SAFFRON WALDEN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY
AUTUMN SHOW
The Autumn Show was held on Saturday, September 22nd in the United Reformed Church Hall in Abbey Lane. From 1994 to 2005 this last show of our season was held as part of the Gardeners' Weekend at Audley End. Regrettably this event was cancelled at short notice in 2006 so that our show also had to be abandoned. This year we were pleased to be able to be one of the first events to take place in the newly refurbished United Reformed Church Hall.
With a total of 276 entries, this proved to be a successful and colourful show despite the problems caused to exhibitors by the changeable summer weather we have experienced. In the flower section, it was mainly the dahlias which provided the drama with their large and colourful blooms. The Winner: of the best dahlia was Alan Taylor. The prize for the best rose was won by David Livermore. The Winner: for the flower arrangements in wine glasses judged by the public was Kate Chambers.
In the pot plants section, beautiful orchids won first and second prizes with magnificent begonias being pipped to the post. In the class of a plant grown from a pip or seed, the banana plant grown from a seed eleven months ago had reached a height of more than 3 feet – though no bananas as yet.
In the vegetable classes, the giant parsnips were the most noticeable but as always, all the vegetables looked good enough to eat! The domestic classes were also mouth-watering with large numbers of entries in the victoria sandwich and other cake, preserves and wine classes. In the hand crafted section, the Winner: was a plate of realistic apples made out of wood - they also looked very appetizing.
The children's exhibits were impressive with the award for the best one going to Charlotte Staniforth with her miniature garden in a seed tray. It was a very interesting garden with a small meadow with two sheep and a greenhouse with a giant cucumber growing in it.
The Town Mayor, Mr Sarfraz Anjum and the Mayoress Mrs Anjum kindly attended to present the prizes. The Chairman, Mrs Doreen Townley expressed her thanks to the Town Mayor and to the hard-working Show Secretaries, Mrs Yvonne Bishop and Mrs Kate Chambers. Thanks too were given to the judges, to show stewards and to all committee members, all of whom had helped to make the show such a success. Delicious refreshments were available in the new neighbouring Salvation Army run café.
This is the last of the society’s three annual shows. However, events continue in the autumn when the first evening meeting of the 2007/2008 season will take place at the Bowls Club in Abbey Lane on October 2nd with a talk entitled Michaelmas to Candlemas in a Suffolk Garden to be given by Mr R Leeds.
Collette Biggs, Publicity Secretary
WINNERSBabington Smith Trophy – Most points in show
Winner: Ken Peck
Runner-up: Hamish Davidson
Sewell Cup – Most point in Vegetable Section 1-22
Winner: Hamish Davidson
Runner-up: Ken Peck
Acrow Cup – Most point in Flower and Fruit Sections 23-54
Winner: Vic Mortlock
Runner-up: Ken Peck
John Coe Memorial Trophy – Best bloom in dahlia section Classes 28-31
Winner: Alan Coe
John Coe Trophy – Best bloom in Chrysanthemum Section Classes 32-34
Winner: (not awarded)
Harry Green Trophy – Best exhibit in Rose Section Classes 37-39
Winner: David Livermore
Harry Green Cup – Best Floral Arrangement Class 54
Winner: Yvonne Bishop
Walker Trophy – Most point in Domestic Section Classes 56-71
Winner: Jean Petchey
Runners-up: Jane Bennett and Jenny Davidson
Rickett Shield – Best exhibit in Domestic Classes 56-62
Winner: Jane Bennett
Scrivener Cup – Most point in Junior Section Classes 72-79
Winner: Charlotte Staniforth
Runner-up: Charlotte Bennett
“Eric the Hedgehog” – Best Exhibit in the Junior Classes
Winner: Charlotte Staniforth
Ellis Rooke Cup – Most points in all three shows in the year
Winner: Ken Peck
Tom Green Cup – Most points in Junior Classes in all three shows in the year
Winner: Charlotte Staniforth
CLASSES
SECTION 1 - VEGETABLES
1) Beans, Runner – 9 pods with stalks
Winner: Hamish Davidson
2) Beans, Dwarf or French - 9 pods with stalks
Winner: John Bullen
3) Beetroot – 3
Winner: Ken Peck
4) Cabbage, green – 2 with stalks
Winner: Hamish Davidson
6) Cucumbers – 2
Winner: Ken Peck
7) Leeks – 3
Winner: Hamish Davidson
8) Marrows, - pair for table use
