Variety Trial Comparison Sheet
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Growing results and crops · GR-23
Horticultural Show Entry and Results Record
A free printable horticultural show record: entry deadline, fees and staging times, then each class entered with the exhibit, placing and judge's comments.
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What this sheet is for
Keep every class, placing and judge's comment from a show on one sheet. Read back next year, it shows which varieties and which staging did well, and which classes to leave alone.
Who it is for
Vegetable, fruit and flower exhibitors at village, county and society shows, from first-timers to regular prize-winners.
How to use it
- Fill in the show details as soon as the schedule arrives, with the entry deadline where you will see it.
- Before the show, copy each class number and its wording from the schedule, with the crop and variety you plan to stage.
- After judging, write the placing, any points and what the judge said, in their words where you can.
- Fill in the lessons while the show is fresh, and keep the sheet with next year's seed order.
What is on the sheet
One page, top to bottom:
Printed under the title: One sheet per show: the entry details and deadlines, then every class entered with what was staged, where it was placed and what the judge said, to read back when next year's seed order is planned.
The schedule's words, not ours. Copy each class number and its wording exactly as the schedule prints them: the judge works to that wording, to the number of items it asks for and to any rule on size or presentation. No rules, sizes or points are printed here, because every show writes its own schedule.
Write-on lines: Show · Date · Organiser or society · Exhibitor no. · Schedule obtained · Entry deadline · Entry sent · Fees paid · Staging opens / closes
Table, 9 rows: Class · Class wording · Exhibit · Items · Grown in · Staged by · Placing · Points · Judge's comments
Ruled lines: Lessons for next year: varieties, timing, staging, what the winners did
Questions
Why copy the class wording out in full?
Because the wording sets what the judge looks for: how many items, trimmed or not, one variety or mixed. An exhibit that does not match the schedule can be passed over however good it is, so copying the words out once is the check that what you stage is what was asked for.
Why are no sizes, points or judging standards printed?
Because each show and society writes its own schedule and rules, and many judge to their own guide. A figure printed here would be right for one show and wrong for the next, so the sheet leaves room for the schedule's wording and the judge's own comments instead.
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