RHODE ISLAND

2001: A Rose Odyssey

Official tally

Class 1 – Hybrid Tea, Grandiflora, Climbing Tea or Climbing Grandiflora

            Queen:           Tony & Elsie Silva – ‘Nightingale’  
            King:               The Shellys – 'Barbara Bush'
            Princess:       The Shellys – ‘Gemini’

Court of Honor: 
            1.            Mike & Angie Chute – ‘Maggie Barry’
            2.            Tim Roy – ‘Touch of Class’
            3.            Linda & Dan Cotton – “Keepsake’

Class 2 - Hybrid Tea and Grandiflora Open Bloom: The Shellys - 'Crimson Bouquet'    

Class 3 - Hybrid Tea and Grandiflora Sprays: Tim Roy –'Barbara Streisand'

Class 4 – Floribunda: Joe Kolis – ‘Nicole’

Class 5 - Floribunda Spray or Polyantha Spray: Tony & Elsie Silva – ‘Playgirl’

Class 6 - Large Flowered Climber and Rambler: Sofi Cofield – ‘Dublin Bay’

Class 7 - Large Flowered Climber and Rambler Spray: Tony & Elsie Silva - 'Altissimo'

Class 8 – Novice : Barbara Semenkow – ‘Moonstone’

Class 9 – Miniature or Mini Flora

            Mini Queen:            Crystal Shelly – ‘Black Jade’

            Mini King:   The Shellys – ‘Autumn Sunblaze’

            Mini Princess:  Marion Stevens – ‘Amy Grant’

Mini Court of Honor:

            1.            Tim Roy – ‘Jean Kenneally’
            2.            Linda & Dan Cotton – ‘Fairhope’
            3.            Linda Cotton – ‘Child’s Play’
            4.            Tim Roy – ‘Irresistable’

Class 10 - Miniature or Mini Flora Spray: Linda & Dan Cotton - 'Child's Play'

Class 11 – Miniature or Mini Flora Open Bloom: Linda & Dan Cotton - 'Magic Carousel'      

Class 12 - Rose in a Bowl: Tony & Elsie Silva – ‘Playgirl’

Class 13 - Rose in a Bowl, Miniature or Mini Flora: Linda & Dan Cotton - 'Jennifer'

Class 14 – English Box, Hybrid Teas and Grandifloras: Joe Kolis 
(Crystalline, Keepsake, Leonidas)              

Class 15 – English Box, Miniature or Mini Flora: Tim Roy
(Hot Tamale, Jean Keneally, Mother's Love)

Class 16 – Artist’s Palette: Linda & Dan Cotton
'Pierine, Minnie Pearl, Jennifer, Winsome, Suzy, Fairhope'

Class 17 - Old Garden Rose, Prior to 1867: The Shellys – ‘Mme. Hardy’  

Class 18 - Old Garden Rose, 1867 or Later: Patsy & Ed Cunningham – ‘Paul Neyron’

Class 19 – Shrubs: Mary Anne Osborne – ‘Gartendirektor Otto Linne’

Class 20 – David Austin: The Shellys – ‘Glamis Castle’

Class 21 - Species Roses: Bob Sieczkiewicz – ‘R. Macrantha’   

Class 22 - Brownell Roses: Mike & Angie Chute – ‘Elegance’     

Class 23 - Stages of Bloom: No Award

Class 24 - Stages of Bloom, Miniature or Mini Flora: Tim Roy – ‘Incognito’                             

Class 25 – The Victorian Rose Garden: The Shellys
(Crystalline, Iceberg, Glamis Castle)

Class 26 – Best Red Rose: The Shellys – ‘Opening Night’

Class 27 - Triple Spray: Tim Roy
(First Edition, Lavaglut, French Lace)

Class 28 – Best of the Rest: The Shellys
(Polarstern, Mikado and Barbara Bush)

Class 29 - Small Garden Challenge: Barbara Semenkow – ‘Moonstone’  

Class 30 - The Rhode Island Gold Rosarian Award: The Shellys – ‘Double Delight’                   

Class 31 - The Rhode Island Silver Rosarian Award: The Shellys
(Black Jade, Sweet Melody, Little Paradise)

Class 32 – Fragrance (People’s Choice): Ed & Patsy Cunningham – ‘The McCartney Rose’

Class 33 – Seedling: Joe Kolis

Sweepstakes: The Shellys

Best of Show: Tony & Elsie Silva – ‘Playgirl’

Floral Arrangements

Class 34 – “Fly Me to the Moon” – Patsy Cunningham

Class 35: “Our Expanding Universe . . . 2001 and Beyond” – Vera Cunningham

Class 36: “Anything Goes These Days” – Louis Horne

Class 37: “Tea for 2(001)” – Kristine Struminsky

People’s Choice – Dot Kramer  

(photos by Patsy Cunningham unless otherwise attributed)