Saturday 24th September 2022

Entries to be submitted to the Show Secretary by Thursday 22nd September 2022

Group Class - Exhibitors' Choice

Trophy presented by Acol with District Women's Institute

Choose and exhibit 3 items from the following list:
1.  Floral Art
2.  Plate of vegetables, same quantity as schedule.  Not potatoes.
3.  A 454 gramme jar of preserves.  May include jam, honey or marmalade.
4.  A mounted photograph - A garden subject
5.  Baked item, savoury
6.  Baked item, sweet
7.  Item of handicraft, any kind
8.  Potted plant flowering, ornamental or foliage
9.  Plate of 5 apples or pears
10. Vase of flowers,5 stems, one cultivar

Exhibit should be worked by at least 2 persons.  Table space 2 feet/610 mm width.
Each item or plate will receive a maximum of 10 points with a further maximum of 10 points for presentation.
Accessories may be used but are not provided.

Vegetables

WILLOW CHALLENGE SHIELD - MEMBERS
THE COT CHALLENGE SHIELD - NON-MEMBERS
1.  A standard seed tray (provided) of vegetables and/or fruit, number at exhibitor's discretion. 
To be judged for culinary merit and visual appeal.  Exhibit to be confined within the seed tray.

JACK BOWLES CHALLENGE CUP - MEMBERS
ALF BARHAM CHALLENGE CUP - NON-MEMBERS
2.  Five Onions, under 250 grms
3.  Plate of Five Potatoes, white
4.  Plate of Five Potatoes, coloured
5.  Five Onions, 250 grms or over
6.  Two Leeks, not trimmed
7.  Three long Carrots (Tops trimmed to 3"/76 mm)
8.  Two Parsnips (Tops trimmed to 3"/76 mm)
9.  Three Beetroot  - long or round (Tops trimmed to 3"/76 mm)
10.Three stump rooted Carrots (Tops trimmed to 3"/76 mm)
11. Six Runner Beans
12. Nine Pickling Shallots, under 30 mm diameter (Dishes provided)
13. Nine Exhibition Shallots (Dishes provided)
14. Five medium Tomatoes
15. Nine cherry type tomatoes (not to exceed 35 mm)
16. One Cabbage or Savoy (with 3"/76 mm stalk)
17. Any other single vegetable not mentioned in schedule
18. Plate of fruit, one kind

HERBIE LAWRENCE MEMORIAL CHALLENGE CUP
19. Heaviest Potato
20. Heaviest Marrow
21. Heaviest Carrot
22. Heaviest Pumpkin

A G E BEDWELL CHALLENGE CUP
23. Heaviest Onion

Home Economics

Open to Members and Non-Members

E FOREMAN CHALLENGE SALVER
24. Jar of Marmalade
25. Jar of Soft Fruit Jam
26. Jar of Hard Fruit Jam
The above classes must be in jam jars with jam covers

27. Jar of Chutney
28. Jar of Pickled Beetroot
29. Jar of Any Other Preserve
The above classes must be in screw top 454 grm/1 lb jars

NORA LING SHIELD
2020 - Floral Art

W SAYER CHALLENGE CUP - MEMBERS
W J GEORGE CHALLENGE CUP - NON-MEMBERS
Covers will be provided for the following classes

30. Dorset Apple Cake - Recipe must be followed:
Ingredients: 225 g Butter, 4 Large Eggs, 25 g Cornflour, 225 g chopped Bramley Apples, 225 g Caster Sugar, 250 g Self-Raising Flour

Method: Cream the butter and caster sugar together in a bowl.  Add the eggs, flour and cornflour and mix well.  Fold the apple into the mixture and pour into a well-greased cake tin (18 cm in diameter).  To decorate the cake cut unpeeled slices of apple and soak in lemon juice , then arrange in a circular pattern on top of the cake and dust with soft brown sugar to make a crusty glaze.  Bake in the oven at 170C/Gas Mark 3 for about 75 minutes.

