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Top left;
Yoshimura Award
Finest Classical Bonsai Japanese Black Pine Pinus thunbergii Louise Leister
Top right;
Bonsai Travel Award
Finest Bonsai & Companion Combination
Companion Award Mixed Species Marc Arpag
Bottom;
Puerto Rico Bonsai Federa- tion Award
Finest Tropical Bonsai Willow Leaf Fig
Ficus salicaria
Aaron Bucher
Brussel Martin for his beautiful Japanese Black pine as the “finest Japanese style bonsai display.” Mr. Fu- kuda also spoke about the importance of bonsai dis- plays, said the Japanese group came expecting to see beautiful bonsai but were surprised to see spectacular bonsai. He invited everyone to the 8th World Bonsai Convention in Saitama City, Japan which will be held in 2017.
The three international judges, Hiroyoshi Yamaji from Japan, Peter Warren from England and David Easterbrook from Canada spent a couple of hours se- lecting the award winning bonsai. Many of the deci- sions were difficult because of the high quality, but Suthin Sukolosovist’s American elm was clearly the winner for the National Award for the “finest bonsai.”
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