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Pat,
I agree with you on the profit potential metrics. It would be great for you to have lots of FCC certificates but it's customer demand that pays the heating bill. You have to grow plants that people want to display in their homes. Us crazy collectors don't buy enough to pay the bills. Do you feel an FCC from the RHS is equal to an FCC from the AOS? Does one award increase the value of the cross more than the other? I see lots of awards for plants from different groups. Is there a ranking of RHS awards are worth more than CSA, CSA worth more than HOS, etc? I guess I've always been tuned to look for AOS awards as a measure of a plant that has good potential. When I see these other awards from other groups I don't really give them the credit they deserve and maybe I should. Gene "Pat Brennan" wrote in message ... Hi Gene, This is not a case of who is right. Judging is all about metrics. A metric is defined and plants are than compared to this metric and rated. There is no reason to think different organizations will select the same metric. Along those same lines, when I am considering plants to put in my greenhouses I use a metric based on profit potential. A few years back I had a two spike phal pulled from a show display, after measurements and judge discussions it was passed on. After judging, the head judge pulled me aside to discuss the plant. She told me the plant had everything for an award except the flower size was a bit small. She recommended that next year I cut off the second spike as soon as it started to show with the hope that the plant would put the extra energy into the remaining spike and maybe the flower size would cut mustard. When selling plants, I get more money for a two spike plant than a one spiker. Even at a higher price, the two spiker with its marginally smaller flowers will sell first. With my metric for plants, the recommendation of cutting off the second spike seemed silly, but when rating a plant by the AOS metric it made perfect sense. Around here we have a game. When AQ arrives we go to the color picture section and based solely on the picture and the award granted, we pick plants we think belong to judges. We are very good at it. I like to think this is not a sign that the judging system is corrupt or broken, but instead just shows that the judges are in tune to their metric and understand what will be awarded by their metric. When considering plants for your collection, in addition to the AOS judging metrics I think the consumer's metric should also rate traits such as plant vigor, bloom last time, number of bloomings a year, number of spikes produced, time till first bloom for seedlings, conditions required and personal preferences of flower colors, shapes and patterns. Pat |
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