31. Lemon Drizzle Cake
32. Two Vegetable Pasties
33. Cheese & Onion Loaf

Handicraft

AHS HANDICRAFT SHIELD
34. Framed picture - any medium, not painting or photograph.  Commercial frame accepted.  Size not exceeding 16" x 12"
35. Handicraft, hard (One item only)
36. Handicraft, soft (One item only)

Exhibit must not have been shown in a previous AHS show

ACOL ART GROUP TROPHY
To be awarded to the person with the most points over the three shows
To be mounted or framed.  Picture size not greater than 16" x 12"
37. Painting, any subject, any medium

Exhibit must not have been shown in a previous AHS show

Photographs

YEOMAN CHALLENGE CUP
To be awarded to person with most points over the three shows
Prints not to exceed 7" x 5" and to be mounted on card
38. Three photographs -"Sky"
39. One photograph - "Flowers" 

Exhibit must not have been shown in a previous AHS show

Floral Art

Open to Members and Non-Members

THE DEROUET CHALLENGE CUP
40. "Halloween".  An exhibit 24" space, not more than 36" in height.
41. "Floral Trio" - 3 Flowers and Foliage.  An exhibit 18" space, height optional
42. "Flower Cushion".  No more than 15" x 15"  and no more than 4" high.

VINE CHALLENGE CUP
Best in show for Floral Art

Dahlias

A F LING CHAMPIONSHIP DAHLIA CLASS
43. Any three separate vases from Classes 44 - 53

W WILDE CHALLENGE CUP - MEMBERS
R FORMISON CHALLENGE CUP - NON-MEMBERS
NDS SILVER MEDAL - BEST ENTRY
NDS BRONZE MEDAL - RUNNER-UP
44. One large or giant decorative Dahlia
45. One large or giant cactus or semi-cactus Dahlia
46. Three medium decorative Dahlias
47. Three small decorative Dahlias
48. Three miniature decorative Dahlias
49. Three medium cactus or semi-cactus Dahlias
50. Three small cactus or semi-cactus Dahlias
51. Three miniature cactus or semi-cactus Dahlias
52. Three Dahlias, pom pom, not to exceed 54 mm
53. Three Dahlias, large poms, not to exceed 88 mm
54. Three Dahlias, ball type
55. Three Dahlias any type not mentioned before
56. Three Dahlias, exhibitor's choice
57. Novice - Three blooms - any variety

OLIVE SPINNER CUP - Classes 58 to 62
NCS SILVER AND BRONZE MEDALS
(These classes MUST be outdoor grown)
58. One specimen bloom, Chrysanthemum 
59. Three blooms, Chrysanthemums, intermediate
60. Three blooms, Chrysanthemums, incurved
61. Three blooms, Chrysanthemums, reflex
62. Three stems, Chrysanthemums, spray

AHS FLOWERS TROPHY
63. Six Fuchsia blooms.  Box provided.
64. One Specimen H T Rose
65. One stem of cluster floribunda
66. Three stems of flowering perennials
67. Vase of mixed flowers (except Dahlias and Chrysanthemums)

E BAWN CHALLENGE CUP - MEMBER
A & D PITTOCK CHALLENGE SHIELD
68. Pot Plant, flowering in 9"/230 mm or under pot
69. Pot Plant, foliage or ornamental, in pot not exceeding 8"/203 mm
70. Collection of cactus or succulents in a bowl.  Not exceeding 14"/360 mm
71. Cactus or succulent in a pot.  Not exceeding 8"/210 mm

Children's Section

MRS E ROSS CHALLENGE CUP - BEST IN SHOW
R BALDOCK CHALLENGE SHIELD - GIRL
C GREEN CHALLENGE CUP - BOY
CHILD 9 YEARS AND UNDER
MRS R M SIDDERS CHALLENGE CUP - GIRL
R J LAWRENCE CHALLENGE SHIELD - BOY
CHILD 10 TO 14 YEARS

72. A Scarecrow made with a Wooden Spoon
73. An Animal Mask

Prize money paid to the child with the most combined points over classes 72 and 73 - Sponsored by Mr Robin White
1st - £6    2nd - £4    3rd - £2


STEPHEN LING CHALLENGE CUP - Open to Children Age 13 and under
74. Largest Sunflower Head - seed supplied by Stephen Ling

Prize money sponsored by Stephen Ling
1st - £6    2nd - £4    3rd - £2







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