2019 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. 2019 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 EXHIBIT have been grown by the exhibitor in South Carolina. ENTRY REGISTRATION • Entry Registration is required during the Open or Late Entry Registration Period. Register by the preferred method by using the Online Entry System or one may also register using a current GUIDE South Carolina State Fair Official Flower entry form. • Deliver completed form via Postal Mail to: SC State Fair, Entry Office, P. O. Box 393, Columbia SC 29202. FLOWER DEPARTMENT • One may also hand deliver a completed entry form Monday - Cantey Building Friday during regular office hours between 7:30 am and 4:00 pm to: Dowling Administration Building, 1200 Rosewood Drive, SUPERINTENDENT Columbia SC 29201. Nancy Jackson • Entry registration forms must be received by the closing date in (C) 803.606.1720 the Entry Office during business hours. [email protected] • Entry registration forms received during late registration must be accompanied by the $25 Late Fee. STAFF • Incomplete entry forms will not be processed. Melodie Scott-Leach, Plant Identification Specialist (W) 803.767.3132 ENTRY REGISTRATION CONFIRMATION [email protected] • Online entry registrations are automatically confirmed by return email at time of submission. 2019 IMPORTANT DATES • Please print and bring your confirmation on Delivery Day. • Open Entry Registration: July 1 - Sept. 1 (no Entry Fee) • Exhibitors who postal mail their entry registrations and desire a • Late Entry Registration: Sept. 2 - Sept. 14 ($25 Late Fee) confirmation must include a self-addressed and stamped • Delivery Days – Enter Gate 5 off George Rogers Blvd. business size envelope. ➢ Potted Plants - Monday, Oct. 7 – 8:00 am to 5:00 pm • Please do not telephone the Fair or Entry Office for confirmation. ➢ 150th SC State Fair Celebration: Fairy Garden Contest – Monday, Oct. 7 – 8:00 am to 5:00 pm LATE ENTRY REGISTRATIONS ➢ Cut Horticulture - Tuesday, Oct. 15 – 7:30 am to • Entry registration forms received during Late Registration Period 10:30 am must be accompanied by the $25 Late Fee. PLEASE NOTE: Exhibits must be delivered in person. • Late Fees may be charged to a credit/debit card (MasterCard or Mailed or shipped exhibits will not be accepted. Visa) or money order. • Release of Exhibits – • Checks will not be accepted during the Late Entry Registration ➢ Monday, Oct. 21 - 8:00 am to 1:00 pm Period. FEES LIMITATIONS • No Entry Fee when registered during Open Entry Registration • Exhibitor may register one (1) entry per class. Period. • Exhibitors may enter in any or all divisions, but no exhibit may be • Late Registration Fee: $25 entered more than once. • All entries not in accordance with the schedule will be disqualified. TOTAL PREMIUMS OFFERED $1,696 (This figure does not include value of other awards; i.e. ribbons and RESTRICTIONS rosettes.) • Spanish moss, nor any other highly flammable substance, is not PREMIUM CHECKS allowed in any building on the fairgrounds. 1. Exhibitors awarded over $599.00 must produce a valid, signed W- • No hanging baskets. 9 to be awarded premium (prize) monies. 2. Flower premium checks will be dispersed to exhibitors on the JUDGING Pick-Up Day (Monday) following close of the fair or no later than • No person will be allowed in the show area during judging except thirty (30) days after close of the Fair. the specified committee. 3. Unclaimed premium checks will be mailed. 1 CARE OF EXHIBITS DURING FAIR a. Entries are limited to thirty-five (35) entries per exhibitor in • The Flower Superintendent and Show Committee reserves the Cut Horticulture Division. right to maintain all exhibits in show condition. b. Entries are limited to one (1) entry per class, per exhibitor, in • If an exhibit deteriorates to where it detracts from the entire all divisions. exhibit, it will be removed from the exhibition area. OTHER FLOWER EXHIBITIONS DURING FAIR RELEASE OF EXHIBITS • The SC State Fair and the Show Committee will not be ➢ Oct. 9-20 – Ikebana Designs Exhibition responsible for exhibits or ribbons left after the scheduled release ➢ Oct. 9 – Old Rose Exhibition date and time (see Important Dates). ➢ Oct. 11-13 – Garden Club Council of Greater Columbia – Designs • Unclaimed exhibits and any other items will become the property ➢ Oct. 11 -13 – SC Rose Society Show of the SC State Fair and will be either disposed of or donated to ➢ Oct. 18 – The Annual Fall Camellia Show charity. POTTED PLANT RULES & REGULATIONS 1. All entries must be grown by the exhibitor and entered in grower's DIVISIONS & SECTIONS name only. 2. Only one (1) entry allowed per class. Duplicate entries will be Special Contest (NEW IN 2019) disqualified. Fairy