revised january 1, 2009 welcome! welcome to exhibition judges clinic i

Revised January 1, 2009

WELCOME!WELCOME!Welcome to Exhibition

Judges Clinic I

Agenda

• Instructor Introductions, etc. 5 minutes• Pre-Clinic Quiz 10 minutes• Introduction to Judging 45 minutes• Break 10 minutes• Characteristics of Daylilies 1 hour• Break 10 minutes• Written Exam 1 hour

Clinic Pre-requisites

• Have you obtained the AHS Daylily Exhibitions Handbook and are you familiar with the chapters on Exhibition Judging?

• Are you an AHS member in good standing and have you maintained that membership for 24 consecutive months?

• Do you have a keen interest and knowledge of daylilies?

• Do you grow daylilies from at least 10 hybridizers?


WELCOME!WELCOME!

Pre-Clinic Quiz10 minutes

• This is an anonymous, closed book and closed mouth quiz.

• Circle the best answer for each question. You have 10 minutes.

• Students, use this exam throughout the course as a study aid.

• Instructors, review answers to this quiz with students when complete and collect exams at the end of the course and return them with your clinic paperwork.


WELCOME!WELCOME!Part One:

Introduction to Judging

45 minutes

Introduction to Judging

• Part One of this clinic covers four subjects:

• Responsibilities and Requirements

• Ethics of Judging

• Judging Standards, Organization and Rules

• Judges’ Accreditation

RESPONSIBILITIES AND REQUIREMENTS

Responsibilities and Requirements• Enhance and represent the image of the society in all

possible ways.• Continue one’s education. A judge’s knowledge is

never complete; it is a continual, growing process.• Improve own judging skills by attending and supporting

clinics. • Share skill and experience with new judges and the

public.

Responsibilities and Requirements(continued)

• Promote daylilies & encourage youth.• Know, grow, & show typical cultivars, new and old, from

all sizes, forms, sub-forms, colors, and patterns.• Visit many gardens (private, AHS display gardens, and

gardens of hybridizers.)• Study advancements in breeding and culture.•

ETHICS OF JUDGING

Ethics of Judging• Do not solicit judging invitations.

– Contact Regional Exhibition Judges Liaison for assistance.

• Accept invitations when able and respond promptly.• Only judge accredited shows.• Do not expect reimbursement.• Be prepared prior to each show. • Judge your local club show only in emergency and with

prior approval from AHS Exhibition Chair only.• Follow show schedule and other show official instructions

unless conflict with AHS rules – tactfully discuss issues with Show Chairman if you discover a conflict between the schedule and published AHS rules.

Ethics of Judging (Page 2 of 3) Tell others on panel if you don't know a particular cultivar

and look to them for assistance. Be tactful and respectful of others. Be fair, honest, impartial and avoid pettiness. Behave with dignity - speak directly with others. Remember that your invitation is to judge. • Panel Chairman is appointed by Chairman of Judges.

This chairman keeps things moving, assures awards are placed correctly, summons clerks when needed and leads - not dominates.

• Endeavor to withhold prejudices.• Never touch a specimen; have clerk move it.

Ethics of Judging (Page 3 of 3)

• Refrain from criticizing the local organization and members, the show and its officials, or fellow judges.

• Should not judge in any class if you have prior knowledge that could bring impartiality into question.

• Should not judge in any show if you have prior knowledge that could bring impartiality into question, leave exhibitors with perception of undue influence, or is so pervasive as to render the judge unable to participate fully.

• Take job seriously; integrity is paramount. • Judges “filling in” in an emergency must re-tag any

entries they have prepared as “For Display Only”.

Ethics Questions

1. Your clerk breaks a petal on an exhibit while moving it. What do you do?

2. You don’t care for unusual forms at all and you are assigned to judge this section. What should you do?

3. A show you are judging really is being run differently than you are used to. What do you do?

4. What if you have daylilies in your own yard that perform much differently than you see on the show tables?

Questions?

JUDGING STANDARDS

AND ORGANIZATION

Judging Standards, Organization, and Rules

• Must employ AHS standards.• At least 3 horticultural judges per panel are required and

at least 2 must be senior judges.• Judges panel is the final authority for each class it

judges.• Classification chairman may disqualify entries (e.g. for

damage) or correct classification errors • Use appropriate AHS scale of points and AHS Standard

System of Awards. Refer to your handbook for scoring.• Design sections require judges accredited by the National

Garden Clubs, Inc.

