1. Exhibition Judges Clinic III The Refresher

2. Clinic III – Exhibition Judges’ Refresher Training Clinic Review 30 min Judges' Responsibilities Ethics Judging Standards and Organization 1)AHS Major Awards 2)AHS Standard System of Awards 3)AHS Special Horticulture Awards Review Point Scoring (Figure 9 & 10)15 min Best-in-Show Ballot (p. 27)10 min Master Panel Service (p.39)10 min Recent Changes (See AHS Portal/website)5 min Open Forum45 min

3. Review of Clinic I & II – 30 Min Responsibilities and Requirements Ethics of Judging Awards

4. Responsibilities and Requirements Hold current membership in AHS Know, grow, & show typical CVs from all classes, areas – visit many gardens Be familiar with as many CVs as possible Encourage new judges and new growers Improve own judging skills Attend and support clinics Promote daylilies & encourage youth Own and be familiar with handbook

5. Ethics of Judging Be on best behavior. Judge own show only in emergency. Don’t judge in unaccredited shows. Accept invitations if possible and respond promptly. Follow show schedule and other show official instructions. Tell others on panel if you don't know CV.

6. AHS Awards AHS Standard System of Awards AHS Major Awards (including Best In Show Ballot) AHS Special Horticulture Awards – AHS Achievement Medal – Ophelia Taylor Horticultural Award

7. AHS Judging Standards and Organization Must employ the AHS standards At least 3 exhibition judges per panel (2 senior) Judges’ panel is final authority Classification Chairman may disqualify entries or correct classification errors – TACT – mark misnamed entries “misnamed” Use appropriate AHS scale of points and AHS Std. System of Awards

8. AHS Major Awards Purple Award AHS Rosette - best purple in mandatory sections Best in Show – does not include special medal classes Sweepstakes Award

9. AHS Standard System of Awards (p. 34) For Name Classes One Blue - 90 or more95 One Red - 85 or more92 One Yellow - 80 or more89 For Seedlings Each entry is judged on own merit

10. AHS Major Awards Special horticulture award sections and local on-scape sections are not eligible for AHS rosettes Must judge both on-scape and off- scape if asked

11. AHS Major Awards Purple Award and Best-in-Section, part A In a name class, the Purple Award (Rosette) is awarded to the highest scoring entry whose score is 95 pts. or greater For determining the Best-in-Section, a post-it bearing the point score (calculated to 1 point) is affixed to the entry tag The highest scoring interim score receives the section rosette

12. AHS Major Awards Purple Award and Best-in-Section, part B Ties broken by re-judging perhaps using a finer interval All post-its are then removed If the rosette section has been judged by more than one panel, the whole set of purples is re-judged by a special panel

13. AHS Point Scoring System – 15 Min (Demonstration if in season) Registered CVs – Scapes – Off-Scape Blooms Seedling Scapes

14. Special Notes Proliferations –Leave them on –No deduction if the prolif. does not distract from the overall beauty of the exhibit –Minor deduction for removal 36” Rule – no longer required, merely suggested

15. Judging Registered Daylilies on Scape True to CV – give full credit If quality being judged falls short of “true to CV”, points are deducted Use AHS descriptors found in Figure 9 of the handbook' Don’t expect a CV to do what it cannot do

16. Scale of Points for Registered On-Scape CV’s Flower50 Color10 Form10 Texture10 Substance10 Size as to CV10 Scape35 Harmonious relationship to flower, height and strength15 Buds 10 Branching 10 Condition and Grooming 15

17. Judging Seedling Daylilies on Scape To encourage CV’s superior to those currently in commerce Cannot be judged by “true to CV” 25 points for distinction Use AHS descriptors found in Figure 9 of the handbook and guidelines for judging distinction found in Figure 10

18. Scale of Points for On-scape Seedling CVs Distinction 25 Different from and superior to other CVs Flower40 Color10 Form10 Texture10 Substance10 Scape30 Harmonious relationship to flower, height and strength10 Buds10 Branching10 Condition and Grooming 5

19. Scale of Points for Registered, Individual Blooms Off-Scape Form20 Texture20 Substance20 Color20 Size according to CV10 Condition10

20. Best-in-Show Judging MUST use Best-in-Show Ballot Record subtraction from 100 to nearest 0.5 All judges fill out a ballot unless judging ethics suggest not Ballots unsigned (secret) Tabulation Committee tabulates the ballots

21. Best-in-Show Ballot

22. Best-in-Show Tabulation The tabulation committee assists the show chairman in tabulating the Best in Show ballots The individual totals are copied onto the tabulation sheets The Best-in-Show computer program may be used See page 72 of the handbook for example

23. AHS Achievement Medal Three senior Exhibition Judges Judge only entries worthy of consideration Judge individually without discussing Specific scores neither announced or discussed by judges or show officials Never state personal opinion about entry Seedling scale of points Scores of at least 2 judges average 90 pts or more

24. AHS Special Award Ophelia Taylor Hort. Award Three senior Exhibition Judges Use special score sheets Judge individually without discussing Specific scores neither announced or discussed by judges or show officials Five different CVs or seedlings Class 1 – use registered CV scale of points Class 2 – use seedling scale of points Lowest score must be 95 pts or better for each scape

25. Master Panel (Slide 1 of 2) One or two panels may be used Panel – 3 Sr Judges or 2 Sr Judges & 1 Jr Judge Three named CV scapes, three seedling scapes One score sheet for named CV scapes and one for seedlings Panel collaborates to get consensus on scores and descriptive comments – no comment boxes blank MUST use descriptive words of “merits” and “faults”in Figure 9 of the handbook

26. Master Panel (Slide 2 of 2) Register as MP on Student Registration Sheet Senior judges get accreditation extended four years from the current year Junior judges get credit toward becoming a senior judge Junior judges are urged to serve on a master panel – important part of training

27. Recent Changes - 2005 Ophelia Taylor Award may be given at any accredited show, not just in Region 12 shows or in shows at regional meetings The spider form is redefined to include the spider variant form, i.e. 4:1 or larger The addition of the Extra Large form caused redefinition of Large cv., i.e. less than 7” The Extra Large cv. was added to the classi- fication and show schedule, i.e. 7” or more

28. Recent Changes - 2008 Registered polymeres are to be shown in the same section as registered doubles. CVs with multiple-form registrations one of whose forms is double or polymerous (e.g. Polymere/Spider) are to be shown in the same section as doubles CVs registered as Spider/Unusual Form are to be shown in the same section as spiders

29. Recent Changes – 2008 Example From Sample Show Schedule Example Registered as: Place in Show Section: Double/Spider Flowers.........................................Double, Polymerous, and Multiform Flowers Double/Unusual Form Flowers.............................Double, Polymerous, and Multiform Flowers Double/Polymerous Flowers.................................Double, Polymerous, and Multiform Flowers Double/Spider/Unusual Form Flowers.................Double, Polymerous, and Multiform Flowers Double/Spider/Polymerous Flowers.....................Double, Polymerous, and Multiform Flowers Double/Unusual Form/Polymerous Flowers........Double, Polymerous, and Multiform Flowers Spider/Unusual Form Flowers..............................Spider Flowers Spider/Unusual Form/Polymerous Flowers..........Double, Polymerous, and Multiform Flowers Spider/Polymerous Flowers..................................Double, Polymerous, and Multiform Flowers Unusual Form/Polymerous Flowers.....................Double, Polymerous, and Multiform Flowers Polymerous Flowers.............................................Double, Polymerous, and Multiform Flowers

30. Open Forum 45 Minutes