Record Number of 2014 Show Entries

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service — Galveston County Office

December 17, 2014

PHOTO BY William M. Johnson Area citrus growers submitted a record 313 entries for display and competition at the 2014 Upper Gulf Dr. William M. Johnson Coast Citrus Show held on December 4. Ray Michalik (pictured above left) of Brazoria was awarded the is a horticulturist with Best of Show Rosette for his Rio Red and Sharon Bolen was awarded the Reserve Champion the Galveston County Rosette for her Meyer . Sharon’s spouse, Robert Bolen (shown above right), accepted her rosette. Office of Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Ser- The 2014 Upper Gulf some competition be- ribbon and rosette win- vice. Visit his website at Coast Citrus Show was tween family members: ners. http://aggie- held on December 4 at brother vs. brother, fa- Ray Michalik, Brazoria: horticulture.tamu.edu/ galveston. the County AgriLife Exten- ther vs. son, grandfather Best of Show, Rio Red sion Office in Carbide vs. grandson, and even Grapefruit; First Place News column printed in Park. This was a record- husband vs. wife. for N-33 Navel , the Galveston Daily breaking year for the The entries reflected the Owari Satsuma, Oro- News, The Post, and oth- number of entries (313) remarkable range of cit- blanco Pummelo Grape- er Galveston County Newspapers. and the number of exhibi- rus that is grown in this Hybrid, and Cocktail tors (59). Exhibitors came area including oranges, Grapefruit; Second Place from just down the street , , tan- for Satsuma, Orange and from Carbide Park to as gerines and . If ; Third far away as Matagorda. you would like to know Place for Fairchild Man- There was a lot of friendly what types of citrus can darin and Marrs Orange. competition between be grown here, look Sharon Bolen, Dickin- home growers as well as over the following list of son: Reserve Champion, Page 2 Record Number of 2014 Citrus Show Entries

Meyer Lemon. First Place Nules Clementine x Mandarin; Rudy Altamirano, Galveston: Mandarin. Third Place Temple , Sun- Third Place Changshou Kum- Francis Doucet, La Marque: First burst x , Var- quat, Nagami and Place Orange. iegated Satsuma and Ujukitsu Bearrs . Todd Elliott, Dickinson: Second Lemon. Chris Anastas, Santa Fe: Third Place Satsuma and Valencia Or- Charlie Keleman, Santa Fe: First Place Rio Red Grapefruit and ange. Place Meyer Lemon. Mandarin Mandarin; Second Wayne Elliott, Santa Fe: Second Marty Koran, Houston: Third Place Tanique Tangor. Place Tangerine. Place Meyer Lemon. Bill Arendt, Houston: First Place Nancy Ferverda, Dickinson: First Ray Lehrmann, Richmond: First Chandler Pummelo and Atlas Place Chandler Pummelo, Cala- Place Valley Lemon. Honey Mandarin; Second Place mondin and Panzarella Lemon; Zackary Lisenby, Santa Fe: First Golden Grapefruit on Trifoliata, Second Place Wekiwa Tangelo. Place Clementine Mandarin. Bloomsweet Grapefruit, Golden Gene & Janie Flores, Texas City: Gilbert Livanec, Sr., Manvel: Grapefruit on Swingle, Sunburst First Place Or- First Place Bloomsweet Grape- Tangerine and Moro Blood Or- ange; Second Place Meiwa Kum- fruit, Pummelo x ange; Third Place Owari Satsu- quat, Republic of Texas Orange Grapefruit Hybrid, Brown's Se- ma, Okitsu-wase Satsuma, Page and Mexican Thornless Lime. lect Satsuma, Cocktail Grape- Mandarin and Bloomsweet John Gardner, Dickinson: First fruit, Rio Red Grapefruit, Page Grapefruit. Place Owari Satsuma. Mandarin and Cara Cara Navel Johnnie J. Biehunko, Rosenberg: Dave Gerstenberger, Needville: Orange; Second Place Owari First Place Mandarin, Mr. Mac Third Place Satsuma Satsuma Satsuma, Dancy Tangerine and Satsuma, Brown Select Satsuma, and Meyer Lemon. Meyer Lemon; Third Place Cara Lakeland , Meyer Lem- Joseph Giamfortone, Santa Fe: Cara Navel Orange and Mexican on and Satsuma; Second Place First Place Improved Meyer Lime. Navel Orange; Third Place Pine- Lemon and Changshou Kum- Bob Lynch, La Marque: Third apple Orange. quat; Second Place Meiwa Kum- Place Mandarin. Bryan Boshart, Richmond: First quat. Douglas Mager, Needville: First Place Satsuma and Bloomsweet Jessie Herbig, Katy: First Place Place Meyer Lemon. Grapefruit. Orange and Third Place Orange. Terry Matherne, Matagorda: Dave Boyd, Galveston: First Scott Johnsgard, The Wood- First Place Rio Red Grapefruit, Place Satsuma. lands: First Place Lakeland Changshou Kumquat, Vermillion Margaret Budny, League City: Limequat, Orlando Tangelo, Va- Satsuma, Meyer Lemon, Kishu Third Place Mexican Lime. lencia Orange, Mexican (Key) Mandarin, Seto Satsuma, Okitsu James Carthel, League City: First Thornless Lime, Nippon Or- Wase Satsuma, Henderson Place Clementine Mandarin. angequat and Satsuma; Second Grapefruit, Atlas x Koa Seedling Terry Cuclis, Alvin: First Place Place Calamondin, Kimbrough Mandarin, Bloomsweet Grape- Wekiwa Tangelo and Meiwa Satsuma, Miho Satsuma, Im- fruit Seedling, Nagle's Seedless Kumquat; Second Place, Lime. proved Meyer Lemon, Chang- Kumquat, Variegated Calamon- Doris Dahse, Richmond: First shou Kumquat, Nagami Kum- din and Page Mandarin; Second Place Satsuma. quat, Mr. Mac Satsuma, Owari Place Tavares Limequat, Wash- Carol Deslattes, Dickinson: Sec- Satsuma, Seto Satsuma, Clemen- ington Navel Orange, Nagami ond Place Clementine Mandarin. tine (Algerian) Tangerine, Indio Kenneth Deslattes, Dickinson: Mandarinquat, Tangerine and Page 3 Record Number of 2014 Citrus Show Entries

