NABF Newsletter #1

Feature #10

John Naka Photo Gallery

Tora or Tiger: California juniper collected from Mojave Desert in 1962. 1962 was the year of Tiger in the Asian zodiac.

Blue cedar: Started from one-gallon nursery stock. It was grafted on Cedrus deodora under-stock. Trained for 40 years.

Montezuma Cypress, one of John's first bonsai.

Japanese Black Pine, shown at the CBS show in March, 1997.

Olive, GSBF collection South at the Huntington, photographed in 1995.

Goshin at the National Collection. Photo from 2002.

Japanese Black Pine, shown at the Nanpu-Kai show August, 2002.

California juniper: Collected 25 years ago.

Florida elm: Native of Florida. Gathered seedlings. This was done in a demonstration in Orlando Florida BCI Convention.

Pomegranate: A half-dead stump dug up from garden 30 years ago.

A view of John's yard in March, 1997.