2021 Flower Exhibit Guide
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4. Premium checks not cashed in ninety (90) days of issue date become void and will not be reissued. 5. Lost or stolen premium checks will not be reissued past sixty (60) days of original issue date. 2021 6. No claim that a premium(s) has not been paid, or that there was a discrepancy in payment of the premium(s) won, will be considered when claim is made later than November 30 following the Fair. RULES and REGULATIONS FLOWER The South Carolina State Fair General Rules and Regulations shall apply. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS • Exhibitor must be a resident of South Carolina and entries must have EXHIBIT been grown by the exhibitor in South Carolina. ENTRY REGISTRATION 1. Registration is required during the Entry Registration Periods. 2. ShoWorks Online entry system is the preferred method of registration. 3. Download Entry Form You may prefer to register using a current year GUIDE South Carolina State Fair Official Flower Entry form. Mail completed entry form to the SC State Fair Entry Office, PO Box 393, Columbia SC (Please Note: Rules & Regulations have been revised. Please review 29202 or also hand deliver a completed official entry form Monday - prior to registering your entries.) Friday during regular office hours between 7:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. to Dowling Administration Building, 1200 Rosewood Drive, Columbia SC FLOWER DEPARTMENT 29201. Mailed entry forms received after closing date will not be Cantey Building accepted. 4. Late Entry registration must be accompanied by the $25 Late Fee. SUPERINTENDENT 5. Incomplete entry forms will not be processed. Nancy Jackson (C) 803.606.1720 [email protected] ENTRY REGISTRATION CONFIRMATION 1. Online entry registrations are automatically confirmed by return email at time of submission. PLANT IDENTIFICATION SPECIALIST 2. Please print and bring your confirmation on Delivery Day. Melodie Scott-Leach 3. Exhibitors who postal mail their entry registration and desire a (W) 803.767.3132 confirmation must include a self-addressed and stamped business size [email protected] envelope with their entry form. 4. Please do not telephone the Fair or Entry Office. 2021 IMPORTANT DATES • Open Entry Registration: July 1 - Sept. 1 (no Entry Fee) LATE ENTRY REGISTRATIONS • Late Entry Registration: Sept. 2 - Sept. 18 ($25 Late Fee) 1. Entry registration forms received during Late Registration Period must • Delivery Days – Enter Gate 5 off George Rogers Blvd. be accompanied by the $25 Late Fee. ➢ Potted Plants & Fairy Gardens - Monday, Oct. 11 – 8:00 2. Late Fees may be charged to a credit/debit card (MasterCard or Visa) am to 5:00 pm or money order. ➢ Cut Horticulture - Tuesday, Oct. 19 – 7:30 am to 10:30 am 3. Checks will not be accepted during the Late Entry Registration Period. PLEASE NOTE: Exhibits must be delivered in person. 4. Absolutely no entries will be accepted following the close of the Entry Mailed or shipped exhibits will not be accepted. Registration Period. • Release of Exhibits – ➢ Monday, Oct. 25 - 8:00 am to 1:00 pm LIMITATIONS • Exhibitor may register one (1) entry per class. FEES • Exhibitors may enter in any or all divisions, but no exhibit may be • No Entry Fee during Open Entry Registration Period. entered more than once. • Late Registration Fee: $25 • All entries not in accordance with the schedule will be disqualified. TOTAL PREMIUMS OFFERED RESTRICTIONS $1,696 (This figure does not include value of other awards, i.e., ribbons and • No artificial plant material permitted. rosettes.) • No hanging baskets permitted. PREMIUM CHECKS • No invasive plants or species permitted. 1. Exhibitors awarded over $599.00 must produce a valid, signed W-9 to • No Spanish moss or other highly flammable substance permitted. be awarded premium (prize) monies. 2. Flower premium checks will be dispersed to exhibitors on the Pick-Up Day (Monday) following close of the fair or no later than thirty (30) days ENTRY TAGS after close of the Fair. Entry tags will be printed at time of delivery of exhibit(s) to the fair. 3. Unclaimed premium checks and ribbons will be mailed. 1 JUDGING 16. Plants must be free of insects, disease and spray residue. Potted • No person will be allowed in the show area during judging except the plants in straw or ornamental containers are discouraged. SC State Fair Flower staff and specified judging committee. 17. Exhibitors should submit only those entries that are clean, without dead • The ultimate authority for judging is The Handbook for Flower Shows, leaves, spent blooms, and are free of insects/disease. 