The 30th Annual DAYLILY SHOW Presented by NORTH FLORIDA DAYLILY SOCIETY North Florida D a ylily S o cie t y ACCREDITED BY THE AMERICAN HEMEROCALLIS SOCIETY SATURDAY, MAY 15. 2004 ORANGE PARK MALL Entries placed by 10:30 Judging starts at 11 am. Viewing hours: 1:00 pm to 5 pm
GENERAL SHOW RULES 1. Exhibition open to all daylily growers except for judges judging in this show. 2. Entries must have been grown, groomed and entered by the exhibitor. 3. Only AHS members are eligible to win AHS Rosettes; however, they may be new members who join at the show. 4. All entries will be received between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 15. Late entries, arriving after 10:30 a.m., may be entered FOR DISPLAY ONLY and will not be judged. 5. The North Florida Daylily Society will furnish uniform containers and official AHS entry tags. 6. All entries must be correctly labeled with entry tags properly completed by the exhibitor. 7. Judging will begin at 11:00 am. Only Judges, Clerks, General Show Chairman and his assistant, Judges Chairman, Classification Chairman and the Photographer will be allowed in the exhibit area during judging. All Show Officials must remain in the judging area until the judging is completed. 8. Show officials and the North Florida Daylily Society exercise all precautions in protecting exhibits, but neither they nor the Orange Park Mall, will be responsible for any loss or damage that may occur to exhibits.
HORTICULTURE RULES 1. All horticulture entries eligible for AHS Rosettes and Medals must be entered on-scape. 2. Registered cultivars are to be exhibited on scapes not to exceed 30 inches. 3. All seedlings (including pre-registered cultivars) shall be cut as close as possible to the base regardless of height. A seedling having won the AHS Rosette in any other show is not eligible. 4. Entry tags for seedlings must be stamped or hand written with the word seedling in the space for cultivar name. Names (including pre-registered names), numbers or any other identifying marks are not permitted on the visible portion of the folded tag. 5. Eligibility for Exhibitors in the Youth sections shall continue through the end of the calendar year following the youth s 18th birthday. 6. Cultivars listed on the official Spider list must be exhibited in Section 5 only. They may not be placed in any other section. 7. Cultivars whose names are NOT listed in the AHS check list or supplements may NOT be exhibited in any Division, Section, Class or Group where Registered cultivars are specified. 8. The Popularity Poll Section 8 includes the top 5 cultivar winners in the Region 12 Poll. The selected cultivars are named in the show schedule and are not to be Exhibited in any other section in which they would otherwise be eligible. 9. Unusual Form cultivars registered as such must be entered in Section 6 and only those on the official Unusual Form list may be entered in this section.
JUDGING STANDARDS FOR ACCREDITED SHOWS 1. All judging of an accredited AHS show will employ the AHS standards. 2. All horticulture sections must be judged by AHS Exhibition Judges. 3. Each panel of judges shall be the final authority for each class in which it judges. 4. The Classification Chairman has the right to disqualify any entry which is damaged or does not conform to the schedule. 5. The Appropriate AHS Scale of Points will be used for (1) Registered cultivars on scape (2) Seedlings on-scape (3) Individual flowers of registered cultivars off-scape. 6. The AHS Standard System of Awards will be used. 7. All scapes receiving the AHS Rosettes or purple ribbons must score 95 or above by the AHS Scale of Points. 8. Registered cultivars will be classified alphabetically within each section. No distinction is to be made between diploids and tetraploids. 9. Each registered cultivar shall constitute a name class. A single entry may be given an award if the judges consider it a superior exhibit. An exhibitor may have only one entry per name class. 10. Each seedling or pre-registered cultivar (a pre-registered cultivar is considered a seedling) shall constitute a class to be judged on individual merit. Each entry may be given an award if the judges consider it a superior exhibit. 11. Division 1, Section 4: If purple ribbons are awarded in Class A and Class B, they must be point scored to determine a single winner, since there is only one AHS Rosette for this section.
