Re: SHOW: Judging: Age and the Ideal


Greetings,
 
I'd like to offer a couple of thoughts that have emerged as others have 
discussed judging, too-severe judging, and the Ideal. 

First, the "Ideal" of a unique cultivar is an intellectual concept of 
horticultural perfection distilled from the study of many specimens of that 
cultivar. It is to be expected that all specimens of that cultivar will fall 
short of this abstract Ideal in some way since it is in the nature of the 
Ideal to be unattainable. The notable specimens will be those which, as grown 
and groomed, most closely approach their Ideal. That is really all that can 
reasonably be expected in the tangible world. 

<<  Once judging a show in SW Oklahoma with Perry Dyer, we proceeded to 
disagree (in a lively manner) over this dark old iris with 2 or 3 open that I 
wanted to only give a 3rd or HM. He wanted a blue.>>  

Here it needs to be noted that the chronological age of the cultivar as 
defined by its year of introduction is irrelevant for determining how closely 
it approaches its Ideal.  The Ideal against which DAUNTLESS (Connell, 1929) 
is measured is the Ideal DAUNTLESS. The Ideal against which DUSKY CHALLENGER 
(Schreiner, 1986) is measured is the Ideal DUSKY CHALLENGER. Clearly 
DAUNTLESS could not meet DUSKY CHALLENGER's Ideal, but neither could DUSKY 
CHALLENGER meet the Ideal of DAUNTLESS.  

Anner, in Virginia
ChatOWhitehall@aol.com

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