• AHS Scale of Points will be used for the categories listed below.– Registered cultivars on-scape– Seedlings on-scape– Registered cultivars off-scape

• AHS Standard System of Awards will be used and each name class is eligible for the following AHS awards:– One First Blue scores 90 or above– One Second Red scores 85 or above– One Third Yellow scores 80 or above

Judging Standards, Organization, and Rules (Page 2 of 7)

• Registered cultivars may only have one blue, one red, and one yellow per name class.

Example: 4 scapes of H. ‘Sugar Candy’ score above 85 points. What ribbons are awarded?

• Entry #1 scores 94• Entry #2 scores 92• Entry #3 scores 89• Entry #4 scores 86

Judging Standards and OrganizationScoring Example #1

• Registered cultivars may only have one blue, one red, and one yellow per name class.

Example: 4 scapes of H. ‘Sugar Candy’ score above 85 points. What ribbons are awarded?

• Entry #1 scores 94 BLUE• Entry #2 scores 92 RED• Entry #3 scores 89 YELLOW• Entry #4 scores 86 NONE AWARDED



• Seedlings are unique and judged based on individual merit.

Example: 4 seedlings score above 85 points.• Entry #1 scores 94• Entry #2 scores 92• Entry #3 scores 89• Entry #4 scores 86


• Seedlings (including pre-registered cultivars) are unique and judged based on individual merit.

Example: 4 seedlings score above 85 points.• Entry #1 scores 94 BLUE• Entry #2 scores 92 BLUE• Entry #3 scores 89 RED• Entry #4 scores 86 RED


• On Scape Major Show Awards:

• AHS Purple Best-In-Section Awardawarded to all blue ribbon winners scoring 95 or more (in Rosette Sections only) within Sections 1-9 of Division I

• AHS Section Rosetteawarded to the best Purple ribbon winner (in each Rosette Section)within Sections 1-9 of Division I

• AHS Best-in-Show Awardawarded to the best AHS Section Rosette winner

• AHS Sweepstakesawarded to the exhibitor winning the most blue ribbons in Rosette Sections only. If there is a tie, purple, red, then yellow awards are counted to determine a winner.


• On-scape, mandatory sections:– Extra Large– Large– Small– Miniature– Double and Polymerous– Spider– Unusual Form (UF)– Youth– Regional Popularity Poll– Seedlings– AHS Achievement Medal

Judging Standards and OrganizationOff-Scape Division

• A show is not required to have an off-scape division. • If it is offered, individual flowers can be judged or placed for

display only.• Individual registered blooms are severed from the scape.• Off-scape seedlings and pre-registered cultivars are

specifically excluded from competition.– May be shown as display only, but highly discouraged since such a

display emphasizes the bloom only when other plant characteristics may not meet desired standards.


• Optional sections– Ophelia Taylor Horticultural Award– American Horticultural Society Bole Medals and Citations

• Entries in optional or locally sponsored on-scape sections are not eligible for AHS awards and if they are not judged by one of the 3 AHS Scales of Points, they must be exhibited For Display Only. (Qualify for AHS Appreciation Award)

• A single registered cultivar constitutes a “name class” and may be given an award if merited

• Only one entry per exhibitor per name class


• • No AHS horticultural awards for off-scape entries• • In judging, the overall perfection is considered• • No points for color of throat, reverse, or buds in

named cultivar – these characteristics do count toward distinction in seedlings

• • All other judging points being equal:– 1. Most blooms win – 2. Scape in prime beats one nearly bloomed out.

An exhibit with multiple blooms cannot score higher than the lowest-scoring bloom.

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• • Removed anthers, fasciated scapes and malformed pistils are faults.

• • Named cultivars should be cut not to exceed 36”, but the height restrictions are determined by the show schedule.

• • Seedlings must be severed as near base as possible.• • A proliferation may not be removed and judges should

consider how much the overall perfection is affected. Registered cultivars must comply with registered size and

this registered size determines what section of the show the exhibit is shown.

• • No artificial color may be used.• • Portion below rim of container is not judged.

Questions?

JUDGES’ ACCREDITATION

Judges’ Accreditation

• Student-in-Training• Junior Exhibition Judge• Senior Exhibition Judge• Exhibition Clinic Instructor• Honorary Exhibition Judge

– Must pay dues by Jan 1 or start all training from the beginning

– Read and become familiar with the Judges’ Handbook before each clinic

– Application to become a senior judge must be filed within 4 years of successfully completing Clinic I.

Judges’ AccreditationStudent-in-Training

• AHS member 24 consecutive months• Keen interest and knowledge of daylilies• Grow cultivars from at least 10 hybridizers• Obtain handbook and become familiar with Chapters

on Exhibition Judging before taking Clinic I• Attend Clinic I and pass written test

– After meeting these requirements, the applicant is a student-in-training and is not eligible to judge an accredited show. Clinic II must be successfully completed within 3 calendar years of completing Clinic I or the student will be required to start over.

