Thes are the ones listed in First Class:

Blue Riot (1561) 11/01/1965 (D. West) Double dark blue. Plain. Large

Candy Lips (1461) 07/24/1964 (L. Lyon) Double white/thin red edge. Ovate. Standard

Cerise Enchantment (1631) 08/15/1966 (F. Kuhl) Single cerise/lighter eye. Girl foliage. Semiminiature

Clipper (1724) 09/06/1967 (L. Lyon) Double white star. Plain, pointed. Standard

Fire Bright (1464) 07/24/1964 (L. Lyon) Double light red. Variegated dark green, ovate. Standard

Gingerpeachy (S. Whitaker) Semidouble pink frilled. Dark green, serrated. Standard (TX Hyb)

Hi Hopes (1303) 10/19/1962 (L. Lyon) Double blue-purple star/some white edge. Ovate. Standard

Master Blue (1465) 07/24/1964 (L. Lyon) Double blue-purple star/white edge. Ovate. Standard

My Own (1271) 04/19/1961 (J. Spoutz/Eyerdom) Double white. Pointed. Large

Paul Bunyan (Storytella) Semidouble blue star. Standard

Peak of Pink (1467) 07/24/1964 (L. Lyon) Semidouble pink and white star. Ovate, quilted. Standard

Pink Leawala (1697) 05/27/1967 (F. Tinari) Double pink wavy/green frilled edge. Glossy, ruffled. Standard

Pink Riot (1190) 09/22/1960 (D. West/B. Mills) Double pink. Cupped, glossy. Large

Pom Pom (1469) 07/24/1964 (L. Lyon) Double red-orchid and white star. Ovate. Standard

Purple Tiger (S. Spann) Orchid star/blue and purple fantasy. Variegated, quilted, wavy. Standard

Richter's Confection (1299) 09/25/1962 (F. Richter) Double light pink/green frilled edge. Dark green, ovate, quilted,
fluted. Standard

Richter's Diamond Lil (1297) 09/25/1962 (F. Richter) Double peach-pink/darker tips. Ovate, quilted. Standard
Startling (1305) 10/19/1962 (L. Lyon) Double lavender/blue fantasy. Pointed. Standard

I do not think any one off this list is still available....

Thanks for the list. I will print it for a friend who has raised show violets continuously since 1971 who would probably enjoy seeing this. Joanne

Darn, maybe that is why they call it a Wish List??? heavy sigh,,,, Thanks Irina! Rosie

I do not think it is a wish list,,,, it is like a school roster from 100 years ago,,, they are all gone and you just wish you had a chance to know them,,,,

Well,,,,maybe. sigh! Maybe they are gone,,,but because of a few people certainly NOT forgotten!!!! YAY!!!! Rosie

There is a slight possibility one or two are being grown by someone, since some people still grow several of the original ten A&R hybrids, which are even older. Moreover, there used to be a continuously updated list of vintage violets in the African Violet Magazine by Barbara Elkin.

Furthermore, here is a link regarding Richter's Violet hybrids from ten years ago: http://www.designbycandy.com/personal/candysviolets/default/vintage.htm

I found one of Richter's hybrids on Bloomin Jungle's list from a few years ago. Not sure if she still has it:

Bon-bon (843) 12/17/1956 (F. Richter) Double pink. Girl foliage. Semiminiature

I was starting to feel a little sad that I not only don't have any of these but I have never had any of these. Gratefully, Irina made me feel a little better. Im still going to keep my eye out though.

There is someone who grows the vintage violet Tipt (F. Richter) [Single large lavender/purple tips. Standard] present-day on African Violet Traders on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/africanviolettraders/

I am not sure that everything that is gone forever was worth keeping... I hope the best of the best stayed in culture.

We live in "today" - and we do not keep a pristine "Texas Cadillac" in our garage hoping to make a kill 50 years later,

I had an early Kent Stork called Blue Barry that was exceptional. I like the early AVs to trace ancestry, or for historical reasons, or scientific interest. I was not around in vintage days. I know some people who were. Knowing some of the vintage names has sparked some fascinating conversations when I mention them to people as memory joggers. This keeps the hobby interesting and is a way to track historical development.

So many of today's hybrids are so derivative, so "me, too," and sport so consistently, they are not interesting, at least not to me.

The saintpaulia ancestry project database is a good place to research genetic parents. I don't need to own the old ones. Photos are good enough. Some people do like to grow series or species. It would be interesting to know what people grow and why. This is part of the learning process for those of us who are relatively new and respect the work of early hybridizers. I appreciate people who know their violets and can tell me why a specific hybridizer's work is so important. Joanne

Ancestry project is a work of vigilantes...not approved by the Powers...

Photos do not require watering - but it is nice to have a Volkmann plant and Tinari plant and White Madonna ... to touch it and see how far and how close we are to the AVs from yesteryear... Some we probably will never keep nowadays.

And with sporting... some of these complex flowering things - if it blooms true - you feel like you won the lottery....

Ahhhh,,,,,White Madonna! YES!!! Rosie