RESERVATIONS

The following reservations have been received
during the same period as above.

DENVER JO * FIRST EDITION * DENVER
DELIGHT 3/7/77 Ella Kiesling, 475 Madison St.,
Denver, CO 80206

BURGUNDY ROSE * RAG DOLL * JOYCE *
JUNGLE JEWEL * DOWN HOME * MISS AUS¬
TIN * BARTON BEAUTY * SILVER SPURS *
MAJOR BOB * SUGAR ROSE * TEXAS DI¬
ANNE * SPRING THING * DRJSKILL * RHINE¬
STONE COWGIRL * LIZ * TEXAS DJ * CIRCLE
J * COUNTRY GINGHAM * FRANCES * IN¬
DIAN PAINT BRUSH 5/18/77 Jodi Davis, 2818
Rio Grande, Austin, TX 78705

TINY TWILIGHT TIME * WEE LADDIE *
LITTLE MISS MUFFET * TWINKLE LITTLE
STAR * LITTLE SAINT LOUIE * PIXIE WHITE
* HUMPTY DUMPTY * FIRE FIGHTER 4/22/77
Joann Steffen, 4434 Alaska St., St. Louis, MO
63111

SHOW ME SURPRISE * SHOW ME BLUE *
GARDEN PARTY ^ * AFTERNOON DELIGHT
5/8/77 David Buttram, P. O. Box 193, Indepen¬
dence, MO 64051

DO’S JEAN * DO’S JUDY LYNN * DO’S PAT
PLUNKETT * DO’S JANET LEE * DO’S REALI-
DO 5/18/77 Violets Galore of GA, 3482 Misty
Valley Rd., Decature, GA 30032

OBSESSION * NAUGHTY NOTION *
SCRUMPTIOUS * CUMULUS * THIRD DIMEN¬
SION * RICHMOND RED * KAMLOOPS QUEEN

* QUEST * HOMESTEAD * WHITE DELIGHT *
RENDEZVOUS * MUMBO JUMBO * NIGHT¬
INGALE * SCINTILLATION * PICCOLO PETE*
MOONSTRUCK * PINK PICOT * KLONDIKE
TRAIL * LONESOME TRAIL * ROYAL TRAIL

* BIT OF FLUFF * AFTERGLOW * HINT A
PINK * SILVER SENSATION * SAUCY SUE *
LANGLEY LACE * BURNABY BLUE * PINK
PATTER * POTPOURRI * SILVER STREAK *
BLUE n’ YOU * SWEET BOY * VANCOUVER
DEBUT * PENDICTION PINK * MOONSTONE *
HEARTSTRINGS * MOTIVATION *
DOROTHY’S DREAM * SHIVON * THINLINE *
WINDSOR WHITE * McKENZIE TRAIL * CUT¬
UP * VICTORIA VI XEN * PEACH TREAT *
HOMESPUN * SORCERY 5113177 Simpson’s AV,
6715 Randolph Ave., Burnaby B.C. VSH 3W3

COTTON BOWL * CAT’S MEOW 5/27/77
Swift’s AV, P. O. Box 28012, Dallas, TX.

MOODY BLUES 5/27/77 David Buttram, P. O.
Box 193, Independence, MO

EDITH TROTTER 5/29/77 Seth Paul, 701
Hope St., Bristol, RI 02809

RENEWALS

PINK AGLOW * AUTUMN DREAM * BE¬
FORE DAWN * FIRE CHIEF * FREEDOM
SONG * MISTY SUNRISE * NEW DAWN Re¬
newed by David Buttram 5/7/77

RELEASES

(Name reservations which have expired)

BLUE MARINER * POINT TAKER * BRIGHT
EYED DONNA * OUTTA SIGHT * BIG MACK *
TEXAS STORM * CHERYL’S DELIGHT * BET-
TYE CROWELL * BIT O’ CHEER.

CORRECTIONS

In the MVL No. 3 DELBY is registered as 258,
It should be 2581,

LITTLE JIM is listed as blue. It should be pink.
TOMMY’S SON should be spelled TOMMIE’S
SON.

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CHRISTINA should be spelled BALLET CRIS¬
TINA

No. 2877 is listed as FIRST SNOW. It should
he FIRST SHOW.

No. 3018 was listed as TENNESSEE MIST It
should be TENNESSEE PINK MIST.

JET SET is listed as fuchsia. It should be a
double blue.

MYTIE MITE should be a standard.

BLUE MONDAY is listed as a single. It should
be a semidouble.

BOLD ADVANCE and CANDY DANDY have
been changed to standard.

CINDY TRINKET should be CANDY TRIN¬
KET.

SCHULZ should be BERGEN HILDA SCHULZE

TIPTOE (Lyon) should be double blue on tiny
glossy foliage; miniature.

SPATZI and ANDREW IAN should be standard.

LITTLE LOU should be a miniature.

SPARKY (Lyon) should be girl foliage.

SUGAR BEAR should be a semidouble.

TINY TIM should be a very tiny miniature.

LITTLE DELIGHT should be holly foliage.

DENIM BLUE should be miniature.

Please make these corrections in your Master Va¬
riety List No. 3 and your March 77 registration list.

COMING

EVENTS

(Please send notices of "Coming Events" directly to the
Editor; not to the Knoxville office. See inside cover (Strictly
Business — Your Business) for deadlines.

I - - -

SEPT. 16-17 — The Wausau AVC’s fall show/sale will
be held at the Crossroads Shopping Center, Hwys. 29 and
51 West in Wausau, WI. Sept, 16, 9 a.m.-9 p.m,; Sept, 17,
1-5 p.m. Phyllis Holzen, president.

OCT, 1 — Alamo AVS of San Antonio to hold annual
fall show/display, “Autumn Violet Fest”, at Wonderland
Shopping Center, 10 a,m.-5 p.m, Mrs. Hazel Fritsch, show
chairman; Mrs, Betty Cook, co-chairman.

OCT. 1— The Friendly AVC of Norwood, MA to hold
its annual show at Emanuel Lutheran Church, 24 Berwick
Road, Norwood, Theme, “A Salute to Friendly’s 20th
Birthday”, 1-6 p.m. Admission free. Show chairman, Mrs.
Olga MacLean,

OCT. Ii2 — New Jersey Council of AV Clubs to hold
17th annual Standard Show at Quakerbridge MaU, Rt. 1,

Lawrenceville (Princeton), NJ. Sept. 30, registration, 1-8
p.m., open to all members of affiliate NJ clubs. Admission
free. Oct. 1-2, 9 a,m,-10 p.m, Mrs. Edward Remmer,
chairman; Edward Bradford, co-chairman. Plant sale table
to feature Max Maas introductions.

OCT. 6-9 — Wisconsin Council of AV Clubs to hold
show/plant sale “Wisconsin Violets on Parade” at Brook¬
field Square Shopping Center Mall, 95 N. Moorland Road,
Brookfield, WI. Bette Wink, show chairman. Exhibits, ed¬
ucational demonstrations and plant sales. Open to public
during Mall hours.

OCT. 7-8 - The First AYS of San Antonio, TX will
hold a fall show, “Texas Violets”, in the East Court of the
North Star Mall on Loop 410. Hours will be 10 a.m.-5
p.m. Margaret Kerr, show chairman; LiUian Gravis, co-
chairman; Alice Wiesner, president.

OCT. 14-15 — Top Choice AVS to hold annual fall
show/plant sale at the Pierremont MaU in Shreveport, LA.
Mrs. W. M. Plaster, president.

OCT. 15-16 — Levittown AVS of Long Island to hold
first annual show, “Melody of Violets”, at American Le¬
gion HaU, 3484 Park Avenue, Wantagh, NY, Oct. 15, 2-8
p.m.; Oct. 16, 1-6 p.m, Mrs. Paul Buckley and Mrs. Henry
Hilzman, show chairmen.

OCT. 19-29 — JacksonviUe (FL) AVS to hold judged
exhibit and plant sale in connection with Greater Jackson¬
viUe (FL) Fair in JacksonviUe Veterans Memorial CoU-
seum. Weekdays, 5-11 p.m.; Saturdays, 10 a,m,-ll p.m.;
Sun. 1:30-10 p.m. Admission $1.50.

OCT. 21 - 22 — BeUes and Beaux AVS’ show at Main
Library, 7711 Goodwood Boulevard, Baton Rouge, LA.

OCT. 22-23 First Austin AVS’ annual faU display/sale
at Austin Area Garden Center, ZUker Park, Austin, TX,
10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Open to pubUc. Admission free. D. J.
Lidiak, show chairman; Frances Young, president.

MAR, 29- APRIL 1, 1978 — Dixie AVS’ annual conven¬
tion in Montgomery, AL. “Come on down and join the
fun,” Elizabeth FuUer, convention chairman, says.

APRIL 1-2, 1978 — Metropolitan AVS of Peoria, IL to
hold judged show at Lakeview Center in Peoria, marking
its 25th anniversary. Thelma Bourgert, club president.
Hazel Parkin and Judy Brodbeck, publicity committee.

AFRICAN VIOLET MAGAZINE
BACK ISSUES

Write for a list of those available. Reduced
rates in effect. Complete your set now.
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37901.

African Violet Magazine, September, 1977

9

Aie You A Certified
Pesticide Applicator?

Dr, Thomas B, McKneely
6135 Tompkins Drive
McLean, Virginia 22101

If you are not a “certifiecl pesticide applicator”
you will not be able to purchase your favorite
pesticide preparation after October 21, 1977, if
that preparation is on the “restricted” list. On this
date the provisions of the Federal Pesticide law
passed by Congress in 1972 become effective na¬
tionwide. The Federal agency responsible for ad¬
ministration of the law is the U. S. Environmental
Protection Administration (EPA). Each State is re¬
quired to have a plan setting forth the way in
which the State will carry out the provisions of the
Federal law. This includes, among other things, the
method of certifying two classes of pesticide appli¬
cators which are “private applicators” and “com¬
mercial applicators”. Manufacturers of “restrict¬
ed” pesticides may not ship their pesticide pro¬
ducts into a State which does not have an
approved plan.

The purpose of the provisions of this law is to
protect the individual user, the public and the en¬
vironment against improper use, storage and dis¬
position of dangerous pesticides.

The term “pesticides” includes insecticides,
herbicides, fungicides, and rodenticides. The EPA
is preparing a list of “Restricted Pesticides”. At
this time there is a list titled “Candidate Chemicals
for Restricted Use”. Those chemicals classed as for
general use may be purchased and used by anyone.
Edwin L. Johnson who is the EPA pesticides chief
says “most agricultural, and practically all home
and backyard garden products will probably be
classified for general use”. Whether the products
you find most useful for you are “restricted” or
classed as “general” depends on what you have
been using. I find several of my favorites on the
tentative “restricted” list, e.g., Systox, chlorodane,
Sevin, 2,4-D, Silvex, Diazinon, lindane, malathion
and nicotine or nicotine sulphate. Most of the
chemicals or preparations on the “restricted” list
are so classed because of their acute toxicity to
people or wildlife if ingested, or inhaled or because
the ingredients may cause serious eye damage or
skin irritation to people. Some are listed as
“restricted” because of their potential for long¬
term adverse effects on people, fish, or wildlife.

As noted earlier there are two types of “appli¬
cators”, namely, “private” and “commercial”. A
private applicator is one who uses or supervises the

use of “restricted pesticide products on property
owned or rented by him or his employer”. This
includes farmers, orchardists, ranchers, and Afri¬
can violet growers, growing plants in his home or
greenhouse. A “commercial applicator” will gen¬
erally be a person who applies pesticides as a
means of livelihood on property of others.

As a minimum requirement for certification, a
private applicator must show that he has a practi¬
cal knowledge of pest problems associated with his
agricultural or other operation plus the proper
storage, use, handling and disposal procedures for
the pesticides he uses, including proper disposal of
used pesticide containers. This practical knowledge
includes the ability to: (1) recognize common
pests and pest damage; (2) read and understand
labels and labeling information, including any
specific disposal procedures (3) apply pesticides in
accordance with label instructions and warnings,
including ability to prepare proper dilutions; (4)
recognize local environmental situations that must
be considered; and (5) recognize poisoning
symptoms and know what to do in case of an
accident.

In each State having an approved plan for cer¬
tification of pesticide applicators there will be an
agency of State government responsible for ex¬
amining applicants to insure that the applicant is
qualified to use “restricted” pesticide products.
Written or oral tests or other equivalent systems as
approved in the State plan may be used. The writ¬
ten examination may be the “true or false” or
“multiple choice” type of examination.

The State of Virginia may be used as an ex¬
ample of how the certification process works. In
Virginia the Department of Agriculture and Com¬
merce is the agency responsible for examining ap¬
plicants, The Cooperative Extension Service of
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
(a land-grant college) has prepared a “Pesticide Ap¬
plicator Certification Training Manual” which is
well organized for self-study. If you know the con¬
tents of this manual you can be assured of passing
the exam. In addition to the manual, the Exten¬
sion Service will give class room instruction to
groups who wish to apply for it. Both the manual
and class room instruction are free. No examina¬
tion fee is charged the private applicator. In Vhr-

African Violet Magazine, September, 1977

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ginia ‘‘commercial applicators” pay a fee of
$25.00.

For more information on the “Pesticide Appli¬
cator Certification” program in your State it is
suggested you contact your County or State Co¬
operative Extension Service or your State or local

pesticide regulatory officials. The latter may be
located in the State Department of Agriculture (as
in Virginia) or the State Department of Natural
Resources. Also you may write to the U.S. Envi¬
ronmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C.
2046-0,

A Nickname Starts
New Violet S eries

Jim Wright of Decatur, GA has a nickname. It*s
“Do,” a nickname a neighbor gave him years ago.
She said, “Jim’s always doing something”. Hence,
the nickname “Do”. His wife Jean, and children
picked it up and as he says, “It looks like I’ll carry
it to my grave, but I don’t mind.”

Jim, who has a fulltime job as sales representa¬
tive for “Best Foods”, admits he’s still a hobbyist
even though he and his wife operate a shop, “Vio¬
lets Galore of Georgia”. ^

One of his plants, ‘Do’s Jean’ (named for his
wife) won 2nd best seedling at the St. Louis AVSA
convention/show. Now he has made reservations
with Adele Tretter, AVSA Plant Registration
Chairman, for the following names: ‘Do’s Jean’,
‘Do’s Judy Lynn’ (named for one of his daugh¬
ters), ‘Do’s Janet Lee’ (for another daughter).

‘Do’s Reahdo’ and ‘Do’s Pat Plunkett’, (for a de¬
ceased Sunday school teacher).

The Wrights are now working with 50 seedlings,
which they consider good strong plants.

“In the past five years the violet business has
grown hke crazy,” he said. “People found us and
wanted to buy violets. So-o-o we now have 300
running feet of benches under lights in the base¬
ment, 3-and-4 tier racks, plus a greenhouse of my
own design in the backyard, 18’x40’, also 3 tiers.
We estimate to grow about 10,000 registered
plants. All our plants are sold locally. However, if
there is a demand for the Do Series, we plan to
advertise and ship as the demand warrants.”

Decatur is 10 miles from downtown Atlanta.
The Wrights invite African violet enthusiasts visit¬
ing in the area to drop by and visit with them.

69 Yearbooks In Competition

Mrs, Christian D. Leppard
and

Mrs, Donald N. Riemer, Co-Chairman

The 1977 yearbook competition attracted 69
entries from the growing AVSA family. The quah-
ty and depth of material made judging entries both
very difficult and very interesting.

Judging of yearbooks was a service project of
the New Jersey Council of African Violet Judges,
Mrs. Donald N, Riemer, President. Judges included
Mrs. Riemer, Mr, and Mrs. William R. Lyons, Mrs.
Elizabeth H. Hansen, Mrs. Christine D. Leppard,
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn B. Hudson, Mr. and Mrs. Sam
W. Rolph, Jr., and Edward Bradford.

The 1977 winners are:

First, The Saintpaulia Society of St. Louis,
MO., Scott Snyder, president; Second, Top Choice
African Violet Society of Shreveport, LA, Mrs. M.
L, Harwell, president; Third, The African Violet
Society of Canton, OH, Mrs. Jack Westfall, presi¬

dent; Fourth, Crosstown African Violet Club of
Madison, WI, Mrs. Joseph Hessel, president.

Many affiliates entered for the first time and
nearly all affiliates followed AVSA guidelines for
yearbooks carefully. This year there were 51 blues,
8 reds, 1 white, and 9 ‘no awards.’ Most ‘no
awards’ were due to over-sized entries, lack of or
no projects, or lack of or no information on pro¬
grams, Also omitted was the number of local mem¬
bers who also belong to AVSA.

The New Jersey Council of African Violet
Judges thanks all the affiliates who entered their
books properly wrapped and mailed early. It is
recommended that only First Class mail be used as
some entries took six to eight weeks to arrive by
Third Class, and then some were damaged.

African Violet Magazine, September, 1977

11

from tlie “Ulini-Hlaiii"

Mrs, Sidney (ElUe) Bogin
Chr, Miniature and Semimini Class
39 Boyd Street
Long Beach ^ NY 11561

SPRING SHOW WINNERS:

AVSA - St. Louis, MO convention, Best Mini,
‘Little Delight’, Mary Lou Terriel; Best Semi,
‘Loverly Wasp’, Mrs. Fred Steffen.

AVSA - Syracuse, NY, Best Mini, amateur,
‘Tiny Gypsy’, Barbara Robson; Best Mini, Com’l.
‘K39D’, Martin Miller; New York State Collection
Miniature, Amateur, ‘Toy Clown’, ‘Tiny Teen’,
‘Wee Dither’, Ruth Meek; Com’l, ‘Tippy Pink’,
‘Tiny Gypsy’, ‘Mint Blue’, Martin Miller; New
York State Collection Semiminiature, Amateur,
‘Little Lulu’, ‘Cherry Hill’, ‘Blue Dandy’, Ruth
Meek; Com’l ‘Misty Trinket’, ‘Window Lace’,
‘Candy Trinket’, Martin Miller;

Bergen County AVS, NY, Best Mini, ‘Coco’,
Bob Humphries; Best Semi, ‘Little Lulu’, Bob
Humphries.

Montgomery AVS, Montgomery, AL, Best
Mini, ‘Crystal Florida Snows’, Donald Dunbar;
Best Semi, ‘Red Dragon’, Donald Dunbar.

North Shore AVS, Huntington, NY, Best Mini,
‘Midget Valentine’, Jane Weber; Best Semi,
‘Snoopy’, Julia Hieronymi (Also runner up to
Queen); Best NY State Mini Collection, ‘Snow
Bells’, ‘Sport Tiny Gypsy’, ‘Midget Valentine’,
Jane Weber,

, Portland AVS, OR, Best Mini, ‘Tiny Pink’, Na¬
dine Berthold (Also 2nd best in show); Best Semi,
‘Bloomburst’, JoAnn Ellinson.

Sweetwater AVS, Hauppauge, NY, Best Mini,
‘Blue Sprite’, Jane Weber (Also Junior Queen);
Best Semi, ‘Dancing Doll’, Linda Gaimaro.

The AVS of Staten Island, Best Mini, ‘Tippy
Pink’, Ann Dooley (Also 2nd best in show); Best
Semi, ‘Royal Trinket’, Ray Dooley,

Utica AVS, Utica, NY, Best Mini, ‘Twinkle
Toes’, Estelle Hutchins.

I did forget to remind you to send in your
club’s winners so those of you who forgot may
send them in to make the November issue.

I have received many letters and phone calls
pertaining to the way the miniatures and semimini¬
atures were judged in the various shows around the

country. The pot size of these small plants is not
necessarily judged by the same guideline, that the
pot be 1/3 the size of the plant, that the standard
plants are judged by. Judges sometimes forget that
a guideline is just that — a guide, not a law, and
common sense, esthetics and knowledge of the
growth of a plant should be considered. They also
forget the GOLDEN RULE, to judge other’s plants
as you would want yours judged. Don’t look for
flaws but look for beauty!

If a plant is overpotted or underpotted only a
few points should be taken off— it should not be
dropped to a red ribbon. A 5” miniature in a 2^2”
pot is not overpotted. Most miniatures, unless they
are very tiny leaved plants should be in the 2^A”
pots for best results. The smaller plants do all right
in the 2^^” pots. It is a mistake to keep the plants
in anything smaller than the 214” pots. The maxi¬
mum root growth and floriferousness will not be
obtained.

Good news for all miniature and semiminiature
trailer growers. As of this issue in Ruth Carey’s
“Shows and Judges” column, you will note that all
restrictions on diameters of the trailers and sizes of
pots have been lifted. Miniature and semiminiature
trailers may be in any size pot their growth war¬
rants just as long as the pot is in porportion to the
plant. The category of miniature semitrailer
(which has been so confusing as the plants are
genetically unstable— will be included in the mini-
ture class. The classes will read: Standards, Semi-
miniatures and Miniatures.

The miniature and semiminiature classes at the
convention in St. Louis were unbelievable with
over 205 plants exhibited. In 1968, at the St.
Louis convention there were only 69 plants in that
section. Someone did write me that they were dis¬
appointed that there weren’t more, but I for one,
was delighted. I am looking forward to the time
when they will have to be divided into singles,
doubles and perhaps colors. They are really hold¬
ing their own and coming in for top awards as you
can see in the above winners.

The 1975 Miniature and Semiminiature Culture

African Violet Magazine, September, 1977

12

and Variety list is available from me at the cost of
$2.00. Please make checks or money orders out to
A VS A. The 1976 supplement will be included.
If you already have the list and just want the sup¬
plement, send a self-addressed stamped envelope.

We are now working on a supplement for 1977.
If you come across new releases that aren’t being
released nationally or by the big hybridizers, do
send us a description and the hybridizer’s name.
Sometimes releases by amateurs or small commer¬
cials are not listed because they have not sent us
the information.

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CROSS YOUR l*s . . .
and

DOT YOUR T's . . .

Mrs W. F. Anderson

360 Tulip Drive
St Louis, MO 63119

Correspondents have suggested a problem area
where all AVSA members can help by setting a good
example. When YOU write a label for your plant,
are you careful to spell the name correctly? Do
you use abbreviations that can be misinterpreted
when you share a plant with another violet hobby¬
ist?

When you add a new cultivar to your collection
do you check the Master Variety List to find if the
plant is true to its description? Registered names
are listed correctly in Master Variety List No. 3.
This will be a valuable addition to your library.- AU
registered names from the first official registration
to the date of publication are listed in this edition.
If you haven’t ordered a copy, see the STRICTLY
BUSINESS page in this magazine on inside cover
for information.

When you enter a plant in a show do you take
time to write the name clearly and in full on the
entry tag? When you send a report on your show
winners, do you check your copy for correct spel¬
ling of all names of award winning plants? Two
registered cultivars whose names are frequently
misspelled in reports are ‘Miriam Steel’ and ‘Tom¬
mie Lou’.

Do you know that in the nomenclature rules
for registration abbreviated names are not accep¬
table. ‘William Bruce’ is not shortened to “Wm.”.
Mister used in a title is written out and not abbre¬
viated “Mr.”. Check the registered list for ‘Mister
Gus’, ‘Mister Cordelia’, ‘Mister R’, Mister Dates’.

By setting a good example YOU can lessen the
problem of two spellings and avoid the confusion
of whether this may be a different cultivar. So
watch your p’s and q’s when writing a plant name.
The same plant by two names is something that we
can and should avoid.

In Mem ori am

Mrs. C. Hugh Heard

It is with deep regret that The First African
Violet Society of Dallas reports the death of its
beloved member, Mrs. C. Hugh Heard, on Feb. 10,
1977. NeU was a “natural born” African violet
grower. She really understood them and was most
generous in sharing her knowledge. She was also a
long-time and popular judge. Many people, even
beyond the violet club, will miss NeU for the help
she gave them with violets and even more for her
sweet and warm personality.

Victor Constantinov

The smiling face of San Francisco’s commercial
member, Victor Constantinov, will no longer be
seen, as Victor died suddenly of heart failure in
the University of California Hospital on May 7. He
is survived by a daughter, Barbara Piepergerdes,
and two grandchildren, Theodore and Katrina.

Victor’s dear smiling face will weU be remem¬
bered through the many beautiful violet varieties
he hybridized, 46 of which are registered among
the 63 listed under the Constantinov name in the
new 1976 No. 3, Master Variety List.

The inspiration to hybridize came from a story
by a University geneticist which he read in the
African Violet Magazine shortly after he joined
the San Francisco Society in August, 1957. In
1962 he became a commercial and thereafter ex¬
hibited as a commercial at the AVSA conven¬
tion/shows. In 1966 his ‘Shower of Stars’ won best
commercial in Canada. At the AVSA Hartford
Convention, a seedling which placed second, later
was named and registered in honor of the then
AVSA president, Edith V. Peterson. In 1973
Victor himself won the AVSA Bronze Medal for
horticultural achievement. Violet lovers every¬
where, for he had shipped aU over the world, and
they visited his greenhouse, will feel a great per¬
sonal loss not only in the friendship of this jovial,
generous man, but also in the violet beauty he
created.

Monnie Lacey

The Hattiesburg, MI AVS reports with deep re¬
gret the death of one of its most faithful members,
Monnie Lacey. Her love for flowers and her shar¬
ing of her knowledge and of her- plants made many
novice African violet enthusiasts of countless
people in the community. She was a member of
the Hattiesburg AVS, the Dixie AVS, and the City
View Garden Club, past president of the Hatties¬
burg Garden Council and active in the Sears garden
projects. She is survived by a daughter, a son, two
grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

African Violet Magazine, September, 1977

13

Preparing Plants For Show

Mrs. H. N. Hansen
708 Wyndale Road
Jenkintown, PA 19046

(ED. NOTE: This is the first of a two-part article. Part I, Selection, Symmetry and Floriferousness.
Part II, Condition).

September is the time to choose your potential
plants for an April show. Try to select plants
which have a good natural symmetry, many
blooms per stem, two or more stalks per leaf and
are consistently good bloomers, if you start to
groom these plants now, they should be in excel¬
lent- condition by show time. Grooming includes
the constant removal of suckers before they can
distort the shape of the plant, the removal" of pri¬
mary or baby leaves, constant cleaning with a soft
brush and warm water spray, allowing the plant to
dry out of the sun and drafts, and repotting when
the plant needs it, not when you find it most con¬
venient. The pot should be approximately 1/3 the
size of the plant. Thus a plant 9 inches in diameter
should be in a 3 inch pot. Leave some space at the
top of the soil so that extra soil can be added to
cover a neck which will probably develop as the
lower leaves are removed. If you can work on two
plants of the same variety, you can choose the best
one to enter in the show'and donate the extra one
to the store for sale.

If you want to disbud your plant you should
start now if you have not already done so. I would
strongly recommend that you read the article in
the African Violet Magazine of November 1976 by
Sandra M. Lex on page 35. To recap very briefly,
you should experiment with each variety as every
plant is different in the time it takes to come into
full bloom. As a very general rule disbudding
should stop six weeks before show for single
blooms, seven to eight weeks for semidoubles and
doubles, and 10 weeks for supremes. Miniatures
and semiminiatures do not need as many blooms
and sometimes resent disbudding. However, they
do sucker more easily and suckers must be kept
off to preserve the shape of the plant. If you do
disbud you will find that leaves get much larger
than usual and the plant will probably sucker
more.

Symmetry and floriferousness earn the most
points in a show plant, a total of 55 points.
Symmetry, 30 points, is the shape of a plant as a
whole, not just outside row of leaves. Each row of
leaves should overlap the next from the center out
so that _ no soil shows between the leaves. For this
reason, some plants are not suitable for show. If

the plant is open and the leaves leggy, it is difficult
to achieve good symmetry. The outer row of
leaves should be the largest and any smaller ones in
the outer row or under them should be removed.
If the removal of a leaf leaves a gap another leaf
can be gently moved over to fill the gap by using a
plastic toothpick to keep it in place for a few days.
If the gap is a large one the leaf should be moved
gradually. The use of a collar made from a paper
plate is also helpful. Not only does it support the
outer leaves but it enables you to spot any leaves
which are out of place. Tailored leaves are easier to
train than fringed or girl leaves. Since plants with
fringed leaves are apt to be bunchy in the center,
the judicious removal of a few leaves from the
inner rows may not only help the symmetry, but
also allow light to reach the center of the plant
where the buds form. New buds will form only in
the three center rows and good light is essential for
their formation. Buds cannot form without light.

Floriferousness is worth 25 points. This is the
actual number of FRESH open blooms on the
plant at the time it is judged. A mature plant is
expected to have 20 to 25 blossoms on it, su¬
premes half as many but larger, and miniatures and
semiminiatures a minimum of six according to the
variety. The number of blooms should be in pro¬
portion to the size of the plant. Thus a small or
young plant does not need as many blooms to win
full points as a large plant, though, of course, the
more blooms it has, the better. Buds do not count
as bloom and faded ones, or even questionable
ones, will lose a point each under condition so you
must be sure that all faded blooms are removed
before entering the plant.

I recently heard an experienced grower and
judge, Harold Black, say that a show plant needs
only three rows of leaves and that most show
plants have far too many leaves. I agree with him
wholeheartedly. The older, outside leaves contri¬
bute nothing to your plant, either in appearance or
horticulture. They only take strength from the
center of the plant where the new growth and
buds form. By trimming off outside leaves, not
only will you have a far more attractive looking
plant with, hopefully, more bloom, but you will
have room to grow more plants! Technically, the

African Violet Magazine, September, 1977

14

only time a larger plant will win a higher award
such as best in class, is when all other factors are
equal. This includes condition, which is more dif¬
ficult to keep perfect on a larger plant than on a
small one. Good horticulture can be the deciding
factor as it was recently in trying to choose the
best in show between two beautiful plants. The
smaller plant won because of superior horticulture
in spite of one of the judges remarking that the
larger one looked more like what the public would
consider to be a show plant.

(To be Continued)

STATEMENT OF CASH
RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS

THE AFRICAN VIOLET SOCIETY
OF AMERICA, INCORPORATED

Year Ended February 28,

RECEIPTS:

Memberships:

1977

1976

New .

$ 50,152

$ 41,339

Renewals .

86,716

71,768

Other .

7,778

6,345

$144,646

119,452

Advertising .

11,534

9,725

Back issues .

1,835

1,445

Research .

3,825

2,644

Library rentals .

1,226

981

Plant registrations .

599

596

Variety lists .

5,885

1,471

Binders .

1,589

1,335

Booster fund .

Interest (less S528 and $447
transferred to life membership

677

576

receipts, respectively) .

8,200

7,506

Emblems .

2,403

1,985

Conventions .

8,294

3,964

Cultural folders .

2,546

3,957

Entry tags . . .

Semiminiatures and

493

318

miniatures list . .

1,239

795

Shows and judges .

99

131

Foreign exchange .........

14

—

Other . . .

113

11

Total Receipts .

DISBURSEMENTS:

$195,217

$156,892

Magazine .

$ 90,224

71,261

Services and payroll taxes . . ,

28,408

22,673

office supplies and expenses

4,441

4,785

Office equipment .

4,980

-

Annual business meeting . . .

624

1,010

Variety lists .

. 16,421

1,512

Postage .

. 11,186

7,245

Conventions .

1,088

951

Rent .

2,798

2,120

Committees .

4,214

3,956

Cultural folders .

6,973

5,677

Emblems .

1,411

1,182

Professional services .

700

700

Binders .

Foreign exchange and

1,097

1,039

bank charges .

-

75

Officers’ expenses .

792

584

Research grant & expenses .

239

3,010

Entry tags .

Semiminiatures and

. —

472

miniatures list .

41

944

$175,637

$129,196

EXCESS OF RECEIPTS OVER
DISBURSEMENTS . . $ 19,580 $ 27,696

• - - - ♦ -

Mrs. W. J. Kro g ma n
Receives Awards

Mrs. William J. Krogman of Brookfield, WI was
winner of the Commercial Collection Award (Gold
Rosette) at the St. Louis convention/show with
her three registered varieties, ‘Lavender Tempest’,
‘Fashionaire’ and ‘Granger’s Wildlife’.

Mrs. Krogman’s ‘Fashionaire’ also won her the
Gene Garner Award for the best specimen of a
registered plant.

In the Commercial Division horticultural per¬
fection rosettes were won by Swift’s African Vio¬
lets of Dallas, TX, Buell’s Greenhouses of East-
ford, CT and Lyndon Lyon of Dolgeville, NY.

Other display table entries were by Crestwood
Violetry of Atlanta, GA, The House of Violets of
Camden, AR, Ronn Nadeau of Maryland Heights,
MO, Hilton Dahlia Famrs of Springfield, NJ and
Reinhold Holtkamp of Isselburg, Germany.

In addition to the display tables in the show¬
room, 24 tables were set up in the sales room
where Commercial growers sold leaves, plants and
supplies.

LIFETIME JUDGES

Check your Judge’s certificate. If it carries a
notation “Due 1977”, the review examination is
due by October 1. See the June magazine page 77
for details.

African Violet Magazine, September, 1977

15

Terrarium Thumb

Mrs. Jean Achauer
781 8 West Lynmar Court
Milwaukee, WI 53222

(Mrs. Achauer conducted one of the workshops, “Planting Terrariums” at the AVSA St.
Louis Convention/Show).

Most of us conventioneers have traveled a good
number of miles to be together and enjoy all the
activities our St. Louis friends have planned for us.
The show, dinners, tours, and work shops are all
great fun and exciting, and we probably will have
“the time of our lives”, but when it is all over and
we head down the highway and the familiar sights
of home begin to come in view, don’t most of us
say, “It was good to get away, but, gee, it’s nice
to be home!” Think about home for a minute. It’s
a pleasant, happy, secure place. It’s warm and
comfortable. It is a very personal place and has
just the right living conditions for each individual.
And likewise, this is what a terrarium is to your
plants. A home, a very special home, that provides
the perfect way to duplicate the particular growing
conditions for your plants.

Over a hundred years ago. Dr. Nathanial B.
Ward, an English botanist, used enclosed contain¬
ers to transport fragile and delicate plants to and
from foreign lands. This is how the tea industry
was transplanted from China to India and also how
rubber plantations were moved from continent to
continent. These containers were named Wardian
cases. The miracle of these terrariums was, that
plants enclosed in this moist atmosphere free from
impurities seemed to live indefinitely. Because of
this and the fact that homes had no central heating
systems, terrariums were used for the protection
of plants as well as to become an important decor¬
ation in the plush parlors of the Victorian Era.

Terrariums are fun to plant and easy to grow!
The first consideration should be given to your
choice of container. There are many different sizes
and shapes; bowls, domes, brandy snifters, aquar¬
iums, candy jars, gazebos with leaded glass con¬
struction, hanging terrariums, or even large planta-
rium units complete with twin tube lighting. The
style you choose will probably depend a great deal
on where you plan to place the terrarium in your
home. Material is also a factor in selecting your
container. Glass containers are easy to clean, af¬
ford a nice clear view of your garden, but they are
fragile. Plastics, on the other hand, are easy to
scratch, not quite so clear for viewing, but are dur¬
able. The dome shape or split bubble type terrar¬
iums are the easiest to plant because the planting

area is completely exposed when the lid is re¬
moved. One thing to remember, when selecting a
terrarium, if you plan to enter it in an AVSA
Show it must have a lid or cover.

Once your selection is made and your con¬
tainer is sparkling clean, you can begin. Place a
layer of gravel and/or sand in the bottom to act as
a dry well. Next add a layer of charcoal, and then
your soil, filling your container to about one third.
Moisten soil lightly with spray or mist. You may
purchase a terrarium soil mix if you wish, or use
your own favorite African violet mix, I prefer the
latter.

You can now create a woodland, tropical,
desert, or houseplant garden, but you cannot com¬
bine them all in the same container. Different
plants require different conditions and must be
grouped accordingly. Study your plants and know
which like it warm or cool, shade or sunlight, high
or low humidity. Plants tolerating the same condi¬
tions can successfully be grouped together.

I have two 30-gallon aquariums with lights in
which I was growing Espicias and Sinningias to¬
gether. They were doing just fine as long as I was
home to regulate the conditions by opening the air
vent occasionally and misting, but I spend my
summer at the lake, 300 miles away, and since I
take all my African violet plants with me, I felt the
two 30-gallon aquariums had to stay home. I left
them for three months with the air vent closed,
hoping to contain the moisture. When I returned it
was obvious the Espicias had thoroughly enjoyed
their summer existence, but the Sinningias who are
tuber plants were beginning to rot. Some tubers
could be salvaged and others had just vanished into
oblivion. Needless to say, I now have one aquar¬
ium for Espicias and one for Sinningias so each can
be regulated accordingly. Terrariums are great for
growing other Gesneriads and starting leaves. Be
sure to keep leaves and plants well marked,
especially those plants that go dormant or you
may forget where they are.

To make your terrarium artistic and interest¬
ing, try landscaping. Make little hills and valleys
with rock outcroppings or shore up a terrace with
a piece of driftwood. Let it be your own creative
scene. Where you wish to display your terrarium

African Violet Magazine, September, 1977

16

may be a deciding factor in your design. If you
wish to use it on a coffee table or center table, you
would probably want a high center and an all
around design to be viewed from all angles. If it is
to be viewed from the front or one angle, the
height would be in the back.

Arrange the plants you wish to use (don’t for¬
get a violet) in a design on the table before you
start planting. This way you can shift them around
with ease until they form the design you want to
achieve. I start with the larger, taller plants and
work toward the smaller lower growing plants.
Then dig holes in corresponding places within the
container. After your plants are in place if you feel
too much soil still shows, you can spread sheet
moss, which can be purchased from a florist,
gently over the soil so that it comes into growing
contact with the soil to complete the effect. When
selecting your plants, look for younger suialler
plants because they grow rapidly in a terrarium

and for that reason, do not fertilize or they will
soon outgrow the container.

Accessories “Accentuate the Positive”. Drift¬
wood, rocks, shells, coral, fungus, stones, and fi¬
gurines can all add personality and distinction, but
be careful! One or two accessories will enhance the
beauty of your terrarium, but too many will make
it look cluttered. Proportion is also very import¬
ant. Don’t use a three-inch frog with a one-inch
deer, or the frog just might eat the deer.

When making a terrarium for an African Violet
Show, remember, there sometimes is a theme to
follow according to the schedule and one or more
blooming violets are a must. Also a 3 x 5 card
listing all plants and growing material should ac¬
company your entry.

There’s a wonderful world of challenges in ter¬
rarium gardening. Why not try it? Maybe you’ll
discover a terrarium thumb!

Here's How They Score

ENTER YEARBOOKS
IN AUSTIN SHOW

Mrs. H. Nicholas Hansen
Yearbook Judging Coordinator
708 Wyndale Rd.
Jenkintown, PA 19046

The 1978 yearbook entries for the Austin con¬
vention yearbook class will be judged by the North
Texas African Violet Judges Council. Mrs. Shirley
R. Jeffrey, 1918 Williamsburg Row, Denton, TX
76201, will serve as Yearbook Judging Chairman
and entries should be sent to her not later than
March 1, 1978 if you hope to have your book
judged. Two copies of the book should be sent to
her and if an acknowledgement is wanted a self-
addressed postal should be enclosed with the
entry.

I want to thank Mrs. Christine Leppard and
Mrs. Janet Riemer, 1977 Yearboojc Chairmen, and
the judges of the New Jersey Council of African
Violet Judges for evaluating the 1977 entries. Un¬
fortunately Chris had to move in the middle of the
year and, even though her move was announced in
the magazine and affiliates were asked to send
them to Mrs. Riemer instead, many were still sent
to Chris at her old address and some did not reach
her in time to be judged. However, if the postmark
was before March 1 a special panel of judges work¬
ed at the convention to judge them so that there
would be no disappointments.

Aside from the books whicn were definitely
late, several books had to be disqualified because

they were oversize. Even 1/8 of an inch on the
cover will put them out of the running and I
would like to suggest that you be SURE the cut¬
ting is accurate.

The scale of points in the Judges Handbook
and also published in The African Violet Magazine
is very specific and if this scale is referred to when
making up the book there is no reason why all the
books entered should not. win a ribbon. A good
many of the points are automatic and require no
“judgment”. The most important and most diffi¬
cult parts to evaluate are number 9 in the scale,
QUALITY OF PROGRAMS ACCORDING TO
AVSA OBJECTIVE(S),and number 10, QUALITY
OF PROJECTS ACCORDING TO AVSA OBJEC¬
TIVES. Exactly what is meant by these is
thoroughly explained in The African Violet Hand¬
book for Judges and Exhibitors by Ruth G. Carey
on pages 67-68. It is hoped that every affiliate will
refer to this book.

Please don’t delay in sending your yearbook to
Mrs. Jeffrey as soon as it is completed. The com¬
mittee will be grateful to you for sending your
book early and you will not have to worry about
whether you met the deadline of March 1st.

African Violet Magazine, September, 1977

17

Variegated African Violets,
What Will You Do Next?

Michael Luongo
12 Devon Avenue
Norwalk, CT 06850

My First Mistakes: Variegated African violets
are they ever beautiful! Well, they are to me now
but two years ago I wouldn’t have given them a
dime. This was because I did not have the proper
conditions for them. I was doing everything
wrong. Fish Emulsion, my only fertilizer, made
the leaves turn all green. I gave them too much
light which made the leaves much lighter in color
and the center leaves looked as if they had mites. I
must admit they looked terrible.

Correcting My Mistakes: The first step in cor¬
recting these mistakes was getting rid of all the bad
plants. I then got some nice new small plants.
These plants were ones I had seen at shows before
and I knew they were good plants. By the time I
knew it they were crying for a four-inch pot. I
potted them in a very light porous soil on a wick,
the wick used was a number 24 nylon seine cord
which is available at most hardware stores. 214
inches of wick goes into the pot and the bottom
wick goes to the bottom of the container.

The fertilizer used for these plants was Peters
Variegated Special. Add IVa to 114 teaspoon to a
gallon of warm water. These plants grow rapidly
on wick and must be leached once a month or
when the container is empty. Leaching eliminates
the problem of fertilizer burn, which can really
hurt a beautiful violet plant. Symptoms of this are
when the center leaves have a whitish color to
them, the leaves are also very brittle. The only
time when you should use fish fertilizer is when
your plant is unhealthily variegated and has very
little green in the leaves. A mix of IVa teaspoon to
a gallon of warm water either applied to the soil or
as a foliar feed will usually do the trick.

My violets green and variegated are grown un¬
der fluorescent lights; 1 cool white and 1 warm
white. The tubes are changed once a year for op¬
timum growth and flowering. My lights run 10
hours a day 365 days a year. The plants are
approximately 12 to 14 inches from the tubes. I
place the reds and dark blues under the center of
the tubes with the light pinks and whites at the
ends.

Most of my variegates are grown on the bottom
and middle shelves of my setup where it is cooler.
The higher the temperature the less the variegation

your plants will have. Humidity needs are the same
as for green violets, 40 to 70% is fine. Clean leaves
make them grow quicker, so shower your plants
once a month. Pests have never been a problem for
me but I still take precautions. I use 1 teaspoon
Isotox Systemic to one gallon of warm water. The
plants are watered once every five months.

The reservoirs in which my plants grow from
are set on perlite which is only moistened during
dry weather to increase the humidity. My propaga¬
ting methods are the same as with my green vio¬
lets. Sturdy leaves are taken from the plant and
cut 1 to iVi inches long. These leaves are set either
in flats of moist vermiculite or in separate 2y2-inch
pots. The young plants are fertilized lightly when
roots begin to grow. The babies are separated from
the mother leaf when they are about IV2 inches
high. They are put in my regular soil but not on
wick because I have so many.

Some Favorite Varieties: Final Touch— A love¬
ly huge dbl pink on nice flat foliage. Tommie
Lou— The oldtime favorite. Dbl white, good foli¬
age. Winter Grape— Slightly cupped foliage with
pink. Gorgeous orchid bicolor blooms. Sugar
Blues— Huge blue geneva, very nice foliage. Alouet-
te— Beautiful pink blossoms on ruffled pink fol¬
iage. Ivory Buttons— Dbl white blooms on very
good foliage. Mystic— Dbl orchid blooms on good
Tommie Lou foliage. Plain n’ Fancy —Huge pink
dbl blooms on good foliage. Good. Crimson
Frost— Gorgeous crimson stars on good show type
foliage. Happy Harold— Nice purple blooms on
nice Tommie Lou foliage. Sweet Honesty— A new
plant. Huge dbl pink ruffled blossoms on ruffled
Tommie Lou foliage.

These are some of my better performers. All
plants grow differently in other climates. This is
how I do it in mine. GOOD LUCK!

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SEND TO EDITOR

Pictures and writeups of violets, people or any¬
thing for the Magazine are to be sent DIRECTLY
to the Editor! Too much delay and too much post¬
age if done otherwise.

African Violet Magazine, September, 1977

18

AVSA AFFILIATES

Mrs. Wayne (Mildred) Schroeder
Affiliate Chairman
1739 N 74th Court
Elmwood Park, IL 60635

The AVSA is alive and growing! Since be¬
coming Affiliate Chairman, I can assure you that
this statement is very true. February, March and
April have been a maze of very busy days. Time
for sorting out systems of bookkeeping, learning
how to mail awards packets which will arrive at
their destination in one piece despite the U.S.
Mail, and becoming acquainted with affiliate chap¬
ters have been given priority in my life. Perhaps
you have been the victim of “human error” while
the change in chairmen was made. Please write and
let me know and I will make every effort to cor¬
rect the problem.

Hopefully within the next few months new
material will be written and new ways devised to
help you furnish material needed for the society’s
records. You will hear of these changes in this
column so watch for it!

A correction — In the March 1977 issue the
Wisconsin Council AVC Sweepstakes Bowl award
winner was listed as Mrs. Gilbert Arndt. Mrs.
Arndt was a sweepstakes winner in the advanced
classes of the show but the AVSA Silver Award
was won by Mrs. Lee Grande, R 1 Beloit, WI. Con¬
gratulations to Mrs. Grande for winning the award.
Sorry for the error!

The much coveted green rosette Standard Show
Award has been mailed to 57 clubs! What a fine
record. Outstanding shows are a visible sign that
AVSA is depending on its affiliates to continue to
grow. Congratulations!

Standard Show Awards

The STANDARD SHOW AWARD (GRFEN
ROSETTE) was won by the following affiliates
from January 1 to June 1, 1977. The list includes
the club, the theme, and the show chairman:

Upper Pinellas AVS “Violets-Nature’s Gift”,
Mrs. William Zane.

Greater Kansas City AVC “Carnival of Violets”,
Myra Bacharach.

The AVC of Birmingham, AL “African Violets
Come Marching In”, Mrs. J. D. Austin.

AVS of Pensacola “Yesterday, Today, and To¬
morrow”, Barbara Hahn.

Central Florida AVS “A Journey Thru the
Zodiac”, Mrs. H. Steven Johnson.

Tucson AVS “African Violet Magic”, Mrs.
Helen Kavanaugh.

New Orleans AVS “Violets In The Oriental
Mood”, Mrs. Susan Burden.

Violet Harmony Club “The Sound of Music”,
Dr. David Fuchshuber.

Top Choice AVS “Happiness Is Violets”, Mrs.
Glenn Reeves.

Tampa AVS “Violets Heavenly In Seven and
Seventy”, Carol Walker.

Haines City AVS “Violets In Paradise”, Mrs.
Warren Partain Sr.

The Shreveport AVS “Rainbow of Violets”,
Mrs. Frank Rodie.

Atchafalaya AVS “Violets A Paradise of
Beauty”, George Ramirez.

Corpus Christi AVS “Violets Tropicana”, Mrs.
Tenai Baker.

Bergen County AVS “In A China Garden”, Mrs.
Robert Humphreys.

Houston Gesneriad Society “Nature’s Charms”,
Mrs. James Pappas.

AVS of Staten Island “TAVSSA Comes Of
Age”, Mr. William Sorensen.

Montgomery AVS “There’s No Business Like
Show Business”, Mrs. Jeff Fuller.

Union County Chapter AVSA “Peter Pan, Tin¬
ker Bell and Violets Too”, Mr. Ed Maas.

Bluff City AVC “Carnival Time With Violets”,
Eloise Alexander.

African Violet Society of Syracuse “Silver
Memories”, Doris Weld.

AVS of Philadelphia “Getting It All Together”,
Mrs. H. Nicholas Hansen.

Windsor AVS “Violets At Eastertime”, Mrs.
John Hayes.

Capital District AVS and AVS of Albany “Hap¬
piness Is Moving Forward With African Violets”,
Mrs. Stanley Purzycki.

Sparkling Waters AVS “Violets Swing Into
Spring”, Mrs. Mary Boose.

Troy Alabama AVS “Woodland Fantasy”,
Shirley Heron.

First Nighter AVS of Dallas “Violets In Won¬
derland”, Mr. Bill Foster.

First AVS of Denton, TX “African Violets In
The Orient”, Shirley Jeffrey.

Ventura County AVS “Clowning Around With

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Violets’’, Dorothy Bruce.

AVS of Lower Bucks County “S. S. Saintpaui-
ia”, Mrs. Kay Lyons.

AVS of Birmingham “Any Time Is Violet
Time”, Mrs. T. M. Breckenridge.

First AVS of Wichita Falls “The History of
African Violets”, Mrs. Harold Moffatt.

Astro, Montco, Spring Branch AV Societies
“Texas Is Natural Beauty”, Julia M. Brittain.

Tri City AVS “Silver Bells”, Mrs. Geo. Roecker.

Delaware AVS “Heavenly Violets”, Rose Marie
McMann,

Evening AVC of Des Moines “Springtime and
Violets”, Mrs, Claribel Proudfit.

Silvermine AVS “Violet Casino”, Mrs. Glenn
Jackson.

Bama Belles AVS “Violets— Under the Big
Top”, Shirlee Sands.

North Shore AVS of Long Island “Merry May
Of Violets”, Susan Tirzmalis.

Town and Country AVS “Look Into The Wish¬
ing Well”, Mrs. Russell Swaney.

Parmatown AVC “Love Is”, Mary Pilck.

Copper City AVS “Happiness Is A Parade Of
Violets”, Mrs. G. E. Kiepert.

Sunday AV Matinee and Rainbow Violeteers
“Our Beginning With African Violets”, Mrs. W. J.
Krogman and Mrs. Walter Wink.

First AVS of San Antonio “To Mother With
Violets”, Lillian Gravis.

Merrimack Valley AVS “Pretty As A Picture”,
Olga Lech.

Mid South AVS “Portrait Of Violets”, Cyndi
Burlison.

Old Dominion AVS of Northern Virginia “Afri¬
can Violet Fiesta”, Judy Stroske.

AVS of Springfield, PA “And The Violets
Sing”, Mrs. C. B. Rios.

First AV Study Club of Ashtabula, OH “Violets
Around The World”, Mrs. John Torma.

Miracle Strip AVS of Panama City, FL “Hawai¬
ian Violet Reveries”, Mrs. Frank Huebscher.

AVS of Utah “Our Silver Anniversary”, Ilene
Jorgensen.

Friendship Gesneriad and AVS “Violets In
Springtime”, Mrs. J. B. Cutts.

First Arlington AVS “Swinging Into Spring”,
Mrs. Bob Gilson.

Metropolitan AVS “A Rainbow of Violets”,
Mrs. Herman Teater.

Red River AVS “Texas Violet Trails”, Mrs.
Roger M. Davis.

First Austin AVS “Horoscope Of Violets”, Mrs.
L. F. Lidiak and Mrs. W. H. Hudnall.

Columbus AVS “Violets For All Seasons”, Mrs.
Clark Noble.

WELCOME NEW AFFILIATES!!

We are happy to welcome the following new
affiliates.

South Lake Charles AVC, Mrs. Linda Fargue,
2625 Laura Lane, Lake Charles, LA 70605.

Night Magic AVS, Mrs. Henry C. Mills, P. O.
Box 414, Tallahassee, FL 32302.

Loveland Sweetheart Violettes Society, Mrs.
Geo. Croteau, 2301 Ponderosa Dr., Loveland, CO
80537

Vicksburg AVC, Janet Helmuth, 407 Longview,
Vicksburg, MS 39180,

Aurora Borealis AVS, Mrs. Frederick Johns,
8100 Majestic Ct., Anchorage, Alaska 99504.

Kern River Valley AVS, Mrs, Georgiana Bre¬
land, 6256 Lynch Canyon Rd., Mt. Mesa, Lake
Isobella, CA 93240.

Oakville AVS, Miss Sandra M. Lex, 70 Enfield
Ave., Toronto, Ont. Canada M8W-1T9.

OFFICERS’ NAMES

Affiliates, please send names of newly elected
officers and their addresses to Mrs. Wayne Schroe-
der, Affiliate Chairman — NOT to the Magazine
Editor. Too much postage is required to send these
names from the Editor on to the Affiliate Chair¬
man — so, your officers’ names are not listed in
the November Magazine.

New Awards
Aide Named

Mrs. Mickey Ray, 1206 Austin Avenue, College
Station, TX 77840 has been named the 1978
Awards Aide to replace Julia Brittain of Houston,
according to Celine Chase, AVSA Awards Chair¬
man.

Each year the AVSA Awards Committee re¬
ceives numerous awards — silver trophies and
trays, other suitable items and cash — to be pre¬
sented at convention time to winners at the annual
AVSA show.

Cash awards are to be sent to Mrs. Chase, 482
Rutherford Avenue, Redwood City, CA 94061.

All other items — other than cash — are to be
sent or delivered to Mrs. Ray, or they may be
brought to the convention in Austin. However,
Mrs, chase or Mrs. Ray needs to be advised of the
award. Please specify whether you are bringing it
to the convention or having it delivered to Mrs.
Ray.

African Violet Magazine, September, 1977

20

Question Box

By Anne Tinari, Tinari Greenhouses
2325 Valley Road, Huntingdon Valley, Pa, 19006

September brings a challenge to growers one and all,

Examine your violets individually and reduce the ones too tall.
Rejuvenate, Repot, Evaluate their temperature, light and soil,
Lush foliage and blossoms galore will reward you for your toil.

Dear Readers,

After speaking personally to so many members
at our recent convention in St. Louis, I feel a very
great responsibility for your problems and con¬
cerns in growing such beautiful plants. Anyone
who was privileged to see such marvelous plants of
flowering African violets that greeted us at the
showroom, where row upon row of vibrant colors
and sparkling white plants were entered in great
numbers of the amateur classes, can well be proud
of a thriving interest membership. Hearty congra¬
tulations to all the participants.

Anne

Q. Dear Anne: I have been reading as much
literature as I can get my hands on, on my new¬
found hobby, growing African violets. I have no
disease but in my reading find one should use a
systemic for the control of disease. What I don’t
understand is what is meant by using a wetting
agent with it?

A, A wetting agent is any admixture to a liquid
for increasing its ability to penetrate, or spread
over the surface of a given material. One example
would be in using peat moss which would be diffi¬
cult to wet the first time without the use of a
wetting agent,

Q, I am very fortunate in having a great area of
window space to grow my violets but am always
confused in being able to determine when they are
getting too much or too little light.

A. Plants that receive too much direct or burn¬
ing sun will soon get a yellow bleached look.
Petioles will be short and center can appear a bit
stunted. They will also tend to cup their outer
leaves over the pot.

Too little light will encourage long or lanky

petioles. Growth can be slow and lack the vigor
and flowering of one that receives proper light.
Blooms, if they appear, will be sparse and pale.

A plant is usually in sufficient proper light
when a plant grows in a flat rosette pattern and
the color of foliage and flower are vibrant and
consistent.

I would greatly appreciate answers to the
following questions:

Q. How long should the stems be when rooting
leaves?

A» I would suggest cutting the stem to an inch
or an inch and a half before inserting it into your
rooting medium.

Q. Is it better to select large mature leaves or
small young leaves?

A, Neither, the old mature leaves sometimes are
not as firm and suitable for rooting as one taken
from the secondary row of leaves, which usually
possesses the vigor needed. A very young leaf or
center leaves of plants should not be used as they
would not produce a robust young plantlet as
readily as one from secondary row of leaves, which
we find most suitable.

Q, Under normal conditions how long does it
take for a cutting to develop?

A, A leaf cutting will usually develop a little
plantlet under favorable conditions in about 2 or 3
months.

Q. Before transplanting the rooted cutting to
the potting soil mix, should I transfer it when the
roots beome 3/4 to an inch long or wait till new
plants appear on the soil surface.

A, Removal of plantlets or rooted cuttings to

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21

individual pots is never determined by the length
of the root system, but by the growth that appears
from the plantlet itself. These are never transferred
until the green growth or tiny leaves are at least
3/4 to an inch high.

Q. Dear Anne: In an effort to eradicate spring-
tails I used a teaspoon of Clorox to a pint of warm
water on a group of plants. Now I notice the
springtails are all gone but the plants that got the
Clorox treatment are turning yellow in the centers.
Do you have any suggestions?

A. It is possible that Clorox solution could in¬
jure or burn leaves if done too closely to the cen¬
ter of your plant. It should be watered in around
the rim of your pot. However, in using any of
these products it is always at your own risk. If
splashed on foliage it could damage plants or if
water temperature was not tepid or possibly if
Clorox was not fresh and had been around for
awhile, it may have gained in strength or in its
chemical content.

Q. I want to plant one violet deeper in its pot
by cutting off some of the roots and covering the
long neck. Can I do this while the plant is in bud?

A. Plants can be planted down deeper in pots
almost at any time. If you do not distrub the root
system too much you should not lose the buds.

Q. Several of my African violets have developed
a white powdery substance on the stems of their
blossoms. I can see bits of the substance, especially
on the dark purple blossoms, and the backside of
the flowers. The powder washes off under the fau¬
cet but comes back. Please help me stop this nuis¬
ance.

A. I can certainly understand how it washes off
and then comes back to attack the plants. This
problem is usually known as powdery mildew or
botrytis. Spores will float in the air and travel
from plant to plant. It is a parasite and lives on the
tissue of the plants and washing will not eradicate
it. Either Mildex or Benomyl are .suitable for
eradication. 50% Benomyl, 1/4 tsp to a pint of
water, mist spray plants and soil while it is out of
sun and light. Mildex 2/3 tsp to 1 gallon of water,
spray when mildew appears, then at 7-day intervals
if necessary.

Be careful to keep a good environment, provide
plants with proper air circulation and careful wa¬
tering, especially when temperatures fluctuate.

Q. How long does it usually take before new
plantlets appear on the soil surface?

A, It depends a lot on the medium in which
they are growing and the individual characteristics
of the plant. A good estimate would be after they

have been in the rooting medium for at least a
month or more.

Q, What rooting medium do you find best for
propagation in African violet cuttings?

A. We prefer a rooting medium consisting of
half sand and half vermiculite (not seashore sand
but bar or builders sand). Also the use of a hor¬
mone powder does tend to produce faster growth
of cuttings when dipped in same before inserting
in rooting medium.

Q. My collection consists of all the girl type
plants which are my favorite. I find growing them
under lights seems to give them a tighter center
than I prefer. Plants are treated constantly for
mite, etc., and it is not that type of deformity
mite brings, but still they do not grow flat in cen¬
ter and symmetrical as I prefer. Can you make a
suggestion?

A. I, too, am very fond of the attractive girl
cultivars, even though not as many exist today as
in former years. I find they prefer being placed at
the ends of the light fixture rather than in the
center where the light is more intense. Somehow
they seem to thrive best where there is subdued
light or possibly shorter hours of light.

Q. Dear Anne: I would greatly appreciate hav¬
ing this note published in your Question Box in
the AV magazine. Having grown violets for many
years I enjoy them immensely and have over 75
plants.

My pet peeve is this, I love many varieties but
why is it that as many as five companies who have
almost identical plants put a different name to
them? First, it is unfair to the initial grower. We
are confused by all the different varieties and do
not want to buy duplicates. Please clarify and do
you agree with me?

A. I can appreciate your frustration when pur¬
chasing varieties that look similar. However, I do
not agree with you that growers deliberately
change names. The many growers of my acquaint¬
ance are far too busy individuals to indulge in such
activities. They are quite satisfied to grow a stock
plant under the name purchased. It is to their ad¬
vantage to do so as an established cultivar.

As the history of African violets goes it is en¬
tirely possible a grower can introduce a new culti¬
var that is quite similar to another grower’s. Hy¬
bridizing is so extensive today and if you will
study African violets over the years, trends in
color and formation have occurred at various times
when hybridizing has advanced to a certain pla¬
teau. Take for example the double pink, star
shaped types, the variegated and even the latest
coral color types seem to appear simultaneously.

African Violet Magazine, September, 1977

22

The task the individual must perform is to ob¬
tain as many growers’ catalogs as possible and
study the specific descriptions of the ones that
interest you most. The Master List, published by
AVSA^may also be a great help in selecting regis¬
tered cultivars that are recognized by all members.
Be selective. Do your homework and enjoy obtain¬
ing the ones that suit you best.

Q. In growing my plants, I use two trays 11 x
22 X 2^2, The bottom one is a plain plastic tray
and the other tray is full of little plants which let
the water drip through. Is this too much humidity,
or would I be vnse to follow another procedure?

A, I would suspect an accumulation of humid¬
ity and even excess water if you are not careful. I
would also suggest another method would be using
pebbles or vermiculite on the bottom of one tray
only and setting your potted plants on this med¬
ium, Watering plants from the top carefully, when
needed. Thus excess water can drain on the med¬
ium.

Q. Dear Anne: So many times plant articles re¬
fer to trace elements in the soil. What are they and
are they needed?

A, Trace elements are ingredients vital to plant
growth which are needed in very small quantities
such as zinc, copper, baron and others. Most plant
soils which contain sand, garden loam and peat
moss contain the small amounts needed. Some
plant foods also include them.

Q. Can you tell me the use of the following
materials: Acti-Dione PM, rocK phosphate. Dolo¬
mite limestone, Fermate, and super phosphate?

A, Acti-Dione PM which was used for the con¬
trol of powdery mildew, and was an excellent fun¬
gicide, is no longer available in our state of Penn,
and hasn’t been for the last several years.

Rock phosphate contains calcium and various
valuable trace elements. This is often used in com¬
bination with an organic soil formula.

Dolomite limestone — this material prevents the
soil medium from becoming too acid. It is the best
means of adding calcium to the soil as it releases
minerals slowly to the fine roots without burn or
damage. It is not the same as the hydrated lime
which is quick-acting and can burn plant roots.
Also used as an additive to an organic soil mixture,

Fermate is a black sooty-looking material used
to discourage and control fungus organisms. Many
times it is used to dust areas of crown rot in plants
or where areas are cut away from the root. It can
also be used in the potting soil.

Super phosphate is mineral phosphates that
have been treated with sulphuric acid to make
them soluble in water, contained in small propor¬
tions in many soil mixtures.

Q , I purchased two small sinningias at a re¬
cent violet show and was told to keep them in a
closed jar, but I also have the regular size sinning¬
ias, Should they too, be kept under glass?

A, The small sinningias such as ‘White Sprite’,
‘Concinna’ and ‘Pusilla’ and others do best in a
closed container such as a small terrarium and
need very little water as they thrive best in an
enclosed glass area. Lifting the lid occasionally for
proper air circulation is important. I have also seen
them grown in pots where high humidity and ideal
conditions exist. The larger regular size sinningia
do not need a glass enclosure, but can be grown
under the same conditions as the African violets.
READER’S TIPS

Tip 1 . . . Regarding the Question used in your
column March, 1977 on grafting ... I have grafted
two different leaves together and there is no way,
you will get a plant with blossoms from the two
different parent types.

The leaves fused together on rooting and put up
two beautiful plants. You guessed it: One was
identical to the one parent leaf and the other the
same as the other leaf.

The only hard or tricky thing I found was get¬
ting the two leaves to fuse but for so much
trouble, it certainly wasn’t worth the effort.

Tip 2 . . . These tips are from the African Violet
Society of Greater Tulsa.

Our members are very inventive . . . We do
enjoy sharing plants but pots get very expensive.
Almost all young plants stay in the plastic “Solo”
refill cups (bathroom dispenser size) until bloom¬
ing size . . the infants go first into clear plastic piU
-cups obtainable from hospital supply houses (1
oz. size). Both cost approximately a penny
each . . . the Solos have drainage holes made by
point of knife or scissors worked back and forth
gently but firmly through 4-5 a time; the pill cups
take a hot ice pick or small nail held over flame
with pliers . . . names and date easily put on with a
“Sharpie” pen . . . both easily sterilized with soap,
hot water and Clorox for re-use. Solos in several
colors for personal preference, or to easily identify
different batches or age groups, etc. Most members
are now wicking their babies and setting on cake-
racks over constant feed in cake pans . . . and
wick-pots for singles are made from aluminum dis¬
posable-type muffin cups for suitable saucers, use
wide-mouth seal lids from fruit jars; both can be
spray painted to glamorize/match decor and hold a
week-plus supply of water for 2y2 to 3” pots.

Tip 3 . . . Prevention of disease is a very valid
concept in striving to keep plants healthy by good
sanitation. This is a better procedure than waiting
to control disease after it once appears.

African Violet Magazine, September, 1977

23

Violets En Route To Sweden

Monica Bohstrom

New York City African Violet Society, Inc.

After my introduction to African violets here in
the USA I am always on the lookout for violets
wherever my travels may take me. My mother has
always had them on the window sills in the living
room and kitchen of our home in Sweden for as
long as I can remember.

I have been involved with violets for quite some
time and I am used to the wonderful cultivars we
have here in the USA. Almost any color combina¬
tion in the blossoms and any type of foHage is
possible h-ere. In Sweden, the only violets you have
are the white, purple and pink singles. No one
knows anything about soil mixtures, fertilizers,
humidity or grooming. Suckers and necks are na¬
tural for the plants, so no thought is given to re¬
moving them. I did offer to separate my mother’s
“Saintpaulas” (thrt is what they are known as —
Saintpaula in Swedish, not Saintpaulia. Call them
African violets and no one will know what you are
talking about}. They are properly named, but!,
how badly they are cultivated. It did not impress
my mother one iota that I (at the time) was the
president of the New York City AVS. No one, not
even the president of the USA is allowed to touch
her “Saintpaulas”.

In the fall of 1975 I was on my way home
again, for one of my frequent visits, This time I
was prepared with all sorts of goodies. I had at
least 30 different violets with me, along with per¬
lite, vermiculite, lime, charcoal, fertilizers, and
who knows what else a violet grower has stashed
away. Plastic pots, another luxury in Sweden, were
also tucked away in my luggage. (Yes, I did leave-
room for just about one change). I brought minia¬
tures, trailers, and variegated plants along with
some of the standard forms. Thanks to Ethel
Champion, after receiving a shipment of carefully
packed plants from her, I know how to pack
plants for long trips. The only thing I did not bring
along was a certificate of inspection with me.

For the first time in 14 years, I was stopped by
the Swedish customs officials. I was detained in
the customs for quite some time because the
plants were being “smuggled” in without a valid
certificate. I was aware of these customs regula¬
tions but somehow did not give it any thought
before I started on my trip. Unfortunately the ver¬

miculite, to the inspector, looked like marijuana
and the lime very much like other contraband and
it was questioned, too. We can get ourselves in
some trying situations at times all for the love of
our African violets. However, after a long and con¬
vincing talk (and those in our Society who know
me, know I am a very convincing talker) with the
inspector I was allowed to be on my way with my
collection. Of course, this was after I signed papers
to the effect that the plants were not to be grown
outside, only on my mother’s window sills, just in
case I was bringing in some dread insects or dis¬
eases with me. Can you imagine growing African
violets outdoors in Sweden, the land of the mid¬
night sun and the cold winters?

It was good the inspector allowed me to pass. 1
was on the verge of going into my discourse on the
beauty and merits of growing African violets and
how nice a hobby it would be for his wife. I was
about to offer him a plant. Perhaps it was best I
didn’t as I might have been held with another
charge against me — bribery!

When I finally arrived with my prize violets and
supplies, I was treated with a little more respect by
my mother. After all, she had to admit that the
plants I brought were better looking than the
“hairbrushes” on her window sills. The very next
day I went to work on the plants and after a while,

I began to think I had repotted every violet in the
whole village. My mother must have called every
SaintpauHa owner about the magic supplies I had
brought from the USA. Since then I have sent sup¬
plies almost once a month to Sweden. The ladies
are very impressed and their violets are doing so
well with the different soil mixtures and the fertili¬
zers. They also know how to remove the suckers,
to repot, to get rid of the necks and to provide
more humidity.

But, most of all, my mother is the talk of the
village. She is the sole owner of very unusual
“Saintpaulas” which no one else has. By now I am
sure she has shared her treasures with friends and
neighbors so that in this little Swedish village you
will find a ‘Frankie’, a ‘Tommie Lou’, a ‘Happy
Harold’, a ‘Snoopy’, and a ‘Pocono Mountain’
blooming their fool heads off.

African Violet Magazine, September, 1977

24

CABARET, Shown in St. Louis by Mrs. M. Pozsgay

African Violet Magazine, September, 1977 25

(Photo by Burton)

BOYCE EDENS RESEARCH FUND

Mrs. L. F. Lidiak
4503 Sinclair
Austin, TX 78756

Now that the flurry of spring 'shows and the
“lazy, hazy, crazy, days of summer” are history, it
is time to get back into the really serious spirit of
violet growing. Between repotting the “oldies”;
casting an eye toward a new variety that is just too
lovely to pass up; and resuming serious club activi¬
ties, do give a thought to what part you might play
in further improving our beauties.

As growers we are still faced with pests/insects/
diseases; we would like to see the colors become
even more vibrant; the singles drop less; the
petioles have more strength; the blossoms get ever
larger -- and the list goes on. The “inner workings”
of violets, just like those of man, are still a great
mystery for the most part, leaving a wealth of
painstaking and extended research yet to be done.

When you look at one of your favorites and
realize how very far it has come from its humble
beginning, and you wish for it ever more health
and beauty, just remember that is what Boyce

Edens Research Fund is all about.

Contributions made from January 27, 1977 to
May 26, 1977.

Potomac (VA) Council of AV Judges in

lieu of speaker’s fee to Judy Stroske . . $ 10.00
Ruth M. Morris in memory of Millie Blair 10.00

Albuquerque (NM) AVC . 10.00

San Francisco (CA) friends in

memory of Millie Blair . . . 20.50

Greenville (SC) AVC . 10.00

Helen Van Zele in memory

of Percy F. Crane . 10.00

Town and Country AVC Minot (ND) in

memory of Marguerite Colton . 5.00

First Austin (TX) AVS in appreciation to the
Highland Mall Merchants’ Association . 10.00

Dorothy C. Kahrmann in memory

of Millie Blair . . . 10.00

Green Thumb AVC Fayetteville, AR .... 5.00

AVS of Staten Island (NY) in memory of

DoraKlett _ _ _ ............ 15.00

AVS of Utah . 10.00

Rainbow Violeteers (WI) . 5.00

AVS of Palo Alto, CA . . 10.00

Rainbow AV(J St. Louis, MO . 5.00

First Arlington (TX) AVS in memory

of Estelle Harris . 10.00

Suburban AV Enthusiasts, South Holland, IL,
in memory of Harriet Pederson 10.00

Santa Monica Bay (CA) Chapter of AVS

in memory of Viola Schilling . 5.00

Mrs. John Hayes and family in

memory of Percy F. Crane . . 5.00

AVC of Greater Kansas City, MO ...... 10.00

Saintpaulia Society of Tacoma, WA . 10.00

Pioneer AVS, Norfolk, VA . . . 6.00

Mrs. Raymond E. Hertel in leiu of

of speaker’s fee . . 5.00

Mrs. Raymond E. Hertel in lieu

of speaker’s fee . 5.00

Emma E. Lahr in memory of Millie Blair . 5.00

Edward M. Blair in memory of Millie Blair 100.00
Millie Blair’s commission on new A VS A

memberships given posthumously by

Mr. Blair in her memory . 5.00

Tallahassee (FL) AVS . 10.00

Mrs. Paul O. Gillespie in memory

of Percy F. Crane . 10.00

Helen Kavanaugh in memory |

of Ann Sedgwick . 10.00

Tucson (AZ) AVS in memory of

Ann Sedgwick . 10.00

Santa Cruz (CA) AVS in memory of

Millie Blair . 10.00

Lanierland AVS, Gainesville, GA, in memory

of Claire Dickerson . . 10.00

AVS of Greater Tulsa, OK, in honor of

Mrs. Wade H. Hudnall, Mrs. R. L. Pritchett,

and Mrs. L. F. Lidiak, judges of

their first show .................. 25.00

Mrs. T. L. Wheeler in memory

of Mrs. C. Hugh Heard . . 5.00

Columbus (OH) AVS . 25.00

Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Stallings in

memory of Oscar G. Pierson . 10.00

Mrs. L. F. Lidiak in honor of Texas hybridizer,

Mrs. W. L. Meier, Sr . 10.00

First AVS, San Antonio, TX . . 10.00

Bay State AV Judges’ Council (MA) in

memory of Mrs. Marion Schanbacher . 10.00

Green Thumb AVC of MA in

memory of Phanaul B. Gibbs . . 10.00

Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Lidiak in

memory of Katherine Jones . 10.00

Alamo AVS, San Antonio, TX . 25.00

Pomona Valley (CA) AVS in

memory of Elsie Elliott . 5.Q0

Mrs. Garland H. Wilkins commission

on new AVSA memberships . . 2.00

Bergen County (NJ) AVS . . . 25.00

New Orleans (LA) AVS) . 10.00

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26

Vincent and Genevieve Margani in

memory of Ann Sedgwick . 35.00

Central Florida AVS . . . 10.00

Northern California Council of AVS in

memory of Millie Blair . 71.50

Portland (OR) AVS . 25.00

Long Island (NY) AVS . 25.00

Hattiesburg (MS) AVC . 10.00

La Chateau AVC St. Louis, MO . 5.00

Night Owl AVC Arlington, TX, in lieu
of judges’ fees to Mrs. T, W.

Padgett and Mrs. W. H. Haugh . 10.00

Heart of Texas AVS, Waco, TX, in lieu of

speaker’s fee to Sue Whitfield . . 10.00

Treaty Towne (OH) AVS . 5.00

AVS of Minnesota in memory

of Ellamae Gregersen . 100.00

Twin Cities (MN) AVC in memory

of Flavia Rand . 5.00

Cinderella, AVC Minneapolis, MN . 5.00

AVS of Greater Montreal Reg’d, Canada . 10.00

Tri City (OH) AVC . 10.00

Amethyst AVC St. Louis, MO . 10.00

Wichita (KS) AV Study Club . 10.00

AVS of San Marcos, TX, in lieu of judges’
fees to Pat Gorzycki, Bessie

Hatherly, and Kay Valenta . 15.00

American Gesneriad Society of San Francisco
(CA) in memory of Victor Constafitinov 25.00

Naugatonic (CT) AVS . 10.00

Brazos Valley (TX) AVC . 5.00

First AV Study Club, Ashtabula, OH,

in memory of Mildred Hoover . 5.00

First Austin (TX) AVS, in appreciation to

the Highland Mall Merchants’ Assoc. . 10.00

AVS of San Francisco, CA, in

memory of Victor Constantinov . 50.00

AVSA BOOSTER
FUND

Mrs. Lucile Plaster, Chairman
8304 Suffolk Dr.

Shreveport, LA 71106

The St. Louis, MO Convention/Show was an
outstanding success. We had more entries than ever
before, nearly 800, all quality plants. We have
more members than ever before, nearly 27,000.
Our program is growing, our magazine is growing
and all this requires more and more support from
our members.

You could help by honoring a cherished friend
or a beloved relative or by celebrating a special day

or occasion with a contribution. Many of our
speakers are contributing their speakers’ fee and
judges are endorsing their judges’ expense checks
to the BOOSTER FUND. AVSA is most grateful
for all this and will be looking forward to hearing
from you.

CONTRIBUTIONS FROM MAR. 1, 1977 to
JUNE 1, 1977.

Mrs. C. A. Pickens, in lieu of speaker’s

fee from Floral Friends Study Group Garden

Club, Baton Rouge, LA . $10.00

Rainbow Violeteers, Menomonee Falls, WI 5.00

Rainbow AVS, St. Louis, MO . 5.00

Tallahassee AVS of Tallahassee, FL . 10.00

Ventura County AVS of Ventura, CA .... 10.00

Columbus AVS, Columbus, OH . 5.00

Mr. & Mrs, Glenn B. Hudson, judging expenses

from Bergen County AVS of NJ . 8.40

Bergen Co. AVS of NJ, late show award . , 10.00

Shirley Goslee, New Orleans, LA, speaker’s

gift from JAVA, New Orleans, LA . 10.00

Shirley Goslee, New Orleans, LA, speaker’s
gift from “Violets After Five”,

Baton Rouge, LA . 20.00

Mrs. C. A. Pickens, in lieu of speaker’s fee from
Flower Growers Gp. Baton Rouge, LA . . 10.00

Mrs. Junaita Freemen, Tulsa, OK . 1.00

Mrs. W. F. Anderson, in lieu of speaker’s fee

from Rainbow AVC of St. Louis, MO . . 10.00

Cinderella AVC of Minneapolis, MN . 5.00

Mrs. E. Hansen, Jenkintown, PA, in lieu of
judging expenses from Union Co.

Chapter of AVSA . 10.00

Mrs. Lois Buschke, Morris Plains, NJ, in Heu
of judging expense from Union Co.

Chapter of AVSA . 5,00

Adele Tretter, St. Louis, MO.

In memory of Millie Blair . . 2.00

Mr. & Mrs. Sidney Bogin, Long Beach, NY.

In memory of Percy F. Crane . 5.00

Adeline Krogman, Brookfield, WI.

In memory of Percy F. Crane . . . 5.00

Mrs. C. W. Beattie, Winnipeg, Canada.

In memory of Percy F. Crane . 5.00

Emma E. Lahr, Littleton, CO.

In memory of Percy F. Crane . 5.00

Harriet T. Churchill, Rockport, ME.

In memory of Percy F. Crane . 25.00

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OFFICERS' NAMES

Names of newly elected officers are to be sent
to the Affiliate Chairman, NOT to the Editor. Of¬
ficers’ names are printed ONLY in the November
Magazine.

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President

Carter

honored with
two new
plants by
Ronn Nadeau

(Photos by Nadeau)

JIMMY CARTER

ROSALYN CARTER

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She's Got 10 Green Thumbs!

By Donna Gayle Thompson
Staff Writer

The Rocky Mount Telegram
Rocky Mountain, NC

To many people, including me, African violets
are a great love, a. wonderful hobby, and a terrible
weakness, I say “a terrible weakness” because vio¬
lets are similar to so many other things in life —
they may be habit forming.

But the African Violet Addict, unlike drug ad¬
dicts, gossip addicts, and other such sad cases can
do no harm to himself or others. He, or she, has
quite a love for beauty, warmth, and happiness
and these three things are what the violets are all
about to those who grow them.

In Rocky Mount, I have found such a grower.
She is Rena Hiatt, who has 20 years of violet sick¬
ness behind her and the ever present, ten green

Rena Hiatt spends many hours in her
backyard greenhouse. Here she's looking
over one of the many plants that need her
attention.

Mrs. Hiatt and Marlene Stancil, a frequent
visitor at the greenhouse, seem to agree
that African violets are wonderful gifts for
any occasion.

thumbs in front of her.

While talking about her interest in African vio¬
lets, Mrs. Hiatt told me that five years ago she had
them all over the nouse, in front of every window,
and in every room. j

It was at this point that her husband, Wayne, !
decided something had to be done to get the
plants out of the house. With this thought, he |
went to work on their first greenhouse. j

Upon completion of this particular greenhouse, |

Mrs. Hiatt soon had plants covering every inch of j

shelf space. As the violets grew in quantity, the i

heating bill soared and so did the cost of supplies. I

And what began as a hobby then became a part- i

time business. I

Then due to a surge in growth and demand she !’

had to move her African violets once again — to a ,

newer greenhouse. This fiberglass structure was |

built to house approximately four thousand plants ■■

which would require her full-time attention. j

As for help with the work, she says that Wayne !

also holds a great interest in the violets and is a ’

good partner if she gets behind in her watering or
repotting. i'

In addition to her work in the backyard green-

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Working in the greenhouse not oniy in¬
volves watering and feeding. Here Mrs.
Hiatt is busy separating a large plant that
needs repotting.

bouse, Mrs. Hiatt can also be seen at Tarry town

during the Arts and Crafts Fair held in November
and the Lawn and Garden Show held in March.
While these shows are taking place, she has the
chance to meet and get to know others who share
her love for African violets. At the same time, she
sells her plants and gives some much needed advice
to new and inexperienced growers.

For Mrs. Hiatt, the love and attention that her
violets need can sometimes mean working in the
greenhouse until midnight, or having someone
come by as early as seven-thirty in the morning
and as late as nine-thirty in the evening. She told
me a story about one particular lady who called
one night after nine. “I know it is late, but would
you mind worrying with me, now?” the caller ask¬
ed. ‘‘My spirits need lifting and a violet, is just the
thing I need.”

“African violets,” says Mrs. Hiatt, “bring
warmth and happiness to people, whether they are
giving the plant or receiving it. Violets bring smiles
when spirits are low and they make a wonderful
gift for any occasion. For these reasons, I enjoy
my work very much — at all hours, even the odd
ones.”

SOIL MIXES

(ED. NOTE: For benefit of those African violet growers who like to mix their own soils, a series of soil
mixtures will be carried in the African Violet Magazine).

From Michigan

Marion Desmond, 23605 Valley Drive, Romul¬
us, MI writes that she has been successful with the
following mixture:

20 quarts Green Thumb potting soil

1 gal. sphagnum moss (ground)

1 gal,*Krum (perlite)

10 pounds Cat’s Pride (ground clay)

Ms. Desmond suggests that vermiculite may be
used instead of sphagnum moss, since, she says,
“coarse vermiculite makes the soil more aerated
while the sphagnum moss makes the soil more
soggy.

“Right now I’m using my formula with coarse
vermiculite. I fill each pot 3/4 full with my formu¬
la and fill the remaining 1/4 of the pot vdth Coon
Valley Soil, It’s quite expensive and with many
pots to fill, I just use 1/4 as much in each pot.”

SOILLESS MEDIUM

2 parts vermiculite

2 parts perlite

1 part peat moss

Few grains charcoal

When using the soilless medium always water
with a liquid fertilizer (fertilizer + water) solution
diluted 1/4 to 1/8 the recommended dosage.

From Indiana

Elinor Rodda, Box 6, Ossian, IN, says she has
been growing African violets over 30 years and has
had a lot of experience with soil mixes. Here’s the
one she recommends:

8 quarts Redi-earth
2 quarts perlite or perloam
2 Tablespoons dolomite of lime
2 Tablespoons potash rock
2 Tablespoons phosphate rock
Mix well and always use it moist. I also pot
cuttings in this mix but do not feed them until
they are ready to bud. All established plants are
fed 1/8 strength at every watering, except during
July and August, our hottest months, when feed¬
ing is discontinued. Blooms are abundant even in
the darkest days of winter.

I also use this mix for everything I grow, in¬
cluding cacti, succulents, begonias, geraniums,
ferns and all other gesneriads.

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MARGARET ROSE, Shown in St. Louis by Martha Drury

(Photo by Burton)

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Mrs. J. A. W. (Ann) Richardson
RR# 1, Box 70
Tavares, Florida 3271 S

LACK OF BLOOM?
Cross-examine the situation!

African violet leaves can be pretty, especially
when they lie flat and, symmetrical but African
violets without blossonis are a disappointment. In
winter in northern areas when the sun shines too
seldom, it is natural for plants to “rest”^ but actual¬
ly they are not resting, it is simply that they are
not getting sufficient light. Plants under fluores¬
cent lights for the most part bloom almost con¬
stantly. If yours do not, ask yourself a few ques¬
tions:

1, Do I feed? Nothing can live without food.
Get a fertilizer that reads “For African Violets”.
If, for instance, it says “One teaspoon to one quart
of water every two weeks” use one teaspoon to a
gallon of water (in other' words one-quarter
strength) and use it each time you water,

2, How is my humidity? Humidity indicators
are inexpensive and a good investment. Try to
maintain a relative humidity of 40 to 60%. Here in
Florida mine will sometimes go as high as 90% and
the plants do not seem to mind but that 90% is
because of our climate, not because I am doing
anything to maintain it. To maintain try putting
containers of water in between the plants or in a
trough if you have one (do not allow the plants to
stand in the water) or spray with a fine mist every
day,

3, What do I do about cleansing? General sani¬
tation is a must but the best part of cleansing is
that the leaves may be washed. Yes, I know, there
is a myth that no water must ever touch a leaf.
However, they simply love it. Do not, I repeat, do
not put the wet plant in the sun or you will have
brown spots. Hold the plant sidewise under tepid
water at the sink and let it run gently over the
outside leaves until they are clean. Plants breathe
via their leaves and should be clean.

4, Do I put my plants in the proper size pots?
The rule of thumb is a pot should be one-third the
size of the diameter of a plant. Too large pots will
cause soil to get too soaked and cause root rot.
Pots that are too small restrict growth.

5, Do I cramp their style? Do I have the plants
so close together they can’t spread Out or that

they touch one another? If you can’t find more
room, give some away,

6. Do I get rid of insects? Some growers spray
periodically. I only spray when I have something
to get rid of, which is seldom as I harve a strict
method of keeping new plants in isolation for at
least a month.

7. How important is temperature? Very! On the
low side 65°and on the high side SO'with 65°slow-
ing down growth and SO'causing short petioles and
lack of blossoms, when grown with such tempera¬
tures for a long time. 70°more or less is ideal.

8. What is my soil like? Is it hard as a rock? Do
something about that. African violets like a loose
porous soil with good drainage. It must not be
extremely acid or alkaline. Read up on soil. You
will learn a lot to advantage.

9. What kind of light do the plants have? Are
they in the middle of a room where little light
reaches them? Put them on the window sill where
bright light will benefit them. In winter in north¬
ern climates they love the little sun they get but in
the south lots of sun can bleach the leaves, if that
happens, pull them back a bit or find another win¬
dow where they do not get so much sun, if you
can’t find the right window sill it will help to put
the plant under a regular incandescent lamp eve¬
nings.

10. Do I drown them? More plants are killed by
overwatering than any other thing. Water when
they are dry but do not wait until they wilt. Put
your finger into the soil and if it is wet, wait.
When dry, water until the water comes out the
bottom of the pot and then wait until water is
needed again. Do not ask a friend how often she
waters and then do likewise. Her circumstances
might be different than yours. In time you wiU
develop a system but watch the seasons. They may
need more water during a hot summer or even less
if the humidity is very high or more in winter
when the heat is on. Use tepid water and never use
water from a water softening system. Rain water is
the best.

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Affiliate ‘appenings

(NOTE TO PUBLICITY CHAIRMEN: Please, when sending typed articles concerning your shows, send
the original copy to the EDITOR — not a carbon copy or copy-machined material.

Also PLEASE follow style used in following articles — then these do not have to be re-written for the
Magazine.)

Award winners at the NAUGATONIC AVS “Violets
Down Memory Lane”, held in Stratford, CT, were as fol¬
lows: Mrs. Joseph Adams of Shelton, Queen of Show,
‘Becky’, First Lady in Waiting, ‘Flamingo’, Junior Queen,
‘Corpus Christi’, Junior First Lady in Wiating, ‘S. Diplotri-
cha’, Junior Second Lady in Waiting, ‘Helioscope’, ar¬
rangement artistic planting, AVSA Gold Rosette, ‘Sea
Breeze’, ‘Becky’, ‘Flamingo’, theme award, President’s
Challenge Award, ‘William Bruce’, best semiminiature,
‘Button Trinket’, sweepstakes rosette (34 blue ribbons);
Mrs. Newell Mallette of Shelton, runner-up to sweep-
stakes; Mrs. John Prokop of Shelton, second runner-up;
Mrs. Harry Heverling of Watertown, 2nd Lady in Waiting,
‘Sugar Blues’; Mrs. Eleanor Gorgens, smallest blue ribbon
plant, ‘Violetta’; Mrs. Herbert Young of Trumbull, award
for her educational exhibit; Mrs. Arnold Haeussler of
Trumbull, best mini, ‘Tiny Blue’.

