DISQUALIFICATION AND PENALIZATION Bruce Monroe – January, 2016

DISQUALIFICATION Disqualifications are the only actual “rules” of judging. All other aspects of judging are subjective.

DISQUALIFICATION Disqualifications are the only actual “rules” of judging. All other aspects of judging are subjective. When a rose is disqualified, it is removed from all competition and is not eligible to receive any award.

DISQUALIFICATION Disqualifications are the only actual “rules” of judging. All other aspects of judging are subjective. When a rose is disqualified, it is removed from all competition and is not eligible to receive any award. Judges must never disqualify an entry unless they are very sure of the disqualification. If there is any question about the certainty of an offense, a judge must never disqualify a specimen.

DISQUALIFICATIONS Misnamed Improperly Named Misclassed Misplaced (when placed by exhibitor) Unlabeled or Mislabeled Exhibitor’s Name Visible Stem-on-Stem (where not allowed) Foreign Substance Not Disbudded (when required) Violation Of Show Rules

MISNAMED If a judge suspects that a specimen is not the variety named on the entry tag, and after consultation with fellow judges confirms this to be true, the specimen must be disqualified. (When in doubt, ASK! When not in doubt, ASK ANYWAY!) If all agree the variety is not correctly named on the tag, but the judges cannot correctly name it, disqualification is still in order. However, if the judges are uncertain about the identity and there is a remote possibility that the name is accurate, the exhibit can be penalized severely as it is not typical of the variety.

IMPROPERLY NAMED Rose entered with a name that is not recognized by the American Rose Society. Approved sources for names are: A. Modern Roses. B. Official List of Approved Exhibition Names for Exhibitors & Judges. C. Handbook for Selecting Roses (“Buyer’s Guide”). D. Recent Registrations on the ARS website. E. The online Modern Roses database. This is the most up to date reverence and should be used whenever possible.

IMPROPERLY NAMED Due to publication delays, a listing in the American Rose magazine is no longer an acceptable reference. If a variety is not listed in any of the official ARS publications, the Combined Rose List (CRL) may be used as a reference. If there is a conflict regarding name, class, color or other pertinent information between the CRL and the official ARS publications, the ARS publication will prevail. “Found roses”, even if listed in the CRL, are not eligible for registration and must be disqualified.

UNLABELED OR MISLABLED No entry tag. Variety name or class number missing. Exhibitor’s name missing. Exhibitor’s name visible. Misspellings and use of standard abbreviations is not grounds for disqualification or penalization.

ENTRY TAGS ARS Guidelines require entry tags include: the exhibitor’s name, which must be hidden during judging, the variety name, and the class number. [That’s All!] Although show schedules may require a section number and/or an address, they are not required by the Guidelines. Although show schedules may require that both the top and bottom of the entry tag be filled out, it is not required by the Guidelines.

MISPLACED If exhibitors place their own entries, a misplaced entry must be disqualified. If a placement committee places the entries and the entry tag is correct, the entry must be moved to the proper class. If the class has already been judged, the class must be rejudged.

STEM-ON-STEM A specimen with a portion of the previous stem attached. Species, Old Garden Roses, and shrubs may be shown stem-on-stem. To verify stem-on-stem, a judge may carefully lift the specimen from its vase by the stem. Challenge classes calling for multiple blooms may not be moved. The specimen must be checked after the class has been judged.

STEM-ON-STEM

FOREIGN SUBSTANCE In general, the exhibitor may remove anything from a specimen to improve its appearance but may not add anything. Anything added to the stem, foliage, or bloom of the specimen to improve its appearance is a “foreign substance” and cause for disqualification.

FOREIGN SUBSTANCE Anything applied to the foliage, stem, or bloom to improve its appearance. For example: oil, butter, leaf polish, green ink, Scotch® tape, glue, “replacement petals”, etc. Exhibition aids left on the specimen. For example: cotton balls, Q-Tips®, splints, wire, etc. Spray residue, bird lime, and dirt are nor foreign substances (unless you know the exhibitor applied them to improve the appearance of the specimen). They are a cause for penalization, but not a disqualification. Temporary name tags (which don’t fit the definition) are a disqualification (according to the exam).

