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Link to Stephen Hoy's "script" with list of roses for the presentation "Singularly Beautiful and Delightfully Sustainable" at the district convention
Singularly Beautiful Roses
Written and edited by Stephen Hoy
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Vol 8 issue 2, Dr Huey issue
Vol 10 issue 1
Vol 6 issue 5
Vol 9 issue 2
Vol 6 issue 1,includes spinosisima
Vol 4 issue 2
Volume 15 issue 1
Volume 15 issue 12, Ellen Wilmott

WHAT WERE THE JUDGES THINKING?" Powerpoint
Ed Cunningham, District Horticultural Judge Chair

ARS WEBINARS on judging

https://www.rose.org/webinars

ARS JUDGING SEMINAR VIDEOS AVAILABLE ON YOUTUBE

BRUCE MONROE (previous National Chair of Judges)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcoQJYo1hEc

BRUCE MONROE his 2nd video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofvJkHqZYLQ

SUZANNE HORN - JUDGING SHRUBS, CLIMBERS, OGRS, & POLYANTHAS
https://www.facebook.com/RoseSociety/photos/gm.417466875912680/10158921212822774/?type=3&theater

CRAIG DORSCHEL - Thoughts on Horticultural Judging & Exhibiting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrUAhwq82QE

CURTIS AUSMILLER - Judging Rose Photography A New Shot Judging Photos in Your Rose Show - Part 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UB8nPhJVvqs


2021 Guidelines for Judging Roses - full text

Important Changes in Judging Rules

MOST IMPORTANTLY, the only remaining grounds for Disqualifying a rose are in the list below. If there is any question about the certainty of an offense, a judge must never disqualify an entry.

Only the following grounds disqualifications remain. There are no others. Don't invent any!

1. A foreign substance applied to enhance the beauty of the entry.

2. Misnamed. Rose is not the variety given on the entry tag or an accepted synonym.

3. Unlabeled or Mislabeled is defined as Entry lacks: an entry tag or the exhibitor's name, a class number, and/or the name of the variety is not given on the entry tag.

4. Exhibitor's name visible, if this not corrected before the entry is judged.

5. Any entry that was not grown outdoors and/or not grown by the exhibitor.

6. Violations of show rules that NOW cause a DQ:
a) A challenge class or collection entry that does not satisfy the composition and/or staging requirements of the class in which it is entered.
b) An entry in a class with restricted eligibility that the exhibitor is not eligible to enter.
c) When expressly prohibited by the show rules, entries made in the name of an absent exhibitor.
d) Unless expressly permitted by the show rules, separate entries from the same garden by two or more exhibitors.
e) Unless expressly permitted by the show rules, multiple entries of the same variety by the same exhibitor in the same class.

Show rules establishing additional reasons for disqualification are prohibited, and are to be ignored by Judges.

In other words, ANY DQ that you can remember, that is not on this list, IS NO LONGER A DISQUALIFICATION.
HOWEVER, while some previous D's were abolished, most were reduced to POSSIBLE Penalties, the amount of penalization determined by their degree of distraction.

TO CLARIFY:

THE FORMER GROUNDS FOR DISQUALIFICATION
1. Stem-on-Stem (where not allowed above the lip) NOW a Potential penalty AND Stem-on-Stem (below the lip) - NOW abolished
2. Not Disbudded ( Side Buds) when required, NOW a Potential penalty
3. Foreign Substance DQ: NOW ONLY when applied to enhance the beauty of the entry
4. Misplaced (regardless of who misplaced it): NOW neither a DQ or a Penalty, but, must be corrected before being judged
5. Misclassed: NOW neither a DQ or a Penalty, but, must be corrected before being judged. If it is not practicable to move the entry to the proper class, it may be disqualified.
6. Misnamed: Still a DQ
7. Improperly Named: NOW neither a DQ or a Penalty, but, must be corrected before being judged, by the Judge
8. Unlabeled or Mislabeled - Still a DQ
9. Violation of Show Rules - wedging NOT a DQ; Lacking Entry tag info beyond what is NOW required in the above new rules is neither a DQ nor a Penalty
10. Exhibitor's Name Visible: should be corrected before being judged, or else, a DQ
11. Roses not grown outdoors and/or not grown by the exhibitor - DQ
12. More than one entry of the same variety in the same class from the same exhibitor - Possible DQ if it was not relocated there by show staff

DISQUALIFICATION VERSUS PENALIZATION A disqualified exhibit is removed from competition and is ineligible for any award. An exhibit is penalized when it has a fault in any of the six prime elements of judging. Points are deducted according to the degree of impairment. An exhibit that has been penalized remains in competition and may receive any award for which it is eligible.

Ed Cunningham
Yankee District Chair of Horticultural Judges


These are mainly the articles that were already on the old website. Please send in any you would allow on-line reference.
I will be asking any Award of Merit winners to allow their articles here. Contact Patsy at patsygc@gmail.com

ROSE HORTICULTURE

Basic Rose Gardening Mike Chute

Budding Made Easier  John Mattia

Going Against the Grain: Growing & Winterizing Tree Roses in Northern Zones John Shelly

Rose Diseases by Mike & Angie Chute

Introduction to Climbing Roses Patsy Cunningham

Messenger... Healthier Plants, Better Blooms Paul Vellucci

Win the Battle Against Rose Midge and Spider Mites With Prevention
Tony Silva

Winterizing Woes Angelina Chute

Super Roses Mike Chute

Testing  Your Soil pH Patsy Cunningham

The Case for Shrub Roses  Mike Chute

To Be a Sprayer or Not to Be a Sprayer   Linda Shamoon

     

PEOPLE

Dorrie Nichols Remembers Dr. Brownell Ed Cunningham

J. Horace McFarland: Beauty Saved Patsy Cunningham

Karl P. Jones and the People's Royal Court  Patsy Cunningham

Lily Shohan: A Life with Old Garden Roses  Patsy Cunningham

Wendy White: A Nor'Easter   Patsy Cunningham

     

OTHER ROSE RELATED TOPICS

In Search of Lost Roses  James Delahanty

Focal Points, Pathways and Vistas A Few Ideas for Your Rose Garden by Linda Shamoon

Growing Roses and Rosarians  Jerry Cinnamon
photos by Sari Hou

Keeping a Garden Journal  Kate Daniels

Rose Addiction by John Shelly

Rose Culture Safety  Carol Ann Rogers