The CAPITAL DISTRICT AVS and the AVS OF
ALBANY (Albany, New York) sponsored their annual
show, “Happiness is Moving Forward With African Vio¬
lets.” Doris Purzycki and Bob Smith served as co-chairper¬
sons. Winners in the horticulture division included: AVSA
Gold Rosette: ‘Valerie’, ‘Alouette’, ‘Garnet Elf, Queen of
Show, ‘Valerie’, Queen runner-up, ‘Our Joyce’, Jr. Queen,
‘Alouette’, largest blooming plant, ‘Our Joyce’, best New
York State origination, ‘Our Joyce’, Violet Carey; AVSA
Purple Rosette, ‘Night Magic’, ‘Triple Threat’, ‘Magic
Splendor’, sweepstakes runner-up, 2nd best New York
State Origination, ‘Night Magic’, Use Prentsel; New York
State Award for best collection of 3 miniatures, ‘Tiny
Tot’, ‘Baby Pink’, and ‘Tiny Blue’, sweepstakes, Joyce
Dick; Jr. Queen runner-up, ‘Firebird’, Iona Lynch; best
CDAVS President’s project plant, ‘Sea Breeze’, Mary
Shufelt; best AVS of Albany President’s project plant,
‘Helene’, Dorothy Smith; decorative class, first award,
“Moving Forward Is Practicing Ecology” and sweepstakes
runner-up, Connie Grasso; second award “Moving For¬
ward Is Joining The Ecumenical Movement” and sweep-
stakes, Esther Hopper.

When ROYAL SAINTPAULIA CLUB of Sussex, New
Brunswick, Canada, presented its 2nd annual show, “Vio¬
lets in Autumn, Too.” winners were as follows; Amateur
Division: Mrs. Carole Mineault, best in show and best vari¬
egated, ‘Tommie Lou’, Mrs. Doris Murray, runner-up,
Tinari’s ‘Apple Blossom Pink’, best single orchid and
lavender, ‘Orchid Star’, best double light to medium blue,
‘Carla’, best red or wine double, ‘Bonus Babe’, best two-
tone and multi-color, ‘Seafoam’, best episcia, best terrar¬
ium, and most entries; Mrs. Renie Zylstra, sweepstakes
(10 blue ribbons), best gesneriad other than espicias and
columneas, ‘Nematanthus Wettsteinii’, best designs,
“October Frost”, “Falling Leaves”, “Golden Harvest”,
and best in all design classes, “Golden Harvest”, best ar¬
rangements, “Nature’s Container”, “Autumn Scene” and
“Autumn in Miniature”, best plant in unusual container,
best semiminiature, ‘Pink Fairy’; Mrs. Grace Harrison,
best single dark blue and purple, ‘R. Elfriede’, best single
pink, ‘Meredith’; Mrs. Peggy Gillies, best single two-tone

and multi-color, ‘R. Violetta’; Mrs. Ann Moffett won best
single geneva, ‘Star Ruby’; Mr. E. A. Forbes, 'best double
geneva, ‘Delft Imperial’, best plant of Canadian origin,
‘Andrew Ian’; Mrs. Thelma Brown, best double pink,
‘Strawberry Shortcake’; Mrs. Nan Scott, best double
orchid and lavender, ‘Carefree’; Mrs. Florrie Moffett, best
double two-tone and multi-color, ‘Silver Celebration’;
Mrs. Marion Sear, best arrangement and best over-all in
arrangement classes, “Wild Geese Flying”; Mrs. Winnifred
Thomson, best arrangement, “Violet Thanksgiving”; ad¬
vanced division: Mrs. Phyllis Hall, AVSA Gold Rosette,
‘Poodle Top’, ‘Lullaby’ and ‘William Bruce’; The plants
winning most votes in popularity contest were ‘Briga-
doon’, ‘Serenity’, ‘Pink Ribbon’, ‘William Bruce’ and
‘Cathy T’.

The UTICA AVS held its 23rd annual show in Utica,
NY. Some of the top awards were as follows: Amateur
Division: Estelle Hutchins, Jr. Queen, ‘James Auther’,
runner-up to Jr. Queen, ‘Serenity’; sweepstakes, (11 blue
ribbons); best decorative class, best miniature, ‘Twinkle
Toes’; best Lyon Origination, ‘Mini Trails’, sweepstakes,
Commercial Division: Mary’s House of Violets (Mary
Dimitriadis) Queen, ‘Amazing Grace’, runner-up to Jr.
Queen, ‘R. Mars’, sweepstakes, (21 blue ribbons); Yer-
man’s African Violets (Rowell Yerman), runner-up to
Queen, ‘Beaumont’, Jr. Queen, ‘Flamingo’, AVSA Gold
Rosette, ‘Pink Philly’, ‘Lavender Delight’, ‘Flamingo’.

“TAVSSI Comes of Age” was the theme of the 18th
annual show of THE AVS OF STATEN ISLAND, at the
Great Kills Moravian Church, S.I., NY. Wm. Sorensen was
Chairman of the Show and Mrs. Adolph Gundlach Co-
Show Chairman. Winners of the awards were: Raymond
Dooley, best in show, ‘Vern’s Delight’, 3rd best, ‘Pixie
Blue’, which also won best trailer; AVSA Collection (Gold
Rosette) ‘Delft Imperial’, ‘Watercolor’, ‘Vern’s Delight’,
2nd best NY State Collection of semimini’s, ‘Little Jim’,
‘Little Chrissy’, ‘Royal Trinket’, which was best semimini
plant, best terrarium, runner-up to best artistic planting,
best bubble bowl, best single blossom plant, ‘Jimmy
Watson’, sweepstakes (73 blue ribbons) in Hort. Div., 6
blue ribbons in design division and most best in class
trophy ribbons; Ann Dooley, 2nd best plant, ‘Tippy
Pink’, which was best mini; The President’s Award,
‘Rhapsodic Elfriede’, 2nd best NYt State origina¬
tion Rosette, ‘Like Wow’, 1st best NY State Collection of
mini’s, ‘Tippy Pink’, ‘Tip Toe’, ‘Little Star’, 1st best col¬
lection of semimini’s of NY State, ‘Little Chrissy’, ‘Wild
Lemon’, and ‘Pink Frou Frou’, runner-up to sweepstakes
(35 blue ribbons) in Hort. Div.; Edward Bradford, best
variegated plant, and best NY State tri-color Rosette,
‘Bashful Betsy’; TAVSSI Mystery plant, ‘Jason’, AVSA
Collection (Purple Rosette) ‘Jean’, ‘Pink Blueberry’, ‘Step
Up’, best artistic planting, and runner-up to best arrange¬
ment; Fran Strobach, best windowsill, ‘Firebird’; Evelyn
Lawless, best novice, ‘The King’; Christine Leppard, best
arrangement and best in class for the 12” arrangement;
Walter Hunt, best miniature arrangement; Sally Hannam,
runner-up to best mini arrangement; Alice Ann Thomp-

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kins, a 1 year membership, ‘Sparkle Plenty’; and Irene
Olsen, ‘Rhapsodie Ruth’.

“Getting It All Together” was the theme for the ”77”
show of the AVS OF PHILADELPHIA, PA, with E. Han¬
sen and Jim Klawitter as Chairpersons. Winners were: E.
Hansen, sweepstakes in horticulture; best plant under
12”, best double white, best Granger’s original, ‘Gr.
Cameo Queen’, 2nd best plant over 12” ‘Gail’, 2nd best
plant under 12”, ‘Judy C’, best double blue, ‘Frankie’,
best double pink, ‘Margaret’, best double red, ‘Tina’, best
variegated, ‘Lucky Lilac’, 2nd best AVSA collection,
(Purple Rosette), ‘The King’, ‘Gad’, ‘Lavender Tempest’,
best New Jersey Council AVC collection, ‘Pink Viceroy’,
‘Royalaire’, ‘Judy Garland’, best gesneriad, ‘E. Pink Bro¬
cade’, best hobby, needlepoint pillow; Jim Klawitter, 2nd
place sweepstakes; best in show and best plant over 12”,
‘Amazing Grace’, best AVSA collection (Gold Rosette),
‘Amazing Grace’, ‘Jason’, ‘Helene’, best two-tone double,
‘Purple Crest’, best miniature, ‘Little Jim’, best blue rib¬
bon plant not receiving any other award, ‘Helene’, best
single blossom, ‘White Elf, Stella Urbanski; best trailer,
‘Violet Trad’, Blair Capriotti; best in novice group and
best Lyon’s plant, ‘Inky Pink’, Linda GiUiam; best un¬
usual container, ‘Great Find’, Linda Gdliam, Natalie
Capriotti and Tom Seder, each with 4 blue and 1 red
ribbons, tied for best and runner-up in sweepstakes de¬
sign; Natalie Capriotti, best artistic planting, ‘Shore Line’,
best arrangement, ‘Symphony’, best artistic planting,
‘Tranqudity’; Tom Seder, best bubble bowl; best dish gar¬
den; and best arrangement, ‘The Melting Pot’.

THE POMONA VALLEY AVS held its 24th annual
show at the Church of the Bretheren, La Verne, CA. The
theme was “The World of Violets”. Winners were: Mrs.
Cheradah Lewis, best in show, “California Sunrise”, best
variegated foliage, ‘Californis Sunrise’, sweepstakes in hor¬
ticulture; Mrs. Pat Tusing, 2nd best, ‘Painted Cloud’, best
geneva edged, ‘Painted Cloud’, best small plant, ‘Mary D’,
and best cultural educational lights; George Crouchet best
double blossom, ‘Monique’, best semiminiature, ‘Little
Dogwood’, and AVSA Informational Education; Mrs.
Bertha Haldeman, Southern California Councd Award for
hybridized plant, ‘Lilac Time’: Hybridizer, Mrs. Dorothy
Parker, best hybridized plant, best miniature, ‘Red Spot’,
and best gesneriad, ‘Cleopatra’; Art Hill, sweepstakes ges¬
neriad; Mrs. Wanda Jones, ‘Little Red’; Mrs. Lois Mueller,
best in design division and sweepstakes in design division;
Mrs. Rosie Frank, 2nd best in design division and best
arrangement; Mrs. Lucille Gambs, best artistic planting;
Miss Kim Lewis, best novice, ‘Blue Excitment’; Maurice
Haldeman, 2nd best novice, ‘The King’, 3rd best novice,
‘Miss Violet’; Mrs. Mae Root, best trailer, ‘Violet Trail’;
Mrs. Mama Streipeus best theme for arrangement. Mrs.
Pat Andrews won the best terrarium.

THE SILVERMINE AVS held its 4th annual judged
show, “Violet Casino”, with Mrs, Glenn Jackson of Dan¬
bury as show chairman. Award winners were: best in
show, ‘Becky’, runner-up, ‘Ballet Marta’; AVSA Gold
Rosette, ‘Becky’, ‘Ballet Marta’, ‘Cordelia’, Ralph God¬
dard of Stamford; best gesneriad, ‘Columnea Early Bird’,
sweepstakes (19 blue ribbons), AVSA Purple Rosette,
‘Tina’, ‘Mystic’. ‘Peach Frost’, Mrs. Joseph Stramandole
of Darien; best window grown, ‘Flamingo’, best semimini¬
ature, *Washington Pink’; Educational Table award,
Micheal Luongo of Norwalk; best trailer, ‘Seventh Hea¬
ven’, runner-up to sweepstakes (14 blue ribbons), Mrs.

John Kosik, Jr. of Stamford; best artistic design, Mrs.
Anthony Cheska of Stamford; best arrangement. Miss
Lori Holomakoff of South Norwalk; best novice, ‘Chicka¬
dee*, Mrs. David Lee of West Redding; best miniature,
‘Tiny Pink’, Glenn Jackson of Danbury; Theme award,
“Violet Casino”, George Holomakoff of South Norwalk
and John Kosik, Jr., of Stamford; special award. Society’s
exhibit on seedlings, one of the Society’s projects.

THE COPPER CITY AVS held their 22nd annual
show, “Happiness is — ‘A Parade of Violets’,” with Mrs.
Gunter (Elsa) Kiepert as show chairman in Rome, NY.
Winners were: Over 12”, ‘Amazing Grace’, Mrs. James
(Joan) Williams; over 12” runner-up, ‘Night Magic; under
12”, ‘The King’, under 12” runner-up, ‘Grand Entrance’,
sweepstakes, (24 blue ribbons), New York State Award,
‘Night Magic’, AVSA (Purple Rosette), ‘Cameo Queen’,
‘Faith’, ‘The Parson’, New York State Miniature Collec¬
tion, ‘High Stepper’, ‘Midget MischieP, ‘Blue Sprite’, Mrs.
Wilson (Annabelle) Hart; sweepstakes runner-up, (20 blue
ribbons). New York State Award, 2nd prize, ‘Grand En¬
trance’, AVSA (Gold Rosette), ‘Lavender Delight’, ‘Grand
Entrance’, ‘Our Joyce’, Rowell Yerman; artistic queen,
1st, ‘200th Anniversary’, Mrs. Harold (Cecelia) Butts;
artistic queen, 2nd, ‘Along the Way’, Mrs. Lloyd (Flor¬
ence) Davis; artistic sweepstakes, (5 blue ribbons), Mrs.
Robert (Ruth) Glur; artistic sweepstakes, (4 blue rib¬
bons), Mrs. Rowell (Virginia) Yerman.

THE COLUMBUS (OHIO) AVS held it^ annual show,
“Violets for aU Seasons” with the following winners:
AVSA Collection Award, ‘Top Dollar’, ‘Like Wow’, ‘Lisa’;
sweepstakes; best single pink, ‘Lisa’; Hulda Evans Award,
‘Bellringer’: best of Tommie Lou Family ‘Top DoUar’;
best fantasy, ‘Inky Pink’; best coral, ‘Coral Caper’; best
Rhapsodie, Ballet or Englert, ‘Lisa’; largest bloom, ‘Wild
Country’; best Hawley cultivar, ‘Bellringer’, Mrs. Mildred
Lusk; Queen of Show ‘Firebird’, mini sweepstakes. Chair¬
man’s Award, ‘Winters Dream’; best double white, ‘Artie
Mist’, best geneva edge, ‘Firebird’, largest plant, ‘Super-
fection’, best white miniature, ‘Ping Pong’, Mrs. Evelyn
Grinstead; 2nd place AVSA Collection Award, ‘Peach
Frost’, ‘Artie Mist’, ‘Lavender Delight’, semiminiature
Queen, ‘Snow Blush’, President’s Award, ‘Beth’, best var¬
iegated other than Tommie Lou foliage, ‘Half & Half,
Mrs. Elaine Cummins; Ohio State Collection Award, ‘Brig-
adoon’, ‘Blue Reverie’, ‘Sylvan Blue’, Jr, Sweepstakes,
best double red, ‘Smiles’, Mrs. Thelma Miller; 2nd place,
Ohio State Collection Award, ‘Purple Joy’, ‘Gene Gamer’,
‘Sweetheart Blue’, Mrs, Mildred Lusk; Princess of Show,
‘Lavender Delight’, best two-tone, multicolor other than
fantasy, ‘Lavender Delight’, best mini Sinningja, ‘Tinker-
bells’, Mrs. Emily Savage; Novice Award, Gertrude
Fecker; Mini Queen, ‘Little Red’, Jr. mini sweepstakes,
best small plant (std.), ‘Love Is’, best fantasy miniature,
‘Little Precious’, best trailer, ‘Happy Trail’, best artistic
planting, best terrarium, Mrs. Fran Lane; best specimen
plant or trailer in unusual container, Mrs. Viola Tucker;
best blooming Episcia, ‘Pink Brocade’, best handcraft,
Mrs. Peg Hamilton; best non-blooming Episcia, ‘Helen O’,
best dish garden, Mrs. Nevada Boone; best gesneriad other
than Episcia, ‘A. Obriainca’, Harford Renick; best arrange¬
ment, Mrs. Hildred Bump. Mrs. Lois Noble was show
chairman.

THE HOUSTON GESNERIAD SOCIETY held its first
annual show and plant sale, “Nature Charms”. There were
132 horticulture entries with 11 arrangements and artistic
plantings. Show chairman was Mrs. James Papas and club

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president is Mrs. Robert Riquelmy. Winners were: AVSA
Collection (Gold), ‘Happy Harold’, Granger’s ‘Jim
Dandy’, and ‘Marge’; best Saintpaulia, ‘Grangers Jim
Dandy’, best semiminiature, ‘Beginner’s Luck’, and sweep-
stakes, Mrs. Larry Myers; best gesneriad was Columnea
‘Early Bird’, and second best collection (purple), ‘Annie
Mae’, Manelta’s ‘Frosted Rose’ and ‘Katheline’, Mrs.
Edwin Glaser; best miniature, ‘Midget Valentine’, Mrs.
Ralph Ritchie; best terrarium, Mrs, John Golla; best artis¬
tic planting, Mrs. Richard Brogdon; best arrangement,
Mrs. Don Roose, Jr.

THE TWILIGHT AVS of Austin, TX held its show,
“Violets and Shamrocks” with Mary Ann Nelson as show
chairman. Winners were: Best of Show, ‘Dress Parade’,
best variegated, ‘Mr. Gus’, Bessie Hatherly; 1st AVSA Col¬
lection (Gold Rosette), ‘Tina’, ‘Delta Dawn’, ‘Manelta’s
Fanfare’, horticulture sweepstakes, artistic sweepstakes,
best double pink, ‘Fresh Pink’, best arrangement, “By the
Sea”, Mary Ann Nelson; best mini, ‘Trail Along’, best
Texas hybrid, ‘Janey Briscoe’, Kathy Center; best edged
blossom, ‘Texas Charmer’, best plant grown by a man,
‘Tommie Lou’, Jim Rogers; best artistic planting, “Irish
Spring”, Pat Gorzycki; best unusual container, ‘Emperor’,
Mollie Bernhardt.

The 7th annual show of the DELAWARE AVS was
held with Rose Marie McMann and Bessie Pyle as co-chair¬
men. Winners were: Best AVSA Collection (Gold
Rosette), ‘Ruth Carey’, ‘Mark’, ‘Garnet Elf, Show Queen,
‘Garnet Elf, sweepstakes, Marie Stemniskie; sweepstakes
runner-up, 2nd Best AVSA Collection (Purple Rosette),
‘Bloomin’ Fool’, ‘Wild Country’, Serenity’, show princess,
‘Mystical .Blue’, Elizabeth Benke; 2nd sweepstakes run¬
ner-tip, mini sweepstakes, mini queen, ‘Tiny Gypsy’, ges¬
neriad queen and best hanging basket, Columnea ‘Early
Bird’, best miniature collection. Rose Marie McMann; 3rd
sweepstakes runner-up, best blooming gesneriad, ‘Codo-
nanthe Carnosa’, 2nd best terrarium, Lillian Crewe; ges¬
neriad sweepstakes, best blooming gesneriad, ‘Chirita Sin¬
ensis’, best terrarium, Bessie Pyle; semimini queen,
‘Tricksy Blue’, best semimini collection, best gesneriad
mini, Sinningia ‘Snowflake’, Barbara Borleske; horticul¬
ture novice sweepstakes, best in class, ‘Lilian Jarrett’,
Anita Bell, a one-year member; best unusual container
‘Pixie Blue’, Donna Focht; best unusual container with
gesneriad, Columnea ‘Maryann’, Edith Rogler.

TOP CHOICE AVS of Shreveport, LA held its fifth
annual show, “Happiness is Violets” with Mrs. Glenn
Reeves as, show chairman. Winners were: best in show,
‘Nancy Reagan’, Award of Merit, ‘May Morn’; 1st AVSA
Collection (Gold Rosette), ‘Nancy Reagan’, ‘May Morn’,
‘Eternal Snow’, Bermas Plastics Award, 1st ‘Becky’, 3rd
‘Red Buttons’, Reeves Award, best ‘Silver Pinafore’, 3rd
place; Best Reed’s House of Violets plant, ‘May Morn’,
Tom’s Award, best standard, ‘Corpus Christ!’, President’s
award, best variegated, ‘Nancy Reagan’, Tube Craft
Award, ‘Country Gentleman’, ‘May Morn’, ‘Eternal
Snow’, Nature Garden’s Nursery Award, best geneva,
‘Mystic Moment’, Champion’s Award, best ‘Plain and
Fancy’, sweepstakes award (Most blue ribbons), Mrs. T,
K. Thomas; Honorable Mention Award, ‘Mark’, Tri-Color
Rosette, best in Artistic Planting, Tom’s Award, best min¬
iature, third place, ‘High Stepper’, Mrs. O, P, Wilson; 2nd
AVSA Collection (Purple Rosette), ‘Painted Orchid’, ‘Gar¬
net Elf, ‘Peach Frost’, largest plant, ‘Painted Orchid’,
Reeves Award Best, ‘Silver Pinafore’, Tom’s semimini¬
ature, ‘Sweet Pixie’, Mrs. M, L. Harwell; best in arrange¬

ments (Tri-Color Rosette) Mrs. David MagiU; best ges¬
neriad (other than Saintpaulias) Episcia ‘Faded Jade’, best
double pink with green foliage, ‘Delta Dawn’, Mrs. W. M.
Plaster; Bermas Plastics Award (2nd place), ‘Big Deal’,
Mrs. John L. Hoppe; Tom’s Award, best stand 2nd place,
‘Satin Sheen’, best white, ‘Clipper’, Mrs. Warren Rosen¬
baum; Schedule Chairman Award, best semiminiature,
‘Little Delight’, Staging Chairman Award, best miniature,
‘Happy Trails’, Mrs. Glenn Reeves; Reeves Award, best
Silver Pinafore, 2nd place, Mrs. Carl Rothwell; Tom’s
Award, best semiminiature, 2nd place, ‘Red Dragon’, Mrs.
C. D. Attaway.

The Green Rosette and the Blue Rosette Show Awards
were prominent in the antique setting of THE AFRICAN
VIOLET STUDY CLUB OF HOUSTON’S show, “Violets
Are Heirlooms”, chaired by Bebe Glazer. Top awards
were: Best of Show, ‘Diana Purple’, Flo Brogdon; 1st run¬
ner-up, ‘Sailors Dream’, AVSA Collection (Gold Rosette)
‘Plain and Fancy’, ‘Margie’, and ‘Happy Harold’, 10 other
classes with ‘G. G. Santa Maria’, ‘Blue Power’, ‘The Par¬
son’, ‘Val’s White’, ‘Mrs. Greg’, ‘Annie Mae’, ‘Our Dawn’,
‘Little Red’, ‘S. lonantha’, and ‘Miriam Steel’, Susan
Myers; best of show 2nd runner-up, ‘Liberty Bell’; horti-
cultural sweepstakes AVSA Collection (Purple
Rosette), ‘The King’, ‘Open Face’, and ‘Purple Popcorn’,
and 11 other classes with ‘Candy Cane’, ‘Pink Pedro’,
‘Val’s Sweet Dreams’, ‘Green Dawn’, ‘Coral Caper’,
‘Athena’, ‘Edith Flory Sport’, ‘Crafty Treasure’, ‘E. Lady
Lou Sport’, and ‘Strep. Constant Nymph’, Winston Smith;
best artistic planting, best terrarium with ‘Pixie Blue’; best
arrangement, Billie Golla; unusual container and “Far
Away Places”, Mollie Ritchie; ‘May Morn’ and ‘By the
Light of the Silvery Moon’; Elaine Riquelmy; best white-
blush, ‘White Elf’, ‘Little Brown Jug’, Bebe Glazer; best
two-tone, ‘Double Raspberry’, best variegated foliage,
‘Pedro’, semiminiature, ‘Red Dragon’, Pat Denny; best
multicolor, ‘Reed Careless Love’, best small standard,
‘Empress’, Julie Wehle; best novice, ‘Lime Crisp’, Susan
Johnson; Episcia, ‘E. Libaldne’, Susan Schorre; ‘Old Mem¬
ories’, Educational Exhibit, Sally Blalock and the AVSA
table by Barbara Ashley.

“Paradise of Beauty” was the theme of the
ATCHAFALYA AVS’ 2nd annual judged show which was
a sea of loveliness at the Municipal auditorium. All in all
the exhibited plants were a testimony of what enthusias¬
tic club members had learned and succeeded with proofs
of untiring efforts and zeal in growing their favorite flow¬
er, For a two-year-old club it was an unusual accomplish¬
ment of a beautiful display of over 400 violets.

A breathtaking panorama of hundreds of violets in full
bloom and a riot of color marked the annual show of the
AV CULTURE CLUB of Port Arthur, TX. Winners were:
Queen of Show, ‘Blue Monday’, 1st AVSA Collection
(Gold Rosette) ‘Rambling Rose’, ‘Becky’, ‘Blue Monday’,
Mrs. Percy Broussard; Junior Queen, ‘Flamingo’. 2nd
AVSA Collection (Purple Rosette), ‘Tina’, ‘Susan Sweet’,
‘Texas Blue Treasure’, Dixie Rosette, ‘Top Angel’, ‘Annie
Mae’, ‘May Morn’, horticulture sweepstakes, (37 blue rib¬
bons) Mrs. C. J. Ganson; best mini, ‘Mexicali Rose’, Mrs.
Charles Dattalo; best gesneriad, Columnea ‘Early Bird’,
Mrs. John R. Chatelain; sweepstakes in design, Mrs. L. P.
Chauvin,

The MONTGOMERY (AL) AVS’ 7th annual show,
“There’s No Business Like Show Business”, resulted in
the following awards; Best in Show, ‘Sweet Honesty’, 2nd

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Best AVSA Collection (Purple Rosette), ‘Blue Reverie’,
‘Red Flair’, ‘Joan Van Zele’, sweepstakes runnerup,
Nancy Therrell; AVSA Best Collection (Gold Rosette),
‘Peak O’ Pink’, ‘Vern’s Queen’, ‘French Lilac’, 2nd best
DAVS, ‘Nancy Kelly’, ‘My Sweetie Pie’, ‘Delta Dawn’,
2nd Best in Show, ‘Ruby’, Sarah Howard; Best Dixie Col¬
lection, ‘Norlina’, ‘Delta Dawn’, ‘Nancy Kelly’, Myrt
Sisher; unusual container, ‘Candy’, Elizabeth Fuller; best
mini ‘Florida Snows’, Donald Dunbar; best artistic plant¬
ing, Eleanor Cartwright; best arrangement, Doris Till; best
square terrarium, Janet Baker.

THE BRAZOS VALLEY AVC’S second annual show,
“March of Blooms”, with Dottie Wilson as show chair¬
man, was held with the following winners: Best in Show,
‘Blue Boy’, 2nd Best, ‘Christmas Holly’, runner-up to
sweepstakes (19 blue ribbons), 1st AVSA Collection
(Gold Rosette), ‘Peach Frost’, ‘Autumn Sky’, ‘Mister
Gus’, best single blossom, ‘Creekside Moonbeams’, best
purple. Autumn Sky’, best pink, ‘Strawberry Shortcake’,
best two-toned, ‘Peach Frost’, best variegated, ‘Mister
Gus’s best trailer, ‘Violet Trailer’, Dottie Wilson; sweep-
stakes (23 blue ribbons), best artistic planting, 2nd best
artistic planting, best red blossom. ‘Fire Sprite’, best semi¬
mini, ‘Button Trinket’, Candy Phillips; best artistic
arrangement, best mini, ‘Candy’, best in novel container,
‘Little Red Devil’, best Texas hybridized plant, ‘Geroni-
mo’, Linda Ray; best white blossom, ‘White Madonna’,
best sport, ‘Emperor Sport’, best project plant, ‘Manelta’s
Frosted Rose’, Evelyn Woods; best geneva edged, ‘R.
Audrey’, best species, ‘Sinningia Cardinalis’, Mrs. John H.
Jones; 2nd best artistic arrangement, Alva Kessler; best
plant grown by junior member, ‘Top Sail’, Cari Ray.

Mrs. J. Y. Bogusa walked away with most awards at the
BATON ROUGE (LA) AVS show “Violets Look To The
Future”, held on the LSU campus. She was winner of
Best in Show, ‘Starshine’, 2nd sweepstakes runner-up with
31 blue ribbons, AVSA 1st Collection (Gold Rosette),
‘Delft Imperial’, ‘Garnet Elf, ‘Starshine’, best variety,
‘Starshine’. Other winners were: 2nd best in show, ‘Fran¬
kie’, best terrarium, best in class, ‘VAl’s Sweet Dream’,
Mrs, Shirley D. Vogler; sweepstakes runner-up (37 blue
ribbons), Mrs. J. S. Gremillion; best “Kissing Cousin”,
Episcia ‘Cleopatra’, Mrs. Herman Cormier; best semimini,
‘Suzy’s Gertha’, Mrs. Thomas MicehUi, Tricolor rosette in
design, “A Walk on Mars”, Mrs. Warren Plauche.

THE AVS OF SOUTH BAY held its show, “Violets
For Milady”. Awards were as follows: 1st AVSA Collec¬
tion (Gold Rosette), Vern’s ‘Delight’, ‘Husky’, and ‘Blue
Excitement’, best in show and tricolor, Richter’s ‘Wedge-
wood’, 2nd best in show, ‘Miriam Steel’, best single,
‘Husky’ and largest blue ribbon plant, Vern’s ‘Delight’,
Northern California Council award, ‘Frosted Plum’,
‘Mighty Mini’, and ‘Westdale Purple Mountain’; aquamatic
division, first place, ‘Mrs. Greg’, Mrs. Anne Jantzen;
second, ‘Pocono Mountain’, Mrs. Jean Rand, third,
‘Purple Enchantment’, Mrs. Alice Barger; sweepstakes,
best semiminiature, ‘Dardevil’, best unusual container,
best standard trailer, ‘Violet Trail’, and best bubble bowl,
Mrs. Barbara Elkin; best miniature, ‘Little Red’, Mrs. Jean
Rand; best variegate, ‘Lilian Jarret’, Mrs. Anne Kadack,
best novice, ‘Copper Tips:, best seedling, Mrs, Virginia
Pirie; best miniature trailer, ‘Tiny Pink Bells’, best terrar¬
ium, and best arrangement, Mrs. Lillian Chetelat; best
gesneriad, ‘Streptocarpus Cape Primrose’, Mrs. Wylda
Mason; and best artistic planting, Mrs. Jackie Davis.

Winners in the RED RIVER AVS show “Texas Violet
Trails”, held in Sherman, TX, were as follows: Best AVSA
Collection (Gold Rosette), ‘Eternal Snow’, ‘Sylvan Blue’,
‘Cainelof , best in show, ‘Starburst’, Mrs. O. E. McFarland
of Denison; 2nd best AVSA Collection, (Purple Rosette),
‘Rebecca’, ‘Nancy Reagan’, -‘Eternal Snow’, 2nd Best in
Show, Horticultural sweepstakes (17 blue ribbons), club
project, ‘Sylvan Blue’, Mrs. Howard Bridges; best mini,
‘Window Blue’, Mrs. Bob Hargesheimer; sweepstakes tie
design, Mrs. Martin White of Denison, Mrs. Byron Davis,
creativity rosette, Mrs. Henry Duncan; best dish garden,
“Shipwreck”, Mrs. Hubert Stolle; best terrarium, Mrs.
White; educational exhibit, Mrs. Cecil Stevens, Mrs, Walter
Stark, Mrs. Steve Langford. Mrs. Roger M. Davis and Mrs.
Bridges, show co-chairmen; Mrs. Tony Bruno of Denison,
president.

THE WHITEHAVEN AVC of Memphis, TN held its
first show and distributed AVSA culture sheets to the
many persons who attended. A plant sale was held under
the direction of Lynnette Conroy, club president, of
Byhalia, MI. In addition to the display of African violets,
there were terrariums and dish gardens.

The plant sale and show, the very first held by the
AVS OF GREATER TULSA, OK netted the club nearly
Si, 900. Plants were all sold — down to the last leaf. In the
show teenager Alan Campbell took most of the awards.
Award winners were as follows: Tricolor ribbon, ‘Poodle
Top’, best miniature, ‘Tiny Gypsy’, best standard, ‘Poodle
Top’, Judges Horticulture Award, ‘Elisia’, educational ex¬
hibit and Alan Campbell . Judges’ Award; sweepstakes.
Best AVSA Collection (Gold Rosette), ‘Venetian Lace’,
‘Vern’s Dandy’, ‘Blue Storm’, Dorothy Harris; 2nd AVSA
Collection (Purple Rosette), ‘Shining Plumage’, ‘Double
Black Cherry’, ‘Majestic’, Kay Evans; best semi, ‘Window
Lace’, Donna Tharp; best variegated, ‘Silver Crest’,
Marilyn Campbell; artistic Tricolor, Jean Chelsea; artistic
entry, Labon Crather.

Theme of the 28th annual show of the AVS OF
ROCHESTER, NY was “Violets for All Seasons,” Co-
Chairpeople were Elaine Roth and Pat Red Elk under the
direction of Phillip Johnson. Roy Roth designed the
Court of Honor with the assistance of Larry Van Dam.
Following are the awards: best in show, ‘Mystic Moment’,
Eileen Johnson; runner-up, ‘Peach Frost’, Margaret Booth;
Junior best in show, ‘Pixie Blue’, sweepstakes runner-up,
Elaine Roth; runner-up, ‘Tippie Pink’, Nancy Merzki;
sweepstakes, Thelma Hansen; best in design, ‘Spring De¬
light’, Mrs. Arthur Barnes; runner-up, ‘Fall Splendor’,
Nancy Merzki. Over 450 guests attended the showing and
15 new memberships were obtained.

Theme of the 19th annual judged show of the NORTH
SHORE AVS OF LONG ISLAND held in Greenlawn, L.I.,
NY was “Merry May of Violets”. Mrs. Alfred Tirzmalis of
Northport was show chairman. Show winners were as fol¬
lows: Queen of Show, ‘Mary C’, largest African violet,
‘Mary C’, best AVSA Collection, (Gold Rosette), ‘Mary
C’, ‘Zeta’ and ‘Frankie’, horticulture sweepstakes, best
gesneriad in an unusual container, ‘E. Filigree’, 2nd best
gesneriad, ‘E. Cleopatra’, Helen Strnad runner-up to
Queen, ‘Snoopy’, best variegated, ‘Tommie Lou’, best
semiminiature, ‘Snoopy’, best plant in aquamaticplanter,
‘Paris’, best L.I. originations, ‘Dina’, horticulture sweep-
stakes runner-up, Julia Hieronymi; best miniature, ‘Midget
Valentine’, best miniature collection, NYS, ‘Midget Valen¬
tine’, ‘Snowbells Sport’, ‘Tiny Gypsy’, 2nd best aqua-

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matic planter, ‘Granada’, Jane Weber; best Rhapsodic, ‘R.
Sophia’, best gesneriad, ‘Streptocarpus Maasson’s White’,
Stella Sakellarides; best NYS origination, ‘Midget Bon
Bon’, best artistic planting, ‘A Band of Gold’, design divi¬
sion runner-up, Gail Puskas; 2nd best NYS origination,
‘Amazing Grace’, Melanie Weber; club project, ‘Corpus
Christ!’, Jean Johnson; best arrangement, ‘New Begin¬
nings’, design division sweepstakes, Patricia Taylor; best
terrarium, Claire Rosenberg; best dish garden, Joanna
Rohrlick; best bottle garden, Donna Boos; best bubble
bowl, Russell Van Houten; best African violet in-unusual
container, Barbara Demeterio; best junior class, ‘Tawny
Rose’, Margaret Rutmayer.

The TAMPA (FL) AVS held its 2nd annual show,
“Violets Heavenly in Seven and Seventy”, with Carol
Walker of Tampa as show chairman. Awards were as fol¬
lows: Best in Show, ‘R. Ruby’, Esther Neill; best under
12”, ‘B. Lisa’, Bobbi Close; AVSA Best Collection, (Gold
Rosette), ‘B. Lisa’, ‘B. Marta’, ‘Peach Frost’, sweepstakes,
best artistic planting, Norma Leto; ^nd Best AVSA Col¬
lection (Purple Rosette), ‘Tina’, ‘Shag’, ‘B. Meta’, Carol
Walker; best single pink, ‘B. Anna’, best single red, ‘R.
Ruby’, best single lavender, ‘Spider’, best single multi¬
color, ‘Garnet Elf, best double purple ‘Dbl. Purple
Prince’, best double med. blue, ‘Delft Rosette’, best
double pink, ‘B. Lisa’, best dark pink, ‘Pinks-A-Poppin’,
best double red, ‘B. Erica’, best double lavender, ‘Lydia’,
best double two-tone, ‘R. Barbara’, best variegated fol¬
iage, ‘Mr. Gus’, best trailer, ‘Trail Along’, best sport, ‘Like
Wow Sports’, best species, ‘S. lonantha’, best Armacost
original, ‘Mermaid’, best terrarium, dish garden and minia¬
ture arrangement, Dora Lee Dorsey; best large arrange¬
ment, Melanie Holland; best medium arrangement, best
card table arrangement, Margaret Ritchie; special awards,
educational exhibit and awards display.

THE AVS OF SAN FRANCISCO held its annual
show, “Violet Carousel”, under the chairmanship of Mrs.
Sally Smith and co-chairman. Miss Frances McMahon.
Winners were: Mrs. Sally Smith, best in show and best
double award, ‘Crimsunny’, best white, ‘Miriam Steel’,
best AVSA Collection (Gold Rosette), ‘Jason’, ‘Gail’,
‘Tina’; best Constantin ov introduction, ‘Jolly Roger’,
which also took 3rd place in the Northern California
Council Rosette Award; Mrs. Cecile Ambler sweepstakes
with 27 blue ribbons, best variegated foliage, ‘Heather
Blue’, best semiminiature, ‘Barr’s Blue Bird’, 2nd place in
Northern California Council Rosette Awards, ‘Delectable’,
unusual container, ‘Happy Trail’; Ted Khoe, 1st runner-up
to sweepstakes with 23 blue ribbons, best single, best
miniature and 2nd runner-up to best in show, ‘Tiny
Gypsy’, 1st in the Northern California Council Rosette
Awards, ‘Westdale Velvet’; Cy Yee, 1st runner-up to best
in show, ‘Mary C’, best gesneriad, ‘Nemantanthus Troph
cana’; Mrs. Jean Goss, novice award, ‘Blue Storm’; Louis
Ambler, standard trailer award, ‘Crafty Farmer’, best mini
semitrailer, ‘Pixie Blue’; Mrs. Muriel Warwick, (3 blue rib¬
bons) design division Blair Perpetual Trophy, ‘Picnic
Times’ in the artistic classes and ‘Merry Go Round’ in the
arrangement classes. The attractive AVSA promotional
table also sold 43 new AVSA memberships.

The FIRST NEW ORLEANS (LA) AVS held its 5th
annual show, “Love Is”. Winners were: AVSA Best Col¬
lection, (Gold Rosette), ‘Blue Storm’, ‘Nancy Reagan’,
‘GaU’, Queen of Show, ‘Gad’, sweepstakes, Lee Ann
Alexander; AVSA 2nd Best Collection, (Purple Rosette),

‘Tina’, ‘Becky’, ‘Sylvan Blue’, Gloria Fayard; Opposite
Queen, ‘Parson’s Love’, Rubecraft Award, best single
white, ‘Starshine’, Barbara Sisk; best miniature, ‘Little
Red Wagon’, best club project plant of Max Maas’
‘Carole’, Jeannette Domiano; best semiminiature, ‘Little
Jim’, Penny Brenner; best Reed introduction, ‘Annie Lae’,
Mary Carter; Tricolor in arrangement, Barbara Miller; Tri¬
color in artistic planting, Marie Knoblock.

The 30th annual show of the AVS OF SPRING-
FIELD, PA “And the Violets Sing” was held with the
following winners: Best in artistic classes, “Me and My
Shadow”, Peg Rios; AVSA Best Collection (Gold
Rosette), ‘Garnet Elf, ‘Becky’, ‘Frankie’, AVS of Spring-
field Collection, ‘Don’, ‘Starshine’, ‘Blue Fairy Tades’,
best of show, ‘Frankie’, sweepstakes runner-up, with 38
blue ribbons, Moleta Barbehann; sweepstakes with 46
blue ribbons, best miniature, ‘Double Take’, runner-up to
best in show, ‘Double Take’, Emlee McLaughlin; top
honors in “Kissin Cousins” classes (9 blue ribbons), LiUie
Meyers.

THE CLIFTON AVS held its 9th annual show “Carni¬
val of Violets”, in Clifton, NJ, with Beatrice Alstein club
president, as show chairman and Kathy Kulesa as co-chair¬
man. Awards were as follows: AVSA Best CoUection,
(Gold Rosette), ‘R. Denise’, ‘R. Ruby’, ‘R. Mercury’, NJ
Councd of AVC Award, ‘The King’, ‘Ivory Buttons’, ‘Jim
Dandy’, Show Queen and best Rhapsodie, ‘R. Denise’, 4th
best plant, ‘R, Mercury’, sweepstakes, B. Alstein; 2nd best
plant, ‘Rosebud’, best design runner-up, K. Kulesa; 3rd
best plant, ‘R. Maft’, Karen Lynch; sweepstakes runner-
up, best miniature, ‘Blue Sprite’, best hybrid trader,
‘Lucky Lou’, P. Groff; best design, Betty Haynes; best
non-member, ‘Bergen County’s Lda Baxter’, Barbara
HoweUs; best semimini, ‘Little Jim’, Ellen Byrne. A total
of 236 exhibits was entered by 23 members and six non¬
members.

THE UPPER PINELLAS AVS of Largo, FL held its
18th annual show, “Violets— Nature’s Gift”, with the fol¬
lowing winners: best in show, ‘Colorado Knight’, first run¬
ner-up, ‘Delft Imperial’, AVSA Best CoUection (Gold
Rosette), ‘Colorado Knight’, ‘Tommie Lou’, ‘Delft Im¬
perial’, Mrs. Andrew Suder; second runner-up to best in
show, ‘Forever White’, third runner-up to best in show,
‘Marta’, AVSA Award (Purple Rosette), ‘Rebecca’,
‘Marta’, ‘Forever White’, best artistic arrangement (tri¬
color award) “Spring in the Woods”, special award for
violet educational table, Mrs. RusseU Yawger; best under
12”, ‘Pixie Blue’, best miniature trader, ‘Pixie Blue’, best
miniature arrangement (three inches), best in unusual con¬
tainer, ‘Crafty Farmer’, Mrs. WiUiam Zane; best miniature,
‘Calico Kitten’, Mrs. Cheryl Atkins; best dish garden, best
shadow box, Mrs. Royal Bratton; best semiminiature trad¬
er, ‘Bambino’, Mrs. Elaine Kiphart; best semiminiature
trader, ‘Trad Along’, best novice, ‘Gigi’, Mrs. Mary Glen
Campbell; best gesneriad, ‘Streptocarpus Constant
Nymph’, Mrs. Karen Peters; sweepstakes award with 27
blue ribbons, special award for educational table, “Other
Gesneriads”, Mrs. Roy Raines; best standard trader, ‘Vio¬
let Trad’, Edward Hartley; best club project, ‘Red Flair’,
Mrs. Lloyd RandaU; best terrarium, Mrs. Jack WiUiams.

THE FIRST AV STUDY CLUB OF ASHTABULA
presented its 21st annual violet show, “Violets Around
The World”. Mrs. John Torma was general show chair¬
man. Winners were: Mrs. Harold Armstrong, best of show.

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‘Claudia’; 2nd best, ‘Blue Belle’; 3rd best, ‘Pink Nimbus’;
best AVSA collection, ‘Ballet Karla’, ‘Pink Nimbus’, ‘Red
Gold’; Ohio State best collection, ‘Starburst’, ‘Bette
Roserea’, and ‘Blue Belle’; best Granger Gardens plant,
‘Blue Belle’, best semiminiature, ‘Tiffany Trinket’, sweep-
stakes (50 blue ribbons) and staging; Mrs, Clyde Rosaa,
best miniature, ‘Midget Midnight’, best gesneriad,
‘Kohleria Connecticut Belle’, best Hawley plant, ‘Super-
fection’; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Burr, Ohio State Rosette,
2nd best Ohio State collection, ‘Granada’, ‘Think Pink’,
‘Serenity’; Mrs. John Williams, best in design, ‘Oriental
Splendor’; Mrs. John Torma, best terrarium, “Wood
Life”. Other members receiving ribbons were Mrs. Lleen
Acierno, Mrs. John Baird, Mrs. John Ellis, Mrs. William
Hopkins, Mrs. Francis Luce, Mrs. Helen Mayes, Mrs. Niles
Nieminen, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Oscar, and Mrs. Charlotte
Weber.

THE AVS OF UTAH celebrated its 25th anniversary
with a show, “Our Silver Anniversary”, in Salt Lake City
with Mrs. J. N. Jorgensen as show chairman. Winners
were: AVSA Best Collection (Gold Rosette), ‘Ruffled
Red’, ‘Emperor’, ‘Ballet Maria’, Queen of Show, ‘Richter’s
Highland Beau’, sweepstakes, Ilene M. Jorgensen; runner-
up to queen, ‘Garnet ElP, LeVine Nemanic, club presi¬
dent; artistic design, Renie Olson, Marie Jones, Maureen
Roberts; design sweepstakes, Marie Jones; plant with most
blooms, ‘Blue Reverie’, Hazel Chadwick; largest plant,
‘Night Shade’, Lucille Nesbitt; best variegated, ‘Ivory But¬
tons’, Mable Berrett; Princess, ‘Midget Bon Bon’, Marilyn
Baker; design novice, Maureen Roberts.

Winners in the RHODE ISLAND AVS show were:
AVSA Best Collection (Gold Rosette) ‘Bashful Betsy’,
‘Lavender Delight’, ‘Artie Mist’, 3rd best in horticulture,
‘Lavender Delight’, 2nd best, 12-16, ‘Blue Storm’, best
variegated, ‘Blue storm’, 2nd best variegated, ‘Bashful
Betsy’, 2nd best in aquamatic, ‘Targeteer’, Henry Vivier;
2nd best AVSA Collection (Purple Rosette), ‘Night
Magic’, ‘B. Marta’, ‘Pinks- A-Pop pin’, best artistic, and best
in design, ‘Captain’s Choice’, best arrangement, and 2nd
best in design, ‘Seafarer’s Delight’, sweepstakes runner-up
(13 blue ribbons), best aquamatic, ‘Tina’, 2nd best,
‘Marta’, Jeanette Eichard; best in horticulture, best under
12”, best trailer, ‘Pixie Blue’, 2nd best trailer, ‘Pixie Pink’,
best gesneriad, ‘Aesehynathis’, Peg Belanger; 2nd best in
horticulture, and best 12” - 16”, ‘Quasar’, sweepstakes
(14 blue ribbons), best jumbo over 16”, ‘Vern’s Delight’,
Brother Blaise 2nd best jumbo over 16”, ‘Targeteer’, best
novice, ‘Betty’, John Mashuta; 2nd best under 12”, ‘Fan
Fare’, Eileen Paco; best semimini, ‘Royal Trinket’, Bev
Sweet; best mini, ‘Midget Bon Bon’, Bertha Archambault;
2nd best mini, ‘Tiny Sparkles’, Vincent BaUirano; ,2nd
best novice, ‘Betty’, Joseph Mintel.

“Practice Makes Perfect” was the theme of the first
night Jewel Box show held by the VIOLETS AFTER
FIVE AVS, It was explained that Jewel Box is a term
used for small shows rather than a mini show, which
sometimes gets cpnfused with the mini violet plant. Win¬
ners were: Sweepstakes, Mrs. Conway Sloan; best in show,
‘Denise’, Kim Joseph Kabasek; 2nd best, ‘Pink Diamond’,
Hank Thomasson; best in libtary class, ‘Country Frolic’,
John Sallinger; best in Town and Country class, ‘Mars’,
Mrs. A. L. Robinson. Mrs, Mary McFarland was show
chairman.

The Daily Review and the St. Mary Journal, two news¬
papers of Morgan City, LA devoted several pages of their

daily editions to the ATCHAFALAYA AVS’ show and
many pictures were shown of the show winners and their
winning plants. The show drew 650 entries at the Morgan
City Municipal Auditorium. Among winners were: AVSA
Best Collection (Gold Rosette), ‘Chanticleer’, ‘Spring
Deb’, ‘Granger’s Bandmaster’, best in show, ‘Spring Deb’,
2nd best ‘Sailor’s Dream’, best mini, ‘Mingo’, sweepstakes
in horticulture, Myrlie Thomas; sweepstakes runner-up, L.
T. Ozio, Jr.; AVSA 2nd best Collection (Purple Rosette)
‘Sweet Mary’, ‘Happy Harold’, ‘Mary D’, Dixie Russo;
best semimini, ‘Sparky’, best single purple, plain foliage,
‘Purple Gold’, Shirley McCann; best mini trailer, ‘Dixie
Blue’, Betty Boudreaux; best variegated, ‘Happy Harold’,
Alice Ramirez; best standard trailer, ‘Violet Trail’, Fran
Allison; novel container, ‘Firebird’, Ann Dowden. Theme
of the show was “Violets— A Paradise of Beauty”.

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Our Thanks,
Apologies

Mrs. H. L. Holt
Publicity Chairman
AVSA 'll Convention

The Metropolitan St. Louis AVS thanks all
those who volunteered their help in various capaci¬
ties at our 1977 convention. At times we needed
help - your response to our calls was most gratify¬
ing.

Our apologies for the fact that we did not have
enough space and time to arrange all those beauth
ful plants for display as we would have liked. We
were bulging at the seams and did not have any
excess to “let out”. We did not anticipate having
nearly 800 entries in the horticulture and design
divisions plus many special exhibits (yearbooks,
newsletters, educational and promotional ex¬
hibits). We had asked for your entries and your
response was terrific.

Texas has oodles of space so let^s have a repeat
performance next year. See ya’ll in Austin in ’78.

RUTH CAREY TRANSFERS
COPYRIGHT TO AVSA

At the AVSA Convention in St. Louis, MO
Ruth Carey, author of the “African Violet Hand¬
book for Judges and Exhibitors” has transferred
the handbook’s copyright to AVSA. The copyright
will give AVSA the exclusive right to reproduce,
publish and sell the matter and form of the hand¬
book.

African Violet Magazine, September, 1977

39

Demand Increasing for
Flowering House plants

Dale Eyerdom
Granger Gardens
1060 Wilbur Road
Medina, OH 44256

(This talk was made at a short course held by the Ohio Florists Association in Columbus, OH)

The African violet, or if more sophistication is
needed, the Saintpaulia has evolved from a pro¬
motional give-away item of the forties to major
prominence in the American house plant scene.
Not too many years ago, if an organization needed
a cheap impulse item to attract customers, a free
violet was the answer. This is no longer the case,
and we at Granger Gardens are happy for the
change.

Our experience in this field encompasses over
30 years, and three generations of specializing in
African violet production, mainly devoted to the
production of new varieties through hybridization
rather than volume output. It seems that the long¬
er we are involved, the more we need to know and
learn if we are to operate a profitable business. I
doubt that there is anyone in the room with nerve
enough to make the Saintpaulia their major crop,
but for those who would consider it as a profitable
supplemental crop, this talk is directed.

There are many factors leading to the increased
demand for flowering house plants. Genetic and
mutagenic advances have resulted in producing a
superior product to that available thirty years ago.
The advent of home air conditioning, fluorescent
light gardening, and perhaps most of all, the in¬
terest by a younger generation has opened new
sales areas never before possible. The air condition¬
ing has given the homeowners in the deep southern
states the chance to raise flowering house plants
where previously it had been too hot to do suc¬
cessfully. The versatility of the plant along with
longevity certainly must be dominant factors be¬
hind their acceptance. Whatever the reasons may
be, I feel that they are here to stay. The recom¬
mendations I will give may not apply to all specific
growing areas, and may not be adaptable to your
existing greenhouse conditions but are meant as
general guidelines.

TEMPERATURE requirements are somewhat
higher than for other crops, with rooted cuttings
ad small starter plants needing a minimum of 75
F to a maximum of 80 F for rapid, even growth.
After sufficient plant size has been reached, drop¬
ping the temperature to the 65 to 70 F range will

bring out the size and color potential the variety is
capable of producing. Thermal optimums during
the different stages of growth will have significant
bearing on early maturity and the stimulus to in¬
duce flowering. Temperature also is an important
factor in bringing out the variations in blossom
type, and color variations, such as the so-called
white Geneva edging which may disappear altoget¬
her in an environment where the temperature is
too high. This also applies to the fullness of the
doubles and size potential of the newer hybrids.
Blooms capable of IV2” diameter size may not
reach half that amount if carried too warm. Since
the selling point of the violet today is the depar¬
ture from the small, dull, single bloom of the past,
care should be exercised to provide these tempera¬
ture requirements if a serious effort is made by the
grower.

LIGHT intensities involve many variables re¬
garding plant age. The photo-period best re¬
sponsible for blossom superiority is that of equal
light and dark to get the most from today’s hy¬
brids. The combination of light and temperature
cannot be overlooked since too high temperatures
with too little light will result^ in poor quality
flower stems. The opposite condition, that of too
much light intensity, will result in hard, brittle
growth with overall foliar sunburn and the appear¬
ance of the plant being stunted. The fact that the
African violet will grow easily in the home and
bloom under low light intensities may create a
problem to the commercial grower due to the fact
that there are not too many crops compatible with
them that they may be raised in the same house.
Even gloxinas tend to stretch when raised in some
violet houses. The rule of thumb regarding light is
to observe the plants. A long, light green foliage
would indicate light starvation with accompanying
lack of bloom. A short-coupled, bleached-out
plant with extremely short leaf and blossom stems
would indicate the plant is receiving too much
light. Sunburn of the leaf surface may be apparent
with the condition. Blossom tissue will scorch first
— watch for this indicator. A relatively heavy coat¬
ing of shade material on the greenhouse exterior is

African Violet Magazine, September, 1977

40

a must for glass houses from April to October in
Northern Ohio. This not only shades, but stops the
heat from entering your house. Foot-candle ratings
of 600-1200 have been suggested with shorter pho¬
toperiods for the higher ratings.

SOIL or SOIL SUBSTITUTES may be used de¬
pending on which is the most available and eco¬
nomical to the individual. We are using a well-
drained mineral soil due to the fact that we have
all the components located on our farm, namely, a
fertile heavy clay loam topsoil, and a muck deposit
of high lime from sedge and reed peat. The basic
potting mix is 2/3 peat and 1/3 clay loam. To this
we add about 10% coarse concrete sand, super¬
phosphate, and some dolomitic limestone to reach
a pH level of from 6.8 to 7.2. This mix is used for
our 2/4” plant production. We also raise a 3V^”
plant and we lighten the soil somewhat by the
addition of 14 by volume of Premier peat or equi¬
valent, this for additional drainage since we are
using plastic pots. For clay pots I don’t think that
the additional peat will be necessary. I think that
the trend today is toward the soil substitute rather
than mineral soil due to the fact that cost factor in
preparing soil is becoming more dominant in the
profit and loss column, plus the inconsistency of
so-called topsoils which must be purchased by the
grower. The soil substitute referred to is of the UC
or Cornell mix type preparation. The one serious
drawback to the soil substitute is that greater care
must be exercised in nutrient needs of the crop. A
conscientious program of feeding must be follow¬
ed to insure the major and minor element needs.

REGARDING PLANT NUTRITION, a well-
balanced, water-soluble plant food of a 1-2-1 ratio
should be ample. As stated earUer, if soil substitu¬
tes are used, more emphasis must be placed on the
addition of a well-balanced minor element or trace
element feeding program. Experience has proven
that overfeeding can be a more severe problem
than underfeeding since overfeeding can actually
kill the plant. The exchange capacity of mineral
soils help serve as a buffer to avoid problems of
quick deficiencies or excesses. Remember that any
fertilizing program will not be effective if the pH is
not in the general 6.5 to 7.2 range due to the fact
that insoluble compounds may be formed rather
than useful plant foods if extremes in acidity or
alkalinity exist.

I favor the use of the constant feed method
through an injection system. We hose water, and
whether much nutrient is absorbed through the
foliage is debatable. A typical stock solution of a
15-30-15 fertilizer is 3/4 pounds to one gallon of
water for a 1:100 injector. We have not used the
slow release type fertilizer as a soil additive so de¬

cline comment. It may be valuable in the soilless
mix.

DISEASES of the Saintpaulia are of a minor
nature providing clean cultural practices are fol¬
lowed. Laboratory diagnosis of pathogens indicat¬
ing the presence of Botrytis, Pythium, Sclerotina,
or many of the other common fungi can usually be
traced back to a poorly managed growing opera¬
tion or an incomplete steam sterilizing program, if
one factor must be all important in disease-free
plants, it must be soil sterilizing of all flats,
benches, and pots used. The common term crown
rot can usually be traced to an incomplete steam¬
ing job or adverse environmental conditions such
as poor ventilation, overwatering, or a soil that will
not drain properly. It is true that the final causa¬
tive factor contributing to the death of the plant can
be an identifiable fungus pathogen, but chances
are that if clean growing practices were followed,
that plant would not have been damaged. There
can be one drawback to steam sterilization of
mineral soils, and that is the temporary release of
soluble salts or manganese toxicity. Both condi¬
tions can be controlled or minimized by leaching
on the first few waterings.

(To Be Continued)

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Judging Schools
Set For October

Three AVSA judging schools have been fully
registered to be held this fall. They are as follows:

Oct. 11-12, Central Florida AVS, Mrs. Charles
Clark, chairman, 1232 Henry Balch Drive, Or¬
lando, FL 32810.

Oct. 11-12, Northshore AVS, Susan Tirzmalis,
chairman, 48 Terry Road, North Port, NY 11768.

Oct. 20-22, New York State AVS, Robert E.
Casey, chairman, 218 Beley Avenue, Mattydale,
NY 13211.

Affihates planning judging schools are asked to
send their registration for the school to Mrs. W. J.
Krogman, 1325 Parkway Drive, Brookfield, WI
53005.

MAGAZINE BINDERS

Sold only in pairs, $7.00 a pair postpaid.

Send order and check to AVSA, P. O. Box

1326, Knoxville, TN 37901

African Violet Magazine, September, 1977

41

Fm A Tired Mini - Always Movin' On!

Montine (Monty) Dale
1432 West 103-rd Ave.

Denver, CO 80221

I’ve almost lost count of the times I’ve moved.
In a manner of speaking, I was even evicted once.

My life began in a very normal way. When I was
a baby in a flower shop, a real nice lady bought me
to add to her collection of minis. She gave me aU
the love and care a mini could ask for. Then one
day it happened! I still shudder to think about it.

The Mister was a very patient man. He went so
far as to smoke his pipe on the patio so as not to
harm the violets (The Missus insisted the smoke
may be harmful to their health). One day when he
came home from work and went to the basement
to get a pair of pHers, he almost had apoplexy!
Part of his precious work bench had been con¬
verted to a VIOLET NURSERY! Well he hit the
ceiling! He hadn’t complained when violets took
over the living room, the dining room, the kitchen
and even the bath room, but THIS was too much!
Racing up the basement stairs two at a time he
stormed into the kitchen where the Missus was
preparing dinner and yelled, “Why in heaven’s
name did you put those * t ! * ! violets on my
WORK BENCH?” The Missus opened her mouth
to justify the dastardly deed she had committed
but thinking better of it she meekly promised to
get rid of them . . . which she did and I was one of
the group.

Even tho I missed my old home and my mini
buddies, my new home wasn’t too bad. I made
friends right away with ‘Little Clown’, ‘Window
Blue’, ‘Nymph Fly’ and many others. Miss Aggie
was familiar with all my needs and under her care I
flourished and grew and was very happy there.
Then one day her sister became quite ill and Miss
Aggie had to go and live with her — so I was on the
move again.

When Miss Aggie gave me to Aunt Sis, her
next-door neighbor, (a skinny, nearsighted little
old lady) Aunt Sis cuddled me in her hands and
holding me close to her eyes “oooed” and
“aaahed” and squeaked, “How beautiful! How
perfectly beautiful!” I knew I cut quite a figure
with my glossy leaves and eyecatching blossoms,
but this was ridiculous.

Aunt Sis was good to me giving me proper
food, water, light and humidity, but she didn’t see
the mealy bugs that were eating me alive. Finally
she noticed something was wrong with me. In an¬
swer to her frantic phone call. Mama Potts, a
plump, good natured, middleaged lady (also a vio¬

let grower) came over to examine me. Looking me
straight in the blossoms (what was left of them)
she “cooed”, “You poor little dear . . , you are a
pitiful-looking sight”. What little ego I had left hit
zero by that remark. She offered to take me home
and see what she could do for me. Aunt Sis, who
was sure I was well on the way to violet heaven,
urged Mama to keep me and try to save me.

Mama took me home and promptly de-mealy-
bugged me. Then she tucked me in a 214” plastic
pot in good planting soil mixed with a small
amount of charcoal, and enough perlite, ver-
miculite and peat moss to make a loamy mixture.
Next she watered me with WARM water and
placed me about 7 to 10 inches under fluorescent
lights keeping them on 14 hours a day.

Every time my soil became dry to the touch,
she watered and fed me with WARM water con¬
taining a small amount of good plant food ... 14
teaspoonful to one gallon of water. She thought it
was better to keep me on a steady diet rather than
run the risk of burning my leaves by too much
food at intervals. She was always careful not to
leave me sitting in it which could cause my death
by crown rot.

I can adapt fairly well to excesses in tempera¬
ture one way or the other, but I thrive best in 70
to 75 degrees with a 5-to-lO-degree drop at night.
This Mama arranged.

Fresh air is beneficial to my health so long as it
doesn’t blow directly on me. Mama aired the
house every day except in cold weather; then she
opened the windows in an adjacent room allowing
the air to warm before it reached me.

Humidity is another must for my proper
growth; between 50 and 60 degrees is about right.
Fortunately for me Mama had a humidifier.

Being unkempt was a no-no with Mama. She
removed my dead blossoms, dead leaves and suck¬
ers. She gave me a bath when I was dusty. Holding
me over the kitchen sink, she used a gentle WARM
spray tilting me slightly so as to keep the water off
my crown.

When Mr. Potts retired, he and Mama took a
trip to Europe. Friends took what violets they
could accommodate to care for the while. Nancy,
Mama’s daughter, took me among other minis to
her house.

Cats are all right in their place but when they

African Violet Magazine, September, 1977

42

walk around between the violets switching their
tails over leaves and blossoms trying to find a
choice spot for a nap, that is too much! Ma Puss,
Nancy’s cat did just that when she wanted a rest
from her latest litter of kittens. By the time Mama
returned from her trip and took me home, I was a
mess — cat hair all over me. Mama gently brushed
me and gave me a warm bath like she does when
I’m dusty. I felt like my old self again. To add to
my joy at being home with her again, she bought
several new minis to keep me company.

‘Tiny Sparkles’ ~ Double burgundy flowers
tipped with white dots. Lush dark green leaves,

‘Mingo’ - Not one of the latest but a beauty
with double red blossoms and forest green foliage.

‘Doodle Pink’ - A real eye-catcher. Bright
double pink blossoms with yellow stamens. Small
dark green girl foliage.

‘Tiny Blue’ - One of the best. Double blue
flowers . . . tiny glossy dark green leaves.

‘Calico Kitten’ - Net a newcomer but still going
strong. Double blue blossoms with tiny variegated
leaves.

Now that I’m with Mama again . . . flourishing
under her TLC and happy with my fellow
minis . . . I’m no longer “A TIRED MINI
ALWAYS MOVIN’ ON”

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Violet Shows
Can Be Fun!

Mrs. Edward Fisher
10 Grantview Lane
St. Louis, MO 63123

It is the time of year when our plans begin to
formulate for the next flower show. The duty of
the President is to appoint a General Chairman for
the show. The person she selects should be quali¬
fied to choose her chairmen.

The first chairmen she should appoint are the
Schedule Chairman and the Staging Chairman.
These chairmen will work closely with the Proper¬
ties Chairman.

The place for the show should be determined
by the committee. After this decision is made, the
committee decides the space area available to stage
with Horticulture and Design Entries. A floor plan
is made and the schedule committee starts to plan
the classes. This committee will spend many hours
writing and rewriting, planning and measuring
floor space, determining background sizes and
colors. All classes should be limited to the number
of entries. This makes a more balanced show.

Finally all other chairmen are chosen and the
schedule is ready for the Exhibitors.

The exhibitor has breathlessly waited for the
schedule and after carefully and hastily reading it,
decides which class they would like to enter. Since
all classes are limited, they rush to get their entry
in. The class is filled, hopefully, and now closed to
more entries. We have reserved the space for our
beautiful design or specimen plants.

What happens the morning of the show? There
are some empty spaces. Where is the Exhibitor?

It is the responsibility of the Exhibitor to fol¬
low through with the Designs or Specimen Plants.
If an emergency has arisen and it is impossible to
do, have some one else fill your reserved space.
The Committee has worked many hours on the
planning and execution of the Show and you, who
do not follow through, may just be the one who
keeps your Club from getting an award on the
show.

Be a good sport. There can only be one blue
ribbon in a class but experience means a lot, so
enter and have fun, win or lose.

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Do You Have Your
Master Variety List?

The African Violet Master Variety List,
No. 3, is now available from the AVSA of¬
fice in Knoxville. The price is $3.50.

Included in this Master Variety List are
names of all registered cultivars from No. 1
to No. 2802.

Registrations before 1976 will no longer
be listed in the African Violet Magazine and
the complete registration list will not be re¬
printed in subsequent MVL publications.

So you see why this is a MUST! So order
now from AVSA, P. O. Box 1326, Knox¬
ville, TN 37901 while we have these in
stock. The Master Variety Lists No. 1 and
No. 2 are no longer available.

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BUY SMALL AMOUNTS

Buy small amounts of poisons so you won’t
have quantities left over from year to year. Store
in places inaccessible to children, in dry places that
will neither freeze nor be subject to over 85 degree
heat.

Mix up, in a ventilated area, only what you’ll
need. Better to refill than have excess.

African Violet Magazine> September, 1977

43

SHOWS AND JUDGES

(NOTE; All rule changes relating to show, judges, and judging will become effective November 1, 1977.)

SHOW PROCEDURE

A, An African violet show should have the following
committees: General Show Chairman, Staging,
Schedule, Entries, Classification, Publicity, Judges,
Hospitality, Cleanup and Properties.

B. For duties of above committees, see the AFRICAN
VIOLET HANDBOOK FOR JUDGES AND EXHI¬
BITORS.

GENERAL SHOW RULES

A. All varieties shall be accepted in the specimen classes
of convention shows except in the collection class
which shall be limited to registered varieties, all of
which shall be of the same type, either standards,
miniatures, semiminatures, or trailers, either stan¬
dards or miniatures.

B. Plants for specimen classes, seedlings, and those in
the unusual, novel, or decorative containers shall
have been in the possession of the exhibitor at least
three months and shall be planted in the container.

C. Specimen plants in amateur and commercial classes
shall be single crown except plants in the species and
trailer classes which may be multiple crown.

D. All plants with suckers shall be disqualified from
single crown classes.

E. Seedlings (never before exhibited at an AVSA
convention show) shall have been grown from seed
by the exhibitor or rights released by hybridizer.

F. Pots or containers for specimen plants shall be in
proportion to the size of the plant. Any shape of pot
for specimen entries shall be permitted in conven¬
tion shows, but pots shall be uniformly covered.
Local show committees shall have the authority to
make their own rule as to type of pot permitted.

G. No special labels shall be allowed on plants in the
show,

H. No flared-top pots, supports or collars shall be per¬
mitted under foliage.

I. There shall be classes for commercial exhibitors in
horticulture, and they shall not enter amateur
classes. They may enter the design classes.

J. The height, width, and depth of niches for all design
classes must be stated in the schedule.

K. A card shall accompany all entries in design classes
giving the names of varieties used, together with de¬
scription of all other materials. This rule shall be
included in convention schedules. It should be fol¬
lowed in affiliate shows, if possible, but is not man¬
datory.

L. In arrangement sections, some classes using fresh-cut
African violet blossoms, with or without other cut
plant material, shall be included. The schedule may
also include classes in which only African violet fol¬
iage, with or without other plant foliage, is featured.

M. At convention shows, commercial and amateur ex¬
hibitors shall be permitted to dismantle their dis¬
plays after the show closes on Friday.

N. For rules covering AVSA awards, refer to awards.

O. The number of educational entries in the convention

show shall be limited to three entries, the space to be
allowed each educational exhibit shall be determined
by the local show committee.

P. In affiliate shows, judges shall be permitted to use
National Council scales of points for judging any
classes in the design division for which AVSA does
not have a scale of points.

Q. If AVSA Collection Awards are offered in an affili¬
ate show, all AVSA members shall be eligible to
compete unless there is a rule in the schedule stating
that it is limited to local affiliate members.

R. In affiliate shows, all schedules shall include a rule
that only blue ribbon plants and designs are eligible
for any special awards.

S. In affiliate shows, a separate class may be included
for any hybridizer’s plants, if agreeable with the lo¬
cal members, providing the rule of no special labels is
observed.

COMMERCIAL SHOW RULES

A. General: Same rules and regulations shall apply as
for amateur entries, where applicable, such as time
for entries, time for dismantling, et cetera.

B. No colored lights which distort or enhance the color
shall be allowed on commercial displays at conven¬
tion shows.

C. Specimen plant class: Commercial horticulture divi¬
sion.

1. Entries shall be open to all AVSA commercial
members who do not have display table entries.

2. An exhibitor may enter any number of African
violets, species, or other gesneriads but only
one plant of the same variety in each class.

3. Any number of seedlings may be entered pro¬
vided they have been originated by the exhibi¬
tor or released rights given in writing.

D. Collection class: Rules governing AVSA Collection
Awards shall apply.

1. Entries shall be open to all AVSA commercial
members who do not haveia display table.

E. Display tables (for plants only, not for merchandise)

1. Entries shall be open to all commercial mem¬
bers who do not have an entry in the commer¬
cial horticulture division.

2. Each display table shall contain not less than 15
and not more than 25 plants. Three miniatures
or semiminiatures shall count as one specimen
plant and be judged as one unit.

3. The display shall be predominately (at least
75%) African violets.

4. Other gesneriads may be included in the 25
plants and will be judged.

5. All plants shall be single crown plants except
species and trailers.

6. No other plant material, such as ivy or philo¬
dendron, shall be used in decorating or staging
the display.

7. Plants shall be merit judged by appropriate
AVSA scales of points.

8. Each plant entered in competition for New In¬
troduction Award shall be labeled designating it

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44

as such: new introduction, seedling, et cetera.
These plants shall be judged by the AVSA scale
of points for seedlings.

9. Entries for New Introduction Award shall have
been originated by the exhibitor or released
rights given in writing and not previously shown
at an AVSA convention.

10. The host group shall provide three-tiered tables
in the shovr room for commercial display table
entries. Tables will be uniform in size, cover

■ and sign for commercial names.

11. The Best Display Table award shall be awarded
to the exhibitor who receives the highest num¬
ber of points accumulated as follows: blue
rosette, 15 points; red rosette, 13 points; white
rosette, 10 points; blue ribbon, 5 points; red
ribbon, 3 points; white ribbon, 1 point.

12. Sheets shall be prepared for judges to record
points won and total to show how trophies are
determined for Best Display Table Awards.

DEFINITIONS

Amateur grower: One who grows African violets for plea¬
sure and not as a business; one who pays individual
membership dues.

Bloom stalk: A spray of blossoms on a stem that grows
between the leaves.

Bubble bowl: A transparent container either enclosed
showing a bubble at the top or open at the top having
a design under water and which shall be an entry in
the arrangement section of the design division. Do not
deduct points if air bubbles are present.

Bud: An unopened or partly open blossom. In a flower
show, buds cannot qualify as blossoms except in seed¬
lings, sports and mutants.

Collection: A group of specimens, minimum of three
plants, judged for its horticultural value. Number of
potted plants may vary from 3 to 6 depending on
whether they are standard or dwarf.

Commercial grower: All persons or firms who advertise
consistently and/or sell one thousand (1,000) or more
African violet plants or leaf cuttings annually or who
manufacture or advertise for sale, fertilizer, disease
and insect control materials, equipment, tools, or any
other merchandise pertaining to or applicable to grow¬
ing African violets.

Condition: The physical growth of a plant at the time it is
judged.

Cultivar: Named horticultural variety as distinguished
from a natural variety of a species.

Disbud: To remove buds or bud stems in order to hold
back the blossoms opening until a later period, such as
at exhibition time.

Dish garden: A planting in any open type container plant¬
ed in soil. It may be planted in clear glass, dishes, or
any other type of container, but it must not have a
cover.

Display: Usually an exhibit covering an exact area of floor
space planned for decorative effect and cultural per¬
fection and judged as such.

Disqualify: To remove an exhibit from consideration of
the judges because of some defect which is the exhibi¬
tor’s fault or did not conform to schedule. When time
permits, the reason for disqualification should be writ¬
ten on a card and placed by entry.

Eliminate: To remove an exhibit from the consideration
of the judges which for some reason (disease, etc.)
would have little chance to win an award.

Enlarged pistils: Varieties showing early formation of en¬
larged pistils while the blossoms are still fresh but have
not dropped are not to be considered as seed pods.

Entry: A single plant or unit before it is placed in a speci¬
fic class in the show.

Exhibit: Once an entry is accepted by the classification
committee it becomes an exhibit. This also applies to
educational exhibits entered for noncompetitive pur¬
poses.

Foliage: The leaf of a plant.

Geneva varieties: Only those with white edge around the
blossom.

Hybrid: A plant grown from seed as a result of breeding
or cross-pollinating different varieties or species.

Miniature plant: The average size mature plant may be up
to 6 inches across; blossoms can be any size with 6 to
12 blossoms per plant; foliage small.

Multicolored blossom: Those with two or more colors.

Niche: A recessed space. No part of the plant material
should touch the sides or back; neither must it extend
beyond the limits of the box.

Pedicel: The stem supporting a single flower in a cluster.

Peduncle: The main stem in a flower cluster.

Petiole: The part of the plant between the leaf and stalk;
usually called the stem.

Seedling: A plant grown from seed.

Semidouble blossom: A blossom having more than five
petals, such as an extra crest or tuft at the center of
the blossom, but less than a full row of secondary
petals.

Semiminiature plant: The average size mature plant may
be up to 8 inches across; leaf and blossom size op¬
tional; may be large or small with 6 to 20 blossoms per
plant.

Shadow box: A recessed lighted space with a complete
frame, such as a picture frame,' which has shadows
projected on the background or has shadows silhouet¬
ted on a translucent foreground.

Sport or mutant: Plants which differ in some characteris¬
tics from the parent.

Standard Show: An African violet show sponsored by one
or more AVSA affiliates conforming to AVSA require¬
ments as set forth in the AVSA Standard Show scale
of points; not a violet section of a show sponsored by
a garden club, horticultural society, other plant so¬
ciety, exposition or fair.

Sucker: The beginning of a new plant which forms near
the base of the plant or in the axil where the petiole
joins the main plant stem and which has developed
four leaves with no evidence of bud formation.

Terrarium: A planting in soil in a transparent, covered con¬
tainer, and which shall be an entry in the artistic plant¬
ing section of the design division.

Two-tone: A blossom with light and dark values of the
same color.

Variegated foliage: Foliage having a combination of two
or more of the following colors: white or light green,
rose, red, wine, coppery pink, cream, chartreuse and
dark green.

Variety: Plants with characteristics which remain the
same for a group of plants in the same family or genus.
Any group of lower rank than a species.

JUDGING POLICY

A.. Accredited AVSA judges shall judge specimen plant
classes. National Council judges may serve on panels
forjudging design classes and/or the AVSA Standard
Show Award.

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45

B. Three judges shall serve on each panel or group of
judges.

C. In judging specimen plants, no special consideration
shall be given any particular method of lighting used
in their culture.

D. At convention shows, the gesneriad section ’shall be
checked for proper labeling and identification before
judging.

E. One gesneriad judge shall be included, if possible, in
the panel which judges gesneriad classes other than
African violets.

F. In judging a specimen plant, buds shall not be con¬
sidered as blossoms except in judging seedlings,
sports, and mutants.

G. The number of points (according to the scale of
points) necessary to win ribbons shall be: blue, 90 -
100 points; red, 80 - 89 points; white, 70 -79 points,

H. In case of a tie in the number of blue ribbons for
sweepstakes, red ribbons, and if necessary white rib¬
bons, shall be counted.

I. The scales of points used to judge specimen plants in
the commercial division shall be the same as that
used for specimen plants in the amateur division.

SCALES OF POINTS*

A. Horticulture classes

1. Specimen plants

a. Leaf pattern or form . 30

b. Floriferousness . 25

c. Condition . 20

d. Size and type of bloom . 15

e. Color of bloom . .10

100

2. Specimen African violet trailers

a. Form . 25

b. Floriferousness . 25

c. Condition . 25

d. Size and type of bloom . 15

e. Color of bloom . .10

100

3. Seedlings, sports, and mutants

a. Leaf pattern or form . 20

b. Floriferousness . 25

c. Size of bloom . 15

d. Condition . 10

e. Color of bloom . 10

f. Improvement or different

from any named variety . .20

100

4. Plants in unusual, novel or decorative con¬

tainers.

a. Leaf pattern or form . 25

b. Floriferousness . 20

c. Relation to container . 15

d. Condition . 15

e. Size and type of bloom . 15

f. Color of bloom . .10

100

B. Design classes

1. Plantings: Naturalistic or woodland scenes, ter¬
rariums, dish gardens, et cetera.

*Details and guidelines may be found in the 1975 revision
of the AFRICAN VIOLET HANDBOOK FOR JUDGES
AND EXHIBITORS by Ruth G. Carey.

a. Design and arrangement

of planting . 40

b. Suitability of material . . .25

c. Condition . 15

d. Color combination . . 10

e. Distinction . . . ,10

100

2. African violet arrangements

a. Design . 35

b. Color combination . 20

c. Distinction and originality . . . .15

d. Relation to container . . 10

e. Condition . 10

f. Suitability of combination

of all materials . 10

100

C. Yearbooks — Maximum size 514” x 814”

(Points shown in brackets indicate how total points

are divided)

1. Cover . .5

a. Design . (1)

b. Distinction and

originality . (1)

c. Design related to violets,
program theme or locale

of affiliate . (1)

d. . Identification - affiliate

name (14); city (14);

state (14); year (14) . (2)

2. Title page . 5

a. Organization date . . (1)

b. AVSA affiliation(s) . (1)

c. AVSA affiliation date . (1)

d. Number of members . (1)

e. Number of AVSA members .... (1)

3. Other pages . .10

a. Index page (see 4a)

b. Affiliate roster . (3)

Name (14); street or box number (li);
city (14); state (14); Zip (14);
phone number (14); asterisk or
other mark to identify AVSA
members (1)

c. AVSA names & addresses an af-
filate needs: i , ^

Name (14); street or box number (14);
city and state (14); zip (14) for each

of the following:

AVSA President . (1)

AVSA Affiliate Chairman . (1)

AVSA Best Varieties Compiler . . (1)

AVSA Knoxville Office . (1)

d. Affiliate officers . (1)

e. Affiliate committee chairmen . . (1)

f. Affiliate AVSA representative .. (1)

4. Functional quality of yearbook . 5

a. Index page . (114)

b. Durable cover and pages to

withstand normal use . (114)

c. Neatness . (114)

d. Beauty . (1^4)

5. Programs - minimum of 7 study

program meetings . 35

6. Public display of violets . 10

7. Project(s) supporting AVSA . 10

a. Donations to AVSA Boyce

Edens Fund or AVSA

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D.

Booster Fund ............... (6)

b. AVSA magazine subscription

gift . (2)

c. Other AVSA proposed
continuing projects ........... (2)

8. Percentage of membership who

are AVSA members ................... ,10

(2e divided by 2d = 10 points if 100%)

9. Quality of programs according

to AVSA objective(s) .5

a. Clarity of program presentation . (2)

b. Evaluation of depth of study , . . (3)

10 Quality of projects according

to AVSA objectives , . . . .5

100

AVSA Standard Show

1. Theme and schedule ............... ...» .8

a. Originality and suitability

of theme ... ............... . (4)

b. Clear and specific schedule .... (4)

2. Staging . .20

a. Originality ................. (7)

b. Practicality (5)

c. Unity ..................... (4)

d. Beauty ... ................ . (4)

3. Horticulture division^ 30

a. Quality of specimens (10)

b. Number of specimens ........ (8)

c. Correct and legible labeling .... (7)

d. Percentage of club exhibiting . . (5)

4. Design division . .20

a. Quality , . (8)

b. Interpretation of schedule ..... (7)

c. Distinction and originality ..... (5)

5. Educational objectives ................ .12

a. Educational display .......... (8)

b. AVSA information .......... (4)

6. AVSA Collection Awards .......... ... 10

a. Entries, if any, either amateur

or commercial, or both ........ (5)

b. Gold rosette, either amateur

or commercial, if awarded ..... (3)

c. Purple rosette, and/or second

gold rosette, either amateur or
commercial, if awarded (2) _____

100

JUDGING SCHOOLS

A. A judging school shall be held in any section where
there is sufficient interest provided a qualified
teacher can be secured to teach the class.

B. Rules for local chairmen of judging schools:

1. Each group holding a judging school shall have
a local chairman whose duties shall be complete
supervision of the school regarding time, loca¬
tion, registration fee charged, and expenses, and
any other arrangements necessary for the
school.

2. The local chairman shall send to the AVSA
Shows and Judges Chairman for application
blanks on ■ which to register, the school The
school shall be registered with the AVSA chair¬
man for at least two months from the date the
application is received. No judging school shall
be approved for an enrollment of less than 5
AVSA members.

3. AVSA recommends that the course and ex¬

amination be held on different days. However,
if not possible, allow a study period before the
examination is held. The examination shall be
held within one week after the class is taught.
At the close of the class, each student shall fill
out an evaluation sheet of the teacher. The lo¬
cal chairman shall mail the evaluation sheets to
the AVSA chairman.

4. If the local chairman takes the examination,
someone else shall be secured to proctor the
examination and mail the papers to the teacher.

5, The expenses which shall be paid by the local
group shall include the teacher’s fee, travel, and
hotel expenses. Also reimbursement to teacher
for printing examination questions, point-score
sheets and mailing examination papers to stu¬
dents.

JUDGES

A. AVSA shall hold a course for qualifying judges at
each AVSA convention.

B. Only AVSA members shall be eligible to hold a
qualified judging school certificate.

1. Judges shall be required to grow at least 25
African violet plants consisting of 15 registered
varieties and shall continue to meet this require¬
ment as long as they remain judges.

C. To be eligible for a certificate a student shall:

1. Attend the entire session to be eligible to take
the examination when a judging school is held
for just one day. Attend at least one day to be
eligible to take the examination if the school is
held for more than one day,

2. Make a grade of 70 or above on the written
examination.

3. Point-score judge three African violet plants as
a part of the examination.

a. As one question, 10 points shall be given if
the student’s score on all three plants meets the
requirement of 5 points above or below the
teacher’s score. Each plant will receive 2 1/3
points for each correct score and 1 point on
each plant for comments.

b. Comments shall be part of the require¬
ments for point-score judging,

c. Students point-score judge individually, not
in panels.

4. Present to the teacher his AVSA membership
card showing he is an AVSA member in good
standing.

D. Certificates shall expire three years from date of is¬
sue.

E. Certificates may be renewed by taking a judging
school course at any AVSA convention or local
school approved by AVSA. To become Lifetime
Judges, see requirements for such certificates.

F. A certificate shall automatically expire if the judge is
not an AVSA member in good standing. However, if
AVSA membership is renewed within three months
such judge shall be eligible to resume judging.

G. Judges shall not charge forjudging shows other than
traveling and hotel expenses.

LIFETIME JUDGES

A. AVSA shall issue lifetime certificates to qualified

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47

judges who have observed the following rules and

regulations:

1. Shall have been a qualified AVSA judge for at
least six years.

2. Attended at least three judging courses ap¬
proved by AVSA, making a grade of 85 or
above on each of them.

3. Judged five African violet shows sponsored by
any affiliate or AVSA convention show. At
least three of the above shall have been judged
by panels.

4. Shall keep informed of all new rules pertaining
to shows and judges published in the AFRICAN
VIOLET MAGAZINE and latest edition of the
AFRICAN VIOLET HANDBOOK FOR
JUDGES AND EXHIBITORS.

5. Shall always grow at least 50 African violets
consisting of at least 25 registered varieties.

6. A judge whose certificate has expired may re¬
new. After the renewed certificate has been ef¬
fective for one year, such a judge may apply for
lifetime certificate. Qualifications earned before
the certificate expired may be included when
submitting qualifications for the lifetime certi¬
ficate.

7. A fee of Sl.OO shall be submitted to AVSA
Shows and Judges Chairman for a set of ques¬
tions with spaces for answers. The fee shall
cover printing and mailing expenses. Notice of
application shall be in the June AFRICAN VIO¬
LET MAGAZINE. Answers shall be mailed by
October 1 of the current year for three con¬
secutive years after which answers shall be re¬
quired every third year. Passing grade of 93
shall be required.

a. Failure to submit review examination shall
automatically invalidate certificate.

b. Lifetime judges whose grade on review
drops below the required 93 shall be dropped as
lifetime judges. They shall be permitted to re¬
tain a status of qualified judge for a one year
period. After this one year period, they may
apply again with review questions. Should they
fail a second time, they shall go back to regular
judge status for one year after which they will
be required to attend a judging school every
three years.

c. Judges shall be permitted to use the AFRI¬
CAN VIOLET MAGAZINE or AFRICAN VIO¬
LET HANDBOOK FOR JUDGES AND EX¬
HIBITORS in answering questions.

8. Upon receiving a grade of 93 on first review
questions, a permanent gold lifetime certificate
shall be issued. Thereafter, a regular certificate
will be issued showing the date when the next
questions will be due.

9. If attending AVSA convention, they shall serve
as judges or clerks if needed.

10. When applying for lifetime certificate, $1 fee
for the questions shall be submitted to the
AVSA Shows and Judges Chairman with- the
following information:

a. List of all AVSA judging school courses
taken, grade, teacher, date, city, and state of
each class.

b. Names of affiliates of five shows judged,
also dates, city, and state.

c. For each show judged (with exception of

convention shows) schedules, signed by local
judges chairmen, shall be submitted,

d. No information, schedules, or other material
shall be returned unless a stamped envelope is
sent.

11. Lifetime certificates shall be revoked if judges
fail to follow the rules and regulations of
AVSA.

TEACHERS

A. Requirements:

1. To be eligible for a teacher’s certificate, an ap¬
plicant shall have:

a. Been an AVSA member for five years.

b. Completed three judging school courses,
making a grade of 90 or above on each, over a
five year period.

c. Served as a qualified judge for at least three
shows during the last three years before apply¬
ing.

2. The applicant shall compile a list of 25 ques¬
tions and answers based on information in the
AFRICAN VIOLET HANDBOOK FOR JUD¬
GES AND EXHIBITORS. Answers shall be
given in the applicant’s own words with the ex¬
ception of rules which may be quoted verbatim.
When these requirements are satisfactorily com¬
pleted and the application approved, the AVSA
Shows and Judges Chairman shall issue a
teacher’s certificate. AVSA Shows and Judges
Chairman may revoke a teacher’s certificate if
the rules are not followed.

3. If AVSA sponsors a class for teachers, they
shall attend if possible.

4. Teachers, except those holding lifetime certifi¬
cates, shall be required to renew their judges’
certificates every three years, maintaining a
grade of 90 or above on each examination
thereafter. AVSA judges’ certificates may be
issued only for a judging school taught by a
qualified AVSA teacher.

5. Teachers desiring to become lifetime judges
shall be required to meet the same qualifica¬
tion? as other lifetime judges.

B. Rules:

1. Upon receiving a request to teach a school,
teachers must submit to AVSA Shows and
Judges Chairman for approval a complete set of
the exact questions and answers in the order in
which they will be given to the students, at
least four weeks prior to the date of the class.
These questions shall be returned within two
weeks from the date submitted for approval.

2. There shall be nine main questions with either
2, 5, 6 or 10 parts under at least 5 or 6 of the
questions and one question alloted for point
scoring. A different set of questions shall be
submitted for each class.

3. Teachers shall check AVSA membership card of
every student taking course and examination
at each school held to ascertain if each student
is a member in good standing. Students who are
not AVSA members may take the course, but
they shall not be eligible to receive certifica¬
tion.

4. Teachers shall give students a three-hour course
in lecture work plus the point-score judging
which shall follow. Teachers shall grade papers

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48

for each school. It is not necessary for the
teacher to hold the examination, but the
teacher shall point-score judge the three plants
which the students judge as part of the exami¬
nation. Student point-score judging shall be at
the close of the lecture period. If the local
chairman serves as proctor of the examination,
the chairman shall mail the examination papers
to the teacher. Teachers may purchase the
point-score sheets at $1.25 per 25 from the
AVSA Shows and Judges Chairman.

5. Teachers shall be permitted to charge a fee of
$15 to $25 for each school taught in addition
to travel and hotel expenses. Teachers shall also
be reimbursed for point-score sheets, printing
and examination questions, and mailing ex¬
amination papers to students.