Winner: Hamish Davidson
9) Onions – 4, dressed under 250g
Winner: Peter Cranfield
10) Onions – 4 dressed 250g or over
Winner: Hamish Davidson
11) Totatoes – 4 white
Winner: Hamish Davidson
12) Potatoes – 4 coloured
Winner: Hamish Davidson
13) Parsnips – 3
Winner: Hamish Davidson
14) Shallots – 9 culinary
Winner: Hamish Davidson
15) Shallots – 9 pickling, small not exceeding 35mm in diameter
Winner: Ken Peck
16) Tomatoes – 6 with stalks
Winner: Peter Cranfield
17) Tomatoes, small variety – 6
Winner: Peter Cranfield
18) A truss of tomatoes (ripe or unripe)
Winner: Janet Bullen
19) Collection of Vegetables – 4 different kinds in a tray
Winner: Hamish Davidson
20) Collection of Salad Vegetables – 4 different kinds in a tray
Winner: Ken Peck
21) Courgettes – 3
Winner: Anne Dawson
22) Any other vegetable – minimum 2, not included in schedule
Winner: Hamish Davidson
SECTION 2 – FRUIT AND FLOWER CLASSES
23) Apples – 3 culinary with stalks
Winner: Ken Peck
24) Apples – 3 dessert with stalks
Winner: David Livermore
25) Pears – 3 with stalks
Winner: Eric Hammond
26) Blackberries – 12 with stalks
Winner: Anne Dawson
27) Any fruit not included in schedule
Winner: Peter Cranfield
28) Dahlias, decorative or ball – 3 blooms
Winner: Alan Taylor
29) Dahlias, cactus or semi-cactus, 3 blooms
Winner: Alan Taylor
30) Dahlias, pompon – 5 blooms
Winner: Robert Chambers
31) Dahlias, mixed – to be judged on quality
Winner: Alan Taylor
33) Chrysanthemums, 3 sprays
Winner: Janet Bullen
35) A container of cut flowers
Winner: Anne Dawson
36) Display of foliage in a container
Winner: Yvonne Bishop
37) Roses, large flowered HT – 1 specimen bloom
Winner: David Livermore
38) Roses, large flowered HT – 3 specimen blooms, any colour(s)
Winner: David Livermore
39) Roses, cluster flowered – 3 stems
Winner: Kate Chambers
40) Gladioli – 3 spikes
Winner: Vic Mortlock
41) Asters – 6 stems
Winner: Janet Bullen
42) A container of yellow/bronze flowers and/or foliage
Winner: Alan Taylor
43) Flowering trees or shrubs – 3 stems
Winner: Ken Peck
44) One pot plant in flower
Winner: Ken Peck
45) One pot plant for foliage
Winner: Vic Mortlock
46) Cactus in a container not greater than 23cm diameter as grown by exhibitor
Winner: Vic Mortlock
47) Succulent in pot maximum 23cm diameter as grown by exhibitor
Winner: Peter Cranfield
48) One plant grown from pip, stone, nut, berry, etc, not previously shown this year
Winner: Robin Crouchman
49) Pelargonium – in a pot as grown by exhibitor
Winner: Robin Crouchman
50) Fuchsia – in a pot not more than 23cm diameter as grown by exhibitor
Winner: Robin Crouchman
51) Fuchsia – 6 mounted flower heads
Winner: Yvonne Bishop
52) A container of plants as grown
Winner: Vic Mortlock
53) A container of fruits and berries – 3 stems
Winner: Doreen Townley
54) Floral arrangement: “A Study in Scarlet” – an exhibit using plant material
Winner: Yvonne Bishop
55) A flower arrangement in a wine glass judged by the public
Winner: Kate Chambers
SECTION 3 – DOMESTIC CLASSES
56) Apple and cinnamon cake – made according to given recipe
Winner: Jane Bennett
57) Eccles cakes – 4
Winner: Jean Petchey
58) A Victoria Sandwich
Winner: Jane Bennett
59) Gingerbread – 4 pieces
Winner: Sue Staniforth
60) Jam – 1 jar
Winner: Jenny Davidson
61) Any other preserve – 1 jar
Winner: Ruth Coe
62) Chutney – 1 jar
Winner: Jenny Davidson
63) A bottle of home made wine – red
Winner: John Bullen
64) A bottle of home made wine – other than red
Winner: Betty Green
65) A set of snapshots of tresses
Winner: Jane Bennett
66) A framed photograph of a horticultural subject
Winner: Sue Staniforth
67) A picture – any medium
Winner: Peter Farley
69) A hand crafted article – hard material
Winner: Dennis Woodley
70) A hand crafted article – any other material
Winner: Vic Mortlock
71) An embroidered article, tapestry, cross-stitch or patchwork
Winner: Sarah Hammond
SECTION 4 – JUNIOR CLASSES (age up to 15)
72) Gingerbread men – 4
Winner: Charlotte Staniforth
73) Potato print – maximum A4 size
Winner:s Abbie Bennett and Charlotte Bennett
75) Faces on flowers – any material
Winner: Yasmin Malik
76) Computer generated book mark
Winner: Charlotte Bennett
77) A miniature garden in a seed tray
Winner: Charlotte Staniforth
78) Flowers in a container
Winner: Charlotte Staniforth
79) Plant(s) growing in a pot, maximum 18cm
Winner: Charlotte Staniforth