Looking back over the past 4 years blanch leeks have featured in all the winning entries. I've noticed that leeks often seem to score quite highly. I'm not stupid enough to bench my leeks against the big boys as it would be akin to appearing in a porn film alongside Dirk Diggler and it's more than likely i'll just be making up the numbers but I think I may try a collection of 2 long carrots, 2 parsnips and 2 potatoes, subject to being happy they won't look out of place. Again, it's just me trying to get something on the bench to compare my scores against the very best, as all the exhibits will be pointed and you can then tell how far you need to improve. However, the point i'm making again is that classes like this allow you to stage those two specimens where you couldn't quite find a matching third for the main classes and as a result the quality is usually amazing.
It's also my intention to try and show at Harrogate this year where their collection of 6 class is different from the National and the other Branches' Championships in that you only have to find a single specimen of each, which I was surprised to find out only in the last few months. This was Peter Clark's winning collection at Harrogate in 2010.
Show secretary's won't go far wrong if they include classes like these in their schedules if they're looking for fresh ideas. A collection of 6 complete dishes of veg for a small village show is unlikely to attract many entries these days unless the prize money is worth winning. But this variation of the collection of 6 could easily fill the benches and as I've said before the regular showers can exhibit all those specimens that they can't use in sets for the main classes. If it's good enough for Harrogate where there are usually several entries then there's no reason why it can't work at your show too.
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Can you enter Stump plus Long carrots and,or Large plus under 250g Onions together in these classes or is it limited to one kind of veg species,even though they all appear on the scorecard.
Noone's ever been able to give me a concrete answer to that one and as you're an up and coming Judge I hope you can clarify it for me.
Depends on the wording and schedule makers really need to be careful.
I reckon if it says 6 'kinds' then no....stumps and long carrots would constitute one kind and you'd be disqualified.
If it said 'from schedule classes' or such like then yes you could if there were classes for stumps and long carrots.
We should all have a go at he collection of 6 at harrogate it would be interesting to see if you southerners are any good.
I'm stuck for the 6th one unless you can enter just one pea pod ?
Single pea pod would be allowed Dan.
Paul.....that sounds like a good idea. We could at least award our own 1-2-3!!!
I'm sorry but that carrot is well shabby ! and his parsnip is square ?
Well it was good enough to win! Lol
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