6. When the school is approved, the AVSA Chair¬
man shall send roster sheets to the teacher who
shall return them typed in duplicate with a
space between each name. Each student taking
the examination, including those who do not
receive a passing grade, shall be listed by num¬
ber alphabetically with address and grade. With¬
in three weeks after the class is held, the
teacher shall mail the AVSA Chairman the
roster sheets with point-score sheets and ex
amination papers of three students, one whose
grade is 90 or above, one medium and one low
grade. The AVSA Chairman shall return the
examination papers and judges certificates to
the teacher who shall then mail them to the
students within two weeks.

SOCIETY AWARDS

ELIGIBILITY - CONVENTION SHOW AWARDS

A. Exhibitors in both amateur and commercial divisions
shall be AVSA members in good standing.

B. Organizations entering yearbooks shall be affiliates.

REQUIREMENTS -
CONVENTION SHOW AWARDS
AMATEUR DIVISION

A. Only blue ribbon winners in the entire show shall be
eligible for special awards.

B. No special labels shall be allowed on plants in the
show.

C. Plants shall be registered varieties published in the
AFRICAN VIOLET MAGAZINE prior to date of
convention show to be eligible for society awards;

TYPES OF AWARDS
CONVENTION AMATEUR DIVISION

A. AVSA Silver Cup shall be awarded to best registered
variety in designated classes.

B. Award of Merit Rosette and $15 cash shall be
awarded to second best registered variety in designat¬
ed classes.

C. Honorable Mention Rosette and $10 cash shall be
awarded to third best registered variety in designated
classes.

D. AVSA Collection Awards:

1. Gold rosette shall be given, when all require¬
ments are fulfilled, to the best collection ex¬

hibited as an entry in the collection class.

2. Purple rosette shall be given, when all require¬
ments are fulfilled, to the second best collec¬
tion exhibited as an entry in the collection
class.

TYPES OF AWARDS

CONVENTION COMMERCIAL DIVISION

A. Silver trophies shall be awarded to the exhibitors of
the display tables receiving the 1st, 2nd and 3rd
highest number of points and an Honorable Mention
Rosette to the exhibitor receiving the 4th highest
number of points.

B. The New Introduction Award (plaque) shall be
awarded to the hybridizer of the best new introduc¬
tion.

C. The Commercial Silver Cup shall be awarded to the
exhibitor of the best registered variety exhibited by
a commercial member who does not exhibit in the
display table section,

D. The AVSA Collection Awards:

1. Gold rosette shall be given, when all require¬
ments are fulfilled, to the best collection ex¬
hibited as an entry in the class for collections.

2. Purple rosette shall be given, when all require¬
ments are fulfilled, to the second best collec¬
tion exhibited as an entry in the class for collec¬
tions.

E. Blue, red and white rosettes as merited by competi¬
tive judging shall be awarded for

1. Horticultural perfection - all plants considered
as a group.

2. Best new introduction.

F. Blue, red and white ribbons as merited by merit
judging shall be awarded exhibits in commercial hor¬
ticulture division classes, collection class and for
plants on display tables,

G. A pink rosette shall be awarded to the best plant on
each commercial display table. This rosette shall
have no point value and shall not be included in the
accumulation of points.

AVSA MEMBER SWEEPSTAKES AWARDS

A. Three silver bowls, not exceeding four inches in di¬
ameter, and three rosettes for the most blue ribbons
in horticulture classes; two silver bowls and two
rosettes for the most blue ribbons in design classes
shall be awarded to AVSA members who win the
most blue ribbons in shows sponsored by affiliates
during the calendar year from January 1 through
December 31.

1. The President or Secretary of the affiliate shall
send to the AVSA Awards Chairman by March
1 the following information:

a. Name of organization

b. Name and address of member

c. Number of ribbons won

d. Dates and places of shows.

2. If there is a tie in blue ribbons when tabulating
to determine the sweepstakes winners; red rib¬
bons shall be counted; if a tie still exists, white
ribbons shall be counted.

3. Winners shall be announced at the annual ban¬
quet.

YEARBOOK AWARDS

A. Four awards shall be given by AVSA as follows:
first, $15; second, $10; third, $5; fourth, $4.

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49

MISCELLANEOUS AWARDS

A. Bronze Medal for Horticultural Achievement.

1. The recipient need not be a member of AVSA.

2. Two awards may be given, if warranted; one in
the field of scientific effort and one for other
horticultural achievement.

3. This award is not required to be given each
year.

B. Past President’s Pin. A special pin designated as “Past
President’s Pin” shall be presented to each AVSA
President upon retirement from office. This pin shall
be selected by the Awards Committee,

C. A Distinguished Service Certificate may be awarded
to Honorary Life Members who have continued to
give outstanding service to the society.

D. A special wallet card and certificate shall be given to
all Honorary Life Members.

E. A purple ribbon may be given at convention shows
for special exhibits or display such as yearbooks, ed¬
ucational tables, show themes, et cetera.

F. On recommendation of the Publications Committee,
no more than five (5) President’s Citation Certifi¬
cates, size 5” X 7”, may be given for outstanding
articles in the AFRICAN VIOLET MAGAZINE,
June through March issues.

G. Continuing Service Award shall be given only to
those persons who have previously received the Hon¬
orary One Year membership award. Not more than
three may be given per year.

H. Blue and red rosettes for affiliate magazines or news¬
letters in two competitive classes.

AWARD MEMBERSHIPS

See Bylaws, Article II, Section 3.

AVSA COLLECTION AWARDS

(gold and purple rosettes)

A. Awards may be given

1. At annual convention show.

2. At an African violet show which is sponsored
by one or more AVSA affiliates. The award
may not be requested for a violet section in a
show sponsored by a garden club, horticultural
society, other plant society exposition, or fair.

3. If the convention show schedule has classes for
the AVSA Collection Awards, the Awards
Chairman shall have two sets of these awards
available for the show.

4. These rosettes shall be the same for local and
convention shows.

B. A collection shall be comprised of three different
registered varieties all of which must be of the same
type either three standards, three miniatures, three
semiminiatures, or three trailers either standard of
miniature.

1. A collection shall be. exhibited in a separate
class in show,

2. Registration number of each variety shall be
given on the point-score form.

C. Exhibitor shall be an AVSA member in good stand¬
ing and shall present AVSA membership card as evi¬
dence.

D. Exhibitor may enter only one collection in a show.

E. Judging

1. Shall be by three AVSA judges.

2. Each plant shall be point scored.

3. To be eligible for these awards, each plant shall
score 90 or more points.

4. Gold rosette shall be awarded to best collec¬
tion.

5. Purple rosette shall be awarded to second best
collection.

6. Each plant shall be given the blue, red, or white
ribbon to which it is entitled, and such ribbons
shall count towards sweepstakes.

7. The plants shall be eligible for any other special
awards.

8. The entire horticulture section of the show
shall be judged by AVSA standards and by
qualified AVSA judges.

9. Judges shall present AVSA membership cards
and judges’ certificates as evidence that they are
members and judges in good standing.

F. Any affiliate may apply, once during the calendar
year from January 1 through December 31, for one
set of these awards for amateur exhibitors and one
set of these awards for commercial exhibitors. These
awards are available for shows sponsored by an affili¬
ate or for shows jointly sponsored by two or more
affiliates. These awards are not available for shows if
any joint sponsor is not an affiliate or if the same
organization is included singly and/or jointly more
than once during the year, except that State, Council
or Regional groups may also apply for all AVSA
awards once during each calendar year.

1. Affiliate Chairman shall be notified 30 days in
advance of the local show that the affiliate re¬
questing these awards is conforming to AVSA
requirements.

2. Two show schedules shall accompany the appli¬
cation for the awards.

3. Report on awards: The panel of judges shall
select one of its members to return the judges’
score sheets, whether or not the rosettes are
awarded, to the Affiliate Chairman immediately
after judging with the following information:

a. Names of exhibitors of collections.

b. Names of the varieties, including the plant
registration number of each.

4. If rosettes are not awarded, they shall be re¬
turned by the Show Chairman within one week
after the close of the show, or a penalty charge
of $2 for each rosette shall be made.

AVSA STANDARD SHOW AWARD
(SSA green and white rosette)

A. Eligibility

1. One or more affiliates may sponsor a show
either singly or jointly and may apply once dur¬
ing the calendar year of January 1 through De¬
cember 31 for this award. They may also re¬
quest the AVSA Collection Awards. “State,
Council or Regional groups may also apply for
all AVSA awards once during each calendar
year.”

2. All sponsors shall be AVSA affiliates.

3. Show shall score 90 or more points to receive
this award.

B. Requirements

1. Local Show Chairman shall apply to the AVSA
Affiliate Chairman for blank point-score sheets
for evaluating the AVSA Standard Show.

2. The Show Chairman shall receive the score
sheet for evaluating the show and green and

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50

blue cards to be displayed if one or both of the
rosettes are awarded.

3. If the SSA is not won, the judge appointed by
the Judges’ Chairman shall return both cards
and the score sheet to the Affiliate Chairman.

4. If the SSA is awarded, the rosette will be
mailed to the Show Chairman of the affiliate
when the Affiliate Chairman receives the score
sheet.

5. If the show is eligible to receive the Standard
Show Achievement Award (SSAA - two-toned
blue rosette) the Show Chairman shall be in¬
formed, but the award shall be presented at the
following AVSA convention,

6. Two schedules shall accompany the application
for the award. These schedules shall be the
same as the judges receive. One schedule shall
also be included with the point-score sheet
which the judges shall mail to the Affiliate
Chairman.

7. Regardless of the score, the point-score sheet
showing judges’ evaluation of the show shall be
mailed by one of the judges to the Affiliate
Chairman after completion of judging.

8. The results of the evaluation shall be the sole
property of the AVSA Affiliate Chairman.
However, when an affiliate fails to receive this
award, the President or Show Chairman may
write to the AVSA Affiliate Chairman to learn
where it failed.

C. Judging

1. Shall be judged by AVSA Standard Show scale
of points and AVSA scales of points shall be
used for judging entire show.

2. There is one exception: In local affiliate shows
judges shall be permitted to use National Coun¬
cil scales of points forjudging any classes in the
design division for which AVSA does not have a
scale of points.

3. Only qualified AVSA judges shall be eligible to
judge the specimen classes and for all special
awards which may be given.

4. National Council judges may judge the design
division. They may also help in judging for the
AVSA Standard Show Award.

5. Show may be judged by either merit or com¬
petitive method of judging.

6. The Show Chairman shall supply the judges
with the following information:

a. Number of members exhibiting.

b. Number of horticulture exhibits and num¬
ber of design exhibits.

Note: Two-thirds of the total number of exhi¬
bits shall be from the specimen classes.

c. Number of blue, red, and white ribbons
awarded in each division. All ribbons awarded
to AVSA members and to non-members shall
be counted®

d. Tdtal membership of group.

7. One judge shall be appointed by the Judges’
Chairman for clerical correctness of the form
and shall be responsible in case of error.

AVSA STANDARD SHOW ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
(SSAA - two-toned blue rosette)

A. Two-toned blue rosettes shall be awarded at each

AVSA convention to the affiliates that have won the

SSA (green and white rosette) with at least 95 points
during the calendar year from January 1 through
December 31.

B. All requirements under horticulture and AVSA
objectives, including the number of members ex¬
hibiting, the total number of exhibits and total mem¬
bership of the affiliate, shall be clerically correct.

C, The list of affiliates winning this award shall be
supplied by the Affiliate Chairman to the Awards
Chairman not later than March 1.

AVSA SWEEPSTAKES AWARD
FOR COUNCIL, STATE OR
REGIONAL SHOWS

A. Councils, state societies, regional or judges councils
pay 115 AVSA dues per year.

B. An award in silver, polished pewter or other suitable
material shall be purchased by the Affiliate Chair¬
man and sent to eligible affiliates upon request. for
this award. The request shall include two show
schedules. These affiliates may apply also for the
AVSA Collection awards and the AVSA Standard
Show point-score sheet.

C. This award shall be given to the exhibitor winning
the most blue ribbons in both the horticulture and
design divisions in a show.

D. While it is hoped that all winners shall be AVSA
members, this is not a requirement.

HintFroma NoviceGrower

Mrs. Harry G, Gamer
304 Buckeye Trail
Austin^ TX 78746

Do you wick water your African violets? Do
you alternate fertilizers? Because some fertilizers
are similar in color, do you forget — as I do —
which you use|l last?

Solution to having to make notes or mark con¬
tainers: Place a small, different colored glass
marble in your reservoirs for each fertilizer used -
red for 20-20-20; blue for 12-36-14, etc. It is much
simpler to keep up with only three or four colors
than to recall or catalogue which fertilizer has
been used in innumerable containers.

NAMED CULTIVARS

for

AUSTIN

1978 CONVENTION AWARDS

“Dardevd”, “Dora Baker”, “Edith V. Peterson”,
“MiUie Bkir”, “Winter Grape”, “Sandra”,
“Gevieve”, “Littlejohn”, “Bergen
Strawberry Sherbert”, “Mini Fantasy”,
“Poodle Top” and ‘Ruth Carey”.

African Violet Magazine, September, 1977

51

CONVENTION MINUTES

31st ANNUAL BOARD OF
DIRECTORS MEETING

Tuesday, April 26, 1977

The meeting convened at 8:10 P.M. in the Georgian
Room of the Chase Park Plaza Hotel, St. Louis, MO with
President Melva Nelson presiding. The invocation was
given by Miss Edith Peterson. Parliamentarian Mrs.
Thomas J. Edmundson was present.

President Nelson introduced the director nominees.
Since the Secretary, Mrs. Hamilton, was not present she
asked for approval to appoint Elisabeth Hansen, nominee
for Secretary, to act as Secretary pro tern.

The following officers, directors and standing coni-
mittee chairmen were present: Mesdames Nelson, Garner,
Krogman, Beattie, Leary, Schroeder, Bogin, Boland, Bur¬
ton, Hawley, Merrell, Lahr, Chase, Lidiak, Richardson,
Baker, Crane, Rienhardt, Tretter, Anderson, Carey, Misses
Peterson and Garrity and Messrs Stone, McArthur, Plaster,
Watson, Buell, Absent were Mesdames Hamilton,
Huebscher, Messrs Richter, Grissom and Tinari.

Present by invitation from the President, having voice
but no vote, were director nominees Mesdames Fladt,
Lex, McKneely and Tyson with Mrs. Fiedler absent. Also
present were Mrs. Clarice Bell, Office Manager; Mrs. Grace
Foote, Editor; Gus Becker, publisher, and chairmen of
special committees Mesdames Plaster, Van Zele and Slo-
comb. Mrs. Gonzales and Frank Burton were absent.

The President appointed the following committee to
approve the convention minutes: Miss Peterson and
Mesdames Krogman and Lahr.

Reports were given by the President, First Vice Presi¬
dent, Second Vice President, Third Vice President, Trea¬
surer, Affiliate (32 Green Rosettes and 11 Blue Rosettes
awarded during the past year). Awards, Boyce Edens Re¬
search Fund, Convention Program and Convention Time
and Place Chairman.

At this time a MOTION was made by Dora Baker that
AVSA accept the invitation of the New York State Afri¬
can Violet Society to hold the 1982 convention in Syra¬
cuse, New York. Motion carried.

Dora Baker made a MOTION to change Standing Rule
on page 10, VII C to read “After convention reports are
completed, convention manuals shall be returned to Con¬
vention Time and Place Chairman.” Motion carried.

Dora Baker made a MOTION to change the Conven¬
tion Manual, page 15, 6: after “Show and Judges Chair¬
man” insert “Publication Chairman.” Motion carried.

Further reports were presented by Library, Member¬
ship and Promotion, Nominating Committee, Plant Regis¬
trations (195 registrations made by 106 applicants). Mas¬
ter Variety List, Publications, Commercial Activities,
Shows and Judges (26 judging schools held, 418 judges
certificates and 3 teachers certificates issued). Advertising
Manager, Editor, Publisher, Office Manager, Best Variety
and Honor Roll (read by Secretary pro tern). Classifica¬
tion of Miniature and Semiminiatures, Booster Fund
($689.71), Cumulative Index and Public Relations (569
new members obtained through ads placed in 4 plant pub¬
lications).

As reports are read and accepted they are filed with
the Secretary Pro tern’s original copy.

The meeting was adjourned at 10:00 P.M. until 9 A.M.
Wednesday,

x/Elisabeth H. Hansen, Secretary

x/Edith V. Peterson
x/Adeline Krogman
x/Emma Lahr

BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
Wednesday, April 27, 1977

The meeting was called to order at 9:10 A.M. in the
Georgian Room of the Chase Park Plaza Hotel, St. Louis,
MO by President Melva Nelson. Mrs. Thomas J. Edmund¬
son, Parliamentarian was present. The roll call was the
same as Tuesday evening’s meeting except that Frank
Tinari was present and Mesdames Tretter, Plaster and Van
Zele and Mr. McArthur were absent.

Frank Tinari gave the report of the Research Commit¬
tee. He made a MOTION that $1,000 be given to the
University of Wisconsin to aid in research on micro tissue
culture. Motion carried.

Gene Garner made a MOTION that Standing Rule
page 41, X B 3 be changed to read “Slide fee - $3.00 plus
return postage for individual members and AVSA Affili¬
ate organizations. Fee for non-members be raised from
$5.00 to $6.00 plus return postage. Packet fee - $2.00
plus return postage”. Add “To become effective July 1,
1977.” Motion carried.

Gene Garner moved that her recommendation for a
Library Office Assistant be employed to work a maxi¬
mum of 12 hours a week at $2.50 an hour be adopted.
Motion carried. Neva Anderson, Publications Chair¬
man, presented the following recommendations of the
Publications Committee;

Shorten convention programs in the AVM giving only
essential information needed before arrival at the conven¬
tion and give the complete hour by hour program in the
souvenier book.

Give the Advertising Manager the right to refuse ads if
a number of complaints are received.

Move the STRICTLY BUSINESS page to inside front
cover for a better format.

That all who have special assignments for magazine
material, all columnists and officers shall be ex officio
members of the Publications Committee.

Condense the Life Member list by omitting street ad¬
dresses.

Change the order of listing in the June Magazine. First
name Officers, Directors and Committee Chairmen fol¬
lowed by the Past Presidents and Honorary Life Members,
then list the Bronze Medal Winners (who have not been
listed), then Life Members.

Place ads in the back of the magazine rather than in
the front.

All recommendations were approved by the board.

Neva Anderson presented the following MOTIONS
from the Publications Committee;

That the magazine be increased by 8 pages, making a
total of 88 pages. Motion carried.

That, should an ad requesting a special plant or a
special issue of the magazine be received, give the Adver¬
tising Manager permission to return the money with a

African Violet Magazine, September, 1977

52

letter stating that such requests are published as a service
without charge, space permitting. Motion carried.

In Standing Rule on page 20, III - remove word
“back”. Change III A to read “Issues of current volume
and the two preceding volumes shall be offered for sale at
11.25 per copy.” Delete C and change B to read: “Issues
of all earlier volumes shall be at 11.00 per copy”. Motion
carried.

On page 19 change Standing Rule I B 2 - remove “List
of Teachers and Judges” and insert “Shows and Judges
Information,” Rule 1 B 3 - remove “Shows and Judges
Information” and insert “List of Teachers and Judges”.
Motion carried.

That Standing Rule, page 19 II B 1, advertising rates,
be increased by approximately 20% to the following rates,
effective January 1, 1978.

Rate per column inch Rate per page

1”@ $15.00 per inch 1/4 page $ 47.50

2” @ 12.00 per inch 1/2 page 90,00

3” @ 11.50 per inch Full page 160.00

4” @ 11.00 per inch

Motion carried.

That the BEST VARIETIES - HONOR ROLL COM¬

PILER be instructed to send copies of the committee
report or a shorter version such as the “top 25” as a
publicity promotion for AVSA. That this report be sent
early (in August) marked “for release November 1” (the
publication date for the AVM) to horticulture magazines
and those magazines in which AVSA carries promotional
ads. Motion carried.

That the Culture Folders with AVSA imprint be “free
for postage cost” be promoted in the AVM by an article
giving cost of postage for a specified number of folders.
Motion lost.

That the services of Grace Foote as Editor and Gus
Becker as printer be retained for the coming year. Motion
carried.

Ann Richardson moved that reference to motion made
re convention registration fees be stricken from the
Minutes of the Board meeting held 5/1/76 as incorrect.
Motion carried.

Ann Richardson made a MOTION to change the
Standing Rule on page 9 II A to read: “Entire Convention
(before cut off date) $6.50. After convention cut off date
$8.00.” Change B to read “One day (before cut off date)
$3.50. After convention cut off date $5,00”. Motion car¬
ried.

The meeting was recessed at 12 noon until 1:30 P.M.
in the Georgian Room.

The meeting reconvened at 1:35 P.M. in the Georgian
Room. Attendance was the same. Parliamentarian, Mrs.
Thomas J. Edmundson was present.

Neva Anderson made a MOTION that the committee
list published in the June 1978 AVM, the name and ad¬
dress be printed for each chairman but that committee
members be listed by name only without addresses.
Motion lost.

A MOTION was made by Edith Peterson that Stand¬
ing Rule on page 15 VI A be changed to read “Com¬
mercial members or affiliates” instead of “Individual
members or affiliates” and add the words “effective
March 1, 1978.” Motion carried.

D. J. Lidiak made a MOTION that the Standing Rule
on page 37, Rule IV A 1 be changed to read “solicit
contributions from affiliates and individuals through the
AVM column”. Motion carried.

D. J. Lidiak made a MOTION that a cross reference be
added as No. 6 under IV 5 - “Refer to Rule IV A page 11
of Standing Rules.” Motion carried.

Shows and Judges Chairman Ruth Carey announced
that the 1975 revision of The Judges and Exhibitors
Handbook is the last she would do and that she would
like to release her copyrights on the book to AVSA. How¬
ever, new copies are needed and prices were quoted for a
reprint to include the changes made since its publication.

Ellie Bogin made a MOTION that all expenses for the
transfer of the copyright to AVSA be paid by AVSA.
Motion carried.

Edith Peterson made a MOTION that AVSA arrange
for the reprint of 2,000 books with the changes made
since the last printing. Motion carried.

At the suggestion of Neva Anderson, Ruth Carey was
given a standing ovation to express the thanks of AVSA
for her generous donation of the copyright.

Ruth Carey made the following recommendations for
changes in the Standing Rules and Judges Handbook:

Standing Rule, page 7, X C 6 c (Handbook page 74, C
6 c)- change to read: “Number of blue, red and white
ribbons awarded in each division. All ribbons awarded to
AVSA members and to non-members shall be counted.”
Delete d. Correct e to d.

In Handbook on page 75 add a new 3 a - “All ribbons
awarded to AVSA members and non-members shall be
counted.” Present “a” will become 3 b.

Standing Rule, page 25, definitions (Handbook page
98) - change the definition of seedling by removing the
last four words, “of an original plant.”

Standing Rule, page 31, VIII C 3 a (Handbook page
100 C 3 a) substitute for a. “As one question, 10 points
shall be given if the student’s score on all three plants
meets the requirement of 5 points above or below the
teacher’s score. Each plant will receive 2 1/3 points for
each correct score and 1 point on each plant for com¬
ments.” Delete b and change c to b.

Standing Rule, page 34, X B 4 (Handbook page 103 B
4) - delete “$1.00” and insert “$1.25.” Delete “50” and
insert “25”.

Ruth Carey made a MOTION that these recommenda¬
tions be accepted. Motion carried.

Ruth Carey read a recommendation from Elisabeth
Hansen that the following recommendation of the New
Jersey Council of African Violet Judges be considered:
That in yearbook judging the full credit of 10 points be
based on 50% of the membership of an affiliate rather
than the 100% presently used. This percentage would be
in line with the percentage used in judging for the AVSA
Standard Show Award as a basis for reasonably expected
participation. Elisabeth Hansen made a MOTION that the
recommendation be accepted. Motion lost.

Ann Richardson made a MOTION that there be no
speaker at the Friday night banquets at the conventions.
Motion carried.

The special committee appointed to work on a plan to
recommend combining amateur and commercial divisions
of the convention shows recommended the following:
That the committee study this change for another year, at
which time a final report will be submitted to the AVSA
Board at the 1978 convention. Some of the points which
were discussed were a better definition of amateur and
commercial members and whether those who advertise in
the magazine should pay commercial dues. Mrs. Rienhardt
agreed to write an article for the magazine on commercial
membership.

Ruth Carey made a MOTION that the recommenda¬
tion be accepted. Motion carried.

Ruth Carey announced that the Judges Newsletters
would be discontinued after a final one to be sent after
convention with the new changes approved by the board.

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53

Lizeta Hamilton presented a recommendation (read by
the Secretary pro tern) that an ad hoc subcommittee be
established to review the AVSA Standing Rules.
Elisabeth Hansen made a MOTION that this recommenda¬
tion be accepted. Motion lost.

Celine Chase made a MOTION that Standing Rule,
page 4, V 2 - AVSA MEMBER SWEEPSTAKES AWARDS
(Handbook page 73 A 2) be changed to read “If there is a
tie in blue ribbons when tabulating to determine the
sweepstakes winner; red ribbons shall be counted; if a tie
still exists, white ribbons shall be counted. If still a tie,
the winner shall be selected by the drawing of names.”
Motion carried.

Celine Chase made a MOTION that Standing Rule,
page 3, V - AVSA MEMBER SWEEPSTAKES AWARDS
(Handbook page 72 A) be changed to read:

A. Two silver bowls, not exceeding four inches in
diameter, and two rosettes; for the most blue ribbons in
horticulture classes; two silver bowls and two rosettes for
the most blue ribbons in design classes shall be awarded to
the AVSA members who win the most blue ribbons in
shows sponsored by affiliates during the calendar year
from January 1 through December 1.

Ruth Carey made a MOTION that the previous motion
be amended to provide for three silver bowls and three
rosettes for the horticulture classes. Amendment carried.
Amended motion carried.

Estelle Crane, Finance Chairman, reviewed the budget.
A MOTION was made that an additional typewriter be
purchased for the Knoxville office. Motion carried.

Irene Merrell made a MOTION that AVSA purchase
100,000 entry tags to be shipped to the Knoxville office.
Motion carried.

Estelle Crane made a MOTION that the office man¬
ager, the editor and the permanent and temporary office
help be given an increase in salary to become effective
May 1, 1977. Motion carried.

The meeting was adjourned at 5:50 P.M.

x/Elisabeth H. Hansen, Secretary pro tern
x/Edith V. Peterson
x/ Adeline Krogman
x/Emma Lahr

31st ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING
Saturday, April 31, 1977

The annual business meeting of the African Violet So¬
ciety of America, Inc., was called to order at 9:40 A.M.
by President Melva Nelson in the Empire Room of the
Chase Park Plaza Hotel in St. Louis, MO. Parliamentarian
Mrs. Thomas J. Edmundson was present.

The President appointed the following committee to
approve the minutes of this meeting: Miss Peterson, and
Mesdames Krogman and Lahr.

In the absence of the Secretary, Mrs. Hamilton, the
President appointed Elisabeth Hansen, nominee for Secre¬
tary, to act as Secretary pro tern.

The following executive officers and directors were
present: Mesdames Nelson, Garner, Krogman, Beattie,
Schroeder, Bogin, Burton, Hawley, MerreU, Boland, Lahr,
Misses Peterson and Gafrity, Messrs Stone, Buell and
McArthur. Absent were Mesdames Hamilton, Huebscher,
Leary, Messrs Richter and Grissom.

The Treasurer read the report of receipts and disburse¬
ments. A MOTION was made to accept the auditor’s re¬
port. Motion carried.

Resolutions Chairman, Ann Slocomb, read the Resolu¬

tions: Whereas, information, inspiration and sociability
have been graciously provided for all present; therefore be
it Resolved that we convey our sincere appreciation and
gratitude: To the Chairman of this convention, Mrs.
Daniel Dohm, Jr., St. Louis, MO., and to the Vice Chair¬
man, Mrs. Dana R. Gipson, St. Louis, MO., and their en¬
tire committee, for their very efficient planning and fine
organization of the convention. To the Show Chairman,
Mrs. Jane M. Francis, whose able assistance added much
to the success of the convention. To our dedicated Presi¬
dent, Mrs. E. A. (Melva) Nelson, St. Louis, MO., for help
in preparation for this convention, for her untiring devo¬
tion, loyalty and thoughtfulness to all our members. To
our Treasurer, Miss Florence M. Garrity, for her loyalty to
our Society. To the Program Chairman, Mrs. J. A. W.
(Ann) Richardson, and her assistants for their prepara¬
tions for educational workshops, for arranging beneficial
programs, and for obtaining and scheduling interesting
speakers. To the Awards Chairman, Mrs. Richard A. Chase
and committee, for her competent work in securing the
merit awards in acknowledgment of superlative artistic
and horticultural accomplishments. To our Chairman of
Shows and Judges, Mrs. James B. Carey, for her untiring
effort, understanding and loyalty to the AVSA and her
committee. To the Commercial Chairman, Mr. Jimmy
Watson, and members who participated in the show, and
to the amateur exhibitors who contributed to the distinc¬
tion of the show. To the Executive Board members, the
Board of Directors, the Standing Committee Chairmen,
and their committees for their devotion and perseverance
in the performance of their duties. To our honored
guests: Mrs. Robert T. Neal, President, Federated Garden
Clubs of Missouri, Inc.; Dr. Marc Cathey, Chief, Ornamen¬
tals Laboratory, U. S. Department of Agriculture (“All
Lamps Are Grow Lamps”). The newspaper, television and
radio personnel for their services in publicizing this con¬
vention. To the Manager and his staff of the Chase Park
Plaza Hotel, St. Louis, MO., for courteous and amiable
attention and their consideration for the needs of those
members present at the convention. TO ALL MEMBERS
of our Society who contributed their time and efforts to
make a grand success of this our thirty-first convention;
and be it further Resolved that a copy of this resolution
be made a part of the minutes of this convention.

A MOTION was made that these resolutions be adopt¬
ed. Motion carried.

The nominating committee report was read and Presi¬
dent Nelson asked for further names for each elective post
and any of the offices. There being none the nominations
were closed and the Secretary pro tern was instructed to
cast the ballot for President, Mrs. E. A. Nelson; First Vice
President, Mrs. Marvin E. Gamer; Second Vice President,
Mrs. William J. Krogman; Third Vice President, Harvey
Stone; Secretary, Mrs. H. N. Hansen, Treasurer, Miss
Florence M. Garrity, and directors, Mrs. Lester S. Fladt,
Mrs. Leon Fiedler, Miss Sandra Lex, Mrs. Thomas B.
McKneely and Miss Nell Sue Tyson. The President de¬
clared the officers and directors duly elected.

Mrs. James B. Carey installed the officers and directors
and presented a book of poems to President Nelson.

The meeting was adjourned at 10:05 A.M. with an¬
nouncement that the Board meeting would foUow im¬
mediately in the Stockholm Room.

x/Elisabeth H. Hansen, Secretary pro tern
x/Edith V. Peterson
x/ Adeline Krogman
x/Emma Lahr

African Violet Magazine, September, 1977

54

BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
Saturday, April 31, 1977

The meeting of the AVSA Board of Directors was
called to order by President Melva Nelson at 10:40 A.M.
in the Stockholm Room of the Chase Park Plaza Hotel in
St. Louis, MO. Parliamentarian Mrs. Thomas J. Edmund-
son was present.

The meeting was opened with an invocation ^ven by
Helen Van Zele.

President Melva Nelson asked approval of the board
for the appointment of Mildred Schroeder as Affiliate
Chairman and Harvey Stone as Library Chairman. A MO¬
TION was made by Mary Boland that these appointments
be accepted. Motion carried.

The President appointed the following committee to
approve the minutes: Miss Peterson and Mesdams Krog-
man and Lahr.

The booklet of officers, directors and committees for
the ensuing year was given to each member of the board.
Corrections were made in the list of committees.

The following officers, directors and standing commit¬
tee chairmen were present: Mesdames Nelson, Gamer,
Krogman, Hansen, Bogin, Burton, Hawley, Merrell,
Boland, Lahr, Fladt, Lex, McKneely, Tyson, Schroeder,
Chase, Lidiak, Richardson, Crane, Rienhardt, Tretter, An¬
derson, Carey, Misses Peterson and Garrity, Messrs Stone,
Buell, McArthur, Plaster, Watson and Tinari. Absent were
Mesdames Baker, Fiedler and Mr, Grissom.

Present by invitation of the President, having voice but
no vote, were Mesdames BeU, Foote, Van Zele, Slocomb,
and Mr. Becker. Absent were Mesdames Gonzales, Plaster,
Leary and Mr. Burton.

The revised budget was read by Estelle Crane. A
MOTION was made by EsteUe Crane that it be accepted

as revised. Motion carried.

A MOTION was made by Mildred Schroeder that we
reconsider the mle which says that all double gene plants
must be placed in the double classes and that this be
reconsidered at the Austin Board meeting. Motion carried.

Ellie Bogin made a MOTION that semiminiature and
miniature trailers not be restricted as to size limitations or
pot size and may be placed in a pot in proportion to the
size of the plant and that the miniature semitrailers be
discontinued as a class but be included with the minia¬
tures. Motion carried.

Irene Merrell made a MOTION that any part of a
workshop, program, etc., at conventions may be taped for
information except when the speaker objects. Motion

carried.

The Treasurer made a MOTION that approval be
granted for an Austin Texas Convention account to be
established in the Austin National Bank. Motion carried.

Albert BueU made a MOTION that Ruth Carey be
authorized to countersign the Knoxville office checks
with the Office Manager. Motion carried.

Adeline Krogman made a MOTION that Standing
Rule, page 6, IX F and X A 1 (Handbook page 72 G and
page 73 A 1) the sentence be added “except that State,
Council or Regional groups may also apply for all AVSA
awards once during each calendar year.” Motion carried,

Jimmy Watson gave an interim Commercial Sales and
Exhibits report.

Since there was no further business the meeting was
adjourned at 12:55 P.M.

x/Elisabeth H. Hansen, Secretary

x/Edith V. Peterson
x/Adeline Krogman
x/Emma Lahr

Population Explosion!!!

Pamela Groff
492 Lafayette Ave,

Passaic^ NJ 07055

Nobody told me they would multiply like rab¬
bits! Only 2 short years ago, I had 3, just 3, Afri¬
can violets. Today I have 1500 and more new ones
being “born*^ everyday. It was so easy. All I had to
do was just plant a leaf, and I was hooked. Grow¬
ing violets is just like eating peanuts. You can’t
stop !

There are so many lovely new plants, seems like
I have to have every one. I delight in visiting the
greenhouses and have been to Granger’s, Lyon’s
and Maas’. I also am a faithful patron of the mail¬
order sources that advertise in this magazine. And
I have many generous violet-loving friends. Now
even I have started my own mail-order business.

As most violet growers love to share their beau¬
tiful plants with others, I’d thought I’d share my
method for multiplying them. So far it has been
about 99% effective and I’ve planted hundreds of
leaves these past two years.

First, take a nice healthy leaf. Fve found that it
doesn’t matter which row it comes from as long as
it is healthy looking, if the leaf is large, cut the top
1/3 of the leaf off, to prevent the leaf from grow¬
ing larger. Cut the petiole on a 45-degree angle.
Then, and I think this is the secret to most of my
success: lightly dust the cut tip with ferbam. This
is not a rooting harmone, but a fungicide. It pre¬
vents damping off.

Plant the leaves in separate l^^-inch pots half
filled with zonolite (coarse vermiculite). I like the
small pots because the roots fill them quickly and
it seems the babies come up faster. I’m a believer
in the old ‘tight shoe’ theory.

Place the newly planted leaves in trays about
8-10 inches from the lights and keep moist with Va
strength Peter’s African Violet Special. When the
new little babies come up, in no time at all,
repot them in soil in a IVa pot, I like to put mine
on wicks. After about 2 or 3 weeks in the soil, the
pot will be brimming over with lots of babies. Be
nice and share them all with your friends!

African Violet Magazine, September, 1977

55

Greenhouse Growing

Julia Brittain
311 Mill Stream

Houston, TX 77060

Since January of ’76 I have been learning, most¬
ly by trial and error, to grow African violets in a
greenhouse. After waiting six months for my hus¬
band to find the time to build me one light stand,
I knew that I wanted a commercially built green¬
house. It is an aluminum, fiberglass, and polyethy¬
lene addition onto the southeast side of my house.
The roof is clear, corrugated fiberglass; three-foot
high walls and supports are aluminum; and the
windows are polyethylene fitted into removable
aluminum frames.

The greenhouse is about 250 square feet and
has electricity, an evaporative (water) cooler (2000
CFI), and a natural gas heater (75,000 BTU). Heat
is no problem as the heater is thermostatically con¬
trolled and the greenhouse is protected from the
north winds.

Cooling is the main problem in the sum¬
mer . . . 105°out in the greenhouse when the tem¬
perature outside is only 88° The water cooler does
provide about 90% humidity during the summer
months which is probably why the plants grow so
well even during the Texas summers. Blooms have
been scarce, though, for about a month. Every¬
thing possible is wicked and the watering trays
need to be filled about once a week . . . only once
every two weeks during the winter.

Cost per square foot was slightly more than I
had estimated. I forgot to add “little” things such
as a 155 roll of shade fabric, shading compound,
wood for the tables, and 50 trays to wick into.
Some things I didn’t forget, but underestimated
on, were the electrician’s bill for wiring it all up
and the heating company’s bill for running a gas
line, hooking it up, and venting through the roof.
$8.50 a square foot slowly inflated to $10.00.

My last electricial bill convinced me to sell four
large stands to cut down on both the heat and the
amount of electricity I used. After all, a green¬
house is most efficient when it uses only natural
light for growing.

I would like to add a de-ionization water tank.
It seems that our level of salinity is acceptable
except during the dry months of August and
September. Apparently, the water level at Lake
Houston is lowered and the salinity, as a conse¬
quence, rises. It doesn’t seem to affect plants
under 15” across but wipes out larger plants. Sure
am glad our show is in the spring!

Much about greenhouse growing I learned in
advance by picking the brains of good friends . . .
some I had to learn the hard way. I discovered
what happens when you try to foliar feed your
plants and leave the cooler on for a few minutes
afterwards. Two days later I was tossing “burned”
plants. Over two months, I tossed 300 African vio¬
lets and am still picking out extra centers of those
that remain.

The fight against “bugs” is constant. Inspection
and treatment of every plant I bring in keeps pests
to a minimum. Spraying is much easier and faster
than drenching, too. I have switched to Isotox be¬
cause of the lack of offensive odor. I also spray in
April and August with Benomyl to combat
botrytis which can spread at an alarming rate in a
greenhouse.

Lighting remains the changing element. In win¬
ter I remove the shade fabric and in summer I’m
putting it up again . . . and praying for cloudy
days. Only 2/3rds of the roof is painted with shad¬
ing compound to allow more light to “hit” the
Episcias and Columneas hanging from the roof
supports.

This spring I hope to have a much more effi¬
cient operation with scads of blooming plants of
all types. Then I will probably be able to write a
book on “What Not To Do To African Violets!”.
- —

6 rows Violets In
TV Cabinet

All it takes is a little ingenuity for African vio¬
let growers to fashion suitable growing places for
their violets.

Mrs. V. H. Roelle of Peetz, CO 90747 tells
about her violet stand. Here’s her story:

“When our old black and white TV wore out, I
had an electrician remove all inside parts, leaving
only the nice vvood cabinet, (Be sure to have it
done by an electrician. I am told it is dangerous
for an ordinary person like me to handle that big
tube.) Next my husband installed grow-lights and
an adjustable glass shelf. I lined it with pretty con¬
tact paper. There is also room on top for grow-
lights with legs. I receive many compliments on
my lovely violets and stand.”

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56

ART SMALL SCALE, Shown in St* Louis by Mrs. Edna M. Kunz

(Photo by Burton)

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Harvey L. Stone
51 Peach Highlands
Marblehead, MA 01945

The 31st annual AVSA convention is now his¬
tory. And what history! I understand the show
was the largest we’ve ever had— nearly twice the
number of entries in Horticulture Division alone!
This was the “Third Time Around”, the third time
St. Louis had hosted an AVSA convention. All St.
Louis convention chairmen and their committees
deserve much credit and appreciation. They were
wonderful hosts.

As always, our deep appreciation goes to those
tireless members who worked most all of Thursday
night taking pictures so that the Library might
have new slide programs, cover photos for our
beautiful magazine. The faithful few included
photographers Lois Newton Russell, Mrs. Wayne
(Mildred) Schroeder, Edgar Varick, past president
Frank Burton and your Library Committee Chair¬
man. Frank Burton is always the last to leave as
the new day dawns. Those assisting included Mrs.
Edward (Virginia) Hamilton, Mrs. Wm. J. (Ade¬
line) Krogman, Mrs. Chas (Catherine) Hawley, Mrs.
James (Irene) Merrell, Mrs. Mary A. Boland, Mrs.
John (Nancy) Hayes, Edd Stretch Smith and Wil¬
liam J, Wolf. Assisting with the design division
were Mrs. Ross V. (Emma) Lahr and Mrs. Henry
(Ruby) Bircher. I have not intentionally left any¬
one out, but if there are any omissions, please ad¬
vise me and I will correct them in a later column.

Once again, thanks to Ethel and Duane Champ¬
ion’s new varieties program, the Library will have a
new slide program, “Gateway to Violets”. We have
to thank the Champions and other commercial
growers/hybridizers responsible for this program.
These programs are now available from the AVSA
Library, Knoxville Office, P. O. Box 1326, Knox¬
ville, TN 37901. Please order well in advance of
your meeting date. The slide programs are always
popular and must be carefully scheduled ahead of
time. The Knoxville office scheduled and mailed
out 833 library programs during fiscal 1976.
Clarice BeU, Knoxville Office Manager, is doing a
fine job and will appreciate your early requests. At
the St. Louis Convention, your Board of Directors
voted to increase the fee for each slide program
borrowed to $3 to help cover the increased costs

of handling and postage.

With each program is enclosed a comment sheet
to be filled out and returned, either with the
program to the Knoxville Office or, if the program
is to be sent directly to the next club, the sheet
should be sent directly to Knoxville by letter mail.
Your constructive criticisms and suggestions can
help us to revise wherever possible as well as in
making up new programs. We would like to know
if there would be any interest in having regional
slide programs made up of slides taken of prize
winning plants and arrangements during the last
few years. Would you like such programs? Please
let us know.

There are also new yearbook packets available
for borrowing. We had a beautiful display of year¬
books at St. Louis, Have you been wishing your
club could put out its own yearbook? Or perhaps
change and/or improve its present one? Why not
borrow one or more packets? You may find just
what you are looking for. Does your Club present¬
ly have what you think is a good yearbook? Why
not enter it for judging next year? Remember,
AVSA offers four awards in the yearbook division.
Check your June magazine for listings of programs
available from the Library. Send two (2) copies of
your yearbook to Mrs. Shirley R. Jeffrey, 1918
Williamsbury Row, Denton, TX 76201. All year¬
book entries should be in her possession not later
than March 1, 1978.

Once again, we must emphasize, PLEASE fol¬
low all instructions for ordering and using the li¬
brary material. These are found in the June issue
of the African Violet Magazine. Specific guidelines
will be enclosed with many of the slide programs.
To insure that your club, as well as future borrow¬
ers, may get the maximum enjoyment out of the
programs, these guidelines must be followed. Now
for those of you who say the above is repetitive, it
is! Some of our affiliates stiU do not seem to have
read and understood them. Recently your Library
Chairman received a request for a program without
a check enclosed. The instructions make it clear
that a check for the proper amount must be en¬
closed and that the request must be addressed to

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58

the Knoxville Office.

Those of you fortunate enough to have attend¬
ed one of the two shows put on Wednesday even¬
ing in St. Louis by our candid cameraman, Gus
Becker, had an extra special treat. Mr. Reinholdt
Holtkamp, the son of the man responsible for the
Rhapsodie violets from Isselburg, West Germany,
showed some slides of their operations. Featured
were violets from their new strain, ^‘Optimara*’

Up with Flower Power! We Need Oxygen!

Well as I Live

which are being named for the various 50 states.
They were truly beautiful About 14 had already
been released and we were told, should be avail¬
able in part of the East Coast shortly.

We are ever mindful that it is you and your
interest in the most popular house plant ever, its
culture and enjoyment, both in your homes and at
shows, which make AVSA the largest plant society
in the world.

and Breathe!

Andy and Carol Anderson
9615 Flower Street
Bellflower, CA 90706

How often I heard my Grandmother use that
expression of surprise. She was not really ecology-
minded in those days. Surrounded by thousands of
acres of Iowa cornfields, orchards, grazing land
and forests, the air was pure and clear. Homes had
large lawns and huge trees. I remember hand¬
mowing lawns forever in the summer, raking
bushels of leaves in the fall. The business district
faced four sides of “The Square”, band concerts
Saturday nights in the summer.

Window boxes with her pots of treasured
coleus, begonias and geraniums! Frost time and
they were removed inside by the windows. No
thought then of our oxygen supply.

About 1942, driving from Los Angeles to
Knott’s Berry Farm was a delight. The overpower¬
ing sweet scent of orange blossoms was constant as
you passed through hundreds of acres of citrus
groves. Replace orange groves with freeways,
streets, houses, shopping malls, motels and parking
lots and Orange County becomes “Asphalt
County.” Only Walter Knott retained his grassy,
tree-lined parjcing lots, with the banty roosters
cleaning up the insects.

Few people give thought to the source of oxy¬
gen. Billions of people and animals inhaling oxy¬
gen, exhaling carbon dioxide; combustion engines
gulping oxygen, expelling unbreathable gases. Why
don’t we run out of oxygen? The world’s greatest
single source is the Amazon jungle. South America
please don’t civilize and sub-divide the Amazon!
Jungles and forests continually absorb carbon
dioxide, combine the carbon with minerals to
supply the carbohydrates needed for growth and
expel the lovely, lovely oxygen. This spreads over
the world for our use, but slowly.

Meanwhile, back at home, the current house
plant and garden enthusiasm provides us with
beauty, food and most of all, instant oxygen.

Don’t underestimate the power of a philodendron!

We are not ecology freaks. In my opinion they
and the EPA have done little but retard produc¬
tion and our economy. We do appreciate plants
and it is nice to have our income and oxygen
supply in The Green House, right here at home.

So up with flower power! Treasure your Afri¬
can violets! Breathe deeply! Talk to your plants,
but stand close so they benefit from the carbon
dioxide you exhale! (Carol says the closest I get to
the plants is when I sell them).

Well, as I live and breathe! I’m sure that ‘Garnet
ElP winked its garnet eye at me.

Greenhouse Catalog
Now Off the Pres s

“The Greenhouse Catalog of Catalogs”, edited
by Paul Lapidus, was off the press this summer
and was published by David McKay Company,
Inc., 750 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017.

A handsome catalog of 177 pages, beautifully
illustrated with pictures of various typ«s of green¬
houses, the book presents an exciting new concept
designed for the informed consumer. With the
growing enthusiasm and interest of gardeners and
plant hobbyists, the private greenhouse is be¬
coming increasingly popular.

This invaluable book will take the difficulty
and uncertainty out of shopping in this rapidly
expanding market. This reference source includes
price lists, area distribution guides, and all original
diagrams and photographs. In fact, all the informa¬
tion necessary for prospective greenhouse buyers
has been compiled in this one easy-to-use volume.

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59

MRS. C. S.
HAWLEY
hybridizes
two new
beauties.

(Photos by Thos. Clark Parma)

KATY'S PRIDE

BETTE ROSEREA

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60

Max Maas
of

Hilton Dahlia
Farms

(Photos by Schroeder)

WHITE LYNN

CELIA

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61

In the February issue of “Blossoms,” the of¬
ficial publication of the Seattle AVS, Inc., we
learned that Emory Leland was thinking about re¬
tiring as Editor. We regret this very much for dur¬
ing the few short years we’ve been corresponding
with him, we’ve learned that he is a very know¬
ledgeable African violet grower, who takes time to
do a lot of research and exhaustive study on Afri¬
can violets. He is one of the foremost authorities
on AV growing in Pacific Northwest. He has con¬
tributed much to the African Violet Magazine and
for this, we say “Thank you, Emory.” He has been
a strong advocate of AVSA. Here’s what he wrote
in the February issue of “Blossoms”; titled “THE
BEST TIP ON GROWING AFRICAN VIOLETS”:
“Of all the tips I have received from people since
the beginning of my love affair with African vio¬
lets, I believe the most valuable has been, ‘Join the
African Violet Society of America, Inc., and re¬
ceive 5 issues of African Violet Magazine each year
from March 1 to Feb. 1.’ If you do not belong,
now is the time to correct a serious mistake and
learn to grow better violets. Send your check for
$6 for a one-year membership (includes African
Violet Magazine) to AVSA, P. O. Box 1326, Knox¬
ville, TN 37901. You’ll enjoy many good articles
by experts on African violet culture, etc. If you
are a member already, don’t forget to renew
now!” . . . Things you remember: Louis Presley of
Smyrna, GA, remarking: “Only one thing crazier
than a woman growing African violets is a husband
who’ll let her!” . . , Pauline Bartholomew of Port
Huemene, CA, explaining when sketching an illus¬
tration for the African Violet Magazine, do have
on hand: No-mark pencils, no-frost tape, opaque
correction fluid, and ruler with column space; and
also suggesting growers use nylon trotline, acrylic
yarn, macrame cord, or piping cord as wicks when
growing with wicks; a grower, talking about wick
watering, saying: “Don’t use fertilizer in growing
leaves. Don’t use fertilizer until the second pot¬
ting” . . . Mary Reed, Tally Time editor, enjoying
camping trips in the North Cascades and expres¬
sing love for her new home since she’s moved to
the state of Washington . . .The Clifton AVS of
Passaic, NJ mighty proud that their own Marge
Hammer is doing such a good job as president of
the New Jersey African Violet Council, succeeding
Chris Leppard, who moved to Michigan . . . Would
you believe that you could have a “see-through”
heat-collecting wall for a greenhouse or sunroom?

It actually consists of a Venetian blind sandwiched
between two sheets of insulating glass. The outer
side of the blind is painted a dark color to absorb
heat— dark green, brown or red-brown have all
proved as effective as black, so colors in harmony
with your plants and pots could be used. The heat
which builds up between the glass panes is circulat¬
ed through ducts to heat the greenhouse or sun-
room. In summer the blind may be closed to keep
the greenhouse cooler. The Clearview solar collec¬
tor was developed by the Energy Research and
Development Administration’s Energy Research
Lab at the University of Arizona . . . Helen Doster
delighted that brides like violets, too. She recently
sold six blue violets to use at a wedding. They
were placed on the reception table and presented
to the bride’s attendants after the wedding. “But it
was really hard to get six about the same size and
color,” she explained . . . Lilian Cartledge (of way
up in Canada) writing during the “Winter of ’77”
freeze: “At the moment my garage door and drive¬
way have a snow drift in front so this letter may
not get mailed until Spring! The darned drift looks
10 feet deep — an illusion, I suppose when you
must shovel it yourself!” ... Sybil .Behrens still
glowing over the successful show/plant sale the
Lincoln AVS had in Lincoln, NE this past
spring . . . Lillian Williams, who operates Lillians’
Ceramics in Ashtabula, OH, writing last fall that
some day she hopes to move to a warmer climate
(maybe Texas), but after this terrible “Winter of
’77” up thataway, we’re of the opinion that she’s
just about ready now to pack up her violets and
come South . . , Have you heard that English nur¬
seryman Stephen Bailey kept 5,000 carnations in
perfect condition during the week of the Chelsea
Show in England in 20 gallons of lemonade? He
says lemonade is an excellent flower preservative.
Now a British research station is investigating the
method. If you try it, don’t try it on more than
one of your violets! . . . Ann Richardson sending
in an advertisement from a gift house in Miami, FL
titled “Music Hath Charms” to make the greenery
grow, advertising a record album based on scientif¬
ic research which demonstrates that rock music
hurts plant growth while classical music actually
stimulates it. “Plants in rock chamber showed
sparse leaves and pale color yet classical chamber
produced lush, deep green foliage”, the ad read. So
there you are! This, I’m sure, you can try on your
plants . . . but remember only classical music.

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62

THIRD TIME AROUND -

COMMERCIALS WERE THERE!

(ED. NOTE; Writing this report on the Commercial Displays at the St. Louis Convention/Show were
Cordelia Rienhardt of Syracuse, NY, past AVSA President; Catherine Hawley of West Southport, ME,
(former editor of the Ohio State Newsletter) and Susan Lampkin of Oakville, Ontario, Canada, who said,
‘T was very skeptical about my ability to do them justice, but with the quality shown, my task was
lightened greatly).

It was not the significance of the mammoth hall
so dwarfed by the magnitude of the whole display
nor the sense of awe over the loveliness within that
attracted immediate attention upon entering the
St. Louis Convention/Show room. No, it was the
eight commercial entries which, like a magnet,
drew all eyes in their direction. They were elevated
slightly and formed an apparent multicolored bor¬
der on framework to it all There, at the periphery,
enclosing all the beauty was a silent symbolic
statement, “Here,’* it seemed to say, “is the ulti¬
mate beginning and continuing stimulus to the
whole African violet phenomena.” It represented
much knowledge, rare talent, infinite patience and
long tedious hours of labor so devotedly given by a
few dedicated people over a period of many years.

In the small commercial classes. Section I, the
Commercial Silver Cup for the best registered vari¬
ety went to Mrs. William J. Krogman of Brook¬
field, WI. She also received the Gold Rosette for
her collection of ‘Lavender Tempest’, ‘Fashionaire’
and ‘Granger’s Wildlife’, and the Gene Garner
Award for the best specimen plant ‘Fashionaire’,

The Win Albright Memorial Award for the best
seedling went to ‘Royal Hussy’. The plant was ex¬
hibited by Mrs. George Boose of Heavenly Violets
of Trumbull, CT. Irene Fredette of Fredette Ori¬
ginals, Orange, CT Was the hybridizer.

Second best seedling award, given by Helen Van
Zele, went to Tinari Greenhouses of Huntingdon
Valley, PA as well as sweepstakes in Section 1.
Tinari’s was also winner of The Crestwood Vio-
letry Award for the best single, ‘Pink PhiUy’; silver
award, also from Crestwood for best geneva edged,
‘Wild Flame’; Rienhardt Award for best Nancy
Reagan, and sweepstakes award, Jimmy Watson
silver tray, 23 blue ribbons.

In Section II, the Display Tables, there were 8
entries all more lovely then the other. Best com¬
mercial table by points went to Swift’s of Dallas,
TX with 150 points; 2nd, Rosette to Lyndon
Lyon, Dolgeville, NY with 145 points; 3rd place,
Buells Greenhouses, Eastford, CT with 134 points.
House of Violets (Reeds), Camden, AR Honorable
Mention Rosette, 4th place, 109 points. Horticul¬
tural Perfection, Rosettes which each count 15, 13

and 10 points respectively, were awarded to
Swift’s, 1st; Buell’s 2nd, and Lyon’s, 3rd. Best new
Introduction Rosette went to Lyndon Lyon for a
novelty type ‘Pink ’N Ink’, and 2nd best new in¬
troduction for a gorgeous red shade called
‘Dyn-O-Mite’, Third Best New Introduction was
‘Sweet Violet’, shown by Swift’s.

In the display tables Crestwood Violetry,
Springfield, VA showed an interesting display of
plants, some new and some old goodies like ‘ole
‘Tommie Lou’, a lovely plant; ‘Sylvan Blue’, med¬
ium blue double; ‘Pinks-A-Poppin’, double pink
with unusual girl foliage. The Pink Rosette on this
table went to ‘Independence’, a vibrant red
double. The display received 9 blue ribbons and 2
reds. This small but growing enterprise is owned
by Miss Judy Stroske, a dynamic and busy young
woman who divides her time between her business
and teaching .horticulture at a nearby community
college. She. is the hybridizer of the Crestwood
Zodiac Series. Her display consisted of 15 standard
varieties and three miniatures. The progress which
has already been made by this almost brand new
business gives promise of exciting things to come.

House of Violets, Reeds from Camden, AR, had
a table with the full 25, receiving 17 blues and 8
reds. Outstanding cultivars in their display in¬
cluded ‘Something More Sport’, a pink and white
sport; ‘My Love’, a double pink geneva edged, and
‘Country Gentleman’, a dark blue double on ‘Tom¬
mie Lou’ foliage. Each received only a red ribbon,
perhaps because they lost points on symmetry but,
to me, showed good potential and should go far,
especially ‘Thriller Diller’, a fuchsia raspberry,
geneva edged with a large full double bloom, and
‘Jack Swift’, a double dark blue on ‘Tommie Lou’
foliage resembling ‘Top Dollar’ but with a larger
bloom. ‘Paper Lace’ received a special award. It
was a semidouble pink star on dark green quilted
foliage. This was a display to whet the appetite of
any amateur grower.

Almost half of the display of 25 African violets
by Swift’s African Violets, Dallas, TX, were
seedlings which had distinctive, deeply serrated,
slightly ruffled foliage. Each of them was a blue
ribbon plant. Sturdy petioles and good symmetry

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63

BETCHA

SWIFT'S OF DALLAS

CAT'S MEOW

(Photos by Schroeder)

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64

was another exceptional quality. ‘Southland
Jungle’ with orchid two-tone double blossoms,
‘Cotton Bowl’ with full double white blossoms and
‘Heart Breaker’ with huge double pink blooms
were eye-catching, ‘Sweet Violet’, 3rd best new
introduction, has pale blue semidouble blossoms
on light green plain quilted foliage, both unusual
and beautiful, ‘Ermine’ large double, white blooms
with a slight pink eye, sparkled at us from above
medium, tailored foliage; ‘Gateway Charmer’, a
plant with wavy, medium green foliage displaying
a full head of double medium blue blossoms, did,
indeed, charm us all; and ‘Fiddle Faddle’, pink,
semidouble blooms distinctively rayed with darker
pink, covering tailored, green foliage, helped make
this an outstanding display.

In the corner of the room were the displays of
Ronn Nadeau of Maryland Heights, MO and Rien-
hold Holtkamp of Isselburg, West Germany. Both
young men remained close to their exhibits and
answered the questions asked by the visitors. Mr.
Nadeau, a very personable young man, has been in
business just three short years. He is an excellent
hybridizer. His seedling, ‘Jimmy Carter’, won a
special award. The huge raspberry red semidouble
blooms above dark spooned and quilted foliage
shows great promise. Included also in his display
of 25 plants was a white single on medium green
quilted foliage named ‘Pure Water’, reminding us
of a cool mountain spring. It was an unusually
good bloomer and evidently is an excellent grower.
‘Star’s Edge’ was a white single star with a purple
edge. This should be a delight to ary amateur.
‘Mizzou Lou’, a lovely two-tone single, lavender
star, above ‘Tommie Lou’ foliage, also comple¬
mented this table of new introductions. Mr.
Nadeau confines his shipping business to seeds
only; a different approach to the others. These
seeds are accompanied with a general description
of their parentage, such as color of bloom, etc. but
there is no specific naming of the crosses. Growing
violets from seed is a fun experience.

Reinholdt Holtkamp of West Germany also dis¬
played his violets. Mr. Holtkamp is a pleasing
young man and spoke English with little difficulty.
His display consisted of uniform little plants, per¬
fect in every way. All the blossoms on each plant
had the appearance of being single. The heavy clus¬
ter of bloom was perky with stiff petioles on com¬
pact medium green quilted foliage. They came in
an assortment of colors. Because these plants are
not yet available to us here in North America, this
display was the only one not judged and awarded
ribbons. We must, however, thank Mr, & Mrs.
Holtkamp for showing us their bright and lovely
hybrids. The first introductions of this new series

have been named for each state of the Union. Here
are three: ‘Colorado’, single ruffled blossoms of
deep red, atop very dark, green, quilted foliage;
‘Virginia’, medium pink, single blooms, also with
dark green plain foliage; ‘New York’, very rich,
dark purple blossoms, standing well above dark,
green foliage.

The Hilton Dahlia Farm’s entry was situated
next in line. Max Maas of Springfield, NJ is owner
of Hilton Dahlia Farms. His new introduction,
which won a special award, was named ‘Celine
Chase’ in honor of AVSA’s very busy and efficient
Awards Chairman. This plant has a medium blue
fringed semidouble blossom on plain foliage and
appears to be an excellent bloomer. ‘Mark’, a
raspberry red double bloom on very dark plain
foliage, was also a very outstanding plant in this
display. It was a previous award winner and should
be on everyone’s ‘must list’.

Buell’s Greenhouses of Eastford, CT followed
next in line. Twenty-three of the 25 plants exhibit¬
ed in this display were given blue ribbons. Mr. and
Mrs. Al Buell are not hybridizers of the Saint-
paulia, consequently these very large, healthy
plants were varieties introduced by other hybrid¬
izers, They grow over 600 varieties in their green¬
houses. ‘Pure Innocence’, a beautiful plant with
white double blossoms, received a special award.
The Buells are specialists in hybridizing the other
gesneriads and are considered a top authority on
their habits of growth. There was a bounty of
bloom and an array of color in this exhibit. It was
truly an exceptional display and very lovely.

Last, but by no means least, was the display of
Lyndon Lyon of Dolgeville, NY, one of the best
known hybridizers in the country. His ‘Pink n’
Ink’ was awarded the coveted AVSA plaque for
the Best New Introduction of 1977. It has a single
pink star blossom, interspersed with blue spatters,
on medium green quilted folaige. The AVSA
Award for the Second Best New Introduction was
also received by Mr. Lyon. Its name is ‘Dyn-O-
Mite’, a brand new seedling which explodes with
very deep red semidouble blossoms on dark green
plain foliage. It is a cultivar which had everyone
filled with great anticipation for the time when it
will be available. ‘Tickled Pink’, a seedling with
good compact medium green foliage and double
blooms of two-tone pink received a special award.

Missed among the Commercial entries this year
was the usual table from Granger Gardens out¬
standing hybridizer of Medina, OH. However, their
new introduction ‘Millie Blair’ was on sale in the
Commercial Sales Room. It has a light blue semi¬
double blossom with a white edge on light green

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65

African Violet Lovers

(ED. NOTE; African violets are receiving wide
publicity through newspapers all over the country.
The Bucks County Courier Times’ Sunday Accent!
magazine carried a full color picture of an African
violet on the cover page and other pictures and an
article concerning^ “African Violet Lovers” by
Janet Carter Lowrie of Levittown, Pa., and photos
byE. James Pitrone).

I never knew the joy or peace

A violet collection could release^

Until a leaf I planted — watched with awe.

And then the lovely blossoms saw.

Their beautiful foliage filled the shelves,

I felt God^s presence — working like magic elves.

Yes, African violets are a gift so rare,

Their joy, with others, we should share.

This poem, from Mary Margaret Odom’s book,
“African Violets and Their Family,” seems to re¬
flect the feelings of a lot of people. In fact, grow¬
ing African violets is one of the more popular hob¬
bies in the United States today.

Sprouting in less than a year from one man’s
dream into a 50-member organization, the African
Violet Society of Lower Bucks County held its
first annual show, “African Violets in the World of
Music.”

The one man largely responsible for the flower¬
ing of the local organization is Blair Capriotti.

The Bristol resident discovered African violets
in 1973, some 81 years after their original dis¬
covery near Tanya in German East Africa.

Oh, he’d seen the plants before. After all, he
had worked at a nursery for 15 years. However, it
wasn’t until 1973 that his personal interest in
them biossomed._

Blair had suffered a slight heart attack and was
advised by his physician to renew his interest in
flowers (he’d left the nursery in 1945).

So, with his wife, he attended the Philadelphia
flower show where they purchased one plant— an
African violet.

The Capriottis attended other shows and soon
joined the Philadelphia society in Chestnut HiU
where they became active members.

Says Mrs. Capriotti:

“Every plant that we purchased he took apart
right away because you get new plants out of the
leaves. The poor plants, we’d just about get them
home and he’d have them all apart. We had trays
of African violet leaves all over the living room”

The living room soon became inadequate for the
hobby, so, Capriotti and a relative built a green¬
house for his plants:

“One Sunday, when the greenhouse was com-

Tha propagator. Blair Capriotti of Bristol, PA
founder of AVS of Lower Bucks County.

plete we all walked out with those little trays and
so proudly put them in the greenhouse. There
were no plants or anything. He’d done away with
the plants. They were all fijture plants.”

This father of five must have a knack for grow¬
ing things:

The following year, with no knowledge of how
to enter, he took 32 plants to the Philadelphia
show and came home with 28 ribbons, nine of
them blue.

As Capriotti’ s interest in Saintpaulia (the botan¬
ical name for African violets) increased, so did his
desire for an organization closer to home.

Early in 1974, the Bucks County Courier Times
ran a photograph of Capriotti with a caption ask¬
ing other interested violet lovers to contact him
about forming a local club.

The response was so favorable that on May 12,

African Violet Magazine, September, 1977

66

,:VV.

As Mr. Capriotti's violets flourished so did his de¬
sire for organization.

1974, the first meeting was held — in Capriotti’s
backyard.

One month later, the new club became an affil¬
iate of the African Violet Society of America.
And, a regular meeting place — the YMCA — was
established.

Today, the organization boasts 49 members
ranging from teenagers to senior citizens.

As a matter of fact,- senior citizens make up
about 40 per cent of the group’s membership.

Mary Maes, a charter member, thoroughly en¬
joys her hobby.

Says Mary: ‘‘Oh you should see what I did to
my plant. I tell everybody come and see my preg¬
nant plant.”

Mary is the first member of the group to
attempt to hybridize a plant. And, although she’ll
have to wait several months to see the full fruits of
her labor, she feels confident she is succeeding.

Asked if she is a natural with plants, Mary re¬
plied:

“Oh, I don’t know if you’d call it a green
thumb, I can kill a plant, believe me.”

Mr. and Mrs. Hank Snowden of Trenton are a
couple of proud senior citizens belonging to the

Lower Bucks club.

Said Mrs. Snowden:

“I’ve been raising violets for years and I never
knew that they had these (societies) until the sum¬
mer when this group was organized. I’ve learned a
lot about violets since then.

“Hank is just a booster for me. He followed me
around while he was courting me, and he followed
me to a meeting. I said don’t you want to become
a member? So, he became a member last fall”

Not to be outshone by the older generation,
teenager Lynn Pulis of Yardley is the group’s
youngest member.

The Pennsbury high school senior was the first
local member to enter African violets in a show.
She entered three plants in a Trenton show and

Youngest grower: Lynn Pulls of Yardley, PA.

African Violet Magazine, September, 1977

67

walked off with three ribbons:

A second place, a third place, and an honorable
mention.

How did she become interested in violets?

“I started when I was 10 years old,” replied
Lynn. “My dad grows plants and he got me started
on just growing plants. Then, when I was about 14
or 15, I got an African violet. That’s when it all
started. Now I have 26 African violets.”

Lynn, who also plays the guitar thinks nothing
of the years between her and so many of her fel¬
low violet lovers.

“In this club” she said, “there is no such thing
as a generation gap.”

And so it appears the African Violet Society of
Lower Bucks County is here to stay. Its members
not only share the fun of learning about their
plants, they also enjoy the pleasures of friendship,
sharing, socializing and humanizing.

The club members exhibit and sell their plants
at activities such as bazaars and the Middletown
Grange Fair, but they also enjoy sharing them with
others.

The patients of Neshaminy Manor Home will
vouch for that. Recently, they were visited by six
members of the violet society who distributed 28
of their plants throughout the home.

Blair Capriotti seemed to sum up the pure plea¬
sure of the hobby when he said:

“I enjoy growing them and I enjoy showing
them, but I love to give them to people and see the
pleasure they get from these little plants.”

YEARBOOKS-The display of AVSA Affiliates'

yearbooks at the annual convention/show caused
much comment and conventiongoers viewed the
many books on display with much interest. (Photo
by Frank Burton)

THEY'RE WINNERS - Mrs. DoDe Whittaker
(right) was winner of the AVS Best Collection
with 'Top Dollar', 'Poodle Top' and 'Wild Flame'
and Bob Green (left) won the AVSA 2nd Best
Collection with 'Azure Trinket', 'Pink Trinket' and
'Little Miss Texas' at the Brevard AVS show in
Melbourne, FL. Mrs. Whittaker's 'Top Dollar' was
judged Best of Show and her 'E. Cleopatra' won
Best Gesneriad Award. In lower photo is shown
Mrs. Claudia Pitrowski's "Blue Sprite", which re¬
ceived the President's Award and Best Miniature
trophy.

African Violet Magazine, September, 1977

68

A VID:

African Violet Inter-State Delivery

Cheryl Koch
4 Glenside Drive
Pelham, NH 03076

In October ’76 my grandmother died^ and
wanting to send something extra special to my
grandfather at this time, I immediately thought of
my beautiful African violets. But with my living in
New Hampshire and my grandfather in California,
there would be a problem getting my violet to
him. I also did not want to use FTD or another
florist because their violets are so often not the
beautiful specimens that my friends and I try to
grow.

So I decided to check my AVSA magazine for a
club in or near San Diego where my grandfather
lives. I located one in San Diego, and a Mrs, Frances
King was listed as the president. I called Informa¬
tion for her number, but alas, King is a common
name and not having her husband’s name, the
operator could not help me. There was also a San
Diego County Club listed, with Mrs. Dorothy
Smith as president. I was sure my luck would be
equally bad in locating her number with a name
like Smith,

So my first request is to urge everyone when
they renew their membership to use their hus¬
band’s name in the address. This would also make
it so much easier to locate people when we are
travelling. Instead of listing your name, for
example, as Mrs. Mary Brown, list it as Mrs.
Richard Brown (Mary). Please everybody - help
with this.

So my husband and I began to wrack our brains
for someone near to San Diego who could help us
with our problem* I remembered a lady that I -had
met at a convention who lived near Los Angeles
and phoned her. However, after calling l\er numer¬
ous time, I was unable to reach her.

Can you imagine how wonderful this lonely
man would have felt to have a perfect stranger
walk in with a gorgeous plant for him from his
granddaughter 3,000 miles away, and sit and talk
with him about the care of violets! I think that
this could make anyone feel really special.

But there is an easier way to have a plant de¬
livered to a loved one. I would like to organize a
delivery system for violets throughout the United
States. With your help and interest, it could be so

simple. I would like to have anyone interested in
delivering plants in your area of the country to
write to me. This list could involve quite a few
names, too many to list in the magazine. I would
be glad to organize the list and send it to any of
you who are interested in using it. There would
have to be a charge to cover mailing and printing,
but that will be determined later after we see how
much interest this article generates. With this list it
would be so easy to locate a delivery person in the
area needed.

Also, all of you African Violet clubs, it would
be so wonderful if you would be willing to help
with this endeavor. With members and clubs all
over the country, and this list of people willing to
make deliveries in your possession, simply locate
the state you need and the city (or one in the area
with the help of your travel atlas), call the delivery
person (or write) in that area with the name,
address, and phone number where the plant will be
delivered, send off a check to the delivery person
(if a plant is to be purchased, or the deliverer
wishes to sell you one of his or hers, or one is to
be contributed from an AV club), and your plant
is on the way.

The only cost involved would be a long distance
call or the price of a stamp for your letter, plus the
price of the plant. This would not equal more than
110.00 in most instances, and would be consider¬
ably cheaper than the 115-120 we spend on a
florist’s cut flower arrangement.

This would also be a good way to encourage
new members for our local and national clubs, as
well as a way for the clubs to make some extra
money, or individuals to earn money for their con¬
vention trips.

This need not be used only for funerals. In fact,
funerals are probably the rarity. I know people
would love receiving a beautiful blooming violet
for a christening, wedding, anniversary, birthday,
and so many more occasions.

So all of you who are interested in my A.V.I.D.
system, I hope you will write to me with your
name, address, and phone number, and we’ll try to
get A.V.I.D. moving around the country.

African Violet Magazine, September, 1977

69

CLINIC HELD
IN FORT WORTH

Among events being held in Texas to further
the knowledge of African violets was a clinic for
African violet problems sponsored by the Violet
Harmony Club of Fort Worth, TX. It was held at
the Botanic Garden Center and was attended by
50 persons. The session opened with a discussion
of general rules for growing good violets and then
the ailing plants that had been brought to the
clinic were diagnosed and treated individually.
Various club members explained and demonstrat¬
ed correct methods of potting, correcting a “long
neck”, problems brought on by overwatering, etc.
Since this first venture was so successful the club
hopes to be able to repeat this clinic.

- ♦ -

BUY WITH CAUTION

when you go on a “buying spree” for African
violets, don’t let the seller oversell. If you do not
have space for large-growing plants, don’t buy be¬
cause of huge blossoms, beautiful foliage, and the
fact it’s larger than any in your collection. Don’t
be a compulsive buyer. Look around, seek out the
plants that catch your eye, then study them with
your own desires and growing conditions in mind.

COMMERCIALS
(Continued from page 65)

ruffled foliage. It is quite unusual and another po¬
tential award winner to add to their many prede¬
cessors.

And so, just as this year’s blue ribbon plants in
the Amateur show were yesterday’s innovations,
so tomorrow these new introductions will leave
their high place of honor and descend to the com¬
mon place of the hobbyist. Thus, once again,
making room for the new, the unusual and the
improved in the years to come. May it always be
so!

(ED. NOTE: Sorry, we have no pictures of
the Commercials, but all the black and white
photos came out too dark).

* - - - ♦ -

Scratch a little Fermate into the top of soil to
help eliminate mildew.

AFRICAN VIOLET LEAVES

still shipping — Now have many of the newer varieties in production
including some of the Champion's hybridizations, some Parson Series
and others. Best of new and old.

20 fresh cut leaves for $5.00 — my choice For air mail — add $1.00
Listing 25<i: or free with order.

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P. O. Box 1721, Idaho Falls, Id. 83401

STIM-(5-PLANT

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614/267-1296

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helps you grow
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BETTER PLANTING

New formula high organic.

Not too heavy or light.

Has shredded spagnum
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aerates soil, holds moisture,
feeds beneficial soil
bacteria. Better drainage
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SOIL CONDITIONERS

• Vermiculite • Charcoal

• Peat Moss

EASIER FEEDING

Liquid balanced 5-8-7
formula. Easier to use.
Concentrated for economy.

All food— no residues. Gives
plants 13 needed trace elements.

BETTER FEEDING

A finely ground food, pure
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available to plants. Balance
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blooms, healthier plants.
Proved by years of use.
Contains 13 needed trace
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ST1M-6-PLANT

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PLANT FOOD POWDER

High-analysis 15-30-15,
instantly soluble. A high
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POWER is strong enough for
outdoor plants yet formu¬
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other house plants. Package
makes gallons.

SPRAY— PEST CONTROL

Quick, easy to use. Kills
aphids & mites, spiders &
plant lice, exposed thrips ^
white flies, mealy bugs on
house plants elements.

African Violet Magazine, September, 1977

70

Latest varieti^ from leading hybridizers; Fresh Cut
A.V. Leaves: Minis, Standards, and Trailers. Send 25ci:
for Fall List and “Grand Opening Specials.”

Leix’s Village Violetry

Mr^. W. A. Leix

P. 0. Box 238

Millington, Michigan 48746

LOUISE'S GREENHOUSE

Fresh Cut A.V. Leaves Episcias

Irene Fredette Originals

List 25<;

LOUISE PITTS

P. 0. Box 767 Sour Lake, Texas 77659

Phone 713-287-3387

Kat’s African Violets

f Fresh cut leaves — List 25(P

Ssi Kathy Jaramillo

40600 Chapel Way #3
Fremont, CA 94538
(415) 656-5937

Order now for immediate shipment:

FRESH CUT A.V. LEAVES - Our best selection of choice OLD
and the NEWEST . . . contains Granger Garden’s latest.

FIFTEEN carefully packed, labeled, first class mail, prepaid $5.95

The Violet Window

896 Terra Alta N.E. Warren, OH 44483

A stamp, please for our new Fall list.

Fresh cut leaves

EPISCIAS

IRENE FREDETTE ORIGINALS

1977 list available for 25C

HEAVENLY VIOLETS

MRS. MARY V. BOOSE

9 Turney Place Trumbull, Conn. 06611

When you visit us you will see a huge
selection of very choice plants including
600 varieties of v i o 1 e t s , latest ges-
neriads, orchids, hoyas, begonias, and
many rare plants. We are sorry, but no
shipping.

HOURS: 9 A.M. - 5:30 P.M.

CLOSED: Sunday & Monday

ARNDT’S

House Plants

20454 NE Sandy Blvd. Troutdale, Ore. 97060
Phone: 503-665-9466

CASTLE VIOLETS

614 Castle Road Colorado Springs, Colo. 80904

No plants this year, Leaves only. Very good varieties.

30 leaves. 2 each of 15 varieties, labeled, well packed,
prepaid, $7.00. Air Mail $8.00. Instructions. To avoid
duplication, send list of your varieties.

Shipping from April through October

Fall Fashions From ^joleti /ftlanta

CHAMPION: ^ ^

Amethyst Sparks — big white ruffled stars with striking fuchsia stripes above beautiful ruffled variegated foliage.

FREDETTE

Trudy — clusters of large sky blue singles and semi-doubles over tailored symmetrical foliage.

Cream Puff — Creamy semi-double stars in constant bloom over dark compact plant.

Eclair — Combinations of pink and white large double stars; a variable color “surprise package”.

GRANGER:

Millie Blair — Fluffy light blue doubles with fringed white edges and ruffled flat-growing foliage.

Dainty Doll ■— Heavily fringed white semi-doubles with light blue streaked centers, ruffled foliage.

LYON:

Pink N’ Ink — Best new Introduction 77 Convention — deep pink blossoms freckled with purple ink.

Sam — Large double stars in a luscious salmon shade with wavy white edges — dark tailored foliage.

REED:

PIck-A-Dllly — Lovely fluted blue doubles over variegated pink and cream tailored folkage.

Pink Surprise — Double pink or pink and white fluted blooms over dark shiny red-backed wavy foliage.

SWIF:

French Lilac gorgeous frilled lavender and wine doubles, quilted ruffled foliage.

Southland Grape — clusters of frilly grape doubles over wavy dark foliage.

REV. BLADES:

Love Azure blue singles above gorgeous dark ruffled foliage variegated with pink and cream.

Hope — light purple flowers with dark crested petals and white edges, unusual shiny pointed variegated foliage.

Song — V\/hite-edged double blue flowers, dark wavy variegated foliage.

Peace — frilly fuchsia edge surrounds each white blossom, wavy variegated foliage.

UTZ:

Jackpot -- huge double tri-color magenta blooms with darker borders and chartreuse edges, dark sturdy foliage.

Anira -• huge light blue doubles with white fringed edges, lovely wavy foliage.

Fresh cut leaves 75C. Only the Parson Series and Fredette Originals Available as starter plants, ~ $2.25. Please add $2.00
postage and handling. Complete list 250.

Visit our shop soon. Broadview Plaza

We’re open 10:30 a.m. - 6 p.m., Monday thru Saturday 2581 Piedmont Rd. N.E., Atlanta, GA. 30324

1 - 6 p.m. Sunday Phone 404-231-0645

African Violet Magazine, September, 1977

71

Fresh-cut leaves, rooted cuttings, Gesneriads.
All Violet supplies. Exclusive for 1977-— 20
new originations by Ernest- Fisher of Canada.

Send 25^ for List. Visitors welcome.

WOOD’S AFRICAN VIOLETS

Proton Station Ontario, NOC ILO Canada

African Violets or Episcias

6 plants - Labeled blooming size (assorted) . $9.00
12 Starter African Violet plants $9.00

6 fresh cuttings Episcias or columneas labeled $4.75
16 fresh cut - Labeled African Violet leaves . $4.50
All Postpaid My choice only Listing 300

MRS. LEONARD VOLKART
Route 1. Russellville, Missouri 65074

AFRICAN VIOLET STARTER PLANTS

10 ORIGINAL VARIETIES, SAINTPAULIA SPECIES,
AND SELECTED NEW AND OLDER VARIETIES.
Send stamp for listing.

ALBERT G. KRIEGER

1063 Cranbrook Jctckson, MI. 49201

Fresh Cut A.V. Leaves

Hundreds of varieties, Episcia and Columnea cuttings
available.

Grown under fluorescent lights.

Listing 250

HIGH HAT AFRICAN VIOLETS

RFD #4 - t. Dunbarton Rd.

Manchester. N.H. 03102
Mrs. Carol Morrissette 1-603-774-5686

NEW DECORATIVE PLANT STANDS
Economical — Convenient

3 Level
40 Watt
Shown
491/2” Long

Five models from 25 to 49i/^" long.

Tray & fixture heights completely adjustable
without tools. Convenient slide-out trays &
fixtures. Made of gleaming aluminum & Red¬
wood with or without fixtures & casters as
desired. Save — Buy direct from makerl

250 Brings Catalog of Growth Fluorescents,
Plant Stands, Growth Lamps & Accessories

SHOPLITE CO., INC.

566V Franklin Ave. Nutley, H. J. 07110

Greenhouse & Garden Supply Catalog

Your one stop source for new and hard-to-find
greenhouse and gardening items, as well as all your
old favorite supplies and equipment. Over 1,000
different items are illustrated and fully described in
our new 64 page catalog.

Send $1.00 which is deductible from your first order.

The Moit Complete Line Of Greenhouse Equipment And Supplies
Available To Gardeners And Hobby Greenhouse Growers

ISarrington Industries

P. O. BOX 133AH • BARRINGTON, IL 60010

■ -- Z) OCTOBERFEST

* i “A harvest of value”

V > 12 Fresh Cut Leaves; 1 Quart *j_

^ > our own starter mix . oD

^ar/Ji } 24 Fresh Cut Leaves; 1 Quart

* our own starter mix . 00

36 Fresh Cut Leaves; 1 Quart ^
our own starter mix . IplU

Our Choice, All different, labeled, postpaid.

OFFER EXPIRES OCTOBER 15

Peg Mitchell’s VIOLET FARM

306 Woodla\5yi Ave., Willow Grove, Pa. 19090

Quick! Neat! Easy!

FloraCART
Watering Wand

Popular accessory for your FloraCART.
Or for any plant setup. Lightweight 21” alu¬
minum wand dispenses water with pinpoint
accuracy— no spilling, no breaking leaves! No
heavy watering cans! Easy-operating positive-
action valve. Complete with 8 feet of plastic
hose and gallon plastic jug. $19.95 each. In
U.S. add $1.25 shipping; in Canada $1.50.
Ohio residents add 5/2% sales tax. Check,
money order, Master Charge or BankAmeri-
card (give card number). By the makers of
•FloraCART indoor greenhouse on wheels.
Write for literature. Tube Craft,

Inc., 131 1C W. 80th St.,

Cleveland, OH 44102.

African Violet Magazine, September, 1977

72

VIOLETS — BEGONIAS

Started and blooming plants

Leaves

300 varieties — Miniature, tr. — SASE

Bett/s Unique BcMJtique

1671 W^gon Lane Redding, Calif. 96001

Home of African Violets

Fresh cut leav®, starter plants from bed, over 500 varieti^ from the
b«t, like 32 varieties of the Parsons, Fishers of Canada, Granger
Gardens, Lyndon Lyon, Champions, Vern’s newest, many others. Also
miniature and trailers. Visitors welcome, please call 8^-859-2158.

Mrs. Edna T. Barton

503 Southway St., Easley, S. C. 29640

Cand/s Plants

Over 90 varieti^ of miniature A.V. plants including
variegated trailers.

1505 Haddon or

Common Market Flea Market, Saturdays

Houston, Texas 77006

Phone 524-3©6 for appt.

“REIGNING VIOLETS”

Over 400 Different Varieties On New Fall List

Fresh cut African Violet leav« — 45$ each. Lat^t from Maas, Lyon,
Champion, Grangers, Tinari’s and Fredette, Plus Oldi^ from A&R.

Many episcias available also. Waiting list for Cleopatra — R^rve yours
for spring now! Send 25$ for d^criptive list, includes some supplies
also.

Pamela Groff, 492 Lafayette Ave., Passaic, NJ 07055

African Violab, Sinninglas

Leaves, Starter Plants, Gift Plants

Temperature Controllers for Greenhouses

Send self-add re^ed, stamped envelope for information to:

EARTH FLOWERS

8018 Tea Garden Huntsville, Ala 35802

12 Sml. Plants -- $7.75

12 SmL Fredette Plants — $15.00

All different and labeled.

Air mail, add $1.00

Bill and Marleen's Violets

550 Colebrook

Webster Groves, MO 63119

Tingle’s African Violets

Fresh Cut Leaves— List 25 Cents

Gift And Started Plants

For Sale At Greenhouse

Visitors Welcome . . . Open 8-5 . . . Closed Sunday.

705 S. Hoosevelt St. Box 1627 Cleveland, Tx. 77327

JEANNE’S JUNGLE VIOLETS

HAS MOVED TO

421 WILLIAM ST.

HASTINGS, MICH. 49058

(BETWEEN BATTLE CREEK AND GRAND RAPIDS)

BLOOMING PLANTS AND STARTER PLANTS
MANY VARIETIES

CAPE COD VIOLETRY

John and Barbara Cook
Dept AV 28 Minot Street, Falmouth, Mass. 02540
Tel. (617) 548-2798

Authorized Distributor for FREDETTE ORIGINALS. Latest varieties
from Granger Gardens, Lyon, Ma^, and Champion.

FRESH CUT AFRICAN VIOLET LEAVES AND EPISCIA STOLENS.

Ple^e send 25$ for list.

New in Chattanooga

841 Valley Wood Cir. N.
Hixon, Tenn. 37343

Miniatures, Standards, Vareigates & Supplies
Hours: Mon. - Fri. 12:30 - 5 p.m.

Listing 25C

(615) 842-4254

Over 500 Varieties

BARBARAS

8323 Sharpcr^t

772-8756

Houston, Texas 77^

or 784-4380

PLANTS, LEAVES & SUPPLIES

No Shipping

KLINKEL’S AFPfCAN VIOLES

Fresh Cut A.V. Leaves, our choice.

20 for $8.00 plus $1.50 for airmail postage.
Stand • Vari • Trailers • Semi-mini or Mini.
Send 250 for list.

Lucille Klinkel 1653 Harding St.

206/825-4442 Enumclaw, WA 98022

VIOLET FANTASIA

15414 Heimer Road
San Antonio, Tx. 78232
Shipping fresh-cut AV. leaves & plants from best
hybridizers at reasonable prices.

Visitors welcome all year.

Ph. (512) 494-7829 Stamp for list.

FRESH CUT LEAVES

Choice varieties from GRANGER, MAAS, UTZ
MANY THANKS for your orders
and your patience.

List for Fall and Winter shipping, 250

DORIS ARTIS

P. O. Box 656 Alief, Texas 77411

VIOLETS BY MARY

3608 W. Brookview Waco, Texas 76710

12 Assorted large starter plants, labeled (my choice)
$14.00 Plus $2.50 Shipping and Handling.

P^rice good when ordered from this ad only.
Texas residents add 5% sales tax.

Stamped, self-addressed envelope for
Fall 1977 Supplemental list

Please call before visiting. (817) 754-7959

African Violet Magazine, September, 1977

73

RESERVOIR WICK POT ^ ^

“It Waters and Feeds at the Same Time’’

CONSTANT FEED FERTILIZER

8 oz . $2.25 postpaid

PRICES ON

RESERVOIR WICK POTS

EACH

1 to 5

$1.50 postpaid

6 to 19

$1.35 postpaid

20 or more

$1.20 postpaid

Send stamped self-addressed long envelope for 20
page catalog of AFRICAN VIOLEJTS and SUPPLIES.

VOLKMANN BROS. GREENHOUSES

2714 Minert St., Dallas, Texas 75219

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ANNOUNCING

Officially approved by AVSA Board

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NEWLY REPRINTED ON HEAVIER, BETTER
PAPER. Now 12 Beautiful violets printed full
color. ALL DIFFERENT.

(Note size folded
5-3/8 X 3-1/4)

12 NOTEHEADS
12 ENVELOPES

plus tax

Sold through your local club in minimum lots of 12
packages for $1 per package. (Your club earns 50^
per package). An excellent item for sale at your
local violet show. Minimum order- — 12 packages.

(No Single Order Please)

GUS BECKER PRINTING COMPANY

1080 Forsythe -- Beaumont, Texas 77701

Shipped postpaid if check sent with order. Otherwise
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African Violet Magazine, September, 1977

74

LYNDON LYON

14 Mutchier St. Dolgeville, N.Y. 13329 Phone (315) 429-8291

AFRICAN VIOLETS

New Registered 1977 Varieties

MYSTICAL BLUE — Light wisteria blue, semi-dbl. flowers; forest green foliage.

