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Individual Qualities (Conditions to be considered)

The conditions to be considered in judging this quality shall be: 1st-With roses of any established class, the Improvement or Distinctiveness of the Color, Fragrance, Lasting, Shape, Size, Substance, Petallage or Stem, with regard to the bloom.

The Improvement of the Hardiness, Foliage, or Growth, with regard to the habit of the plant. 2d-With roses of any new class, the Distinctiveness, Individuality and Improvement over classes already established.

Note.-Any new rose which is to receive an award as a new variety must have filed with the Society under whose auspices it competes, a certified pedigree if same is known, or certificate giving as many facts as possible with relation to its origin if the entire pedigree is unknown.

COLOR [10] The conditions to be considered in judging this quality shall be:

Uniformity, both as to shades and markings; clearness and beauty of the color; and freedom from splotches, muddiness and objectionable shades.

FRAGRANCE [5] The conditions to be considered in judging this quality shall be:

Abundance and refinement.

LASTING [10] The conditions to be considered in judging this quality shall be: 1st-The lasting of the color of the flower, cut and uncut. 2d-The retention of the fragrance of the flower, cut and uncut. 3d-The lasting of the form of the flower, as a bud, as partly opened, and as a full-blown rose, cut and uncut.

SHAPE [10] FORM The conditions to be considered in judging this quality shall be: 1st-To consider the type of rose being judged and to compare the exhibit with a rose of perfect shape of that type.

In regard to exhibition varieties, the most desired shape is a long spiral bud, which, as the rose opens, maintains a high pointed center. Roses which are short in bud, and which open flat, should be adversely scored.

SUBSTANCE [5] The conditions to be considered in judging this quality shall be: 1st-To consider the type of rose being judged and to compare the exhibit with a rose of perfect substance of that type. 2d-The weight or thickness of the petals.

PETALLAGE [5] The conditions to be considered in judging this quality shall be: 1st-To consider the type of rose being judged and to compare the exhibit with a rose of perfect petallage of that type.

In considering Hybrid Teas, Hybrid Perpetuals, Pernetianas, and other types of roses used for exhibition, first, the shape of the petals shall be considered; and second, the number of petals.

A rose of this type, to score the maximum under this quality, should have approximately forty (40) petals. A single rose shall be one which has from four (4) to ten (10) petals; a semi-double rose shall be one which has from eleven (11) to twenty-five (25) petals; a double rose shall be one which has over twenty-five (25) petals.

SIZE [5] The conditions to be considered in judging this quality shall be:

To consider the type of rose being judged and to compare the exhibit with a rose of perfect size of that type.

BLOOMING [15]