Re: AIS: Judges work load, and Neil's closing remarks

Neil has really hit on the crucial point -- my judges' HAndbook is too far 
for me to reach to check on this, but I think  there is the idea or rule in it 
-- or else it was pounded into my head  in early judges training ---THAT you do 
not introduce something unless it is superior to what has already been 
introduced that is similar. It is very difficult, I am sure, (although I have never 
hybridized,  I was a critical editor for my husband) to look at your "child" 
with a jaudiced eye, whether it be a precious seedling or word/phrase in a 
literary/scientific article.
I have judged in  shows where hybridizers brought armloads of irises -- 
depending on the judges to decide what was "good" because they themselves did not 
know how to decide - never had judges training!. Also,  one can certainly take 
the training, which would help in hybridizing, without becoming a judge.. 
Rosalie nr Baltimore,MD. USA  zone 7 - still trying to be Summer without Spring!  
ryfigge@aol.com

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