PRESENCE OF SIDE BUDS A side bud is defined as a growth emanating from a leaf axil having sufficient maturity to display the formation of a stem, with or without a flower bud. An immature leaf with no stem is subject to penalization. It is not subject to disqualification. Climbers, shrubs and OGRs do not have to be disbudded.

Disqualification

Immature side growth - not a disqualification

VIOLATION OF SHOW RULES If the show rules do not mention wedging material, or say that wedging material is permitted without specifying the permitted material or materials, any wedging material may be used. However, if the rules specify which wedging materials are permitted, use of any other wedging material is a cause for disqualification. If the rules say that wedging material is not permitted, use of any wedging material is a cause for disqualification. - Guidelines (2012 Edition), p. 4-3.

WEDGING MATERIAL If the schedule is silent about wedging material, any wedging material is permitted. If the schedule specifies permissible wedging materials, no others may be used (even though other wedging materials are not expressly prohibited). Wedging material protruding above the lip of the vase is a cause for penalization if it is a distraction, not disqualification.

VIOLATION OF SHOW RULES Collection and challenge class entries that do not conform to the requirements of the class must be disqualified.

J. B. Williams Trophy Entry – requires 10 roses

In challenge classes and collections, DON’T GIVE 110%.%.

DISQUALIFICATIONS If a specimen is disqualified, the judge owes it to the exhibitor to write the reason for disqualification on the front or back of the upper portion of the entry tag. If the rose was disqualified for being misnamed, the judge should write the correct name, if known, on the front or back of the upper portion of the entry tag so the exhibitor will not make the same mistake again.

DISQUALIFICATIONS Misnamed Improperly Named Misclassed Misplaced (when placed by exhibitor) Unlabeled or Mislabeled Exhibitor’s Name Visible Stem-on-Stem (where not allowed) Foreign Substance Not Disbudded (when required) Violation Of Show Rules

DISQUALIFICATION AND PENALIZATION It is important to distinguish between disqualification and penalization. An exhibit is disqualified when it does not conform to ARS rules or the local show rules. A disqualified exhibit is removed from competition and is ineligible for any award. An exhibit is penalized when it has a fault in any of the six prime elements of judging. Points are deduced according to the degree of impairment. An exhibit that has been penalized remains in competition and may receive any award for which it is eligible.

TYPICAL PENALIZATIONS Unsymmetrical bloom Split center Bloom not typical of variety Bloom either too tight or past exhibition stage Faded color Insect, disease, or weather damage to bloom and/or foliage Inappropriate stem length Crooked stem Immature side growth Loss of substance (wilting) Torn, dirty, or missing foliage Streaked or missing petalss Disbudding scar (if it is a distraction, minor penalization)

THE FORMER PREFERENCE FOR TWO FIVE-LEAFLET LEAVES The absence of two five leaflet leaves on a specimen is neither a disqualification nor a penalization. The requirement originated with The Judging of Roses by C. H. Lewis. The scorecard in Lewis’s book did not have any points for “Balance and Proportion”. Specimens with five-leaflet leaves were preferred because the stem was sufficiently long to be in proportion to the bloom. Penalizing specimens that did not have five-leaflet leaves was a way of penalizing specimens whose stems were too short, not because the absence of five-leaflet leaves distracted from the beauty of the bloom.

THE FORMER PREFERENCE FOR TWO FIVE-LEAFLET LEAVES The Judging of Roses served as the judges’ manual of the ARS from 1960 until it was superseded by The Guidelines and Rules Judging Roses in “Balance and Proportion” was added as a prime element of judging in The requirement for two five-leaflet leaves was removed. The rationale behind the five-leaflet rule was sometimes forgotten. Some judges continued to teach and apply the rule even though there is nothing in the Guidelines to justify it. AGAIN: The absence of two five leaflet leaves neither a disqualification nor a penalization, and hasn’t been since 1971.

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