STEPPING OUT — Big pink doubles with yellow stamens, sturdy forest green

foliage.

CARE DEEPLY — Rose pink dbl. flowers above dark pebbly semi-min. foliage.
PINK N* INK — Deep rose pink semi-dbl. firs, peppered with purple ink.

JOYFUL — Frilly red-edged dbl. white firs, on a small growing semi-holly plant.
LITTLE DELIGHT — Dbl. white firs, with penciled purple edges, semi-min. foliage.
FREE N* EASY — Always full of big fuschia semi-dbl. firs., tailored foliage.
LITTLE LOU — Purplish blue full dbl. firs., semi-min. Tommie Lou foliage.

LITTLE LULU — Rosy pink full dbl. firs., semi-min. red-backed Tommie Lou

foliage.

Please send for our FREE descriptive list

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African Violets

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The PLAN! MARVEL 12-31-14 formula is a scientifically
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immediately usable form and in just the right proportions.
This remarkably efficient, water-soluble fertilizer supplies
the entire root system with all the essential NPK and minor
elements. As a result, optimum, healthy growth and blooms
are promoted. Your order is always welcome. 8 oz can —
$2.10; 1 lb.-^3.10; 21/2 lb.— $5.90; 5 lb.— $9.20.

Get positive results with this remarkably effective,
all - around, insecticide spray. Kills hard-to-get-at
Mealy bugs, Soft Brown Scale, Aphids, Spider Mites,
and many other insects. No harm to blooms or
foliage, when used as directed. Won’t stain fabrics
or wallpaper. Harmless to children and pets. Here’s
the ideal insecticide for African Violets, Ivies,
Begonias, etc. 5 oz. can — $2.00.

Postage included. — NO C.O.D.'S.

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African Violet Magazine, September, 1977

75

ROSE KNOLL GARDENS

Assumption, liillnois

Our own lllini series and varieties by leading
hybridizers including the new “Parsons”.

No Shipping

Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Rhoades (217) 226-3249

FRESH-CUT AFRICAN VIOLET LEAVES

400: each, 12 for $4.25, 24 for $8.25, 36 for $11.25.
They are your choice from my Fall, 1977 list and they
include many of the newest varieties. A copy is yours
for 25<i: (please no 25<1: checks). Mail order only and
U.S.A. shipping only.

MILDRED V. WOODS

6(X)9 Van Buren Place West New York, N.J. 07093

POYNOR’S GREENHOUSE

African violets and related plants.

No List No Shipping Phone 345-5558

Route 2, Box 107J
Hctmihond, La. 70401
Off Highway 443 (Morris Road).

African Violets

Lovely new 1977 varieties from Granger’s and over
50 of their other introductions. Many other varieties
from the leading hybridizers. No list, No shipping.
Open Sunday too.

WHITE CLOUD FARM

IV2 miles south of Carthage, MO on alternate Hwy 71

F/C Leaves and Starter Plants
FREDETTE, GRANGER, LYON,

PARKS and OTHERS

ALL SUPPLIES
INCLUDING

INDOOR LIGHTING NEEDS

25<t for List Visitors Welcome

ENTER YOUR
PLANTS IN
1978

AVSA CONVENTION
WIN A

FLORACART

For the Finest in Indoor Gardening !

E\J0V A FLORACART

World's Finest Portable Indoor Garden
For use with Rapid Start Fluorescent Lights!

FloraCart is the original, most popular movable unit for easy
indoor gardening! Raise luxurious African violets . . . force
spring flowering bulbs and get strong plant from all seeds
and cuttings! NOW every FloraCart comes with beautiful
molded fiberglass trays (19"x49''xli/2”) ■ •. • lightweight and
strong, easy to keep clean, and impervious to moisture,
chemicals, and weather! Choose from two FloraCart models:
3 Trays, $99.15; 2 Trays, $72.55. (Light Fixtures additional.)
Rugged lifetime construction of aluminum tubing. Has smart
new decorator type 2Vi'' casters. For the heavy-duty 4"
casters shown in picture, add $3.75. Equip your FloraCart
with Combolite fixtures designed especially for flower culture,
combining incandescent and fluorescent lights, proved superior
to either one alone!

NOTE — The manufacturers of the popular FLORACART
are happy to again present a fl.ORACAET (Model
BA3 complete unit) as an award.

Class— The AVSA COLLECTION AWARD, composed of
three different AVSA registered varieties of African
violet plants. A member may enter only one collec¬
tion and each plant must score 90 or more points.

Write today for illustrated catalog. When
you order, send check, money order or
use Master Charge of Bank Americard.
Give number.

1953 - Mrs, Ronald B. Beaume, Detroit, Michigan

1954 - Mrs. E. L. Perdue, Donaldson, Tennessee

1955 — Rev. Harold L. Thompson, Birmingham, Michigan

1956 — Mrs. L. A. Beck, St. Joseph, Missouri
1967 - Mrs. J. R. Bush. Munice, Kansas

1958 — Mrs. Edward Casey, Rochester, New York

1959 - Mrs. Clarence Kuder, Bowling Green, Ohio

1960 — Mrs. Alexander R. Colyer, Brightwaters, New York

1961 — Mrs. Joseph Trost, Indianapolis, Indiana

1962 — Mrs. J. W. Shuey, Richmond, California

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1970 — Mrs. Frank Luedtke, Racine. Wisconsin

1971 - Mr. and Mrs. John Gutridge, Sun City, California

1973 — Mrs. Irene Fiedler, Prescott, Wisconsin

1974 - Brother Blaise, Harrisville, Rhode Island

1975 — Elizabeth Behnke. Neward, Delaware

1976 — Miss Rachelle Yerger, Tallahassee, Florida

1977 — Tom E. Toms, Bossier City, Louisiana

Ohio residents add 5i/^% Sales Tax

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African Violet Magazine, September, 1977

76

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SEE OUR 4 PAGE AD IN SEPT “76" ISSUE FOR COMPLETE ORDER FORM

African Violet Magazine, September, 1977

77

GENEVA AFRICAN VIOLETS

10", design hand-painted on 18". 12 mesh, white interlock canvas. $16.00
each including sal^ taxes and shipping.

_ Dark Purple Geneva $ _

_ Dark Pink Geneva $ -

Make check payable to L. R. Smith and send to P. O. Box 4511. San
Francisco, California 94101. Allow six weeks for delivery.

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,$ 2.50
13.00
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. 39.00

‘Lmnen-Liter Plant Stands are made of Gleaming
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Fixtures for above stands with 2-24” 20 watt cool

white tubes $16.95 each with cord and plug. Add 4 k
tax in Wisconsin.

WE PAY SHIPPING ON ALL OUR PRODUCTS

FLORALITE COMPANY

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Phone (414) 762.m0

SUNSET GARDENS

P. O. Box 22342

San Francisco, California 94122

MINIATURES AND STANDARDS

OVER 200 varieties of
miniatures now.

Our own and other hybridizer
varieties.

• Coiumnea,

• Episcias,

• Sinningias
• Begonias

Other miniature plants

No Salesroom

Send large Envelope with 2 stamps for list

WHOLESALE TOO

African Violet Magazine, September, 1977

78

ORDER EARLY FOR BEST SELECTION DIRECT FROM THIS AD

Starter plants are $2.50 each, minimum order 3 plants or fresh leaf cuttings at $1.25 each, minimum 10 varieties.
Add handling charges as follows: East of Mississippi 15% of amount ordered, minimum $2.00; West of the
Mississippi 20% of amount ordered, minimum $3.00. Include street address for United Parcel Service delivery.
Please give second choice.

Complete list of hundreds of cultivars, new, old and unusual also available. Please send business size envelope,
stamped and addressed for prompt receipt.

SPECIAL FOR FALL

IRISH ANGEL (AV) — life blue dbl. with green
edge, clusters of blooms semi min plain
foliage, won best seedling NYS AVS
convention

SCARLET RAINBOW (AV)~big semi dbl.
shaded tutone very deep ruby red top
petals, dark glossy foliage

MARY LOU (MM)~huge frilled pink violet
shaped single sticktite bouquet of blooms,
plain dark foliage

JOYCE B (MM) — huge full dbl. pink carmine
edged plain dark foliage

ROBERTA (GG)— 21/2” semi dbl. blooms
frilled lavender, ruched olive green foliage
pretty

PURPLE CASCADE (GG)— large full dbl. deep
blue purple carnation fringed edge, wavy
variegated cream, pink and green foliage

j^nndlee

nnalee yioletry

212-224-3376 2^50 214th Place Bayside, N.Y. 11360

EXPLORER (UTZ) — semi dbl. lavender with
purple tips, quilted foliage, makes large
show plant

RIO GRANDE (UTZ) — dark wine dbl. with
purple tips, very floriferous, plain foliage
show plant

crystal swan (Fredette) huge frilly dbl.
white stars, wavy foliage floriferous

MAGIC GLOW (LL) — giant coral pink with
white edges, striking color plain foliage

FREE N EASY (LL) — huge full dbl. fuchsia,
early and free blooming plain foliage

LORA LOU (LL) — semi trailer with Tommie
Lou foliage, wow, dbl. rose pink blooms

LUCKY LOU (LL) — blue version of Lora Lou

WEE LASS (LL) — dbl. white with crimson red
edges, tiny holly foliage on the this ador¬
able miniature

HEAVENLY HALO (EC)— I a r g e white with
fuchsia markings, blooms ring around
medium size plant variegated foliage

TRINKET WHITE CAPS (EC)— white single
with lite blue markings, variegated plain
semi miniature foliage

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MIX WITH FERTILIZER
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» increases moisture retention
^ deepens coior
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> improves rooting

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African Violet Magazine, September, 1977

79

omcMux/

Sorry our supply of several Fredette's,
Champion, and Parson's varieties has been
exhausted for 1977.

- HOWEVER ~

Some are still available as well as many
other popular varieties.

Please send 25 C for list.

We have recently become distributors of
Tube Craft products, including the Flora
Cart. Also available are Combolite, watering
wands, Plantlite and wide spectrum fluores¬
cent bulbs, as well as various other supplies.

Write for more information.

Mrs. R. D. Tompkin

Rt. 3, Fayette, MO 65248 — Ph. 816-248-3232

Visitors welcome 9-7 — Sunday by appointment

GROWING SUPPLIES

Plastic Labels — Minimum Order 1000 Labels

Thrfftee (Flexible)

7/16" X 3" (Not assorted colors) . . . $5.85 ppd.

5/8" X 4" (Not assorted colors) . 8.10 ppd.

5/8" X 5" (Not assorted colors) — . . . — 9.10 ppd.

Lifetime (Rigid)

Style “A” 4V2" Vertical Stake ............ 50(y$7.90, 100(y$14.50 ppd.

Style “B" 2' x 5" Tee Stakes . 10(y$5.00, 50Q/$21.00 ppd.

Style “C” 6" Vertical Stake . . . 10(y$5.00, 50(y$19.00 ppd.

Lifetime Labels: White only. Thrfftee available in white, green, orange,
blue, pink, yellow, red. 5" Thriftee available in lavender and above
colors.

Rainbow Pak: 4" Assorted colors: . 10Q/$1.85, 50(y$7.85 ppd.

5" Assorted colors: ......... 10Q/$2.05, 50Q/$8.05 ppd.

Special Dis»>unt prices to dealers and clubs on 5000 or more.

Nursery Marking Pen: (King size 1/$1.35; &$6.95] 12/$12.10.

Custom Printed Labels: Send in your copy for price quote.

Miscellaneous Growing Supplies (postpaid)

SuperThrive (Vitamin-Hormone Supplement):2-oz . $2.20

Plant Marvel AV Spray (All-purpose spray): 5-oz . $2.50

Sturdy (0-15-14) (Organic Plant Food): 8-oz. . . $3.50

Cygon 2-E (For Soil Mealy Bugs): 16-oz. . . $6.K

Systemic Insecticide Granules (For Soil Mealy Bugs

and all sucking or chewing insects): 1%-lb. . . . $3.95

Kelthane (Specific Mite Insecticide): 8-oz. . . . $3.99

Peters AV Special (12-36-14) Plant Food: 1-lb. .... _ ..... $3.80

Peters Variegated Special (5-50-17): 1-lb . $3.80

Ferto-Sticks (Dried Cow Manure) — 90 Sticks-$1 .65, 270 Sticks $3.95

Mag-Amp (7-40-6) (Slow release plant food): 1-lb . $3.75

Nature’s Way AV Soil (We will bill you for shipping): 25-lbs. . $4.95

Nemagon-50 (Soil fumigants for nematodes): 4-oz. ........ $3.25

Nemagon Granules (for nematodes) (Mix in soil): 1-lb. _ _ $3.45

Agricultural Respirator (EPA Approved) . . . $18.98

Micro-Mike &. Lite (20 power) (Spot that mite) . . $9.98

Benomyl Fungicide (controls most fungus diseases): 1-oz. . . $3.49

Ferbam (Fermate) (control soil fungus diseis^): 3-lb . $6.98

African Violet Book (Helen Van Pelt Wilson) (Paper Back) . . $5.98

Foliage Plant Book (Full color ~ 84 pages) (Paper Back) . . . $2.95

Thimble Pots 1%" Diameter — (Green): 48/^.95, 96 ...... . $7.85

Orchid Growing Supplies, Greensand, Ruhm’ Phosphate, Super-
Phosphate, Dolomite Lime, Leaf Mold, Bone Meal, Hybrotite, Charcoal,
Soil Test Kits, Fluorescent Light Supplies, Etc.

Write for complete list: 35 cents in coin or stamps.

Minimum Order this advertisement: $5.00.

Wisconsin customers add 4% Sales Tax.

Order NOW. Prices subject to change.

Bernard D. Greeson

3548 N. Cramer Street, Dept. AV
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53211

1975 REVISED — “AFRICAN VIOLET HANDBOOK
FOR JUDGES AND EXHIBITORS”

SALMON COVER — All 1975 rules, changes, awards, information
updated, plus new material. Due to increase in printing and postage,
$3.00 per copy, including postage. $3.50 for books mailed to Canada.

RUTH G. CAREY

3900 Garden Drive Knoxville, Tenn. 37918

VIOLET MADNESS

Starter and Blooming Plants.

Sorry, no shipping — Visitors welcome by appointment.

STANDARD
ANN MILLER

700 Questover Ln.
Creve Coeur, Mo. 63141
434-0541

MINIATURE
GAYLE MOHR

2065 Jenkee Ln.
Florissant Mo. 63031

831-6132

ABOUT GARDENING

Helen Van Pelt Wilson's African Violet Book

Revised Edition (Hard Cover) . . . . . $10.45

Helen Van Pelt Wilson's African Violet Book

Revised Edition (Paper Back) . . . 6.00

The Indoor Light Gardening Book

by George A. Elbert (Hard Cover) . . . 11.45

The Indoor Light Gardening Book

by George A. Elbert (Paper Back) . . . 7.00

Ferns To Know And Grow

by F. Gordon Foster (Paper Back) . . . 6.40

The Gesneriad Family

by Virginie F. and George A. Elbert (Hard Back) . . 10.45

The Gesneriad Family

by Virginie F. and George A, Elbert (Paper Back) _ ... 8.00

The Complete Book Of House Plants Under Lights

by Charles Marden Fitch (Hard Cover) . 10.^5

Gardening Indoors Under Lights
by F. H. and J. L. Kranz (Paper Back) . 4.00

For books Shipped out of the United States by Surface Mail please
add $1.50 for postage.

Michigan residents please include 4% Sales Tax.

GROWING SUPPLIES

32 oz. bottle Alaska Fish Fertilizer 5-1-1 . $4.00

16 oz. bottle Alaska Fish Fertilizer 5-1-1 . 2.75

12 oz. bottle Sturdy 0-15-14 .......................... 4.75

8 oz. bottle Sturdy 0-15-14 . 3.30

3 oz. can Mildex for Mildew . 3.25

16 oz. bottle Cygon 2-E Insecticide . 6.85

4 oz. bottle Kelthane Miticide . . 1.99

4 oz. bottle Malathion 50% ..... _ ................ 2.09

IV4 lb. Systemic Insecticide Granules . . . 3.65

8 oz. Peters House Plant Food (15-30-15) . 1.95

8 oz. Peters General Purpose Plant Food (20-20-20) . . . 1.95

8 oz. Peters Violet Special (12-30-14) . 2.20

8 oz. Peters Variegated Special (5-50-17) ............. 2.45

4 oz. bottle Superthrive (Vitimin-Hormone) . . . 3.29

8 oz. Sphagnum Moss Milled (Nodampoff) . . 1.80

4 qts. Krum Perlite $1.20 . . . .8 qts. 2.20

2 qts. Hardwood Charcoal #10 fine, #6 medium . 1.75

2 qts. #3 Vermiculite fine grind .504 . .4 qts. .80

3 lb. bag Carbamate Fermate, Ferbam . . . 6.30

3 oz. bag Carbamate Fermate, Ferbam (Bulk) . 1.30

2 lbs. Dolomite Limestone. .......... . . 1.30

2 lbs. Calcium Carbonate (Whiting) . 1.60

2 lbs. Superphosphate (0-20-0) ....................... 1.30

24 Fumi-Soil Capsules $2.35 - 100 Fumi-Soil Capsules 4.39

1 gal. Mary's African Violet Soil . . 1.35

1 gal. Mary's Starter Mix _ _ _ ... . . . . 1.35

There is no more Blue Whale Soil Builder
MINIMUM ORDER $5.00 POSTPAID
Michigan residents please include 4% Sales Tax

We ship by UPS.

Please give name of street or road and phone number.

Q^ojcoax/

19788 San Juan Ave. Detroit, Michigan 48221

African Violet Magazine, September, 1977

80

Results Speak Louder Than Promises

ALLEGRO PLANT TONIC

Formulated Especially For African Violets

(but beneficial to all houseplants)

For comments from outstanding growers, please see page 11,
June-1977 Issue of this magazine.

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972 Grassy Hill Rd. • Orange, CT. 06477

Sample bottle: $3.50 (Postpaid) Also available in cases and gallons.

§ Uj^OA/

P. O. Box 9363 Panama City Beach, Fla. 32407
Tel: (904) 763-4847 Or 234-6897 after 6

Send stamp for our list of:

*Fredette Originals — Reed's House of Violets — -
Champion — Granger — Swift

*year round shipping*
Inquiries Welcome

Cindy Miller Bodiford Marilea Miller Pierce

Sorry: No Retail Shipping, All retail sales made at greenhouses only. Our
WHOLESALE list available to Dealers and Clubs upon identification and a self
addressed stamped long envelope.

“Millie Blair” reg.

Those who have seen the plant named for her have said it will be another of our finer
introductions. It is a Medium Blue full double with a broader white edge than usual on
very free growing dark green foliage. An abundance of Flowers held well above the
foliage. This is a free growing easily controlled plant and will grow well for anyone.

“Millie Blair” available to the trade wholesale now.

Regarding the winter of 76 and 77; it has finally caught up with us in that we are about
three months late on our fall 1977 new variety releases. This we regret but it is one of
those things we have no control over. Consequently, there will be no Fall 77 price list.
We do however have several cultivars that will be ready approximately January Ist,
1978, namely —

Dubonette Deb Rose Triumph

Dainty Doll Charmaine

Atlantis Blue Sparkler

We will also offer a small amount of some of the better miniatures from other
hybridizers. Remember that UPS shipping terminates for us about November 1st. Air
freight shipments continue on a year round basis, weather permitting.

If it’s constant winners you want, check the HONOR ROLL OF AFRICAN VIOLETS in
June ’77 issue. Five out of ten years our plants were leaders on the best varieties list. We
will continue to maintain this level of easy performing Violets for you.

GRANGER GARDENS

1060 WILBUR ROAD MEDINA, OHIO 44256 PHONE 216-239-2349

Greenhouses are located in Granger, one mile east of Rt. 94 on Wilbur Rd.

African Violet Magazine, September, 1977

81

SPECIAL FOR FALL

N VIOLETS

JEALOUS PINK (Baker) ~ Very frilly medium pink with good green edge. The best weVe ever
seen. Dark wavy foliage. Show plant.

SNOWFIRE (Baker) Huge white semi-double star marked and splotched with red. Med.
green tailored foliage. Good bloomer.

PARSON’S BLUES (Blades) — Large blue-purple double with geneva edge. Tailored Tommie
Lou foliage.

PARSON’S CARE (Blades) — Medium pink semi-double. Tailored Tommie Lou foliage, blooms
in bunches.

PARSON’S CHEER (Blades) — Two-toned orchid and violet double on tailored Tommie Lou
foliage. Pretty.

PARSON’S MASTERPIECE (Blades) — Large velvet purple douJ)le on nicely variegated
Tommie Lou foliage. A definite improvement on Top Dollar.

FRENCH LILAC (Swift) Very frilly lavender and wine double. Serrated, medium green
foliage. Show plant.

CHERISHED HOPE (Reed) — 2W Creamy white double. Glossy medium green foliage.
Grows symmetrically.

COUNTRY GENTLEMAN (Reed) — - Large blue-purple double on tailored Tommie Lou foliage.

DIXIE DANDY (Reed) ~ Large medium pink double, sometimes pink and white. Third best
commercial introduction in 1976.

PICK-A-DILLY (Reed) Fringed blue double on tailored Tommie Lou foliage.

SNOWBALL SPECIAL (Reed) — 2}/2 pure white double star. Medium green tailored foliage.

THRILLER DILLER (Reed) — Fringed wine double with green edge. Dark green tailored foliage.

SANDRA (Utz) — Large pink double star with fuchsia border and generous white edge.
Medium green tailored foliage.

SUGAR BLUES (Fredette) — Deep blue double with white edge on tailored Tommie Lou
foliage.

VELVET RIBBONS (Fredette) — Frilled light pink star, bordered with fuchsia, thin white edge.
Medium green quilted foliage.

WINTER GRAPE (Fredette) — Wavy mauve and purple double on wavy Tommie Lou foliage.

SHIPPING: Starter plants are now available for $2.50 postpaid until Nov. 1, 1977. Add 15$ per
plant for FIRST CLASS POSTAGE, which is recommended. Four plant minimum order.
For our complete list of 600 varieties send 25$.

VISITING ATLANTA? We are conveniently located in Northeast Atlanta, three miles north of I-
285 on Lawrenceville Hwy. in the Tucker Shopping Center. Stop in and see hundreds of
violets in full bloom.

4341B Hugh Howell Rd. Hours: 10-8, Mon. - Sat.

Tucker Shopping Center (404) 939-8844

Tucker, Ga. 30084

African Violet Magazine, September, 1977

82

My New Varieties

Blue Top

Geviene

Cormorant

Sara Lynn

Blue Fiesta

White Hurricane

Sun Down

Center Point

Hot Cargo

Geri Todd

San Antonio

No Shipping

HOWARD OTZ

10017 Sahara Drive

San Antonio, Tex. 78216

Phone (512) 342-0291

BlooniCTS

Gesneriads, Sinningias, Episcias
African Violets - 6CD Varieties
Leading Hybridizers - Newest Hybrids
Standards, Miniatures, Trailers
Variegates a Specialty

1867 N. Burling, Chicago, Illinois 60614
By Appointment Only (312) 943-1162

ARTH’S AFRICAN VIOLETS

9 Banbury Lane Commack, Long Island, N. Y. 11725

New and Best Varieties from

Champion Variegates
Fredette Originals
Granger Gardens
Lyndon Lyon

Phone: 516/86^3387

Max Maas
Park Nurseries
Tinari Greenhouse
Howard Utz

Standards — Trailers Minis
25$ for list.

Visitors Weicome

Jean & Joe Arth

STAND-BYE

GROW WITH CONFIDENCE

WICKED FOR CONSTANT FEEDING

All Plastic 6" tall, 16-oz. capacity

1 . @ $1.98 each

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Add 10% for packing and shipping

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Tray and

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1 Pan and Tray . $7.25 each

6 Pans and Trays . $6.00 each

Texas residents add 5 % Tax

African Violet Magazine, September, 1977

83

FRESH CUT LEAVES
New varieties from leading hybridizers,
immediate shipping

A.V. choice — $8.50 P.P. -- 15 varieties

Your choice of mini’s, standard,
variegated or show plants

My choice of specific varieties.

New listing ~ 250

THE LITTLE VIOLET HOUSE

Marsha Sanders
404/592-4079

Rt. 2, Box 219
Hephzibah, GA. 30815

$7.95* Post Pa, d

Texas residents add sales tax.
Design is green.

Shirt Color Choices:

1. White with green
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2. Purple. 34-36 (Small)

3. Light blue. 38-40 (Medium)

4. Navy. *42-44 (Large)

5. Yellow. 46-48 (Ex-large)

50% cotton, 50% polyester blend.

Alternate design:
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Houston, Texas 77024

\j|/'Green ISold Soilwash

Congratulations to Catherine Murawski, Elmhurst, N.Y. who won the PRINCESS AWARD with GOR¬
GEOUS fMaasJ, THE NEW YORK STATE AFRICAN VIOLET SOCIETY RED WHITE & BLUE ROSETTE
with AMAZING GRACE (Yerman) and the BEST in an aqua planter. Catherine entered 15 plants and won
1 5 awards.

We would like to add to our list of champions llene Jorgensen, Salt Lake City, Utah who won the OUEEN
of SHOW with RICHTER’S HIGHLAND BEAU, GOLD ROSETTE with M A RTA, EMPE RO R and RUFFLED
RED and SWEEPSTAKES.

Catherine and llene have given full credit to GREEN GOLD’S SOILWASH. (You and / know that they
must be doing something right also)

To answer the many many requests for larger sizes we are now shipping quarts, $7.50 pre-paid east of Miss,
and please add $1.00 west of Miss. The gallon size is $24.50 plus $3.00 shipping charges.

Thanks to all who have written to us expressing their delight with GREEN GOLD’S SOILWASH. Let us
hear from more champions!

jean Dolan, Distributor

168 Thimble Islands Road

Stony Creek, CT 06405

Closed Mon. & Tues.
(203) 488-5018

FOR WANT OF A PLANT
THE RIBBON WAS LOST . . .

Complete list of prize winning varieties — 20C
(Including Fall supplement)

1 Bottle .
6 Bottles

Grow the best with Irene Fredette’s
ALLEGRO plant tonic

. $2.50 (plus $1 shipping)

. $12.00 (plus $2 shipping)

GrestwooJ \Jioietry

7314 Jervis St., Springfield, VA 22151, 703-256-1575

Visitors welcome by appointment only.

Also wholesale plants and leaves — write for information.

African Violet Magazine, September, 1977

84

FOR SALE

Like new collection of African Violet Magazine from June 1958 to
June 1964; African Violet Magazine Member's Handbook for
1957-58 to 1964; Cumulative Index, Sept. 1947 to June 1958. Also
an autographed copy of "How to Grow African Violets" by
Carolyn K. Rector,

Mrs. Ev@rett Crooks

2028 Birch Ave Rapid City, S. Dakota 57701

JACKSONS HOUSE OF VIOLETS

New and older varieties.

Wholesale — (No Shipping)

Retail

Please send 260 for List

1830 S. Broadway Ada. OK 74820

Phone 405-332-3361

AFRICAN VIOLET BLOOMING PLANTS
and starter plants. Newest varieties.

No shipping. Visitors welcome.

Worl of Violets

2403 Laverne Dr. NW Huntsville, ALA 35810

MINIATURE LEAVES

Over 175 varieties

RAINBOW FOREST

P. O. Box 1047 Fremont, CA 94538

Mail only, list 25^

Hybrid African Violet Seeds

We try our best to make sure that all of our seed is tested, but in the Spring
of this year we mistakenly mailed out, and sold at the Convention show in St.
Louis, some seeds which turned out to be bad germinators. We were able to
replace mail order seeds, but we do not have records of people who bought
seeds at the show. So if you or someone you know got bad seeds at the
show, please contact me for replacement.

To order seeds now, please consult the June issue of this magazine for
selections, or write to the address below for our list. (Please include self-
addressed-stamped envelope) You could also order simply by telling us what
kind (color, size, etc.) of violets you want to raise. Price: $4.00 per packet for 1
— 3 packets; $3.00 per packet for 4 — 6 packets; $1.50 per packet when
purchasing 7 or more. Complete instructions provided.

Ronn Nadeau
2662 Smoke View Dr.

Maryland Heights, MO 63043

Kitty’s Violets

Fresh cut A.V. leaves - 25(P for List
Volkmann supplies - Tube Craft Stands
Visitors Welcome

406 Pearl St. Jasper, Texas 75951

(713) 384-8397

MARY LOU’S
VIOLET CLOSET

Choice varieties from
Grangers, Lyon, Fredette, Maas,

Champions and of course,

I have the Tennessee Varieties

No List No Shipping

Visitors Weicome By Appointment

Mary Lou Dysinger 902 Neuhoff Lane

Phone: 615/352-4944 Nashville, Tenn. 37205

African Violet Magazine, September, 1977

85

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African Violet Magazine, September, 1977

86

POSTPAID SUPPLIES

Sudbury Soil Improvement Kit

$8.29

Sudbury PH Soil Test Kit

1.98

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4.50

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Complete list of house plant supplies for stamp.
Texas residents include 5% Texas Sales Tax.

THE WALKERS

Box 150-Z Luling, Texcn 78648

GRO-CART is a scientifically
equipped indoor plant stand,
designed with special fluores¬
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Experiment with hybridizing
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GRO-CART MODEL GH - 3 SHOWN. SEND
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OPEN DAILY 10 - 5; SUNDAY 1 - 5

THE BREEH HOUSE

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For indoor gardeners and interior decorators;

design, lighting and cultural ideas for every
room in the house. Floor plans demonstrate
how to use space efficiently and beautifully.
Drawings illustrate how to combine plants
and furniture creatively. Charts and dia¬
grams explain how to use both natural and
artificial light so that you can have plants
everywhere— including rooms without light.
And you will find the cultural requirements
for over 200 plants.

The House Plant Decorating Bookconta ins:

• 100 line drawings and diagrams

• a room-by-room analysis of lighting and
design problems

• a survey of all types of equipment and
diagrams of installations

• the basic principles of indoor culture.

Plus an extensive list of reliable sources for:
plants, seeds, lighting equipment, indoorgar¬
dening supplies and terrariums.

Index.

243 pages. |

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African Violet Magazine, September, 1977

87

Violets At The Ernst's

221 S.E. 70th St. Gainesville, Fla. 32601

(near Newnans Lake * Phone 376-8655)

LEAVES AND PLANTS
Please Send 25^ for list.

FLORENCE’S

African violets and supplies
From babies to full grown bloomers

23118 Park Rd. Phone

Tomball, Texas 713/351-5859

Mini Sinningias

Pusilla, Ruby Red, Coral Reef,
Pink Flair and more.

African Violets

Millie Blair, Biue Cascade,
Atlantis and others

Send for catalog and new list.
Enclose self-addressed stamped envelope.

San Francisco Plant Co.

139 Main St.

Half Moon Bay, CA. 94019

[ax ^Vaxi£ti&±

(listed in order of popularity)

Miriam Steel
Tommie Lou
Garnet Elf
Triple Threat
Fashionaire
Nancy Reagan
Happy Harold
Firebird
Lillian Jarrett
Butterfly White
Delft Imperial
Top Dollar

Brigadoon

Serenity

Whirlaway

Mary-D

Like Wow Sport
Creekside Moonbeam
Carefree
Cordelia

Dbl. Black Cherry
Poodle Top
After Dark

Plus These Favorites:

Peppermint Frost
Cherry Sunday
Lime Puff
Ivory Buttons
Vais Silver Honey

We also carry assorted miniatures, trailers, excellent
variegated foliage, and some of the Parson series.

PRI'OES— -$'2.50 ea. including all costs
Minimum order 6 plants
Calif, res. add 6V2 % tax.

VcMatf, Vialeti.

P. O. Box 448 Ph. 415-828-5589

San Ramon, Calif. 94583

Patches and Pots

African Violets, Miniature Sinningia
Fresh cut leaves and plants.

Audrey Buchanan

583 El Cajon Blvd. El Cajon, Calif. 92020

Phone: 442-7037

Send stamp for list.

GROWING SUPPLIES
AND FERTILIZER

DoDe’s SPECIAL

AFRICAN VIOLET POTTING SOIL

sterilized, treated with insecticides,
and contains special growing elements.

24-oz. — $1.40 48-oz, ™ $2.50

12-oz. Charcoal . $ .89

8-oz. Peters Violet Special 12-36-14 . . . 1.85

8-oz. Peters Variegated Special 5-50-17 . 2.35

2-oz. Superthrive liquid Vitamins —

great for leaf propagation . 1.89

8-oz. Liquid Sturdy Brand 0-15-14

mix with fish fertilizer . 2.98

16-oz. Liquid Alaska Fish 5-1-1 . 2.25

8-oz. Kelthane (miticide) . 2.25

1-oz. Carbonmate (Fermate) . 50

6-qts. Perlite (coarse) . 70

4-qts. Verlite no. 3 (crumb type) . . . .70

2-lbs. Dolomite Limestone . . .95

2-lbs. Superphosphate . 1.00

100 Stake labels -- 6” white-sturdy . . 2.15

2Vz” Square or rd. plastic pots -- 25 for . 1.00

3” Round plastic pots — 25 for . 1.00

6” Hanging Basket- White with saucer _ ea. .90

Minimum order $5.00

Please add $1.75 for shipping up to $11.99; $2.75 up to $24.99.
West of Rockies add :50* to ail rates. We ship by UPS . . . For
box number and RFD please add phone number and give
street address.

AQUAMATIC SELF-WATERING
VIOLET PLANTER

Lets your plants water and fertilize themselves.
Single — $2.50 6 for $12.85

Twelve or more — $1.94 each Case of 24 — $40.00

POSTAGE PAID! !

♦Clubs write for discount prices on Supplies & Soil.

♦LOW PRICES ON FLORACARTS. Write us for details.

HELEN VAN PELT WILSON’S
AFRICAN VIOLET BOOK

$8.95 (hardback) pp $4.75 (paperback) pp

(NEW)

THE MIRACLE HOUSEPLANTS
The Gesneriad Family

$8.95 (hardback) pp .25 (paperback) pp

Send stamp for catalog. Florida residents add 4%

Phone 305-452-5670 sales tax on all items.

DoDe’s GARDENS

1490 Saturn Street
Merritt Island, Florida 3E952

Minimum Charge Order $10.00. Send All Info, on Card

African Violet Magazine, September, 1977

88

plant. Dark foliage.

FRANKIi-(Niw from Maas) Large, deep blue double flowers ort a vigorous growing

1^0. 537

THi QUiEN~CNew from Maas) Double pink blooms that never quit. Destirted to be
the queen .of the double pinks. 1^0* 535

LILY WHITi-INeW'from Maas) Double white blossoms set against very dark tailor¬
ed foliage. Very free blooming. Unique overall appearance No. 532 $2.49

MA6IC SFLiNDOR—CNsw from Lyon) Big light blue, white edged semi-double star
flowers in great profusion. Standard foliage. No. 540 $2.49

PINK FASHION-(Nbw from Granger) Large pink, double blossoms. Plain, green
foliage. No. 541

yHILD COUNTRY— Flowers up to 2-1/2". Semi-double blue violet with trace of white
edging. 51 1

SEA BREiZ'E-fNiW from Maas) White stmi-double, edged in light blue, with ruf¬
fled edge, Serrated compact foliage. 536

LITTLE CHARM~(New from Lyon) Double pink miniature, with dark, tailored

foliage-

HAPPY TRAILS— (New from Lyon) A semi-miniature trailer. Covers itself in double
light fuchsia blooms. No. 904

BOLD ADVANCi-(New from Lyon) Bold double flowers in fuchsia with white
edges. Dark green foliage. No. 812

Popular Javorites only $1.19 each

FG BLUE — Just clear blue and single, but what a performer! Showers of blue flowers
non-dropping, make this a real pretty traditional violet. No. 525

WHITE LYNN — Beautiful huge white semi-double. Sometimes streaked with pink.
Light green rounded compact foliage. No. 626

BLUE SPRITE — Great sky blue miniature single, neat, tiny almost black foliage.

No. 709

PINK-DARE-YOU — Lush semi-double dark pink, almost fluorescent. Light green
semi-mini foliage. No. 807

SMILE -- It will make you smile! Dainty double red, with compact dark green
foliage. No. 808

COMPANION PLANTS

NEW VARIETIBS! Now only $1.98 ea. |

LUV~(Nbw from Lyon) Huge rosy pink double camellia-type flowers, often with
blue splashes. Dark green leaves. No. 538

TOP JOB— (New from Lyon) Tops with clear light blue, full double flowers. Excel¬
lent deep green foliage. Flowers last to form full bouquet. No. 539
RED STAR-(New from Maas) Huge deep crimson stars atop medium green stan¬
dard foliage. A breakthrough in size and color of bloom. No. 534

WINTERS DREAM— (New from Lyon) Huge, semi-double white stars, often kissed
with tint of pink. Sturdy tailored foliage. No. 533

Reduced to $1.89 ea.

TARGETIER— Huge dark blue full double flowere with prominent yellow stamens,
fine dark tailored foliage. No. 51 3

SNOW SPARKLIR—A brilliant white iridescent semi-double against a setting of
dark green foliage. A nice contrast! No. 806

CORAL CAPER— Amaiing coral colored semi-double star flowers. Very dark red
backed foliag®. No. 502

BUBBLIN' OVER SPORT— Hugh blue and white blossoms and all'of the other good
qualities of Bubblin' Over. No. 506

THE KING—Compact double blue, fine upright flower stems. Tremendous bloomer.
The king of the double blues. No. 518

Now only $1.98 ea.

COLUMNEA MARIANNE— (New) Compact grower. Everblooming bouquet of red
flowers on graceful dark green pointed foliage. No. 608

COLUMNEA YELLOW DRAGON— (New) Everblooming yellow blossoms cascading
from long pointed dark green leaves. One of the best growers for baskets or pots.

No. 609

NiMATANTHUS GRiGARIOUS-(New) Similar to "Candy Corn" but foliage and
flowers larger. A rapid grower. No. 611

iPISCIA FADED JADE-(New) Beautiful light green leaves, interesting silver mark¬
ings, bountiful bright blooms. No. 605

NOW $1.79 ea.

EPISCIA PINKISCIA— Free blooming pink flowers contrast with rich chocolate
brown foliage. No. 601

iPISCIA "CYGNET"— Large white frilled flowers with purple dotted throat; serrated
light green foliage. No. 603

COLUMNEA BONFIRE-Always ablaze with yellow and crimson flowers. Very
hardy. Just the thing for hanging baskets. No. 607

j* Ballet Varieties . only $1.89 ea..

BLUE STORM— Myriads of double blue stars with white edg* above that gorgeous
Tommy Lou foliage. No. 545

IRISH SPRING— Wide band of citron green surrounds, each semi-double white star.
Deep green rounded leaves. No. 803

PIXIE BLUi~An abundance of violet-shaped blue flowers on small. Semi-trailing
.plant. Miniature. No- 702

'TINA-Double, extra super red, set off by deep green foliage. A' good contrast; a
^tremendous violet. No. 522

LISA — Glowing pink frilled. Long-lasting blossom creating a bouquet of color

No. 450

MARTA — Lovely orchid lavender, bearing huge, frilled flowers in a large cluster

VERY vigorous, a novelty in this color. No. 451

HEIDI — Bright pink single, non-dropping. Lush dark green foliage. Easy bloorher

No. 452

EVA — Semi-double, light blue, vigorous, compact foliage. No, 453
ULLI — Lovely dark blue blossom, with frilly edge. Dark compact foliage.

y

African Violet Catalog --110, exciting plants illus>
trated in full^olor. * Send

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150 in coin to cover handling. Free with every
order.

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filled with interesting and hard-to-find growing

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VIOLET VENTURE FOR FALL '77 . $2.25 each

Mystic, Pink Mountain, Red Star, White Poodle, White Spray

FEATURING FALL FAVORITES * . . . $1.95 each

Christi Love Frankie Poodle Top Seafoam

Coral Caper Freedom Red Pink Reverie Tina

Candy Lips Imp. Gosh Raspberry Star White Heritage

Becky Great Find Rosebud Wild Flame

Bonus Babe Lavender Fluff Sailor's Dream Winters Dream

Flamingo Mary C Swiss Ballet

VARIED VARIEGATED VARIETIES . . $1.95 each

Happy Harold Tommie Lou

Silver Crest Top Dollar

GALAXY OF GREAT GROWERS . . . . $1.69 each

Astro Pink Gypsy Pink Platinum Triple Threat

Butterfly White Jennifer Ramblin Rose Wisteria

Coral Flame Mary D Ruth Carey White Wisteria

Forever White Orion Star Gazer

Giant Step Pink Panther Tipt

NOTE ... All fall violet orders should contain a few substitutes due to the demand
and popularity of some of these cultivars.

KNOW YOUR ROOTS IN AFRICAN VIOLETS!
. . . read . . .

'OUR AFRICAN VIOLET HERITAGE ' by Anne Tinari
. . . autographed on request . . .$3.95 each ppd.

Learn about the early beginnings of African violets in
our country from their African origin. Many pictures of
old and new cultivars, different blossom and foliage
forms, 25 most popular questions asked with answers
to help you grow African violets successfully, fond and
vivid memories of the 1st African violet convention in

1946.

Other hooks available listed on June '77 AVSA ad.

Color catalog listing all cultivars and accessories for growing better violets .... 25(1:.

Please include packing and postal cost of $1.75 on all plant orders of $5.85 or less.
Over add $1.95; West of Miss. $2.25. California and distant customers are best served
by Air Mail. Please include an additional 25(1: per plant over postage stated for this
service.

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AFFILIATE 'APPENINGS: Send to Editor.

AFFILIATES^ See list in Nov. issue. For information on
show awards, how to start a chapter of questions on
new or renewal membership, write Mrs. Wayne W.
Schroeder, 1739 N. 74th Court, Elmwood Park, IL
60635. Send officer information sheet received with
charter to Mrs. Schroeder by July 1.

AVSA EMBLEMS*. See January issue. Member, Past
President, Life Member pins. Own and wear them
with pride. Order from AVSA office.

AVSA OFFICE: Mrs. Clarice Bell, Office Manager, Box
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BEST VARIETIES LIST: See November issue.

BEST VARIETIES -- HONOR ROLL COMPILER: Mrs.

M. G. Gonzales, 200 Doris Ave., San Jose, CA 95127
BOOSTER FUND: Send contributions to Mrs. W. M.

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BOYCE EDENS RESEARCH FUND: Send contribution,
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BYLAWS: See September issue.

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JUDGING SCHOOL: For information on holding a
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James B. Carey, 3900 Garden Dr., Knoxville, TN
37918

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or slides to donate for library, write Harvey Stone, 51
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A must for judges, exhibitors, serious growers.
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non-registered cultivars introduced from 1966 to June
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QUESTION BOX: Anne Tinari, 2325 Valley Rd.,

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MAGAZINE

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Vol. 30, Number 5 November, 1977

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Every attempt is made to keep articles technically correct. Since the growing of fine African violets can be achieved in many ways, the
method and opinions expressed by writers are their own and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of AVSA.

PERTAINING TO VIOLETS

COVER PAGE — 'Sweet Violet' — New introduction by Swift's of
Dallas

4. 1977 Best Varieties — Mrs. M. G. Gonzales, San Jose, CA

5. Watering

6. Adaptation of Microculture Technology to Saintpaulia Im¬
provement Production (Conclusion) — Dr. Brent H. McCowen
and Peter C. Bilkey, U. of Wisconsin

8. You're Invited!

12. Demand Increasing for Flowerfng Houseplants — Dale Eyer-
dom, Medina, OH

14. Violets Teach Consideration — Lahla Yakel, Cupertino, CA
14. The Little Redhead That Still Cries — Penny Brenner, New
Orleans, LA
14. Kitchen Baster

16. Preparing Plants for Show (conclusion) — Mrs. H. N. Hansen,
Jenkintown, PA

17. Good Light

18. Can You Top This? — Mary Ann Mansfield, Winter Park, FL

20. Violets On Light — Mrs. Karen Caldwell, Prince Rupert, B.C.,

Canada

31. Portraits: Delia Symonds
36. Holiday Plants

38. How Many Generations in New Introductions?

39. I Came, I Saw, I Was Conquered — Mrs. J. Halford, Transvaal,
Republic of South Africa

39. Coming Events

50. Fluorescent Lights

51. Unique Arrangement — Mrs. Sybil Bates, Denver, CO

53. Grow 'Em Large in Just a Year — Edythe M. Peeler, Lawndale,
NC

53. A Teenager Speaks: Violets Are For Everyone — Carol Ann
Miderski, Barrington, IL
53. Curling Foliage

68. Now She Wick Waters — Mrs. Mary J. Moore, Dayton, OH

69. Break the Insect Cycle — Sandra Leary, St. Petersburg, FL
76. Helpful Hint — Betsy Evans, Tucson, AR

REGULAR FEATURES

3. President's Message — Melva Nelson, AVSA President
9. Question Box — Anne Tinari, Huntingdon Valley, PA
15. Registration Report — Adele Tretter, St. Louis, MO

19. Musings from the 'Mini-Mam' — Mrs. Sidney (Ellie) Bogin

21. AVSA Affiliates — Mrs. Wayne (Mildred) Schroeder

46. AVSA Booster Fund — Mrs. Lucile Plaster, Shreveport, LA
46. Boyce Edens Research Fund — Mrs. L. F. Lidiak, Austin, TX

50. Your Library — Harvey L. Stone, Marblehead, MA

51. Cross Your I's and Dot Your T's — Mrs. W. F. Anderson, St.
Louis, MO

69. Beginner's Column — Mrs. J. A. W (Ann) Richardson,
Tavares, FL

70. A Foote on the Violet Path — Mrs. Henry P. (Grace) Foote, Port
Arthur, TX

SOCIETY BUSINESS

INSIDE FRONT COVER — Strictly Business — Your Business
1. Application for Membership
11. Life Member Is Omitted
18. Improved Entry Tags

22. Affiliate Organizations
33. Commercial Members
39. Club Has 11 Judges
43. New Life Member
43. Need Magazines?

50. Prices Changed!

54. AVSA Judges, Lifetime Judges and Teachers
68. AVSA Research

72. To Our Advertisers: Ads Need Space To Be Legible
72. The New Magazine Look

72. African Violet Magazine Advertising Rates

73. Add Gift Memberships to Your Christmas List!

CONVENTION

11. Yearbook Award Goes to Canton, OH
19. More Awards for Named Cultivars

21. Texas Style Tours Set for Convention — Mary Ann Nelson,
Tour Chairman

42. 1978 AVSA Convention Loses One — Gains One — Shirley R.
Jeffrey, Denton, TX

MISCELLANEOUS

17. Holmes Sells His Business

71. In Memoriam

87. Sally Beck Continuing Frathel's Originations

APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP

African Violet Society of America, Inc.

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African Violet Magazine, November, 1977

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OUR COVER PAGE

ADVERTISERS' INDEX

'Sweet Violet' was introduced by Swift's
African Violets of Dallas as a new introduction at
the 1977 AVSA Convention/Show in St. Louis,
MO. With its semidouble blossoms on plain
quilted foliage, 'Sweet Violet' is both unusual and
beautiful and received the Helen Van Zele Award
for the third best introduction. (Photo by Frank
Burton)

OFFICERS

MRS. E. A. NELSON . President

603 East Essex
St. Louis, MO 63122

MRS. MARVIN GARNER . 1st Vice President

1010 Edgewood, S. E.

North Canton, OH 44720

MRS. W. ]. KROGMAN . 2nd Vice President

1325 Parkway Drive
Brookfield, W1 53005

MR. HARVEY L. STONE . 3rd Vice President

51 Peach Highlands
Marblehead, MA 01945

MRS. H. N. HANSEN . Secretary

708 Wyndale Road
Jenkintown, PA 19046

MISS FLORENCE M. GARRITY . Treasurer

36 Cerdan Avenue
Roslindale, MA 02131

STAFF

MRS. GRACE FOOTE, Editor
211 Allien Place
Port Arthur, TX 77640
MRS. TERRANCE R. LEARY, Adv. Mgr.

2088 Illinois Ave., NE
St. Petersburg, FL 33703
MRS. CLARICE BELL
Office Manager
P. O. Box 1326
Knoxville, TN 37901
MRS. W. F. ANDERSON

AVSA Publications Chairman
360 Tulip Drive
St. Louis, MO 63119
COLUMNISTS

Mrs. Frank Tinari, Mrs. James Carey, Mrs.

Sidney Bogin, Harvey L. Stone, Mrs. L. F.

Lidiak, Mrs. ]. A. W. Richardson, Paul Arnold,

Mrs. W. M. Plaster, Mrs. Mildred Schroeder
and Mrs. Fred Tretter.

BEST VARIETIES, HONOR ROLL COMPILER
Mrs. M.G. Gonzales
200 Doris Ave.

San Jose, CA 95127
PUBLISHER

Gus Becker Printing Co.

1080 Forsythe
Beaumont, TX 77701

The Official Publication of the
African Violet Society of
America, Inc.

The African Violet Magazine is published 5 times a
year, January, March, June, September and No¬
vember and second class postage is paid by the
African Violet Society of America, Inc. at 706
Hamilton National Bank Building, Knoxville, TN
37901 and at additional mailing offices. Subscription
$6.00 per year which is included in membership dues
starting with the June issue each year. Copyright by
African Violet Society of America, Inc., 1977.

NOTICE TO POSTMASTER:

Please send notification regarding undeliver¬
able magazines to office address. African Violet
Society of America, Inc. P. O. Box 1326,
Knoxville, TN 37901.

EDITOR'S NOTE: These are your advertisers who help the magazine.
Please support them and when you write them for supplies, please
mention The African Violet Magazine.

(AVSA can not assume responsibility for advertisers. However, we request that
a carbon copy of any complaint be sent to the Advertising Manager. If any
advertiser is found irresponsible, AVSA can refuse future ads.

84. Mrs. W. D. Anderson — Return address labels

73. AVSA Gift Membership

32. AVSA Magazine Binders — Come only in pairs

32. Back Issues of African Violet Magazines

75. Barbara's — Over 5(X) varieties of African Violets

83. Becker Printing Company — African Violet Notepaper

84. Betty's Unique Boutique — Violets and begonies

86. Bloomers — Gesneriads, sinningias, African violets

84. Boswell & Barnard — African violets, orchids, exotic plants

86. Cape Cod Violetry — Latest varieties

86. Ruth Carry's Revised Handbook for Judges and Exhibitors

86. Cindy's Violetry — Mail order . . . Fall 1977

75. Clarel Laboratories, Inc. — Granny's Bloomers

84. Crestwood Violetry — Season's Greetings

75. DoDe's Gardens — Growing supplies and fertilizers

86. Earth Flowers — African violet starter plants, gift plants

75. Ernst Nursery — Leaves and plants
73. First Austin AVS Growing Handbook
INSIDE BACK COVER - Fischer's Greenhouses

76. FloraCart Indoor Garden by TubeCraft

88. FloraCart Watering Wand — Popular accessory for your
HoraCart

81. FloraLite Company — Lumen lighter stands
80. Flower Potter

87. Fran's Fernery — Violets by Fran

83. Fredette Originals — Dial Meter

80. Green Gold, Inc. — Soil wash

77. The Grppn Honcp — Grppn House Gro-Cart

73. Bernard Greeson — AV Growing supplies.

72. Hancock's African Violets — Hobby house

75. Heavenly Violets — Fresh cut leaves and episcias
86. High Hat — African violets

74. House of Violets — Moist-Rite Self Watering Planters

81. Indoor Gardening Supplies — Plant stands, light fixtures

75. Jacksons House of Violets — New and older varieties
86. Theo Jensen — African violets

76. Kat's African Violets — Fresh cut leaves
86. Kitty's African Violets — Fresh cut leaves
86. Albert Kreiger — African violet starter plants

86. Louise's Greenhouse — African violet leaves and episcias

85. Lyndon Lyon — Registered 1977 varieties

80. Mary's African Violets — Books on gardening, growing
supplies

84. R. J. Miderski — African violets

79. Park Nurseries — New varieties are terrific

78. Plant Marvel Laboratories — Feed as you water

87. Plantsmith, Inc.

84. Poyner's Greenhouse — African violets and related plants

77. Re-Jewa-tone — Triple strength vitamin

86. Rose Knoll Gardens — Illini series and varieties of leading
hybridizers

81. St. Louis Violet Nurseries — Hybrid African violet seeds

84. Schultz Instant Food

88. Shoplite Co. — Decorator plant stands

88. Stand-Bye — Grow with confidence

85. Stim-U-Plant — Plant food, soil conditioners, sprays

80. Strickland Greenhouse — African Violets

BACK COVER — Tinari Greenhouses — Gifts African violet lovers
will cherish

86. Tingle's — Leaves, starter plants, gift plants
80. Tomaro African Violets — Happy Holidays!

83. Verilux — Fluorescent lamps

79. Vermont, Inc. — Needlepoint Kits
79. Violet Depot — Parson's Series

82. The Violet House — Plastic flower pots

72. Violet Fantasia — Distributor for Fredette Originals

78. Violet Room — Green Gold Soilwash

87. Violets Atlanta — Season's Greetings

83. Volkman's — Reservoir wick pots

78. The Walker's — AV supplies, pesticides, pots

87. Wood's African Violets — Fresh cut leaves

African Violet Magazine, November, 1977

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HAPPY HOLIDAYS
TO EACH OF YOU

It seems pretty ridiculous to be sending this greeting at a time when we have been
sweltering under a merciless sun the past few weeks, with the thermometer stuck in the
mid-to-upper 90's range for 12 straight days. After suffering through "The YJ inter of
’77" , why must Mother Nature wallop us with "The Summer of '77"?

However, as they say the show must go on! During the early months of winter,
many Affiliates will be staging shows. The holidays are a natural for the selection of
exciting themes and, hopefully, with cooler weather, our plants have pulled out of the
summer doldrums. Mildred Schroeder, our Affiliate Chairman, is doing a great job
keeping abreast of all show dates, so there will he no disappointments in receiving
award ribbons on time, etc. But you have a responsibility, also. Score sheets should be
promptly returned to her in order to complete the records. In the event the Gold and
Purple Rosettes are not awarded, please see that they are returned immediately.

With the addition of another clerk on our Knoxville office staff, we hope our Library
problems will be solved. By keeping a close check on all programs before mailing to see
that the slides are in proper rotation, mutilated commentary sheets replaced with fresh
copies, etc., we hope disappointments and complaints will be eliminated. Here, too, you
have a responsibility. If you fail to return a program immediately after your club
meeting — if you fail to wrap the package securely and send it by first class mail, then
you can just bet our best efforts in your behalf are going to hit a snag.

It's not too early to begin making plans to attend the Austin convention next April.
You know how they do things in Texas! You can't imagine how excited I am about
visiting that big, wonderful State of Texas at last. I've covered our country from corner
to corner many times, but somehow never made it to Texas, other than crossing its
extreme western corner one year, driving my granddaughter to Arizona State
University in Phoenix. So, it's all going to be new and exciting for me and I can hardly
wait.

This is also an opportune time to remember some special friend with a gift
subscription to AFRICAN VIOLET MAGAZINE. An entire year's pleasure for
just $6.00. How can you beat it?

Sincerely,

African Violet Magalzine, November, 1977

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iJii 1977 BEST
VARIETIES

.q:

Mrs. M. G. Gonzales
200 Doris Ave.
San Jose, CA 95127

This list was compiled from 1679 individual lists. Thank you to each member who sent us a list.
No. of Variety Reg. No. Hybridizer

votes

rec'd.

636

Miriam Steel 2276 (Granger)

111

110

109

Mrs. Greg 2361 (V. Lorenzen)

Whirlaway 2210 (Lyon)

Edith V. Peterson 2561 (Constantinov)

455

Tommie Lou 1744 (Oden)

107

Dora Baker 2084 (V. Lorenzen)

408

Garnet Elf 2339 (Granger)

106

Midget Bon Bon 2282 (Champion)

371

Tina 2680 (Maas)

105

Emperor 1507 (Taylor)

331

Nancy Reagan 2167 (Rienhardt)

104

Regina 2716 (Granger)

325

Rhapsodie Mars (Holtkamp)

101

Cordelia 2466 (Lyon)

304

Happy Harold 2165 (Rienhardt)

101

Granger's Carefree 2221 (Granger)

290

Lullaby 1783 (Granger)

100

After Dark 2117 (Richter)

279

Ballet Lisa 2898 (Geo. J. Ball Inc.)

100

Lisa (Lyon)

244

Firebird 2018 (Granger)

100

The King 2668 (Maas)

238

Triple Threat 1989 (Lyon)

99

Ann Slocomb 1907 (Lanigan)

234

Granger's Serenity 2578 (Granger)

97

Crimson Frost 2706 (Granger)

234

Rhapsodie Gigi (Holtkamp)

95

Blue Reverie 2013 (Granger)

222

Lilian Jarrett 1060 (Tinari)

95

Granger's Musetta 2575 (Granger)

220

Delft Imperial 1326 (Granger)

94

Lavender Tempest 2709 (Granger)

208

Top Dollar 2168 (Rienhardt)

94

Rhapsodie Gisela (Holtkamp)

206

Ballet Marta 2899 (Geo. J. Ball Inc.)

92

Christmas Holly (Reed)

204

Granger's Fashionaire 2223 (Granger)

92

Like wow Sport (Lyon)

202

Mary D 2675 (Maas)

91

Rhapsodie Neptune (Holtkamp)

Richter's Wedgewood 1140 (Richter)

193

Rhapsodie Elfriede (Holtkamp)

90

182

Starshine 2349 (Granger)

88

Creekside Moonbeams (Bea Mills)

171

Granger's Peach Frost 2216 (Granger)

88

Granger's Arctic Mist 2566 (Granger)

166

Helene 2885 (Lyon)

88

Pocono Mountain (De Sandis)

164

Spring Deb 2348 (Granger)

88

Ruffled Red 2679 (Maas)

156

Butterfly White 1983 (Lyon)

Granger's Eternal Snow 2573 (Granger)

87

Richter's Step Up 2458 (Richter)

154

86

Wild Country 2729 (Lyon)

149

Coral Caper 2627 (Lyon)

84

Granger's Pinks a Poppin 2576 (Granger)

146

Double Black Cherry 1178 (Omaha AVC)

84

The Parson's Wife 2317 (Rev. Blades)

145

Like Wow 2329 (Lyon)

83

Sweet Pixie 2195 (Swifts)

144

Christi Love 2884 (Lyon)

81

Granger's Swiss Ballet 2579 (Granger)

137

Becky 2669 (Maas)

79

Corpus Christi 3075 (Utz)

130

Pixie Blue 2598 (Lyon)

79

Granger's Peppermint 2227 (Granger)

129

Chanticleer 1386 (Granger)

78

Pixie Trails (Lyon)

128

Faith 2707 (Granger)

77

Blue Boy 41 (Armacost & Royston)

124

Brigadoon 1014 (Granger)

77

Duet (Richter)

120

Vern's Delight 2271 (V. Lorenzen)

77

Lavender Delight 2342 (Granger)

118

Rhapsodie Claudia (Holtkamp)

76

Blue Storm 2464 (Lyon)

118

Softique 1957 (Richter)

76

Candy Lips 1461 (Lyon)

118

Strawberry Shortcake 1509 (Taylor)

74

Flamingo 2670 (Maas)

114

Granger's Pink Swan 2577 (Granger)

74

Mark 3007 (Maas)

113

Poodle Top 2053 (Tinari)

74

Pink Viceroy 2714 (Granger)

112

White Madonna 670 (Granger)

71

Wisteria 2056 (Tinari)

African Violet Magazine, November, 1977 4

67 Granger's Blue Fashionaire 2568 (Granger)

67 Nona Weber 1750 (Rose Knoll Gardens)

67 Orion 2069 (Tonkadale)

66 Frankie 2671 (Maas)

64 Granger's Wildfire 2876 (Granger)

64 Purple Crest (Granger)

64 Window Blue 1710 (Reed)

63 Sweet Mary 2489 (V. Lorenzen)

61 Gotcha 2205 (Lyon)

61 Jingle Bells (Richter)

60 Ballet Anna 2890 (Geo. J. Ball Inc.)

60 Bloomin' Fool 1473 (Richter)

60 Granger Garden's Snow Ballet 1219 (Granger)
60 Granger's Festival 2224 (Granger)

60 Jason 3004 (Maas)

60 Tipt (Richter)

59 Coral Cascade 2463 (Lyon)

59 Violet Trails 2468 (Lyon)

57 Granger Garden's Shag 1087 (Granger)

57 Richter's Charm Song 1137 (Richter)

56 Dancing Doll 2204 (Lyon)

56 Mary C 2674 (Maas)

56 Sailor's Dream (Kolb)

55 Granger's Blue Flair 2569 (Granger)

55 Kathleen 1612 (Volkman)

55 Red Flame (Granger)

54 Coral Reef 1692 (Tinari)

54 Floral Fantasy 1986 (Lyon

54 Granger's Bandmaster 2567 (Granger)

54 Granger's Blue Tempest 2571 (Granger)

54 Plain & Fancy 2756 (Champion)

54 White Pride 872 (Ulery)

53 Copper Tips (Granger)

51 Jennifer 2006 (Tinari)

51 Sea Foam 2024 (Granger)

IN TUCSON ~ '"African Violet Magic" was the
theme of the Tucson (AZ) AVS' 20th annual show
at which the Tucson Magic Society assisted with
'technical advice'. Top photo shows Joseph (Pepe)
Snyder, magic club president, and Mrs. Helen Kav-
anaugh, show chairman, holding the violet "Pepe",
and lower photo the theme of the show. Winners
were: Queen of Show, 'Lilac Time', Bess Fraser;
1st runner-up, 'R. Claudia', Carol Bray; 2nd run¬
ner-up, 'Jack Swift', Ethel Packer; sweepstakes,
Norma Butler, Green Valley, AR; artistic sweep-
stakes, best interpretation of theme, Helen De
Marinas; best gesneriad, Helen Kavanaugh; arrange¬
ments sweepstakes, tie between Mary Mulvena and
Helen De Marinas.

ARTISTIC DESIGN— Mrs. Joyce Twitty is shown
here with her artistic design which won the AVSA
TRi-Color Award for best artistic design at the
New Orleans (LA) AVS annual show. Theme of
show was "Violets in an Oriental Mood".

WATERING

Most of our water contains chlorine, and if
water is allowed to stand overnight the chlorine
dissipates. Plants will respond better to water
without chlorine. African violets like the water at
room temperature. They do not like to be left
standing in water, so empty those saucers.

African Violet Magazine, November, 1977

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Adaptation of Microculture Technology
To Saintpaulia Improvement, Production

Dr. Brent H. McCown and Peter C. Bilkey
Department of Horticulture
University of Wisconsin, WI 53706

(ED. NOTE: This is the conclusion of a two-part article)

Although the application of micropropagation
for the multiplication of African violets has been
proven, the adaptation of the technique for
commercial purposes has not been accomplished.
Further research must involve the following:

1. Determination of the most rapid rate of
multiplication. Although 20,000 plants per
year from a single leaf is entirely feasible, the
potential to increase this rate should be
investigated so that growers will know the
full potential of the technique.

2. Determination of the minimum time to
flowering. A number of alternatives are
available to move the plants from the
micropropagation environment to the green¬
house environment. In addition, the growth
of the plants can be stimulated in culture, but
this usually means a reduction in the number
of plants propagated from any single individ¬
ual.

3. An analysis of the economics of the use of
micropropagation. Realizing the added costs
of micropropagation facilities and skilled
labor, under what circumstances would such
capital expenditures be an economic benefit?
Such an analysis must consider not only the
inputs into the program, but the potential for
the market to absorb large numbers of
plants.

This research program will take a minimum of
two years to accomplish the above objectives.
During the first year, detailed studies into the
environment and media variables and their
influence on the propagation rate and length of
time to obtain a flowering plant will be investigat¬
ed. During the second year, the methodology of
incorporating this technique into current produc¬
tion programs, including associated economic
considerations will be investigated. This phase
must necessarily involve working directly with
growers to determine their needs and problems.

A final product of this research will be a
published document describing in detail the
procedures involved and the advantages and
disadvantages in adopting such a micropropaga¬
tion program. Such information would also have
application in the production of other gesneriad
species. Since micropropagation is not a particu¬

larly difficult or expensive undertaking, this
information should be of value to both the small
and large grower.

Genetic improvement research program.

As mentioned earlier, current techniques for
incorporating genes from other genera into
Saintpaulia are quite limited. The potential of
utilizing asexual hybridization for this purpose
should be investigated.

The general methodology of asexual hybridiza¬
tion is illustrated in Figure 1. Basically, the method

Figure 1

SCHEME OF SOMATIC HYBRIDIZATION

involved four stages:

1. Production and isolation of live protoplasts.
Plant cells cannot be made to fuse when their
cell walls are intact. Thus the first step in
asexual hybridization is to isolate single cells
and to remove their cell walls. Leaf, stem or
flower tissue is first treated with enzymes

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that dissolve the cementing agents that hold
cells together in the plant. Once these free
cells are obtained, the cells are treated with
other enzymes that destroy the cell walls
without killing the cell itself. Now the cell,
without its cell wall and separated from
adjoining cells, is called a protoplast and is
capable of fusing with other cells.

2. Fusion. Protoplasts from the desired parental
lines are brought together and treated so that
fusion of individual cells is promoted. Thus
the genetic material from diverse plants can
be fused into a single cell and a "hybrid" is
formed.

3. Isolation of the desired fusion. In a mixture
of protoplasts, many different fusions can
occur. Cells from the same plant can fuse
with themselves as well as with cells from the
other plant selection. Thus techniques have
to be developed to select only those fusions
that are between the desired cell lines. We are
now currently developing such techniques,
based primarily on color recognition.

4. Cell multiplication and growth of the total
plant. The fused product now must be made

to divide, forming a mass of cells. Eventually,
conditions of the medium are changed to allow
differentiation of the cells into shoots and roots.
The plant is transferred to conventional growth
conditions and can be studied further.

The specific requirement to allow each of these
steps to occur differs with each plant. Thus
considerable research is necessary to perfect the
technique for any one plant species. The following
objectives will be a part of this research program:

1. Determination of the specific requirements
for asexual hybridization with the gesneri-

ads. The exact requirements to procur
protoplasts and eventually plants from
Saintpaulia, Episcia, and Petrocosmea will be
determined.

2. Conduct a detailed genetic study of the
resultant hybrids. Although plants may be
obtained from fusion, the plant itself may be
sterile or otherwise unsuitable for further
breeding work. On the other hand, the
hybrid may have a high potential for use in
breeding programs to introduce new genes
into Saintpaulia clones.

This research program will take a minimum of
three years. The first year will be devoted to
developing the mechanics of the techniques for
these species of gesneriads. The second year will
be used to generate the fused hybrids and to
attempt to grow them into plants. The final year
will be used to describe the resultant plant asexual
hybrids.

Additional Comments

The University of Wisconsin is world-renowned
for research in microculture techniques. Three
eminent U. S. scientists in this field (F. Skoog, T.
Murashige and A. Hildebrandt) are now located at
U. W. or have received their training here. We are
now cooperating with these scientists in other
research programs, thus this unusual expertise is
available for consultation.

The Department of Horticulture has recently
developed a laboratory devoted to microculture of
plants. Thus the facilities available to conduct this
research are exceptional and do not have to be
supported by industry funds.

The College of Agricultural and Life Sciences at
the U. W. has a policy to not charge small industry
grants for such services as professional staff

BUDGET

REQUESTED MONIES

Subproject

Micropropagation

Salaries and Wages Year 1

Investigators
B. H. McCown
Project Leader
(15%)

Peter Bilkey 2500

Research Asst.

(% time)

Extra labor 1000

Supplies 1000

Travel, publication 100

Annual Totals $4600

Subproject Totals $8,400

Total Research Program $21,000

Subproject II
Genetic Improvement
Year 2 Year 1 Year 2 Year 3

2500

2500

2500

2500

500

500

1000

500

500

500

1000

500

300

200

$3800

$3500

$4500

$3700

$11,700

African Violet Magazine, November, 1977

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salaries and facilities usage. Thus the funds
granted for this research will be utilized directly in
the program. Essentially, this "subsidy" more than
doubles the initial value of such grants.

An additional benefit of such research located at
an undergraduate/graduate institution like the
University of Wisconsin is that the research
allows for training of students. Most of these
students will eventually work in the industry
itself.

Finally, this research has ramifications well
beyond the practical aspects emphasized here. For
example, if an asexual hybrid could be produced
that had benefit to man, it would be the first
successful application of such a technique. More
importantly, if the gesneriads prove to be highly
adaptable to these techniques, they will form a
highly important research tool for further basic
investigations into the processes of plant develop¬
ment.

Selected References

1. Bajaj, Y. P. S. 1974. Potentials of protoplast
culture work in agriculture. Ephytica 23:633-
649.

2. Bergman, Frederick J. 1972. Shoot tip multipli¬
cation or orchid clones. American Horticultu¬
rist (51(2).

3. Bilkey, P. C. and A. C. Hildebrandt. 1977.
African violets and tissue culturing. African
Violet Magazine 30(1) 23; (2) 33; (3) 36.

4. Burgess, J. 1974. Towards novel plants. New
Scientist 64(920):242-247. Oct. 24.

5. Burr, R. W. 1976. Mass propagation of ferns
through tissue culture. In Vitro 12(4):309.

6. Carlson, P. S., H. S. Smith and R. D. Dearing.
1972. Parasexual interspecific plant hybridiza¬
tion. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 69(8):2292-
2294.

7. Davey, M. R. and K. C. Short. 1972. Isolation,
culture and fusion of legume and cornflower
leaf protoplasts. Colloques internationaux C.

N. R. S. No. 212. Protoplastes et fusion de
cellules somatiques vegetales.

8. Frearson, E. M., C. Hayward and J. B. Power.
1975. Fusion of petunia and parthenocissus.
4th Int. Symp. on yeast and other protoplasts.
Dept, of Botany. U. of Nottingham, England.

9. Gamborg, O. L. and R. A. Miller. 1973.
Isolation, culture, and uses of plant proto¬
plasts. Can. J. Bot. 51:1795-1799.

10. Gamborg, O. L. et al. 1973. Cell regeneration,
division and plant development from proto¬
plasts. Colloques internationaux C. N. R. S.
No. 212.

11. Kao, K. N., F. Constabel, M. R. Michayluk and

O. L. Gamborg. 1974. Plant protoplast fusion

and growth of intergeneric hybrid cells. Planta
. (Berk) 120:215-227.

12. Kartha, K. K., O. L. Gamborg, F. Constabel
and K. N. Kao. 1974. Fusion of rapeseed and |
soybean protoplasts and subsequent division

of heterokaryocytes. RAN_ J. Bot. 52:2435-
2436.

13. Melchers, G. and G. Labib. 1974. Somatic
hybridization of plants by fusion of proto¬
plasts. Molec. Gen. Genet. 135:277-294.

14. Schank, R. U. and wa. C9 Hildebrandt. 1970.
Production, manipulaton and fusion of proto¬
plasts. Colloques internationaux C. N. R. S.

No. 193 — Les cultures de tissus de plantes.

15. Withers, L. A. 1972. Plant protoplast fusion:
Methods and mechanisms. Colloques interna¬
tionaux C. N. R9 S. No. 212 — Protoplastes et
fusion de cellules somatiques vegetales.

16. Zumwalt, G. 1976. Plant propagation by tissue
culture moves from Academic Theory into
Commercial Production. American Florist.
June.

YOU'RE INVITED

You're invited to attend a symposium on
"Propagation of Higher Plants Through Tissue
Culture" on the University of Tennessee campus,
Knoxville, April 16-19. The symposium is designed
to bring together researchers and people who are us¬
ing tissue culture commercially for propagation or
who are interested in commercial propagation for
mass culture. A few papers concerning tissue culture
propagation of the Gesneriaceae will be presented by
poster session. For registration forms and informa¬
tion write: Dr. Karen W. Hughes, Department of
Botany, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Ten¬
nessee 37916.

Registration materials will be sent out in
November.

HANGING BASKETS

There is at this time no place in the AVSA
show schedule for hanging baskets and unless a
change in the schedule is made they can not be
entered in competition.

The recommended method of growing in a
hanging basket is to drill or burn 3 holes in the top
of a standard African violet pot through which
wire or chain can be attached and the plant then
potted and hung. If at any time you wish to enter
the plant into competition you can carefully re¬
move the wire and enter according to AVSA
schedule.

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8

Question Box

By Anne Tinari, Tinari Greenhouses
2325 Valley Road, Huntingdon Valley, Pa. 19006

November ushers in the holiday season,
Christmas lights burn clear and bright.
Man who searches for a reason.
Finds sharing plants bring sheer delight.

Q. Dear Anne: How often can one remove lower
outer leaves on a promising show plant
without damage to the plant? Can show plant
quality be maintained?

A. This is determined by follow-up care after leaf
removal. When removing leaves it is wise to
remove the whole petiole right to the center of
the plant, thus avoiding any fungus disease that
can attach itself to plant tissue and cause
problems. If the plant gets stalky and the crown is
too far up in the pot and out of proper proportion,
then repot and place crown down by removing soil
from the bottom, try not to disturb the root
system and place plant in center covering up the
stalk portion with fresh soil which should come up
to the first set of leaves. Then proceed with the
proper constant care that a show plant must have.

Q. how much time a day is required for violets
under lights? How far away should the lights be
from the plants? (When measuring, should you
measure from the top of the plant or the bottom
of the pot?) And last, but not least, at what
temperature are violets most comfortable?

A. Violets need 14 to 16 hours of artificial light
per day for good growing. Lights should be
approximately 10 to 12 inches from the top of the
plant. Violets prefer a normal house temperature
which ranges usually about 68 to 70 degrees.

Q. Some of the leaves on my violets have thick
bustle-type leaves, some have pocket-like growth
on the back of the leaf. Some stems turn over so
the pocket is on the top of the leaf, at times they
appear weird looking as they cross over one
another. I am tempted to send you a picture. Have
you ever seen anything like it?

A. Back in 1961 in an AVSA magazine there was
an interesting article on this very same type of
leaf once called a '"bustle-back leaf". The article
goes on to relate how the name was first given to

this odd formation of leaves by a Mrs. Hotchkiss
of Peoria, Ill. Her comments were, that it always
came true but, if grown in too warm an

atmosphere the bustle gradually disappeared, but
would return more prominently when placed in a
cooler area.

I have seen plants of this formation occasionally
in the greenhouses but they are far too whimsical
and unstable to be propagated commercially. Also
it would be almost impossible to ship plants of this
leaf-type growth throughout the country.

Q. Dear Anne: At our recent African violet show
a visitor asked a question that I hadn't thought
about and none of our club's "experts" knew the
answer either. We were asked if African violet
leaves could be harmful if a child were to chew
them, as are such plants as oleander, castor bean,
rhubarb leaves and etc. I told her I had heard of
parakeets and mice enjoying violet leaves without
harm, but that this did not necessarily mean that a
child could be so lucky. Could you answer this?

A. Your question is one which has been asked of
me many times. Frankly (though I do not think
the African violet leaf to be poisonous) I certainly
would discourage anyone from chewing on the
foliage. And definitely warn parents to prevent
young children from doing so. Our African violets
today are subject to all types of pesticides,
fungicides and systemics, people so casually forget
about. Any of these can be harmful to the
digestive and nervous system of a young child and
should be avoided.

The standard rule for any flower, foliage or

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9

unknown material that a child should ingest is to
immediately call one's local poison control center.
All young mothers should have this necessary
number at their fingertips.

Recently I received a letter, reprimanding me on
this subject. It seems a well-known magazine
article (recently published) told of cooking violets
and gave very valid recipes that sounded tempting
indeed. Knowing my frank opinion on this subject
a member wrote to me sending the recipes along.
What the individual neglected to note was that the
author was referring to the common outdoor
violet, which is not a gesneriad, but a member of
the viola family and grown outdoors where
pesticides are not generally used. Plants are
grown under sunlight and rain conditions, living
in an entirely different environment than our
African violet beauties, which demand constant
protection with insecticides from pests and dis¬
eases.

I would also discourage birds or pets chewing on
plants that have been treated in any way. I really
don't mean to get on my soapbox, but so many
letters have referred to this subject lately. Thus I
thank you for asking the question.

Q. Why does my 'Sky' Trailer grow to one side? Is
this normal?

A. 'Sky Trailer' can grow in the manner you
describe, turn plant occasionally and give it
sufficient light and it will produce more even
growth. I have seen them grown in baskets,
getting very large and lovely, giving forth enough
runners or side shoots to cover a hanging pot
gracefully.

Q. In your book "Our African Violet Heritage"
you refer to some trailers I have not been able to
acquire. I particularly wish to acquire the cultivar
'Star Trailer', which you claimed to have intro¬
duced in 1955 at the St. Louis Convention. You
also speak of a 'Snow Trailer' and 'Wild Girl' as
trailer types. Why are these not available today?

A. When we introduced the first trailers in 1955,
hanging plants were not popular. The double
pinks, which were very new, were "the" violet of
the moment. Trailers were simply not popular.
Thus we grew them, those first six introductions,
for about five years and then dropped them off
our list for lack of interest among the violet
public. Somehow we held on to stock of some of
them, but the 'Star Trailer', which resembled the
cultivar 'Star Gazer', in flower form and color,
being a delicate blue and white, somehow got lost.
I have not been able to locate it. 'Snow Trailer' and
'Wild Girl' were among those we discontinued.

Q. Dear Anne: I find lower leaves on my trailing
violets getting limp and curled. Some turn dark

and mushy and some of the foliage dries up. Is this
normal for trailing African violets?

A. No, trailing African violets can be most
attractive and are generally good strong growing
types. They are known to prefer good strong
light. They should be fed with a diluted plant food
often. They should be pruned regularly to keep
them to suitable growth size. Lower outer leaves
that lose strength and vigor should be removed in
keeping with their graceful form. Keep pots in
good proportion to size of your plant. Remove
unnecessary foliage. This will also help your plant
to bloom more profusely.

Q. I wick my violets and when I returned from
summer vacation after three weeks, I found a
white filmy scum on top of the water. It doesn't
seem to affect the plants, but is probably not good
for them either. What can I do to stop this
growth?

A. It is no doubt a form of mold or fungus spores
and may not even be harmful. However, one
should try to avoid it. I find most people who use
the wick pot method incorporate horticulture
charcoal as one of the ingredients in the soil to
keep it sweet and well aerated. You may find using
a bit of charcoal in the resevoir of your wick-fed
pots beneficial to keep the water from acquiring
fungus growth.

Q. So much is said about how to raise the
humidity around African violets, but nothing
about how to lower it. I have been having a lot of
problems which crown rot which I should be able
to remedy. Is there a trick to lowering humidity
without the expense of a dehumidifier?

A. To remove moisture from the air a dehumidifi¬
er is almost mandatory. Fans can help to circulate
the air, but cannot remove moisture from the air
as does a dehumidifier. Maintaining the room
temperature as low as possible may help. A sheer
curtain, awning or even a bamboo curtain can cut
off extreme light and lower the overall tempera¬
ture in a room. A cool room, too, can hold an
excess amont of moisture, much would depend on
the environment. Do not keep vermiculite in trays
too wet, it may be wise to water plants individual¬
ly, using only amount needed to avoid excess
moisture accumulation.

Q. I notice my plant of 'Baby Dear', a double white
miniature, has several crowns. Should I separate
it?

A. Examine your plant carefully and if it is not
growing all on one stem or crown, then you can
very carefully separate it and put each section into
a small pot.

Q. Dear Anne: Is there one general safe pesticide I

can use for the control of most African violet
pests?

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A. Not really. First correctly identify the pest. A
good general guide for African violets most
common pests is a pest chart published in the
AVSA magazine by Mrs. Ethel Champion,
Volume 25, No. 4 page 30 and Volume 25, No. 5
page 36. Also the book by Helen Van Pelt Wilson,
"African Violet Book," contains excellent pest
charts.

Q. Can you give me any information on Orthene
insect spray. Is it safe to use on African violets?

A. The only specific manufacturer's literature I
have been able to acquire is that Orthene is an
organic phosphate tested and labeled for gypsy
moth and other trees. It is hoped a full label which
will include many other insect uses will be
specified in the future. It is classified as of low
toxicity and one of the less hazardous pesticides. It
should not be used without proper recommenda¬
tion as to dilution, etc.

Q. I planted three different color leaves together
in one pot to try and graft them. To my surprise
one is already flowering with the mother leaf still
on. Do you think I should remove the mother leaf
so the strength could go to the small leaves?

A. My dear, planting leaves of different cultivars
in one pot is not grafting by any stretch of the
imagination. On grafting I would like you to refer
to AVSA magazine, Vol. 30, No. 2, March 1977.
The second question and answer are a direct
answer to your question and will help you to
understand the difference.

Under normal conditions and if there is no
natural recessiveness in the leaves used you will
get blossoms similar to each leaf planted. Mother
leaves should be removed when the plantlet is
about 2" to 3" high and shows good leaf growth.

Q. Dear Anne: Please give me information on
how to go about patenting an African violet and
how can I know if there are any other violets like
it?

A. If you are inquiring about obtaining a patent
for a new cultivar you should get specific
information from the USDA, United States
Department of Agriculture in Washington, D. C.

If, however, you mean registration of a new
cultivar with the AVSA, then contact our
registrar, Mrs. Adele Tretter, 4988 Schollmeyer,
St. Louis, Mo. 63109, for registration blanks and
information.

FACT AND CORRECTION

There seems to be a bit of confusion regarding a
question asked in the June issue.

A member asked about one of the original
species of the African violet Saintpaulia pusilla.
The description of this species is as follows:

Miniature mauve and white flowers with tiny
purple backed triangular leaves. It is known as the
smallest species ever found and believed to have
been lost forever since the World War II Berlin
bombings. This description compares with the one
given in Ruth Carey's Judges Handbook and also I
wish to refer to the description in the literature
that was available on the educational table at the
St. Louis convention.

Many members thought the question referred
to the Sinningia pusilla, which is spelled the same
with the capital S and the small p of the pusilla. So
many members were kind enough to write and
offer addresses of commercial houses where the
latter is available. However, I felt a correction was
in order that the question referred to was for the
original African violet species.

Incidentally, those of us who heard the lecture
given on the Saintpaulia species at the annual
business meeting of the convention this year were
greatly enlightened by the description and actual
presence of many of the species. We are a
fortunate society in having such deep roots in our
beginnings.

TIP .... Beware of paint fumes in your growing
area. I was inspired to paint and decorate my
lovely plant room that has been, for me, a real
therapy after a long illness, but alas I was
thoughtless of my beautiful plants. Just overnight
dozens of plants lay wilted and lifeless and dozens
more have a very sick look about them.

I would heartily suggest moving violets out of
areas that require paint and especially if an enamel
is to be used. Even with good ventilation, fumes
can permeate and cause great damage to tender
flowers and foliage.

— - - —

YEARBOOK AWARD
GOES TO CANTON

In the 1977 yearbook competition the award for
the third prize fell to the AVS of Canton, OH of
which Mrs. Ralph Lott of Akron, OH is president.
Through an error in the article the name of the
president was listed wrong. Please accept our
apologies, Mrs. Lott.

— - - - - - -

LIFE MEMBER
IS OMITTED

The name of Mrs. Ruth Roberts, 918 Normandy
Drive, Bakersfield, CA was omitted from the Life
Membership List appearing in the June African
Violet Magazine. We are sorry, Mrs. Roberts.

African Violet Magazine, November, 1977

11

Demand Increasing for
Flowering Houseplants

Dale Eyerdom
Granger Gardens
1060 Wilbur Road
Medina, OH 44256

(ED. NOTE: This is the conclusion of a two-part article)

If lack of problems regarding plant fungi rela¬
tive to the Saintpaulia are true, the same cannot be
said about INSECT AND MITE damage. The four
pests giving the greatest problems are root-knot
nematodes, soil and foliar mealy bug, mites, and
thrips. Fungus gnats, springtails, and millipedes
can be present but pose no serious threat to the
plant. It is my opinion that curing with chemicals
is a poor substitute to preventing, either by chemi¬
cals or steam the condition occurring when a crop
is overrun by insect pests. For those of you buying
stock, make sure that the stock you purchase is
clean. Isolation and observation is the only way to
insure this if you know what you are looking for.
From there on it is your responsibility to maintain
this standard. Root-knot nematode to my
thoughts is the most serious pest since all the activ¬
ity takes place below the soil and by the time the
damage is noted, complete infestation of an entire
bench area will have occurred. They are highly
communicable pests especially in ranges where
subirrigating is practiced. I do not feel that there
are many chemicals that will give complete control
at this time. The pest may be reduced in intensity,
but complete eradication can be done only by ob¬
serving and roguing infected stock. The Pritchard
soil mealy bug is a recent identifiable addition to
the list of violet pests. This insect seems to be
more obnoxious by its presence rather than the
damage it inflicts. A Cygon drench has been re¬
commended for control, however if a more posi¬
tive approach is desired, inspect and destroy all
stock infested. Be sure to incinerate aU infested
plants to avoid contaminating greenhouse areas
not regularly steamed. Cyclamen mite or a mite by
any other name is the worst visibly damaging pest
and the easiest to control, A preventive program of
Kelthane I8V2EC spray diluted one teaspoon per
gallon at monthly intervals will usually suffice.
The key to efficient mite control is to recognize
the damage as it occurs. This damage is irreversible
and new heart leaves must be regrown, if damage
is too severe, discard the plants. Chances are that if
Kelthane applied properly does not control, then

the problem is not mite. Thrips, any and all
strains, can be a persistent problem during the
summer months due to their complex life cycle
involving the migration into the soil, as a pupa
where they are impervious to sprays, and their
emergence as adults after the spraying is done.
Parathion in the aerosol bomb had given good con¬
trol, but since it is no longer manufactured,
Vapona has given us satisfactory resufts, but only
with more frequent applications than we like to
make. The systemic theory of insect control may
be the answer, but at this time we do not have an
EPA label to legally use some forms of this type
insecticide.

Other factors besides insects and diseases that
can be a problem are cold water spot on the leaves,
and powdery mildew. To avoid cold water spot,
water for violets should be heated to slightly above
room temperature and watering be avoided during
periods of maximum allowable light in the growing
area. Powdery mildew on foliage and blossom
stems can be reduced by temperature and relative
humidity control, however if this is not enough,
there are several preparations on the market in¬
cluding the old standby, flowers of sulphur vapor¬
ized from the steam pipes. Be careful that ex¬
cessive amounts of sulphur are not used as it can
result in tissue burn on the underside of the leaves.
Any and all chemical' must be used with caution
regarding the mammalian toxicity to the grower
taking into consideration the possible accumula¬
tive buildup in the human body when exposed to
the chemical over a long period of time and the
phytotoxic effect the chemical may have on the
crop. This may vary from application to applica¬
tion when temperature, relative humidity, and
other conditions may vary even slightly. Strict ad¬
herence to following the label regarding correct
usage, application, and even ultimate disposal of
the container should be the mandate of all respon¬
sible growers.

Due to labor becoming a greater cost factor in
plant production, WATERING methods have been
going more toward the automatic type including

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12

the subirrigation method whereby benches are
flooded, then drained, relying on the soil capillary
structure to irrigate the soil ball thoroughly. I am
not convinced that this is the best method of vio¬
lets from an overall standpoint. It is true that labor
is saved, but the resulting consequences may offset
this savings. Regardless of how it is applied, most
important is that the proper amount is applied,
especially not too much.

PROPAGATION is generally from leaf cuttings.
Select varieties which represent a well-rounded as¬
sortment of types and colors. The full color spec¬
trum should be carried including white. Leaves se¬
lected for propagating should be young and vigor¬
ous. Avoid the extremely large faded-out leaves
from old plants. Retrim the leaf petiole leaving a
1” stem and insert the petiole into a sterile cutting
medium, such as vermiculite. We prefer to use steel
cutting flats rather than a cutting bench due to the
ease of sterilizing and the flexibility in using over¬
head racks when needed. Flat dimensions are 14 x
24 inches and will contain from 56 to 72 leaves
per flat. Average time from leaf sticking to plant¬
ing is 5 months. During this time the cuttings are
fed constantly the same as potted plants. From
cutting flats, the crowns are divided and single
plants are potted in 2^2” pots. This is a departure
from the old days when multiple crown plants
were the mandate. The single crown results in a
symmetrical plant that will bloom much easier for
the customer rather than ending up as a pot full of
leaves. Plants not sold in 2^2” pots are transferred
to the 31^” pots and sold as blooming plants. The
2y2” pot production represents about 85% of our
sales, and are sold as growing-on stock without
blooms. All of our production is watered with con¬
stant feed hose watering. I think that if we were in
5’’ plant production, the tube method of watering
would be an advantage. The time interval between
leaf taking and marketing is dependent on which
stage of growth your planning involves. To pro¬
duce growing-on stock, we allow 6 to 7 months.
For flowering 31/2” plants an additional 10 weeks
may be required so we are talking about 10
months as an average factor for a finished 3”
plant. This may seem slow according to other
growers, but it is a representation of our time
schedule. The size of the actual plant should be
considered when purchasing stock. What may be
considered a 4” plant by one producer may actual¬
ly be no larger than another grower’s 2I/2” plant.
From this time schedule, it is apparent that violets
are not a quick catch crop.

