Horticulture
The horticultural show is held on the Sunday of the show in the Ridley Suite. Are you an accomplished grower, or maybe just enjoy your garden? We encourage everyone to enter, so don’t think your flowers, plants, fruit or vegetables are not good enough to exhibit. GIVE IT A GO!
Horticulture
Visitors make a point of coming in to this section of the Show every year and enjoy a quiet and fragrant retreat from the hustle and bustle of the showground.
Newcomers are always welcome and it is a great day out for all the family, particularly if you win a prize!
We look forward to seeing you there. It is you, the exhibitor, who makes the Show a great success by creating a wonderful diversity of imagination and effort – from decorative dahlias to radiant roses and magnificent marrows!
HORTICULTURAL SECTION SUNDAY 10th SEPTEMBER 2023
Section Secretary
Mr G T Bradley, 11 Castle Close, Stanhope, Bishop Auckland, County Durham DL13 2PX T: 01388 528615
Please let me have your entries early. S.A.E. for tickets and numbers would be much appreciated.
Special Notice: All Exhibits to be benched by 10.00am
Judging 10.00 am Entry Fee: 20p per entry Prize Money £5, £3, £2
unless otherwise stated
Judge: tbc
Flowers
ALL DAHLIA BLOOMS TO BE NAMED and judged under N.D.S rules ALL CHRYSANTHEMUMS TO BE NAMED and judged under N.C.S rules
| 208. | Two stands of cut flowers, each stand a different kind |
| 209. | Three Gladioli (Prize Money: £10 £6 £4) |
| 210. | Vase of Sweet Peas, 12 spikes |
| 211. | Vase of Annuals (sweet peas excluded) |
| 212. | Stand of Five Chrysanthemums (Prize Money: £12, £6, £4) |
| 213. | Three Chrysanthemums – Reflex |
| 214. | Three Chrysanthemums – Incurved |
| 215. | Three Chrysanthemums – Intermediate |
| 216. | Two Stands of Five Chrysanthemums (any variety – Prize Money: £20, £10, £7) |
| 217. | Vase or Bowl of Spray Chrysanthemums (3 sprays) |
| 218. | Three Decorative Dahlias – Medium |
| 219. | Three Decorative Dahlias – Small |
| 220. | Three Medium or Semi-Cactus Dahlias |
| 221. | Three Small or Semi-Cactus Dahlias |
| 222. | Three Pom-Pom Dahlias (One or more varieties) |
| 223. | Three Small Ball Dahlias |
| 224. | Three Miniature Ball Dahlias |
| 225. | Three Miniature Decorative Dahlias |
| 226. | One Vase of Three Blooms, Any Cactus and One |
| Vase of Three Blooms, Any Decorative (Prize Money: £12, £8, £5) | |
| 227. | Five Colerette Dahlias |
| 228. | Waterlily Dahlias |
| 229. | Gent’s Buttonhole – Rose only (Prize Money:£4, £2.50, £2) |
| 230. | Gent’s Buttonhole – Rose barred (Prize Money: £4, £2.50, £2) |
| 231. | Ladies’ Spray/Buttonhole (Prize Money: £4, £2.50, £2) |
| 232. | Pot Plant – Judged on Bloom – Fuchsia |
| 233. | Pot Plant – Judged on Bloom – Excluding Fuchsia |
| 234. | Pot Plant – Judged on Foliage |
| 235. | Three Roses |
Vegetables
| 236. | Three Onions (Dressed – Prize Money: £10, £6, £4) |
| 237. | One Cabbage Spring Sow |
| 238. | Two Blanche Leeks |
| 239. | Three Potatoes Kidney White |
| 240. | Three Potatoes Round White |
| 241. | Three Potatoes Kidney Coloured |
| 242. | Three Potatoes Round Coloured |
| 243. | Heaviest Onion sound all round freshly pulled washing allowed (Prize Money: £10, £6, £4) |
| 244. | Three heads of Round Beetroot not to be cut |
| 245. | Six Household Potatoes |
| 246. | Three Onions freshly pulled (Prize Money: £10, £6, £4) |
| 247. | One Cauliflower (Prize Money: £8, £5, £3) |
| 248. | Four Eschalots any colour single |
| 249. | Two Heads Celery not to be cut |
| 250. | Two Carrots Stump Rooted (Prize Money: £8, £5, £3) |
| 251. | Two Carrots Long (Prize Money: £8, £5, £3) |
| 252. | Two Parsnips |
| 253. | Best Collection of freshly pulled vegetables, three kinds one of each kind, washing and |
| dressing allowed (Prize Money: £20, £12, £8) | |
| 254. | Four Tomatoes |
| 255. | One Vegetable Marrow |
| 256. | One Cucumber |
Trophy: The Lonsdale Perpetual Bowl for Best Stand of Decorative or Cactus Dahlias
Trophy: K Hodgson Memorial Chrysanthemum Cup + £5 for best Chrysanthemum in Show
Trophy: M.C.Morgan Challenge Cup Perpetual + £5 for best Exhibit in Vegetable Section