Durham Fair

September 23, 24, 25, 26, 2010

Tracy Camassar, Webmaster    Webmaster@DurhamFair.com

Flowers

Flower Department -   Welcome!

The Flower Department Committee members are happy to have you visit us - both on the web and at the Fair.

We volunteer each year to help adults display their plants, flowers, arrangements and other displays. Our entries always make a beautiful display of nature as well as the talent.

Please feel free to take a look below at the categories we generally have on display. When at the Fair, you will find us mid-fairgrounds, above the Youth Department, along with Fruits, Canning and Vegetables.

If you are considering sharing your work with us, to be sure your display entry goes smoothly, please read the our Entry Information below for categories and entry rules.  Then check out the deadlines to understand which deadlines will apply to your entries.

Onlne Entry    "Flowers Entry Form" to mail in your entry. 

We are looking forward to seeing you and your entry!   

FLOWERS

Dept. 16

RULES

1.  All entries must be in place by 8 p.m. on WEDNESDAY, September 22nd.

2. IMPORTANT: Please pre-register in all categories you anticipate entering. Items can be deleted more quickly than they can be added.

3. Each exhibitor is allowed only one entry in each class.

4. Where there is no competition, each exhibit will be judged and placed according to its own merit.

5. Where required by the variety of entries, a class may be made or divided at the discretion of the judges.

6. Any exhibit using material on the State Conservation list as

published by the Federal Garden Clubs of Connecticut, Inc., will be disqualified.

7. Please list your exhibits in numerical order as given in this book on the entry form, using class numbers for each entry.

8.Exhibits must remain in place until 7 p.m. Sunday.  Committee members will be on hand until 8:30 p.m. Sunday and on Monday from 5 to 7 p.m. to assist exhibitors in collecting their entries.

BEST OF SHOW

One Best-of-Show rosette will be awarded in each of the following categories:  arrangements, vases, specimens, houseplants, and collections.

ARRANGEMENTS

PLEASE NOTE:  1) No artificial flowers, foliage, or fruit may be used;  2) No coloring of fresh or dried plant material is allowed;  3) Flowers must be garden grown;  4) Arrangements must be movable at the discretion of the committee and/or judges; 5) Be sure containers are lined to prevent leakage; 6) Accessories are to be used only when specified.

Theme:

“CELEBRATION OF AUTUMN”

1st - $8.00     2nd - $7.00     3rd - $6.00

CLASS NO.

1.“FRUIT OF THE VINE” — Develop a wine theme using purple, pink and burgundy flowers (accessories allowed)

2.“JACK FROST” — White flowers in a silver container

3.“AUTUMN PALETTE” — Fall colors in a copper container

4.“APPLE PICKING TIME” — Red flowers in a basket (accessories allowed)

5.“TOUCHDOWN” — Use the colors of your favorite team in a football-themed container or accessory

  6.“INDIAN SUMMER” — Sunflowers in a rustic container

7.“VETERANS DAY” — Red, white and blue arrangement with accessories

8.“BOUNTIFUL HARVEST” — Arrangement in a cornucopia

9.“HAY RIDE” — Dried arrangement with accessories (nothing artificial allowed)

10.“PUMPKIN PATCH” — Arrangement in a pumpkin (real or not) which sould not exceed 10" in diameter

11.“TRICK OR TREAT” — Use your imagination-include accessories

12.“IN A NUTSHELL” — Miniature not to exceed 4" in any

direction, including container (accessories allowed)

* * SPECIAL* *

1st - $10.00      2nd - $8.00       3rd - $6.00

13.“COUNTRY FAIR” - Using bright and multi-colored flowers, create a fair theme in container and/or accessories

COLLECTIONS

1st - $6       2nd - $5       3rd - $4

14.

Collection of gourds - Judged by number of varieties and

artistic arrangement in a container or basket.

15.

Annual Flowers - Judged by number of varieties and arrangement (list varieties on a 3 x 5 index card).

16.

Perennial Flowers - Judged by number of varieties and arrangement (list varieties on a 3 x 5 index card).

BETTY ACKERMAN  MEMORIAL AWARD

The 1st prize winner for the best vase of Sunflowers in class #55 will also receive a special award of $20, given by Jeff and Carol Feldmann in memory of Betty Ackerman.