* In addition to selective plant breeding through
hybridizing, many mutagenic agents have been
used — Colchicine with polyploid the only result.

Caffeine, nicotine and irradiation of seeds and leaf
cuttings have been done with very little if any sig¬
nificant results. Natural mutations have given us
the initial breakthroughs for necessary plant varia¬
tions. Normal diploids have a chromosome count
of 30 and tetraploids a count of 60 which resulted
in larger blooms, but fewer blossoms per stem, a
deceleration of plant maturity, and hard unman¬
ageable foliage, coincidental with a poor plantlet
yield per cutting.

One word of caution again regarding the use of
agricultural chemicals directed at owners and man¬
agers, and that is to follow th^ label. The indis¬
criminate use of any pesticide by a small minority
of growers can reflect on the industry in general.
Most of you in the audience probably don’t re¬
member the cranberry episode of 20 years ago,
whereby all growers suffered from the stupidity of
a few. For those involved in sales of food chains
this should be a sobering thought. A word to the
wise should be sufficient.

Not only the consumer needs protection but
also you as the owner, grower, or manager must
instruct your employees in safe, intelligent, careful
applications of all pesticides. Perhaps my affilia¬
tion with a rescue squad causes overconcern in this
respect, but if an employee or applicator displays
symptoms of pesticide poisoning, is it your respon¬
sibility to assist this individual by calling com¬
petent medical authorities and supplying these
authorities with the name of the chemical and the
antidote suggested, especially when organic phos¬
phates are being used.

As a retailer or a grower, you have three routes
to travel. You may choose to grow your plants
from leaves, buy growing-on stock for finishing, or
purchase finished plants for immediate resale.
Which way to go depends on sales volume and
stock availabihty. Generally speaking the purchase
of growing-on stock would be the most advantage¬
ous if the facilities and labor are available. For the
retailer who wants to display the violets at their
best, the use of a fluorescent light stand could be
used to an advantage if greenhouse facilities are
not available.

Sales aids advising customer how to care for the
plants after they take them home can be of great
value to the retailer. These can be made up by you
or secured from either of two plant societies de¬
voted to the African violet. In this vein of think¬
ing, do not overlook the serious collector trade.
Even though it may require more of your sales¬
person’s time, they will remember your courtesies
when they are in need of other floral products and
services. Much valuable research has been carried
on with monetary grants furnished by such organ-

African Violet Magazine, November, 1977

13

izations for which they should be credited. With a
quality product and a conscientious effort on the
part of the retailer, I think violets are here to stay.

- ^ -

Violets Teach
Consideration

Lahla Yakel, whose article, '"Why Not Start a
Junior African Violet Club?", appeared in the
September, 1976 African Violet Magazine, is
continuing her work with her students at
Cupertino (CA) Junior High School again this
year. Here is an update on her junior club
program:

"In June we completed the third year club.
Students are at Cupertino Junior High for two
years, so each year we have beginners and old
hands.' The format I described in the article is
basically the same. There were some firsts this
year. There were two boys who were members,
not because their girl friends were members but
because they like African violets. We had the first
visually handicapped student. Molly can see an
object that is 3-4 inches from her eye if it is as
large as an African violet blossom. She is legally
blind. We also started our library with AVSA
Magazines donated by AV Society of Palo Alto.

"The success of these 7th and 8th graders and
also their knowledgeability of the culture of
African violets was comparable, I believe, to any
group of adults. They are a great group! This year
I received many notes from members and parents,
too, expressing appreciation for what the club has
meant to them. One member wrote, "You taught
me tenderness with plants." I am known as Mrs.
African Violet at school. Teachers, the office staff,
and even the cafeteria workers are growing
violets.

"I want to share an experience at the first
meeting this year. I planned for 15 students at the
meeting, and 20 members were there. I didn't
know what to do.

"In accordance with my philosophy that it's
their club and they should decide what to do, I told
them I didn't expect so many and did not have
enough leaves for all. Nancy spoke up and said,
'Mrs. Yakel, why don't the new members get the
leaves and the old members will help them and
show them how to get them planted?' And they all
agreed, and I thought that was beautiful. Maybe
sharing and caring and being considerate of others
is what the club is really all about.

The Little Redhead
That Still Cries

Penny Brenner
1882 Farragut St.

New Orleans, LA.

Have you ever believed you were truly losing
your mind?

After a hard day at work not too long ago, I
came home, took a nap, and when I got up decided
to water my plants. Having several stands to take
care of, it was late into the night when I got to the
stand with the Redhead. As I bent over to water
her, I noticed droplets of water on the edges of her
foliage. I thought, you must be losing your mind!
African Violets don't cry!

Well, I left the room and when I returned for a
second look, sure enough she was still "crying."
There was nothing to do but to finish my
watering, go to bed, and check on her in the
morning.

Bright and early I looked in on her, only to find
that her tears had dried up and gone away and in
their place was a very fine white residue, like salt
that was very difficult to wipe off.

This phenomenon went on for several weeks
when I ran into Dr. Pope, our Horticultural Agent
from the Louisiana Extension Service, whose
office is located in Baton Rouge. I told him about
my mysterious Redhead and in turn had a very
enlightening lesson.

Did you know that African Violets guttate?
Well, they do!

African Violets, like many other plants have
hydrothodes in the edges of their leaves. When
the temperature drops and the humidity is high,
the plants get rid of excess moisture through
these hydrothodes. Likewise, when the environ¬
mental factors reverse, the hydrothodes pull in
the remainder of the droplet, leaving a light white
deposit on the leaves. This phenomenon quite
often is seen on Pothos or Philodendrum.

I asked Dr. Pope if this was bad for the plant and
he said that it could possibly cause a problem at
some time because bacteria that are present in our
air all of the time could be absorbed by the plant
through the droplets of water that were pulled
back into the plant after sitting there all night.

My Redhead still cries, hopefully, tears of
happiness because she is so healthy and beautiful,
and I am happier in the knowledge that I wasn't
mistreating her in some way that I was not aware

KITCHEN BASTER

A kitchen baster is excellent for watering plants
without injuring leaves.

African Violet Magazine, November, 1977

14

St. Louis, MO 63109

(NOTE TO REGISTRANTS: The Editor would
like to use color slides of your newly registered
violets in the Magazine. Use only light back¬
grounds. Dark slides cannot be reproduced. Send
original color slides to Editor with name of plant
and name of hybridizer.)

■ - - — -♦ - -

The following registrations have been received
during the period from May 31 through August 1,

1977.

CALIFORNIA (3151) V 3 s S-M 6/2/77
COLORADO (3152) V-R 3 sf S 6/2/77
DELAWARE (3153) V-R 3 sc S-M 6/2/77
FLORIDA (3154) M-V 3 sS 6/2/77
GEORGIA (3155) P 2 s5 6/2/77
MARYLAND (3156) M-B 3 s-dc S 6/2/77
NEW JERSEY (3157) P 3 sf S 6/2/77
NEWYORK (3158)D-V-B 3 sc S 6/2/77
PENNSYLVANIA (3159) V-R 3 s-dc S 6/2/77
VIRGINIA (3160) P 3 sf S 6/2/77
Reinhold Holtkamp, Wertherstr. 112 4294
Isselburg, Germany

MAGIC CHARM (3161) BX 39 dfS 6/6/77
Don Wilson, Wilson Bros. Floral Co., Roach-
dale, IN 46172

MOM (3162) OX 39 s-d S 6/27/77

Mrs. Betty Weekes, 1356 E. Cypress Ave.,
Glendora, CA 91740

MINI FANTASY (3163) OP 9 s-d M 7/5/77
TIN ARTS CRIMSON GLOW (3164) OX 23 sf S
7/5/77

LAVENDER TIARA (3165) OX 38 s-d S 7/5/77

Tinari Greenhouses, 2325 Valley Rd., Box 190,
Huntingdon Valley, PA. 19006

CARE DEEPLY (3166) D-P 2 dc S 7/16/77
FREE N' EASY (3167) R-P 2 dc S 7/16/77
JOYFUL (3168) WR-E 5 sf S-M 7/16/77
UTTLE DEUGHT (3169) WV 5 dc M 7/16/77
LITTLE LOU (3170) V-B 7 dc M 7/16/77
UTTLE LULU (3171) M-P 7 dc S-M 7/16/77

MYSTICAL BLUE (3172) M-BX 2 dc S 7/16/77
PINK 'NINK (3173)PV 2 dS 7/16/77
STEPPING OUT (3174) M-P 3 df S 7/16/77
TWINKLE TOES (3175) R-PX 9 dM 7/16/77

Lyndon Lyon, 14 Mutchler St., Dolgeville, NY
13329

PEGGY STAAT (3176) VXW 39 dS 7/29/77

Mrs. J. Chadwick, 3411-21 Ave., Rio Rancho,
NM 87124

BARBARA JEAN (3177) D-P 2dL 7/30/77
CNE CENTENNIAL (3178) D-P 29 d L 7/30/77
GAVIN DOUGLAS (3179) L-P 23 d L 7/30/77
KAREY (3180) L-PX 29 dc S 7/30/77
LOCHIEL (3181) D-B 23 sc L 7/30/77
PAMELA (3182) M-B 23 dc L 7/30/77
SOURIS (3183) woe 23 dc L 7/30/77
TOP FLIGHT (3184) R-P 239 d L 7/30/77
Ernest Fisher, 32 Downsview Ave., Downs-
view, Ontario M3M lC9 Canada

Reservations

The following reservations have been received
during the same period as above.

SIROCCO * DELTA DREAMER 6/2/77 Reserved
by Simpson's AV, 6715 Randolph Ave., Burnaby
BC, vsh 3w3 Canada

MIDNIGHT LOVE * TIPPY STAR 6/2/77 Re¬
served by Mary Mahen, 326 Big Bend, Valley
Park, MO.

RAINBOW'S ASPEN — RAINBOW'S AVA¬
LANCHE — RAINBOW'S CANYON SPARKLE

— RAINBOW'S CELEST — RAINBOW'S
KATHRYN — RAINBOW'S MOUTAIN
STREAM — RAINBOW'S RAGSAMUFFIN —
RAINBOW'S SHADOW — RAINBOW'S UTAH
SKIES — RAINBOW'S WINNITHER Reserved by
David Hirt, 1130 E. Main, American Fork, Utah,
84003.

ELEPHANT EARS * ICE STORM 7/28/77 Re¬
served by Deborah ]. Good, 5735 Roawell Rd.,
N.E. #E-4, Atlanta, GA 30342

African Violet Magazine, November, 1977

15

Preparing Plants For Show

Mrs. H. N. Hansen
708 Wyndale Road
Jenkintown, PA 19046

(ED. NOTE: This is the second of a two-part article: Part E Selection Symmetry and
Floriferousness, Part IE Condition)

Condition — the physical aspect of a plant AT
THE TIME IT IS JUDGED — covers a multitude
of things. There are, on the whole, things which
you as the exhibitor can control. Basically, you
must practice good horticulture but from that
time on, you are responsible for the condition of
the plant and the 20 of the 100 points which your
plant can earn when it is judged. The following
are some of the things which you can control to
maintain or improve the condition of your plants:

A plant should never have a neck. If a neck
starts to form and the plant is not yet ready for a
larger size pot, all you need to do is remove the
plant from the pot, cut off enough from the
bottom so the neck will be below the surface of
the soil when repotted, and fill in the top with
new soil, leaving enough space for watering. You
may want to scrape some of the hard outer
surfaces from the neck so that new roots can form
more easily. If the plant is ready to go into the
next size pot, the neck will probably be covered by
the soil, but if not, the same process as above may
be followed. This should be done well before show
time, not at the last minute.

Dust and soil on the leaves and petioles will also
lose points for the plant. Frequent spraying with
WARM water will help to keep the leaves dust
free; a soft brush may be used to remove soil from
the stems. Plants breathe through their leaves and
spraying them will help them to breathe more
easily. Be sure to use warm water allow the plants
to dry out of the sun and drafts. If you grow
under artificial light the plants may be put back on
the shelves right away. Be sure that no water
remains in the crown of the plant.

A sucker on a plant will disqualify it from being
judged. A sucker is defined as 'The beginning of a
new plant which forms near the base of the plant
or in the axil where the petiole joins the main
plant stem and which has developed four leaves
with no evidence of bud formation." If you are the
least bit doubtful as to whether it is a sucker or a
bud, it is best to remove it, be^ing sure that ALL
of it is gotten out. You should thoroughly check
your plants for suckers BEFORE bringing them to
the show. The Passing Committee does not
always have the time or good enough light to spot
a sucker.

Faded blooms should also be removed by cutting
them off close to the main stem so that no stub is
left. The same holds true when removing leaves
— be sure no stub is left. If there is any question
that a bloom has even started to fade, it is best to
remove it as you can be sure that by the time the
judges see it, it will be faded and they will spot it.
Also, be sure that all stubs left from disbudding
have been removed.

Over or underpotting can cost you up to three
points. The plant should appear to be in propor¬
tion to the pot. If it is just slightly over or
underpotted, you might get by with it, but an
obviously disproportionate plant can well cost you
a blue ribbon. Any shape pot may be used as long
as the leaves are not supported by the pot.

Blooms should be evenly spaced around the
crown of the plant. You can help in this by making
sure that the bloom stalks are above the leaves,
not hiding underneath. However, be very careful
in moving them as they are brittle and you can
pull the whole stem out all too easily.

There should be no traces of sprays or
insecticides on the leaves of your plant. Spraying
with warm water can help to remove these traces.
It should go without saying that the plant should
be healthy and show no evidence of disease, past
or present.

A plant which should be variegated and shows
little or no variegation is better left at home if you
hope to win a blue ribbon on it. Even though it
may show no variegation in the foliage, it must be
entered in the Variegated class (unless Classifica¬
tion slips up on this and it is not caught by the
judges). Most judges will take enough points off
under condition for the lack of variegation so that
it cannot earn a blue ribbon.

Be sure that collars, stakes and name tags are
removed. Seed pods should also be removed but if
you do leave it on you will lose only one point and
if it is a special cross from which you are expecting
great things you may not want to remove it.

If a plant is not centered in the pot the growth
will be lopsided and you will lose points under
symmetry. When repotting be sure that the plant
is in the middle of the pot. If it is not you can easily
remedy this by sliding a spoon down the side of
the pot and gently pushing the plant into place.

African Violet Magazine, November, 1977

16

If you have given a plant consistent and
constant care you should have a blue ribbon
winner provided you have paid attention to
details. Grooming and culture go hand in hand in
growing a plant for show.

LAND OF OZ - The Orange County AVS of Cali¬
fornia's first show "Violets in the Land of Oz",
was attended by approximately 1,000 persons.
Top photo shows Mama Striepens with her win¬
ning "Munchkinland" arrangement and Pat Cohen
with best mini 'Coco'; Lower photo pictures Anna
Hill, winner in design division, holding one of her
dish gardens, and Arthur Hill holding trophy for
'Miriam Steel', Queen of Show. Other winners
were: AV Council of Southern California, 'Coral
Frost', Hill and M. Wilson; sweepstakes most gold
ribbons. Hill and Gail Twork; sweepstakes, horti¬
culture, Hill; best novice, 'Val's Sweet Dream',
Gail Twork; best semimini, 'Dotty Dimple', Louise
Beck; Berma Plastics Award, Arlene Dossey.

Holmes Sells
His Business

Lcdr. and Mrs. Gilson L. McClure are the new
owners of the Sim T. Holmes African Violet and
Plant Shop in Beaver, PA. Mr. and Mrs. Holmes
have moved to their new home in Port Charlotte,
FL, where he expects to continue hybridizing
African violets, and, as he says, "my ambition is to
write a new and complete African violet book
which will cover all phases of African violets from
beginners to large greenhouse growers. I have
been working on a new 7-point program that I
have developed for cross pollination which I
believe will be a new step forward in new
varieties.

Mr. Holmes started his carburetor and tune-up
business 41 years ago and after a back injury was
forced to sell it. He then turned to his 12-year-old
hobby of growing African violets and turned it
into a lucrative business. He gives much credit for
his success with violets to his wife, Olivetta.

A lay minister for the United Methodist
Church, Mr. Holmes has been a great witness
through growing, selling and writing on African
violets. When he was in the hospital with the back
injury he received letters from African violet
growers all over the world.

GOOD LIGHT

Good light is necessary for good bloom. If your
African violet is not blooming, chances are that
not enough light is reaching the center of the
plant.

Mr. and Mrs. Sim T. Holmes (center) talk
violets with Lcdr. and Mrs. Gilson L. McClure,
Philadelphia Naval Base.

African Violet Magazine, November, 1977

17

Improved Entry Tags

AVSA entry tags, printed in violet ink with the
AVSA insignia, add prestige to your show!

NEW tags have two perforated sections. As
entries are made. The Claim Check (bottom
section) is torn off and held for checking out
entries.

The center section is folded UP and fastened
under the side slashed during judging. Clerks use
"Entry Book No." NOT exhibitor's name to record
awards. This section has printing on the reverse
side planned to be punched so that the award
given will be accurately recorded on both sections.
There is also space for recording any Special
Award.

After judging is completed, the section which
was folded up is removed by the clerks to be used
by committee chairmen — Awards, Judges'

CAN YOU
TOP THIS?

Mary Ann Mansfield
Lakes and Hill AVS
653 Blairshire Circle
Winter Park, Fla. 32792

In December, Alliester Vallee attended one of
our meetings as a guest. Then in January she came
to the club's African violet clinic and became a
member of our group.

What would you think if in June you saw an
almost perfectly symmetrical, healthy eight inch
plant, 'Genesee Moonbeam', with nine large
blossoms sitting on the plant exchange table?

Alliester had put down leaves in early March
and used the following routine for achievement:
10 plants, seven in bloom, and three well-budded
in only SVz months. (Her accomplishment has
been testified to by another member of our club.)

Containers - 1 oz. plastic medicine glasses with
drainage holes

Soil “ Jiffy Mix

Fertilizer - Schultz, 7 drops/quart water

Wicked

Light " Fluorescent plant lights, 15 hours/day,
top of pots 5 inches below light until the
plantlets are taken from the leaf. Plantlets in 1
oz. medicine glasses 5 inches below light until
well leaved. Plant in small pots placed 7 inches
from top of pot to light.

Now the question all of us pros are asking is:
"Are we good teachers or should we take a lesson
from our pupil?"

Do NOT write to Editor for Magazines or back
issues of the Magazine. Write to Knoxville office!

Clerks, Show, Publicity — for recording, checking,
and compiling statistics for sweepstakes, for the
AVSA Standard Show Award (green rosette), for
the club's records, or for publicity information.

Try them! You'll like them! They couldn't be
duplicated for the low cost of $2 per 100. Order
from the AVSA Business Office, P. O. Box 1326,
Knoxville, TN 37901.

AVSA STANDARD SHOW

Section _ Class _

Entry Book No.

Variety _ _ _

or design' title

Exhibitor’s No. _ _

Name. _ _ _

Add ress _

Special Award _ _

Blue Red White None

Fold Here

Exhibitor’s No _ Entry No.

Name _ _

Address _ ,

Variety _ Class _

or design title

Tear Off

Claim Check

Exhibitor’s No. _ Entry No._

Exhibitor’s Name _ _

Variety _ Class _

African Violet Magazine, November, 1977

18

from tlie

U

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Mrs. Sidney (Ellie) Bogin
Chr. Miniature and Semimini Class
39 Boyd Street
Long Beach, NY 11561

SPRING SHOW WINNERS

AVS of Springfield, PA.

Best Mini; 'Double Take' — Emilee McLaughlin

Bellflower AVS, Inglewood, CA
BEST IN SHOW, 'Little Jim' — George Crouchet
Gold rosette, 'Dora Baker,' Icicle Trinket,' 'Little
Jim' — George Crouchet

Orange County AVS, CA

Best Mini, 'Dolly Dimples' — Louise Beck

Pomona Valley, AVS, CA

Best Single, 'Little Red' — Wanda Jones

Best Semi, 'Little Dogwood' — George Crouchet

Congratulations to all of you. As you can see
from the above, another "little one" has won best
in show. Three semis took the Gold rosette and a
mini won best single. I am delighted to see that
some judges have stopped eliminating these
beautiful wee ones from competition for top
awards. They are successfully proving they can
hold their own.

A few people who have received the Miniature
and Semiminiature Culture and Variety list have
been kind enough to send me lists of plants they
did not find in it. The miniature list only
encompasses a 10-year period, 1965-1975. The
1976 supplement lists only those released that
year. With the higher postage rates, it is too
expensive and too unwieldy to list all the past
minis and semis. Older varieties can be found in
the old master list or write to me for information.
We are now working on a supplement for 1977
which should be ready around the first of the
year.

I have obtained some of the new capillary mat
material that is being used successfully by a
number of growers. The mats are watered with
the usual fertilizer and it is picked up by the plants
in a capillary action that is similar to wicking. At
this time, I am trying some other gesneriads, that
do not take to drying out, on the mats and if they
do well, I will try the minis and semis on it. There
should be enough time for me to evaluate this
method and report to you in the next AVSA issue.

New plants that are living up to their promise
are: 'Little Jim' from Maas. It never stops
blooming, 'Little Chrissy' from Ray Dooley is also
in constant bloom. Ed Maas sent me a 'Double
Clackamus Rattler' and it is lovely and unusual.
For those of you who don't know the "Clackamus"
foliage, the leaves are lined like a watermelon.
'Wee Lass,' an adorable mini with many, many
white and red edged double flowers and 'Little
Delight,' with purple edged white doubles are
from Lyndon Lyon and a source of pleasure in
their beauty.

'Mini Minx' and 'Irish Angel' from Annalee
Violetry and Ethel Champion's new 'Midget
Ringer,' 'Sapphire Trinket,' 'Trinket White Caps'
and 'Misty Trinket' have not bloomed yet but are
growing well. Ernie Fisher of Canada sent me his
new 'Little Dolly,' a semi and a leaf of 'Daintiness,'
a mini. Will have to report on all these at a later
date.

The 1975 Miniature and Semiminiature Culture
and Variety list is available from me at the cost of
$2.00. PLEASE MAKE CHECKS OR MONEY
ORDERS OUT TO AVSA. The 1976 supplement
will be included. If you already have the list and
just want the supplement, send a LARGE self-
addressed envelope. PLEASE DO NOT STAPLE
CHECKS TO THE LETTER!

There is still time to send us any new varieties
that you havje come across, to list, in the 1977
supplement. HAVE A HAPPY HOLIDAY SEA¬
SON.

- - — -

MORE AWARDS

Eight more named cultivars are to receive
awards at the 1977 AVSA Convention/Show in
Austin, TX April 13-15.

These cultivars are 'Janey Briscoe', 'Burgundy
Rose', 'Beginner's Luck', 'Baby Doe', 'Colorado
Rosebud', 'Hondo' and 'Superfection'.

African Violet Magazine, November, 1977

19

VIOLETS ON LIGHTS

Mrs. Karen Coldwell
Green Island Lightstation
P.O.Box 367
Prince Rupert, B.C.

Canada V8J 3 R1

“The Competition rating board recommends
your appointment to senior lightkeeper position at
Green Island Lightstation. Please advise soonest as
to whether you accept this position.”

The preceding message is usually greeted with
mixed feelings. The excitement of transferring to a
different lighthouse usually overrides the thought
of the packing to come. The transfers are usually
made by ship and one can spend anywhere from
one to ten days en route, which brings us to the
fun of moving violets.

The first transfer we made, I had no idea of
how to pack them properly, so they travelled in an
open box with packing around each pot. We spent
three days on board ship that time and the violets
travelled well; until we reached our destination.
The box was placed in a small workboat with
other cartons plus crew members. Upon reaching
shore, the box, which was balanced close to the
edge, was unfortunately in direct aim of one of the
seamen’s feet as he leapt ashore. Exit most of the
violets into the sea. You can imagine the shock I
felt upon seeing what had been beautiful plants a
couple of hours before, nothing but a mess of
broken leaves covered with dirt!

Three years later and with a much larger collec¬
tion of violets, we were again on the move. This
time I had purchased Helen Van Pelt Wilson’s
book which has a section on how to pack violets
for moving. This time the move took a week. Once
more I had left the carton open so the crew could
see there were plants in the box and take extra
care with them. The station we were moving to
had only one method of getting things from ship
to shore in bad weather. Everything was slung up
on an aerial carriage. All went well with the violets
until it came time to sling them up the highline.
The weather was very foggy and combined with
the winch shed being at the top of the cliff, there
was a slight mix-up in hand signals. The end result?
You guessed it - once more the violets were
dumped!!! But not quite as badly as before!

Six weeks later we were again on the move. The
violets were packed as before but were flown off
the station to the ship by helicopter. At least they
escaped a trip down the highline!! As always, the
plants were kept in the cabin with us during the

WATCH IT!-“Watchit! Somewhere in there .
there're violets!” Here's method used to get Karen
Coldwell's violets along with household articles
from ship to shore in bad weather. Everything,
Mrs. Coldwell says, "was slung up on an aerial car¬
riage." You've guessed it! - she lives at the Green
Island Lightstation in Prince Rupert, British Co¬
lumbia. "Our mode of transportation is certainly
different," she explained. "But when the wind is
howling outside and your violets are In full bloom
inside - - - Well, it makes the frustration of moving
seem minor!

trip. This trip took ten days, on two different
Coast Guard ships, with the transfer from ship to
ship taking place in the middle of a bay. Upon
reaching Green Island, the violets were left until I
went ashore at the end of unloading our furniture,
etc. My words to the seaman who came to take
them to the workboat were “Please DON’T dump
them!” Believe it or not— they arrived on Green
Island in one piece. My father-in-law’s comment
was he could “see me standing over them, broom
in hand.”!

Moving the violets is perhaps our main problem
even though we take care to transport young
plants only. Naturally we have the usual worries
about leaving them while on holidays, uninvited
guests in the soil every so often and why some are
not doing as well as their neighbors. There are no
organized “clubs” as such on the lights, but word
soon gets around as to who grows what, if one has
a problem, there is usually someone on the circuit
we can ask!

What we really miss is being able to talk to
someone about the violets whenever you want.
Unless you have a plant loving ^assistant next door

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or a CB radio, our ‘^talks^’ depend on the mail —
which comes and goes once a month. As for the
“African Violet Magazine”, we love it for keeping
us up to date on what is going on, etc. But the

violets have travelled many miles with us, been
passed around to other lightstations and while
grown under lights, bring constant joy to many
“on the lights”.

AVSA AFFILIATES

Mrs. Wayne (Mildred) Schroeder
Affiliate Chairman
1739 N 74th Court
Elmwood Park, IL 60635

In this issue of The African Violet Magazine
you will find a list of 416 affiliated organizations.
We are very proud of these clubs since they are a
vital part of our Society. This list is published for
your use. If you are seeking a club in your state
you may want to get in touch with the president
of the affiliate nearest you. The list includes all
clubs affiliated as of July 1. If your listing is not
complete, please send me the additional informa¬
tion so that I may keep my records current.

During the past year there has been much
difficulty in the Knoxville office with the renewal
dues notices which have not been returned in
many instances or they have been returned
without the information requested being filled
out. Perhaps this is due to the fact that many
affiliates have their magazine sent to a library or
some other group. This renewal card has been
sent in the past to this address and has not found
its way to the club president in time to notify her
that the dues must be paid. This year the renewal
notice will be sent to the president and she will be
responsible to have the treasurer pay the dues and
she will also fill in the needed information. I am
sure that this will be a big help to both the
Knoxville office and to me as Affiliate Chairman.
There is need for every bit of information on this
form so please be sure that you send it to the
Knoxville office and Mrs. Bell will forward it to
me after she has recorded the information she
needs, and has processed your check for the dues.

The following AVSA Sweepstakes Awards
were presented to the winners of the most blue
ribbons in Council, State and Regional Society
shows:

ILLINOIS AFRICAN VIOLET SOCIETY, Mrs.
Mildren Brown, Alton, Illinois.

BAY STATE AFRICAN VIOLET SOCIETY, Mr.
John Montague, Belmont, Massachusetts.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN AFRICAN VIOLET

COUNCIL, Alvah Whitledge, Aurora, Colorado
AFRICAN VIOLET SOCIETY OF MINNESOTA,
Mrs. Leon Fiedler, Prescott, Wisconsin
DIXIE AFRICAN VIOLET SOCIETY, Mrs. J.
Stanley Gremillion, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Stacks of mail greeted me on my return from a
month long tour of Japan. Preparing the Affiliate
organizations list and answering urgent inquiries
have taken much time, so if you have not had an
answer to your letter you soon will. Yes, there
were beautiful African violets in Japan and they
did remind me that the beauty of the African
violet is world-wide.

LOVELY PLANTS— These lovely plants were
started from leaves by Mrs. Beth Ayo of Gray, LA,
who now has quite a collection. On the left is
"Pink Electric' and right is 'G Blue'. Like other
violet growers, she has had misfortune. "Being a
novice, I did not recognize the signs of mites," she
said. "I lost all of my 30 mature plants. But I did
take a leaf cutting from each plant, and started all
over again. These are the results."

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AFFILIATE ORGANIZATIONS

Mildred E. Schroeder, Affiliate Chairman
1739 N. 74 Court, Elmwood Park, IL 6063 5

The following list includes chapters, councils
and regional groups, affiliated with AVSA and
their presidents. The asterisk (*) opposite the
affiliate's name designates 100% AVSA member¬
ship.

AUSTRALIA

AVS OF CANBERRA, Mrs. P. Patterson, 54
Nemarang Crescent Waramanga ACT 2611
Australia.

AVS OF QUEENSLAND, Mrs. F. Murray, 35
Monroe St., Kelvin Grove, Brisbane, 4059
Queensland, Australia.

AVS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA, Mr. D. Boyce,
Stirling S. A.

WARRAGUL AND DISTRICT AV GROUP, Mrs.
Ann White, 112 Smith St., Warragul, 3820
Australia

BAHAMAS

BAHAMAS AVS, Mrs. Harry Scates, P. O. Box
1648 Nassau, Bahamas.

BERMUDA

BERMUDA AVS, Mrs. Carol M. Rumbelow,
Permans Hill, Warcick Parish, Bermuda.

CANADA

AVC OF VANCOUVER, Mrs. E. Mahrer, 345
13th Ave., Vancouver, V5Y 1 Wt British
Columbia, Canada.

TOTEM AVS OF VANCOUVER, Mrs. Doreen
Jamieson 634 Croyden Place, North Vancouver
V7N 3Al British Columbia, Canada.

VICTORIA AVC, Mrs. Marjorie Holman, 209
Beechwood Ave, Victoria, British Columbia,
Canada.

MONCTONIAN AVS, Mrs. Laura McLellan, 119
Wesley St., Moncton, New Brunswick ElC 5V2,
Canada.

ROYAL SAINTPAULIA CLUB, Mrs. George
McLeod, Penobsquis, New Brunswick, Canada,
EOE ILO

ANNAPOLIS VALLEY AVS, Mrs. Doreen Gilles¬
pie, R. R. #1, Wilmont, Annapolis Co., Nova
Scotia, Canada BOP 1 WO.

FIRST HALIFAX AVS, Mrs. Helen Beaver, Box 10
R. R. #1, Bedford, Nova Scotia, Canada.
BELLEVILLE AVC, Mrs. Beulah Sills, 79 Selina
Ave., Belleville, Ontario, Canada.

LAKESHORE AVC, Mrs. Cathie Hammond, 224
Grenview Blvd, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M8Y
3T8.

OAKVILLE AVS, Miss Sandra Lex, 70 Enfield
Ave, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M8W 1T9

TORONTO AVS, E. Bruce, 36 Elfreda Blvd,
Scarborough, Ontario, Canada.

QUEEN CITY AVS, Mrs. May Silversides #3 4341
Roe St., Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada S4N
3X4.

SASKATOON AVS, Mrs. Wilma Regehr, 3326
14th St. E., Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.

AVS OF GREATER MONTREAL, Mrs. C.
Batchelor, 330 Claude Ave., Dorval, Quebec,
Canada.

CHARLOTTETOWN AVS, Mrs. Floyd Mac
Kinnon, 17 Lapthorne Ave., Charlottetown,
P. E. 1. Canada ClA 2M3.

WINNIPEG AVS, Mrs. M. Innard, 122 Regina
Ave., Kenora, Ontario, Canada, P9N 2 Z7.

ENGLAND

SAINTPAULIA AND HOUSEPLANT SOCIETY,
Mr. R. W. Gilbert, 54 Queensborough Terrace,
London, England W23SH.

JAMAICA

AVS OF JAMAICA, P. O. Box 147 Red Hills P. O.
St. Andrew, Jamaica.

MEXICO

PRIMER CLUB de VIOLETAS, Mrs. James West,
Via Latina 110 Fuentes del Valle, GarzaGarcia,
N. L. Mexico.

PHILIPPINES

AVS OF THE PHILIPPINES, Mrs. Alicia O. Javiet,
81 Maginoo St., Quezon City, Philippines 3008.

UNITED STATES
ALABAMA

DIXIE AVS OF ALABAMA, FLORIDA, GEOR¬
GIA, MISSISSIPPI, NORTH CAROLINA,
SOUTH CAROLINA, TENNESSEE, LOUISIA¬
NA, TEXAS AND ARKANSAS, Dr. J. B. Jung,
5916 Cherokee Lane, Alexandria, LA 71301.

AV STUDY CLUB OF BIRMINGHAM, Miss
Eunice Collins, 1001 Southwood Rd., Birmingh¬
am, AL 35216.

*BAMA BELLES AVS, Mrs. D. E. Sands, 1701
India Road, Opelika, AL 36801.

COVINGTON AVS, Mrs. George Benton, Rt. 6,

Andalusia, AL 26420.

GOLDEN CIRCLE AVC, Mrs. E. G. Brown 45 S.
Valley Rd., Palmerdale, AL 35123.

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*MONTGOMERY AVS, Mrs. Orland Sisler 2833
Ashley Ave, Montgomery, AL 36109.

MUSCLE SHOALS AVS, Mrs. Louise Thomas,
217 Baldwin St., Florence, AL 35630.

POLYNESIAN SUNSET GARDEN CLUB, Mrs.
Jamie Price, 7 Sansbury Lane, Daleville, AL
36322.

T. H. E. AVS, Mr. Ted Wohlford, 2320 Farley
Terrace, Birmingham, AL 35226.

TROY ALABAMA AVS, Mrs. Carroll Jones, 303
W. Fairview St., Troy, AL 36081.

ALASKA

AURORA BOREALIS AVS, Mrs. Frederick Johns
8100 Majestic Court, Anchorage AK 99504.

ARIZONA

AV CULTURE CLUB, Mrs. Mary Heywood, 2440
W. Alha Way, Chandler, AZ 85224.

TUCSON AVS, Mrs. Wilma Snyder, 5147 E.
Fairmont, Tucson, AZ 85712.

ARKANSAS

ARK=MO TOWN AND COUNTRY AVC, Ms.
Eula Schug 803 Wirt St. Paragould, AR 72450.

BEAVER LAKE AVC, Ms. Judy Haley, Rt. 2 Box
294, Lowell, AR 72745.

CONWAY AVC, Mrs. Elmo Henry, Rt. 3,
Greenbrier, AR 72058.

GREEN THUMB AVS, Mrs. Paul Logue, 918
Elmhurst Fayetteville, AR 72701.

LITTLE ROCK AVS, Mrs. Gladys Brown, 9201
Hilaro Springs Rd., Little Rock, AR 72204.

SPRINGDALE VIOLET STUDY CLUB, Mrs.
David Me Alister P. O. Box 748, Springdale, AR
72764.

CALIFORNIA

AVSA JUDGES COUNCIL OF SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA, Mrs. Helen Freie, 4854 N. Cedar
Ave., El Monte, CA 91732.

*AVSA JUDGES COUNCIL OF NORTHERN
CAlilFORNIA. Mrs. L. E. Rosenfeld, 2030
Junction Ave., El Cerrito, CA 94530.

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COUNCIL OF AVS,
Ms. Doris Hundley, 921 Spencer Way, Los
Altos, CA 94022.

AVS OF EAST BAY, Mrs. Cecile Ambler, 220 El
Toyonal, Orinda, CA 94563.

AVS OF LEISURE WORLD, Mr. Charles Van
Doren, 2157-B Via Mariposa East, Laguna Hills,
CA 92653.

AVS OF MONTEREY PENINSULA, Ms. Ger¬
trude Bisnett 47 Sierra Vista, Monterey, CA
93940.

AVS OF MONTROSE, Mr. George Carpentier,
23^8 Montrose Ave., Montrose, CA 91020.

AVS OF PALO ALTO, Ms. Frances B. Swope,
440-115 Moffett Blvd., Mountain View, CA
94043.

AVS OF SAN FRANCISCO, Mrs. Mary Michni-
uk, 7 La Mancha PI, Millbrae, CA 94030.

AVS OF SOUTH BAY, Mrs. Frank Rand Jr.,
27033 DeZahara Way, Los Altos Hills, CA
94022.

BAKERSFIELD AVS, Ms. Ruth Jo Me Coy, Rt. 1
Box 580, Arvin, CA 93203.

BALBOA AVS, Mrs. Helen De Long 6276
Brynwood Ct, San Diego, CA 92120.

BELLFLOWER AVS, Mr. Mark Eggink, 17847
Hoffman Ave., Cerritos, CA 90761.

BLOOMING AVC, Ms. Bea Tempkin, Vista, CA
92025.

CANYON COUNTRY AVC, Ms. Pat Murphy,
28122 Deep Creek Dr., Canyon Country, CA
91351.

CAPITOL CITY AVS, Mrs. Frances Lazda 4720
Loch Lomond, Carmichael, CA 95608.

CAROLYN RECTOR SAINTPAULIA SOCIETY,
Mrs. Lois Clark, 3800 Madrid St., Bakersfield,
CA 93309.

‘CENTRAL CALIFORNIA AVS, Mrs. Doris
Tucker, Box 203, Caruthers, CA 93609.

DESERT AVS OF LANCASTER, Mrs. Mildred
Stradling, 38015 30th St. E., Palmdale, CA
93550.

FRIENDLY AVC OF ATWATER, Mrs. A Cle¬
venger, 1420 Tamarack Ave., Atwater, CA
95301.

GLENDALE AVS, Mr. Guy Gammon, 225 W.
Wells, San Gabriel, CA 91776.

GRANADA HILLS AVS, Mr. Charles Bollar,
17055 Community St., Northridge, CA 91325.

INGLEWOOD AVS, Mrs. Dorothy Powell, 1219
S. Fir. Ave., Inglewood, CA 90301.

KERN RIVER VALLEY AVS, Mrs. Georgiana
Breland, 6256 Lynch Canyon, Mt. Mesa Lake,
Isobella, CA 93240.

LONG BEACH AVS, Mrs. Catherine Rider, 2631
Daisy Ave., Long Beach, CA 90806.

LOS ANGELES AVS, Mrs. Helen Freie, 4854 N.
Cedar Ave., El Monte, CA 91732.

*NITE BLOOMERS, Ms. Peggy Freed, 619
Davenport Dr., San Jose, CA 95127.

ORANGE COUNTY AVS, Ms. Pat Cohen, 3741
Claremont, Irvine, CA 92714.

PASADENA AVS, George M. Carpentier, 2358
Montrose Ave., Montrose, CA 91020.

PINOLE AVS, Mrs. Dorothy Bray, 2335 Simas
Ave., Pinole, CA 94564.

POMONA VALLEY AVS, Mrs. Wanda Jones,
3563 N. Mills Ave., Claremont, CA 91711.

SAN DIEGO COUNTY AVS, Ms. Bea Temkin,
212 Bright Creek Lane, Oceanside, CA 92045.

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SAN FERNANDO VALLEY AVS, Ms. Lee Way,
14246 Nordhoff St., Panorama City, CA 91402.

SAN GABRIEL VALLEY CHAPTER OF AVSA,
Ms. Dorothy Gruwell, 1529 Colegrove, Monte-
bell, CA 90640.

SAN JOAQUIN AVS, Ms. Joan Leonard, 2341
Santiageo Apt. C, Stockton, CA 95209.

SAN MATEO COUNTY AVS, Mrs. Doris
Cormier, 1859 Anamor St., Redwood City, CA
94061.

*SANTA CLARA VALLEY AVC, Mrs. L. Wilcox,
15570 Canon Dr., Los Gatos, CA 95030.

SANTA MONICA BAY CHAPTER OF AVSA,
Mrs. Charlotte Rosengrant, 2705 Krim Dr., Los
Angeles, CA 90064.

*SUBURBAN AV FRIENDS, Mrs. Rodger Mit¬
chell, 280 Loon Ct, Foster City, CA 94404.

TOWN AND COUNTRY AVS, Mrs. Elizabeth
Craig, 4128 Oakwood Pi, Riverside, CA 92506.

TUSTANA AVS, Ms. Cheridah Lewis, 9841
Brentwood Dr., Santa Ana, CA 92705.

VENTURA COUNTY AVS, Mrs. Dorothy Bruce,
3245 Foothill Rd., Ventura, CA 93030.

WHITTIER AVS, Mrs. Harriet Bisgrove, 6033
Milton Ave., Whittier, CA 90601.

COLORADO

*HI COUNTRY JUDGES' WORKSHOP, Mrs.
Carl Fussell, 4172 S. Eliot, Englewood, CO
80110.

ROCKY MOUNTAIN AV COUNCIL, Mrs. Anita
Phillips, 2253 S. Alton Way, Denver, CO 80220.

AVS OF DENVER CHAPTER 1, Mrs. Paul
Kiesling, 475 Madison St., Denver, CO 80206.

CAPITOL CITY AV CLUB, Mrs. Margaret
Schaetzel 2425 S. Leyden, Denver, CO 80222

CENTENNIAL STATE AVC, Mrs. Carol Vojir,
1025 Yank St., Golden, CO 80401.

CO CHOICE CITY VIOLET CLUB, Ms. Susi
Kraus, 2712 Tulane, Ft. Collins, CO 80521.

EMMA'S GOLDEN GROWERS, Mrs. Phyllis
Leonard, 13465 W. 7th Dr., Colden, CO 80401.

*FRIENDLY AVS, Ms. Dorene Fussell, 4172 S.
Eliot, Englewood, CO 80209.

FT COLLINS VIOLETEERS, Mrs. Arthur Hayu-
tin, 6969 E. Girard Ave., Denver, CO 80224.

GATEWAY VIOLET CLUB, Mr. William D.
Stone, 12068 E. Amherst Pi., Denver, CO
80232.

GLOXINIA GESNERIAD GROWERS, Mrs. Do¬
rothy Roesch, 2575 S. Wadsworth Ct., Denver,
CO 80227.

HAPPINESS IS AVS, Mrs. Doris Acree, 8661
Yellowstone Rd., Longmont, CO 80501.

HI HOPES STUDY CLUB, Mrs. Blair Burwell,
14500 Crabapple Rd., Golden, CO 80401.

JOLLY VC OF EASJERN COLORADO, Mr. Joe
Falch, 24 Overton Rd., Gehoa, CO 80818.

LOVELAND SWEETHEART VIOLETTES SO¬
CIETY, Mrs. Horace Prouty, 625 W. 11th St.
Loveland, CO 80537.

MILE-HI NORTH AVS, Mrs. Susan Verspohl,

' 10473 Sperry St., Northglen, CO 80234.

PUEBLO AVC, Mrs. Eilene Even, 825 W. Routt
Ave., Pueblo 81004.

ROCKY MOUNTAIN BELLES AVC, Mrs. Jean
Hill, 1970 S. Olive, St. Denver, CO 80224.

THE ROCKY POTTERS, Mr. Robert Hull, 930
E& 10th Ave., Broomfield, CO 80020.

ULTRA VIOLET CLUB, Mrs. Geneva Holmes,
8810 Hooker Way, Westminster, CO 80030.

CONNECTICUT

NUTMEG STATE AVS, Mrs. Ralph Caye, 70
Eastview Dr., Windsor, CT 06095.

CENTRAL CONNECTICUT SAINTPAULIA
CLUB, Mrs. Edward Pryor, 71 Churchill Way,
Newington, CT 06111.

LOWER CONNECTICUT VALLEY AVS, Miss
Ruth Hatch, Rt. 148, Killingworth, CT 06417.

*NAUGATONIC AVS, Mrs. Arnold Haeussler, 11
Clifford St., Trumbull, CT 06611.

SILVERMINE AVS, Mrs. George Holomakoff,
179 Flax Hill Rd. S, Norwalk, CT 06854.

SPARKLING WATERS AVS, Mrs. George Boose,
9 Turney PL, Trumbull, CT 06611.

THIMBLE ISLAND AVC, Mrs. Mary Phillips, 54
Scenic Rd., Madison, CT 06443.

*WINDSOR AVS, Mrs. Wayne P. Kilpatrick, 16
Meadow Rd., Bolton, CT 06040.

DELAWARE

DELAWARE AVS, Mrs. Stephen Borleske, 104
Caladium Lane, Meadewood, Newark, DE
19711.

FLORIDA

AVS OF FT. WALTON BEACH, Ms. Reba
Anderson, 7 Longwood Dr., Shalimar, FL
32549.

AVS OF GAINESVILLE, Mrs. Laurel Edvardsson,
1217 N. W. 30th Ave., Gainesville, FL 32601.

AVS OF JACKSONVILLE, Ms. Sharon Williams,
3114 Hollyberry Lane, Jacksonville, FL 32211.

AVS OF MIAMI, Mr. Charles Jaros, 2621 N. W. 23
Court, Miami, FL 33142.

AVS OF PENSACOLA, Ms. Louise Merritt, 4200
Croyden Rd., Pensacola, FL 32504.

BREVARD AVS, Mr. Bob Green, 997 Botany
Lane, Rockledge, FL 32955.

CENTRAL FLORIDA AVS, Mrs. Joseph E. Shea,
2832 Oak St., Kissimmee, FL 32741.

DIXIE MOONBEAM AVS OF PANAMA CITY,
Mrs. John Thompson, 207 S. Cove Terrace Dr.,
Panama City, FL 32401.

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HAINES CITY AVS, Mrs. Guy Thrower, Rt. 2
Box 222 Bi, Avon Park, FL 33825.

LAKES AND HILLS AVS, Mrs. Palmer Pigot,
1304 Oakland Dr., Mount Dora, FL 32757.

MIRACLE STRIP AVS OF PANAMA CITY, Mrs.
Charles West Jr., 1102 Chestnut St., Panama
City, FL 32401.

NIGHT MAGIC AVS, Mrs. Henry Mills, P. O.
Box 414, Tallahasse, FL 32302.

OLD CUTLER AVC, Ms. Jeanne Hurlbut, 9482
Easter Rd., Miami, FL 33157.

RIVERSIDE AVC, Ms. Katherine Katynsky, Rt. 1
Box 20, Wewahitchka, FL 32465.

SARASOTA COUNTY AVS, Mr. Wayne Me
Farland, 2256 Sunnyside PL, Sarasota, FL
33579.

SOUTH FLORIDA AVC, Mrs. G. A. Jones, 7321
S. W. 16th St., Miami, FL 33155.

TALLAHASSEE AVS, Mrs. Waldo Me Guffey,
1408 Pullen Rd., Tallahassee, FL 32303.

TAMPA AVS, Mrs. Elaine Tabor, P. O. Box 546,
Lutz, FL 33549.

UPPER PINELLAS AVS, Mrs. Wm. Zane, 1830
Kendall Dr., Clearwater, FL 33516.

GEORGIA

AVS OF COBB COUNTY, Mrs. Donna Hamby,
3810 Plumerest Rd., Smyrna, GA 30080.

AVS OF GREATER ATLANTA, Mrs. Miriam
Greene, 4204 Cheryl Ann Ct., Stone Mountain,
GA 30083.

AV STUDY CLUB, Mrs. Lee Stone, 2488
Headland Dr., East Point, GA 30344.

AVS OF VALDOSTA, Mrs. Joan Adams, Rt. 2
Box 510 A, Valdosta, GA 31601.

DALTON AVS, Mrs. Claude Mayfield, 600 S.
Ridge St., Dalton, GA 30720.

HIGH HOPES VC OF SOUTH ATLANTA, Ms.
Betty Stoneeipher, 2250 Sandgate Cirele, Col¬
lege Park, GA.

MASTER CITY AVS, Ms Joyee Moseley, 2461
Damaseus Rd. Apt. 5 E., Augusta, GA 30904.

MCC AVS OF ATLANTA, Mr. Charles Karo,
1134 Alta Ave., N. E. Apt. 2, Atlanta, GA 30306.

HAWAII

AVS OF HAWAII, Mrs. Jo Middleburgh, 2003
Kalia Rd. #11-F Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii
96815.

IDAHO

HARMONY AVS, Mrs. E. B. Smith, 1312
Harrison Blvd., Boise, ID 83702.

MAGIC VALLEY SAINTPAULIA CLUB, Mrs.
Evelyn Paulson, 1808 2nd Ave. East, Twin Falls,
IP 83301.

ILLINOIS

ILLINOIS AVS, Miss Mattie Owings, 1010 S.
Westlawn Ave., Champaign, IL 61820.

AVS OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS, Mrs. Anna Jean
Landgren, 810 Ingleside, Evanston, IL 60201.

^EXHIBITORS CLUB, Mrs. James Ehas, 5231 W.
Warner, Chicago, IL 60641.

FORT MASSAC AVC, Mrs. Ivy Caldwell, 307 W
6th St., Metropolis, IL 62660.

HICKORY CORNER VS, Mrs. Herald Ferguson,
R. R. 2, Toledo, IL 62468.

MARGARET SCOTT AVS, Mrs. Josephine Cline,
1401 Walnut, Champaign, IL 61820.

METROPOLITAN AVS OF PEORIA, Mrs.
Thelma Bangert, 4929 S. Lake Camelot Dr.,
Mapleton, IL 61547.

ROCKFORD AVC, Ms. Marcia Fleener, 602 Paris
Ave., Rockford, IL 61107.

ROSEWOOD AVS, Mrs. Tony Krueger, R. R. 2
Witt Mill Rd., Jerseyville, IL 62052.

SUBURBAN AV ENTHUSIASTS, Mrs. Mary
Kettner, 16413 Trumbull Ave., Markham, IL
60426.

VIVA LA VIOLETS, Mrs. Gene Thiel, 100
Fletcher, Collinsville, IL 62234.

WEDGEWOOD AVC, Mr. Cyril F. Key, 1101
Sterling Dr., Rockford, IL 61107.

INDIANA

FRIENDLY AVC, Mrs. Peter Klemishin, 2107
Riverside Dr., South Bend, IN 46628.

GYPSY AVC, Mrs. Evelyn Duffield, Rt. 2, Eaton,
OH 45320.

INDIANAPOLIS AVC, Mrs. Dallas Pierce, 4430
Wycombe Lane, Indianapolis, IN 46217.

KIMBERLY AVC, Mrs. James Skinner, 1025 W.
52nd St., Indianapolis, IN 46208.

NEW ALBANY AVC, Mrs. Maxine Hook, 1404
Old Ford Rd., New Albany, IN 47150.

PLYMOUTH AVC, Mrs. J. Yocum, P. O. Box 18,
La Paz, IN 46563.

RAINBOW CHAPTER OF AVSA, Ms. Mary
Moore, 2510 Farnsworth Dr., Ft. Wayne, IN
46808.

STEUBEN COUNTY AVS, Mrs. Lyle Parker, R.
R. 1, Hudson, IN 46747, State Rd. 327.

TWIN CITY AVS OF SOUTH BEND, Mrs. Marie
Davis, 1229 Oakland Ave., South Bend, IN
46615.

TWIN COUNTY AVS, Mrs. Louise Beck, 660 N.
Spring St., Wabash, IN 46992.

IOWA

DES MOINES AVC, Ms. Dorothy Gavin, 732
39th, Des Moines, lA 50311.

EVENING AVC OF DES MOINES, Ms. Mildred
Ray, 4210 University, Des Moines, lA 50311.

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PALO ALTO COUNTY VC, Mrs. Asa Hansey,
Emmetsburg, lA 50536.

SPENCER AVS, Mrs. Lois Larson, 816 4th Ave.,
East Spencer, lA 51301.

KANSAS

AIR CAPITAL SOCIETY OF AVS, Ms. Nancy
Phipps, 1303 S. Wichita, Wichita, KA 67213.

BOOT HILL SAINTPAULIA CLUB, Mrs. How¬
ard Schuetz, 1309 Colorado Dr., Dodge City,
KA 66502.

JUNCTION CITY AVS, Mrs. Edgar Ervin, 830
Crestview, Junction City, KA 66441.

MANHATTAN AVS, Mrs. Elizabeth Leipold,
1604 Cedarcrest Dr., Manhattan, KA 66502.

WICHITA AV STUDY CLUB, Mrs. Glenn Ritter,
901 Red Barn Lane, Wichita, KA 67212.

KENTUCKY

FIRST AVS OF LOUISVILLE UNIT #1, Mrs. Wm.
Genenwein, 3038 Wilson Ave., Louisville, KY
40211.

LOUISIANA

NEW ORLEANS AVS, Mrs. Dorothy Terranova,
7713 Mill St., New Orleans, LA 70126.

ALEXANDRIA AVS, Mrs. W. H. Rollins, 87
Louisiana Ave., Alexandria, LA 71301.

ATCHAFALAYA VS OF AMERICA, Mrs. Barba¬
ra Ghirardi, 512 Marshall St., Morgan City, LA
70380.

BATON ROUGE AVS, Mrs. J. Y. Ragusa, 1074
Parlange Dr., Baton Rouge, LA 70806.

FIRST AVS OF LAKE CHARLES, Mrs. Hollie
Haug, Rt. 3 Box 687, Sulphur, LA 70663.

FIRST NEW ORLEANS AVS, Miss Penny
Brenner, 1882 Farragut St., New Orleans, LA
70114.

JEFFERSON AV ASSOCIATION,'^ Ms. Sue Ra-
dosta.

LAFAYETTE AVC, Mrs. Faye Cage, 106 Wedge-
wood Dr., Lafayette, LA 70503.

RUSTON AVS, Mrs. George A. Davidson, Rt. 1
Box 317, Ruston, LA 71270.

*SHREVEPORT AVS, Mrs. Brian Dickerson,
6105 Willard, Shreveport, LA 71107.

SOUTH LAKE CHARLES AVC, Mrs. Linda
Fargue, 2625 Laura Lane, Lake Charles, LA
70605.

TECHELAND AVS OF FRANKLIN, Ms. Audrey
Guillotte, 1604 Hospital Ave., Franklin, LA
70538.

TOP CHOICE AVS, Mrs. W. M. Plaster, 8304
Suffolk, Shreveport, LA 71106.

*TOWN AND COUNTRY VC, Mrs. A. L.
Robison, P. O. Box 308, Geismar, LA 70734.

VIOLETS ON THE BAYOU, Mrs. Anaise Le
Blanc, Rt. 2 Box 101-A, Napoleonville, LA
70390.

MARYLAND

MARYLAND STATE AVS, Ms. Norma Ventura,
6211 Fair Oaks, Baltimore, MD 21274.

BALTIMORE AVC, Mr. Edgar Rase, 80 S.
Colonial Ave., Westminster, MD 21157.

SUSQUEHANNA AVS, Mrs. Grace Wilson, R. D.
#1 Box 180, Perryville, MD 21903.

WEST END AVC, Mrs. Robert Patterson, 21810
Slab Bridge Rd., Freeland, MD 21053.

MASSACHUSETTS

BAY STATE AVS, Mrs. Yvonne Leighton, 91
Dalby St., Newton, MA 02158.

AVS OF PIONEER VALLEY, Ms. Catherine
Derosia, 108 Claire St., Chic Falls, MA 01020.

FRIENDLY AVC, Mrs. Beverly Kindred, 283
Central St., Natick, MA 01760.

GATEWAY AVC OF FRAMINGHAM, Mrs. Alice
Bagley, 419 Old Connecticut Path, Wayland,
MA 01778.

KENNEBEC VALLEY AVS, Mrs. Liane Rancourt,
P. O. Box 138, 4 Church St., Shawmut, MA
04975.

MERRIMACK VALLEY AVS, Ms. Marcia Balo-
nis, Boston Rd., Groton, MA 01450.

MOBY DICK AVC, Mr. A. H. Pinkham, P. O. Box
567, Mattapoisett, MA 02739.

NORTH SHORE AVS, Miss Maria L. Garuti, 118
Franklin St., Lynn, MA 01902.

GREEN THUMB AVC OF MASSUCHUSETTS,
Mrs. Elmer Cook, 68 Bucklin St., No. Attleboro,
MA 02763.

TRIMOUNT AVS, Mrs. Anne Crowley, 232
Austin St., Hyde Park 02136

WACHUSETT AVS, Mr. R. Stanley Kendig, 26
Leominster St., Westminster, MA 0ml473.

MICHIGAN

MICHIGAN STATE AVS, Mr. Albert Blouw, 822
Elliott St., S. E., Grand Rapids, MI 49507.

BATTLE CREEK AVS, Mrs. Leon Webster, 161
Marvin St., Bedford, MI 49020.

BORDER CITIES AVC, Mr. J. P. Schobloher,
15341 Juliana, East Detroit, MI 48021.

FIRST AVS OF GRAND RAPIDS, Mrs. Helen
Fifer, 2683 Breton Rd. S. E., Grand Rapids, MI
49506.

MID MICHIGAN AVC, Ms. Beverly Cavera, 0-
2165 Winans, Grand Rapids, MI 49504.

VI CLUB OF DETROIT, Mrs. Martha Schoblo¬
her, 15341 Juliana, East Detroit, MI 48021.

MINNESOTA

AVS OF MINNESOTA, Mrs. Leon Fiedler, Rt. 1,
Prescott, WI 54021.

AFTER DARK VC, Mrs. Kay Gardner, 403 W.
Wheelock Pkw., St. Paul, MN 55117.

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BICENTENNIAL STAR, Ms. Carol Pelts, 509
Edmund, St. Paul, MN 55103.

*CINDERELLA AVC OF MINNEAPOLIS, Ms.
Nancy Drew, 917 W. Lake Apt. 4, Minneapolis,
MN 55406.

DULUTH AVS, Mrs. Irving Benson, 1015 Min¬
neapolis Ave., Duluth, MN 55803.

FALCON HEIGHTS HI-LOA AVS OF ST. PAUL,
Ms. Jennie Fell, 1771 N. Simpson, St. Paul, MN

55113.

GALA AVG, Ms. Edna Karg, 3306 N. E. Johnson
St., Minneapolis, MN 55418.

GARNET ELF'S CLUB, Ms. Bee Anderson, 2914
N. W. Hayes St., Minneapolis, MN 55418.

MEN'S AVC OF TWIN CITIES, Mr. Ken Ellis,
1630 37th Ave., N. E., Minneapolis, MN 55421.

MINUET AVC, Mrs. Frank Fillipczak, 1905 Walsh
Ave., St. Paul, MN 55118.

PURPLE POPCORN AVC, Ms. Joan Schwartz-
hauer, 6220 Idlywood Lane, Edina, MN 55419.

SERENITY AVC, Mrs. Charles Zondlo, 3326
Lincoln St., N. E. Minneapolis, MN 55418.

VIKING VIOLETTES, Mrs. James Edmunds, 2096
Western Ave. N., St. Paul, MN 55113.

WONDER AVG, Mrs. Jo Herrman, 4224 Drew
Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55410.

MISSISSIPPI

HATTIESBURG AVC, Mrs. Jack Milling, 115
Smith St., Petal, MS 39465.

VICKSBURG AVC, Ms. Janet Helmuth, 407
Longview, Vicksburg, MS 39180.

MISSOURI

ST. LOUIS JUDGES' COUNCIL, Mrs. Wm. Janus,
130 N. Holmes, St. Louis, MO 63122.

METROPOLITAN ST. LOUIS AVS, Mrs. A. B.
Carlisle, 872 Queen Ann PI, St. Louis, MO
63122.

AVC OF GREATER KANSAS CITY, Mr. Donald
M. Palmer, 7942 Washington St., Kansas City,
MO 64114.

AMETHYST AVC, Mrs. David Smith, 364
Messina Dr., Manchester, MO 63011.

CAVALIER AVC, Mrs. W. M. Accola, 1443
Graham, St. Louis, MO.

FLEUR DE LIS AVC, Mrs. Adele Tretter, 4988
Schollmeyer, St. Louis, MO 63109.

HI-HOPES AVC, Mrs. Michael Pozsgay, 300
Porchester Dr., St. Louis, MO 63125.

INNER CITY AVS, Mrs. Virginia Hamilton, 5928-
A, Julian St., St. Louis, MO 63112.

LE CHATEAU AVC, Mrs. H. Holt, 1128 Linden,
St. Louis, MO 63117.

*NIGHTSHADE AVC, Mrs. Mary Lou Terral,
7708 Horatio Dr., St. Louis, MO 63121.

NORMANDY AVC, Mrs. Allen Eaklor, 245
Brackleigh Lane, Florissant, MO 63130.

NORTHEAST AVC, Mrs. Betty Harbison, 3620
Windsor, Kansas City, MO 64123.

SPRINGFIELD CHAPTER OF AVS, Mrs. M. A.
Reynolds, 841 W. State, Springfield, MO 65806.

VIKING AVG, Mrs. Victor Kunz, 6806 Alexander
St., St. Louis, MO 63139.

NEBRASKA

LINCOLN AVS, Mrs. Betty Hoff, 2911 William,
Lincoln, NE 68506.

OMAHA AVC, Mr. Frank Kucirek, 3028 S. 42nd
St., Omaha, NE 65105.

NEVADA

AVS OF LAS VEGAS, Mrs. Norma Harris, 1017
Hassett Ave., Las Vegas, NE 89104.

VEGAS VALLEY AVS, Mrs. Catherine Stackney,
5275 Stacey Ave., Las Vegas, NE 89108.

NEW JERSEY

NEW JERSEY COUNCIL OF AVC'S, Mrs. Marge
Hemmer, 23 Fulton St., Bloomfield, NJ 07003.

AVC OF TRENTON, Mrs. Dorothy Warman, 30
Princeton Ave., Hopewell, NJ 08525.

BERGEN COUNTY AVS, Mrs. L. Christen, 166
Wales Ave., River Edge, NJ 07661.

CLIFTON AVS, Mrs. Beatrice Alstein, 78 Willi¬
amson Ave., Bloomfield, NJ 07003.

TOWN AND COUNTRY AVS, Mrs. Arnold
Howell, 210 W. Stewart St., Wash, NJ 07882.

UNION COUNTY CHAPTER OF AVSA, Mrs.
Janet Riemer, 14 Phelham Rd., Kendall Park, NJ
08824.

NEW MEXICO

ALBUQUERQUE AVC, Mrs. James Tallant, 4305
Cobblestone PI, N. E. Albuquerque, NM 87109.

SAN JUAN AVS, Mrs. M. K. Heath, 6302
Foothills Dr., Farmington, NM 87401.

VIOLET SOCIETY DE RIO GRANDE, Mrs.
Hazel Hutchison, P. O. Box 157, Bernalillo, NM
87004.

NEW YORK

METROPOLITAN REGIONAL COUNCIL OF
AV JUDGES, L. L, N. Y., N. J., Ms. Garol Ann
Kostalias, 461 Wellington Rd., Minneola, NY
11501.

JUDGES COUNCIL OF NEW YORK STATE,
Mrs. Ralston Bardeen, 4 Andrews Ave., Bingh¬
amton, NY 13904.

AVS OF ALBANY, Mrs. David Cook, 12 Me
Pherson Terrace, Albany, NY 12206.

AVS OF GREATER NEW YORK, Mrs. Kay
Rotando, 1310 Taft Ave., Long Beach, NY
11561.

AVS OF ROCHESTER, Mrs. Percy L. Hansen, 64
Kings Lane, Rochester, NY 14617.

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AVS OF STATEN ISLAND, Mrs. Raymond
Dooley, 33 Collfield Ave., Staten Island, NY
10302.

AVS OF SYRACUSE, Mr. Robert Casey, 218
Beley Ave., Mottdale, NY 13041.

BLACK CREEK SAINTPAULIA SOCIETY, Mrs.
janeth L. Holzschuh, 220 Westmar Dr., Roches¬
ter, NY 14624.

CAPITAL DISTRICT AVS, Mrs. Robert Athana-
siou, 13 Lawnridge Ave., Albany, NY 12208.

CHENANGO VALLEY AVS, Mrs. Robert
Schiepper, R. D. 2 Box 270, Norwich, NY 13815.

COPPER CITY AVS, Mrs. Rowell Yerman, 208 S.
Bell Dr., Rome, NY 13440.

COUNTRY VIOLET GROWERS, Mrs. Harold
Dennison, R. D. 5, Jamestown, NY 14701.

FINGER LAKES AVS, Mr. Robert Arnold, 8917
N. Seneca St., Weeds Port, NY 13166.

FORT ONTARIO AVS, Mrs. Norman Gillette,
Route 3, Oswego, NY 13126.

LEVITTOWN AVS OF LONG ISLAND, Mrs.
Joseph Lee, 16 Tinder Lane, Levittown, NY
11756.

LIVINGSTON COUNTY AND VICINITY AVC,
Ms. Ann E. Wyld, 33 Monroe St., Honeoye Falls,
NY 14472.

LONG ISLAND AVS, Ms. Edna Heagney, 23
Germain St., Glen Cove, NY 11542.

MOHAWK VALLEY AVS, Mr. Joseph Dillman,
2423 Campbell Ave., Schenectady, NY 12306.

NEW YORK CITY AVS, Mrs. Carol Young, 32-43
91st St., Jackson Heights, NY 11369.

NORTH SHORE AVS, Mrs. Alfred Tirzmalis, 48
Terry Rd., Northport, NY 11768.

SAINTPAULIA SOCIETY OF WILLIAMSVILLE,
Mrs. Kevan Green, 10040 Pine Ledge West,
Clarence, NY 14031.

SEVEN VALLEY AVS, Ms. Elizabeth Morse, 20
Lamont Circle, Cortland, NY.

SWEETWATER AVS, Ms. Sandy Weynand, 309
Montauk Highway, East Muriches, NY.

THOUSAND ISLANDS AVC, Ms. Ruth Allen,
561 Eastern Blvd, Watertown, NY 13601.

TRIPLE CITIES AVS, Mrs. Leo Donahue, 43
Crary Ave., Binghamton, NY 13905.

UTICA AVS, Ms. Mary La Chair, P. O. Box 327,
Vernon, NY 13476.

VIOLET HOBBYIST SOCIETY, Mrs. Stanley
Gambell, 73 Matthews, Binghamton, NY 13905.

NORTH CAROLINA

AVS OF CHARLOTTE, Mrs. Joyce Pettibone, 823
Wingrave Dr., Charlotte, NC 28211.

NORTH DAKOTA

TOWN AND COUNTRY AVC, Mrs. John
Severson, 516-20th St., N. W. Minot, ND
58701.

OHIO

OHIO STATE AVS, Mrs. Gene Westfall, 823 S.
Mulberry St., Troy, OH 45373.

AVS OF CANTON, Mrs. Ralph Lott, 523
Sturgeon, Akron, OH 44319.

CLEVELAND AVS, Mrs. Joseph Hodan, 3752
Berkeley Rd., Cleveland Heights, OH 44118.

COLUMBUS AVS, Mrs. W. L. Rawlings, 445 S.
Eureka Ave., Columbus, OH 43204.

DE GRAFF AVS, Mrs. Floyd Ellis, De Graff, OH
43318.

FIRST AV STUDY CLUB OF ASHTABULA, Mrs.
Frances Luce, 5513 Ketcham Ave., Ashtabula,
OH 44004.

NORTH CANTON AVC, Mrs. Walter Dorn, 930
Knoll, S. E. N. Canton, OH 44720.

PARMATOWN AVC, Mrs. Henry Tuchewicz,
6262 Springwood Rd., Parma Heights, OH
44130.

TOWN AND COUNTRY AVS, Mrs. N. Minister,
92 E. Walnut St., Painesville, OH 44077.

TREATY TOWNE AVS, Mrs. Daisy Christian,
222 W. Main, Greenville, OH 45331.

TRI AREA AVS, Ms. Oneta Bradford, 1617
Bryden Rd. Columbus, OH 43205.

TRI CITY AVS, Mrs. Brent Grau, 1545 Edge St.,
Piqua, OH 45356.

OKLAHOMA

AVS OF GREATER TULSA, Mrs. Aubrey
Freeman, 5331 S. Columbia, Tulsa, OK 74105.

INDIAN CAPITOL AVS OF MUSKOGEE, Mrs.
E. R. Milanson, 1154 Maple St., Muskogee, OK
74401.

LAWTON AVS, Mrs. Wm. Brukner, 2107 Gore,
Lawton, OK 73501.

OKLAHOMA AVS, Mrs. Mercella Hughes, 3033
Tulsa Dr., Oklahoma City, OK 73107.

TOWN AND COUNTRY AVC OF OKLAHO¬
MA, Ms. Pat Olsen, 3825 S. W. 40th, Oklahoma
City, OK 73150.

OREGON

AVSA-SALEM CHAPTER, Mrs. C. H. Forrette,
4940 Sunnyside Rd., S. E. G-4, Salem, OR
97302.

PORTLAND AVS, Ms. Berniece Kirkland, 17043
S. Forsythe Rd., Oregon City, OR 97045.

SAINTPAULIANS, Mrs. A. Hulse, 6100 S. E.
Brooklyn St., Portland, OR 97206.

PENNSYLVANIA

AVS OF GREATER PITTSBURGH, Mrs. Jean
Fredley, 1253 Harvest Dr., Monroeville, PA
15223.

AVS OF LOWER BUCK'S COUNTY, Mr. William
Lyons, 38 Indian Creek Dr., Levittown, PA
19057.

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AVS OF PHILADELPHIA, Mr. Thomas Seiler,
2050 E. Orleans St., Philadelphia, PA 19134.

AVS OF SPRINGFIELD DELAWARE COUNTY
PA, Mrs. Franklin B. McLaughlin, 104 Dory Dr.,
Ocean City, NJ 08226.

HAPPY HOUR VIOLET CLUB, Mrs. Lillian
Brauning, 8401 Roosevelt Blvd., Philadelphia,
PA 19115.

MANOR AVS, Mrs. Lillian Brauning, 8401
Roosevelt Blvd., Philadelphia, PA 19152.

STATE COLLEGE SAINTPAULIA CLUB, Mrs.
Lawrence Krexo, 425 S. Allen St., State College,
PA 16801.

SUNSHINE VIOLET CLUB, Mrs. Lillian Braun¬
ing, 8803 Bradford St., Philadelphia, PA 19115.

RHODE ISLAND

RHODE ISLAND AVS, Mrs. David Sweet, 240
Davis St., Seekonk, MA 02771.

SOUTH CAROLINA

COLUMBIA AVS, Mrs. C. S. Beckham, Rt. 2 Box
133, Irmo, SC 29063.

GREENVILLE AVC, Mrs. C. C. Zeis, Rt. 7 Box
159, Greenville, SC 29651.

TENNESSEE

BEDFORD COUNTY AVC, Mrs. A. R. Lewis, Rt.
5 Box 278, Shelbyville, TN 37160.

BLUFF CITY AVC, Mrs. Rita Cooper, Rt. 2 Box
223, Millington, TN 38053.

MEMPHIS AND SHELBY COUNTY AVS, Mrs.
John Hickman, 2424 Mackinnon Dr., Memphis,
TN 38138.

MID SOUTH AVS, Mr. Paul Resche, 4253
Townhall Lane, Memphis, TN 38128.

*NASHVILLE AVC, Mrs. Mildred V King, 4709
Grinstead PL, Nashville, TN 37216.

PARIS AVS, Mrs. Milton Brown, 502 South
Market St., Paris, TN 38242.

WILSON COUNTY AVC, Mrs. Fred Muenck,
604 Pa Ave. Anx,, Lebanon, TN 37987.

TEXAS

LONE STAR AV COUNCIL, Mrs. B. A. Forcht,
Arlington, TX 76010.

*NORTH TEXAS AV JUDGES COUNCIL, Mrs.
Dwight W. Jeffrey, 1918 Williamsburg Row.,
Denton, TX 76201.

AV CULTURE CLUB, Mrs. Clark Carpenter,
3855 3rd St., Port Arthur, TX 77640.

AVS OF BEAUMONT, Mrs. A. A. Spidle, 5620
Hooks Ave., Beaumont, TX 77707.

*AVS OF BRIDGE CITY, Ms. Margaret Richter,
150 E. Vick Bridge City, TX 77611.

AVS OF EAST TEXAS, Ms. Janice Connally, 427
S. Hill, Tyler, TX 75701.

AV STUDY CLUB OF ALIEF, Ms. Ella Young,
1114 Sandstone, Houston, TX 77072.

AV STUDY CLUB OF HOUSTON, Mrs. Susan
Meyers, 4934 Wigton, Houston, TX 77096.

ALAMO AVS, Mrs. Hortense Pittman, 12406
Alexandria, San Antonio, TX 78213.

ASTRO AVC, Mrs. Robert Patterson, 5815
Queensgate Dr., Houston, TX 77068.

BICENTENNIAL VIOLETEERS, Mrs. John Den¬
ney, 9538 Fairdale, Houston, TX 77043.

BRAZOS VALLEY AVC, Mrs. James Wilson,
3900 Carter creek Pkwy., Bryan, TX 77801.

BRIGHT AND LIVELY VC, Mrs. Betty Calhoun,
Rt. 2 Box 113, Alta Loma, TX 77510.

BROWN COUNTY HEART O TEXAS AVS, Mrs.
Evelyn Homesley, 1811 Vincent St. Brown-
wood, TX 76801.

CORPUS CHRISTI AVS, Mrs. Helen Cooley,
4634 Quincy, Corpus Christi, TX 78411.

CORSICANA AVS, Mrs. A. S. Clemmons, 2608
Forrest Lane Circle, Corsicana, TX 75110.

FALLS AVC, Mrs. Andrew Peyton, 716 Watson
St., Marlin, TX 76661.

FIRST AVS OF AMARILLO, Mrs. Arnold Holly,
3702 Kileen, Amarillo, TX 79109.

FIRST AVS OF DALLAS, Mrs. Jimmy Robinson,
3220 Amhurst, Dallas, TX 75225.

FIRST AVS OF DENTON, Mrs. Eunice Curry,
617 Mimosa Dr., Denton, TX 76201.

FIRST AVS OF KINGSVILLE, Mrs. Dorothy
Hasty, 228 Otis, Kingsville, TX 78363.

FIRST AVS OF SAN ANTONIO TEXAS, Mrs.
Alice Wiesner, 533 Olmos Dr. E., San Antonio,
TX 78212.

FIRST AVS OF WICHITA FALLS, Mrs. J.
Walbrick, 5235 Kingston, Wichita Falls, TX
76310.

FIRST ARLINGTON AVS, Mrs. W. H. Haugh,
2000 Woods Dr., Arlington, TX 76010.

*FIRST AUSTIN AVS, Mrs. Fred Young, 1400
Lorrain, Austin, TX 78751.

FIRST NIGHTER AVS, Mr. Bill Foster, 3610 Gray
Dr., Mesquite, TX 75150.

*FORT WORTH AVS, Mrs. Beverly P. Cramm,
3709 Jeanette Drive, Ft. Worth, TX 76109.

FRIENDSHIP GESNERIAD AND AVS, Mr. John
Ward, Rt. 2 Box 168-S, Wylie, TX 75098.

GREEN THUMB AVS OF SAN ANTONIO, Ms.
Evelyn Schubert, 3203 Bolmore Apt. 102, San
Antonio, TX 78223.

GULF BREEZE AVS, Mrs. Virginia Buser, 325
Waverly, Corpus Christi, TX 78412.

HEART OF TEXAS AVS, Ms. Sheri Deloach, 428
Lindenwood Lane, Hewitt, TX 76643.

HILL COUNTRY AVS, Mrs. Thelma Ahrens,
9481 Texel Rd., San Antonio, TX 78228.

HOUSTON GESNERIAD SOCIETY, Mrs. Elaine
Riquelmy, 4813 Saxon, Bellaire, TX 77401.

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MAGIC KNIGHT AVS, Ms. Lillie Ammann, 603
Mauze Dr., San Antonio, TX 78213.

MID COUNTY SAINTPAULIANS, Mrs. Phil
Hechler, 3001 8th #52, Pt. Neches, TX 77651.

MONTCO AVC, Ms. Frances Peoples, Rt. 7 Box
545, Conroe, TX 77301.

MOONLIGHT AVS, Mrs. L. G. Rodgers, 128
North Commerce, Burleson, TX 76028.

NASA AREA AVS, Ms. Bethany Picard, 16018
Havenhurst, Houston, TX 77059.

NIGHT OWL AVC, Mrs. John R. Lucas, 717 Del
Mar Lane, Arlington, TX 76012.

PAMPA AVS, Mrs. Norman Walberg, 621 E.
Kingsmill Ave., Pampa, TX 79065.

RED RIVER AVS, Mrs. Howard Bridges, 1110 E.
Rosedale, Sherman, TX 75090.

SPRING BRANCH AVC, Ms. Meredith Hall, 735
W. Friar Tuck, Houston, TX 77088.

SWEET VI-O-LETS, Ms. Betty Smith, 9012
Dowdell Rd., Tomball, TX 77375.

TEXAS BOUQUET AVC, Mrs. Odell Womack,
1601 Tucson St., Big Spring, TX 79720.

TENDER LOVING CARE AVC OF BONHAM
TEXAS, Mrs. Susan Pointer, 504 East Ninth,
Box 291, Bonham, TX 75418.

TWILIGHT AVS OF AUSTIN, Mrs. Mary Ann
Nelson, 603 Lake Creek Dr., Bound Rock, TX
78664.

VALLEY AVS, Mozelle Weghorst, 3309 N. 27y2,
Me Allen, TX 78501.

VIOLET HARMONY AVC OF FORT WORTH,
Mrs. W. B. Stallings, 3709 Glenmont Dr., Fort
Worth, TX 76133.

UTAH

AVS OF UTAH, Mrs. La Vine Nemanic, 4661
Pasque, Salt Lake City, UT 84107.

WASATCH SAINTPAULIANS, Mrs. Helen Mo¬
ney, 842 S3W, Brigham City, UT 84302.

VIRGINIA

POTOMAC COUNCIL OF AV JUDGES, Mrs.
Bessie Meissner, 8818 Flower Ave., Silver
Springs, VA 20901

LYNNHAVEN AVS, Mrs. J. A. Seaman, 3104
Watergate Lane, Virginia Beach, VA 23452.

OLD DOMINION AVS, Ms. Jeanne Redriguez,
7434 Nigh Rd., Falls Church, VA 22043.

PIONEER AVS, Mrs. Rex Wilroy, 111 E. Chester
St., Norfolk, VA 23503.

RICHMOND AVS, Mrs. George *Ross, 4031
Sharron Ct. Apt. 25, Richmond, VA 23225.

TIDEWATER AVS, Mr. George E. Wilson, 2433
Hemlock St., Norfolk, VA 23513.

WASHINGTON

AVS OF GRAYS HARBOR, Mrs. Beverly Cor¬
nell, 6116 Kavjula Road, Aberdeen, WA 98520.

LONGVIEW AVC, Ms. Mary E. Sambol, Rt. 1 Box
467, Ranier, OR 97048.

SAINTPAULIA SOCIET.^ OF TACOMA, Mrs.
Elwood Budil, 212o Mt. View, Tacoma, WA
98465.

SEATTLE AVS, Mr. Chase Reed, 17123 N. E. 29th
PL, Bellevue, WA 98008.

WASHINGTON, D. C.

METROPOLITAN AVS, Mrs. C. J. Rota, 4504
Bennion Rd., Wheaton, MD 20906.

WEST VIRGINIA

HUNTINGTON AVS, Mrs. H. R. Hastings, 109
Whitaker Blvd., Huntington, WV 25705.

EAST HUNTINGTON AVS, Mrs. Mamie Duvall,
714 6th St. W., Huntington, WV 25704.

WISCONSIN

WISCONSIN COUNCIL OF AV CLUBS, Mr.
Fred Scudder, 1929 Walton Lane, Beloit, WI
53511.

AFRICAN VIOLET ADVENTURERS, Mrs. Lydia
Pieper, 3620 W. Allerton Ave., Greenfield, WI
43221.

AV LOVERS, Mrs. Mary Ann Richter, Rt. 2 Box
232 A, Kiel, WI 53402.

BLUEMOUND AVC, Mrs. Henry Jackson, 3272
N. 92 St., Milwaukee, WI 53222.

COUNTRYSIDE AVC, Mrs. Wm. Wall, 4742
Lafayette Dr., Madison, WI 53705.

CROSSTOWN AVC, Mrs. John Roe, 4417
Terrace, Madison, WI 53711.

EVENING VIOLETEERS AVC, Mrs. Lydia Cra¬
mer 2708 Merrill Ave., Wausau, WI 54401.

FIRST AVS OF BELOIT, Mrs. Laurence Daugher¬
ty, 220 Goodhue, South Beloit, IL 61080.

FIRST AVS OF JANESVILLE, Ms. Sandy Hen¬
ning, 232 N. Pearl, Janesville, WI 53545.

FIRST AVC OF WEST ALLIS, Mrs. Herman
Baerwold, 2645 S. 75th St., West Allis, WI
53219.

FONDY'S EVER BLOOMING AVS, Mr. Lloyd
Kidwell, P. O. Box 1498, Fond du Lac, WI 54935.

GREEN BAY AREA AVS, Mrs. Pat Robinson,
1641 Bruce Lane, Green Bay, WI 54303.

GREEN THUMB AVC, Mrs. Fred Scudder, 1929
Walton Lane, Beloit, WI 53511.

HIGH HOPES AVS, Mrs. Maurice Mace, Fox
Lake, WI 53933.

LAKESHORE SAINTPAULIA CLUB OF RA¬
CINE, Mrs. David Buchta, 2822 Michigan Blvd.,
Racine, WI 53402.

*MID-DAY VIOLETEERS, Mrs. Theodore La
Venture, 1722 Bark River Dr., Hartland, WI
53029.

MILWAUKEE AVS, Miss Jeannine Achauer, 7818
W. Lynmar Ct., Milwaukee, WI 53222.

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OCONOMOWOC AVS, Mrs. Tom Monis, 37944
Sunset Lane, Oconomowoc, WI 53066.

RACINE AVS, Mrs. Charles Bromley, 1115
Roosevelt Ave., Racine, WI 53406.

RAINBOW VIOLETEERS, Mrs. Walter Wink,
W214 N5380 Adamdale Dr., Menomonee Falls,
WI 53051.

RIVERSIDE AVS, Mrs. Robert Maas, 1020 Wilber
St., Watertown, WI 53094.

SHOW AND TELL AVC, Ms. Wilma Oettinger,
1522 G. Big Bend Rd., Waukesha, WI 53186.

SOUTH TOWNE AVS, Mrs. Gertrude Fohr, 2008
S. 71st St., West Allis, WI 53214.

SUNDAY AV MATINEE, Mrs. Louis Mengsol,
5616 W. Cairdale Lane, Mequon, WI 53092.

VELVET BLOOMERS AVC OF MADISON WI,
Ms. Bonnie Ruetenik, 1437 Carver St., Apt. 13,
Madison, WI 53713.

VIOLETS A-GO-GO, Miss Lillian Becher, 3211A,
W. Fairmount Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53209.

WAUKESHA VIOLETEERS, Mrs. Alice Meissen-
heimer, 101 Oriole Dr., Waukesha, WI 53186.

WAUSAU AVG, Mrs. Clarence Cramer, 2803
Merrill Ave., Wausau, WI 54401.

WYOMING

SHERIDAN AVC, Mrs. R. F. Covert, 1201/2 West
6th St., Sheridan, WY 82801.

PORTRAITS

''Wouldn't these blossoms look good on china!"

Delia Symonds was attending her first African
violet show and was thinking out loud as she
looked at the many beautiful plants on display.

A woman standing near heard her and re¬
marked;

"I've never seen African violets on china."

That started a conversation between the two
women. Delia casually mentioned that china
painting was her profession. The woman asked
her to paint a cup and saucer for her — and that
started it all!

"What a world I found with all the lovely people
and I've traveled and seen things I would never
have seen if it weren't for African violets", Delia
said.

Delia became an AVSA member in 1959. She
has attended most of the conventions since then
and today at any of the AVSA conventions, one
will find her in the commercial sales room with
her display of exquisite African violets on china —
plates, cups and saucers, necklaces, bracelets, ear
bobs and lots of other things — all beautifully
painted. As a Commercial Member she has her
shop, known as Delia's Originals, at 2506
Sacramento Street, San Francisco, CA 94115.

Affiliate Publications
Compete At St. Louis

Edward Bradford
85-25 86th Street
Woodhaven, New York 11421

From a nonjudged display at Boston to a judged
competition with only two entries at Atlanta, the
affiliate publications competition at the St. Louis
convention show expanded six-fold to include five
magazines and eight newsletters: AVC of Greater
Kansas City, The Vio-letter; AV Council of South¬
ern California & Northern Council of AV
Societies, The Council News; AVS of Minnesota, The
Violet Press; AVS of Philadelphia, The Violet Voice;
Bay State (MA) AVS, Ye Bay Stater; Dixie AVS, The
Dixie News; Gloxinia Gesneriad Growers (Denver),
The Rockyglox News; Illinois AVS, Inc., African Violet
Leaves; New York State AVS, The Empire Violet
Magazine; Seattle AVS, Inc., Blossoms; Tampa (FL))
AVS, The Petal; Ventura County, (CA) AVS,
Newsletter; and Wisconsin Council of AV Clubs,
Council News.

The Empire Violet Magazine and Ye Bay Stater
received the First and Second Award rosettes in
the Magazine class; Blossoms and Ventura County
AVS Newsletter received the First and Second
Award rosettes in the Newsletter class.

After two years of use and evaluation, the scale
of points for judging the magazines and newslet¬
ters has been revised. The rule requiring a
minimum of 10 articles and 10 filler (brief) items
per year has been eliminated. Publications will be
required simply to provide information about
African violets. The amount of material and the
length of the items will depend on the size and
frequency of the publication. A copy of the revised
scale of points plus a packet of data on preparing
page layouts, headlines, and simple illustrations
will be sent on request to Edward Bradford. Please
enclose 46(t in stamps for first-class postage.

Library packets containing sample issues of
affiliate magazines and newsletters, including the
top prize winners at the St. Louis convention
show, are now available for loan to AVSA affiliate
organizations. Send request with a $2 check
payable to AVSA Library, P. O. Box 1326,
Knoxville, TN 37901.

Additional information on how to enter your
affiliate publication in the Austin convention
show will appear in the 1978 show schedule in the
January African Violet Magazine. Editors who do
not wish to enter the competition are urged to
consider submitting their publications for exhibit.
The program for the Affiliate Publications
Editors' meeting will appear in the convention
program in the March issue of AVM. All editors
and assistant editors are urged to attend.

African Violet Magazine, November, 1977

31

Texas Style Tours Set for Convention

Mary Ann Nelson
Tour Chairman

Welcome to Texas — an exciting blend of historical old West culture, famous for its hospitality, and
space age technology.

This year's tours have been planned with the emphasis on entertainment — your entertainment.

Whether you prefer spending leisure hours in some of Texas' most historic shrines or enjoy the
excitement of a cruise on an authentic paddle-wheeler (complete with Dixie Land band), there will be
fun for everyone during Austin's 1978 AVSA Convention.

For those arriving Monday, a mini-tour has been scheduled to Austin's enchanting Zilker Garden
Center. Austin AVSA members will be there to guide you through this truly lovely Austin landmark.

Tuesday will be a most interesting day beginning with your choice of a trip to historic San Antonio or
a day in LBJ country. The San Antonio group will visit the world famous Alamo, ride on the San
Antonio river boats to see why this city is being called the "Venice of America", shop in a little Mexican
village, and lunch in the lovely garden setting of Los Patios. Those choosing the LBJ trip will spend an
eventful day in the beautiful Texas Hill Country. You will visit the LBJ ranch and see the famous "Texas
White House", President Johnson's birthplace, school, and grave. Lunch will be a traditional Texas picnic
served family style on the banks of the Pedernales River "just a piece down the road" from the ranch.