Judges’ AccreditationJunior Exhibition Judge

• Attend and successfully complete Clinic II within 3 years of starting training.

• Attend and successfully complete written point-scoring exam in Clinic II.

• Upon receipt of Certificate of Accreditation from the AHS Exhibition Judges Chairman, the Junior Judge may judge in accredited show or serve on Master Panels.

Judges’ AccreditationSenior Exhibition Judge

• Serve as Junior Judge twice (2 shows, 2 master panels, or one of each).

• Complete 2 of following:• Exhibit in an accredited AHS show.• Serve on a show Classification Committee.• Serve as clerk in horticulture on-scape division of a show.• Edit and produce the Show Schedule.• Chair or co-chair such a show.

• Submit application to become a senior judge when you meet those requirements.

• Complete requirements and attend Clinic III (refresher clinic) within 4 years (5 in hardship) of passing Clinic I test.

• Attend as many refresher clinics as possible to further training, stay informed on changes in judging and express concerns about the judging process.

• A Senior judge receives a 4 year extension from the current year (not current accreditation expiration year) for one of the following:

• Master Panel service.• Clinic instruction (instructor or assistant).• Attendance of Clinic III.

• Extensions are not granted for judging a show.• There is only one extension per year regardless of how

many of the above activities have been completed during the year.

Judges’ AccreditationSenior Exhibition Judge Renewal

Judges’ AccreditationExhibition Clinic Instructor

• Senior Exhibition Judge – 2 years.• Exhibit in numerous shows.• Judged in several accredited shows.• Grow a representative number of newer cultivars.• Served on at least two master panels (one for registered

cultivars and one for seedlings).• Assisted with clinic instruction – 2 different years. • Be recommended by another instructor.• Agree to follow AHS curriculum.• Approved by AHS Exhibition Judges Committee.• Instruct at least once every 5 years to keep status.

Judges’ AccreditationHonorary Exhibition Judge

• Serve as Exhibition Judge for 12 consecutive years.• Once in honorary status, cannot judge.• Send request in writing to Regional President who

passes it on to the AHS Exhibition Judges Chairman.• Must undergo full training requirements to return to

active status.

Introduction to JudgingPart One Review

• Part One of this clinic covered these four subjects:

• Responsibilities and Requirements

• Ethics of Judging

• Judging Standards, Organization and Rules

• Judges’ Accreditation


WELCOME!WELCOME! Break


WELCOME!WELCOME!Part Two:

Characteristics of Daylilies

1 hour

Characteristics of Daylilies

• Part two covers the following topics:

• Sizes and Forms• Subforms• Colors and Patterns• Texture and Substance• Scape Height and Branching• Older Cultivars

Characteristics of DayliliesDifferent Size Categories

• Flower size is determined by the hybridizer in the registration process and as published in the AHS Checklists.

• Extra Large Flower – 7” or larger– Excludes Spiders and Unusual Forms

• Large Flower – 4 ½” or more but less than 7”• Small Flower – 3” or more but less than 4 ½”• Miniature Flower – less than 3”

EXTRA-LARGE FLOWER7” or larger in diameter excluding spiders and unusual forms

Hemerocallis ‘BIG DIPPER’ H. ‘ROYAL BUTTERFLY’

LARGE FLOWER 4 ½ ” and up to 7”

‘ARTISANS TOUCH’ ‘TIGERLING’

SMALL FLOWER3” up to 4 ½ ”

‘LITTLE INCIDENT’

MINIATUREFLOWERunder 3”

‘BROOKWOOD BLACK KITTEN’

Characteristics of DayliliesDifferent Forms

• Flower form and/or shape is controlled by the placement of the petals and sepals.

• Forms recognized by AHS in the registration process are:

• Single• Double/Polymerous• Spider• Unusual Form• Sculpted

• Layered or hose-in-hose– Three to six extra petals– Six regular stamens still exist

• Petaloid– No extra petals– Petaloid tissue on one or both sides of stamens

• Combination– Has characteristics of both above double forms– ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

• Cultivars registered as Sculpted- cristate form or flowers showing cristation ( petal appendages) on the midrib or surface of the PETALS of a single flower are not doubles. Although a sculpted cristate form may give an appearance of doubling, it is not a double.

Size and FormForm Categories - Doubles

PEONY-LIKE DOUBLE

HOSE-IN-HOSE DOUBLE

Non-Double Examples These are sculpted cristate forms which give the appearance of doubles but are not registered as

doubles. These are exhibited in their size-appropriate category in other parts of the show.

