Righteous indignation about judicial knowledge aside,
the fact remains that "median" is used in imprecise ways
all the time. Look at El's comment that "my collection
is mainly medians and dwarfs." I know what she means,
but the official MIS description of median apparently
includes all dwarfs as well (even MDBs), so why make the distinction?
Tom Gormley lists medians as SDBs, MTBs, IBs, and BBs,
contradicting what's on the MIS web site.

What I always thought of as "median" in popular
parlance (SDB, IB, BB, and MTB) is at odds with
at least some of the "official" definitions, and
that creates confusion.

Jean

On 4/20/2011 3:05 PM, Eleanor Hutchison wrote:
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>
> I'm a judge too. Each spring, I re-read the judges handbook, and
> sometimes again just before our local CWIS iris show. Since my
> collection is mainly medians and dwarfs, I'm still rather surprised that
> a judge would make such a comment. Maybe it was a helper.
> El
>
> *From:* g*@comcast.net <mailto:g*@comcast.net>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 20, 2011 3:20 PM
> *To:* i*@yahoogroups.com <mailto:i*@yahoogroups.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [iris-photos] Standard Dwarf Bearded is not a Median???
>
> Sounds to me like someone has been SLEEPING through their judges
> training classes , or they are letting their personal preferences cloud
> their judgment . A huge NO NO !!!!
>
> Yes I am a JUDGE .
>
> Gary
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John I Jones" <j*@usjoneses.com <mailto:j*@usjoneses.com>>
> To: i*@yahoogroups.com <mailto:i*@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2011 3:24:44 PM
> Subject: Re: [iris-photos] Standard Dwarf Bearded is not a Median???
>
> According to the MIS (Median Iris Society) website Medians are defined
> as ALL bearded irises Sorter than 27.5 " which would also include MDBs.
> See http://www.medianiris.com/glossary1.shtml
>
>
> Which definition is also concurrent with The World Of Irises
> classifications, pp121-178
>
> John
> On Apr 20, 2011, at 10:16 AM, Tom Gormley wrote:
>
> Hi Janet,
>
> An AIS Judge really ought to know better. The Median class consists of:
> SDB's
> MTB's
> IB's
> BB's
> It's possible the person in question was thinking of MDB's (dwarf)
>
> On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 12:06 PM, AIS Janet Smith <g*@gmail.com
> <mailto:g*@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>
> Hello all,
> Fresno Iris Society had their spring show last Saturday. Small
> but considering all the weather we have had close to 100 irises
> showing is not bad. Bill Tyson's seedling won best of show, a
> nice looking pink aril (forgot if it was bred or med.)
> One of the judges said our schedule was wrong! SDBs are not
> medians and should not be classed as such.
> Now I really am confused and thought I would ask the question
> here. Are SDBs in with the IBs and BBs as a median?????
> She could not find it in the judges handbook either - I asked
> her to show me where it was so stated.
> Janet Smith
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