The finale for this day's events is indeed a treat. The Riverboat Commodore will pick you up and
cruise leisurely along the banks of scenic Lake Austin to its home port — Greenshores. Here its
hospitable crew will treat you to a real Texas Style Barbecue with all the trimmings. The return trip
down Lake Austin provides the perfect ending for a truly fun filled day.

Wednesday will be a repeat of Tuesday so that all may have the opportunity to visit each location.
Sorry, no repeat of the Commodore boat trip. For those desiring a somewhat slower pace, a tour of
Austin will be provided Wednesday afternoon. This tour will display a fascinating overview and brief
visit to the city's most famous historical and current points of interest. Included are stops at the State
Capitol building and the LBJ Library.

Thursday morning you may choose from three equally enjoyable tours. First, there is a tour of the
previously mentioned Zilker Garden Center. The return ride will be by way of a route selected to
display some of Austin's most beautiful residential areas and selected homes. Second, is a tour for the
history buff which will include the 110 year old Governor's Mansion, Texas Memorial Museum, and
Laguana Gloria Art Museum located on beautiful Lake Austin. The third tour is a repeat of the
Wednesday afternoon Capital City tour.

Thursday afternoon we will provide buses to take you to Highland Mall, one of Austin's largest, with
over 80 shops including several fine restaurants. Here you can program your own shopping spree and
pick up those treats for family and friends back home.

Friday morning's tour is a must for the real history buff or for anyone interested in an in-depth look
at the fascinating world of a man who occupied the nation's highest office. The LBJ Library, located near
the University of Texas campus, will be yours to explore for three exciting hours. You will be shown the
replica of the oval office as it was during the LBJ years as well as many other exhibits of interest.

This final tour will conclude a most memorable and we hope enjoyable week in the Capital city. Please
note that the Convention site itself is located in the central downtown area within four blocks of the
state capitol, governor's mansion and other interesting sites. Restautants and shopping facilities are alsc
within easy walking distance.

The weather should be warm springtime and the floral scenery spectacular this time of year.

We are looking forward to the opportunity to show you real Texas hospitality. See you in Austin!

MAGAZINE BINDERS

AFRICAN VIOLET MAGAZINE

Sold only in pairs, $8.50 a pair postpaid. Send order

BACK ISSUES

and check to AVSA, P. 0. Box 1326, Knoxville, TN

Write for a list of those available. Reduced
rates in effect. Complete your set now.

37901

AVSA office, P. 0. Box 1326, Knoxville, TN
37901.

African Violet Magazine, November, 1977

32

COmERCIAL MEMBERS

AFRICAN VIOLETS, INC.: Box 2967 F., Deland,
FL 32720

MR. OR MRS. ALFRED ALF: 4021 Anther Dr. Rt.
2, Beloit, WI 53511

ANNALEE VIOLETRY: 29-50 214th PL, Bayside,
NY 11360

ANNIE LAURIE: Mrs. A. T. Culbertson, 805
Mariner Lakeway, Austin, TX 78746

JOSEPH ARTH: 9 Banbury LN, Commack, NY
11725

DONALD L. BAKER: 2433 Kingscliff Dr., N.E.,
Atlanta, GA 30345

MRS. ROY BARTEL: 6409 W. Wilbur Ave.,
Milwaukee, WI 53220

TOM BATH: P. O. Box 1966, Ft. Collins, CO
80522

BEAU BASSIN NURSERY: % Kathleen Arce-
neaux. Butcher Switch Rd., Rt. 2, Box 63-P,
Lafayette, LA 70505

MRS. JEANETTE BELLON: Box 11, Montegut,
LA 70377

THE BEHNKE NURSERIES: P. O. Box 106,
Beltsville, MD 20705

BENKE'S GREENHOUSE: Bilter Rd., Rt. 1, Box
235, Aurora, IL 60504

BERMAS PLASTICS CO. INC.: Aquamatic
Planter Div., P. O. Box 534, Bardonia, NY 10954

BOMBADIL'S PLANT STORE: 2126 E. Locust,
Milwaukee, WI 53211

BONNEVILLE NURSERY: Burton S. Johnson,
1118 W. 450th N., Provo, UT 84601

BOSWELL & BARNARD: 1605 Greenville Ave.,
Dallas, TX 75206

MRS. JAMES R. BOYD: 110 Todd Ave., Charlot¬
tesville, VA 22903

BLANCHETTE'S AFRICAN VIOLETS: % Mrs.
Jos. Blanchette, 481 S. Wilson Rd., Radcliff, KY
40160

BLOOMIN DECOR: Box 1002, Center, TX 75935

R. A. BROWN & SONS CO.: 55 Wesley St., P. O.
Box 487, Newnan, GA 30263

BUELL'S GREENHOUSES, INC.: Mr. & Mrs.
Albert H. Buell, P. O. Box 218, Weeks Rd.,
Eastford, CT 06242

CHRISTINE M. BURTON: 5070 N. Ivy Rd. NE,
Atlanta, GA 30342

MR. J. DAVID BUTTRAM: P. O. Box 193,
Independence, MO 64051

C & J AFRICAN VIOLETS: Rt. 2, Box 378,
Quitman, TX 75783

MRS. DEAN CALLAHAN: Waleska, GA 30183

MRS. HAROLD CAMPBELL: Reforma # 2229,
Casa 6, Mecico 10, D. F., Mexico

CAPE COD VIOLETRY: Mr. & Mrs. John Cook,
28 Minot St., Falmouth, MA 02540
CAPITOL PLANTS: Box 5155, Capitol Station,
Charleston, W VA 25311

CAREY'S FLOWERS & GIFTS: L. R. Carey, 500
N. Jackson, Pharr, TX 78577
CASEY'S AFRICAN VIOLETS: 218 Beley Ave.,
Mattydale, NY 13211

CAROLINA ORCHIDS: P. O. Box 217, Simpson,
NC 27879

CECILIA FLORIST: B2, Blocks 32-40, Baguio
Villa, 550, Victoria Road, Hong Kong
CELLAR OF VIOLETS: Mrs. Paul Steckowych,
1235 Island Pond Rd., Manchester, NH 03103
CERAMICS BY EDIE: Rt. 1, Box 323-N., Pear¬
land, TX 77581

CERRI FLOWERS INC.: 9528 Rt. 49, Marcy, NY
13403

CHAMPION'S AFRICAN VIOLETS: Mrs. Duane
L. Champion, Rt. 2, Clay, NY 13041
CHRISTINE'S FLOWERLAND: Christine M.
Diggs, 118 Lexington Ave., P. O. Box 626, Lake
City, SC 29560

CHUGIAK AFRICAN VIOLETS: P. O. Box 556,
Chugiak, AK 99567

MRS. MALCOMB S. CONE JR.: Cedar Lake
Farm, 8775 Old Poplar Pike, Germantown, TN
38138

COOPER'S GREENHOUSE: c/o Wilma Cooper,
1530 S. W. 56th St., Oklahoma City, OK 73119
COUNTRY CORNERS YARD & GARDEN
CENTER: Rt. 4, Box 216-C., Joor Rd., Baton
Rouge, LA 70805

CREATIVE NATURE CENTER: c/o Mrs. E. B.

Pullar, 411 New Karner Rd., Albany, NY 12205
CRESTWOOD VIOLETRY: 7314 Jervis St.,
Springfield, VA 22151

CROSS HARDWARE CO.: P. O. Box 66, Iron
City, GA 31759

DATES VIOLETRY: Rt. 1, Box 72-D., Sugar
Grove, IL 60554

JODI DAVIS: 2818 Rio Grande, Austin, TX 78705
DELIA'S ORIGINALS: Delia E. Symonds, 2501
Sacramento St., San Francisco, CA 94115
DENISON'S GREEN HOUSES: Sproul & Beatty
Roads, Springfield, PA 19064
DERHODES GREENHOUSE: Walter or Ruth
Derhodes, Lower Elkton Rd., Rt. 2, Leetonia,
OH 44431

DODE'S GARDENS: % Mrs. James B. Whitaker,
1490 Saturn St., Merritt Island, FL 32952
MR. ANTHONY J. DONDERWITZ: Rt. 1,
Massena, NY 13662

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33

DURO-LITE LAMPS, INC.: 17-10 Willow St., Fair
Lawn, NJ 07410

LLF NURSERY: Rt. 4, Box 466, Coos Bay, OR
97420

ENGELS AFRICAN VIOLET SHOP: % Carolyn
Engels, Box 46, E. Palmyra, NY 14444
ERNST NURSERY: Marion L. Ernst, 221 S. E.

70th St., Gainesville, FL 32601
EVERSON'S HOUSE PLANTS: 4328 S. Salima
St., Syracuse, NY 13205

MR. DAVID K. FEETER: Box 335, Brockport, NY
14420

FISCHER GREENHOUSES: Linwood, NJ 08221
MR. & MRS. E. A. FISHER: 32 Downsview Ave.,
Downsview, Ont., Canada
FREDETTE ORIGINALS: 972 Grassy Hill Road,
Orange, CT 06477

FRIENDLY FUCHSIA FARM: 752y2 Alphonso
Ave., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
LES BELLES FLUERS, 2402 Taylor Ave., Ogden,
UT 84401

GARDNER'S GREENHOUSE & NURSERY: R.

D. 3, Box 213-A, Wheeling, W VA 26003
GERRY & ETHEL'S AFRICAN VIOLETS: P. O.
Box 15-1, Rt. #1, Wilson Creek Rd., Newark
Valley, NY 13811

GERTRUDE'S VIOLETS: 1214 Common, Lake
Charles, LA 70601.

GESNERIAD HOUSE: Floyd O. Chrysler, 140
Petworth Crescent, Agincourt, Ont., Canada
MIS 3M5

GRANGER GARDENS: 1060 Wilbur Road,
Medina, OH 44256

GREEN EARTH PLANTS: P. O. Box 1617, Lake
Jackson, TX 77566

THE GREEN HOUSE: Mr. & Mrs. James R.
Anderson, 9515 Flower St., Bellflower, CA
90706

H & V AFRICAN VIOLETS: 4341 S. 46th St.,
Lincoln, NE 68516

HAMMOND'S AFRICAN VIOLETS: Eldon &
Ann Hammond, 5418 Lake Killarney, Waco, TX
76710

HAPPY VIOLETES: Mrs. Margaret Waugh, Rt. 1,
Box 482, Talladega, AL 35160

HARTLEY'S AFRICAN VIOLETS: 315 Webster
St., Bel Air, MD 21014

MRS. R. H. HAYES JR.: 1931 21st Av., Ct.,
Greeley, CO 80631

DOROTHY HEATHERLY: P. O. Box 16, Kings-
land, TX 78639

HEAVENLY VIOLETS: Mrs. Mary V. Boose, 9
Turner PL, Trumbull, CT 06611
HI HILL GARDENS: Rt. 1, Etters, York Co., PA
17319

HILTON DAHLIA FARMS: Max W. Maas, 870
Mountain Ave., Springfield, NJ 07081

“ DAVID J. HIRT: 1130 E. Main St., American Fork,
UT 84003

CARYL HOLLEY: 35 Noble St., Coxsackie, NY
12051

MRS. E. W. HOLMAN: 1310 Sewanee Ave.,
Florence, SC 29501

MRS. JULIETTE HOLMES: Rt. 1, Box 347-A,
Doty Hill Rd., Wellsburg, NY 14894
HERMANN HOLTKAMP KG: Betrieb I, Werther
Strasse 5-7, Isselburg, W GE D-4243
HORN OF PLENTY: % Joan Bigler, 1738 Watson
Blvd., Warner Robins, GA 31093
HOUSE OF VIOLETES: Bernice Douglas, 113 N.

Glenbrook Dr., Garland, TX 75040
THE HOUSE OF VIOLETS: Ralph & Charlyne
Reed, 936 Garland, Camden, AK 71701
PATRICE P. HUCKABY: Laconia Greenery,
Laconia, IN 47135

HUMPRHEY'S AFRICAN VIOLETS: 46 Glen
Ave., E., Harrington Park, NJ 07640
HURRICANE HILL GARDENS: Mrs. Stephanie
Calder, Rt. 3, Box 339, Notch Rd.‘, Skowhegan,
ME 04976

HUTCH'S FLOWERS: 1325 5th Ave., SE., Decat¬
ur, AL 35601

THE HY-TROUS CORPORATION: P. O. Box
411, Beverly, MA 01915

IMPERIAL GARDENS: 220 N. Haslet, Welling¬
ton, KS 67152

JANET'S PLANT SHOP: 1710 Lake Av., Metairie,
LA 70123

JEFFERSON CERAMIC MOLD CO., % Albert
Hartman, P. O. Box 713, Metairie, LA 70004
DR. DONALD JOB, GTE SYLVANIA: 60 Boston
St., Salem, MA 01970

JUDY'S VIOLETS: Rt. 1, Box 111, Silverhill, AL
36576

JANE M. KEIR: 19216 Drumridge Cir., Gaithers¬
burg, MD 20760

ALBERT KEHL, FLORIST: 4214 Cleveland Ave.,
N. W., Canton, OH 44709
KENROSE & CO.: c/o K. A. Badman, 1 Yarrabin
Rd., Kenthurst, 2154, NSW, Austrialia
MILDRED KLEINPETER: 12733 Perkins Road,
Baton Rouge, LA 70810

KLINKEL'S AFRICAN VIOLETS: 1553 Harding
St., Enumclaw, WA 98022
KOLB'S GREENHOUSES: Earl & Natalie Kolb,
725 Belvidere Rd., Phillipsburg, NJ 08865
KRIDLER NURSERY: Rt. 3, Box 244, Mt.
Pleasant, TX 75455

ALBERT G. KRIEGER: 1063 Cranbrook, Jackson,
MI 49201

KROGMAN'S VIOLETRY: Mr. & Mrs. William J.
Krogman, 1325 Parkway Dr., Brookfield, WI

53005

LANIER NURSERIES, INC.: 3500 N. Bogan Rd.,
Buford, GA 30518

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34

L. B. 'S AFRICAN VIOLETS: 755 S. Brandy Brook
Rd., Wales, WI 53183

MS. FANELLE LANSFORD: 304 Belle Ave.,
Crockett, TX 75835

LEBENS PLANT CO.: 1021 W. Larpenteur Ave.,
St. Paul, MN 55113

LENORE'S PLANTS & GIFTS: 10422 Vinemont
St., Dallas, TX 75218

THE LITTLE VIOLET: Rt. 2, Box 219, Old
Waynesboro Rd., Hephzibah, GA 30815
LAKE'S AFRICAN VIOLETS: Dorothy Lyke, East
Bethany, NY 14054

LOUISE'S GREENHOUSE: % Mrs. A. A. Pitts,
P. O. Box 767, Sour Lake, TX 77659
MR. & MRS. LYNDON LYON: 14 Mutchler St.,
Dolgeville, NY 13329

LLOYD'S AFRICAN VIOLETS: 2568 East Main,
Cato, NY 13033

M. & S. GREENHOUSE: % Shirley Reber, Rt. 3,
Box 405, Marshall, TX 75670

MARY-RAY VIOLETS: Mr. & Mrs. Raymond
Stewart, 5007 Terry Dr., Alton, IL 62002
MARY'S AFRICAN VIOLETS: Mary E. Hofer,
19788 San Juan, Detroit, MI 48221
MARY'S HOUSE OF VIOLETS: 33 Saquoit St.,
New York Mills, NY 13417
MAUDLIN & COSSELL'S NURSERY: 2119 W.

Zartman Rd., Kokomo, IN 46901
MR. & MRS. GILSON K. McCLURE, JR.: 100
Tuscarawas Rd., Beaver, PA 15009
McGOUGH'S AFRICAN VIOLETS: 1012 Mitchell
Rd., Houston, TX 77037

MARSH GREENHOUSES, INC.: 31820 W. Jeffer¬
son, Rockwood, MI 48173

MR. & MRS. L. B. MENGSOL: 5616 W. Cairdel
L. N., Mequon, WI 53092

MERCHANTS PUBLISHING CO.: Att. John
Trelkeld, 20 Mills St., Kalamazoo, MI 49001

MR. & MRS. ROBT. J. MIDERSKI: 945 Exmoor
Ave., Barrington, IL 60010

MILLER'S AFRICAN VIOLETS: 129 Manor Dr.,
Syracuse, NY 13214

DR. RONN NADEAU: 2104 Butterfield, Hazel¬
wood, MO 63043

NATURE ISLAND, INC.: 5360 Snapfinger
I Dr., #106, Decatur, GA 30035
NATURE'S WORKSHOP: % Cheridah Lewis,
9841 Brentwood Dr., Santa Ana, CA 92705
NORTHBROOK NURSERY: % Richard T. Han-
lin, Rt. 1, Box 463F Stewart Rd., Hull, GA 30646
NURSERYMEN'S EXCHANGE: 475 6th St., San
Francisco, CA 94103

PAM'S AFRICAN VIOLETS: 9531 Spring Dawn,
San Antonio, TX 78217

THE PARK NURSERIES, INC.: 8400 N. 60th St.,
Stillwater, MN 55082

THE PARSON'S AFRICAN VIOLETS: Rev. &
Mrs. Chas. W. Blades, 3917 Island Home Pike,
Knoxville, TN 37920

PAT'S AFRICAN VIOLETS: 5626 Morningside,
Dallas, TX 75206

J. A. PETERSON SONS: 3132 McHenry Ave.,
Westwood, Cincinnati, OH 45211
PHIPPS AFRICAN VIOLETS & SUPPLIES: R. R.

#1, Paris, ONT., Canada N3L-3E1
PICKEN'S PLANTS & SUPPLY: Rt. 6, Box 783,
Phenix City, AL 36867

THE PLANTATION & PLANT STORE: 8739
Jefferson Hwy., Baton Rouge, LA 70809
THE PLANT HANG OUT: HWY 78, Rt. L, Box
627, Wylie, TX 75098

PLANTORAMA: Mrs. Lavern Osburn, 1510
Atkinson Dr., Lufkin, TX 75901
PLANTS POTPOURRI: 1801 S. Parkwood Dr.,
Harlingen, TX 78550

M. PONTE: 99 Jeffrey LN, Newington, CT 06111
POWDER HILL VIOLETS: Mr. & Mrs. Max
Zavisza, 100 Abbe Road, Enfield, CT 06082
POYNORS' GREENHOUSE: Mrs. Vera Poynor,
Rt. 2, Box 107-J, Hammond, LA 70401
MRS. A. E. RAINEY: Rt. 2, Box 259, Theodore,
AL 36582

RAMSEY'S GREENHOUSES: Harriet Scott, 168
By-Pass Rd., Pikeville, KY 41501
REEDS AFRICAN VIOLETS: 122 W. Moltke,
Daly City, CA 94014

REVA'S VIOLET ROOM: 92152 Cobury Rd.,
Eugene, OR 97401

RHODA'S VIOLETS & THINGS: P. O. Box 981,
Seminole, TX 79360

RICE'S VIOLETRY: 1334 Lang Rd., Oconomow-
oc, WI 53066

RIENHARDT'S AFRICAN VIOLETS: 4463 W.

Seneca Tpk, Rt. 2, Syracuse, NY 13215
RINGER CORPORATION: 6860 Flying Cloud
Dr., Eden Prairie, MN 55343
ROSE KNOLL GARDENS: Mrs. Jeff Rhoades,
Assumption, IL 62510

ST. CHARLES GARDEN CENTER, INC.: % F.
Hornung & L. Perilloux, Rt. 1, 109 Maryland
Dr., Luling, LA 70070

A. 1. SAKAI NURSERY: P. O. Box 415, Wahiawa,
HI 96786

SANMAR'S VIOLETRY: % Miss Sandra Lex, 70
Enfield Ave., Toronto, ONT., Canada M8W-1T9
SAN FRANCISCO PLANT CO.: Mrs. Robert
Flora, 139 Main St., Half Moon Bay, CA 94019
SCHMELLING'S AFRICAN VIOLETS: 5133 Peck
Hill Rd., Rt. 1, Jamesville, NY 13078
THE SCOTT'S: 72 51st Ave., Lachine, QUE,
Canada HST-2W2

SCUDDER'S VIOLETRY: 1929 Walton Lane, Rt.
5, Box 372, Beloit, WI 53511

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35

SHIRLEY'S VIOLET WORLD, INC.: 335 W.

Harrison Ave., New Orleans, LA 70124
SHOOTER'S GREENHOUSE: P. O. Box 63,
Nichols, SC 29581

DAVID SHEPPARD BLOOMERS: 1867 N.

Burling, Chicago, IL 60614
SIMPSON'S AFRICAN VIOLETS: 6715 Randolph
Ave., Burnaby 1, B. C., Canada V5H-3W3
PAUL SORANO: 14 Mutchler St., Dolgeville, NY
13329

MRS. JENNIE SPOUTZ: 17572 Moors St., Fraser,
MI 48026

THE STEM 'N' ROOT SHOP: % Mary A. North,
222 Greenville St., P. O. Box 74, Newman, GA
30264

STEVE & SUE'S GARDEN CENTER: 3651 S.

Sheridan, Denver, CO 80235
SUNNYSIDE NURSERIES, INC.: P. O. Box 4836,
Hayward, CA 94540

SWIFTS' AFRICAN VIOLETS: 10339 Ferguson
Rd., P. O. Box 28012, Dallas, TX 75228
TICKNOR'S AFRICAN VIOLETS: R. D. 1, Co.

Rt. 37, Central SQ, NY 13036
TINARI GREENHOUSES: 2325 Valley Road,
Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006
TINGLE'S AFRICAN VIOLETS: P. O. Box 1627,
Cleveland, TX 77327

TINY TREASURES NURSERY: 9950 O'Connell
Rd., Sebastopol, CA 95472
TONKADALE GREENHOUSES: Robert G. And¬
erson, 3739 Tonkawood Rd., Minnetonka, MN
55343

THE TROPICAL FISH, HOUSEPLANT, BOOK
& GIFT PL: P. O. Box 5545, Whitnel, NC 28645
TUBE CRAFT, INC.: 1311 W. 80th St., Cleveland,
OH 44102

UPTOPIA GREENHOUSES: Mrs. Jeanne Gian-
nuzzi, P. O. Box 313, U. S. 64, Hayesville, NC
28904

MR. HOWARD UTZ: 10017 Sahara, San Antonio,
TX 78216

VIOLETS ATLANTA: % Sue Spann, 2581 Pied¬
mont Rd., NE Atlanta, GA 30324
VIOLETS ATLANTA: % Janet Whitfield, 2581
Piedmont Rd., N. E. Atlanta, GA 30324
VIOLETS, ETC.: 703 Behrman Hwy., Gretna, LA
70053

VIOLET FANTASIA: Dr. A. Zukerman, 15414
Heimer Rd., San Antonio, TX 78232
THE VIOLET GALLERY: Mrs. Barbara Trost,
200 Plum St., W. Monroe, LA 71291
VIOLETS GALORE OF GEORGIA: Jim & Jean
Wright, 3482 Misty Valley Rd., Decatur, GA
30032

THE VIOLET HOUSE: % D. Maduro & J. D. Rice,
15 S. E. 4th Ave., Gainesville, FL 32601
VIOLET NOOK-KERY: % Dorothea Wagner, 364
Kelseytown Rd., Clinton, CT 06413

THE VIOLET PATCH: 13610 Barryknoll LN,
Houston, TX 77079

THE VIOLET ROOM: % Mrs. Jean C. Dolan, 163
Thimble Island Rd., Stony Creek, CT 06405
THE VIOLET SHOP: 8114 Langdon LN, Houston,
TX 77036

THE VIOLET SHOWCASE: 3147 S. Broadway,
Englewood, CO 80110

THE VIOLET TREE: P. O. Box 18145, Dallas, TX
75218

THE VIOLET WINDOW: Helen & Ed Barr, 896
Terra Alta, N. E., Warren, OH 44483
VIOLETS BY PEGI & THE PROFESSOR; Peggy
& Hank Thomasson, 1404 Lasdowne, Denham
Springs, LA 70726

VIOLETS, ETC.: % Miss Carolyn Porath, 3047 S.

38th St., Milwaukee, WI 53215
VOLKMANN BROS. GREENHOUSE: 2714 Mi-
nert St., Dallas, TX 75219
WILMA WALKER: 222 Gober, Houston, TX
77017

THE WALKERS: Mrs. George C. Walker, P. O.

Box 150, Luling, TX 78648
LAWRENCE P. WANGSNESS: 410 Pawling St.,
Madison, WI 53704

WEBSTER'S HOUSE OF VIOLETS: Mrs. Sumner
S. Webster, School St., P. O. Box 203, Titton,
NH 03276

WESCO: % David C. Allen, 3811 Noriega St., San
Francisco, CA 94122

WILSON BROTHERS: Roachdale, IN 46172
WOOD'S AFRICAN VIOLETS: Proton Station,
ONT, Canada NOC-lLO
WORE OF VIOLETS: 2403 Laverne Dr., Hunts¬
ville, AL 35810

YERMAN'S AFRICAN VIOLETS: 5830 Country
Dr., Rt. 1, Box 84B, Verona, NY 13478
ZORZA'S AFRICAN VIOLETS: 3128 Via Solana,
Escondido, CA 92025

HOLIDAY PLANTS

During the holiday season, many African violet
growers receive potted plants. Of course, they are
most welcome gifts during the festive season but
sometimes they bring unwelcome guests with
them.

That's why African violet growers are advised
to keep these plants well away from their violets
. . . either drench these gift plants with a good
insecticide, the same as one does with his own
violets ... or just don't put 'em with your violet
collection.

Prevention is better than cure. So just take
normal precautions, says the Editor of "Violet
Time," newsletter of the African Violet Club of
Vancouver.

African Violet Magazine, November, 1977

36

(Photo by Burton)

TENNESSEE KANDY KANE — Mrs. T. C. Fritz, Kingsport, Tenn

African Violet Magazine, November, 1977

37

How Many Generations
In New Introductions?

After seeing the Commercials’ New Introduc¬
tions at the St. Louis Convention/Show many
growers were asking, “How long does it take for a
hybridizer to prepare a new introduction?”

Lyndon Lyon had already been asked by Mrs.
Nelson Hopper, the New York State AVS editor,
about his 1976 Best New Introduction, ‘Helene’,
named for Helene Galpin, who was president of
the New York State AVS at the time of her death
in 1974. At the time she was also serving as chair¬
man of AVSA Commercial Sales and Exhibits and
had served as editor of the Empire State Magazine
for several years.

Here’s what Lyndon Lyon had to say about the
parentage of “Helene”:

I have followed the parentage back 10 genera¬
tions to ‘Star Sapphire’. Two parents multiplied by
10 equals 544 great, great, great, great, great,
great, great, great grandparents. Five hundred-
forty four names in a row are just too much, so I
tried just following the male line back to ‘Star
Sapphire’ and think you will find it interesting.

In looking back over these names you will find
the names of violets that have changed the shape,

size, ind color of the old ‘Blue Boy’ to the strik¬
ingly beautiful modern cultivars. ‘Blue Boy’ sport¬
ed to ‘Star Sapphire’ which is responsible for the
symmetrical star shape of ‘Helene,’ a shape breed¬
ers are using to develop more perfect double
flowers, like those of roses, tuberous begonias, etc.

You will also find ‘Double Pink Cloud’ in the
pedigree. It was shown at St. Louis in 1954 at the
AVSA Convention. A sibling ‘Double Bountiful,’
also shown, was sold for $1,000 to Mr, Baxter of
Ohio. This was the first time double pink violets
were seen at an AVSA Convention. You will also
notice the remarkable cross DSB x SSA that pro¬
duced the first star pink, ‘Star Pink’ and ‘Invader,’
the first double star pink, the beginning of the new
star shape in violets, ‘Invader’ won Best New Saint-
paulia Commercial Exhibit at Cincinnati in 1957.

‘Lovely’ another star-shaped single pink sported
to ‘Redderness’, a semi-miniature double fuchsia,
the reddest red at that time. A little further on, we
find ‘Isle of Dreams,’ the first double star pink
with frilled edges and holly foliage, winning Best
New Saintpaulia Commercial Exhibit at Detroit in
1959. Next, we find ‘Hi Hopes,’ which won Best

HELENE— Rhapsody Mars — a German variety was used as the female parent. It has star-shaped
_flowers, which may have descended from stars purchased from us several years ago.

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-SSA

- Racy Red
^ Isle of Dreams

•Racy Red

Hi Hopes — -h- Blue Blaze

— Tillie

-Dbl. Pink Cloud (1st dbl. pink)
Springtime

SRA

Star Blue I

k- Star Sapphire, sport of Blue Boy

Mark Robert
Star Pink (First)

Invader (First dbl. star

Lovely — a single pink star sported to Redderness, the first double red.

African Violet Magazine, November, 1977

38

New Saintpaulia Commercial Exhibit at French
Lick in 1961 and was pictured in Life magazine. A
club Hi Hopes was formed in its honor. Further
on, we find ‘Pink Panther,’ a very deep double
pink and long a favorite.

At last, we come to ‘Helene* herself, with
beautiful dark foliage and deep fuchsia red flow¬
ers, a color Helene Galpin, for whom it was
named, always loved. May its descendants be
many, that it may live forever.

• - — ♦ — —

I CAME, I SAW,

I WAS CONQUERED

Mrs. J. Halford
P. O. Pyramid 0120
Transvaal Republic of South Africa

Hats off to St. Louis for staging a convention
that surely must rank as one of the BEST ever, if
not the BEST!

To me, an amateur grower from far off South
Africa, I must say that it was a rewarding
experience. This, my first convention, proved to
be a time of friendship, of fun, and also of learning
for me, a few days with all of you that I will not
easily forget. For three years I have been an
AVSA member, getting the Magazine over here,
and then at last I had the pleasure of meeting so
many of you wonderful people that contribute so
much to the world of African violets.

Surely no convention of that magnitude could
have taken place without a veritable array of
dedicated people working together to fulfill their
duties to the limit and extending their love of the
African violet to embrace all who attended this
most magnificent of horticultural displays.

Since my return to South Africa, I have a
violent recurrence of violet fever for which I hope
there is no cure.

St. Louis, I salute you! Yours was a COM¬
MAND PERFORMANCE!

'

CLUB HAS 11 JUDGES

The African Violet Culture Club of Port Arthur, TX
has something to boast of. Out of a roster of 20
members, the club has 11 AVSA judges.

Mrs. J. Clark (Ann) Carpenter, the club president,
heads the judge's list, which also consists of Mrs. H. J.
Duplantis, Jr., vice president; Mrs. V. ]. LaRocca, Jr.,
treasurer; Mrs. C. J. Ganson, parliamentarian, Mrs.
Percy J. Broussard, Mrs. J. H. Chatelain, Mrs. L. P.
Chauvin, Mrs. C. E. Dattalo, Mrs. A. D. Fields, Mrs. E.
Looper and Mrs. J. T. Bartlett.

COMING

EVENTS

(Please send notices of "Coming Events" directly to the
Editor; not to the Knoxville office. See inside cover (Strictly
Business — Your Business) for deadlines.

NOV. 18-19 First New Orleans AVS and New
Orleans AVS to co-sponsor Christmas Boutique
at 2160 Carol Sue Avenue, Gretna, LA. Hand¬
made items, baked goods, gift plants will be sold.
Santa will be on hand for the children. 9 a.m.-4
p.m.

APRIL 8-9, 1978 Utica AVS' annual show at
Our Saviour Lutheran Church, 1640 Geness
Street, Utica, NY. Public invited. Mary Dimitria-
dis, show chairman.

DIXIE WINNERS~Top winners at the Dixie AVS
Convention/Show, ''Dixie Comes of Age", in Alex¬
andria, LA were, L-R, Mrs. James Bevis, Woodville,
FL, 2nd best horticulture specimen, 'Alice Henry';
Mrs. J. Stanley Gremillion of Baton Rouge, LA
grand sweepstakes, sweepstakes in horticulture,
gesneriad sweepstakes; Tom E. Toms, Bossier City,
LA, Queen of Show, 'Amazing Grace', Best AVSA
Collection, (Gold Rosette), 'Amazing Grace',
'Granger's Red Flame', 'Top Dollar'; and Mrs. Earl
Dunn of Alexandria, LA, 2nd Best AVSA Collec-
tipn (Purple Rosette), 'Affectionate', 'Chanticleer',
'Juliana'; 2nd Best DAVS Collection (Purple
Rosette), 'Val's Top Angel', 'Val's Red Diamond',
'Tommie Lou', 2nd sweepstakes in horticulture.
Other top winners were: Mrs. LaRayne Bounds,
Alexandria, 2nd gesneriad sweepstakes; Mrs. H.
Steven Johnson of Orlanda, FL, 3rd best horticul¬
ture specimen, 'Suzy's Mrs. Lucky', design division
sweepstakes, Mrs. Elizabeth Wilson, Shreveport,
LA, 2nd sweepstakes; Mrs. Betty Branton, Pine-
ville, LA; 3rd sweepstakes.

African Violet Magazine, November, 1977

39

BERNADETTE

GRANGER

SERENITY

African Violet Magazine, November, 1977

40

(Photos by Aleksandrowicz)

GOVERNOR

PRYOR

by

House or Violets
Camden, Ark.

(Photo by Schroeder)

SATIN

SHEEN

House ol Violets
Camden, Ark.

(Photo by Schroeder)

African Violet Magazine, November, 1977

41

1978 AVSA Convention
Loses One — Gains One

Shirley R. Jeffrey
1918 Williamsburg Row
Denton, Texas 76201

Five years ago a young, eager, enthusiastic
African violet grower attended an AVSA conven¬
tion. She was there with the Texas delegation to
invite the African Violet Society of America to
hold its 1978 convention in Austin, TX. AVSA
accepted the invitation and the convention/show
dates were set at April 13-15, 1978.

Extending that invitation from Texas was Mrs.
Terrance B. (Sandra) Leary. Returning home with
the AVSA acceptance safely tucked in her pocket,
she learned she was to be the convention
chairman. So she started the ball rolling. Since
that time and because of her avid interest in
AVSA and African violets, she was named AVSA
advertising manager by President Melva Nelson.
In 1974 she was elected an AVSA director.

Unfortunately earlier this year — not too many
months before the 1978 convention — Sandra's
husband was called to a new job in Florida. Sandra
was broken-hearted. She knew she could take her
job as advertising manager to her new home in St.
Petersburg, FL but not her job as the 1978
convention chairman. So she turned that over to
Gladys Hudnall of Austin with D. ]. Lidiak as vice
chairman. And, as Sandra says, the convention is
still in good hands.

Sandra's name is familiar through her writing
and photography in the African Violet Magazine,
as well as her position as advertising manager,
director, judge and teacher.

Sandra's writing and organizational experience,
which has greatly contributed to her multilevel
roles in AVSA goes back to college. During this
time, she was a biology and art student at the
University of Houston, and at the same time free¬
lanced for several magazines and newspapers.

Immediately following college, she worked in
marine biology for the Texas Parks and Wildlife
Department, where she wrote and illustrated for
the Texas Game and Fish Magazine. It was at this
time that she wrote the book "Crabs of Texas"
which is still being used as a supplementary
college text in Marine Science courses. Sandra's
love for the ocean and sea life is readily seen in her
many paintings, some of which have been selected
as magazine covers, while others are found in
galleries in Texas as well as Alaska.

Discovering African violets several years ago,

she has written a number of articles for the
African Violet Magazine, often illustrating them
with her own photographs. In one article, "From
Here To There With All My Plants," she described
a method of transporting show plants and new
found purchased African violets from AVSA
conventions by air with ease and care. Convention
travelers going by air now have a practical method
of bringing home lovely new introductions as
easily as nearby participants. This helpful article,
serving to benefit so many, won a President's
Citation Certificate.

Probably, Sandra's most extensive AVSA article
was a four part series, "Of Pests and Pesticides",
which was awarded an AVSA Certificate of Merit.
The research for this included her own experien¬
ces, as well as, those of her fellow dub members,
and AVSA growers.

Many readers were delighted with a long
awaited feature on the "Texas Charmer" himself,
entitled "Meet Howard Utz". The Utz extraordi¬
nary hybrids have, for years, been so highly
coveted, and with this article, some of his
techniques and methods of African violet culture
were written about in a very enjoyable manner.

The African Violet Growing Handbook, of
which she was editor, originated out of Sandra's
own First Austin AVS, and was featured in an
AVSA article "Growing Handbook Put Out by
Club". It is in its fourth printing and is distributed
internationally. It's a handbook which is especially
useful to affiliates who find that there isn't time
enough at their shows to answer all questions
individually. The First Austin AVS felt it was an
important part of shows to provide growing
information to the public, which is what their
handbook does so well.

The First Austin AVS was fortunate indeed to
be the affiliate to have acquired the time and
talents of Sandra Leary. An active member for
seven years, she served in various capacities such
as president, vice president, and show chairman.
The record shows a good organizational ability in
the earning of the Standard Achievement Award
for three years, and the Standard Show Award for
one year.

As an exhibitor, Sandra has received a myriad of
horticulture and design awards, most notably

African Violet Magazine, November, 1977

42

''Best Arrangement" in Minnesota at the 1973
AVSA convention. Subsequently, this lovely
arrangement was featured on the cover of the

November 1974 issue of the African Violet
Magazine.

The widespread experience Sandra has with the
care and culture of violets, as well as exhibiting,
enables her to give invaluable help to less
experienced hobbyists'. She encourages growers
to share their problems and joys, and not to
hesitate to ask questions and seek solutions to any
growing or pest and disease problems. Any
hobbyist who has grown violets over the years
and has any sizeable collection is apt to have
problems appear at one time or another.

In her early days of violet growing, Sandra had
some problems as all beginning growers do. She
recalls the first violets which she lost with such
great disappointment. As many new violet
growers do, she "killed them with kindness",
equating tender loving care with water. Sandra,
who is not easily discouraged, began to try to
learn more about violet adversaries. Attending
the next African violet show in her area, she
sought the advice of more experienced growers
and asked about some of the problems that she
had been having. Determined to learn more, she
joined the club at the first opportunity. Since
then, Sandra has spent much time and effort
learning about cultural pratices in an attempt to
eradicate African violet problems, and has become
a very knowledgeable authority.

Through Sandra's time of learning about violets
she found some very dependable and valuable
sources. The main sources she suggested are the
African Violet Magazine and the participation in
an AVSA affiliate. This kind of "active participa¬
tion" which she refers to comes from the
willingness to take one's part, share experiences,
and above all, being willing to ask questions and
exchange information.

The kind of violeting pursued by Sandra is
oriented primarily toward quality plant. This
objective, no doubt, has led to a keen interest in
hybridizing, a very important part of her hobby
which she enjoys. Of course, hybridizers today
spend their efforts improving existing cultivars,
by breeding varieties with greater beauty and
longevity of blossoms. Sandra pursues this goal as
well, often using as favorite parent plants, many
of the lovely crosses by Howard Utz. The reason
for her choice is two fold. Firstly, they are some of
the most exquisite crosses in existence today, and
secondly, she has kept abreast of Utz' new
varieties as quickly as they have been developed
over the years. Mr. Utz says Sandra has been a
special inspriation to him and his hybridizing

program. No doubt a feeling which is mutual.

Even though much attention is given to
hybridizing, Sandra says that she has a special
affinity for the species, and enjoys growing them
from seed. She places high value on the species as
a part of a violet collection.

Sandra's interests in growing violets extends to
a regional level. The first joint assembly of the
combined affiliates of Texas was spearheaded by
the First Austin AVS and chaired by Sandra Leary.
Undertaking a tremendous job, their untiring
efforts organized the ground work for this task.
The AVS members had already given unstintingly
of their time and talents to the comunity of
Austin. But the members felt that a council could
knit together widely separated Texas clubs (over
the miles), which had mutual interests in violets.
Also there was the feeling that a council could
provide a chance for unique relationships between
violet lovers, and opportunity for much desired
discussion.

The Lone Star African Violet Council was the
first major cooperative venture of its kind in
Texas, and it has been an overwhelming success.
Having done a splendid job serving as organiza¬
tional chairman, Sandra Leary was elected the
first president of the Council. Sandra's thoughts
about the Council are very positive. She says, "I'm
so pleased with the Council. The enthusiasm and
participation has exceeded my hopes, and I know
it will be a wonderful organization from now on."
Scores of Texans echo the same feelings. For a
good many LSAVC members, the real rewards are
in the formation of new friendships, and the
moments of opportunity to talk about the plants
they love so well.

Sandra did a tremendous job in organizing and
serving as the Council's first president. To show
its appreciation to Sandra before her departure
for Florida, the Council presented her with an
AVSA Life Membership.

Sandra may not be the 1978 convention
chairman, but the Austin convention committee
will have her busy "helping out"!

- ♦- - - —

NEED MAGAZINES?

Mrs. Pearl Bowman, 7716 Mad River Road, Dayton,
OH 45459 has some African Violet Magazines from
early 1951 she wants to sell. If you're interested, why
not write her?

- ♦ -

NEW LIFE MEMBER

Mrs. E. A. Nelson, AVSA president, has just
welcomed into Life membership another AVSA
member. He is David C. White of 26 W. Kiowa Lane,
Wheaton, IL 60187.

African Violet Magazine, November, 1977

43

Park Nurseries

(Photos by W. Robb)

African Violet Magazine, November, 1977

44

African Violet Magazine, November, 1977

Park Nurseries

(Photos by W. Robb)

Below: Summer Wine
Center Top: Powder Puff
Center Bottom: Pink Romance
Right: Sweet Mary

African Violet Magazine, November, 1977

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African Violet Magazine, November, 1977

45

AVSA BOOSTER
FUND

Mrs. Lucile Plaster, Chairman
8304 Suffolk Dr.

Shreveport, LA 71106

Now is the time to make a list of gifts you plan
to distribute among your friends and associates
for Christmas giving. You couldn't please them
more than by making a contribution to the
BOOSTER FUND in their names. Or, you might
honor an anniversary, a birthday, an officer or an
outstanding club or a valuable member. What
nicer thing could you do for them! You would be
so proud of such a gesture on your part and AVSA
and the BOOSTER FUND would benefit greatly
by it.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

CONTRIBUTIONS FROM
JUNE 1, 1977 TO AUGUST 1, 1977

Northern CA Council

of AV Societies . $25.00

Granada Hills AVS,

Northridge, CA.

In memory of

Mr. Paul Murray . 5.00

Astro AVC, Houston, TX . 5.00

Corpus Christi AVS,

Corpus Christi, TX . 25.00

Mrs. B. F. Gill,
in lieu of speaker's fee from
Ward Parkway Estates Garden Club,

Kansas City, MO . 5.00

Milwaukee AVS, Milwaukee, WI . 25.00

Evening AVC, Des Moines, lA . 10.00

Tustana AVS, Santa Ana, CA . . 5.00

BOYCE EDENS

RESEARCH FUND

Mrs. L. F. Lidiah
4503 Sinclair
Austin, TX 78756

“ .... Research requires years of work,

extreme patience, and a life long devotion. On a
project-by-project basis the chance of failure is
much greater than the chance of success, but the
successes are cumulative . . . ."

The preceding paragraph is one that merits
serious reflection. Being a layman who worked for
more than two decades in a scientific community.

this basic concept of research took me some time
to appreciate. How very easy it is to point to
nematodes, thrips, mites, color break-through,
etc., and say: "Let's find the remedy to that
problem!" When a formalized program is launched
the scientist as well as the layman hopes for the
best; and, of course, tangible successes do occur.
However, findings from one project plus a
discovery from another in time may pyramid to
supply an elusive answer. Who of us ever dreamed
that the concentrated efforts made to produce the
needed heat-resistant materials which would
allow our space capsules to reenter earth's
atmosphere would produce a side product used in
every kitchen today — teflon?

Mr. Bilkey and Dr. Hildebrandt, authors of the
statement in the first paragraph, cited 14 referen¬
ces as having been used in their work — in lay
terms, they were trying "to put the pieces
together"; as scientists they were seeking to make
the successes cumulative.

• Peter C. Bilkey, A. C. Hildebrandt, "'African
Violets and Tissue Culturing," AV Magazine,
Vol. 30, #1, Jan. 1977, p. 23.

CONTRIBUTIONS MADE FROM
MAY 27, 1977 to July 26, 1977

Metropolitan St. Louis (MO) AVS . $15.00

Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Kilpatrick

in memory of Doris Wilson . . 5.00

Potomac (VA) Council of AV Judges . 10.00

Inglewood (CA) AVS

in memory of Paul Murray . . 5.00

AVS of South Bay, CA,

in memory of Victor Constantinov . 10.00

AVS of South Bay, CA,

in memory of Millie Blair . . 10.00

The AV Council of Southern Caifornia

in memory of Paul Murray . 5.00

Countryside AVC Madison, WI,

in memory of Mrs. James A. Hamilton . . . 5.00
Dazzling Deceivers AVC St. Paul, MN,

in memory of Edna DeMers . 5.00

Thimble AVS of Connecticut . 10.00

Astro AVC, Houston, TX . . 5.00

Pomona Valley ( A) AVS

in memory of Lois Parker . 5.00

AVS of East Texas . 5.00

Tustana (CA) AVS . 5.00

Rainbow AVC St. Louis, MO,

in memory of Carolyn Ochs . . 5.00

Corpus Christi (TX) AVS . 25.00

First AVC of Lake Charles, LA . 10.00

Fleur de Lis AVC St. Louis, MO,

in memory of Nora Chesney . . 5.00

Milwaukee (WI) AVS . 25.00

AVS of Springfield, Delaware Co., PA

African Violet Magazine, November, 1977

46

AT SYRACUSE SHOW - Here are some of the
winning plants at the Syracuse (NY) AVS show.
Past AVSA President Cordelia Rienhardt won the
award given by Past AVSA President Frank Tinari
for "Bicentennial Belle' (top photo), a Tinari intro¬
duction. Another of Mrs. Rienhardt's awards was
the 2nd AVSA Collection Award (Purple Rosette)
for her plants, 'Crimson Frost', 'Nancy Reagan'
and 'Tina', (bottom photo).

in lieu of judging fees for:

Mrs. Wallace Behnke, Mrs. Stanley Crewe,

Mrs. H. N. Hansen, Mrs. David Grabosky,

Mr. and Mrs. Sam Rolph,

and James Klawitter . . . 25.00

Silvermine AVS (CT) . . . . 25.00

Mrs. ]. A. W. Richardson
in lieu of AVSA Program Chairman,

1977 Convention expenses . . . 29.63

AV Culture Club, Port Arthur, TX ........ 25.00

Windsor (CT) AVS in memory of

Doris Wilson and Esther Bissell . 25.00

Evening AVC of Des Moines, lA . 10.00

Tampa (FL) AVS . . . . 60.00

Tampa (FL) AVS in honor of

Mrs. Russell L Yawger, show judge ..... 10.00
San Mateo County (CA) AVS

in memory of Victor Constantinov . 5.00

First AVS of Wichita Falls, TX . 10.00

AV Council of Southern California

in memory of Dorothy Powell . 5.00

Long Beach (CA) AVS

in memory of Dorothy Powell . . 7.50

AVSA Judges Council of Southern California

in memory of Dorothy Powell . 20.00

The AVS of Greater NY., Inc . 15.00

Levittown (NY) AVS . 5.00

Upper Pinellas AVS, Largo, FL ........... . 50.00

The Fort Worth (TX) AVS
in memory of Mrs. H. D. Biles . . 10.00

THEY'RE WINNERS— Here are the top winners in
the 11th annual show, "The History of African
Violets", held by the First AVS of Wichita Falls,
TX: (L to R) Mrs. Gordon Kilgore, Mrs. Donald
Hargrove, Mrs. Michael Fall, and Mrs. Harold Mof-
fatt. Mrs. Fall won the AVSA Best Collection
Award, 'Granger's Starshine', 'Artie Mist', 'Fire¬
bird', won Queen of Show, 'Artie Mist', and more
than 10 other awards. Mrs. B. T. Haws, (not pic¬
tured) was winner of the AVSA 2nd Best Collec¬
tion, 'Baby Doe' (Kiesling), 'Apple Blossom Pink',
(Tinari), 'Lime Crisp', (Champion).

African Violet Magazine, November, 1977

47

(Photo by Grower)

BIG

FLIRT

by

Irene

Fredette

CORPUS CHRISTl — Howard Utz (Photo by Sandra Leary)

African Violet Magazine, November, 1977

48

The Plant

MINI

FANTASY

by

Tinari

(Photo by
Frank Tinari, Jr.)

The

Blossoms

African Violet Magazine, November, 1977

49

YOUR LIBRARY

Harvey L. Stone
51 Peach Highlands
Marblehead, MA 01945

Where has the time gone? The first year after
our Bi-Centennial is nearing an end. It hardly
seems possible!

By now some of our affiliates have seen the new
slide programs added to our library from the St.
Louis Convention. '"Third Time Around" features
the top prize winners at the convention while
"Gateway to Violets" features new introductions
from our hybridizers. Let's all give St. Louis a
round of applause for hosting our annual conven¬
tion for the third time. Did you enjoy these
programs? Hope you returned, or forwarded, the
slides by first class mail immediately after your
scheduled showing date, in accordance with the
instructions enclosed, so that other clubs may
enjoy them too.

Does your AVC or AVS publish a magazine or
newsletter? Want to see how it compares with
other related publications, including top prize
winners at our St. Louis Convention? Now you
can. Our Library offers a new service, available
immediately, in addition to those listed on page 48
of the June 1977 issue of the AVSA Magazine.
Edward Bradford, a member of the Publications
Committee, is serving as a subcommittee chair¬
man for affiliate publications. He has prepared
library packets containing such sample issues.
These are available, on request, for loan to any
interested affiliate — from the AVSA Library,
Knoxville office, for $2 check payable to AVSA, If
your organization does not publish a newsletter at
present but is interested in starting one, this
packet will be a helpful guide. Why not send for
one now?

I am pleased to say that clubs in the Baltimore,
MD area have expressed an interest in making up
one or more Regional slide programs to be added
to AVSA's slide library. We should have further
information on this in a future magazine. Your
comments about such programs would be appre¬
ciated.

After a record setting winter during which
many violets were lost to the bitter weather, 1977
has seen a record setting summer in many parts of
our country. This has caused us to lose even more

plants. I hope that by now you have ordered some
new varieties and some of the older standbys, to
replace your losses, from the ads in our AVSA
Magazine and that they are well on the way to
becoming show plants for the spring shows all
over the land. Don't forget to groom a few for our
32nd AVSA Convention/Show in Austin, TX.

Would anyone be interested in having a cassette
tape of the commentary available for any one of
the slide programs in our library? I hope to have
one available as a "pilot" program not later than
our 1978 convention. It would eliminate the
necessity of having someone read the typed
commentary by flashlight or other portable
lighting or even by the light in an adjacent room.
It would be necessary, of course, for the projec¬
tionist to play the tape while projecting the slides
in a "dry-run" before the meeting. If you have any
thoughts or suggestions about this, please share
them with us.

May your Holidays be happy onesl

Prices Changed!

Under AVSA Library in June 1977 magazine,
page 48, the $1.50 fee for slide programs should
have read $3.00 plus return postage for individual
members and AVSA Affiliate organizations. Fee
to non-members should have been $6.00 plus
return postage.

Packet fees have also been raised from $1 to
$2.00 plus return postage. These changes became
effective July 1.

FLUORESCENT LIGHTS

Most fluorescent lamps are rated to have a life
span of 7,500 hours. If they burn an average of 14
hours per day, they have a life span of 535 days.
However, they should be replaced when they
reach 70% (373 days or one year) of their service
expectancy because they are providing about 15%
less light.

African Violet Magazine, November, 1977

50

CROSS YOUR l*s . . .
and

DOT YOUR T's . . .

Mrs. W. F. Anderson

360 Tulip Drive
St Louis, MO 63119

Three years ago this column started in the

November issue after a magazine workshop at
convention when the group present affirmed that
they would like information in the magazine on
such subjects as definitions, terms, and pronunci¬
ation. A sentence from the first column can be
repeated "Every AVSA member represents our
society to the public and what each member does
— good or bad — reflects an image of the society."

Since the society has many new members, one
subject covered in that first column is emphasized
again. After the society name has been given in
full the first time it is used, thereafter it may be
abbreviated to AVSA written in all capital letters
without periods between the letters. In a publicity
news release the full name should be given in the
first mention and the public will understand the
abbreviation used later. In affiliate yearbooks or
newsletters, the abbreviation is acceptable and
understood. Let's write it uniformly.

Let's present a uniform front also in the way we
write African violet. Check the dictionary. The
lower case letter is used when writing violet,
African is always capitalized, and the words are
not hyphenated. Some authors choose to write
these words in different forms which causes
confusion. Only when used in a title or as part of a
society name are both words capitalized.

As a member of this society, set a good example.
Promote the use of the proper form.

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Unique Arrangement

“I have a unique arrangement for my violets
that I constructed myself,” says Sybil Bates, 4326
E. 17th Avenue, Denver, CO 80220.

“I have three shelves, eight feet long, four
shelves 4 feet long, and four shelves 30 inches
long. On each eight-foot shelf I made three round
trays, 30 inches in diameter and iVi inches deep. I
set these trays on rubber maid Lazy Susans.

“On the four-foot shelves I made the trays 20
inches in diameter and IV2 inches deep and have
two to each shelf. The 30-inch shelves have one
tray each, 27 inches in diameter.

“All the trays are on Lazy Susans which make

MACRAME SHELF — If building a shelf is your
problem, then why not do a bit of macrame? Marty
Hunter, 405 S. Travis, No. 7, Cleveland, TX 77327
fashioned this attractive shelf which is located in front
of two windows in her apartment. Natural jute was
used for the macrame hangers in which are suspended
two 5V2-foot shelves of plexiglass. She says these can be
hung from 8 or 9-foot ceilings. A Grow-Bulb arc lamp is
suspended about the shelves.

it easy to turn the violets under the lights. I line
the trays with heavy duty plastic and cut circles of
hardware cloth to cover the trays which are filled
with water for wicking my violets. A twirl of a
tray brings any violet within reach. Tm a jack-leg
carpenter and this project was one of my own cre¬
ations.

“Since 1970 when I started growing violets I’ve
used these revolving trays and have enjoyed them
very much.”

African Violet Magazine, November, 1977

51

(Photo by Steve Coon) (Photo by grower)

THE REDHEAD — Annalee Violetry

From the largest to the smallest

Sink Basin 12" x SVz"
Lavender Delight

(Granger)

5" Pot

Lavender Tempest

(Granger)

3%" Pot
Magic Splendor

(L. Lyon)

Miniature
Little Delight

(L. Lyon)

African Violet Magazine, November, 1977

52

ILLINOIS WINNERS — Highest awards at the

Metropolitan AVS show in Peoria, IL were won by
Thelma Banquet (right) with her 'Sweet Mary,' best of
show and best in horticulture; Emma Bessler (center)
and her 'Irish Elf,' best miniature and Tri-Ribbon; and
Maude Teaster, show chairman, (in background).

GROW 'EM LARGE
IN JUST A YEAR

Edyihe M. Peeler
Hidden Lake, Rt. 2
Lawndale, NC 28090

"I just can't believe it."

These words were repeated over and over again
as people looked at our display of violets at the
Southern Living Show in Charlotte, NC.

We had grown 15 violets — all of them large for
the show. They ended up in Rubbermaid Sink
Basins, 12" x 3^". The span of each violet was
from 20 to 22 inches across the top.

And when we explained they were just starters
one year ago, a viewer would remark, "I just can't
believe it."

I'll admit it's not easy and requires work but the
results are breath-taking.

The varieties we chose were well suited for
growing in large containers. Among some of
those shown were Rev. Charles Blades' 'The
Parson's Delight', 'The Parson's Ruffles', and 'The
Parson's Song', Granger's 'Lavender Delight', and
the four pictured on page 52, Lyon's 'Little
Delight' and 'Magic Splendor' and Granger's
'Lavender Tempest' and 'Lavender Delight'.

^(Editor's Note: The four African violets pic¬
tured on page 52 were grown by Peeler's African
Violets of Lawndale, NC to demonstrate that
large plants can be grown from starters in just
one year. Photo by Steve Coon)

A Teenager Speaks: _

Violets Are for Everyone

Carol Ann Miderski
945 Exmoor Avenue
Barrington, 111. 60010

Several years back my parents started raising
African Violets. At first it was just a hobby but it
gradually grew into a small business. Originally 1
couldn't understand their enthusiam over what I
considered to be "JUST A BUNCH OF PLANTS."
Slowly but surely it must have rubbed off on me
because I began to enjoy working in the plant
house. I grew to love watching the little green
sprouts in the soil grow into big, healthy,
blooming plants. As I gained interest I graduated
from pot washer, to divider, to helper, to
experimenter until finally 1 had a hand in just
about everything. For instance, I have just
recently tried my hand at hybridizing and I am
eagerly waiting to see what kind of results 1 get.
Now, at age 15, 1 think 1 love working with the
violets as much as my parents do. I guess you
could say they've grown on me.

I went to the St. Louis AVSA Convention with
my mother and we attended many of the
workshops. I also attended the judging school and
took the test. I felt that even if I didn't pass, it
would be a good experience. Well to my surprise I
did pass. But that's not the point. The point is that
violets are for everyone, young and old, male and
female. The problem is that most people do not
realize how wide and interesting the field of violet
growing is. It encompasses much more than first
meets the eye. With African Violets there is
always something new to learn and something
different to try. It allows you to use your
imagination. I believe that if more young people
are convinced that African Violets are fun because
they are easy to grow, that I will see many more of
my generation at the next convention.

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CORRESPONDENCE CLUB

Donna Clawson, one of the chairmen of the
African Violet Correspondence Club, who lives in
Johnstown, PA, suffered some damage to her
home and the club's newsletter, "African Violets
Come Chatting," was delayed. If information is
needed about the club, write Yvonne M. Schen-
field, 699 West Washington St., Bradford, PA
16701. Persons who have written to Mrs. Clawson
are asked to write to Mrs. Schenfield since the
Johnstown post office was flooded.

African Violet Magazine, November, 1977

53

AVSA JUDGES, *LIFETIME JUDGES
and tXEACHERS June 1, 1977

(These names have been carefully checked with the Knoxville office and Mrs. Ruth Carey,
chairman of Shows and Judges. If your name is missing we are sincerely sorry. Please let us know.)

CANADA

Mrs. Jacqueline Agnew, 8 Smith St., Moncton, NB
E1C-8G2

D Avery, 9717-116 St., Surrey, BC V3V-3Z8
Mrs. C. Y. Batchelor, 330 Claude Ave., Dorval,
Que H9S-3B3

t*Mrs. C. W. Beattie, 283 Churchill Dr., Winnip¬
eg, Man. R3L-1V7

Mrs. Christena Beukeveld, 63 Lefurgey Ave.,
Moncton, NB E1C-7G5

Mrs. J. A. Britten, 6314 Chebucto Rd., Halifax, MS

B3L-1K8

Dorothy Duckett, 4024 Dewdney Ave., Regina,
Sask. S4T-1A2

Mrs. Greta Durand, 1132 Lake Twintree Dr. S. E.,
Calgary, Alb. T2J-2T1

Mrs. R. A. Engstrom, 180 Halifax St. N., Regina,
Sask. S4R-2W4

Mrs. Lola S. Gelbart, 81 Arden St., Moncton, NB
E1C-4B6

Mrs. Phyllis Hall. Rt. 1, Penobsquis, NB EOE-lLO
Mrs. Leo Hutchinson, 622 Balmoral St., Saska¬
toon, Sask.

Mrs. M. Innard, 122 Regina Ave., Kenora, Ont.
P9N-2Z7

Mrs. 1. Jenkins, 286 Helmsdale Ave., Winnipeg,
Man. R2K-0v9

Mrs. L. Kirik, R. R. 1, North Bay, Ont. Plb-8G2
Mrs. L. Knight, 436 Dalton St., Winnipeg, Man.
R2X-2C6

Mrs. Murna A. Kosowan, 57 Davidson St., Barrie,
Ont. L4M-3S1

Sue Lampkin, 1042 Falgarwood Dr., No. 97,
Oakville, Ont.

Miss Sandra Lex, 70 Enfield Ave., Toronto, Ont.
M8W-1T9

Mrs. Mabel Mlazgar, Box 207, Ft. Quappelle, Sask.
SOC-ISO

Mrs. W. Neate, 981 Indian Rd., Mississauga, Ont.

L5H-1R6

Mrs. D. H. Nelson, 2456 Eastview, Saskatoon,
Sask.

Mrs. William Palmer, 54 Col. Danforth TrL, West
Hill, Ont. MlC-lRl

Lynda Parker, 200 Willett St., #730, Halifax, NS
B3M-3C5

S. Donald Plevin, 2405-75 Emmett Ave., Toronto,
Ont. M6M-5A7

Mrs. Sylvia Richardson, 2907 Lakeshore Blvd. W.,
No. 2, Toronto, Ont. M8V-1J3

Robert C. Serbin, 867 Winnipeg Ave., Winnipeg,
Man. R3E-OR7

Mrs. T. Southall, 439 Locksley Bay, Winnipeg,
Man.

ALABAMA

*Mrs. J. D. Austin, 1221 41st St. W., Birmingham
35208

Janet Baker, 412 Greenridge Rd., Montgomery
36109

t*Mrs. C. R. Ballard, 630 Cloverdale Rd., Montgo¬
mery 36106

Mrs. Donald L. Barker, % Mrs. D. M. Brown, 130

North 65th Place, Birmingham 35206

Mrs. Palmer H. Bell, 473 Shades Crest Rd.,

Birmingham 35226

Myra Benton, Rt. 6, Andalusia 36420

*Mrs. Clarence F. Boggan, 4421 Clairmont Ave.,

Birmingham 35222

Mrs. J. M. Breckenridge, 1042 19th Ave. S,
Birmingham 35205

Mrs. Rex S. Clements Jr., 1043 Montevalla Rd.
SW, Leeds 35094

Mrs. T. H. Collins, 1901 Southwood Rd., Bir¬
mingham 35216

Mrs. Virgil Culver, 1128 Drui*d Hills Dr., Montgo¬
mery 36111

*Mrs. Ed R. Davis, Box 16, Montevallo 35115
Mrs. Charles J. Donald, Jr., 3308 E. Briercliff Rd.,
Birmingham 35223

Mrs‘. W. A. Donaldson, 1025 Inzer Dr., Birmingh¬
am 35214

Ms. Ann Durham, 2041 Commodore Circle,

Montgomery 36106

t*Ruby T. Eichelberger, 1409 S. 10th St., Bir¬
mingham 35205

Evelyn R. Flick, 208 N. 65 Place, Birmingham
35206

Mrs. Lucille C. Forslund, 800 Comer Cir.,
Birmingham 35216

Mrs. W. L. Frank, 1110 Sims Ave., Birmingham
35213

Elizabeth Fuller, 3412 S. Perry St., Montgomery
36105

Mrs. N. L. Hamm, 1022 N. 48th St., Birmingham

35212

Mrs. Margaret W. Harrison, 2432 Belcher Dr.,
Montgomery 36111

Mrs. L. T. Hatcher, 1051 Shades Crescent Rd.,
Birmingham 35226

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54

Mrs. J. C. Henry, 312 Greatview Cir., Birmingham
35226

Shirley A. Heron, 108 W. Forest Ave., Troy 36081
Mrs. B. B. Howard, Rt. 2, Box 315, Montgomery
36108

Mrs. E. M. Irwin, 1312 Main St., Gardendale

35071

Miss Kathleen Langston, P. O. Box 52, Jenison

35085

Mrs. Frank Ledford, 2052 Kentucky Ave., Bir¬
mingham 35216

■fMrs. Roy Lockhart, P. O. Box 20051, Birmingh¬
am 35216

Mrs. H, L. McClure, Sr., Box 4, Palmerdale 35123
Mrs. G. E. Lumpkin, Rt. 2, Box 245, Pinson 35126
Mrs. Arthur R. McFarland, 644 Lisa LN, Bir¬
mingham 35206

Mrs. Beverly Montgomery, 630 Cloverdale Rd.,
Montgomery 36106

Dr. Horace Nelson, 106 Glenwood Ave., Troy
36081

Mary Pritchett, 3765 Spearman Dr., Birmingham
35216

Mrs. A. G. Quarles, 2036 Lancaster Rd., Bir¬
mingham 35209

Mrs. D. E. Sands, 1701 India Rd., Opelika 36801
Mrs. Orland O. Sisler, 2833 Ashley Aye., Montgo¬
mery 36109

Mrs. Grace Speights, 303 N. Hillcrest, Troy 36081
Nancy B. Therrell, 2023 Commodore Cir., Mont¬
gomery 36106

Doris Till, 347 Ogden Rd. Montgomery 36105
Mrs. M. E. West, 1100 Euclid Ave., Birmingham
35213

Mrs. Ted Wohlford, 2320 Farley Ter., Birmingham

35226

ARIZONA

Miss Jessie Bates, 351 E. Rudasill Rd., Tucson
85704

Norma Beckman, 201 S. Avenida De La Vista,
Tucson 85710

Mrs. Russell E. Butler, P. O. Box 810, Green
Valley 85614

Sylvia G. Clevenger, 8042 E. Rosewood, Tucson

85710

Mrs. Roland A. Fogg, 20018 Palo Verde Dr., Sun
City 85351

Mrs. Noble Hoyne, 4861 Hidden Valley, Tucson
85715

Mrs. Frank B. Over, 4850 E. Cooper, Tucson

85711

Tina Pfifer, 9030 E. 9th St., Tucson 85701
Joseph S. Reiter, Jr., 835 N. 5th Ave., No. 10,
Tucson 85705

CALIFORNIA

Mrs. Gertrude Allgeier, 1060 Cavanaugh Way,
Sacramento 95822

Mrs. Cecile L. Ambler, 220 El Toyonal, Orinda
94563

Louis B. Ambler, Jr., 220 El Toyonal, Orinda 94563
Mrs. Betty Anderson, 2947 W. Lincoln Ave.,
Anaheim 92801

Mrs. E. T. Bartholomew, 172 W. Elfin Green, Port
Hueneme 93041

A. Charles Bollar, 17055 Community St., Nor-

thridge 91324

Mr. Steven A. Bonacich, 958 Stannage Ave.,
Albany 94706

Doris Boyles, 11244 Cecilia St., Norwalk 90650
Mrs. Wendell A. Bruce, 4030 Laguna Ave.,
Oakland 94602

Cecelia Buchanan, 810 S. Myrtle Ave., Inglewood
90301

Carol Carly, 7664 Garden Gate Dr., Citrus
Heights 95610

George M. Carpentier, 2358 Montrose Ave.,
Montrose 91020

Mrs. Celine K. Chase, 482 Rutherford Ave.,
Redwood City 94061

Mrs. Lois J. Clark, 3800 Madrid Ave., Bakersfield
93309

Mrs. Doris F. Cormier, 1859 Anamor, Redwood
City 94061

Mrs. Barbara Coster, 2902 Walker Lee Dr., Los
Alamitos 90720

Alyene Daggett, 1414 Usona Dr., San Jose 95118
Shirley Davis, 24234 Burbank Blvd., Woodland
Hills 91367

Mrs. J. L. De/Long, 6276 Brynwood Ct., San
Diego 92120

Arlene Dossey, 14703 Aranza Dr., La Mirada
90638

Mrs. Jean Dupertuis, 6 Magee Ave., Mill Valley
94941

Mrs. A. V. Dye, 3385 Valley Square Ln., San Jose
95117

Mark S. Eggink, 17847 Hoffman Ave., Cerritos
90701

Mrs. Sylvia Fellows, 4718 Maychelle Dr., Anaheim
92807

Peggy Jean Freed, 619 Davenport Dr., San Jose

95127

Mrs. Madeline Gonzales, 200 Doris Ave., San Jose
95127

Minnie Y. Hall, 390 N. Winchester, Apt. 16-A,
Santa Clara 95050

*Mrs. R. E. Hertel, 9495 So. Wales Way, Elk Grove
95624

Arthur F. Hill, 1468 Ponderosa Ave., Fullei
92631

Mrs. Betty J. Hill, 3313 Madonna Drive, Fullerton

92635

Hans Inpijn, 4800 Haskell Ave., Encino 91436
Mrs. Marjorie M. Jenny, 553 Daroca, San Gabriel
91775

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55

Mrs. J. L. Jones, 4069 Olive Hill Dr., Claremont
91711

Mrs. H. C. Kahrmann, Jr., 1556 Foxworthy St.,
San Jose 95118

Mrs. Bruce Kelly, 9204 Olive, Temple City 91780
Berniece H. Kennerson, 11818 Gateway Blvd.,
Apt. 3, Los Angeles 90064

Mrs. Frances C. King, 3327 28th St., San Diego
92104

Mrs. Michael C. Landrum, 5073 Sultana, Temple
City 91780

Mrs. Paul Lazetera, 1651 Campbell Ave., San Jose
95125

Cheridah L. Lewis, 9841 Brentwood Dr., Santa
Ana 92705

Kim C. Lewis, 9841 Brentwood Dr., Santa Ana
92705

Madge R. Lillquist, 8515 Ranchito Ave., Panorama
City 91402

Mrs. Ruth McCoy, Rt. 1, Box 580, Arvin 93203
Mrs. Marie McHenry, 2514 Aster St., San Diego
92109

Mrs. Judy E. Mithcell, 280 Loon Ct., Foster City
94404

Jean R. Natter, 260 Bennett Ave., Long Beach
90803

Mrs. Penny Newell, 5512 Hamilton St., Sacramen¬
to 95842

*Mrs. Evelyn Nienstadt, 761 11th Ave., San
Francisco 94118

■|■*Miss Edith V. Peterson, 1545 Green St., San
Francisco 94123

Doris Poppendorfer, 1280 Juanita Ave., Campbell
95008

Mrs. Francis * Poss, 12 Kelton Ct., San Mateo
94403

Mrs. Frank Reece, 716 Maddux Dr., Daly City
94015

*Lawrence E. Rosenfeld, 2030 Junction Ave., El
Cerrito 94530

*Mrs. Lawrence E. Rosenfeld, 2030 Junction Ave.,
El Cerrito 94530

*Mrs. Stanley C. Russell, 238 S. Amalfi Dr., Santa
Monica 90402

Mrs. Margaret Schantz, 1155 Lone Pine Ln., San
Jose 95120

Mrs. Bruce U. Smith, 204 N. Hillcrest Blvd.,
Inglewood 90301

*Mrs. Thomas Springer, 2601 Elton Ave., Bakers¬
field 93306

Mrs. Lula E. Strange, 1419 Harper St., Santa Cruz
95060

Mrs. Frances B. Swope, 440-115 Moffett Blvd.,
Mountain View 94043

John W. Thein, 16424 Ludlow St., Granada Hills
91344

Mrs. Mary Tompkins, 955 Ponderosa No. 29,
Sunnyvale 94086

Mrs. P. A. Tusing, 10403 Klingerman, El Monte
91733

Barbara Wallace, 1075 Hayes Ave., San Diego
92103

Mrs. Muriel A. Warwick, 645 Pegasus Ln., Foster
City 94404

*Mrs. Faye Wills, 9717 Maple Ave., Bellflower
90706

Mrs. T. D. Witter, 17311 McFadden, Tustin 92680
Gillian L. Molson, 1506 Ashwood Dr., Martinez
94553

Mr. Matthew Wright, 20933 Wilbeam Ave.,
Castro Valley 94546

Mr. Cy Yee, 2219 32nd Ave., San Francisco 94116

COLORADO

Myra Brunner, 1075 S. Perry, Denver 80219
Mrs. William F. Clifford, 3605 S. Hibiscus Way,
Denver 80327

Mrs. Herbert Franson 6804 Dover, Arvada 80004
Mrs. Georgia Frush, 2002 Ford, Golden 80401
Dorene M. Fussell, 4172 S. Eliot, Englewood 80110
Mrs. Richard C. Hann, 3338 S. Glencoe St.,
Denver 80222

Mrs. Bonita Hutcheson, 4184 S. Decatur, Engle¬
wood 80110

Mrs. W. L. Keehner, 929 Oak St., Lakewood 80215
*Mrs. Paul Wm. Kiesling, 475 Madison, Denver
80206

■f*Mrs. Willie King, 1254 Bellaire St., Denver
80220

Lona P. Koeling, 7652 W. Mexico PL, Denver
80226

Mrs. Robert M. Kosanke, 12085 Applewood
Knolls Dr., Lakewood 80215
■|■*Mrs. Ross V. Lahr, 3559 E. Easter Ave.,
Littleton 80122

Mrs. Marion C. Malinak, 3147 S. Broadway,
Englewood 80110

Dorothy McClain, 675 Balsam St., Lakewood
80215

Mrs. James A. Miller, 1102 Constitution, Ft.
Collins 80521

*Isla Montgomery, 921 Garfield, Denver 80206
Mrs. Martha Olander, 725 Dahlia St., Denver
80220

Mrs. Dorothy J. Roesch, 2575 S. Wadsworth Ct.,
Denver 80227

*Mrs. Margaret T. Schaetzel, 2425 S. Leyden,
Denver 80222

Susan Shaw, 823 Nyssa Dr., Loveland 80537
Mr. William D. Stone, 12068 Amherst PL, Denver
80232

Mrs. William D. Stone, 12068 Amherst PL,
Denver 80232

Miss Sue Tyson, 2030 E. Amherst Ave., Denver
80210

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56

Mrs. Isbel E. Wolf, 2575 S. Gilpin St., Denver
80210

Harold Young, 9861 W. Florida PL, Lakewood
80226

CONNECTICUT

*Mrs. Joseph F. Adams, Jr., 186 Waverly Rd.,
Shelton 06484

Mrs. James Beckwith, 33 Howard St., West Haven
06516

Mrs. Mary V. Boose, 9 Turney PL, Trumbull
06611

Frank A. Burton, Pm O. Box 575, Old Saybrook
06475

*Mrs. Ralph E. Caye, 70 Eastview Dr., Windsor
06095

Mrs. Julius Fargeot, 235 Alps Rd., Branford 06405
Mrs. John Hayes, 9 Cobblestone Rd., Bloomfield
06002

Mrs. Wm. W. Helmstetter, 58 Pine Glen Rd.,
Simsbury 06089

Mrs. Newell H. Mallette, 171 Division Ave.,
Shelton 06484

*Mrs. Lester S. Nettleton, 1988 Huntington Tpk.,
Trumbull 06611

Dr. Susan E. Saine, 597 Burritt St., New Britain
06053

*Mrs. Stanley J. Traskers, Saybrook Rd., Haddam
06438

Mrs. Edgar F. Varick, 161 Orange Ave., Milford
06460

DELAWARE

Mrs. B. G. Abramson, 4003 Greenmount Rd.
Longwood, Wilmington 19810
Mrs. Wallace P. Behnke, Old Post Farm, Rt. 2,
Newark 19711

Mrs. C. Patrick Bell, 213 Aronimink Dr., Newark
19711

Mrs. S. G. Borleske, 104 Caladium Ln., Newark
19711

Mrs. John J. Callaghan, 2806 Rickdale Rd.,
Wilmington 19810

*Mrs. Stanley Crewe, 409 Eastman Rd., Wilming¬
ton 19803

Mrs. Leland J. McMann, 2421 Lori Lane S.,

Tarleton, Wilmington 19810

Mrs. Billy O. Moody, 2529 Eaton Rd., Wilmington

19810

Mrs. Robert E. Pyle, Jr., 2015 Foulk Rd., Wilming¬
ton 19810

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Mrs. Laverne K. Burke, 2475 Virginia Ave., NW, #
525, Washington 20037

FLORIDA

Mrs. H. J. Bassing, 8425 SW 43rd Ter., Miami
33155

Mrs. Clyde Benninghoff, 1718 Patrick St., Kissim¬
mee 32741

Mrs. James E. Bevis, Box 428, Woodville 32362
Elizabeth C. Brown, 112 Lucerne Dr., Mt. Dora
32757

Mrs. John D. Chesnut, 599 Harbor Dr., Key
Biscayne, Miami 33149

Mrs. Charles W. Clark, 1232 Henry Balch Dr.,
Orlando 32810

Mrs. Roberta J. Close, 8333 W. Pocahontas,
Tampa 33615

Mrs. Fred Cody, P. O. Box 532, Haines City 33844
*Mrs. Eleanor Cramond, 1600 N. Page Dr.,
Deltona 32763

Mrs. Atlee W. Davis, 640 S. Jackson, Bartow
33830

*Marjorie Edsten, 10005 Bay Pines Blvd., Box 135,
St. Petersburg 33708

Velva Emanuel, 5220 Cherry St., Panama City
32401

t*Mrs. Lester S. Fladt, 1173 Quail Ave., Miami
Springs 33166

t*Mrs. Dorothy Gray, 180 Serendipity M. H.
Village, 3135 U. S. 19 North, Clearwater 33515
Maybelle Green, 13940 Harrison St., S.W., Miami
33176

Barbara J. Hahn, 605 Osage TrL, Milton 32570
t*Mrs. Frank Huebscher, 3920 W. 16th St.,
Panama City 32401

Mrs. W. F. Hurlbut, 9482 Easter Rd., Miami 33157
Charles Jon Jaros, 2621 N.W. 23 Court, Miami
33142

t*Mrs. H. Steven Johnson, 741 W.. Colonial Dr.,
Orlando 32804

Mary K. Johnson, 741 W. Colonial Dr., Orlando
32804

Mrs. Daniel D. Jordan, 4100 S.W. 122 Ave., Miami
33175

t*Mrs. Terrance R. Leary, 2088 Illinois Ave. .N.E.,
St. Petersburg 33703

Mrs. Malcolm B. Mansfield, 653 Blairshire Cir.,
Winter Park 32789

*Miss Ellen McCulloch, 327 South Bonita, Pana¬
ma City 32401

Miss Hilda Meison, 225 Madeira Ave., No. 6,
Coral Gables 33134

■f*Mrs. Henry Mills, P. O. Box 414, Tallahassee
32302

Mrs. Kenneth Mitchem, 2406 Drummond Ave.,
Panama City 32401

Mrs. William Otten, 31 Timber Trail, Port Orange
32019

Sandra Pearl, 1612 Magnolia Ave., Winter Park
32789

Mrs. Sharon V. Penny, Rt. 4, Box 575-X, Panama
City 32401

Mrs. Palmer N. Pigot, 1304 Oakland Dr., Mt. Dora
32757

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57

Joyce Y. Post, 1428 Lake Ave., Panama City 32401
t*Mrs. J. A. W. Richardson, RR # 1, Box 70,
Tavares 32778

Mrs. Joseph E. Shea, 2832 W. Oak St., Kissimmee
32741

Mrs. Pauline R. Steele, 1670 Cheyenne TrL,
Maitland 32751

*Mrs. Alvina H. Suder, 12421 Henrietta Rd.,
Largo 33540

*Miss Mary A. Todd, 327 S. Bonita Ave., Panama
City 32401

Mrs. Raymond V. Todd, 987 Linden St., Clermont
32711

Agnes Van Eck, 1901 S.W. 127 Ct., Miami 33175
Mrs. Lucile J. Wasson, 1101 Frankford Ave.,
Panama City 32401

Mrs. James B. Whitaker, 1490 Saturn St., Merritt
Island 32952

Mrs. Russell 1. Yawger, 30 Turner St., Apt. 508,
Clearwater 33516

Mrs. Ralph W. Yerger, 713 Middlebrooks Cr.,
Tallahassee 32303

GEORGIA

Mrs. Joan Adams, Rt. 2, Box 510-A, Valdosta
31601

Mrs. E. L. Ganaway, 5156 Powers Ferry Rd., NW,
Atlanta 30327

Miriam K. Greene, 4204 Cheryl Ann Ct., Stone
Mtn 30083

Mrs. Donna Hamby, 3810 Plumcrest Rd., Smyrna
30080

Lloyd Lyn McArthur, 1175 Cumberland Rd., NE,
Atlanta 30306

Ralph E. Preston, 3917 Ebenezer Rd., Marietta,
30062

Mrs. Sue Spann, 2581 Piedmont Rd., NE, Atlanta
30324

Kathryn L. Spissman, 3208 Henderson ML Rd.,
NE, A/6, Atlanta 30341

Mrs. Janet Whitfield, 2581 Piedmont Rd. NE,
Atlanta 30324

ILLINOIS

Mrs. Clyde Bridger, 542 W. Vine St., Springfield
62704

C. E. Byerly, 1525 Lincoln PL, Calumet City 60409
Leonard Byerly, 1525 Lincoln PL, Calumet City
60409

Marie Crow, 1316 W. Maywood, Peoria 61604
Mrs. Dorothy C. Esler, 14224 Minerva Ave.,
Dolton 60419

Mrs. Melvin Farney, 109 Avalon Ct., Creve Coeur
61611

Joyce A. Faubel, 507 E. Holland St., Washington
61571

Mrs. Herald E. Ferguson, Rt. 2, Box 37, Toledo
62468

*Mrs. Frank Hood Jr., Box 124, Seaton 61476
Kim J. Kubasek, 130 S. 2nd St., Hamilton 62341
Mrs. Lloyd F. Lamm, 30 Windsor Dr., Oak Brook
60521

Mrs. Charles Liebal, 203 E. Oak Ave., Wheaton
60187

*Mrs. George J. McIntosh, 611 N. Main St.,
Normal 61761

Carol Ann Miderski, 945 Exmoor Ave., Barring¬
ton 60010

Mrs. Robert Miller, 6542 N. Knox Ave., Lincoln-
wood 60646

Allie Mizevitz, 21 Chippewa Dr., Thornton 60476
Clare E. Palm, 4640 W. 182nd PL, Country Club
Hills 60477

Mrs. Charles W. Parks, No. 33 Triangle M. H. P.,
Ludlow 60949

Mrs. Frank Peach, Rt. 1, OTallon 62269

Mrs. Betty L. Rauch, Rt. 1, Weber Rd., Glasford

61533

Mrs. June L. Reed, 615 N. Coolidge Ct., Peoria
61604

Mrs. Raymond F. Schroeder, 217 Andrew Ave.,
Dwight 60420

t*Mrs. Wayne W. Schroeder, 1739 N. 74th Ct.,
Elmwood Park 60635

Wilbur F. Schi oeder, 296 E. 169th PL, South
Holland 60473

*Mrs. Herman ' Teater, 1211 E. Elmhurst, Peoria
61603

Gene A. Thiel, 100 Fletcher Dr., Collinsville 62234
Mrs. Gene A. Thiel, 100 Fletcher Dr., Collinsville
62234

*Mrs. H. R. Tiedeman, 1008 Bakewell, Normal
61761

Joyce Wenger, RR 1, Box 115, Pecatonica 61063

IOWA

*Mrs. George Ilstrup, 1252 42nd St., Des Moines
50311

*Mrs. Roscoe E. Jones, 1303 68th St., Des Moines
50311

t*J. B. Kuhler, 2825 S.E. 14th St., # 6, Des Moines
50320

KANSAS

Dorothea M. Suddath, 4214 W. 59th W. 59th St.,
Shawnee Mission 66205

KENTUCKY

Bonnie A. Reutenik, Rt. 3, Box 8, Kevil 42053

LOUISIANA

Mrs. Lee Alexander, 1527 Maura PL, New Orleans
70114

Norris J. Alexander, 1527 Maura PL, New Orleans
70114

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58

Ms. June Atkinson, 853 Finchley Ave., Baton
Rouge 70806

Mrs. C. D. Attaway, 3451 Broadmoor Blvd.,
Shreveport 71105

Jane C. Baker, 2700 Whitney PI., Apt. No. 828,
Metairie 70002

Mrs. Carl S. Ball, P. O. Box 122, Ball 71405
Mrs. Lenora M. Barker, 3150 Military Hwy.,
Pineville 71360

Mrs. Marjorie Blake, 415 Terry Pkwy., Gretna
70053

Penelope Ann Brenner, 182 Farragut St., New
Orleans 70114

*Jerome E. Brown, P. O. Box 2332, Baton Rouge
70821

*Mrs. Jerome E. Brown, P. O. Box 2332, Baton
Rouge 70821

Mrs. Brian M. Dickerson, 6105 Willard Ave.,
Shreveport 71106

Mrs. Sylvia Duay, 1312 Burk PI., Morgan City
70380

B. L. Ghirardi, 512 Marshal, Morgan City 70380
Mrs. John W. Goslee, 6941 Mayo Rd., New
Orleans 70126

Mrs. Gale T. Gucker, 1037 Dudley Dr., Shreve¬
port 71104

Martha B. Gunther, 3910 Mimosa St., New
Orleans 70114

Mrs. M. L. Harwell, 1309 E. Washington St.,
Shreveport 71104

Mrs. Charles A. Hoffman, Jr., 6021 Vicksburg St.,
New Orleans 70124

Dr. J. B. Jung, 5916 Cherokee Ln., Alexandria
71301

Mrs. W. C. Lupton, Rt. 3, Box 23A, Keithville
71047

Mrs. Otis F. Magee, 4244 Alabama Ave., Kenner
70062

Mrs. Warren C. McCann, 1616 Federal Ave.,
Morgan City 70380

Mrs. Mary N. McFarland, 5665 McClelland Dr.,
Apt. 224, Baton Rouge 70805
L. T. Ozio, Jr., 1009 Ditch Ave., Morgan City
70380

Mrs. C. A. Pickens, 9473 N. Parkview, Baton
Rouge 70815

Gloria Joy Pickens, 9473 N. Parkview, Baton
Rouge 70815

t*Mrs. W. M. Plaster, 8304 Suffold Dr., Shreve¬
port 71106

Mrs. H. T. Porter, Rt. 3, Box 721, St. Martinville
70582

Mrs. J. Y. Ragusa, 1074 Parlang Dr., Baton Rouge
70806

Y. George Ramires, Jr., 1620 Willowbend Dr.,
Morgan City 70380

Mrs. Glenn Reeves, 9446 Oleander Dr., Shreve¬
port 71108

Mrs. Frank H. Renaudin, 1913 N. Turnbull Dr.,
Metairie 70001

Mrs. Frank Rodie, 211 Carrollton, Shreveport
71105

Mrs. Warren G. Rosenbaum, 1875 Shady Lane
Dr., Shreveport 71108

Mrs. Louis Ruello, 7800 Mullet St., New Orleans

70126

Dixie Russo, Box 109, Morgan City 70380
Mrs. F. J. Steckler, 4556 Marque Dr., New Orleans

70127

Nancy Steinback, 12524 E. Sheraton Ave., Baton
Rouge 70815

Mrs. M. A. Stipelcovich, 8340 Fairfax Dr.,
Chalmette 70043

Mrs. Pat Stumpt, 1001 Fried St., Gretna 70053
Mrs. A. J. Terranova, 7713 Mill St., New Orleans
70126

Myrlie G. Thomas, 3033 Lesley Dr., Morgan City
70380

Mrs. T. K. Thomas, 2902 Missouria Ave.,
Shreveport 71109

Eunice Vallery, 10039 Hillyard Ave., Baton Rouge
70809

Shirley D. Vogler, 17017 Chickasaw, Greenwell
Springs 70739

Mrs. Paul E. Whatley, 4204 Fairfield Ave.,
Shreveport 71106

Mrs. Joe L. Williamson, Box 973, Alexandria 71301
Mrs. Elizabeth Wilson, 6126 Burgandy, Shreve¬
port 71105

MAINE

t*Mrs. Warren E. Churchill, North Main St.,
Rockport 04856

MARYLAND

*Mrs. William Eichenberger, 6216 Massachusetts
Ave. NW, Bethesda 20016

Mrs. Betty Lou Lages, 3609 Fort Hill Dr., Ellicott
City 21043

Mrs. R. E. Meissner, 8818 Flower Ave., Silver
Spring 20901

Raymond A. Nowowieski, 5339 Glen Arm Rd.,
Glen Arm 21057

*Mrs. Charles Piver, 920 Kenbrook Dr., Silver
Spring 20902

Mrs. Edgar Rase, 80 S. Colonial Dr., Westminister
21157

*Miss Beatrice Sauter, 2123 Northland Rd.,
Baltimore 21207

MASSACHUSETTS

Mrs. Alice M. Bagley, 419 Old Connecticut Path,
Wayland 01778

Marcia Balonis, Boston Rd., Groton 01450
*Mrs. Frank Wm. Barton, 49 Brewster St., New
Bedford 02745

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59

Mrs. Wm. Baschnagel, 5 Bruce St., Tewksbury
01876

Richard Blustein, 247 Mill St., Haverhill 01830
*Mrs. Lyle J. Courage, 33 Essex St., Wakefield
01880

