Youth Brief
Cal Poly flower judging team top in nation
The Cal Poly flower judging team has again been crowned national champions.
The 2008 team earned the honors at the 67th National Intercollegiate Floral Crop Quality Evaluation Contest, held at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville in early April, said a university spokeswoman.
Competing student teams are judged on their ability to discern differences in perfection of various floriculture crops. Students had to rank specimens in 32 different classes, including 15 different potted flowering and foliage plants and 17 types of fresh flowers — ranging from potted callas to stems of snapdragons.
The Cal Poly team scored a total of 8,630 points out of a possible 9,600 points. The second-place team, the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, had a total of 8199 points.
Cal Poly team members also placed first, second and third in individual awards.
The contest, jointly sponsored by the national horticulture scholastic honor society Pi Alpha Xi and the American Floral Endowment, is held annually at various universities. Cal Poly is scheduled to host the contest in 2011.
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