2017 edition with all updates from The National Gardener magazine, as 18. Plant material must be in its natural state and may not be altered by published by National Garden Clubs, Inc. application *treatment) of oil, commercial “shine” products, etc. that change the natural appearance. CARE OF EXHIBITS DURING FAIR 19. No wiring of specimens is permitted. • The Flower Superintendent and Show Committee reserves the right to 20. A potted plant does not mean a hanging basket with wires removed. maintain all exhibits in show condition. 21. Foliage plants means grown for their foliage and not flowering plants • If an exhibit deteriorates to where it detracts from the entire exhibit, it without blooms. will be removed from the exhibition area. 22. An Award of Merit and premium will be given in the Potted Plant • Although reasonable care will be taken with each exhibit, fair Division, only if warranted. To be eligible, entry must be a blue-ribbon management will not be responsible for containers or other properties. winner, scoring 95 or over and named correctly. Plants having won Award of Merit previously are not eligible to win a second time. 23. Entries will be accepted only for classes offered in the Exhibit Guide. RELEASE OF EXHIBITS • The SC State Fair and the Show Committee will not be responsible for exhibits or ribbons left after the scheduled release date and time (see Container Grown Flowering Plants – Standard Size Containers Important Dates). 1. Single-blossom specimens should be three-fourths to fully open. • Unclaimed exhibits and any other items will become the property of the 2. Plants with multiple bloom stems need at least one-fourth to one- SC State Fair and will be either disposed of or donated to charity. half flowers open. 3. Plants should not be totally in the bud stage nor have all their flowers fully open. NEW IN 2021 – PLEASE READ 4. Round container size must be greater than 4” diameter but less – POTTED PLANT RULES & REGULATIONS than 16” diameter. 1. Potted Plants Division is divided into the following Divisions: 5. Rectangular container size must be greater than 13” perimeter but Saintpaulia Sp., (African violet) and Tropical. less than 48” perimeter. 2. All exhibits must be fresh. 6. Unobtrusive soil surface coverings such as sand, pea gravel, etc. 3. Exhibits that are not deemed show worthy due to pests, grooming or may be used in container grown specimens. disease will be refused. Container Grown Foliage Plants – Standard Size Containers 4. All entries must be grown by the exhibitor and entered in grower's 1. Foliage specimens may have flowers present, but flowers must be name only. insignificant. 5. Only one (1) entry allowed per class. 2. A foliage specimen’s roots may be ‘contained’ within a living moss 6. Only one (1) plant allowed to a pot unless specified in the schedule. ball (Kokedama) or on a flat board with a covering over the 7. Exhibitor must provide a drip saucer for each plant entered. specimen’s roots. 8. POTTED PLANT LIMITATIONS: 3. Round container size must be greater than 4” diameter but less a. Entries are limited to twenty-five (25) entries per exhibitor. than 16” diameter. b. Entries are limited to one (1) entry per class, per exhibitor, in all 4. Rectangular container size must be greater than 13” perimeter but divisions. less than 48” perimeter. 9. Due to space and for ease of handling, potted plants must be in pots 5. Unobtrusive soil surface coverings such as sand, pea gravel, etc. not exceeding sixteen (16) inches from outside lip to outside lip across may be used in container grown specimens. the top. Pots over sixteen (16) inches will not be accepted. 10. Container grown plants must have been in exhibitor's possession at least ninety (90) days prior to show. 11. Unless specified as a multiple planting, combination planting, or dish garden, all container grown plants must have only one species or cultivar per container. 12. Container-grown plants must have been grown in the pots in which they are exhibited. Double potting is permitted. Containers must be scrubbed clean on the outside and visible inside portion. 13. A specimen’s roots may be “contained” within a living moss ball (Kokedama) or on a board or stone with a covering over the specimen’s roots. 14. Unobtrusive soil surface coverings such as sand, pea gravel or mulch may be used in container grown specimens. 15. NOT PERMITTED: a. Disposable nursery pots b. Hanging baskets c. Leaf Shine d. Spanish moss e. Wiring of specimens 2 NEW IN 2021 – PLEASE READ NEW IN 2021 – PLEASE READ CUT HORTICULTURE RULES & REGULATIONS CUT HORTICULTURE – CUTTING GUIDELINES 1. Cut Horticulture is divided into the following Divisions: Large Cut Foliage Annuals, Dahlias, Perennials, Shrubs, Trees. 1. Only one (1) frond, leaf or stem is required, not to include trees or 2. All exhibits must be fresh. shrubs. 3. Exhibits that are not deemed show worthy due to pests, grooming or 2. Total length must be a minimum of 42” from tip to cut end and total disease will be refused. length is limited to a maximum of 8’ (96”).