Just because a few plants from the cross were awarded doesn't mean they're
the best ones. Better ones may just not have made it into a receptive
judging center, or bloomed at the wrong time of the month for judging.
There's also a problem where if someone else gets a plant with blooms
exactly like yours awarded first, judges may not give more awards to other
plants in the cross with the same quality. They will wait to see if
anything better shows up.
-danny

"Nancy G." wrote in message
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I know it sounds naive, but some of the sibs from my crosses
have been awarded, and I don't think their blooms are any better than
mine.

Nancy