Kumquat, Cara Cara Navel Or- Norma & Sanford Rubin, Gal- ange, Golden Grapefruit Seed- veston: First Place Meyer Lem- ling and Meiwa Kumquat; and on. Third Place Indio Mandarinquat Dan Sebesta, Bellaire: First and Parson Brown Orange. Place Pineapple Orange, Eureka Dennis McClung, League City: Lemon, Brown Select Satsuma, Third Place Grapefruit. and Panzarella Orange; Second Ed Michalik, Pasadena: Second Place Temple Tangor, Sunburst Place Tangerine. Tangerine and Page Mandarin; Dan Mitchell, Sugar Land: Third Third Place Moro Place Meyer Lemon. and Fairchild Tangerine x Tange- John Mitchiner, Dickinson: Third lo. Place Rio Red Grapefruit and Mike Shoup, Santa Fe: First Satsuma. Place Improved Meyer Lemon Helen Mueller, Santa Fe: Second and Satsuma; Second Place Rio Place Meyer Lemon. Red Grapefruit; Third Place John E. Panzarella, Lake Jack- Washington Navel Orange. son: First Place Golden Grape- Geoffrey Smith, Needville: Third fruit Seedling, Dancyquat, Place Meiwa Kumquat. Changshou Kumquat and Kishu Joe Stegint, Rosenberg: Second Mandarin; Second Place Monre- Place Hamlin Orange. al Clementine Tangerine, Page Liz Stegint, Rosenberg: Second Mandarin and Ujukitsu Lemon; Place Okitsu-wase Satsuma; Third Place Panzarella Orange Third Place Owari Satsuma. and Fortune Mandarin. Luke Stripling, Dickinson: Sec- Bernard M. Patten, Seabrook: ond Place Honey Tangerine. First Place Satsuma and Manda- Bill Verm, Santa Fe: First Place rin; Second Place Clementine Rio Red Grapefruit and BC-2 Mandarin, Lime and Meyer Lem- Satsuma; Third Place Amber- on; Third Place Chandler Pum- sweet Orange, Republic of Texas melo and Vaniglia Sanguigno Orange and Meyer Lemon. Blood Orange. Nancy Vidas, Galveston: Second Butch Roden, Clute: First Place Place Panzarella Lemon. Orlando Tangelo, Wekiwa Tan- Frank Zimmerman, Texas City: gelo, Sweet Orange, Sunquat Third Place Rio Red Grapefruit. and Bloomsweet Grapefruit; Pete Zimmerman, La Marque: Second Place Tangerine, Chang- Third Place Rio Red Grapefruit. shou Kumquat, Cara Cara Navel Orange and Kishu Mandarin; Third Place Moro Blood Orange and Fairchild Mandarin Vic Rosato, Katy: First Place Im- proved Meyer Lemon; and Third Place Orange Frost Satsuma.