AMERICAN PRIMROSE SOCIETY

Recommended Judging Scores for Show Plants and Garden Auricula, 1976

[*Pin-eyed flowers will be disqualified in classes marked with an asterisk]

 

 

 

ALPINE AURICULA*

Pip: round, flat, unnotched......................15

Color: rich, shading to edge....................20

Center: round and clear..........................15

Tube: round, edge level with pip.............10

Anthers: dense, curved in.......................10

Size, substance, condition.......................10

Stem and footstalk...................................10

Foliage.....................................................10

 

 

SELF SHOW AURICULA*

Pip: round and flat.....................................20

Color: solid, no shading............................15

Paste.........................................................20

Tube: round, edge level with pip...............10

Anthers: dense, curved in............................5

Size, substance, condition.........................10

Stem and footstalk.....................................10

Foliage.......................................................10

 

 

EDGED SHOW AURICULA*

Pip: round and flat.....................................20

Body color: round, dark.............................15

Paste.........................................................20

Tube: round, edge level with pip...............10

Anthers: dense, curved in..........................5

Size, substance, condition........................10

Stem and footstalk....................................10

Foliage......................................................10

 

 

FANCY SHOW AURICULA*

Pip: round and flat.....................................20

Body color: bright, may flash.....................15

Paste.........................................................20

Tube: round, edge level with pip................10

Anthers: dense, curved in............................5

Size, substance, condition..........................10

Stem and footstalk......................................10

Foliage.......................................................10

 

 

POLYANTHUS, GOLD OR SILVER LACED*

Lacing: narrow, even, to center................30

Body color................................................10

Center: round, gold, sharp........................20

Anthers: dense, curved in.........................10

Size and substance...................................10

Stem and footstalks...................................10

Foliage......................................................10

 

 

For Garden Auricula

Flower (50 points)

Color: clear.....................................15

Substance......................................15

Open blossom, flat or ruffled...........2.5

Size.................................................10

Clear center....................................15

Thrum...............................................2.5

Plant (50 points)

Umbel..............................................10

Stalk.................................................20

Foliage.............................................20

 

 

 

 

 

 

For Border Alpine Auricula

Flower (50 points)

Color: clear, must be shaded from dark to light.....15

Substance......................................15

Open blossom, flat or ruffled...........2.5

Size.................................................10

Clear center....................................15

Thrum...............................................2.5

Plant (50 points)

Umbel..............................................10

Stalk.................................................20

Foliage.............................................20