Charlbury Garden Society

SCHEDULE FOR SUMMER SHOW

• Date: Saturday 23 June 2012
• Location: Memorial Hall, Brown's Lane, Charlbury
• Entry Fees: 10p per entry, with a maximum entry fee of £1.00 and no fees for children's classes
• Staging: 8.30am - 10.45am
• Open to public: 2.00pm - 4.30pm
• Admission: 30p (children FREE)
• Presentation of awards: 4.15pm
• Prize money: Available for collection after 3.00pm

There are now six cups and some significant prize money to be won. The Brackenbury Cup is in honour of Vic Brackenbury who once famously won every cup in the Annual Flower and Produce Show. The West Cup is for a small collection of 3 different vegetables (3 of each).

Apart from roses and sweet peas there are classes for other flowers and vegetables, as well as classes for children to enter.

Tips from past judges, which may help in the presentation of exhibits:

SWEET PEAS
In a vase of sweet peas the flowers should be displayed in a fan shape with, if possible, leaves at the back and front to show off the flowers. The spikes should be strong with well-spaced blooms, the top blooms being well expanded and the bottom blooms still good. The flowers should be large with erect standards and rigid wings, free from colour running, spotting or scorching and of a bright colour with a silken sheen. Stems should be long and straight, proportionate to size of blooms.

ROSES
The main criteria used by the judges are freshness and particular attention to the centre of the rose which should form the centre of a spiral and not be split.

Where possible varieties should be named. Floribunda (multi headed) roses should have the centre bud taken out at an early stage to encourage uniformity. Hybrid Teas (large flowered) or single flowered roses should have side buds removed to encourage large blooms. In Class 5 (3 Roses - Bud, Half and Full) the bud should be left until it has developed colour and should not be picked green.

Bud Half Full

PRIZES
Category A
1st - £1.00
2nd - 50p
3rd - 30p
Category C
1st - £5.00
2nd - £2.00
3rd - £1.00

AWARDS
The history of the Cups awarded at the Shows makes interesting reading.
Awards for individual classes:
EC Yorke Rose Bowl - Vase of 3 HT roses at 3 stages - bud, half, and full, one variety - Class 5
Novice Cup - Vase of roses, 3 blooms, any variety - Class 6 (A novice, for the purpose of this show, shall be a person who has not won any prize in a rose section in any Charlbury Show before)
Juler Cup - Container of mixed roses to be on quality, variety and for all round effect - Class 10
Bishop Cup - 3 vases of sweet peas, 3 Spencer varieties, 3 stems of each - Class 15
West Cup - Collection of 3 different vegetables, 3 of each - Class 32
Brackenbury Cup - Best Rose in Show

Guide to Showing

Definitions

SUMMER SHOW CLASSES

[Prize Category]

ROSES
(mark varieties if possible)
1: A vase of roses, 6 blooms, any variety/varieties. [C]
2: A vase of large flowered/HT Roses, 3 blooms, 3 varieties [A]
3: A vase of large flowered/HT Roses, 3 blooms, one variety [A]
4: One specimen large flowered/HT rose bloom [A]
5: EC Yorke Rose Bowl A vase of 3 HT roses at three stages - bud, half, and full, one variety (see diagrams above) [A]
6: Novice Cup A vase of roses, 3 blooms, any variety/varieties(see definition of novice above) [A]
7: A vase of multi-headed/Floribunda roses, 3 stems, one variety [A]
8: A vase of multi-headed/Floribunda roses, 3 stems, mixed [A]
9: A vase of ramblers or climbers, 3 stems [A]
10: Juler Cup A container of mixed roses, to be judged on quality, variety and for all round effect [C]
11: A container of old garden roses and/or species roses [A]
12: One stem of a multi-headed rose [A]
13: One stem of any variety of rose, to be judged for perfume [A]
14: A vase of 3 stems of miniature roses [A]

SWEET PEAS
(mark varieties if possible)
Classes 17 - 21 may be any type or variety of sweet peas
15: Bishop Cup (Spencer varieties only) 3 vases of sweet peas, 3 varieties, 3 stems of each [C]
16: A vase of sweet peas (non-Spencer varieties only) 5 stems [A]
17: A vase of sweet peas, 5 stems, one variety [A]
18: A vase of sweet peas, 7 stems, mixed [A]
19: One specimen sweet pea stem [A]
20: A bowl of sweet peas, mixed, with sweet pea foliage, bowl not to exceed 8" diameter [A]
21: A vase of sweet peas, 5 stems, to be judged for perfume [A]

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES
22: 2 lettuces (stem or root to be left on) [A]
23: 2 organically grown lettuces (stem or root to be left on - also see organic definition [A]
24: 6 pods of peas [A]
25: 6 pods of broad beans [A]
26: 8 French beans [A]
27: 6 new potatoes, any variety [A]
28: Any other vegetable not mentioned elsewhere in the Show [A]
29: 2 cabbages (3" of stem to be left on) [A]
30: Bunch of 3 carrots (tops intact) [A]
31: Bunch of 3 beetroot (tops intact) [A]
32: West Cup Collection of 3 different vegetables, 3 of each [A]
33: 6 soft fruit, one variety (6 sprays if currants) [A]
34: Soft fruit, 3 varieties, 3 of each (3 sprays if currants) [A]

MISCELLANEOUS
35: A container of mixed flowers, judged on quality, variety to be viewed from any angle, no roses or sweet peas [A]
36: One specimen delphinium stem [A]
37: A container of mixed pinks, single and/or double [A]
38: A container of 6 pansies [A]
39: A vase of Sweet Williams, 5 stems [A]
40: 1 Clematis flower floating on water, to be judged for overall effect [A]
41: A hanging basket prepared by the exhibitor [C]
42: An arrangement of mixed foliage, not to exceed 24" width [C]
43: An arrangement of summer flowers and any foliage on the theme of 'The Diamond Jubilee', not to exceed 24" width, drape and accessories optional [C]
44: A vase of shrubs, 3 sprays in flower, any variety/varieties [A]
45: A pot grown pelargonium (geranium) [A]
46: A pot grown fuchsia [A]
47: A foliage pot plant [A]
48: A flowering pot plant in flower, no fuchsias or pelargoniums [A]
49: A tub or trough of plants, to be judged on quality and variety [A]

Groovy Growing Children's Classes

Age groups 4-7 and 8-14
A: 'Mr Potato' (see instructions below) [A]
B: A pot of wild flowers I have grown myself from seed [A]
C: 4 pods of broad beans [A]
D: A bowl of salad vegetables I have grown myself [A]
E: A plate of 6 new potatoes I have grown myself, to be judged on size and quality [A]
F: Minibeast Activity 2 [A]

To make 'Mr Potato':
1. You will need a large potato, cocktail sticks, dried fruit, vegetables, card
2. Make your potato into a person by adding a face, arms, legs, feet etc. You may use card to 'dress' your potato and could even use wire or pipe cleaners to make glasses.

Summer Show Entry Form