*Mrs. Charles H. Craig, 41 Milton St., Lynn 01902
t*Mrs. Estelle G. Crane, 317 Massapoag Ave.,
Sharon 02067

Mrs. Jessie Crisafulli, Amherst Rd., Rt. 9,
Belchertown 01007

Anne Crowley, 232 Austin St., Hyde Park 02136
*Mrs. John Garvey, 220 Ardsley Rd., Longmea-
dow 01106

*Mrs. Stephen C. Kanela, 16 Mylod St., Walpole
02081

Mrs. Yvonne Leighton, 91 Dalby St., Newton
02158

*Mrs. J. Addison Maclean, 49 Saunders Rd.,
Norwood 02062

Mrs. Connie Maginnis, Rt. 1, Forge Village Rd.,
Groton 01450

Kathy Ouellette, 207 Abbott St., Lawrence 01843
Mrs. Charles Sherburne, 36 Fisher Rd., Dedham
02026

Edward St. Aubin, 58 Exeter St., Lawrence 01843
Mrs. Ernestine St. Aubin, 58 Exeter St., Lawrence
01843

C. Temple, 18 Heckle St., Wellesley Hills 02181

MICHIGAN

*Mrs. Andrew M. Leslie, 30112 Brookview,
Livonia 48152

Mrs. Christine D. Leppard, 807 Aspen, Rochester
48063

MINNESOTA

t*Mrs. H. Harold Baker, 2182 Stanford Ave., St.
Paul 55105

Kenneth R. Ellis, 1630 37th Ave., N.E., Minneapo¬
lis 55421

Mrs. Kenneth Fleisch, 4811 37th Ave. S., Minnea¬
polis 55417

Ms. Katherine A. Gardner, 403 W. Wheelock Pky.,
St. Paul 55117

Gloria Goetzke, 5740 Sander Dr., Minneapolis
55417

Mrs. Robert F. Hosek, Sr., 2118 E. Ivy Ave., St.
Paul 55119

Mrs. Leroy E. Hultin, 726 Maple Bend Dr., Duluth
55811

Mrs. John Lackner, 580 E. Co., Rd. B-2, Little
Canada 55117

Mrs. Marino Paron, Rt. 1, Box 270, North Branch
55056

Mrs. Richard Pollock, 11819 Xeon St., N.W., Coon
Rapids 55433

Mrs. M. F. Seifert, 1660 Upper Afton Rd., St. Paul
55106

Mrs. W. F. Tobin, 2262 Brewster St., St. Paul
55108

Merle Werner, 1636 E. Fremont, St. Paul 55106

MISSOURI

■|■*Mrs. W. F. Anderson, 360 Tulip Dr., St. Louis
63119

Leanna C. Boysko, 6124 Pershing, # 3, East, St.
Louis 63112

J. David Buttram, P. O. Box 193, Independence
64051

Mrs. A. B. Carlisle, 872 Queen Anne PL, St. Louis
63122

George S. Coleman Jr., 3511 Gladstone Blvd.,
Kansas City 64123

t*Mrs. Irvin G. Danly, 1903 E. Mimosa, Spring-
field 65804

*Mrs. D. W. Dressier, 5664 Marquette, St. Louis
63131

Mrs. Charles Gaines, 5412 Jamieson Ave., St.
Louis 63109

Colleen Gass, 7348 Granbury, St. Louis 63123
Mrs. Bernard F. Gill, 1015 Greenway Ter., Kansas
City 64113

Mrs. Dana R. Gipson, 5522 Rosa, St. Louis 63109
*Mrs. Francis J. Hamtil, King's Lane Farm, Rt. 2,
Box 203E, St. Charles 63303

Patricia M. Hart, 3350 Blue Ridge Blvd., Inde¬
pendence 64052

Mrs. Sue 1. Hill, 12201 E. 45th Ter., Independence
64055

Mrs. J. E. Holliday, 154 Wild Oak Ct., Ballwin
63011

Mrs. H. L. Holt, 1128 Linden, St. Louis 63117
*Mrs. Theodore C. Irwin, 5043 Durant Ave., St.
Louis 63115

*Mrs. William Janus, 130 N. Holmes, St. Louis
63122

*Mrs. Victor Jos. Knuz, 6806 Alexander, St. Louis
63116

Mrs. Joan Laske, 4110 Walsh, St. Louis 63116
Mrs. Thomas C. Mathis, 9354 Hazelridge, St.
Louis 63126

*Mrs. Carl Meister, 4459 Gemini, St. Louis 63128
Ronn Nadeau, 2104 Butterfield, Hazelwood 63043
■f*Mrs. E. A. Nelson, 603 E. Essex Ave., St. Louis
63122

Mrs. Abe Pollock, # 5 Prado Dr., St. Louis 63124
Mrs. Harold A. Proctor, 6124 Ralston, Raytown
64133

Mrs. E. J. Reinhold, 5823 W. Park Ave., St. Louis
63110

*Mrs. J. Wallace Reitz, 8028 Pembroke Dr., St.
Louis 63123

Miss Cheryl M. Sample, 3586 Brittany Ct., Apt.
D, Bridgeton 63044

Patty L. Smith, 364 Messina Dr., Manchester
63011

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60

Mrs. Nellie K. Solomon, 4305 E. 113th St., Kansas
City 64137

Mrs. Joanne Steffen, 4434 Alaska, St. Louis 63111
Mrs. Jess Stern, 63 Arundel PL, St. Louis 63105
Mrs. Knute B. Swennes, 18 Crabapple Ct., St.
Louis 63132

*Mrs. Fred Tretter, 4988 Schollmeyer, St. Louis
63109

Mrs. Charles E. Ward, 11805 E. 74th Ter., Kansas
City 64133

Mrs. Edward M. Willets, 6115-A Pershing Ave.,
St. Louis 63112

*Miss Nancy Willets, 6115“A Pershing Ave., St.
Louis 63112

Mrs. Roma Wilson, 708 Interdrive, St. Louis

63130

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Mrs. Morrill A. Paul, 321 Winnacunnet Rd.,
Hampton 03842

NEW JERSEY

Mrs. Orville Carkhuff, 101 W. Prospect St.,
Hopewell 08525

Mrs. Ralph Cava, 1327 Belmont Ave., No.
Haledon 07508

Mrs. Edward W. Hemmer, 23 Fulton St., Bloom¬
field 07003

Mrs. Robert Humphreys, 46 E. Glen Ave. E.,
Harrington Park 07640

*Glenn B. Hudson, 761 Belvidere Ave., Westfield
07090

*Mrs. Glenn B. Hudson, 761 Belvidere Ave.,
Westfield 07090

Walter Hunt, 5=A Ohio Dr., Whiting 08759
Mrs. Walter Hunt, 5-A Ohio Dr., Whiting 08759
Mrs. Robert Humphreys, 46 E. Glen Ave. E.,
Harrington Park 07640

Mrs, Charles Hyer, 126 Lillie Rd., Tom's River

08753

Muriel T. Kaiser, 33 Florence Ave., Cresskill
07626

Mrs. Franklin B. McLaughlin, 104 Dory Drive,
Ocean City 08226

*Mrs. Walter Minschwaner, 86 Woodland Ave.,
Trenton 08638

Mrs. Donald N. Riemer, 14 Pelham Rd., Kendall
Park 08824

Miss Joan Rovensky, 2-13 32nd St., Fairlawn
07410

Mrs. Rita Sendic, 2524 Berdan Ave., Fair Lawn
07410

Mrs. Dorothy E. Warman, 30 Princeton Ave.,
Hopewell 08525

NEW MEXICO

Mrs. Robin Cassell, 9830 N.E., Albuquerque
87112

Mrs. Agnes M. Chadwick, 3411 21st Ave., S.E.,
Rio Rancho 87124

Edna L. Collaer, 2418 Gen. Bradley, N.E., Albu¬
querque 87112

Meredith Crist, 9100 Las Comas Rd., NE,
Albuquerque 87111

Mrs. Truman L. Daniel, 9003 Matthew Ave., NE,
Albuquerque 87112

Mrs. Bertha F. Drews, 3502 34th Cir., S.E., Rio
Rancho 87124

Mrs. Wm., F. Fry, 6228 Katson Ct., N.E.,
Albuquerque 87109

Mrs. William Hutchison, P. O. Box 157, Bernalillo
87004

Mrs. Charles Iskra, 4700 Sherwood N.E., Albu¬
querque 87109

Mrs. Delmar Longmire, 8600 Summer Ave., N.E.,
Albuquerque 87112

Mrs. Harold A. Newlander, 3113 Colorado Ave.,
N.E., Albuquerque 87110

Margaret Schmierer, 1011 Parsifal N.E., Albu¬
querque 87112

Mrs. Chas. H. Staat, 1701 Kentucky St. N.E.,
Albuquerque 87110

Mrs. James M. Tallant, 4305 Cobbleston Rd., N.E.,
Albuquerque 87109

Mabel G. Tanner, 1101 Madison St., S.E., Albu¬
querque 87108

NEW YORK

Ruth Alexeichik, 32 Rockcrest Rd., Manhasset
11030

Mrs. Robert Athanasiou, 13 Lawnridge Ave.,
Albany 12208

Mrs. Ralston Bardeen, 4 Andrews Ave., Bingham¬
ton 13904

t*Mrs. Frank E. Bell, 246 2nd Ave., Troy 12180
Mrs. Richard Bell, 50 Bardolier Ln., Bayshore
11706

Mrs. Beatrice K. Blake, Box 344, Mappa Ave.,
Barneveld 13304

tMrs. Sidney Bogin, 39 Boyd St., Long Beach
11561

Edward Bradford, 85-25 86th St., Woodhaven
11421

Mrs. Morrison J. Brounn, 138-22 78th Ave.,
Flushing 11367

Mrs. Richard Burns, 408 Woodland Ln., Webster
14580

*Mrs. Violet Carey, 160 Sixth Ave., Troy 12180
John Carpenter, 3754 Warners Rd., Syracuse

13209

Kathy Casey, 218 Beley Ave., Mattydale 13211
Robert E. Casey, 218 Beley Ave., Mattydale 13211
*Mrs. Duane L. Champion, Rt., 2, Clay 13041
Mrs. Grace P. Darrah, 322 Sunrise Dr., Syracuse

13205

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61

Francis V. Delly, 305 W. 13th St., Apt. 4H, New
York 10014

Mary Dimitriadis, 33 Saquoit St., New York Mills
13417

Micheal Dimitriadis, 33 Saquoit St., New York
Mills 13417

tRaymond J. Dooley, 33 Collfield Ave., Staten
island 10302

Mrs. Raymond Dooley, 33 Collfield Ave., Staten
Island 10302

*Miss Leila M. Egenites, 29-50 214th PL, Bayside
11360

Mrs. Vincent Federico, 11 Violet Ave., Mineola
11501

Mrs. Gertrude P. Ferris, 415 9th Ave., New York
10001

Suzanne Fleming, 346 Richmond Rd., Douglaston
11363

Mrs. Edmund Fox, 1165 E. 54th St., Apt. 7-E,
Brooklyn 11234

Marie D. Frank, 46 Russell Rd., Garden City
11530

Mrs. Frank Freiheit, 2546 Harvey Ave., Oceanside
11572

Mrs. Joseph Ghossan, 87-12 Jamaica Ave., Wood-
haven 11421

Mary J. Gibney, 55 Davison Ave., Oceanside
11572

Jean Gleason, 312 Westholm Blvd., Syracuse 13219
Mrs. William F. Gleason, 312 Westholm Blvd.,
Syracuse 13219

Mrs. Grayce Godfrey, 1902 Edward Ln., Merrick
11566

Mrs. Leon Gonneau, 417 Hubbell Ave., Syracuse
13207

Mrs. Sophia Greives, 101-37 123rd St., Richmond
Hill 11419

Mrs. Erna Gundlach, 292 Edinboro Rd., Staten
Island 10306

Mrs. Percy J. Hansen, 64 Kings Lane, Rochester
14617

Mrs. H. S. Harvey, 20 Adams St., Garden City
11530

Marilyn Hennecken, 91 Adams St., Garden Gity
11530

Dianne R. Hewitt, 27 Gatherine St., Schenectady
12307

Mrs. Eleanor Hilzman, 102 Hillside n., Syosset
11791

Erica W. Jayson, 67 Highland Ave., Roslyn 11576
Mrs. Willis Johnson, 102 Florida Ave., Commack
11725

Paul F. Kasperski, 5 Hewlett Point Ave., E.
Rockaway 11518

Mrs. Paul F. Kasperski, 5 Hewlett Point Ave., E.
Rockaway 11518

Mrs. Marcia Kassel, 4618 Foster Ave., Brooklyn
11203

*Mrs. Estelle Kienzle, 68 Bayview Ave., Staten
Island 10309

Mrs. Joseph Kohn, 150-38 77th Ave., Flushing
11367

tMrs. Garol Ann Kostulias, 461 Wellington Rd.,
Mineola 11501

Lillian E. Lechterman, 189 Median St., North
Merrick 11566

Mrs. Anne Lee, 16 Tinder Lane, Levittown 11756
Helen P. Lindenberg, 338 Chestnut Ave., E.
Meadow 11554

Mrs. Janel Lottermoser, 6236 Louwayne PL, Clay
13041

Mrs. R. E. McNabb, 133 Pine Knoll Rd., Endicott
13760

Mrs. Ruth W. Meek, 214 Goodrich Ave., Syracuse
13210

Martin Miller, 127 Manor Dr., Syracuse 13214
Mrs. Martin Miller, 127 Manor Dr., Syracuse
13214

t*Mrs. James W. Mineham, 29 Circuit Dr.,
Binghamton 13903

Mrs. Anna Myszka, 97-05 69th Ave., Forest Hills
11375

Miss Sandra Myszka, 97-05 69th Ave., Forest
Hills 11375

Mrs. L. Nahodyl, 38 Long St., Huntington Sta.
11746

August J. Nordone, 114 N. Cheltenham Rd.,
Syracuse 13205

Mrs. Marie Nussbaum, 37-30 83rd St., Jackson
Hgts. 11372

Mrs. Frederick W. Oswald, 5 Euston Rd., Garden
Gity 11530

Mrs. Gail Puskas, 540 Grand Blvd., Deer Park
11729

Mrs. Ruth M. Randall, Box 155, Cincinnatus
13040

Betty Raskopf, 3405 Manchester Rd., Wantagh
11793

Priscilla C. Red Elk, 205 Point Pjeasant Rd.,
Rochester 14622

*HaroId Rienhardt, 4463 W. Seneca Tpk., Rt. 2,
Syracuse 13215

t*Mrs. Harold Rienhardt, 4463 W. Seneca Tpk.,
Rt. 2, Syracuse 13215

Mrs. Claire Rosenberg, 12 Melissa Lane, Old
Bethpage 11804

Mrs. Kathryn Rotando, 131 Taft Ave., Long Beach
11561

Mrs. Kenneth Rutmayer, 2 Hampton St., Haup-
pauge 11787

Mrs. Ralph D. Saret, 11 White Dr., Cedarhurst
11516

Mrs. E. B. Siracusa, 35 Charles St., Auburn 13021
Mrs. Robert 1. Slocomb, 30 Inglewood Dr.,
Rochester 14619

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62

James H. Smith, 946 Cleveland Ave., Niagara Falls
14305

*Mrs. Sidney D. Smith, 916 Nottingham Rd.,
Jamesville 13078

*Mrs. Clarence R. Somers, 3241 Page Green Rd.,
Rt. 2, Cortland 13045

Mrs. William Strobach, 6508 Amboy Rd., Staten
Island 10309

Patricia Taylor, 182 Raymond St., Islip 11751
Alinor Ticknor, RD # 1, Box 306, Central Square
13036

Barr E. Ticknor, 832 Dryden Rd., Ithaca 14850
Fred L. Ticknor, RD # 1, Box 306, Central Square
13036

Mrs. Joseph A. Weynand, 309 Montauk Hgwy, E.
Moriches 11940

Mrs. John Tucker, 2 Duke St., Bellmore 11710
Arnold L. Wahren, 2921 Briggs Ave., Bronx 10458
Jimmy Watson, 1361 Madison Ave., Apt. 2-AA,
New York 10028

Mrs. Hugh Weld, 317 Wellesley Rd., Syracuse
13207

Mrs. Bruce V. Wightman, 5424 W. Genesee St.,
Camillus 13031

t*Mrs. Edwin A. Wolf, 1501 Undercliff Ave., # 4P,
Bronx 10453

Paul R. Younger, 115 East 9th St., Apt. 14-J, New
York 10003

NORTH CAROLINA

Mrs. H. Hannigan, 2708 Lanston Dr., Goldsboro
27530

Mrs. E. J. Phillips, 20107 Kenilworth Rd., Ashville
28803

OHIO

Mrs. Harold Armstrong, 136 Marshall St., Con-
neaut 44030

t*Mrs. Henry Bircher, 7666 Bentler Rd., N.E.,
Canton 44721

Sharon Bruce, 481 E. Clearview, Worthington
43085

Mrs. Allen L. Bump, 613 Hilltonia Ave., Columbus
43223

Mrs. Glen H. Clark, 6895 N. State Rt. 48,
Covington 45318

Mrs. James E. Collins, 10455 N. Reece Rd., Piqua
45356

Mrs. Carolyn Copeland, 2476 Broadway N.E.,
East Canton 44730

Mrs. M. E. Garner, 1010 Edgewood S.E., North
Canton 44720

Mrs. Carter H. Grinstead, 1864 Berkshire Rd.,
Columbus 43221

Mrs. Catherine Hawley, 2432 Nottingham Rd.,
Columbus 43221

Mrs. John C. Humphreys, 4660 Healy Dr.,
Columbus 43227

Mrs. Richard H. Lane, 2561 Andover Rd.,
Columbus 43221

Mrs. Elmer C. Lusk, 1173 Oakland Ave., Colum¬
bus 43212

Marilyn L. Miller, 327 Proudley Ave., Massillon
44646

Mrs. R. Morton Miller, 3415 Polley Rd., Columbus
43220

Linda A. Neumann, 11620 Maplerridge Dr., North
Royalton 44133

Harford Renick, RR 3, Box 258, Circleville 43113
Mrs. Herbert Robinson, 1219 Ivy St., N.W., N.
Canton 44720

Mrs. Clyde Rosaa, 399 Furnace Rd., Conneaut
44030

t*Mrs. James S. Savage, 625 West 5th St.,
Chillicothe 45601

*Mrs. John Slivka, 403 George St., Fayette 43521
Opal Stockum, 615 Cambridge Rd., Coshocton
43812

Mrs. John G. Torma, 3241 Lake Ave., Ashtabula
44004

t*Mrs. Leroy Tucker, 2812 N. Star Ave., Colum¬
bus 43221

Mrs. M. C. Vance, 2761 Lakewood Dr., Columbus
43229

Mrs. Jack Westfall, 823 S. Mulberry St., Troy
45373

OKLAHOMA

Mrs. J. L. Harris, 3539 W. 41st PL, Tulsa 74107
Mrs. E. A. Howlett, 4916 E. 38th PL, Tulsa 74135
Melva Sims, 1308 S. Sandusky, Tulsa 74112
Charles Sims, 1308 S. Sandusky, Tulsa 74112

OREGON

Lawrence Grissom, 6045 S.W. Glenbrook Rd.,
Beaverton 97005

*Mrs. Haynes Kirkland, 17043 S. Forsythe Rd.,
Oregon City 97045

PENNSYLVANIA

Mrs. N. F. Binder, 2950 Old Cedar Grove Rd.,
Broomall 19008

Mrs. S. J. Bishop, 345 Powell Rd., Springfield
19064

Mrs. Blair Capriotti, 707 Garden St., Bristol 19007
Sallyann Gansky, 114 Hollyhock Dr., Lafayette
Hill 19444

Mrs. Lois W. Giles, Rt. 2, Box 66, Sheppenville
16254

Mrs. David Grabosky, 5314 N. Carlisle St.,
Philadelphia 19141

Mrs. Roberta M. Hale, 1650 Cherry Hill Rd. S.,
State College 16801

t*Mrs. H. N. Hansen, 708 Wyndale Rd., Jenkin-
town 19046

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63

James H. Klawitter, 5720 Wissahickson Ave., Apt.
C-17, Philadelphia 19144

Mrs. Kenneth H. Lloyd, 3716 Huey Ave., Drexel
Hill 19026

William R. Lyons, 38 Indian Creek Dr., Levittown
19057

Mrs. William R. Lyons, 38 Indian Creek Dr.,
Levittown 19057

t*Richart T. Meyers, 140 Lorraine Ave., Oreland
19075

t*Mrs. Richard T. Meyers, 140 Lorraine Ave.,
Oreland 19075

Mrs. Helen P. Rolph, 7207 Cresheim Rd.,
Philadelphia 19119

Sam W. Rolph, Jr., 7207 Cresheim Rd., Philadel¬
phia 19119

Mrs. Frank J. Schrey, Jr., 7512 Boyer St., Philadel¬
phia 19119

Thomas Seiler, 2050 E. Orleans St., Philadelphia
19134

Mrs. T. L. Shannon Jr., 8845 Norwood Ave.,
Philadelphia 19118

t*Mrs. Anne Tinari, 2325 Valley Rd., Huntingdon
ValUy 19006

Mrs. Charles A. Wood, 2301 Grasslyn Ave.,
Havertown 19083

RHODE ISLAND

C. Russell Marshall, 410 Algonquin Dr., Warwick
02888

*Miss Eileen Paco, 33 Rice Ave., East Providence
02914

*Mrs. Olivia Do Paco, 33 Rice Ave., East
Providence 02914

SOUTH CAROLINA

Mrs. C. R. Logan, # 271 Riverbend Apts. 925,

Cleveland St., Greenville 29601

Mrs. D. Zeis, Rt. 7, Box 159, Greer 29651

TENNESSEE

Edward C. Bronson, 1506 Tuscany Way, German¬
town 38138

Mrs. Edward C. Bronson, 1506 Tuscany Way,
Germantown 38138

t*Mrs. James B. Carey, 3900 Garden Dr., Knox¬
ville 37918

Mrs. Roy Coopet, Route 2, Box 223, Millington
38053

Mrs. W. A. Fowler, 4922 Flamingo Rd., Memphis
38117

Barbara Frazier, 4950 Kaye, Memphia 38117
*Mrs. Paul O. Gillespie, Sr., 5201 St. Elmo Ave.,
Chattonooga 37409

Mrs. Kathryn P. Hickman, 2424 Mackinnen Dr.,
Memphis 38138

Mrs. Cheryl D. Pagella, 2146 Goldbrier Ln.,
Memphis 38134

Mrs. C. A. Pair Jr., 2022 Higbee, Memphis 38104
Mrs. Charles R. Phillips, 3028 Dumbarton,
Memphis 38128

Tonia Reschke, 4155 Catalpa Hill, Memphis 38134
George D. Robason, 2031 Vinton Ave., Memphis
38104

Ms. Elizabeth C. Trigg, 6421 Sulgrave PL,
Memphis 38138

TEXAS

Fran Allison, 1531 Ritchey, Pasadena 77502
Mrs. Ralph Artis, 10822 Sandstone Rd., Houston
77072

Mrs. W. H. Balzen, 7605 Silvercrest Cr., Austin

78757

Lavern Barden, P. O. Box 828, Kingsville 78363
Verda Barden, 433 North Dr., San Antonio 78201
Mrs. James 1. Bartlett, 4208 Everglade, Port
Arthur 77640

*Mrs. Roy C. Basham, 3216 Sweetbriar Lane, Ft.
Worth 76109

Mrs. Deraid Bauhs, 9205 Quail Cove, Austin

78758

Maxine V. Beam, Rt. 1, Box 93, Roanoke 76262
Mrs. J. R. Beauchamp, 5122 Forest Haven Dr.,
Houston 77066

Mrs. Charles M. Berry, 3801 Shelby Dr., Ft.*
Worth 76109

Mrs. Bruce A. Blalock, 13411 Taylorcrest, Hous¬
ton 77079

Julia M. Brittain, 311 Mill Stream Ct., Houston
77037

Mrs. Perry J. Broussard, 3820 Cobblestone Lane,
Port Arthur 77640

Mrs. Clark Carpenter, 3855 3rd St., Port Arthur
77640

Mrs. J. R. Chatelain, 1116 S. 36th, Nederland
77627

Dorothy Chauvin, 5017 33rd St., Groves 77619
Mrs. L. W. Chilcutt, 1100 Cleckler, Ft. Worth
76111

Mrs. V. L. Conrad, 1807 Corona Dr., Austin
78723

Mrs. Dillon Q. Corley, 5804 Trail Lake Dr., Ft.
Worth 76133

Carolyn B. Crain, 8126 Bideford Dr., Houston
77070

Mrs. W. R. Cypert, Box 218, Merkel 79536
Marie Dattalo, 6300 Washington, Groves 77619
Mrs. J. A. Dawson, Rt. 1, Box 375-E, Orange
77630

t*Charles C. Day, 220 W. Sunset Rd., San
Antonio 78209

Mrs. Harold Deloach, 428 Lindenwood Ln.,
Hewitt 76643

Mrs. Pat Denney, 9538 Fairdale, Houston 77063
Mrs. J. B. Drake, P. O. Box 486, Hondo 78861
Jean Duplantis, 204 David Dr., Bridge City 77611

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64

Mrs. Robert D. Early, 5916 Walla, Ft. Worth 76133
Daniel L. Evans, 144 Sinclair, Corpus Christi
78411

Helen R. Fain, 14739 Carolcrest Dr., Houston
77024

Mrs. Deborah J. Fields, 33 Canterbury, Orange
77630

Mrs. Brennan A. Forcht, 833 McKinney Ave.,
Arlington 76012

Bill Foster, 3610 Gray Dr., Mesquite 75149
Mrs. Bill Foster, 3610 Gray Dr., Mesquite 75149
Ken Froboese, Rt. 1, Box 33, Boerne 78006
Mrs. Chas. A. Frost, 1546 Sylvan, Dallas 75208
David C. Fuchshuber, DVM, 7449 Yulanda Dr.,
Fort Worth 76112

Mrs. C. J. Ganson, 2115 10th Ave., Port Arthur
77640

Mrs. Edwin Glaser, 14103 Wilo, Houston 77032
Mrs. George C. Gorzycki, 3306 Clearview Dr.,
Austin 78703

Lillian A. Gravis, 522 Cloudcroft Dr., San Antonio
78220

Mrs. Ella Griffiths, 1705 Green Oaks Dr., Irving
75061

Norita Hallum, Box 181, Brownwood 76801
Mrs. James A. Hankerson, 3010 San Paula, Dallas
75228

Mrs. Bessie Hatherly, 611 Franklin Blvd., Austin
78751

Mrs. W. H. Haugh, 2000 Woods Dr., Arlington
76010

Mrs. Lee Roy Hejl, Rt. 1, Box 301-A, Byran 77801
Mrs. Wade H. Hudnall, 8612 Winding Walk,
Austin 78758

Verna L. Hudson, 11718 Gampos, Houston 77065
Mrs. Robert L. Hummer, 10606 Sunflower Lane,
San Antonio 78213

Mrs. Hervey S. Hutchins, III, 6700 Kirkwood Rd.,
Ft. Worth 76116

Mrs. Dwight W. Jeffrey, 1918 Williamsburg Row,
Denton 76201

Mrs. Coy W. Jenkins, 506 Nesbit, Garland 75041
Mrs. Philip R. Johnson, Rt. 3, Box 75. Ft. Worth
76134

Mrs. John Kreska, 13574 Brookgreen Dr., Dallas
75240

Ann Krock, 326 Haverford Dr., San Antonio
78217

t*Raymond H. Lange, 413 Westgate Dr., Corpus
Christi 78408

Jane La Rocca, 3716 Boyd Ave., Groves 77619
Mrs. L. F. Lidiak, 4503 Sinclair, Austin 78756
Mrs. Earl Looper, 5125 8th St., Port Arthur 77640
Barbara Lorimor, 21215 Abby Oaks Cir., Houston
77073

Natalie McWaters, 8114 Langdon Ln., Houston
77036

Mrs. O. P. Maddox, P. O. Box 1593, Kingsville
78363

Mrs. J. R. Millikan, 640 N. Manus Dr., Dallas

75224

Mrs. Susan Myers, 4934 Wigton, Houston 77096
Mrs. George Nash, 1515 Annette St., Kingsville
78363

Mrs. R. H. Nelson, 603 Lake Creek Dr., Round
Rock 78664

Mrs. Donald L. Nichols, 2707 Ripplesprings Ct.,
Arlington 76016

Mrs. T. W. Padgett, 2005 Mill Creek Dr.,
Arlington 76010

Mrs. D. Phillips, 1205 Todd Tr., College Station
77840

Mrs. O. G. Pierson, 5629 Westcreek Dr., Ft.
Worth 76133

Mrs. Jesse R. Pittman, 12406 Alexandria, San
Antonio 78233

Mrs. R. L. Pritchett, 1206 Castle Hill, Austin
78703

Mrs. M. L. Ray, 1206 Austin Ave., College Station
77840

Mrs. Charles Ramser, 2413 Martin, Wichita Falls
76308

Mrs. Robert Riquelmy, 4813 Saxon, Bellaire 77401
Mrs. Jimmy Robinson, 3220 Amherst, Dallas

75225

Mrs. B. A. Russell, 5926 Jackwood, Houston
77036

Mrs. Grace G. Rynders, 4438 Abbott Ave., Dallas
75205

Mrs. Howard H. Schneider, 666 Cross St., New
Braunfels 78130

Mrs. G. W. Smith, 66 Rolling Hills, Rockwall
76087

Mrs. Larry Spengler, 154 Sullivan, San Antonio
78213

Mrs. N. Ruth Steel, Six Hibury, Houston 77024
Mrs. Dorothy R. Stubbs, 6723 Mimosa Ln., Dallas
75230

Mrs. Luther W. Thompson, Jr., 6602 Knollwood
Cove, Austin 78731

Mrs. Sharon Thornhill, 11613 Elk Park Trail,
Austin 78759

Mrs. D. L. Treadway, 6308 McCommas Blvd.,
Dallas 75214

Pamela Truehardt, 263 Lanark, San Antonio
78218

Mrs. Byron Turner, 802 Lemm Ct., Spring 77373
Mrs. Tommy Valenta, 806 Floradale, Austin
78753

Julie Wehle, 20331 Allegro Shores, Humble 77338
Mrs. T. L. Wheeler, 1015 Plymouth Rd., Dallas
75208

Mrs. Bill Whitehead, 601 Kipling, Waco 76710
Mrs. Alvin L. Whitfield, 2511 Wedglea, # 1002,
Dallas 75211

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65

Mrs. J. J. Wiesner, 533 Olmos Dr., E., San Antonio
78212

Mrs. J. B. Wilson, 3900 Carter Creek Pky., Bryan
77801

Nancy Ann Wilson, 446 Schmeltzer Lane, San
Antonio 78213

Mrs. Fred C. Young, 1400 Lorrain, Austin 78703
*Mrs. George D. Yantis, 224 Montclair Dr.,
Corpus Christi 78412

UTAH

Marilyn 1. Baker, P. O. Box 18621, Salt Lake 84118
Mrs. Gerald E. Dolan, R. F. D. # 2, Box 354,
Brigham City 84302

Vickie G. Fuller, 3285 S. 4000 W., Granger 84120
*Mrs. John H. Jones, 1786 Millcreek Way, Salt
Lake City 84106

Mrs. Flarold R. Money, 824 S. 3rd West, Brigham
City 84302

Maureen B. Roberts, 4590 Nobhill, Granger 84120
Mrs. Robert M. Savage, 3822 S. 2860 E., Salt Lake
City 84109

Mary Schultz, 1122 E. 6th N., Bountiful 84010

VERMONT

Mrs. J. Fred Brenner, 6 Rolling Acres Rd.,
Middleburg 05753

VIRGINIA

t*Mrs. Mary A. Boland, 6415 Wilcox C., Alexan¬
dria 22310

*Mrs. Alberta Lee Cooke, 1980 Kennedy Dr., Apt.
T-1, McLean 22101

Grace O. Fields, Rt. 1, Box 92H, Trevilians 23170
Mary Ann Giangirelli, 2710 Viking Dr., Herndon
22070

Mrs. Ralph E. Gill, 7306 Franklin Rd., Annandale
22003

Laurene Jones, 3530 Luttrell Rd., Annandale
22003

t*Mrs. Thos. B. McKneely, 6135 Tompkins Dr.,
McLean 22101

Carl D. Martin, 14300 Bowman Ct., Woodbridge
22193

Opal L. Nuyianes, 12808 Thompson Rd., Fairfax
22030

Mrs. Julio E. Rodriquez, 7434 Nigh Rd., Falls
Church 22043

t*Mrs. Stanley E. Skelton, 3910 Larchwood Rd.,
Falls Church 22041

Judith Stroske, 7314 Jervis St., Springfield 22151
Mrs. Richard R. Van, 23 Harris Landing Rd.,
Hampton 23669

Mrs. Robert Vidrick, 6113 Redwood Ln., Alexan¬
dria 22310

Margaret M. Walther, 14816 Maidstone Ct.,
Centreville 22020

WASHINGTON

*Mrs. Marlin Freter, 1118 23rd Ave., Longview
98632

Craig A. Martin, Box 266, APO Seattle 98736
*Mrs. E. A. Peterson, 2256 Cascade W., Longview
98632

Mrs. John Chase Reed, 17124 NE 29th PL,
Bellevue 98008

WISCONSIN

Mrs. Jean Achauer, 7818 W. Lynman Ct., Milwau¬
kee 53222

Miss Jeannette Achauer, 7818 Lynman Ct.,
Milwaukee 53222

Miss Jeannine Achauer, 7818 W. Lynman Ct.,
Milwaukee 53222

Mrs. Roy Bartel, 6409 W. Wilbur Ave., Milwaukee
53220

Howard O. Burns, 4933 W. Colonial Ct., Green¬
field 53220

Barbara Coral, 132 Joan Ave., Green Bay 54302

Mrs. Marilyn Corlew, 4535 N. Cramer St.,

Whitefish Bay 53211

Mrs. Leon Fiedler, Rt. 1, Prescott 54021

Mrs. Arthur W. Geisler, 1516 East Olive St.,

Milwaukee 53211

Wm. R. Goetzke, 36933 Valley Rd., Oconomowoc
53066

Janet Hanson, 20614 Spring St., Union Grove
53182

Mrs. Chris Kemmerling, 3157 S. 47 St., No. 8,
Milwaukee 53219

Patricia A. Knoit, 3122 S. 20th St., Sheboygan
53081

t*Mrs. William Krogman, 1325 Parkway Dr.,
Brookfield 53005

Mrs. Joseph Leider, Jr., 743 Vine St., Union Grove
53182

Mrs. L. B. Mengsol, 5616 W. Cairdel Ln., Mequon
53092

Mrs. Irene P. Merrell, 409 Hillendale Dr., Ocono¬
mowoc 53066

Virginia Oakland, 6225 S. 120th St., Hales
Corners 53130

Mrs. Frank Olsen, 1221 Troy Drive, Madison
53704

Mrs. Suzanne L. Penni, S41 W27098, Oak Grove
Ln., Waukesha 53186

Miss Carolyn Porath, 3047 S. 38th St., Milwaukee

53215

Mrs. Shirley A. Rice, 1334 Lang Rd., Oconomow¬
oc 53066

Mrs. John F. Roe, 4417 Boulder Ter., Madison

53711

Fred Scudder, 1929 Walton Ln., Beloit 53511
Mrs. Fred Scudder, 1929 Walton Ln., Beloit 53511
Mrs. William A. Wall, 4742 Lafayette Dr.,
Madison 53705

Mrs. Walter L. Wink, W214 N5380 Adamdale Dr.,
Menomone Falls 53051

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66

Wasn’t Tuned in on Violet’s Wave Length

'Experienced Grower
Learns Something New

Miss Betsy Evans
4430 E. Presidio Place*

Tucson, AZ 85712

Last fall I received a small Tuscon Trails' (a
semiminiature trailer) to be grown as our club pro¬
ject and entered in the March show. From the very
beginning I observed it seemed to have more than
its share of curling leaves. I asked others what they
thought might be causing it but everyone seemed
as perplexed as 1. In desperation I took it to one of
our meetings to see if African violet judges could
diagnose it after having seen the plant. No one was
able to help me. As 1 had wicked it from the start I
now removed it, thinking it was getting an over
abundance of nutrients from the weak fertilizer
solution in the reservoir. On January I began
noticing many buds which made me hope I was
doing something right. Also in January I thought
there was a slight change for the better in the
appearance of the leaves. By the time I entered it
in the March 6 show there was very little improve¬
ment. But I kept hoping that perhaps one of the
judges would take pity on my poor plant and final¬
ly tell me what I was doing wrong. No such luck!
The buds refused to open, too, and finally shrivel¬
ed up and died on the plant!

The first of April I felt 1 simply HAD to do
something. Some of the remaining buds were
beginning to drop off and the plant drooped and
curled so that it looked like its best friend had
died! I decided to wick it again in the hopes of
assuring it enough water. Horrors upon horrors, I
was unable to insert the wick! With all the pushing
and not-so-gentle handling the plant fell out of the
pot.

Here at last was the secret of the curling leaves
and bud drop for that plant was so completely
root bound you could not even see the soil! No
wonder I couldn’t get the wick in! So I repotted in
fresh, loose porous soil and put some Vitamin B^
in the reservoir (where the wick was dangling) to
ward off transplant shock that these plants (this
variety in particular) seem super sensitive to.

Several days later I noticed more buds (and
leaves) were curling up but this was due to the
transplanting I thought. The soil seemed rather dry
so watered it with more Vitamin B^ without
thinking twice about it. A few days later I again
noticed the plant looked terrible and the soil was

very dry . . . too dry for a wicked plant unless
there was something wrong with the wick. Was my
face ever red when I discovered it was bone
dry . . . poor ‘Tucson Trails’ was suffering from a
severe case of dehydration.

My yarn bag yielded a length of acrylic (NOT
cotton) yarn which I had heard was an extremely
good wicking medium. So I pushed that into the
pot, letting one end drop in the Vitamin B^ solu¬
tion. Almost immediately I thought I could hear it
gratefully sucking up the moisture.

To all you novice growers, I have been raising
African violets for approximately 6 years but still
feel I have much to learn even though some mem¬
bers of my society think of me as ‘an experienced
grower’. Don’t hesitate to try some drastic steps
for these delicate looking plants are a lot tougher
tjian you might think. My family gazes at me in
horror when I’m transplanting. For, instead of
knocking the plant from the pot, I gently pull it
out. Then I shake all excess dirt off the roots (thus
exposing them), cut most of them off with a sharp
knife (this helps to keep minis tiny and besides,
believe it or not, they seem to love the attention),
repot in fresh soil and water with Vitamin B .
During the time I remove the plant it sets on the
kitchen counter until replanting. And all my plants
are thriving: ‘Knee High’ has 4 blooms and 2 buds;
‘Mini Mignon’ (another mini) has 4 buds, ‘S.
lonantha’ has 15 blooms and an unamed variety
has 23 buds. ‘Tucson Trails’ is beginning to look
like a different plant and from this episode I have
learned what severely curHng leaves can indi¬
cate ... in the above case, the plant was trying
desperately to communicate with me ... I just
wasn’t tuned into its wave length!

♦

Do NOT send newly elected officers' names to
the Editor. Send them to the Affiliate Chairman,
Mrs. Wayne Schroeder, who lists them in the
November Magazine.

African Violet Magazine, November, 1977

67

Now She Wick Waters

Mrs. Mary ]. Moore
1900 Harshman Road
Dayton, Ohio 45424

If everyone would share their enthusiasm of
African Violets what new friends we might find! I
was invited to a friend's home for dinner when I
saw her African Violets. I was amazed at their
enormous size and multitudinous blooms. She
attributed her success to wick watering.

I bought the wicks at a local florist and ordered
the pots from Texas. I was so excited that I
couldn't wait to initiate my project. My plants
previously were not great bloomers nor did they
have lovely foliage. Today they are gorgeous after
three months of wick watering. I bought the
wicks which were expensive and they rotted
giving me a new dilemma. I found 43-inch
shoestrings at the five-and-dime for one-fourth
the price and they have been conducive to their
new found use. With wick watering you must
check the reservoir so it never becomes dry. The
water always contains a weak commercial fertiliz¬
er which seems to be the basic nutrient they
previously needed. I do have a slight algae
problem in the reservoir and on the wick.

I like a challenge, so I bought a reduced violet
which had never bloomed and it now has a lovely
garment of 20 blooms. Even my 'Prayer Plant'
(Maranta) has shown me its gratitude with new
foliage.

- ♦ - -

AVSA RESEARCH

The first Research Committee of AVSA was
appointed at the Philadelphia meeting in 1950.
The first Research Fellowship was awarded to
Richard Stinson, an Ohio State University stu¬
dent.

- ♦ -

For Wick Watering

This is d hint from Mrs. Dale Andrews,
3830 Celina Lane, Waco, TX 76705 for
African violet growers who use plant trays
for wick watering: instead of hardware cloth,
I suggest cutting down bread rack trays to
fit, using diagonal cutting pliers, commonly
known as dykes. These will snip them fairly
easy. These plastic inserts do not have any
sharp points that possibly could poke a hole
in the container. They are washable and can
be Cloroxed easily.

S. S. SAINTPAULIA — Here's the "SS Saint-

paulia," a 20-foot cruise ship, designed and made
by George Smith, which formed the theme of the
third annual show of the AVS of Lower Bucks
County, PA. The two photos show the ship as
used at the show.

90th BIRTH DA Y-Mrs. A. C. Poss celebrated her
90th birthday and was honored with a birthday
party at her home in Russellville, AL. Because of
her love for African violets, which she grows in
abundance, her birthday cake was topped with a
beautiful pink violet. Here she is shown with her
cake and her two great grandchildren, David and
Susan Vojticek.

African Violet Magazine, November, 1977

68

Mrs. J. A. W. (Ann) Richardson
RR# 1, Box 70
Tavares, Florida 32778

Don't Just Stand There — Do Something

How often have you said that to a plant.
Wouldn't you be surprised if the plant shouted
back at you saying the same thing! A plant shows
definite signs of its forthcoming demise long
before it actually "kicks the bucket."

When a plant has grey, limp foliage often
accompanied by glassy lower petioles which turn
brown and rot off it is saying, "You are drowning
me." Keep it up and the plant will do what 1 call
"grow backward" because it gets smaller and
smaller and then just gives up entirely. Repot it,
giving heed to the rule of thumb that a plant
should have a pot one third the diameter of its
foliage. Remember that a loose soil is better than a
dense one. Water it less than you did before. Keep
it moist but not wet. In repotting with new soil,
have a look at the roots. If they come off with the
soil or if the tap root is brown when you scratch it
with your finger you had better perform surgery.
Scrape the tap root until you find green rather
than brown. When it is all green, put it in a
container with water such as a brown medicine
bottle and keep the container full of water until it
sends out new roots. Replant and this time be
good to it.

If you follow the rule of buying only from
sources in which you have confidence and if you
isolate the plants until you are positive that they
are healthy, you need not worry too much about
insects or diseases. However, once in a while
something will sneak through a window (even a
screened one) or via other plants left nearby. Keep
a wary eye for anything that doesn't look right.
Anything that moves, cottony puffs in the axils or
on leaves, white or brown streaks, pit-like scars
on backs of leaves, silky cobwebs, brittle leaves,
etc. should be investigated, identified and re¬
solved. The "African Violet Handbook for Judges
and 'Exhibitors" will help you to know what you
have and how to treat it, as will articles in the
African Violet Magazine (look at index).

Bleached leaves are usually caused by too strong
light or lack of trace elements. For the latter try a

chelated fertilizer. Browning or yellowing of leaf
edges needs patience to detect cause. If you are
not already using it, try one-quarter strength
diluted fertilizer for every watering. If you have
been using one-quarter strength, try one-half
strength. Remember that African violets do not
react to changes overnight.

Soft spots which turn brown on leaf stems can
usually be controlled by covering the edge of the
pot with aluminum foil. For clay pots, dip in
paraffin.

Plants with good, green foliage that do not
bloom need stronger light. The plant will give you
a hint by developing long petioles (stems).

Break The Insect Cycle!

Sandra Leary
2088 Illinois Ave., N, E.

St. Petersburg, FL 33 703

You found mealybugs foraging on your best
African violets. You sprayed them with a good
dose of malathion, and now you can relax because
you have taken care of that infestation . . . right?
WRONG! You must follow up this spraying with
another spraying or two at the correct intervals,
that is, the number of days it takes that particular
pest to complete its life cycle. Otherwise, the next
batch of eggs, which were present when you
sprayed the first time, but were not harmed by
the spray as were the exposed adults, will hatch
out, and lay more eggs. Then all your original
efforts will have been wasted. You have only
slowed then down, not gotten rid of them.

Mites must be treated every 5 to 7 days, soil
mealybugs, every 10 days, thrips every 10 days,
and leaf mealybugs every 5 days, for several
treatments until their respective life cycles are
broken.

African Violet Magazine, November, 1977

69

The holiday season is
just around the corner
and right now Tm wish¬
ing my African violets
would be in bloom
around Dec. 25 so I can
give some as Christmas
presents. If they're not
in bloom I'm going to
have to be more careful
in seeing that the right names are on the right
plants. Recently I gave two small plants of 'Grace
Foote' to a young teacher, Marty Hunter, in
Cleveland, TX. She had just begun her violet
collecting, so traded one of the plants for another
variety with her friend, Mrs. Tingle, who
operates Tingle's African Violets. When Mrs.
Tingle's plant bloomed, it wasn't pink like
Marty's Grace Foote'. It was a deep purple — and
turned out to be 'Country Music'. So see what can
happen when the labels get transposed on plants
that aren't blooming? . . . But if you don't want to
give an African violet as a gift why not an A VS A
Gift Membership? Think of the many friends and
relatives on your Christmas list who would
benefit from receiving our African Violet Maga¬
zine and enjoying all the A VS A benefits! ... If
you think we make a lot of typographical errors in
our magazine, there's one I'm not guilty of. Here's
the one that tops 'em all, which appeared in an
area newspaper in referring to the election of
officers of an African violet group. Here's how it
read: "Election of officers was held by the African
Violence Society". How's that for a boo-boo? . . .
Have you had any plantnaping in your town?
We've been reading newspaper articles about
plant thefts being on the increase. What are the
thieves doing with them? Here's what one florist
said: "The plants may be the victims of plant
stealing rings which peddle them in a black
market. The market has developed because of the
demand for plants and their value. Some people
have tried to sell me plants for cash. They looked
pretty dirty and drive beat-up vans. I don't know
if the plants were stolen, but I wouldn't be
surprised," So take good care of your African
violets and if you have plants hanging outside
watch them, too! "We AVSAers are lucky that our
pet plant is one that stays indoors out of the
clutches of passersby," says Anne Tinari . . .

While in St. Louis at the AVSA convention I met a
most delightful young woman, named Barbara
Bole of Tulsa, OK. She'd come to the convention
to meet some of our judges, hybridizers and
Commercials. She is in the preliminary stages of
writing a book, which, she says, "will include all
varieties from the 'Best Varieties' List for each
year and varieties listed or hybridized in the last
three years. If after I index them, I have room for
more listings, I will select other varieties on a
similar basis." . . . Our hat's off to Mrs. C. A.
Pickens of Baton Rouge, LA. She organized or
helped organize three AVSA Affiliates in one year
— Violets After Five, Town and Country and
Violets on the Bayou — and all are going great!

. . . Mary Boose, owner and operator of Heavenly
Violets in Trumbull, CT, still delighted over
receiving the Win Albright Memorial Award for
exhibiting one of Irene Fredette's Originals,
'Royal Hussy', which was the best seedling at the
St. Louis AVSA convention, /show. She brought
along another plant, 'Abigail Adams', too, but it
was damaged so much on the plane she couldn't
show it — but that isn't the end of the tale: Both
plants were broken right up to the crown on the
way home. "It was disheartening," Mary said, "but
both have started to come back. Hope to enter
both at the Nutmeg State AVS Show in No¬
vember" . . . Dottie Wilson of the Brazos Valley
AVC, 3900 Carter Avenue, Bryan, TX 77801
trying, to locate starter plants or leaves of 'Texas
Picture' and 'Kansas City Chief' . . . Mrs. Princess
Bony, Windsor Forest P. A., Portland Jamaica,
wishing some charitable growers in the States
would send her some leaves via air mail — doesn't
make any difference what color or variety. She
wrote, "I have succeeded in getting some spray
from the USA but since the heavy restriction has
been placed here on posting money out of the
island, my purchasing has stopped. I am so
desirous of getting some of those lovely varieties
(red, blue, pink, white) you have over there. I do
love the dear little plants and would be very
grateful to any grower who would communicate
with me." Mildred Schroeder, new Affiliates
chairman, writing she's just back from a trek to
Japan but not divulging whether she saw any
African violets. But she did admit her new job is
literally "a labor of love — blood, sweat and tears."
But that's what it takes when you're an AVSA

African Violet Magazine, November, 1977

70

columnist . . . Dorothy Wood of Fruita, CO has
come up with a good suggestion and a complaint
concerning "Coming Events." The suggestion is
that we follow the date with the name of the State
so a reader doesn't have to read the whole page or
two to find a show in her locality. The complaint is
this and here's her story: "I live halfway between
Salt Lake City and Denver so looked in 'Coming
Events' to see if I could find a show listed. I did in
Utah. The show was to be held at the Garden
Center. I wrote the SLC Chamber of Commerce
for directions to the Garden Center. I received
maps and brochures, but nary a mention of a
Garden Center." So, please, you publicity chair¬
men sending in notices of "Coming Events,"
please put an address following show site and also
town and state . . . Sandpa Leary, AVSA treasur¬
er, who recently moved from Austin, TX to St.
Petersburg, FL, really thinking her Texas friends
like her "real well." Members of the Lone Star AV
Council presented her with an AVSA Life
Membership as a remembrance gift prior to her
departure. Ann Richardson calling our hand on
having Tom E. Toms of Bossier City, LA winning
awards for two AVSA Collections in the June
Magazine when only one collection can be entered
in a show by an individual. A checkup revealed he
won the AVSA Best Collection Award (Gold
Rosette) and the TubeCraft Award of a FloraCart
with the same plants, 'Mary Morn', 'Tommie Lou',
'Dixie Dandy'. The 2nd Best AVSA Collection,
(Purple Rosette) was won by Diane Gribshaw
with 'Garnet Elf', 'B. Lisa', 'Orion'.

IN MEMORIAM

Dr. Thomas B. McKneely

AVSA members were saddened by the death of
Dr. Thomas B. McKneely on August 9. Dr.
McNeely was the husband of one of AVSA's
newest Board of Directors, Myrtle McKneely. Dr.
and Mrs. McKneely resided at 6135 Tompkins
Drive in McLean, VA.

Dr. McKneely was author of the article, "Are
You a Certified Pesticide Applicator?", which
appeared in the September African Violet Maga¬
zine after his death. He had contributed other
articles to the magazine over the years.

Mrs. Mary Garrity

AVSA Board of Directors and other AVSA
members were grieved to learn of the unexpected
death of Mrs. Mary Garrity at her home in
Roslindale, MA on Sept. 9.

Mrs. Garrity, the mother of Florence Garrity,
AVSA treasurer, was an enthusiastic grower of
African violets and a number of years ago with
the assistance of her daughter organized the

Trimount AVS. Miss Garrity served as its first
president.

Mrs. Garrity was also a member of the Bay
State AVS.

She has attended several AVSA conventions
and it will be remembered that when Florence
served as chairman of the Boston AVSA conven¬
tion, Mrs. Garrity was unable to attend because of
a broken hip.

Edward Chas. Bronson

Memphis recently lost one of its most loved
Arican violet growers. Edward Chas. Bonson of
1506 Tuscany Way died August 2 at St. Joseph
Hospital. He was an active member of Memphis
and Shelby County AVS, Bluff City AVC, AVSA,
Dixie AVS and GSN. Many will remeber him in
his wheelchair at the Atlanta Convention with his
lovely wife, Loretta, in close attendance. He is also
survived by his sons, Edward Chas. Bronson, Jr.,
Lafayette, IN and Kenneth James Bronson of
Knoxville, TN, his parents Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Bronson of Chicago, IL, a sister and two brothers.
He loved people and African violets and faced his
handicap with great courage. It was a privilege to
know him.

Sara Lou Howard

The Montgomery (AL) AVS has suffered a
great loss in the death of Sara Lou Howard, a
charter member, who passed away July 29.

She was a longtime AVSA member and very
generous with her time and knowledge in
growing African violets. She was kept busy as a
club speaker and was also an AVSA judge. She
will surely be missed by Montgomery AVS
members who said, "no one can fill her shoes."

Tampa Loses Three Members

The Tampa AVS has lost three highly
valued members within the past nine
months. Laurel Burke's death from cancer
followed Cathy Granback's death from a
heart ailment by just one month.

On August 11, Myrtle V. Warman died of a
heart attack. A native of Michigan, she was
well known throughout the area as a
Commercial member for several years. She
was also one of the founding members of the
Tampa AVS. A great booster of membership
in the local society and AVSA, she was
credited with many new members among her
customers. Her support and encouragement
will be greatly missed by the Tampa AVS.
Sympathy is extended to her husband and
family.

African Violet Magazine, November, 1977

71

TO OUR ADVERTISERS: ADS AFRICAN VIOLET MAGAZINE

NEED SPACE TO BE LEGIBLE ADVERTISING RATES

Our thanks to those of you who wrote us
or called us saying you liked our new type for
your ads because it was so distinct and clear
and made your ads stand out.

We regret that we had other calls express¬
ing unhappiness because your ads had so
much copy they were hard to read.

Has it ever occurred to you that ads need
space to be legible?

When your copy sets up for a two-inch
space and youVe only ordered a one-inch ad,
naturally, you're not satisfied with your ad.
Same goes for a four-inch ad with enough
copy for six inches.

We're sorry — but we're not miracle
workers. So please watch your copy. An
advertiser wanting definite specifications or
proof in advance should contact a local
advertising agency or type house and submit
camera ready copy to the magazine. Due to
tight deadlines we cannot submit advance
proofs. We will endeavor to comply with
your specifications as near as possible.

(Effective January 1978 issue)

SINGLE COLUMN

RATE

TOTAL

2-13/16” wide

1”

per inch

$15.00

$15.00

2”

12.00

24.00

3”

11.50

34.50

4”

11.00

44.00

5” to 81/P’

11.00 per

col. inch

ONE-FOURTH PAGE

1 col. x4%” or 2 col. x 2%” 47.50

ONE-HALF PAGE

1 col. X 81/2” or 2 col. X 90.00

9 to 15 col. inches 10.50 per col. inch

FULL PAGE

5% X 81/2” 160.00

Check made payable to AFRICAN VIOLET
SOCIETY OF AMERICA must accompany ad copy.
Agency commission and cash discount not allowed.

Pictures can be included at no extra cost. No copy
or pictures can be returned. NO PROOF SUB¬
MITTED BEFORE PUBLICATION. If proofs re¬
quired submit camera ready copy.

DEADLINES: JANUARY ISSUE by Nov. 1.
MARCH ISSUE by Jan. 1. JUNE ISSUE by Apr.
1. SEPT. ISSUE by July 1. NOV. ISSUE by Sept. 1.

All ads must pertain to African Violets

All ad correspondence and checks should be sent to:

The new magazine look

Last issue was first to use the new type in
the ads, this November issue will have the
entire copy set with PHOTOGRAPHIC
COMPOSITION replacing the old hot type
linotype and the IBM Strike on methods that
cannot keep up with the 88 pages and the
27,000 copies per issue.

MRS. TERRANCE R. LEARY, Adv. Manager
2088 Illinois Ave., N. E.

St. Petersburg, FL. 33703

HANCOCK’S AFRICAN VIOLETS

Hancock’s Hobby House

Hiwy. Bus. 81— 287 N Decatur, TX 76234

(817) 627-2712
Mailing Address:

R1 , Box 266 Decatur, TX 76234

&'€mla4€a

Phone: (512) 494-7829

Mrs. Rita Zukerman

15414 Heimer Road
San Antonio, Texas 78232

We are happy to announce that we are now an authorized distributor for FREDETTE ORIGINALS. We
will be carrying many more of these beautiful hybrids on our Spring list, which promises to be bigger
and better, full of new and different African Violet plants from many hybridizers.

We are grateful to all the people across the U.S. and Canada, who showed an interest in VIOLET FAN¬
TASIA by inquiries for lists, phone calls etc. We want to thank those of you who have become our valued
customers, and promise all of you that we will continue our policy of prompt delivery of your orders, ex¬
cellent packing, and reasonable prices.

In our 1978 Spring list, which will be ready by February, we will be offering an excellent assortment of
African Violet varieties, both new and old.

We wish all of you a Happy Holiday Season, and the best of New Years.

African Violet Magazine, November, 1977

72

“AFRICAN VIOLET
GROWING HANDBOOK”

by

First Austin African Violet Society

A carefully researched, illustrated book by and
for violet growers. Connplete and concise,
deals wth every phase of violet culture and
problems. Clever and helpful techniques for
advanced growers as well as beginners.

(A SUPER STOCKING STUFFER!)

$1.50 p. pd.

Write for quantity discount price list.

9205 Quail Cove
Austin, Texas 78758

GROWING SUPPLIES

Plastic Labels — Minimum Order: 1000 Labels

Thrlftee (Flexlile)

7/16" X 3" (Not assorted colors) . $5.85 ppd.

5/8" X 4" (Not assorted colors) . 8.10 ppd.

5/8" X 5" (Not aborted c»lors) . 9.10 ppd.

Lifetinie (Rigid)

style “A” 4’/2" Vertical Stake . 50CV$7.90, 100(y$14.50 ppd.

style “B" 2” x 5" Tee Stakes . 10(y$5.00, 50Q/$21.00 ppd.

style “C" 6" Vertical Stake . 10(V$5.00. 50C/$19.00 ppd.

Lifetime Labels; White only. Thrlftee available in white, green, orange,
blue, pink, yellow, red. 5" Thriftee available in lavender and above
colors.

Rainbow Pale 4" Assorted colors: . 10(y$1.85, 50C/$7.85 ppd.

5" Assorted colors: . 100/$2.05, 500/$8.05 ppd.

Special Dls»)unt prices to dealers and clubs on 5000 or more.

Nursery Maricing Pen: (King size 1/$1.35; 6'$6.95; 12/$12.10.

Cistom Printed Labels; Send in your copy for price quote.

Miscellaneous Growing Supplies (postpaid)

SuperThrive (Vitamin-Hormone Supplement):2-oz . $2.20

Plant Marvel AV Spray (All-purpose spray): 5-oz . $2.50

sturdy (0-15-14) (Organic Plant Food): &-oz . $3.50

Cygon 2-E (For Soil Mealy Bugs): 16-oz . $6.85

Systemic Insecticide Granule (For Soil Mealy Bugs

and all sucking or chewing insects): IV.-lb . $3.95

Kelthane* (Specific Mite Insecticide): &oz . $3.99

Peters AV Special (12-36-14) Plant Food: 1-lb . . $3.80

Peters Variegated Special (5-50-17)': 1-lb . $3.80

Ferto-Sticks (Dried Cow Manure) — 90 Sticks-$1.65, 270 Sticks $3.95

Mag-Amp (7-40^) (Slow release plant food): 1-lb . $3.75

Nature’s Way AV Soil (We will bill you for shipping): 25-ibs. . $4.95

Nemagon-50 (Soil fumigants for nematodes): 4-oz . $3.25

Nemagon Granules (for nematodes) (Mix in soil): 1-lb . $3.45

Agricultural R^irator (EPA Approved) . . . . $18.98

Micro-Mike & Lite (20 power) (Spot that mite) . $9.98

Benomyl Fungicide (controls most fungus diseases): 1-oz. . . $3.49

Ferbam (Fermate) (control soil fungus diseases): 3-lb . $6.98

African Violet Book (Helen Van Pelt Wilson) (Paper Back) . . $5.98
Foliage Plant Book (Full color — 84 pages) (Paper Back) . . . $2.95
Thimble Pots IV4" Diameter — (Green): 4a'$3.95, 96 . $7.85

Orchid Growing Supplies, Greensand, Ruhm’ Phosphate, Super-
Phosphate, Dolomite Lime, Leaf Mold, Bone Meal, Hybrotite, Charcoal,
Soil T^t Kits, Fluor^cent Light Supplies, Etc.

for complete list: 35 cents in coin or stamps.

Minimum Order this a^ertisement $5.00.

Wisconsin customers add 4% Sa)^ T^.

Order NOW. Prices subject to change.

Bernard D. Greeson

3548 N. Cramer Street, Dept. AV
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53211

ADD GIFT MEMBERSHIPS
TO YOUR CHRISTMAS LIST

Give a friend the African Violet Magazine
for Christmas this year.

A gift membership in the African Violet Society
of America, Inc., will bring year-long pleasure and
a constant reminder of your thoughtfulness.

A special card, with a picture of a beautiful
African violet in color, will be sent to inform new
members that they will receive five issues of The
African Violet Magazine and membership from
March 1, 1978 through February 28, 1979 as your
gift. As a special bonus, copies of the January
issue will be sent to the first 100 new members.
S6.00

just fill out and mail this gift form and check to:

African Violet Society of America, Inc.

P. O. Box 1326, Knoxville, Tenn. 37901

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African Violet Magazine, November, 1977

73

NOW: ORDER SWIFT “MOIST-RITE PLANTERS BY MAIL— IMMEDIATE DELIVERY!

Better Plants — Less Care! The Self-Watering Planter Designed for
African Violets and Other Plants.

An automatic system designed to properly moisten soil.

Nothing to deteriorate EVER!

long intervals between refills,
(sometimes several weeks^-
depending on plant.)

Small outlet holes near
Inside bottom edge allow
plant to draw moisture
as required.

ATTENTION: Do you sell African Violets and supplies? CHARLYNE REED wants to
send you information on how to become a dealer. Send business card or

letterhead for information.

^Ite ..J^oude of \Jioiet6

Charlyne and Ralph Reed
936-940 Garland Street, SW
Dept. NFP

Camden, Arkansas 71701

SWIFT “MOIST-RITE” PLANTER

Please send us _ _

(How many)

(Circle color desired)
GREEN WHITE BLACK

Name . . . . . . . . . . Single Planter . .$ 2.50

Carton of 6 . 13.00

Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carton of 12 .... 23.00

Carton of 24 _ 39.00

City . . . . . . State . . Zip . . .

(Price includes postage and handling)

African Violet Magazine, November, 1977

74

JACKSONS HOUSE OF VIOLETS

New and older varieties.

Wholesale (No Wholesale Shipping)

Retail

Please send 250 for List

1830 S. Broadway Ada, OK 74820

Phone 405-332-3361

Fresh cut leaves
EPISCIAS

IRENE FREDETTE ORIGINALS

1977 list available for 25b

HEAVENLY VIOLETS

MRS. MARY V. BOOSE

9 Turney Place Trumbull, CT 06611

GROWING SUPPLIES
AND FERTILIZER

DoDe’s SPECIAL

AFRICAN VIOLET POTTING SOIL

sterilized, treated with insecticides,
and contains special growing elements.
24-oz. — $1.40 48-oz. ~ $2.50

12-oz. Charcoal . $ .89

8-oz. Peters Violet Special 12-36-14 . 1.85

8-oz. Peters Variegated Special 5-50-17 . 2.35

2-oz. Superthrive liquid Vitamins —

great for leaf propagation . 1.89

8-oz. Liquid Sturdy Brand 0-15-14

mix with fish fertilizer . 2.98

16-oz. Liquid Alaska Fish 5-1-1 . 2.25

8-oz. Kelthane (miticide) . . . 2.25

1-oz. Carbonmate (Fermate) . 50

6-qts. Perlite (coarse) . 70

4-qts. Verlite no. 3 (crumb type) . 70

2-lbs. Dolomite Limestone . 95

2-lbs. Superphosphate . 1.00

100 Stake labels — 6” white-sturdy . 2.15

2‘/z” Square or rd. plastic pots — 25 for . 1.00

3” Round plastic pots — 25 for . 1.00

6” Hanging Basket- White with saucer _ ea. .90

Minimum order $5.00

Please add $1.75 for shipping up to $11.99; $2.75 up to $24.99.
West of Rockies add .50'^ to all rates. We ship by UPS . . . For
box number and RFD please add phone number and give
street address.

AQUAMATIC SELF-WATERING
VIOLET PLANTER

Lets your plants water and fertilize themselves.
Single - $2.50 6 for $12.85

Twelve or more — $1.94 each Case of 24 — $40.00

POSTAGE PAID!!

*Clubs write for discount prices on Supplies & Soil.

*LOW PRICES ON FLORACARTS. Write us for details.

HELEN VAN PELT WILSON’S
AFRICAN VIOLET BOOK

$8.95 (hardback) pp $4.75 (paperback) pp

(NEW)

THE MIRACLE HOUSEPLANTS
The Gesneriad Family

$8.95 (hardback) pp ^.25 (paperback) pp

CORRECTION: Through a typographical error in
the September Magazine, the price of The Miracle
Houseplants, The Gesneriad Family, was quoted as
.25 instead of $6.25 paperback (pp). This was no fault
of the advertiser. (His price was $6.25.)

Send stamp for catalog. Florida residents add 4%

Phone 305-452-5670 sales tax on all items.

DoDe’s GARDENS '/iMikl

1490 Saturn Street
Merritt Island, Florida 32952

Minimum Charge Order $10.00. Send All Info, on Card

Over 500 Varieties

BARBARA’S

8323 Sharpcrest 772-8756

Houston, Texas 77036

PLANTS, LEAVES & SUPPLIES
No Shipping

Violets At The Ernst's

221 S.E. 70th St. Gainesville, FL 32601

(near Newnans Lake - Phone 376-8655)

LEAVES AND PLANTS
Please Send 25^ for list.

HELP TURN
THOSE SHY
AFRICAN VIOLETS
INTO

BOLD BLOOMERS
USE

GRANNY’S
BLOOMERS
exclusively for
producing more abundant
TALLER

longer lasting blooms

GRANNY’S BLOOMERS (0-6-5) is what you are really
looking for. Typical comments in our files.

“/ put the 1st application on March 17th, '77 and my

African Violets are just beautiful.” Dated April 26, 77

Mrs. A.B. Chicago

“Everyone who sees my African Violets wants to
know what I use for fertilizer.” Mrs. J. R. Miss.

"I’ve never had such beautiful African Violets.” Mrs.
C. P. Ind.

“Excellent Results my violets always the topic of con¬
versation.” Mrs. L. B. Wise.

GRANNY’S BLOOMERS is exciting African Violets
everywhere! Clean and Ordorless Too! JUNGLE
JUICE (2-5-4) super for all house plants, helps to
green-up, vitalize, stimulate your plants leaf, stem and
root system. Each capful makes a quart and each 2 oz.
bottle makes approx. 4 gallons.

Sold direct by the case of 24 bottles at special dis¬
count prices to African Violet Clubs and members.
Check for $25.00 incl. Frt.

Write to:

Clarel Laboratories Inc.
Deerfield, Illinois 60015

African Violet Magazine, November, 1977

75

HELPFUL HINT

Betsy Evans
4430 E. Presidio Place
Tucson, Arizona 85712

I live in a climate where the summertime
temperature can climb to 105-110 while the
average humidity for the entire season drops to
7°! With this to fight Pm always on the lookout for
anything to raise our sagging humidity. One
simple thing that has worked for me is to water
with warm (NOT SCALDING) water. The heat
rises and creates the required moist atmosphere.
This trick may also be used for other houseplants
as well.

KAFS AFRICAN VIOLETS

Leaves, starter plants, and blooming plants.

The best of Lyon, Champion, Tinari, The
Parson, Fredette, Hammond, and many others.

No shipping Wholesale and Retail Visitors welcome

Please call (415) 656-5937
KATHY JARAMILLO

40600 Chapel Way #3 Fremont, CA 94538

ENTER YOUR
PLANTS iN
1978

AVSA CONVENTION
WIN A

FLORACART

For the Finest in Indoor Gardening !

E\J0Y A FLORACART

World’s Finest Portable Indoor Garden
For use with Rapid Start Fluorescent Lights!

FloraCart is the original, most popular movable unit for easy
indoor gardening! Raise luxurious African violets , . . force
spring flowering bulbs and get strong plant from all seeds
and cuttings! NOW every FloraCart comes with beautiful
molded fiberglass trays (19”x49"xli/2”) • • • lightweight and
strong, easy to keep clean, and impervious to moisture,
chemicals, and weather! Choose from two FloraCart models:
3 Trays, $99.15; 2 Trays, $72.55. (Light Fixtures additional.)
Rugged lifetime construction of aluminum tubing. Has smart
new decorator type 2^4” casters. For the heavy-duty 4"
casters shown in picture, add $3.75. Equip your FloraCart
with Combolite fixtures designed especially for flower culture,
combining incandescent and fluorescent lights, proved superior
to either one alone!

NOTE — The manufacturers of the popular FLORACART
are happy to again present a FLORACART (Model
BA3 complete unit) as an award.

Class— The AVSA COLLECTION AWARD, composed of
three different AVSA registered . varieties of African
violet plants. A member may enter only one collec¬
tion and each plant must score 90 or more points.

Write today for illustrated catalog. When
you order, send check, money order or
use Master Charge or Bank Americard.
Give number.

Ohio residents add 5Y2% Sales Tax

131 1C West 80th Street
Cleveland, Ohio 44102

African Violet Magazine, November, 1977

76

BRING YOUR GARDEN INDOORS
FORGET THE WEATHERI

GRO-CART is a scientifically equipped in¬
door plant stand, designed with special
fluorescent lights to bring the advantages of
an expensive greenhouse into your home.

Experiment with hybridizing plants. Grow
your own organic foods and herbs, or
beautify the decor of your home with spring
flowers the year ’round and raise beautiful
blooming plants regardless of weather or
season, right in your living room.
GRO-CART, model GH-3 shown in
photograph.

“Send for free brochure AV.’’

THE GREEn HOUSE

9515 Plover Street
Beliflover, Collfornio 90706

Yes, we still raise thousands of African Violets, for sale at the Nursery only. No List.

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“Gesneriads Jeswunderfulia” &
“Blossoms Profusica”

HERE IS

EXCITING NEWS for ALL Growers of
African Violets, Gloxinias, Achimenes,
Columneas, Sinningias, Episcias, and ALL
plants that grow in the soil . . .

ANNOUNCING

New Triple Strength vitaloam Cultured

for all Home Gardeners. Lighter than Ever . . . Richer than Ever . . .
Safer and Easier to Use than Ever . . . BETTER THAN EVER and
priced LESS THAN LAST YEAR to help Whip Inflation Now.

NO Fertilizers . . . NO Manures . . . NO additives needed . . . Will
NOT Burn . . . Will NOT Leach out with watering . . . Completely
SAFE Alone or mixed with your soil . . . Use as Little or AS MUCH
as you want depending on results desired.

ORDER TODAY AT THESE SPECIAL DIRECT PRICES:
Retail Size (approx. 6 qts.) $4. ea., 2 for $7.50. Club Special, Ctn.
of 12, $32. All orders prepaid east of Rockies, all others add $1.00.
Special Economy Size (5 times as much & Extra Strength for the
advanced grower) $15.0() ea. Dealer Inquiries Invited on Letterhead.

Make Checks PAYABLE TO; RE-JEWVA-TONE

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DON’T TURN THE PAGE UNTIL YOU ORDER YOUR NEW VITALOAM ! ! !
If you don’t order, the Exotic Plant Gremlins will give you a “Brown Thumb’’.
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LEAF

LIFTS!

Provides air space under pots while they drain-
for plants whose roots cannot tolerate soggy soil.

Provides water space under pots for plants that need
extra humidity. Eliminates the need for pebbles.

Going away? A wick from pot to water will keep
soil moist without drowning your plant.

Provides a means to segregate plants to avoid
contamination.

Do not use for hot dishes.

Good quality plastic in 3%" & 6” Diameter
Clay Color.

_ packages of 12 Lifts, 3%” size~$4.95 pkg.

_ packages of 12 Lifts, 6" size - $6.95 pkg.

_ .packages of 6 small and 6 large Lifts “$5.95 pkg.

Orders shipped prepaid & guaranteed.

Jean C. Dolan
168 Thimble Islands Road
Stony Creek, CT 06405

POSTPAID SUPPLIES

Sudbury Soil Improvement Kit $8.29

Sudbury PH Soil Test Kit 1.98

Humiguide Hygrometer 4.50

INSECTICIDES AND CONDITIONEIS

Actl-dionne PM 5 ounces $1.90

Rock Phosphate 2 pounds 1.75

Dolomite Limestone 2 pounds 1.75

PLASTIC POTS

“White or Utility. All Postpaid. Please specify type.
If not specified our choice will be sent.”

25

50

100

1%”

Regular

$ 1.85

$ 2.85

$ 4.90

21/4”

Regular or Square

1.95

2.95

5.15

2%”

Regular or Square

2.25

3.85

6.20

3”

Reg. or Square, or Tub 2.55

4.60

7.75

avz”

Regular or Tub

2.95

5.15

9.04

4”

Regular or Tub

3.25

5.90

10.35

5”

Tub

6.25

11.40

21.50

6”

Tub

5/2.95

10/5.00

25/7.75

PLASTIC SAUCERS

25

50

100

3”

$ 2.95

$ 5.60

$10.35

4”

3.85

7.00

13.00

5”

4.45

8.55

16.00

6”

5.25

10.10

18.60

Due to high postage minimum order $7.50.

Complete list of house plant supplies for stamp.
Texas residents include 5% Texas Sales Tax.

THE WALKERS

Box 150-Z Lulhig, Texas 7B648

For optimum growth & blooms

. . . Feed as you water

the PLANT MARVEL way

Complete water
soluble Plant
Food for growing
African Violets

Plant Marvel’s
African Violet
spray is ideal
for all

house plants

The PLANT MARVEL 12-31-14 formula is a scientifically
balanced, 100% water-soluble, plant food. Leading profes¬
sional growers, as well as many amateur growers of African
Violets, prefer this formula. It delivers needed nutrients in
immediately usable form and in just the right proportions.
This remarkably efficient, water-soluble fertilizer supplies
the entire root system with all the essential NPK and minor
elements. As a result, optimum, healthy growth and blooms
are promoted Your order is always welcome. 8 oz. can —
$2.10; 1 lb.— $3.10; 21/2 lb.— $5.90; 5 lb.— $9.20.

Get positive results with this remarkably efft ve,
all - around, insecticide spray. Kills hard-to-get-at
Mealy bugs, Soft Brown Scale, Aphids, Spider Mites,
and many otlier insects. No harm to blooms or
foliage, when used as directed. Won’t stain fabrics
or wallpaper. Harmless to children and pets. Here’s
the ideal insecticide for African Violets, Ivies,
Begonias, etc. 5 02. can — $2.00.

Postage included. — NO C.O.D.'S.

PLANT MARVEL LABORATORIES • Dept. AV 77 • 624 West 119th St. • Chicago, III. 60628

African Violet Magazine, November, 1977

78

The Parsons Series African Violets

America's Most Wanted African Violets
46 Varieties for Spring 1978
9 New Introductions for
Shipping in 1978

The Parson's Compassion, The Parson's Freda, The Parson's Honor,
The Parson's Joyful Song. The Parson's Lace, The Parson's Master¬
piece, The Parson's Star, The Parson's Sunshine, The Parson's Wife
Sport.

1974 - 1977 VARIETIES

The Parson's Baby, Beauty, Blessing, Courage, Daughter, Dream,
Faith, Friend, Fullness, Gift, Glory, Grace, Happiness, Hope, Inspira¬
tion, Joy, King, Little Pamy, Love, Lynn ReneeJ Nadine, Peace, Pink
Love, Pinkness, Prayer, Promise, Ruffled Pinkness, Ruffles, Sport,
Surprise, The Parson, Song, Tribute, Triumph, Twilight Pink, Vic¬
tory, and Wife.

2Vz” Pots - $2.50 each. Minimum order . $7.50

Fresh cut leaves, 75c each, Min. order . $7.50

Add $2.50 for packing and insured airmail for
each order.

WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO SUBSTITUTE
FROM OTHER LEADING HYBRIDIZERS:

15 Assorted plants, 2y2" pots, prepaid . $17,00

20 Assorted fresh cut leaves, prepaid . 7.00

10 Newest assorted plants, prepaid: . 17.00

20 Newest assorted fresh cut leaves, prepaid . 10.00

SEND ORDERS NOW FOR SPRING DELIVERY

THE VIOLET DEPOT

(formerly Sim T. Holmes)

100 Tuscarawas Rd. Beaver, PA 15009
Phone 412 - 774-5208

Descriptive List 25tf

Botanically Yours

ANNOUNCING
COMPLETE
NEEDLEPOINT KITS
of

AFRICAN VIOLETS

Also Sinninngia 'Dollbaby', Columnea, and Episcia,
as well as many other flowers including all State
Flowers. We can also custom-design a Kit of your
favorite flower. Send us a clear color photo or draw¬
ing.

Complete Kit includes finest Patemayan Persian
Wool Yams, sufficient for both design and
background, with colors sensitively matched to the
flower; #14 Meno Cotton Canvas; Intelligent In¬
structions; Needle ~ all packaged in a see-through
plastic Tote Bag.

You may choose color of background yarn.

15"xl5" finished size. Ideal for pillow, seat cover,
or framing.

$36.00 postpaid

FROM VERMONT INC.

R.D. -2, Ames Hill, Box A7-AV
West Brattleboro, VT 05301

Please send for our new brochure. Correspondence invited.

We will answer your questions promptly.

ABSOLUTE MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE

THE PARK RRRSERIES RFRM VRETS

8400 60th North

STILLWATER, MINNESOTA 55082

Our New Varieties Are Terrific!

Huge stars, doubles, unusual multicolors. All are dependable show
plants that will be a thrill to grow. Only quality plants shipped.

Send stamp for a list of Park Nursery new introductions.

We ship all winter by REA Air Express. Minimum 25 plants retail or
100 plants wholesale.

PLEASE INCLUDE 13c STAMP FOR LIST.

African Violet Magazine, November, 1977

79

IMPROVES PUNT CARE PROGRAMS!

■ndoor pianb LQ^

Soiwasli

promotes growth
; and branching

MIX WITH FERTILIZER
WATER AS USUAL TO PROVIDE IDEAL
SOIL ENVIRONMENT

100% SAFE forauptents

increases moisture retention
deepens color
unlocks vital soil nutrients
improves rooting
reduces plant shock
neutralizes salts

Green Gold Inc. Branford, CT 06405

Please send Coming Events and ALL articles for the Maga¬
zine to the Editor — NOT to the Knoxville office.

ABOUT GARDENING

Helen Van Pelt Wilson's African Violet Book

Revised Edition (Hard Cover) . . . .$10.45

Helen Van Pelt Wilson's African Violet Book

Revised Edition (Paper Back) . 6.00

The Indoor Light Gardening Book

by George A. Elbert (Hard Cover) . 11.45

The Indoor Light Gardening Book

by George A. Elbert (Paper Back) . . . 7.00

Ferns To Know And Grow

by F.-Gordon Foster (Paper Back) . 6.40

The Gesneriad Family

by Virginie F. and George A. Elbert (Hard Back) . 10.45

The Gesneriad Family

by Virginie F. and George A. Elbert (Paper Back) . . . 8.00

The Complete Book Of House Plants Under Lights

by Charles Marden Fitch (Hard Cover) . . . 10.^5

Gardening Indoors Under Lights
by F. H. and J. L. Kranz (Paper Back) . 4.00

For books Shipped out of the United States by Surface Mail please
add $1.50 for postage.

Michigan residents please include 4% Sales Tax.

GROWING SUPPLIES

32 oz. bottle Alaska Fish Fertilizer 5-1-1 . $4.00

16 oz. bottle Alaska Fish Fertilizer 5-1-1 . 2.75

12 oz. bottle Sturdy 0-15-14 . 4.75

8 oz. bottle Sturdy 0-15-14 . 3.30

3 oz. can Mildex for Mildew . 3.25

16 oz. bottle Cygon 2-E Insecticide . 6.85

4 oz. bottle Kelthane MiticiHe . . 1.99

4 oz. bottle Malathion 50% . 2.09

IV4 lb. Systemic Insecticide Granules . 3.65

8 oz. Peters House Plant Food (15-30-15) . . 1.95

8 oz. Peters General Purpose Plant Food (20-20-20) . . . 1.95

8 oz. Peters Violet Special (12-30-14) . 2.20

8 oz. Peters Variegated Special (5-50-17) ............. 2.45

4 oz. bottle Superthrive (Vitimin-Hormone) . 3.29

8 oz. Sphagnum Moss Milled (Nodampoff) . 1.80

4 qts. Krum Perlite $1.20 . . . . . 8 qts. 2.20

2 qts. Hardwood Charcoal #10 fine, #6 medium . 1.75

2 qts. #3 Vermiculite fine grind .50C . 4 qts. .80

3 lb. bag Carbamate Fermate, Ferbam . 6.40

3 oz. bag Carbamate Fermate, Ferbam (Bulk) . 1.30

2 lbs. Dolomite Limestone . 1.30

2 lbs. Calcium Carbonate (Whiting) . 1.60

2 lbs. Superphosphate (0-20-0) . 1.30

24 Fumi-Soil Capsules $2.35 - 100 Fumi-Soil Capsules 4.39

1 gal. Mary's African Violet Soil . . . 1.35

1 gal. Mary's Starter Mix . 1.35

There is no more Blue Whale Soil Builder
MINIMUM ORDER $5.00 POSTPAID
Michigan residents please include 4% Sales Tax

We ship by UPS.

Please give name of street or road and phone number.

19788 San Juan Ave. Detroit, Michigan 48221

ONCE UPON A TIME . . .

there was a potter who grew violets. One day
she thought "why not make a beautiful self¬
draining pot and saucer combination just for
violets? Then my violets will look their best
and as gifts will be something special". So she
did, and her gift violets were looked upon as
real treasures and her own violets were extra
lovely.

Now you can do the same - order your hand¬
made pot & saucer each signed by the potter -
for only $6 or 3 for $15 and live happily
ever after.

The Flower Potter 1175 Wade St., Highland Pk., IL 60035
Add 10% for handling & postage. IL. residents add 5% sales tax.

NOW IN CALIFORNIA

THE "OTHER" GESNERIADS

Columneas, Nematanthus, Miniature
Sinningias, plus ferns, palms, other
terrarium plants

SEND FOR FREE LIST

STRICKLAND GREENHOUSES

STATE INSPECTED

15980 N. Yellow Brick Road
Valley Center, CA 92082

Phone (714) 749-0037 (San Diego County)

ZJomara cA^rican Violets

WHEW!! - not to seem ungrateful, but it’s sort
of a relief that the shipping season is over. This
has been a terrific (and sometimes hectic) year.

Due to our many fine customers my over¬
worked and underpaid staff are threatening to
strike — - (mainly my husband — he is objecting to
being paid in violet leaves).

Our 1977 variety list will be valid for waik-in
customers through next February when the 1978
list will be available (still only 25<r in spite of infla¬
tion).

Many thanks to all our old and new violet
friends, happy holidays ahead, best wishes for
successful ‘violeting’ in 1978 and hope we will
again be able to serve you.

MRS. R. D. TOMPKIN

Rt. 3, Fayette, MO 65248 Visitors Welcome 9 • 5

Phone: 81 6/248-3232 Sundays by appointment

African Violet Magazine, November, 1977

80

LARGEST SELECTION IN U.S.A.

SAVE 20/40% ON PLANT STANDS, LIGHT
FIXTURES, LAMPS (30 KINDS - 78 PACKAGES),
BOOKS, MOISTURE METERS AND ACCESSORIES.
EXAMPLES OF OUR SAVINGS LISTED BELOW.

ABC

A Sylvania Fixture, 2-20 watt GRO-Lux lamps.
Black, adjustable legs. Gold top ($35.95 list)
$22.95

B Room Divider, Adjustable metal shelves, 2 lamps
per shelf. Walnut woodgrain or yellow finish;

EPLF-200— 4-20 watt Naturescent ($99.00 Ust) $62.95
EPLF-300— 6-20 watt Naturescent ($130.00 list) $82.95
EPLF-340— 6-40 watt Naturescent ($169.00 list) $107.45

C Wonder Garden, Each shelf with 4-18"xl2" trays and one fix¬
ture for 2-40 watt lamps, (less lamps) Square aluminum frame.
Adjustable fixtures:

EG-200C— 8 trays, 2 fixtures (47"Hx49"Lxl8"W) $99.95
EG-300C-12 trays, 3 fixtures (68"Hx49"Lxl8''W)$143.95

EG-201 — 8 trays (less fixtures) . $64.95

EG-301 — 12 trays (less fixtures) . $89.95

GRO-LUX, NATURESCENT, VITA-LITE, VITA-LITE POWER-
TWIST Fluorescent & PLANT-LITE Incandescent lamps available at
the following discounts from list price:

4—30% 6—35% 12—40%

24— 42V2 % 48—45% 96— 47y2 %

FREE CATALOG-LARGEST SELECTION IN THE U.S.A.
SHIPPING; Add 10% (Zip 0 thru 7), Add 15% (Zip 8 & 9).

INDOOR GARDENING SUPPLIES

P. O. Box 40567A, Detroit, Michigan 48240

Phone (313) 464-8873 from 8 a.m. till 8 p.m. every day

4 TrOY $39.95

8 Tray $52.95

'Ltrmen-Liter Plant Stands are made of Gleaming
Aluminum square tubing with high impact soft green
trays. Lights are easily adjustable above trays with
chains.

Send stamp for literature.

Naturescent, V i t a 1 1 1 e ,
Gro - Lux tubes, lamps,
trays and timers, etc.

Ripe-N-Gro Sunlite .17 In,
diameter 19 in. high Avo¬
cado Green with 22 watt
wide spectrum Fluores¬
cent Lamp $29 9.=^; P.P.
Can be used with timer.
Spot-O-Sun Grolite Plant¬
er, Avocado Green $19.96.

Fixtures for above stands with 2-24” — 20 watt cool
w’hite tubes $16.95 each with cord and plug. Add 4%
tax in Wisconsin.

WE PAY SHIPPING ON ALL OUR PRODUCTS

FLORALITE COMPANY

41 24A East Oakwood Rd. Oak Creek, Wl 531 54

Phone (414) 762-1770

HYBRID AFRICAffI VIOFET SEEDS

COMPLETE INSTRUCTIONS are provided with
every order.

If for ANY reason you are not satisfied, we wiU refund your money or
replace the seeds ~ your choice.

Each of the above selections is a packet containing at least 100 seeds.

Gfiaraittee

1. Gigi X Miriam Steel

2. Lyndy Lou x Rhapsody Mars (variegated)

3. Parson x Pink Lemonade (variegated)

4. Mixture - Star shaped bloomers

5. Mixture - Regular shaped bloomers

6. Mixture - Bi-color bloomers

7. Mixture - Variegated

Seed Selections

PRICES: 1-3 packets ^4.00 eaeh
4 or more |S3.75 eaeli

(Prices in Sept, ad were incorrect)

ST. LOUIS VIOLET AURSERIES

»662 SMOKE VIEW DRIVE DEPT. AV
MARTLAAD HEIGHTS, MO 63043

African Violet Magazine, November, 1977

81

Plastic Flower Pots

ALL FIRST QUALITY

10

20

50

100

500

TYPE

Color

13^”

.40

.70

1.60

3.00

13.00

Round

only

White,

Only

2^4"

.50

.85

2.00

3.50

15.00

Round

or Square

White,

Green

21/2"

.70

1.00

2.25

4.25

20.00

Round

or Square

White,

Green

3 "

.85

1.50

3.25

6.25

30.00

Round

or Square

White,

Green

31/2”

1.00

1.80

4.00

7.50

35.00

Round

Tub or Square

White,

Green

4 ”

1.20

2.20

4.75

9.00

40.00

Round

Tub, Square, Standard

White,

Green

41/2”

1.50

2.80

6.00

11.50

55.00

Round

Tub or Square

White,

Green

5 ”

1.80

3.40

7.50

13.50

62.50

Round

Tub or Standard

White,

Green

6 "

2.20

4.00

10.00

18.50

85.00

Round

Tub or Standard

White,

Green

61/2"

2.50

4.50

11.00

20.00

90.00

Round

Tub

White,

Green

7 ”

4.50"

8.50

20.00

36.00

170.00

Round

Standard

White,

Green

8 ”

4.75

9.00

21.00

38.00

180.00

Round

Standard

White,

Green

PLASTIC HANGER & SAUCER

SIZE

COLOR

10

20

50

100

61/2

Green

White

3.50

6.50

15.50

28.00

Makes an instant hanging basket out of any pot up to

PETERS FERTILIZERS

12-36-14 Violet Special . 12-oz. $2.00

5-50-17 Variegated Special . 12-oz. 2.00

20-20-20 General Purpose . 16-oz. 2.00

10-30-20 Blossom Booster-Orchids . 16-oz. 2.00

18-18-18 General Purpose . 16-oz. 2.00

15-30-15 House Plant Special . 16-oz. 2.00

PLASTIC FLOWER POT SAUCERS

size Color 10 20 50 100

3” White 1.10 2.00 4.50 8.25

4” White 1.50 2.60 6.00 11.00

5” White 1.70 3.00 7.00 13.00

PLASTIC HANGING BASKETS

Size Color 1 5 10

51/2” White or Green .75 3.25 6.00

6%” White or Green 1.00 4.50 8.50

8 ” White or Green 1.25 6.00 11.00

White, Green

10 ” or Yellow 1.75 8.00 15.00

All with Saucers & Hangers

Violet House Potting Soil . . 2 gal. 1.00

Perlite . 1 gal. 50*

Sphagnum Peat Moss . 1 gal. 50*

Vermiculite. . . . . . 1 gal. 50*

Charcoal . 12-oz. 89*

Dolomite Lime . 16-oz. 50*

Package 4” Plastic Marking Labels . (100) 1.50

WICK WATER

with

PLASTIC WATER RESERVOIRS
(snap-on-lids)

Lids are recessed to hold pots.
Last 2 - 5 weeks.