ARTISTIC VASES OF FLOWERS

1) Foliage used must be that of the flowers in each vase. 2) All containers must be furnished by the exhibitor. 3) Quality of flowers, foliage and suitability of containers will be judged. 4) No accessories should be used. 5) Entries may include a mix of colors, but NOT a mix of varieties. 6) Entries will only be judged in the appropriate class, ie: pompons will not be accepted in any other Dahlia class.

1st - $4      2nd - $3      3rd - $2

17.Ageratums (annual)

18.Ageratums (perennial)

19.Anemone

20.Asters (annual)

21.Asters (perennial)

22.Bachelor Buttons

23.Calendulas

24.Chrysanthemums

25.Cleome

26.Cosmos

27.Coxcomb - crested

28.Coxcomb - plumed

29.Dahlias - large - (over 8")

30.Dahlias - medium - (4" – 8")

31.Dahlias - small (less than 4")

32.Dahlias - pompon

33.Gladiola

34.Globe Amaranth

35.Marigolds - large - yellow - (over 11/2")

36.Marigolds - large - orange - (over 11/2")

37. Marigolds - large - white - (over 11/2")

38.Marigolds - small double - yellow

39.Marigolds - small double - orange

40.Marigolds - small double - bicolor

41.Marigolds - small single - yellow

42.Marigolds - small single - orange

43.Marigolds - small single - bicolor

44.Nasturtiums

45.Pansies

46.Petunias - double

47.Petunias - single

48.Roses

49.Roses - miniature

50.Salvia - annual

51.Salvia - perennial

52.Sedum

53.Snapdragons

54.Strawflowers

55.Sunflowers - small ornamental

56.Verbenas

57.Zinnias - large - (over 41/2")

58.Zinnias - medium - (2" – 41/2")

59.Zinnias - small - (less than 2”)

60.Other worthy entry - Annuals (please identify)

(one entry per exhibitor)

61.Other worthy entry - Perennials (please identify)

(one entry per exhibitor)

(only flowers NOT listed elsewhere will be accepted in classes 60 & 61)

ONE SPECIMEN IN VASE

1) One specimen only with no buds attached.

2) Foliage must be attached.

3) Entries will only be judged in the appropriate class, ie:

pompons will not be accepted in any other Dahlia class.

62.Chrysanthemum

63.Dahlia - large (over 8")

64.Dahlia - medium (4" – 8")

65.Dahlia - small (less than 4")

66.Dahlia - pompon

67.Gladiolus

68.Rose - hybrid tea

POTTED HOUSEPLANT

1) Plants must be disease free and in clean containers. 2) Entries will be accepted as space permits. 3) No plant stands will be allowed. 4) Plants must be a reasonable size and weight. 5) Only one plant per container.

1st - $5      2nd - $4      3rd - $3

69.African Violet (single crown only)

70.Begonia - Angel Wing

71.Begonia - Fibrous

72.Begonia - Rhizomatous

73.Begonia - Tuberous

74.Gardenia

75.Hibiscus

76.Other flowering houseplant in bloom

77.Fern (no asparagus fern in this class)

78.Asparagus Fern

79.Christmas Cactus

80.Kalanchoe

81.Jade

82.Other succulent (including cacti)

83.Ivy

84.Philodendron

85.Spider Plant

86.Other worthy entry  (please identify)

*No hanging baskets in this class (one entry per exhibitor)

87.Hanging Basket - Foliage plant

88.Hanging Basket - Begonia

89.Hanging Basket - Geranium

90.Hanging Basket - Other blooming plant

FLOWERS Dept. 16

Harriet Duval

Superintendent      

P.O. Box 78

Durham, CT 06422

(860) 349-3672

Helen Pearce

Assistant Superintendent(860) 349-9163

Judy Moeckel

Assistant Supt. Computer

COMMITTEE

Deb Armitage

Judith Moeckel

Jean Gay

Amy Ash Nixon

Sue Giuffrida

Laura Nixon

Brittany Groat

Holly Pearce Bisson

Eileen Kukish

Wendy Stephan