Size and FormForm Categories – Polymerous

Botanically speaking, they are polymerous.

• A classification / placement code was adopted by the AHS Board of Directors in October 2007, and it reflects the changes brought about by the recent, currently still relatively few, multiform cultivar registrations and how those registrations affect classification and placement of multiform and polymerous cultivars in AHS exhibitions.

• Polymerous flowers were formerly exhibited in the corresponding single-flower sections by size. They will now be exhibited with double flowers in Section 5, "Registered Double and Polymerous Flowers."

• Contains extra tepals in the two tepal whorls.• Tepals evenly spaced rather than stacked upon or lie

above ordinary petals (Doubles).• Additional stamens and ovaries but only one pistil.• Can be both polymerous and double.

Size and FormForm Categories – Polymerous

POLYMEROUSEXAMPLES?

How many here?How many pistils are seen here?

‘EYE ON AMERICA’

‘RUBY SPIDER’

‘RUNNER DUDE’

Multiform Classifications• These are cultivars that are registered by the hybridizer as

being more than just one recognized form of daylily.• An official list of recognized cultivars can be found on the

AHS website.• The following forms are currently recognized by AHS:

• Double/Spider• Double/Unusual Form• Double/Polymerous• Double/Polymerous/Spider• Double/Polymerous/Unusual Form• Double/ Spider/Unusual Form• Spider/ Unusual Form • Polymerous/Spider• Polymerous/Unusual Form• Polymerous/Unusual Form/Spider

• The Show Schedule outlines the sections in which each of these forms MUST be shown.

MULTI FORM EXAMPLE

This daylily is registered as both an unusual form

and a double.‘FLUTTERING BEAUTY’

• Petal length to width ratio of 4:1 or greater.

• Measurement is taken with segment fully extended and at the widest point as the flower grows naturally.

• See AHS website at www.daylilies.org and click on “Exhibition Judges Training Materials.” The lists can be downloaded from the online database. New lists should be obtained each year from this website.

Size and FormForm Categories - Spiders

SPIDER

Petal Length to

Width Ratio of 4:1 or Greater ‘OUT OF SANE’

• Is a class of daylilies based strictly on tepal form. An Unusual Form must typically display distinct Unusual Form characteristics on at least 3 petals or 3 sepals.

• In 2007, the AHS Board removed the following restrictive sentence from the Unusual Form definition... “No cultivar whose measurements meet the definition of a spider or is on the official Spider Award is eligible.” Hybridizers may now register qualified cultivars as both spiders and unusual forms.



Size and FormForm Categories – Unusual Forms

Size and FormForm Categories – Unusual Forms

There are basically three types:

•Crispate•Pinched – Pinched or folded•Twisted – Corkscrew or pinwheel effect•Quilled – Tubular

•Cascading •Narrowly curled or cascading with a waterfall effect

• Spatulate •Segments wider at end

Unusual Form – Pinched Crispate

‘KINGS SPECTRUM’ ‘KING’S GOLDEN TREASURE’

Unusual Form- Crispate

‘PINK PIGLET’

Unusual Form - Quilled

‘ROSEMARY WHITACRE’

Unusual Form - Cascading

‘LOLA BRANHAM’H. ‘SKINWALKER’‘SKINWALKER’

Unusual Form - Spatulate

‘ASTERISK’

Subforms of the Daylily

• Circular – segments overlap

• Triangular – sepals usually recurved

• Star – segments are long and pointed

• Informal – irregular, wide-spaced, floppy

• Flat – completely open, spread out

• Recurved – ends of segments roll or tuck under

• Trumpet – segments rise up, chalice, cup

CIRCULAR

‘MELISSA LA BRANCH’ ‘INNER DESTINY’

TRIANGULAR

‘PARISIENNE PETTICOATS’ ‘GAVIN PETIT’

STAR

‘LONGLESSON ORCHID THEIF’ ‘STAR MONSTER’

FLAT

‘FERENGI GOLD’

RECURVED

‘AS WE WERE’

TRUMPET

• Sculpted: • A term used to describe three-dimensional

structural features involving or emanating from the throat, midrib or elsewhere on the petal surfaces. Sculpted forms belong to one of three different groups:

• Pleated, • Cristate and • Relief.

• The following slides will give you the technical description and pictorial view of the three new sculpted forms.

“Sculpted” Form Categories (NEW!)

Sculpted-Cristate

• A term that refers to appendages of extra petal tissue growing from the midrib or elsewhere on the surface of the petals. When the extra tissue grows from the midribs, the form is called “Midrib Cristate”. (Other cristate forms have been referred to as "gothic" in The Daylily Journal. See references.)