Garden 3. Only one (1) plant allowed to a pot unless specified in the schedule. Cut Horticulture 4. Exhibitor must provide a drip saucer for each plant entered. Annuals 5. Due to limited space, there is a maximum of twenty-five (25) Dahlias entries per person in Potted Plant Division. Perennials 6. Due to space and for ease of handling, potted plants must be in Shrubs pots not exceeding sixteen (16) inches from outside lip to outside Trees lip across the top. Pots over sixteen (16) inches will not be Potted Plant accepted. Plants must have been in exhibitor's possession at African violet least sixty (60) days prior to show. Tropical 7. NOT PERMITTED: a. Disposable nursery pots b. Hanging baskets SPECIAL AWARDS c. Leaf Shine Sweepstakes – Silver Tray d. Spanish moss ➢ The David G. Ellison Award for Horticultural Excellence 8. Plants must be free of insects, disease and spray residue. Potted plants in straw or ornamental containers are discouraged. A Rosette / Premium - $10 potted plant does not mean a hanging basket with wires removed. ➢ Cut Horticulture Foliage plants means grown for their foliage and not flowering o Award of Merit – Annuals plants without blooms. o Award of Merit - Dahlias o Award of Merit - Perennials 9. An Award of Merit and premium will be given in the Potted Plant o Award of Merit - Shrubs Section, only if warranted. To be eligible, entry must be a blue o Arboreal Award - Trees ribbon winner, scoring 95 or over and named correctly. Plants ➢ Potted Plants having won Award of Merit previously are not eligible to win a o Award of Merit – African violets second time. o Award of Merit – Tropical 10. Entries will be accepted only for classes offered in the Exhibit o Growers Choice Award Guide. CUT HORTICULTURE RULES & REGULATIONS 1. Cut Horticulture is divided into five (5) sections: Annuals, Dahlias, Perennials, Shrubs, Trees. 2. Horticulture specimens must be properly named. If class is not listed on the schedule, entry will not be accepted. 3. Containers will be furnished for all cut entries. 4. Exhibitor may use plastic wrap for wedging specimens. 5. When the number of varieties of specimens in a class is stated, an exhibit of greater or lesser number will be disqualified. 6. Classes marked "Any Other" means there must be two (2) or more plant specimens to name the class. 7. Cut horticulture specimens will not be returned. 8. All specimen flowers must be grown by the exhibitor and entered in grower's name only. 9. LIMITATIONS: 2 th South Carolina State Fair 150 Celebration DIVISION CH – CUT HORTICULTURE Fairy Garden Contest Annuals Must pre-register during July - August. Dahlias Perennials Delivery Date: Monday, Oct 7th from 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Shrubs Trees Build a Fairy Garden to be displayed in the ‘Fairy Forest’ during the Premiums twelve days of the South Carolina State Fair. 1st - $3, 2nd – Ribbon, 3rd - Ribbon Awards: 150th SC State Fair Celebration rosettes awarded to winners. SECTION 0100 – ANNUALS st nd rd Premiums: 1 - $30, 2 - $20, 3 - $10 Classes 101. Ageratum houstonianum (Floss Flower) SECTION 0800 – SPECIAL CONTEST 102. Angelonia angustifolia (Angelonia) Class 103. Asclepias sp. (Milkweed) 0801. Fairy Garden 104. Caladium sp. (Caladium) 105. Capsicum sp. (Peppers, culinary) 106. Capsicum sp. (Peppers, Ornamental) 107. Celosia, Cristata group (Celosia, crested) 108. Celosia, Spicata group (Celosia, plumed) 109. Cerotosstigma plumbaginoides (Plumbago) 110. Cosmos sp. (Cosmos) 111. Cuphea hyssophylla (Mexican Heather) 112. Duranta erecta (Dewdrop, Pigeon Berry) 113. Euphorbia sp. (Spurge) 114. Gomphrena (Globe Amaranth) 115. Helianthus annus (Sunflower, annual) 116. Hypoestes phyllostachya (Polka Dot Plant) 117. Impatiens hawkeri (Impatiens, New Guinea) 118. Impatiens walleriana (Impatiens) 119. Justicia carnea (Shrimp Plant) 120. Melampodium sp. (Melampodium) 121. Pentas lanceolata (Pentas) 122. Plectranthus sp. (Swedish Ivy) 123. Salvia sp. (Annual Sage) 124. Solenostemon sp. (Coleus) 125. Tagetes erecta (African pom-pom, African Marigold) 126. Tagetes patula (French single, French Marigold) 127. Tithonia rotundifolia (Mexican Sunflower) 128. Vinca sp. (Periwinkle) Rules: 129. Zinnia sp. (Zinnia) 1. South Carolina State Fair General Rules & Regulations apply to this 130. Any Other Annual not listed contest. 2. Exhibitor must be a current South Carolina Resident. 3. Exhibitor may enter only one (1) Fairy Garden. SECTION 0200 – DAHLIAS 4. Fairy Garden must be made by the exhibitor. Classes 5. There is no size limitation, but the exhibitor must be able to carry the AA Size (Over 10“) Formal/Informal (12) container into the building. 201. Red 6. Fairy Garden must contain at least one (1) Fairy (fantasy figures, 202.