Re: CULT: Chickasaw Sue




Dana Brown wrote:
> 
> John,
>         I realize that several other people will probably
> repeat this but I want to be sure it gets said:  Per
> the handbook, if Chickasaw Sue customarily grows 29"
> tall (as she does here) then to withhold a blue ribbon
> for that reason is wrong.  You should judge a cultivar
> against the known perfection for that cultivar.  Batik
> regularly grows out of class also and has one Queen of
> Show here.


Well, I agree about what the Judges Handbook says, but the judges don't
always follow it. What is needed is a process to address issues like this.

John                     | "There be dragons here"
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                         |  to indicate the edge of the known world.
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