One rule change for judges that may help out the class.
"Any judge voting for a cultivar in any class should be growing at
least two plants in that class."
This would deal with widely distributed cultivars that are pushing
at boundaries of the class. And that get a vote even if grower
doesn't have any other representatives of class and probably have no
real understanding of the class.
Chuck Chapman
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From: ChatOWhitehall <ChatOWhitehall@aol.com>
To: iris-species <iris-species@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Fri, Jan 24, 2014 5:11 pm
Subject: Re: [iris-species] SPEC-X
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From: irischapman <irischapman@aim.com>
To: iris-species <iris-species@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Fri, Jan 24, 2014 5:03 pm
Subject: Re: [iris-species] SPEC-X
 The problem I have is where iris are placed
in this class, that could very well compete in another class. There
have been a number of occasions where second or third generation plants
that easily meet criteria for another class are placed in Spec-x. Then
what happens is that they beat out stuff that are truly worthy of an
award that are new innovations, and which meet spirit of the class.
Partly on basis of wide distribution, and perhaps being grown by judges
that grow no other Spec-x plants.Chuck Chapman