AHS STANDARD SYSTEM OF AWARDS The judging of each cultivar in each class shall be done by the American Hemerocallis Society s Standard System of Awards. For registered cultivars, only one blue, red, and yellow may be awarded in a given name class. For seedlings, each exhibit in the section is judged on its own merit and is thus an award-eligible class. One First Place Blue Ribbon One Second Place Red Ribbon One Third Place Yellow Ribbon 90 points or above 85 points or above 80 points or above HORTICULTURE SCALE OF POINTS On-Scape On -Scape Off-Scape Registered Seedlings Registered Cultivars Single Flower Distinction 25 Flower: Color 10 10 20 Form 10 10 20 Texture 10 10 20 Substance 10 10 20 Size of Flower 10 10 Scape Height and Strength 15 10 Buds 10 10 Branching 10 10 Condition & Grooming 15 5 Condition 10 TOTAL: 100 100 100
DIVISION I: HORTICULTURE ON-SCAPE Each section is grouped alphabetically by the cultivar name. SECTION 1: Registered Large Flower* 4 1/2 inches or more in diameter SECTION 2: SECTION 3: SECTION 4: SECTION 5: SECTION 6: SECTION 7: SECTION 8: Registered Small Flower* 3 inches or more, but less than 4 1/2 inches Registered Miniature Flower* Less than 3 inches Registered Double Flower Class A - Large Flowers: 4 1/2 inches or more Class B - Small/Miniature Flowers: Less than 4 1/2 inches Registered Spider Flower* Spider ratio 4.0:1 or greater Registered Unusual Form Flowers* Youth Registered on-scape cultivars* - any size, form, or pattern Regional Popularity Poll Winners: Top 5 for Region 12 Ed Brown Bill Norris Mary Ethel Anderson Santa Fe Spark Pearl Harbor** Spacecoast Starburst** **tied for fifth place SECTION 9: Seedlings Group 1: Large Group 2: Small Group 3: Miniature Group 4: Double Group 5: Spider Group 6: Unusual Form Group 7: Polytepal
SECTION 10: The American Hemerocallis Society Achievement Medal Three scapes of a single seedling, or pre-registered cultivar, severed as close to the base as possible. An exhibitor may have multiple entries in this section. SECTION 11: SECTION 12: SECTION 13: SECTION 14: SECTION 15: SECTION 16: SECTION 17: The Ophelia Taylor Horticultural Medal Group 1. Five scapes of different registered cultivars Group 2. five scapes of different seedlings David L. Talbott, Jr. Memorial Award Any registered cultivar displayed on scape to be judged in the normal manner limited to new members of AHS who have been members for two years or less. Awarded to the best entry scoring 90 points or more. Each new member can win this award once. R. W. Munson, Jr. Award A check for $25.00 from AHS, Region 12, will be awarded to one scape of a registered cultivar whose color is not a pure self, such that differences in some aspect of the flower (including hue or saturation) create the effect of a pattern or a design within the flower. The flower must score 90 points or more. Ella Eppert Award A special award will be given to the best on-scape registered large pink cultivar scoring 90 points or more. Jack Caldwell Award A special award will be given to the best on-scape registered red cultivar scoring 90 points or more. Janice Brown Award Three on-scape registered pink cultivars of the same variety or mixed varieties; can be a combination of small and large varieties. A special award will be given to the best collection scoring 90 points or more. Garden Display Container grown daylilies, potted, blooming, named registered cultivar including registered polytepals as registered by size exhibited in the garden display section to be judged. A special award will be given to the best entry scoring 90 points or mor
DIVISION II: HORTICULTURE OFF-SCAPE Each section is grouped alphabetically by the cultivar name SECTION 1: Registered Large Flower* 4 1/2 inches or more in diameter SECTION 2: SECTION 3: SECTION 4: SECTION 5: SECTION 6: SECTION 7: SECTION 8: Registered Small Flower* 3 inches or more, but less than 4 1/2 inches Registered Miniature Flower* Less than 3 inches Registered Double Flower Class A - Large Flowers: 4 1/2 inches or more Class B - Small/Miniature Flowers: Less than 4 1/2 inches Registered Spider Flower* Spider ratio 4.0:1 or greater Registered Unusual Form Flowers* Youth Registered on-scape cultivars* - any size, form, or pattern Corner Oaks Garden Award Three registered off-scape blooms that blend together * Including registered polytepals as registered by size
MAJOR AWARDS PURPLE RIBBON - Awarded to every Blue Ribbon award-winning scape, scoring 95 points or above in Division I, in each Section numbered 1-9. AHS ROSETTE - Awarded to the most outstanding Purple Ribbon award-winning entry in Division I, in each Section numbered 1-9. AHS BEST-IN-SHOW ROSETTE - Awarded to the best of the AHS Rosette winners in Division I, in each Section, numbered 1-9. AHS SWEEPSTAKES ROSETTE - Awarded to the exhibitor winning the most Blue Ribbons in Division I, in each Section, numbered 1-9. In the event of a tie, purple ribbons will be counted. If a tie should still exist, first the red ribbons, and then the yellow ribbons will be counted. THE BEST BLOOM AWARD - Awarded to the best off-scape bloom in Division II scoring 90 points or more. AHS ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL - Awarded to the originator of each collection of scapes in Division l, Section 10, scoring an average of 90 points or more, and which in the opinion of the Judges show adequate merit and distinctiveness as compared with existing cultivars. The cultivar must be a seedling or pre-registered (a pre-registered cultivar is considered a seedling.) Entries must be entered by number, as assigned by the Classification Committee. Each of the Judges, on the panel assigned to judge the entries, will point score each scape individually. The score sheets will be returned to the Show Chairman who will tabulate the scores and announce the winner.
COMMITTEES FOR THE 2003 DAYLILY SHOW Chairman Placement and Classification Tabulators Judges Chairman Clerk Chairman Education Chairman Publicity Chairman Plant Sales Mall Posters Photography & Program Awards & Hospitality Set-up, Take-down Chairman Greg Stephan Fran & Donna Nealon Evelyn Olschner Sylvia Lunsford Keith Lunsford Robert Reese Jackie Olivent Robert Reese Tom Olivent Bob Ruff Jack May Greg Stephan Robert Reed Mary Frances Ruff Susan Maloney Robert Reese 2003-2004 North Florida Daylily Society Officers President Vice Presidents Secretary Treasurer Mary Frances Ruff Greg Stephan Keith Lunsford Carolyn Shacter Evelyn Olschner
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TO LEARN MORE ABOUT DAYLILIES: NORTH FLORIDA DAYLILY SOCIETY Monthly Meetings Second Sunday afternoon of each month (except May, July, and August) AT 2:15 P.M. ORANGE PARK LIBRARY 2054 PLAINFIELD ROAD ORANGE PARK, FL Dues: Individual: $8.00 Family: $12.00 FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL Mary Frances Ruff @ (904)733-4909 Evelyn Olschner @ (904) 721-2708