• Cristate can occur on single and double daylilies, but by itself, does not make a daylily double.

Sculpted – Cristate

LittleMissLucy

Sigourney

Southport

Tet TexasFeathered

Fancy

Sculpted-Pleated• Petals that have a deep longitudinal crease on

each side of the midrib. These creases cause folding of the petal upon itself creating a raised platform extending from the top of the perianth tube and ending between the throat and the petal tip. (Pleating has been referred to as "origami" in The Daylily Journal. See references.)

Sculpted - Pleated

AquaTech

BettyHarwood

MotherUpduff

SeasonOf TheWitch

Sculpted-Relief

• The relief forms are characterized by vertically raised ridges that extend from the throat and project from the petal surface. The ridges may grow parallel to the veins, or they may radiate outwards from each side of the midrib. (Relief forms have been referred to as "repousse", "carved" and "embossed" in The Daylily Journal. See references.)

Sculpted - Relief

CliffhangerDixieSweetheart

EmpireReturns

Keys ToTheKingdom

Color and Patterns (1of 4)

• Self - Single color

• Blends - 2 colors

• Polychromes - 3 or more colors

• Bitones - Sepals lighter tone

• Reverse Bitone - Sepals darker color

“Peach Self”

H. ‘SOUTHERN CORAL’

BLEND

‘AZTEC BEAUTY’

POLYCHROME

RUFFLED PASTEL CHEERS’ ‘CORAL CORDUROY’

‘GA’

BITONE

‘TEXAS FEATHERED FANCY’

‘BANNED IN BOSTON’

BICOLOR

‘BOB BARKER’ ‘RHAKEWOOD IMP’

Color and Patterns (2 of 4)

• Eyed – contrasting color appears on the petals and sepals.

• Banded – contrasting color appears only on the petals between the throat and the tips of the segments.

• Halo – lightly visible zone of color between the throat and the tips of the segments.

Colors and PatternsEye Examples

BANDS AND HALOS

‘ORCHIDS AND DIAMONDS’‘APRIL IN PARIS’


• Watermark – eyezone color is lighter than color of the rest of the segment.

• Edged – one contrasting color running in parallel around segments of a different color.

• Double-edged – two contrasting colors running in parallel around segments of a different color.

WATERMARK

‘MALAYSIAN MONARCH’

EDGED AND DOUBLE EDGED

‘SPINY SEA URCHIN’ ‘SOHO STYLE’

CONTRASTING EDGES


• Flecked – speckled, stippled or dotted coloration

• Diamond dusting – tiny crystals in the cells reflecting light

• Small throat

• Large extended throat

FLECKED, STIPPLED, DOTTED

‘ACCENT ON VIEW’ ‘WILD ONE’

MIDRIB

‘ONLY BELIEVE’

DIAMOND DUSTING

‘CORINTHIAN PINK’

Small Throat Large Throat

‘WAXEN WONDER’‘ABSOLUTE TREASURE’

Texture and Substance

• Texture = Surface quality

Some words to describe it are smooth, velvety, creped, and/or ribbed.

• Substance = Thickness of tissue

Substance ranges from delicate to heavy and leathery.

What types of texture do you see?

Delicate Substance

Scape Height

• Height– Low 12” – 24”

– Medium 24” – 36”

– Tall over 36”

– Dwarf under 12”

There is no relationship between the size of the bloom and the height of the scape.

Well spaced Branching

“Top branched” means branching begins at top of scape.

“Well branched” indicates branching begins at top of foliage.

“Low branched” refers to branching that occurs down in the foliage.

“Multiple branching” can be 3-way, 4-way, or even 5 or 7-way branching.

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Scape Height and BranchingGood branching examples

Top branched

Older Cultivars

All cultivars, old and new, are to be judged based on what is typical of that cultivar as it grows in the region where it is exhibited.

Care should be taken to judge the flower as registered.

Characteristics of DayliliesPart Two Review

• Part two covered the following topics:

• Sizes and Forms• Subforms• Colors and Patterns• Texture and Substance• Scape Height and Branching• Older Cultivars


WELCOME!WELCOME!Time for any

last questions before the

exam!


WELCOME!WELCOME! Break


WELCOME!WELCOME! Written Exam

Good Luck!

1 hour


WELCOME!WELCOME!

Thank you for your time and attention.

Your exams will be forwarded to the proper AHS

chairman and you will be notified by mail of your

results!

revised january 1, 2009 welcome! welcome to exhibition judges clinic i

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new judges

judges knowledge

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