New categories at Mid Somerset Show
Shepton Mallet Horticultural Society has worked with Mid Somerset Show to review the horticultural categories at next year’s show. There will be new categories to encourage novices and we are also sponsoring two cash prizes for Dahlias – type of your choice (one prize in adult class and one prize in junior class).
Shepton Hort Soc are having a focus on Dahlias next year, kicking off the season with a masterclass lecture by Naomi Slade on 9th March (see below for details). The aim is to get everyone excited about Dahlias and to enter the Mid Somerset Show with their blooms next August.
Saturday 9th March
“Dive into Dahlias” – A lecture and book signing by Naomi Slade plus Dahlia propagation demos
10.30 coffee, 11am Lecture, 12-12.30 Questions & book signing, 12.30-1 Propagation demonstration
St. Paul’s School hall, Shepton Mallet BA4 5LA £10 (£7.50 to members)
Here is the complete new list of categories at MSS 2019:
FLOWER SHOW
Mr & Mrs Martyn and Valerie Davis, Nailsea (Judge)
Affiliated to the National Dahlia Society
Dahlia bloom sizes: Mediums – between 150mm & 200mm
Small – between 100mm & 150mm
Miniature – not exceeding 100mm
Class 1000 Dahlias, decorative and/or semi and/or cactus, medium, 2 vases, 3 blooms in each not less than 2 cultivars.
Class 1001 Dahlias, ball, miniature and/or small, 1 vase 3 blooms
Class 1002 Dahlias, cactus and/or semi cactus, miniature or small, 2 vases, 3 blooms in each not less than 2 cultivars.
Class 1003 Dahlias, cactus and/or semi cactus, small and/or miniature, 1 vase, 3 blooms
Class 1004 Dahlias, 1 vase, 1 bloom. Type of your choice (eg single or anemone) Sponsored by Shepton Mallet Hort Soc £10 Garden Voucher for winner
Class 1005 Roses – 3 blooms.
Class 1006 Sweet peas – 1 vase, 6 spikes with sweet pea foliage. Mixed colours.
Class 1007 Gladioli – 1 vase, 3 stems.
Class 1008 1 vase 3 spray chrysanthemum
Class 1009 Trailing Geranium (Pelargonium) of any colour – potted
Class 1010 Upright Geranium (Pelargonium) of any colour, not trailing – potted
Class 1011 ‘Sunset’ a vase of cottage flowers, at least 3 varieties.
Class 1012 Cooking apples, one dish of 3
Class 1013 Dessert apples, one dish of 3
Class 1014 Dish of soft fruit – one variety to be displayed attractively using plant foliage
Class 1015 3 potatoes – white named if possible
Class 1016 3 potatoes – coloured named if possible
Class 1017 3 carrots – long, 2.5″ foliage
Class 1018 3 carrots – stump root
Class 1019 3 onions not exceeding 250g each
Class 1020 3 onions over 250g each
Class 1022 3 round beetroot
Class 1024 6 runner beans
Class 1025 6 french beans
Class 1026 3 tomatoes – medium red
Class 1027 6 tomatoes – cherry of any colour of one type
Class 1028 3 tomatoes – any variety not mentioned above
Class 1029 3 parsnips
Class 1030 3 different herbs in bunches, not in flower
Class 1031 3 leeks
Class 1032 3 matching courgettes flowers optional, not exceeding 15 cms
Class 1033 1 pair mini cucumbers
Class 1034 1 pair long cucumbers
Class 1035 Basket or tray of salad. Maximum size: 46 cm x 30 cm
Class 1036 Vegetable collection – 5 kinds displayed attractively in maximum space92cm x 68cm. Not less than 2 of each kind.
NOVELTY CLASSES
Class 1037 Ugliest vegetable. Any variety, any size
Class 1038 Oversized vegetable. Any variety
Class 1023 Plate of 5 chillies
Class 1021 Fun-size vegetable or fruit. 3 matching types of small but perfectly formed fruit or veg
Class 1039 Flowers, any single variety, 1 vase of 3 blooms