16-oz.

20 for 4.25
50 for 9.25
100 for 16.50
500 for 70.00

(Wicks not included)

32-oz.

20 for 7.75
50 for 17.75
100 for 33.00
500 for 110.00

Wht Utolel MnwHe

15 SE 4th Ave.
GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA 32601
phone AC 904 377-8465

Please use our new P. 0. Box #1274

MINIMUM ORDER $7.50
Fla. residents add 4% sales tax.

Shipping charge 48 states, $2.00; Canada, Alaska
& Hawaii, $5.00; all others actual cost.

WE SHIP UPS WHERE POSSIBLE.

African Violet Magazine, November, 1977

82

ACCLAIMED BY VIOLET GROWERS!

No-Glare Daylight Effect TruVS^

'^MitesBIoom

FLUORESCENT LAMPS

Grow better plants with the lamps the ex¬
perts' recommend. At your local dealer or
distributor ororder directly from us by mail.

Verilux TruBloom, Dept. AV
35 Mason St., Greenwich, Conn. 06830
Telephone: 203-869-3750
Please send Verilux TruBloom lamps as follows
via prepaid delivery:

No. of
Lamps

Watts

Length

Inches

Base

Price
per Lamp

20

24

Bi-Pin

$6.70

30

36

Bi-Pin

7.30

40

48

Bi-Pin

6.30

We have all standard sizes. Prices on other sizes
on request. Quantity discounts available.

Name

please onnt

Street and No.

City _ _ _ _ _

State & Zip _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

(Be sure to enclose check or money order.)

NEW! A MARVELOUS GIFT IDEA

the dial meter

Indicates the pH of your soil and water at a
glance.

No test tubes, solutions or batteries.

One easy-to-use Instrument does it all.

Factory tested and guaranteed.

Used by professionals in nurseries,
laboratories, landscaping. Favorably reviewed
by The New York Times garden editor. (March
6, 1977).

$17.50 (postpaid)

3%^

972 Grassy Hill Rd. Orange, CT 06477

Officially approved by AVSA Board

Violet

NEWLY REPRINTED ON HEAVIER, BETTER
PAPER. Now 12 Beautiful violets printed full
color. ALL DIFFERENT.

(Note size folded
5-3/8 X 3-1/4)

12 NOTEHEADS
12 ENVELOPES

Only

$150

plus tax

Sold through your local club in minimum lots of 12
packages for $1 per package. (Your club earns 50^
per package). An excellent item for sale at your
local violet show. Minimum order — 12 packages.

(No Single Order Please)

GUS BECKER PRINTING COMPANY

1080 Forsythe - Beaumont, Texas 77701

Shipped postpaid if check sent with order. Otherwise
shipped COD plus postage. Order direct from Printer.

RESERVOIR WICK POTt ^

“It Waters and Feeds at the Same Time"

CONSTANT FEED FERTILIZER
8 oz. . . . $2.25 postpaid

PRICES ON

RESERVOIR WICK POTS

EACH

1 to 5

. $1.50 postpaid

6 to 19 .

. $1.35 postpaid

20 or more

. $1.20 postpaid

Send stamped self-addressed long envelope for 20
page catalog of AFRICAN VIOLETS and SUPPLIES.

VOLKMANN BROS. GREENHOUSES

2714 Minert St., Dallas, Texas 75219

African Violet Magazine, November, 1977

83

RETURN ADDRESS LABELS

To order 1,000 labels with the pot of
violets logo printed in violet ink, send
$3 check and a 3 x 5 card with name and
address printed clearly as desired.

Or send SASE with request for sample label.

MRS. W. F. ANDERSON

360 Tulip Drive St. Louis, MO 63119

AFRICAN VIOLETS

starter and Blooming Plants
350 VARIETIES

INCLUDING MINIATURES AND TRAILERS
AVSA Commercial Member (No Shipping at present)

R. J. MIDERSKI

945 N. Exmoor Ave. Barrington, IL 60010

(312) 382-1077

African violets, orchids, exotic plants.

No list. No shipping. By appointment only.

Evenings best time. Over 4(X) varieties
of violets. Visitors welcome. 214-824-7419

Boswell & Barnard

1605 Greenville Ave. Dallas, Texas 75206

"Schultz-lnstan

LIQUID PLANT FOOD 10-15-10
DROPS to a quart of water
"starts and feeds" all plants

or send iZ.OO for 2 bollles prepaid to
SCHULTZ COMPANY '

1 1730 NORTHIINE, ST. LOUIS, MO. 63043

SEND FOR OUR FUND RAISING OFFER

VIOLETS — BEGONIAS

Started and blooming plants
Leaves

300 varieties — Miniatures, tr. — SASE

Betty’s Unique Boutique

1671 Waggon Lane Redding, CA 96001

POYNOR'S GREENHOUSE
African violets and related plants.

No List No Shipping Phone 345-5558

Route 2, Box 107J
Hammond, La. 70401
Off Highway 443 (Morris Road).

Swift “Moist-Rite” Planter

Green - White - Black
Each $2.35
6 $11.50
12 $20.25
24 $36.50

Fredette’s Wickits

(Wick, included)
Marbleglow Green or Red
Scenic Victorian Green
Each $2.75
4 $10.00

Elisa’s Violet Rings

9” Ring .75 each
6 for $4.00

13” ring $1.00 each
6 for $5.00

Fredette’s Allegro

Plant Tonic C oncentrate
4 oz. Stocking Stuffer

$2.20

6 for $12.00

Beautiful OV Gift Certificates available

in any amount. Send name and address of
recipient — we’ll do the rest!

SHIPPING: Add 10% of Total (Minimum 75*).
We cannot guarantee arrival if shipping cost
is not included with order. Orders received
by Dec. 10 guaranteed delivery for Christmas.

Grestwood SJioletry^

7314 JERVIS ST. SPRINGFIELD VA 22151

VISITORS WELCOME BY APPOINTMENT ONLY

703/256-1575

African Violet Magazine, November, 1977

84

LYNDON LYON

14 Mutchier St. Dolgeville, N.Y. 13329 Phone (315) 429-8291

AFRICAN VIOLETS

New Registered 1977 Varieties

MYSTICAL BLUE - Light wisteria blue, semi-dbl. flowers; forest green foliage.

STEPPING OUT — Big pink doubles with yellow stamens, sturdy forest green
foliage,

CARE DEEPLY -- Rose pink dbl. flowers above dark pebbly semi-min. foliage.
PINK N’ INK — Deep rose pink semi-dbl. firs, peppered with purple ink.

JOYFUL — Frilly red-edged dbl. white firs, on a small growing semi-holly plant.
LITTLE DELIGHT — Dbl. white firs, with penciled purple edges, semi-min. foliage.
FREE N* EASY — Always full of big fuschia semi-dbl. firs., tailored foliage.
LITTLE LOU — Purplish blue full dbl. firs., semi-min. Tommie Lou foliage.

LITTLE LULU — Rosy pink full dbl. firs., semi-min. red-backed Tommie Lou
foliage.

Please send for our FREE descriptive list.

STIM-ib-PLANT

2077 PARKWOOD AVENUE
COLUMBUS, OHIO 43219,
614/267-1296

grouiing

Dusiness

helps you grow
finer blooming
african violets!

iWiinmurrm

BETTER PLANTING

New formula high organic.

Not too heavy or light.

Has shredded spagnum
moss. Decomposing humus
aerates soil, holds moisture,
feeds beneficial soil
bacteria. Better drainage
than lightweight mixes.

SOIL CONDITIONERS

• Vermiculite • Charcoal

• Peat Moss

EASIER FEEDING

Liquid balanced 5-8=7
formula. Easier to use.
Concentrated for economy.

All food~no residues. Gives
plants 13 needed trace elements.

BETTER FEEDING

A finely ground food, pure
USP chemicals. Quickly
available to plants. Balance
5-8-7 formula, gives more
blooms, healthier plants.
Proved by years of use.
Contains 13 needed trace
elements.

STIM-6-PUftNT

PLANT FOOD POWDER

High-analysis 15-30-15,
instantly soluble. A high
powered plant food. PLANT
POWER is strong enough for
outdoor plants yet formu-
latedfor African Violets and
other house plants. Package
makes gallons.

SPRAY— PEST CONTROL

Quick, easy to use. Kills
aphids & mites, spiders &
plant lice, exposed thrips &
white flies, mealy bugs on
house plants elements.

African Violet Magazine, November, 1977

85

Kitty’s Violets

Fresh cut A.V. leaves - 25(P for List
Volkmann supplies - Tube Craft Stands
Visitors Welcome

406 Peari St. Jasper, Texas 75951

(713) 384-8397

Fresh Cut A.V. Leaves

Hundreds of varieties, Episcia and Columnea cuttings
available.

Grown under fluorescent lights.

Listing 250

HIGH HAT AFRICAN VIOLETS

RFD #4 - K. Dunbarton Rd.

Manchester. N.H. 03102
Mrs. Carol Morrissette 1-603-774-5686

CAPE COD VIOLETRY

John and Barbara Cook

Dept AV 28 Minot Street, Falmouth, Massachusetts 02540
Tel. (617) 548-2798

Authorized Distributor for FREDETTE ORIGINALS. Latest varieties
from Granger Gardens, Lyon, Maas, and Champion.

FRESH CUT AFRICAN VIOLET LEAVES AND EPISCIA STOLENS.

Please send 25C for list.

ROSE KNOLL GARDENS

Assumption, lillinois

Our own lllini series and varieties by leading
hybridizers including the new “Parsons".

No Shipping

Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Rhoades (217) 226-3249

AFRICAN VIOLET STARTER PLANTS

10 ORIGINAL VARIETIES, SAINTPAULIA SPECIES,
AND SELECTED NEW AND OLDER VARIETIES.
Send stamp for listing,

ALBERT G. KRIEGER

1063 Cranbrook Jockson, MI. 49201

LOUISE'S GREENHOUSE

Fresh Cut A.V. Leaves Episcias

Irene Fredette Originals

List 250

LOUISE PITTS

P. O. Box 767 Sour Lake, Texas 77659

Phone 713-287-3387

Tingle’s African Violets

Fresh Cut Leaves— List 25 Cents

Gift And Started Plants
For Sale At Greenhouse

Visitors Welcome . . . Open 8-5 .. . Closed Sunday.
705 S. Roosevelt St. Box 1627 Cleveland. Tx. 77327

SURPRISE COLLECTION freshly cut African
violet leaves, labeled and different.

12 for $4.00. Other offers. List 20^.

THEO JENSEN

4090 West Barnes Millington, Ml 48746

African Violets, Sinningias

Leaves, Starter Plants, Gift Plants
Temperature Controllers for Greenhouses
Send self-addressed, stamped envelope for information to:

EARTH FLOWERS

8018 Tea Garden Huntsville, AL 35802

1975 REVISED - “AFRICAN VIOLET HANDBOOK
FOR JUDGES AND EXHIBITORS”

SALMON COVER — All 1975 rules, changes, awards, information
updated, plus new material. Due to increase in printing and postage,
$3.00 per copy, including postage. $3.50 for books mailed to Canada

RUTH G. CAREY

3900 Garden Drive Knoxville, TN 37918

Bloomers

Gesneriads, Sinningias, Episcias
African Violets ■ 600 Varieties
Leading Hybridizers - Newest Hybrids
Standards, Miniatures, Trailers
Variegates a Specialty

1867 N. Burling, Chicago, Illinois 60614
By Appointment Only (312) 943-1162

* * MAIL ORDER ** FALL 1977 * *

CHERI FROST— LYONS
SAM — LYONS
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African Violet Magazine, November, 1977

86

Sally Beck Continuing
Frathel’s Originations

Sally Beck has taken over Frathel's Origina-
tions, 232 Clay Avenue, Rochester, NY 14613,
formerly operated by her mother, Violet Frathel.
Since Mrs. FratheFs death, Mrs. Beck has tried to
keep a promise made to continue the precious
legacy Mrs. Frathel left behind in her African
violets.

''She worked at her plants until her strength
could no longer sustain her and left several
seedlings and seedpods with full instructions on
their care for me," Mrs. Beck said. Mrs. Beck tried
to carry on her mother's work, but her father, too,
became ill and died in 1976.

Mrs. Beck expressed her apologies for having to
set much mail aside and for the many cancella¬
tions of orders, but now says she hopes to

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Volume 30

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Number 4 September,

PART II OF II PARTS

The 1977 Master List of African Violets

Compiled by Adele Tretter, Plant Registration Chairman

*One Asterisk designates registered varieties.

**Two Asterisks designate varieties which have been

listed incorrectly or a change of description.

***Three Asterisks are corrected registered varieties.

A

*ABOUT FACE - (3070) - 12/10/76 - (Mrs. P. W.
Kiesling) - Double ruffled deep orchid with a white
edge. Plain quilted foliage. Standard.

ADIRONDACK TRAIL - (Lyon) - Double pink.
Semitrailing type.

ADORABLE - (Swift’s AV) - Light bluish lavender
double. Dark tailored foliage. Standard.

* ALTON DANDY - (3122) - 4/20/77 - (Mary Stewart) -
Pink double. Quilted, tailored foliage. Standard.

AMETHYST SPARKS - (Champion) - White ruffled star
with fuchsia markings. Light ruffled foliage. Standard.

AMIE MARIE - (Mrs. Heverling) - Double deep pink with
fluted edges. Ruffled, pointed, plain foliage. Standard.

*ANDROMEDA-I - (3024) - 11/6/76 - (Lyn D. Robinson)

- Dark pink star slightly darker edges. Plain foliage.
Standard.

ANGEL’S STAR - (Mrs. P. W. Kiesling) - Single pink star
with a white edge. Plain foliage. Standard.

ANNA - (See Ballet Anna)

ANNIE MAE - (C & R Reed) - Double blue. Dark green red
backed foliage. Standard.

ANITIQUE CORAL - (Champion) - Double deep coral.
Variegated tailored foliage. Standard.

APPLE BLOSSOM - Pale pink semidouble with darker
edges. Plain foliage. Standard.

APPLE BLOSSOM - (See Tennessee. Apple Blossom)

APRIL SNOW - (Swift’s AV) - Pale peach (almost white)
semidouble star. Dark tailored foliage. Pointed leaf.
Standard.

*ARLINGTONAIRE - (3143) - 5/27/77 - (Swift’s AV) -
Semidouble l;ght lavender two tone. Plain scalloped
pointed foliage. Large.

*‘ARPEGGE’ MINUET’ - (3009) - 9/22/76 - (Mrs. A.
Belanger) - Double fringed pink. Variegated pointed
foliage. Standard.

AUGUST BRIDE - (Mrs. P. W. Kiesling) - Double deep
pink. Quilted, plain foliage. Standard.

B

BABY GIRL - (J. S. Miller) - Double white star. Girl
foliage. Miniature.

BALLAD OF BLUE LUMIERE - (Mrs. C. R. Ballard) -
Double blue with pink bloom. Variegated foliage.
Large.

BALLAD OF DIXIE - (3026) - 11/8/76 - (V. Lorenzen) -
Double white star with red splashes or edges. Plain,
pointed foliage. Standard.

^BALLERINA - (3121) - 4/20/77 - (V. E. BaUirano) -
Double medium pink with a darker edge. Scalloped
foliage, slightly pebbled. Standard.

*BALLET ANNA - (2890) - 9/20/76 - (Arnold Fischer) -
Single fringed rose two tone. Plain foliage. Standard.

*BALLET CRISTINA - (2891) - 9/20/76 - (Arnold
Fischer) - Single to double medium blue. Quilted
foliage. Standard.

*BALLET ERICA - (2892) - 9/20/76 - (Arnold Fischer) -
Single to semidouble purple. Quilted scalloped foliage.
Standard.

*BALLET EVA - (2893) - 9/20/76 - (Arnold Fischer) -
Semidouble purple two tone. Quilted foliage.
Standard.

*BALLET HEIDI - (2894) - 9/20/76 - (Arnold Fischer) -
Single purple two tone. Plain foliage. Standard.

*BALLET HELGA - (2895) - 9/20/76 - (Arnold Fischer) -
Semidouble purple two tone. Quilted foliage.
Standard.

*BALLET INGE - (2896) - 9/20/76 - (Arnold Fischer) -
Single fringed purple. Plain scalloped foliage.
Standard.

*BALLET KARLA - (2897) - 9/20/76 - (Arnold Fischer) -
Single fringed purple two tone. Plain scalloped foliage.
Standard.

*BALLET LISA - (2898) - 9/20/76 - (Arnold Fischer) -
Single to semidouble fringed purple. Plain foliage.
Standard.

*BALLET MARTA - (2899) - 9/30/76 - (Arnold Fischer)

- Single to semidouble fringed violet two tone. Plain
foliage. Standard.

*BALLET META - (3000) - 9/20/76 - (Arnold Fischer) -
Single violet. Quilted scalloped foliage. Standard.

*BALLET ULLI - (3001) - 9/20/76 - (Arnold Fischer) -
Single fringed victoria violet. Plain scalloped foliage.
Standard.

BEAUMONT - (C & R Reed) - Semidouble purple. Dark
serrated foliage. Large.

BERYL CHILDS - (Ronn Nadeau) - Single blue and white
two tone. Standard.

BETCHA - (3144) - 5/27/77 - (Swift’s AV) - Double white
with a wine edge. Ruffled foliage. Standard.

BETTY - Pale pink single star. Ruffled dark foliage.
Standard,

BETTY HOWELL - (Volkmann) - Semidouble pink
bloom. Plain foliage. Standard.

*BICENTENNIAL ROSE - (3113) - 2/26/77 - (Mrs. P. W.
Kiesling) - Double deep rosy pink. Longifolia, ruffled,
ovate and pointed foliage. Standard.

*BICENTENNIAL TRAIL - (2882) - 8/23/76 - (Lyon) -
Double deep pink star. Plain semitrailing foliage.
Standard.

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Part II

*BIG LEAGUE - (3027)- - 11/8/76 - (V. Lorenzen) -
double medium blue. Plain, pointed foliage. Standard.

*BIG SUE - (3123) - 5/2/77 - (Mrs. C. S. Smith) -
Semidouble royal purple star. Quilted, ovate foliage.
Standard.

BIG RED - (Ronn Nadeau) Dark red semidouble star.
Standard,

BIRDIE - Full double plum-orchid with dark slightly
wavy foliage. Standard.

*BLEEDING HEART - (3115) - 3/9/77 - (Mrs. P. W.
Kiesling) - Semidouble white star with red-orchid
splotches. Quilted, scalloped girl foliage. Standard.

*BLUE BENDER - (3072) - 12/30/76 - (Howard Utz) -
Semidouble dark blue with a white edge. Plain foliage.
Large.

*BLUEBERRY FROST - (3150) - 5/28/77 - (C. Wilson) -
Double blue with a geneva edge. Quilted foliage.
Standard.

BLUE BURMA - Double blue on plain olive foliage.

BLUE CHIPS - (See Vern’s Blue Chips)

BLUE DANDY - (Lyon) - Full double wisteria blue
bloom. Flexible semiminiature.

BLUE HALO - (Granger G) - Double blue-lavender with a
white edge. Ruffled dark green foliage.

BLUE HEAVEN - (See Vern’s Blue Heaven)

BLUE JAY - (Volkmann) - Semidouble dark blue with
dark green foliage. Standard.

*BLUE MARINER - (3096) - 2/25/77 - (Kolb’s GH) -
Double fringed light blue. Ruffled pointed foliage.
Standard.

BLUE MOOD - (C & R Reed) - Slightly fringed
semidouble blue bloom. Medium green foliage.
Standard,

BLUE MOON - (See Tennessee Blye Moon)

BLUE ROSES - (Swift’s AV) - Double medium blue. Dark
green foliage. Standard.

BLUE THUNDER - (Lyon) - White flecked double blue.
Semiminiature girl foliage.

BLUSH DUCHESS - (Swift’s AV) - Double blush pink.
Quilted, pointed foliage. Standard.

BUTTERSCOTCH - (Swift’s AV) - Pale blush pink two
tone semidouble star. Dark tailored foliage. Standard.

BOLD ADVANCE - (Lyon) - Double fuchsia with white
edges. Dark green foliage. Semiminiature.

BOLD ROSIE - (C & R Reed) - Deep pink full double.
Medium green foliage. Standard.

*BOMBAY RED - (3073) - 12/30/76 - (Howard Utz) -
Double wine with dark purple tips. Plain foliage.
Large.

BRADLEY - (E. Fisher) - Semidouble plum star. Quilted
medium green foliage. Standard.

BREEZY BLUE - (Lyon) - Trailer. Double blue improved
Violet Trail. ,

BRIDAL TRAIL - (E. Fisher) - Large blush pink medium
trailer. Medium to dark foliage. Standard.

BRIGHT BUTTERFLY - (Champion) - Double dark pink,^
with variegated foliage. Standard.

^BRIGHT EYED DONNA - (3119) - 4/13/77 - (C. D.
Martin) - Single rose pink. White eye and rays. Quilted
foliage. Standard.

BUFFY - (Lyon) - Double white semiminiature. Tailored
foliage.

C

*CALIFORNIA - (3151) - 6/2/77 - (R. Holtkamp) - Single
purple on quilted foliage. Semiminiature.

CAMDEN BLUE - (Swift’s AV) - Slightly ruffled dark
foliage. Double ruffled bloom with some white.
Standard.

CAMEO QUEEN - (See Granger’s Cameo Queen)

CANDY DANDY - (Lyon) - Double white with red edges.
Holly foliage. Semiminiature.

*CANDY LOVE - (3097) - 2/25/77 - (Kolb’s GH) -
Semidouble light pink with a white edge. Ruffled
pointed foliage. Standard.

*CANTON STAR - (3089) - 2/1/77 - (Mrs. C. S. Hawley) -
Single dark blue star. Plain ruffled foliage. Standard.

CARE DEEPLY - (Lyon) - Rose-pink double. Pebbly
semiminiature foliage.

*CARLA - (3132) - 5/27/77 - (E & L Hammond) - Double
deep pink on ruffled foliage. Standard.

*CAROL - (3002) - 9/20/76 - (Max Maas) - Double
fringed lavender pink. Quilted, ruffled foliage.
Standard.

*CASTLE’S PINK MEASURE - (3124) - 5/9/77 - (V. C.
Fuhlrodt) - Double medium pink. Plain foliage.
Standard.

*CASTLE’S RED STONE - (3125) - 5/9/77 - (V. C.
Fuhlrodt) - Semidouble fuchsia red bloom. Plain
foliage. Standard.

*CASTLE’S RUSTIC CHARM - (3126) - 5/9/77 - (V. C.
Fuhlrodt) - Double ruffled mahogany brownish red
bloom. Ruffled dark green foliage. Standard.

CASUAL CLASSIC - (Lyon) - Double white, usually with
pink stripes. Standard.

CATHERINE LYNDA - (E. Fisher) - Single two tone red
star. Plain quilted foliage. Standard.

CAT’S MEOW - (Swift’s AV) - Fuchsia semidouble white
edged star. Slightly ruffled dark foliage. Standard.

*CECELIA - (3133) - 5/27/77 - (E & L Hammond) -
Double blue two tone. Plain foliage. Standard.

*CHATTERBOX - (3028) - 11/8/76 - (V. Lorenzen) -
Single pink with rose center. Plain, pointed foliage.
Large.

CHERI FROST - (Lyon) - Fuchsia red double stars. Dark
Tommie Lou variegated foliage. Standard.

*CHEROKEE FIRE - (2883) - 8/23/76 - (Lyon) - Plain
Tommie type variegation. Standard.

CHERRY MINT - (See Shomee Cherry Mint)

CHERRY PARFAIT - (Champion) - Cherry pink and
white ruffled double. Variegated ruffled foliage.
Standard.

*CHINESE DAWN - (3021) - 10/26/76 - (C. D. Leppard) -
Double orchid two tone. Quilted foliage. Large.

*CHINESE MIDNIGHT - (3022) - 10/26/76 - (C. D.
Leppard) - Double fringe'd deep royal purple star.
Quilted, slightly ruffled foliage. Standard.

CHIP - (E. Fisher) - Fluffy double fringed two tone blue
with chartreuse. Medium green wavy foliage. Standard.

*CHRISTY LOVE - (2884) - 8/23/76 - (Lyon) - Double
coral star. Wavy foliage. Standard.

CHRISTINE DIANNE - (E. Fisher) - Single deep reddish
pink star. Dark plain foliage. Standard.

CHRISTOPHER HOWARD - (E. Fisher) - Single fringed
bluish purple. Supreme serrated foliage. Standard.

CLASSIC PINK - (Granger G) - Full deep pink double.
Standard.

CLASSY KITTY - (Lyon) - Crinkly edged double pink.
Tailored foliage. Standard.

*CLOUD BANK - (3074) - 12/30/76 - (Howard Utz) -
Double white. Plain foliage. Large.

*COLORADO - (3152) - 6/2/77 - (R. Holtkamp) - Single
purple-red on quilted foliage. Standard.

COLORADO BEAUTY - (Mrs. P. W. Kiesling) - Double
lavender two tone. Plain, quilted foliage. Standard.

COMMANDO - (Lyon) - Dark purple-blue semidouble
stars. Red backed tailored foliage. Standard.

African Violet Magazine, September, 1977

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Part II

*CONCHITA - (3138) - 5/27/77 - (E & L Hammond) - "
Single pink two tone. Quilted girl ovate foliage.
Miniature.

*CORPUS CHRISTI - (3075) - 12/30/76 - (Howard Utz) -
Semidouble pale pink star with dark ruffled edge.
Plain foliage. Large.

COTTON BOWL - (Swift’s AV) - Fluffy white double.
Slighdy ruffled foliage. Large.*

COUNTRY CHARMER - (Lyon) - Double white with
frilly purple edges and centers. Semiholly foliage.
Standard.

COURAGE - (See The Parson’s Courage)

CRIMSON GLOW - (Tinari) - Single wavy lavender with
crimson and white markings. Pointed foliage.
Standard.

^CRITERIA - (3029) - 11/8/76 =■ (V. Lorenzen) - Double
medium pink star. Plain, quilted and ovate foliage.
Standard.

CRISTINA - (See Ballet Cristina)

CRUNCHER - (Lyon) - Double purple-blue bloom. Dark
semiminiature girl foliage.

CRYSTAL ELEGANCE - (Mrs. F. Huebscher) - Double
frilled purple bloom. Dark green slightly ruffled
foliage. Standard.

D

DANCING DANA - (J. S. Miller) - Double medium
purple. Ruffled girl foliage. Miniature.

DANNY BOY - (See Swanee Danny Boy)

DASHEEN - (Chrysler’s) - Wisteria blue semidouble two
tone. Medium green serrated foliage. Standard.

DEBBIE - Single white and purple. Light ruffled foliage.
Standard.

*DELAWARE - (3153) - 6/2/77 - (R. Holtkamp) - Single
purple-red star. Quilted foliage. Semiminiature.

DENISE - (See Rhapsodie Denise)

DENVER DELIGHT - (Mrs. P. W. Kiesling) - Double pink.
Small strawberry foliage. Small standard.

DENVER JO - (Mrs. P. W. Kiesling) - Double deep pink.
Plain, pointed foliage. Small standard.

DEEP PINK MIRIAM STEELE - (Chrysler) - Deep pink
sport of Miriam Steele on plain foliage. Standard.

DIANA LYNN - (E. Fisher) - Semidouble two tone violet
star. Medium green plain pointed foliage. Standard.

*DIRTY FACE - (3098) - 2/25/77 - (Kolb’s GH) -
Semidouble light pink with green stripes. Ruffled
pointed foliage. Standard.

*DONNA - (3076) - 12/30/76 - (Howard Utz) - Double
lavender two tone dark purple tips. Plain foliage.
Large.

DREAM WEAVER - (Lyon) - Dark fuchsia semidouble
stars. Dark tailored foliage. Standard.

DRIVEN SNOW - (Swift’s AV) - Semidouble white on
ruffled dark foliage. Standard.

DUCHESS BLUE - (Swift’s AV) - Medium blue
semidouble to double. Dark tailored quilted foliage.
Large.

DUTCH SKIES - (Swift’s AV) - Double white and light
blue bloom with a slightly fringed edge. Dark quilted
foliage. Standard.

E

EDITH WINGATE - (Seth Pauli) - Light blue on plain
dark green foliage. Semiminiature.

ELIZABETH KAREN - (Wood’s AV) - Double light pink
bloom. Plain strawberry foliage. Standard.

*ERIC - (3014) - 9/30/76 - (Maas) - Double fringed
purple. Quilted foliage. Standard.

ERICA - (See Ballet Erica)

ERMINE - (Swift’s AV) - Double white hint of lavender
fringed edges. Ruffled medium green foliage.
Standard.

EVA - (See Ballet Eva)

*EVELYN BEAIRD - (2889) - 9/13/76 - (Norma M.
Betty) - Semidouble lavender with white edge, usually
with lavender center. Longifolia, quilted, ruffled and
pointed foliage. Standard.

F

*FALBA - (3077) - 12/30/76 - (Howard Utz) - Double
white, plain foliage. Large.

*FATIMA - (3128) - 5/20/77 - (G. R. Beck) - Single
fringed pale pink with orchid markings. Plain scalloped
foliage. Standard.

FESTIVE - Blue semidouble star. Standard.

*FESTIVE RED - (3099) - 2/25/77 - (Kolb’s GH) -
Semidouble red with a white edge. Quilted ruffled
foliage. Standard.

*FIRE CHIEF - (3140) - 5/27/77 - (D. Buttram) -
Semidouble cerise edged in green. Quilted foliage.
Large.

FIRE FIGHTER - (Joanne Steffen) - Double brilliant fire
red. Plain foliage. Standard.

*FIRST SHOW - (2877) - 8/9/76 - (A. F. Hill) - Double
white. Plain, quilted foliage. Standard.

FLAMINGO - (See Swanee Flamingo)

FLASH - (See Vern’s Flash)

FLAWLESS - (Swift’s AV) - Dark lavender with some
purple tips. Tailored scalloped foliage. Standard.

*FLORIDA - (3154) - 6/2/77 - (R. Holtkamp) - Single
medium purple on quilted foliage. Standard.

*FORRESTMIST- (3025) - 11/6/76 - (Lyn Robinson) -
Double fringed medium pink with green edges.
Scalloped, pointed foliage. Standard.

*FORTY-NINE TRAIL - (3134) - 5/27/77 - (E & L
Hammond) - Double blue on plain foliage. Standard.

FPj\NKIE - (Maas) - Deep blue double. Dark foliage.
Standard.

*FREDETTE’S SUGAR BLUES - (3094) - 2/22/77 -
(Irene Fredette) - Semidouble bright blue with white
edge. Quilted variegated foliage. Large.

*FREEDOM SONG - (3141) - 5/27/77 - (D. Buttram) -
Double dark purple with white edges. Quilted foliage.
Large.

FREEDOM TRAIL - (Lyon) - Double fuchsia. Dark
flexible trailer foliage.

FREE N’ EASY - (Lyon) - Fuchsia semidouble, deep
green tailored foliage. Standard.

FRENCH BLUE - (Swift’s AV) - Double light blue, slight
white edge. Dark tailored, quilted foliage. Standard.

FOREGO - (Lyon) - Semidouble pink stars. Dark tailored
foliage. Standard.

FRENCH LACE - (See Vern’s French Lace)

*FRILLY LACE - (3100) - 2/25/77 - (Kolb’s GH) -
Double fringed lavender two tone. Ruffled foliage.
Standard.

G

*GARY - (3129) - 5/20/77 - (G. R. Beck) - Double
fringed dark purple and magenta. Glossy ruffled
foliage. Standard.

GATEWAY CHARMER - (Swift’s AV) - Light wine
purple double. Slightly ruffled foliage. Standard.

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GAVIN DOUGLAS - (E. Fisher) - Double two tone coral
pink. Medium green plain foliage. Standard.

*GENE’S PRIDE - (3095) - 2/22/77 - (Irene Reinhold) -
Double medium blue with a white edge. Ruffled
pointed foliage. Standard.

GENESSEE SILHOUETTE - (Tinari) - Fuchsia lavender
semidouble. Dark green serrated foliage. Standard.

^GEORGIA - (3155) - 6/2/77 - (R. Holtkamp) - Single
pink on plain foliage. Standard.

*GLEN H - (3003) - 9/20/76 - (Maas) - Double dark blue
star. Plain pointed foliage. Standard.

*GOOD MORNING - (3030) - 11/8/76 - (V. Lorenzen) -
Double medium rose pink. Plain, quilted, pointed
foliage. Standard.

GRANADA - (See Granger’s Granada)

*GRANDDAD - (3120) - 4/14/77 - (Wanda McPeters) -
Double dark blue with a white edge. Scalloped
variegated foliage. Semiminiature.

*GRAND-SON - (2878) - 8/9/76 - (A. F. Hill) - Double
red. Plain, quilted foliage. Standard.

^GRANGER’S CAMEO QUEEN --(2863) - 7/31/76 -
(Granger G) - Double buff white. Plain, quilted foliage.
Standard.

^GRANGER’S GRANADA - (2864) - 7/31/76 - (Granger
G) - Double reddish orchid with deeper tips. Plain,
quilted, pointed foliage. Standard.

*GRANGER’S JIM DANDY - (2865) - 7/31/76 - (Granger
G) - Double dark blue, purple markings. Plain, quilted
foliage. Standard.

*GRANGER’S LAVENDER BELLE - (2866) - 7/31/76 -
(Granger G) - Double lavender. Plain, quilted foliage.
Standard.

^GRANGER’S MONACO - (2867) - 7/31/76 - (Granger
G) - Double white with wide blue border. Plain,
quilted foliage. Standard.

*GRANGER’S PINK FASHION - (2868) - 7/31/76 -
(Granger G) - Double medium pink. Plain, quilted,
pointed foliage. Standard.

*GRANGER’S PINK NIMBUS - (2869) - 7/31/76 -
(Granger G) - Double light pink with a white edge.
Plain, quilted, pointed foliage. Standard.

^GRANGER’S RED FLAME - (2870) - 7/31/76 -

(Granger G) - Double red violet. Plain, quilted, pointed
foliage. Standard.

*GRANGER’S RED GOLD - (2871) - 7/31/76 - (Granger
G) - Double red violet. Plain, variegated, pointed
foliage. Standard.

*GRANGER’S RED KNAVE - (2872) - 7/31/76 -

(Granger G) - Bright red violet. Plain, quilted, pointed
foliage. Standard.

*GRANGER’S REGALAIRE - (2873) - 7/31/76 -

(Granger G) - Double dark blue, white edge. Plain,
quilted, pointed foliage. Standard.

GRANGER’S REGINA - (Granger G) - White double with
some mauve. Plain quilted leaves. Standard.

*GRANGER’S STARBURST - (2874) - 7/31/76 -

(Granger) - Single deep pink star, cerise red eye.
QuUted, ruffled foliage. Standard.

^GRANGER’S SYLVAN BLUE - (2875) - 7/31/76 -
(Granger G) - Double fringed light to medium blue.
Plain, quilted. Standard.

^GRANGER’S WILDFIRE - (2876) - 7/31/76 - (Granger
G) - Double fringed red violet with a white edge. Plain,
quilted, pointed foliage. Standard.

GRENOBLE - (Granger G) - Semidouble pale lavender
with a orchid border. Standard.

GYPSY TRAIL - (Lyon) - Double light rose-pink bloom.
Trailer.

H

*HALF MOON BAY - i(3130) - 5/20/77 - (G. R. Beck) -
Semidouble ruffled medium pink two tone. Plain
ruffled foliage. Standard.

*HAMMOND’S TERRY LYNN - (3165) - 5/27/77 - (E &
L Hammond) - Double light pink on plain quilted
foliage. Standard.

*HAPPY BIRTHDAY - (3069) - 12/10/76 - (Mrs. P. W.
Kiesling) - Semidouble fringed lavender two tone.
Quilted ruffled foliage. Standard.

HAPPY TRAILS - (Lyon) - Semiminiature trader. Double
light fuchsia blooms.

HEARTBREAKER - (Swift’s AV) - Pale pink double,
slightly ruffled foliage. Standard.

HEART THROB - (Swift’s AV) - Rose double slight
geneva edge. Quilted, scalloped slightly ruffled foliage.
Standard.

HEAVENLY HALO - (Champion) - Double fuchsia and
white ruffled star. Light spooned foliage. Standard.

HEIDI - (See Ballet Heidi)

*HELENE - (2885) - 8/23/76 - (Lyon) - Double deep
fuchsia red star. Quilted foliage. Standard.

HELGA - (See Ballet Heiga)

*HENRIETTA WILSON - (3071) - 12/10/76 - (L. F.
Wilson) - Double sky blue. Plain foliage. Standard.

HIGH CLASS - (Swift’s AV) - Light pink double. Light
green ruffled foliage. Standard.

HIGH STYLE - (Lyon) - Mottled blue and white
semidouble stars. Holly foliage. Standard.

HONEY GIRL - (Mrs. P. W. Kiesling) - Double ivory pink,
pointed, dark green foliage. Standard.

HONOR - (See The Parson’s Honor)

HUMPTY DUMPTY - (Joanne Steffen) - Double white
miniature. Small slightly serrated foliage.

HYPNOTIZE - (Swift’s AV) - Semidouble red. Tailored
foliage. Standard.

I

^ILLUMINATION - (3031) - 11/8/76 - (V. Lorenzen) -
Double pale pink star, deeper center. Plain, quilted,
pointed foliage. Standard.

INGE - (See Ballet Inge)

*IRISH DUDE - (3102) - 2/25/77 - (Kolb’s GH) - Double
fringed white with lavender markings and green edge.
Ruffled foliage. Large.

IT’S-A-GIRL - (Ronn Nadeau) - Single violet shaped
reddish pink. Girl foliage. Standard.

J

JANA GAIL - (E. Fisher) - Single and semidouble light
pink with chartreuse edge. Plain quilted foliage.
Standard.

*JANEY BRISCOE - (3127) - 5/18/77 - (Jodi Davis) -
Double two tone pink. Plain, quilted and sometimes
, cupped up. Standard.

*JASON - (3004) - 9/20/76 - (Maas) - Double fringed
deep raspberry pink, blue overcast. Quilted, ruffled
foliage. Standard.

JEANNE - (Volkmann) - Dark blue star on tailored
foliage. Standard.

JEFFREY THOMAS - (E. Fisher) - Semidouble two tone
magenta, tinged chartreuse. Plain foliage. Standard.

JENNIFER LYNN - (E. Fisher) ^Fluffy double pink with
dark notched girl foliage. Standard.

JET TRAIL - (Lyon) - Full double wisteria blue.
Semitrailer.

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^JEWELED STAR - (3101) ■■ 2/25/77 - (Kolb’s GH) -
Single red with lavender edge. Quilted foliage.
Standard.

JIM DANDY - (See Granger’s Jim Dandy)

JIMMY CARTER - (Ronn Nadeau) - Semidouble red star.
Standard.

K

KAREY - (E. Fisher) - Semidouble medium pink star with
fuchsia band. Emerald green pointed foliage. Standard.

KARIA - (See Ballet Karia)

KEITH JAMES - (Fisher) - Dark fuchsia semidouble star.
Strawberry foliage. Standard.

*KIRA - (3078) - 12/30/76 - (Howard Utz) - Double
lavender, dark purple tips. Plain quilted foliage. Large.

L

LACE - (See The Parson’s Lace)

*LADY JANE - (3067) - 11/26/76 - (F. D. Delly) -
Double lilac. Plain, quilted foliage. Large.

*L’ AMOUR - (3032) - 11/8/76 - (V. Lorenzen) - Double
rose pink. Plain, pointed foliage. Standard.

LAVENDER BELLE - (See Granger’s Lavender Belle)

LAVENDER CREAM - (See Shirlee’s Lavender Qream)

♦LAVENDER JEWEL - (3103) - 2/25/77 - (Kolb’s GH) -
Semidouble lavender. Quilted, pointed foliage.
Standard.

LAVENDER PEAK - (Ronn Nadeau) - Single lavender
star. Standard.

LAVENDER STEEL - (Ronn Nadeau) - Semidouble
lavender star. Standard.

♦LAVENESQUE - (3033) - 11/8/76 - (V. Lorenzen) -
Double to single aster violet with a deeper center.
Quilted pointed foliage. Standard.

♦LEDLEY COX - (3010) - 9/27/76 - (Mrs. J. G. Barnhill) -
Double purple with white edge. Plain foliage.
Standard.

LIGHT PINK STEEL - (Granger G) - Semidouble light
pink Miriam Steele. Tailored foliage.

LINDA LEE - (Ronn Nadeau) - Dark blue and white two
tone. Variegated foliage. Standard.

LISA - (See Ballet Lisa)

♦LITTLE BOY BLUE - (3063) - 11/23/76 - (Mrs. J. S.
Barnhill) - Single medium blue. Tailored foliage.
Semiminiature.

♦LITTLE CHARM - (Lyon) - Double pink miniature with
dark tailored foliage.

LITTLE DELIGHT - (Lyon) - Double white wifh a
penciled purple edge. Glossy semiminiature foliage.

LITTLE DOLLY - (E. Fisher) - Semidouble deep pink
with dark foliage.

♦LITTLE JIM - (3005) - 9/20/76 - (Maas) - Double
medium pink. Plain, pointed foliage. Semiminiature.

LITTLE JOE - (Wood’s AV) - Single royal blue star.
Medium green foliage. Standard.

LITTLE LOU - (Lyon) - Deep purple-blue full double,
semiminiature Tommie Lou variegated foliage.

LITTLE LULU - (Lyon) - Rosy pink full double,
semiminiature red backed Tommie Lou variegated
foliage.

LITTLE MISS MUFFET - (Joanne Steffen) -
Semiminiature single blue Geneva star. Serrated
foliage.

LITTLE PAMMY - (Rev. C. W. Blades) - Bright medium
pink semidouble. Plain variegated foliage. Standard.

LITTLE PINKIE - (J. S. Miller) - Double pink star. Plain
foliage. Miniature.

LITTLE RASCAL - (Lyon) - White edged double star
above dark miniature foliage.

♦little red - (3006) - 9/20/76 - (Maas) - Single bright
red. Quilted foliage. Miniature.

LITTLE SAINT LOUIE - (Joanne Steffen) -
Semiminiature double purple. Plain variegated foliage.
♦LITTLE SOFTIE - (3116) - 3/24/77 - (E. H. Hammond)

- Single fringed light pink two tone. Plain pointed
foliage. Small standard.

♦LIZA T. - (3062) - 11/18/76 - (Mrs. G. Kinne) - Single
white. Plain, quilted, pointed foliage. Standard.
LIZETTE - (E. Fisher) - Single and semidouble powder
blue stars. Quilted pointed plain foliage. Standard.
♦LIZZY MAE - (3058) - 11/15/76 - Q. H. Smith) -
Double pink two tone. Plain, variegate.d foliage.
Standard.

LORA LOU - (Lyon) - Full double rosy pink.

Semiminiature trailing Tommie Lou type foliage.
LOVE AFFAIR - (Mrs. Kiesling) - Semidouble white and
pink star. Pointed girl leaf. Standard.

♦LUCILLES DELIGHT - (3034) - 11/8/76 - (V.
Lorenzen) - Double white, splashed with pink. Plain,
supreme ovate foliage. Standard.

LUCKY LOU - (Lyon) - Semitrailing double blue.

Tommie Lou variegated foliage.

♦LUSH BLUSH - (3145) - 5/27/77 - (Swift’s AV) -
Semidouble rose two tone. Plain quilted foliage. Large.
LUV - (Lyon) - Rosy pink double camellia type flowers.

Often with blue splashes. Dark foliage. Standard.
LYNDA SUE - (E. Fisher) - Double rose pink with cream
edge. Plain foliage. Standard.

LYNN RENEE - (Rev. C. W. Blades) - Pink double bloom.
Variegated foliage. Standard.

M

♦MAAS’ VARIEGATED GORGEOUS - (3013) - 10/1/76

- (Maas) - Double white and red, variable. Plain
variegated foliage. Standard.

MAGIC GLOW - (Lyon) - Lightly ruffled double pink
above deep green tailored foliage. Standard.

♦MAGIC SPLENDOR - (2886) - 8/23/76 - (Lyon) -
Semidouble wisteria blue with a white edge. Plain fol¬
iage. Standard.

♦MARYLAND - (3156) - 6/2/77 - (R. Holtkamp) - Single
to double medium blue star. Quilted foliage. Standard.
MARASCHINO - (Swift’s AV) - Vivid rose double. Light
green tailored foliage. Standard.

MARIE - (See Swanee Marie)

♦MARK - (3007) - 9/20/76 - (Max Maas) - Double fringed
deep red. Quilted ruffled foliage. Standard.

MARK’S STAR - (Ronn Nadeau) - Single purple and
white star. Standard.

MARTA - (See Ballet Marta)

♦MARY ANN PRITCHET - (3064) - 11/23/76 - (Mrs. J. S.
Barnhill) - Medium pink semidouble. Dark plain
foliage. Large.

MASTERPIECE - (See Vern’s Masterpiece)

MAYPOLE - (Swift’s AV) - Deep pink semidouble to
double slightly frilly blossom, white edge. Standard.
MELANCHOLY - (Swift’s AV) - Double white with a
lavender eye. Slightly frilled. Ruffled foliage.
Standard.

MELODY - (See The Parson’s Melody)

META - (See BaUet Meta)

MICHAEL ANDREW - (E. Fisher) - Double two tone
fuchsia pink, tinged chartreuse. Dark plain foliage.
Standard.

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MIDGET RINGER - (Champion) - Bright pink single,
usually bell shaped. Pointed pink leaves. Miniature.
♦MIDNIGHT KISS - (3093) - 2/1/77 - (Mrs. C. S. Hawley)

- Double orchid with purple tips. Plain, ruffled,
pointed foliage. Large.

♦MIDNIGHT MADNESS - (3104) - 2/25/77 - (Kolb’s GH)

- Double fringed purple. Ruffled foliage. Standard.
♦MIGHTY MINI - (3023) - 11/3/77 - (Dorothy Adams) -

Semidouble powder blue star. Quilted pointed foliage.
Large.

♦MILLIE BLAIR » (3020) - 10/26/76 - (Granger G) -
Double fringed light blue with a white edge. Ruffled
foliage. Standard.

♦MIMI - (3079) - 12/30/76 - (Howard Utz) - Double
white. Plain foliage. Large.

MINI FANTASY - (Tinari) - Double fantasy of purple,
pink and lavender. Miniature.

MINT FLOSS - (See Shomee Mint Floss)

MINT ROSE - (See Shomee Mint Rose)

♦MISS CHARM - (3035) - 11/8/76 - (V. Lorenzen) -
Double vibrant pink star. Quilted, pointed foliage.
MISTY TRINKET - (Champion) - Light pink double.

Foliage variegated on edges. Semiminiature.

MONACO - (See Granger’s Monaco)

MONIQUE - (See Utz Monique)

♦MONTEREY SUNSET - (3139) - 5/27/77 - (E & L
Hammond) - Double maroon. Plain foliage. Standard.
MOONBEAM - (See Vern’s Moonbeam)

MS PRETTY - (Carol Green Anderson) - Semidouble
fringed white with pink edges. Ruffled foliage.
Standard.

MS PRETTY PINK - (Carol Green Anderson) -
Semidouble fringed pink. Ruffled foliage. Standard.
MY HAPPINESS - (Lyon) - Deep rose pink double.

Tommie Lou variegated foliage. Standard.

MY LOVE - (C & R Reed) - Pink fringed double. Dark
green tailored foliage. Standard.

MYSTIC - (Tinari) - Semidouble lavender two tone.
Variegated foliage. Standard.

MYSTICAL BLUE - (Lyon) - Semidouble wisteria blue.
Forrest green foliage. Standard.

N

♦NEW DAWN - (3142) - 5/27/77 - (D. Buttram) - Double
light pink. Plain foliage. Standard.

♦NEW JERSEY - (3157) - 6/2/77 - (R. Holtkamp) - Single
fringed pink on quilted foliage. Standard.

♦NEW YEAR’S DAY - (3011) - 9/30/76 - (D. R. Maness) -
Fringed double white with light pink shading. Quilted
pointed foliage. Semiminiature.

♦NEW YORK - (3158) - 6/2/77 - (R. Holtkamp) - Single
dark violet-blue. Quilted foliage. Standard.

NONA - (See Swanee Nona)

O

ONE-FOURTEEN - (Ronn Nadeau) - Single blue and
white two tone. Standard.

ORCHID FLAIR - Double pale orchid two tone. Dark
foliage. Standard.

ORCHID RED LINE - (Granger G) - Red Bloom. Dark
green foliage.

P

PANSY TRAIL - (E. Fisher) - Single violet trailer.
Medium green plain foliage. Standard.

♦PARAGON - (3091) - 2/1/77 - (Mrs. C. S. Hawley) -
Double fringed light pink, dark pink edges. Plain
ruffled foliage. Standard.

♦PARMA ZIP - (3090) - 2/1/77 - (Mrs. C. S. Hawley) -
Double dark blue, occasionally has pink streaks. Plain
ruffled pointed foliage. Large.

PARTY PINK - (See Swanee Party Pink)

PATRICIA DAWN - (Wood’s AV) - Frilled double blue with
a white edge. Dark green foliage. Standard.

PATRICIA VALERIE - (E. Fisher) - Semidouble marine
blue stars with a white edge. Girl foliage. Standard.
PEACE - (See The Parson’s Peace)

♦PEACH LACE - (3105) - 2/25/77 - (Kolb’s GH) - Double
peach with a green edge. Quilted foliage. Standard.
♦PENNSYLVANIA - (3159) - 6/2/77 - (R. Holtkamp) -
Single to semidouble purple red star. Quilted foliage.
Standard.

PICK-A-DILLY - (C & R Reed) - Double fringed blue.

Variegated foliage. Standard.

PINAFORE - (See Tennessee Pinafore)

♦PINK DYNAMO - (3106) - 2/25/77 - (Kolb’s GH) -
Double pink two tone. Plain foliage. Standard.

PINK FASHION - (See Granger’s Pink Fashion)

♦PINK LEMONADE - (2879) - 8/17/76 - (Gene Thiel) -
Single pink two tone. Plain, quilted, pointed foliage.
Large.

PINK MEASURE - (See Castle’s Pink Measure.)

♦PINK MINK - (2880) - 8/17/76 - (Gene Thiel) - Double
pink. Plain quilted pointed foliage. Large.

PINK MIST - (See Tennessee Pink Mist)

PINK MONARCH - (Granger G) - Deep pink double on
medium green tailored foliage. Standard.

PINK MOUNTAIN - (Tinari) - Double pink, deep coral
center. Tapered leaf. Standard.

PINK NIMBUS - (See Granger’s Pink Nimbus)

PINK N’ INK - (Lyon) - Deep rose-pink semidouble
peppered with purple ink. Standard.

PINK ROSY Double pink with a white edge. Medium
green foliage. Standard.

PINK SPARKLER - Medium pink double bloom. Plain
foliage. Standard.

PINK SPLENDOR - (Granger G) - Double deep pink with
a white edge. Standard.

PINK STAR - (See Tennessee Pink Star)

♦PINK WAVES - (3036) - 11/8/76 - (V. Lorenzen) -
Double medium rose pink star. Plain, pointed foliage.
Standard.

PIXIE WHITE - (Joanne Steffen) - Single white
semiminiature. Semitrailer. ^

♦PIZZAZZ - (2881) - 8/17/76 - (Gene Thiel) - Single light
pink may have darker edge. Plain quilted foliage.
Standard.

PLATINUM BLUE - (Swift’s AV) - Pale blue double.

Tailored dark foliage. Standard.

PLATINUM LAVENDER - (Swift’s AV) - Light lavender
double. Tailored, quilted foliage. Standard.

PLATINUM PINK - (Swift’s AV) - Pink semidouble. Dark
tailored quilted foliage. Standard.

PLEASURE - (See The Parson’s Pleasure)

♦PLUM CREST - (3037) - 11/8/76 - (V. Lorenzen) -
Double plum. Plain, pointed foliage. Standard.

♦PLUM MARMALADE - (3088) - 2/1/77 - (Mrs. C. S.
Hawley) - Double plum darker shadings on edge,
occasionally has pink streaks. Plain ruffled pointed
foliage. Large.

PLUM SWEET - (Lyon) - Fancy red edged white
semidouble stars. Deep green semiholly foliage.
Standard.

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POLLY PUT ON - (C & R Reed) - Double fuchsia with
purple fantasy markings. Red backed round leaves.
Standard.

PRAYERS - (See The Parson’s Prayers)

PRIDE - (See Gene’s Pride)

PUFFY PINKY » (Swift’s AV) - Double pink. Tailored
dark foliage. Standard.

PURPLE COW - (J. S. Miller) ~ Semidouble fringed
medium orchid. Miniature.

PURPLE CREST - Single white with purple edging. Light
green foliage. Standard.

PURPLE MARTIN ■ Dark blue semidouble. Plain dark
green foliage. Standard.

PURPLE’S-A=POPPIN - (Ronn Nadeau) - Double blue.
Girl foliage. Standard.

PURPLE SPOT - (Lyon) - Royal purple stars with white
tips. Standard.

PURPLE STARCREST - (Ronn Nadeau) » Semidouble
white star with a heavy purple edge. Standard.

R

*RADIANT - (3038) - 11/8/76 - (V. Lorenzen) - Double
red fuchsia star. Plain, pointed foliage. Standard.
*RALPH REED » (3146) - 5/27/77 - (Swift’s AV) -
Semidouble lavender with a slight geneva edge.
Ruffled pointed foliage. Large.

RASPBERRY N CREAM - (See Swanee Raspberry N
Cream)

RASPBERRY STAR - (Maas) - Semidouble fuchsia star
two tone. Slighdy tapered foliage. Standard.
REDBIRDS - (Ronn Nadeau) - Single red star. Standard.
RED FLAME - (See Granger’s Red Flame)

RED GOLD - (See Granger’s Red Gold)

RED KNAVE - (See Granger’s Red Knave)

RED MUSETTA - (Granger G) - Semidouble deep red
bloom. Variegated foliage.

RED SAFARI - (Lyon) - Double mauve with variegated
foliage. Standard.

RED SPOT - (Lyon) - White tipped fuchsia stars. Dark
round foliage. Standard.

RED STAR - (Maas) - Semidouble red fuchsia star.

Medium green foliage. Standard.

RED STONE - (See Castle’s Red Stone)

RED TAPE - (Swift’s AV) - Double red two tone slightly
frilled bloom. Almost tailored scalloped quilted
foliage. Standard.

RED VELVET - (See Vern’s Red Velvet)

REGALAIRE - (See Granger’s Regalaire)

RHAPSODIE DENISE - (Holtkamp) - Single white with
wine center. Medium green foliage. Standard.
RHAPSODIE RUBY - (Holtkamp) - Double dark wine on
dark green foliage. Standard.

RHINESTONE SPARKLE - (Swift’s AV) - Full white
double. Tailored quilted foliage. Standard.

*RING TWICE - (3107) - 2/25/77 - (Kolb’s GH) - Single
light red two tone star. Plain foliage. Standard.

RIO GRANDE - (Swift’s AV) - Dark lavender double with
some purple tips. Pointed, slightly ruffled foliage.
Standard.

ROBERTA - (Granger G) - Fluted lavender. Ornamental
foliage. Standard.

ROBERT JOHN - (E. Fisher) - Single fuchsia star with a
white edge. Plain foliage. Standard.

ROE ANN - (R. H. Roe) - Dark green heart shaped
foliage. Single purple. Large.

ROSALYN CARTER - (Ronn Nadeau) - Single white star
with a thick lavender edge.

ROSE EMBER - (Granger G) - Semidouble pink-orchid
two tone. Tailored foliage.

*ROSE PARADE - (3039) - 11/8/76 - (V. Lorenzen) -
Double rose pink star. Plain, pointed foliage. Standard.

ROSY WINGS - (Swift’s AV) - Pink semidouble two tone.
Slightly ruffled foliage. Standard.

ROYAL COACH - (Swift’s AV) - Semidouble wine
purple. Dark tailored quilted foliage. Large.

♦ROYAL DREAM - (3068) - 12/2/76 - (W. G. Hartley) -
Double fringed purple with faint white edge. Ruffled
foliage. Standard.

RUBY - (See Rhapsqdie Ruby)

RUBY RED - Bright single and semidouble wine red
bloom. Dark tailored foliage. Standard.

RUFF PLUM - (Swift’s AV) - Double ruffled purple. Dark
ruffled foliage. Standard.

RUSTIC CHARM - (See Castle’s Rustic Charm)

S

♦SAILOR’S DREAM - (3108) - 2/25/77 - (Kolb’s GH) -
Double light blue. Ruffled and pointed foliage. Large.

SAINT LOUISE BLUES - (Swift’s AV) - Light blue
double. Dark tailored foliage. Standard.

♦SAINT MARYS - (3012) - 9/30/76 - (D. R, Maness) -
Single fringed white star with a lavender edge. Ruffled
variegated foliage. Standard.

♦SANDRA - (3080) - 12/30/76 - (Howard Utz) - Double
light pink with a darker edge then white and then a
green edge. Plain foliage. Large.

SAPPHIRE TRINKET - (Champion) - Deep blue double.
Tannish foliage. Semiminiature.

♦SARA LYNNE - (3081) - 12/30/76 - (Howard Utz) -
Double red with a white edge. Plain foliage. Large.

♦SARITA - (3135) - 5/27/77 - (E & L Hammond) -
Double pink on plain, quilted foliage. Semiminiature.

SASHAY - (Swift’s AV) - Semidouble medium purple
frilled star. Slightly quilted foliage. Standard.

SASSY LASS - Red and white single. Standard.

♦SEA BREEZE - (3008) - 9/20/76 - (Maas) - Double
purple and white. (Variable). May be all purple.
Quilted foliage. Large.

♦SHAYNA - (3109) - 2/25/77 - (Kolb’s GH) - Double
fringed purple. Ruffled foliage. Standard.

♦SHEER BEAUTY - (3092) - 2/1/77 - (Mrs. C. S. Hawley)
- Double fringed light pink with a green edge. Quilted
ruffled foliage. Large.

SHERIE LEIGH - (Wood’s AV) - Semidouble pink with a
wavy green edge. Dark wavy foliage. Medium size
plant.

♦SHIRLEE’S LAVENDER CREAM - (2862) - 6/3/76 -
(Mrs. D. E. Sands) - Double pale lavender two tone.
Variegated foliage. Standard.

♦SHOMEE CHERRY MINT - (3059) - 11/17/76 -
(Tomara AV) - Double fringed deep reddish pink two
tone. Ruffled, variegated, pointed foliage. Standard.

♦SHOMEE MINT ROSE - (3060) - 11/17/76 - (Tomara
AV) - Double fringed white, blush pink center.
Ruffled, variegated, pointed foliage. Standard.

♦SHOMEE THISTLEDOWN - (3061) - 11/17/76 -
(Tomara AV) - Double fringed white star, lavender
throughtout bloom. Plain foliage. Standard.

SHOW ME - (Swift’s AV) - Pale lavender semidouble.
Tailored soft foliage. Standard.

^SIR HILL - (3087) - 2/1/77 - (Arthur F. Hill) - Single
purple » with lavender variations. Quilted ruffled
spooned foliage. Large.

SI SI TOO - (Swift’s AV) - White serrtidouble star. Quilted
tailored foliage. Standard.

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SISSY ONE - (Swift’s AV) - White semidouble star. Light
green tailored foliage. Standard.

*SISTER ANCILLA - (3117) - 4/1/77 - (Lanigan) - Single
pink two tone. Plain foliage. Standard.

SISTER SUZIE - (Double fringed white on fluted wavy
foliage. Standard.

* SITTING PRETTY - (Lyon) - FuU double fuchsia
bloom. Dark tailored foliage. Standard.

SIX PACK - (Dr. J. B. Jung) - Pink rose shaped bloom.
Chanticleer foliage. Standard.

SKY TRAIL - (E. Fisher) - Blue trailer with white edge.
Medium green plain foliage. Standard.

SMILE - (Fischer GH) - Double red. Compact dark green
foliage. Standard.

SNO BERRY - (Lyon) - Double red star with white edges.
Tailored foliage. Standard.

SOMETHING MORE SPORT - (C & R Reed) - Pink and
white double. Light green foliage. Standard.

*SOMETHING NEW - (3040) - 11/8/76 - (V. Lorenzen) -
Double white some have a blue center. Plain, quilted,
foliage. Standard.

SONG - (See The Parson’s Song)

SOURIS - (E.- Fisher) - Single and semidouble white,
lavender tinged edges. Round quilted foliage.
Standard.

*SOUTHLAND JUNGLE - (3147) - 5/27/77 - (Swift’s
AV) - Semidouble lavender two tone. Ruffled foliage.
Large.

SOUTHLAND STRIPES - (Swift’s AV) - Semidouble
white with lavender edges. Tailored foliage. Standard.

*SPANGLES - (3041) - 11/8/76 - (V. Lorenzen) - Pink
star. Plain, quilted, pointed foliage. Standard.

SPARKY - (Lyon) - Deep purple streaked with white.
Dark foliage. Semiminiature.

SPELLBOUND - (Swift’s AV) - Double lavender with
some purple tips. Ruffled foliage. Standard.

SPRING FASHION - (C & R Reed) - Dark pink double.
Red backed strawberry foliage. Standard.i,

*SPRY - (3042) - 11/8/76 - (V. Lorenzen) - Double violet
blue. Quilted, ruffled ovate foliage. Standard.

STACY - (J. S. Miller) - Purple two tone star. Quilted
foliage. Miniature.

STARBURST - (See Granger’s Starburst)

STARS- A-PLENTY - (Swift’s AV) - Semidouble lavender
rose star. Tailored quilted foliage. Standard.

STAR’S EDGE - (Ronn Nadeau) - White single star with a
lavender edge. Standard.

STARS-OF-BLUE - (Swift’s AV) - Medium blue
semidouble star. Tailored foliage. Standard.

STAR TWIST - (Swift’s AV) - Double fringed white with
lavender traces. Ruffled foliage. Standard.

STEPPING OUT - (Lyon) - Double pink with forrest
green foliage. Standard.

*STORM WARNING - (3114) - 2/26/77 - (Mrs. P. W.
Kiesling) - Single deep royal blue star with a white
edge. Plain, quilted and pointed foliage. Standard.

SUAVE - (Swift’s AV) - Lavender double darker bands on
some petals. Light green ruffled foliage. Standard.

SUGAR BLUES - (See Fredette’s Sugar Blues)

SUMMER SKIES - (See Vern’s Summer Skies)

SUNSHINE - (See The Parson’s Sunshine)

*SURPRISE - (3043) - 11/8/76 - (V. Lorenzen) - Double
blue and white star. Plain, ovate foliage. Standard.

SUZY’S ORCHID RIPPLE SUPREME - (Mrs. H. S.
Johnson) - Double white with orchid edge. Supreme
-foliage. Standard.

SWANEE DANNY BOY - (Elmer Swanson) - Variegated
Tommie Lou type foliage. Single medium blue bloom.
Standard.

■*SWANEE FLAMINGO - (3065) - 11/26/76 - (E.
Swanson) - Single pink two tone. Quilted pointed
foliage. Standard.

SWANEE MARIE - (Elmer Swanson) - Double dark blue.

Medium green foliage. Standard.

SWANEE NONA - (Elmer Swanson) - Double red bloom.
Medium green foliage. Standard.

*SWANEE PARTY PINK - (3066) - 11/26/76 - (E.
Swanson) - Double fringed pink with white and green
edge. Plain, quilted foliage. Standard.

SWANEE RASPBERRY N CREAM - (Elmer Swanson) -
Double violet red bloom with pink streaks. Standard.
*SWEET HONESTY - (2887) - 8/23/76 - (Lyon) - Double
rosy pink star. Ruffled variegated foliage. Standard.
SWEET VIOLET - (Swift’s AV) - Semidouble pale
lavender star. Tailored foliage. Standard.

*SWINGIN PINK - (3110) - 2/25/77 - (Kolb’s GH) -
Double dark pink. Plain foliage. Standard.

SWISS LAD - (C & R Reed) - Semidouble purple fringed
star. Wavy red backed foliage. Standard.

SYLVAN BLUE - (See Granger’s Sylvan Blue)

T

*TENNESSEE APPLE BLOSSOM - (3015) - 10/20/76 -
(Mrs. T. C. Fritz) - Single apple blossom pink star.
Plain foliage. Standard.

*TENNESSEE BLUE MOON - (3016) - 10/20/76 - (Mrs.
T. C. Fritz) - Single dark blue star. Plain, foliage.
Standard.

^TENNESSEE PINAFORE - (3017) - 10/20/76 - (Mrs. T.
C. Fritz) - Single fringed white with blue and a green
edge. Ruffled foliage. Standard.

*TENNESSEE PINK MIST - (3018) - 10/20/76 - (Mrs. T.
C. Fritz) - Single creamy pink star with deeper pink
eye. Plain foliage. Large.

*TENNESSEE PINK STAR - (3019) - 10/20/76 - (Mrs. T.
C. Fritz) - Single deep pink star. Plain foliage.
Standard.

*TENNESSEE WALTZ - (3118) - 4/8/77 - (Mrs. T. C.
Fritz) - Single ruffled dark blue star with a white edge.
Plain quilted foliage. Standard.

*TERESA - (3131) - 5/20/77 - (G. R. Beck) - Single and
double white with rose-pink markings. Plain foliage.
Standard.

*TEXAS CHARMER - (3082) - 12/30/76 - (Howard Utz)

- Semidouble lavender two tone, dark purple edge then
a white edge. Plain foliage. Large.

*TEXAS WILDFIRE - (3083) - 12/30/76 - (Howard Utz)

- Double red with a white edge. Plain foliage. Large.
THE PARSON’S COURAGE - (Rev. C. W. Blades) - Single

white and red mottled bloom. Variegated foliage.
Standard.

THE PARSON’S HONOR - (Rev. C. W. Blades) - Single
white ruffled star brushed with blue. Variegated
foliage.

THE PARSON’S LACE - (Rev. C. W. Blades) - Violet
double with a darker edge. Variegated ruffled foliage.
Standard.

THE PARSON’S MELODY - (Rev. C. W. Blades) -
Medium double pink bloom. Flat variegated foliage.
Standard.

THE PARSON’S PEACE - (Rev. C. W. Blades) - Frilly
white single with orchid edges. Variegated foliage.
Standard.

THE PARSON’S PLEASURE - (Rev. C. W. Blades) -
Slightly frilled white single, white edges. Variegated
foliage.

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THE PARSON’S PRAYERS - (Rev. C. W. Blades) - Two
tone orchid double. Variegated foliage. Standard.

THE PARSON’S SONG - (Rev. C. W. Blades) - Double
deep blue edged in white. Deep green variegated
foliage. Standard.

THE PARSON’S SUNSHINE - (Rev. C. W. Blades) - Frilly
orchid double. Ruffled variegated foliage. Standard.

THE PARSON’S TRIBUTE - (Rev. C. W. Blades) - White
semidouble with orchid edges. Variegated foliage.
Standard.

THE PARSON’S TRIUMPH » (Rev. C. W. Blades) - Orchid
and violet double. Ruffled variegated foliage.
Standard.

THE PARSON’S VICTORY - (Rev. C. W. Blades) - White
semidouble star with a blue edge. Variegated foliage.
Standard.

THE QUEEN - (Maas) - Double pink blooms. Standard.

THISTLEDOWN - (See Shomee Thistledown)

THUNDERCLOUD - (Mrs. P. W. Kiesling) - White, deep
orchid and purple double. Plain, quilted foliage.
Standard.

TICKLED PINK - (Lyon) - Slightly waved double rose
pink. Dark pink backed foliage. Standard.

TIFFANY - (See Utz Tiffany)

TIME FOR PINK - (Ronn Nadeau) - Semidouble pink
star. Standard.

TIMELESS - (Lyon) - Crinkly white edged fuchsia double
stars. Tailored foliage. Standard.

*TINY TOT - (2888) - 8/23/76 - (Lyon) - Double white
star with a bit of pink. Plain foliage. Miniature.

TINY TWILIGHT TIME - (Joanne Steffen) - Tiny perfect
blue star. Small slightly serrated foliage. Miniature.

TIPPY CREST - (Ronn Nadeau) - Light purple and white
semiminiature. Violet shaped single.

*TOMMIE’S SON - (3111) - 2/25/77 - (Kolb’s GH) -
Double white, blue markings. Variegated foliage.
Large.

TOP JOB - (Lyon) - Double light blue. Light green foliage.
Standard.

TOP NOTCH - (Swift’s AV) - Semidouble light lavender
with dark almost fuchsia wide band. Tailored foliage.
Standard.

TOUCH OF LILAC - (Swift’s AV) - White with light
lavender. Tailored foliage. Standard.

TOY CLOWN - (Lyon) - Double pink with purple specked
flowers. Glossy miniature foliage.

TRAIL BREAKER - (Lyon) - Pink semidouble on bright
green trailer.

TRIBUTE - (See The Parson^s Tribute)

TRINA MARIE - (Wood’s AV) - Double fuchsia. Medium
green foliage. Standard.

TRINKET WHITE CAPS - (Champion) - Single white with
light blue shading. Pointed foliage. Semiminiature.

TRIUMPH - (See The Parson’s Triumph)

*TRUFFLES - (3084) - 12/30/76 - (Howard Utz) -
Double lavender, strong white edge. Plain foliage.
Large.

*TWILIGHT ANGEL - (3112) - 2/25/77 - (Kolb’s GH) -
Semidouble purple star with a white edge. Ruffled
pointed foliage. Large.

TWINKLE LITTLE STAR - (Joanne Steffen) - Single
white star. Small slightly serrated foliage. Miniature.

U

ULLI - (See Ballet Ulli)

UNSPOKEN - (Lyon) - White and blue double stars. Moss
green foliage. Standard.

*UTZ MONIQUE - (3086) - 12/30/76 - (Howard Utz) -
Double deep pink, white edge. Plain foliage. Large.

*UTZ TIFFANY - (3085) - 12/30/76 - (Howard Utz) -
Double bright pink, wide white edge. Plain quilted
foliage. Large.

V

* VALENTINE - (3044) - 11/8/76 - (V. Lorenzen) -
Double red fuchsia. Plain, quilted pointed foliage.
Standard.

VARIEGATED GORGEOUS - (See Maas’ Variegated
Gorgeous)

*VELVET QUEEN - (3045) - 11/8/76 - (V. Lorenzen) -
Double dark blue. Plain, quilted and pointed foliage.
Standard.

*VERN’S BLUE CHIPS - (3046) - 11/8/76 - (V.
Lorenzen) - Double deep blue star. Plain, pointed
foliage. Standard.

*VERN’S BLUE HEAVEN - (3047) - 11/8/76 - (V.
Lorenzen) - Double medium blue star. Plain, pointed
foliage. Standard.

*VERN’S FLASH - (3048) - 11/8/76 - (V. Lorenzen) -
Double wisteria blue with a white edge. Plain, ovate,
pointed foliage. Standard.

*VERN’S FRENCH LACE - (3049) - 11/8/76 - (V.
Lorenzen) - Double blue and white. Plain, quilted,
pointed foliage. Standard.

*VERN’S MASTERPIECE - (3050) - 11/8/76 - (V.
Lorenzen) - Double rose pink. Plain, pointed foliage.
Standard.

*VERN’S MOONBEAM - (3051) - 11/8/76 - (V.
Lorenzen) - Semidouble shell pink star. Plain, pointed
foliage. Standard.

*VERN’S RED VELVET - (3052) - 11/8/76 - (V.
Lorenzen) - Double deep red. Plain, pointed foliage.
Standard.

*VERN’S SUMMER SKIES - (3053) - 11/8/76 - (V.
Lorenzen) - Double corn flower blue star. Plain,
quilted pointed foliage. Standard.

*VERN’S TELSTAR - (3054) - 11/8/76 - (V. Lorenzen) -
Double blue and white star. Plain, ovate, pointed
foliage. Standard.

*VERN’S WHITE CHEER - (3055) - 11/8/76 - (V.
Lorenzen) - Double white. Plain, pointed foliage.
Standard.

*VERN’S WHITE KNIGHT - (3056) - 11/8/76 - (V.
Lorenzen) - Double white star. Plain, quilted, pointed
foliage. Standard.

*VERN’S ZODIE - (3057) - 11/8/76 - (V. Lorenzen) -
Double white splashed with red. Plain, quilted pointed
foliage. Miniature.

VICTORY - (See The Parson’s Victory)

*VIOLET TINT - (3148) - 5/27/77 - (Swift’s AV) -
Semidouble light lavender with purple tips and edges.
Plain scalloped foliage. Large.

*VIRGINIA - (3160) - 6/2/77 - (R. Holtkamp) - Single
fringed pink on quilted foliage. Standard.

W

*WAVECREST - (3137) - 5/27/77 - (E & L Hammond) -
Double fringed blue with a white edge and shadings.
Ruffled foliage. Standard.

WEE LADDIE - (Joanne Steffen) - Semidouble purple.

Small serrated foliage. Miniature.

WEE lass - (Lyon) - Red and white double flowers on
semiholly miniature foliage.

WELCOME SPRING - (Swift’s AV) - White with purple
edges, ruffled double. Ruffled medium green foliage.
Standard.

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*WHISPER ROSE - (3149) - 5/27/77 - (Swift’s AV) -
Double fuchsia rose. Plain quilted foliage. Large.

WHITE CHEER - (See Vem’s White Cheer)

WHITE DELIGHT - Double white with pale
lavender-blue. Light foliage. Standard.

WHITE DOVE - (E. Fisher) - Single pure white. Quilted
foliage. Standard.

WHITE GARDENIA - (Mrs. R. A. Brown) - Double white
blossom. Medium green slightly quilted pointed fol¬
iage. Standard.

WHITE KNIGHT - (See Vern’s White Knight)

WHITE POODLE - (Tinari) - Semidouble ivory white.
Heart shaped foliage. Standard.

WHITE REGENCY - Double white star. Light foliage.
Standard.

WHITE REVERIE - White fringed semidouble.

WHITE ROSE - (Wood’s AV) - Double white, touch of
pink. Medium green quilted foliage. Standard.

WHITE SPRAY - (Tinari) - Double white full open bloom.

Heart shaped quilted foliage. Standard.

WHITE SWAN - Single white star. Dark tailored foliage.
Standard.

WILDFIRE - (See Granger’s Wildfire)

WINTER DREAM - (Lyon) - Semidouble white stars,
often with a little pink. Tailored foliage. Standard.

XYZ

ZODIE - (See Vern’s Zodie)

Bylaws of the African Violet Society of America, Inc.

Organized November 8, 1946
Incorporated June 30, 1947

Adopted At Regular Annual Meeting
Philadelphia, Pa., May 13, 1950
As Amended Milwaukee, Wis., April 18, 1970

ARTICLE 1

Name and Object
Section 1

NAME; This society shall be known as the African Violet
Society of America.

Section 2

SEAL: The corporate seal of the society shall be kept at
the business office of the society.

Section 3

NON-PROFIT: This society shall be and exist as a
non-profit organization.

Section 4

OBJECT : The object of the society shall be to afford a
convenient and beneficial association of persons
interested in the African violet (Saintpaulia); to stimulate
a widespread interest in the propagation and culture of
African violets; to promote ways and means for the
distribution of all varieties and species among the
members and others interested in growing them and to
gather and publish reliable, practice information
concerning this organization, the culture and propagation
of the African violet, and other articles of interest to the
members.

ARTICLE II

Membership and Dues
Section 1

ELIGIBILITY : Any person interested in the growing of
African violets shall be eligible to membership in this
society.

Section 2

CLASSES: There shall be six (6) classes of membership in
the society, namely:

a. INDIVIDUAL: which shall be any one person.

b. ASSOCIATE: which shall be any person living at
the same address as a person having any other class
of membership. An associate member shall not
receive the society magazine or notices of meetings
and bylaws amendments carried therein but sh^
have all other privileges of an individual member
by paying half the dues required for individual
membership.

c. COMMERCIAL: which shall be all persons or firms
who advertise consistently and/or sell one
thousand (1,000) or more African violet plants or
leaf cuttings annually or who manufacture or
advertise for sale, fertilizer, disease and insect
control materials, equipment, tools or any other
merchandise pertaining to or applicable to growing
African violets.

d. SUSTAINING: which shall be those individuals or
organizations interested in the objects of this
Society and paying the Sustaining Membership fee.

e. LIFE: which shall exempt such members from
annual dues upon payment of the life membership
fee.

f. HONORARY LIFE: which shall be persons given a
life membership by the society for outstanding
services. They shall have all of the privileges of
membership but shall be exempt from future
payment of dues.

Section 3

AWARD MEMBERSHIPS: may be given by the Awards
Committee with the approval of the executive committee
provided not more than one (1) honorary life membership
nor more than ten (10) yearly memberships may be
awarded during any one (1) term.

Section 4

REVOKE: The Board of Directors may revoke any
membership for just cause provided that refund shall be
made to life members in the amount paid by them minu§
the accumulative sum for individual membership to date
of revocation.

Section 5

DUES : The amount of dues for each membership shall be
determined by vote of the Board of Directors provided
that no increase shall exceed fifty percent (50%) of the
amount paid in the current year, or be effective within
twelve (12) months of any previous increase. Dues shall
be payable in advance, to the treasurer of the society and
shall cover the twelve (12) month period from the first
day of March through the last day of February.

Section 6

MEMBERSHIP VOTE: Each paid to date membership
shall entitle the holder to voice and vote in the business
meetings of the society.

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ARTICLE III

Affiliations and Charters
Section 1

AFFILIATED CHAPTERS: Any group of persons
interested in African violets may form a chapter and
affiliate with the society upon payment of the fee set for
such affiliation and in return they shall receive copies of
publications which may be sent to any member of their
choice: the AVSA Collection Award, first and second
place; AVSA Standard Show Award, and AVSA Standard
Show Achievement Award and other awards as may be
determined by the Board of Directors in the future, and
library service if desired.

Section 2

Groups of members and/or societies in one or more states
or counfries may affiliate as Councils, State Societies or
Regional Group Societies upon payment of the fee set for
such affiliation and shall be entitled to receive the AVSA
Collection Award, first and second place, AVSA Standard
Show Award, and AVSA Standard Show Achievement
Award, library service, and the AVSA Sweepstakes
Award.

Section 3

JUDGES COUNCILS: Groups of judges from one or more
states, districts, or areas may affiliate as Judges Councils
upon payment of the fee set for such affiliation and in
return they shall be entitled to the AVSA Collection
Award, first and second place; AVSA Standard Show
Award and AVSA Standard Show Achievement Award,
library service, and the AVSA Sweepstakes Award.

Section 4

CHARTERS: shall be issued to all affiliated groups upon
registering the name of the group with the Affiliate
Chairman. A president’s card is available to those groups
who supply the name and address of the group president.

Section 5

VOTING STATUS: Affiliated groups as such shall have
no voice or vote in the society business meetings and no
member of a group may use the group’s affiliation for
individual membership privileges.

Section 6

REVOKE: The Board of Directors may revoke any
charter for just cause, but no individual member shall lose
membership because of the loss of the group charter.

ARTICLE IV

Meetings and Quorum
Section 1

ANNUAL MEETINGS: shall be held at the convention
which shall be held at such time and place each year as
the Board of Directors shall determine.

Section 2

SPECIAL MEETINGS: may be called by the Board of
Directors or the president and two (2) other elected
officers-

Section 3

QUORUM: at any of the society meetings shall be fifty
(50) individual members each of whom must be able to
produce a paid to date membership card.

Section 4

QUORUM: at any meeting of the Board of Directors shall
be ten (10) members of the Board.

ARTICLE V

Officers and Their Duties

Section 1

ELECTIVE OFFICERS: The elected officers of this
society shall be:

a. PRESIDENT: who shall have general
superintendency of the affairs of the society;
preside at meetings of the society. Board of
Directors, and executive committee; keep informed
on all work of the society and make reports
thereon as may be required; appoint committee
chairmen; fill all vacancies in offices and
committees during the term; countersign checks
drawn on the treasury; be a member ex-officio of
all committees except the nominating; and assume
other duties necessary in the best interest of the
society.

b. FIRST VICE PRESIDENT: who shall preside at
meetings in the absence of the president or when
called upon; countersign checks when the president
or treasurer cannot sign; and perform other duties
as assigned.

c. SECOND VICE PRESIDENT; who shall preside at
meetings in the absence of the president and first
vice president or when called upon; and perform
other duties as assigned.

d. THIRD VICE PRESIDENT: who shaU preside at
meetings in the absence of the president, first and
second vice presidents or when called upon, and
perform other duties as assigned.

e. SECRETARY: who sh^ be responsible for
keeping accurate records of the meetings of the
society. Board of Directors, and executive
committee; and assume other duties relative to the
office or that may be assigned.

f. TREASURER: who shall be responsible for the
safe keeping of the society funds and payment of
bills by checks signed by two (2) of the three
officers recognized by the banks to sign checks;
keep an accurate book record of all monies
received and disbursed; render financial reports as
the Board of Directors may require; and help
prepare the annual budget in detail. He shall be
bonded in an amount set by the Board of Directors
and shall submit all records related to the treasury
for audit annually by a Certified Public
Accountant selected by the executive committee.
The cost of both audit and bond shall be included
in the budget and be paid by the society. The
Certified Public Accountant’s report shall be sent
to the members of the Board in advance of each
annual meeting.

Section 2

DIRECTORS: There shall be fifteen (15) directors elected
from the membership-at-large, one (1) of which shall be a
resident of the Dominion of Canada. They shall be elected
to serve terms of three (3) years each, five (5) being
elected each year.

Section 3

PARLIAMENTARIAN: A parliamentarian may be
appointed by the president to serve at the annual meeting,
or for the entire term, remuneration to be decided by the
Board of Directors.

ARTICLE VI

Nominations and Elections

Section 1

ELIGIBILITY : To be eligible to hold office in this society
a nominee must be a member in good standing and have
served at least one (1) year as a member of the Board of
Directors.

Section 2

TERMS OF OFFICE: The terms of officers shall be one
(1) year or until their successors are elected and each term

African Violet Magazine, September, 1977

11

Part II

shall begin at the conclusion of the annual convention at
which they are elected excepting that of the directors,
which shall be governed by Section 2, of Article V, No
elected officer shall serve more than two (2) consecutive
terms in the same office excepting the treasurer whose
terms may be unlimited and the directors who shall not
succeed themselves.

Section 3

NOMINATIONS: shaU be offered as foUows:

a. By a nominating committee.

b. From the floor, the nominees being present.

Section 4

ELECTIONS: shall be by ballot excepting when there is
only one (1) name in nomination for an office, in which
case the secretary may cast the ballot or it may be
dispensed with in favor of viva voce voting.

ARTICLE VII

Administration and Management
Section 1

The Board of Directors shall consist of elected officers,
the fifteen (15) directors, the immediate past president,
and the chairmen of standing committees. This Board
shall:

a. Manage the society affairs between annual
meetings.

b. Have the same officers as those elected by the
society.

c. Meet regularly immediately before and after the
annual convention of the society. Special meetings
may be called by the president or upon request of
the executive committee.

d. Set the policies of the society and make their own
standing rules provided they do not conflict with
the bylaws of the society.

e. Appoint an editor of publications, who shall be
responsible for the preparation and issuance of all
publications authorized by the Board of Directors.

f. Submit the minutes of all meetings of the Board of
Directors for publication in one of the first two
African Violet Magazine issues following the
convention.

Section 2

THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: shall consist of the
elected officers and they shall have the authority to
conduct any necessary business of the society during the
interim between meetings of the Board of Directors.

Section 3

EXECUTIVE PERSONNEL: An executive director may
be selected and appointed by such procedure as deemed
advisable by the Board of Directors. The salary of such
person and any additional employees necessary for the
management of the society shall be set by the Board of
Directors who shall also have the power to remove any
salaried employee. The authority to employ and the
power to remove subordinate personnel may be delegated
by the Board of Directors to the executive committee or
executive director.

Section 4

INDEBTEDNESS: The officers, executive committee.
Board of Directors, or anyone'delegated by them shall not
incur any debt or liability in the name of the society
beyond the available or maturing funds in the treasury,
excluding any monies or securities held for specific
purposes.

Section 5

INVESTMENTS: All monies received for life membership
dues shall be invested by the treasurer as directed by the
Board of Directors. The interest in part accruing there¬
from shall be used to provide for subscriptions each year
at the rate of one-half the regular subscription price, for
each Life member and for each Honorary Life merhber.

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KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE 37901
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Section 6

BONDS: All society officers, committee chairmen,
members and employees handling society funds, shall be
bonded in a blanket bond, the cost of same to be paid by
the society.

ARTICLE Vlll

Committees
Section 1

STANDING COMMITTEES: shall not exceed fifteen (15)
in number including Affiliate, Awards, Boyce Edens
Research Fund, Commercial Activities, Commercial Sales
and Exhibits, Convention Program, Convention Time and
Place, Finance, Library, Membership and Promotion,
Nominating, Plant Registration, Publications, Research^
Shows and Judges. These committees shall perform duties
as specified in the bylaws, standing rules, and as ordered
by the Board of Directors.

a. THE FINANCE COMMITTEE: shall prepare a
budget in detail for guidance during the ensuing
year. A sum shall be included in the budget to
cover reasonable traveling expenses of officers and
committee chairmen while engaged in travel on
essential business of the society when authorized
by the President. To be effective the budget must
be approved by the Board of Directors.

b. BOYCE EDENS RESEARCH FUND
COMMITTEE: shall collect the Boyce Edens
Research Fund contributions and remit same to
the treasurer, who shall maintain this fund in a
separate account to be used for research funds.

c. THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE: shall consist
of five (5) members who shall be appointed by the
president with the approval of the Board of
Directors. Three (3) members of this committee
shall serve terms of three (3) years each, one (1)
being appointed each year and the remaining two
(2) shall be past presidents of the society who may
serve an unlimited number of years but the
appointment of which shall be annually. This
committee shall select one (1) nominee (from a list
of those having served at least one (1) year on the
Board of Directors) for each office to be filled; and
the names selected shall be submitted to the
president (after confirming that they will serve if
elected) in ample time to notify the membership
by mail or through the magazine at least thirty
(30) days in advance of the annual convention
date.

Section 2

SPECIAL COMMITTEES: may be appointed by the
president during the term, with the approval of the
executive committee, which may be obtained by mail.

ARTICLE IX
Parliamenlaiy Authority
Section 1

ROBERT’S RULES OF ORDER REVISED shall be the
parliamentary authority on all questions not covered in
these bylaws.

ARTICLE X
Section 1

AMEND: These bylaws may be amended at any meeting
of this society provided: the amendments have been sent
to each member of the society except associate members
at least thirty (30) days prior to the meeting date; and
they have been approved by at least a two-thirds (2/3)
vote of the Board of Directors.

Section 2

REVISED: These bylaws may be revised in the same
manner as amended excepting that a revision must be
ordered by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the Board of
Directors or by the assembly at a regular convention
meeting of the society.

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