DIVISION 1 – HORTICULTURE ENTRIES

RULES AND INFORMATION

FOR EXHIBITORS AND JUDGES

 

1. As there are neither admission nor entry fees, the Society will not be liable for losses or damages.

 

2. No award winning exhibit or award shall be removed until the show is closed. All exhibited roes except the Artistic Arrangements become the property of the Maine Rose Society and may be sold for the benefit of the Maine Rose Society.

 

3. The Chairman reserves the right to make on-the-spot decisions relative to the original intent of the show rules.

 

4. All horticulture exhibits must have been personally grown outdoors by the exhibitor at his or her own residence.

 

5. Entries will be accepted from 7:00 to 11:00 A.M.

 

6. Judging will begin at 11:15 A.M.  Anyone not having a part in the judging process must leave the show area during the judging. The judge’s decisions are final.

 

7. All entries must be:
1. Correctly named and classified.
2. Only ARS entry tags to be used and both parts filled out.
3. Each garden must exhibit under one title; the man’s, the woman’s, or the two as a team.

 

8. All horticulture and artistic classes are open to members and nonmembers.

 

9. Judging will be in accordance with the current rules and regulations of the American Rose Society.

 

 

10. Approved name and class will be governed by the following approved publications.
1. Modern Roses 10
2. The latest edition of the American Rose Society Handbook for Selecting Roses
3. The International Register of New Rose Varieties
4. ARS Magazine
5. ARS Annual
6. Combined Rose List

 

11. Roses must be exhibited under the bold type name in approved publications.

 

12. Registration of a rose is no longer required for exhibiting, but he exhibition name must be recognized in bold type in approved publications.

 

13. You may enter only one entry of a variety in the Sections A through T.

 

14. The three stages of bloom are: bud, show form, and fully opened.
1. A bud is defined as a stage of development in which the sepals are down and the petals are beginning to unfurl.
2. Show form is defined as one-half to three-quarters open.
3. Fully open is defined as having the stamens showing.

 

15. A single rose bloom is any variety with 5 to 12 petals in each bloom.

 

16. The Show Form of a rose bloom can be either exhibition or decorative.  The Exhibition form tends to be the shape of a cone and retains its shape somewhat as it unfolds. The Decorative form is globular in shape and unfolds more like a peony.

 

 

17. Perpetual trophies are to be returned at the June meeting of the Maine Rose Society (the second Sunday in June) or before that date.

 

18. Each stem shall be exhibited in a vase provided by the Maine Rose Society and only one stem per vase.

 

 

19. For any exhibitor who would like help in preparing his/her roses for the show, help will be available in the show preparation area.