Autumn Show

The 2008 Autumn show will be held on Saturday, 6th September.  Entries are welcome for vegetables, flowers, floral art, fruit, home cooking and wine, plus a special novely class for you to amuse the judges with your unusual shaped vegetables.

Information for Exhibitors and the Public

Entry to the Show is open to members only, although members of the public are very welcome to come and admire the exhibits from 2.00pm onwards. The Show will be held at Hellesdon Community Centre.  The hall will be open from 9.00am on the day of the show for staging exhibits and judging will commence from 12.00pm.  

Cups for the Autumn show will be presented at the Annual General Meeting.  For a full list of trophies see below.

Exhibitors are encouraged to read the Show Conditions before entering.  Classes for exhibits are shown below - and don't forget Giant Vegetables have their own Section.

A selection of photographs from our 2006 Autumn Show can be viewed here.


Autumn Show Classes

Vegetables

Class Description Quantity Notes
  1. Potatoes, white 3 170 - 225g
  2. Potatoes, Other than white 3 170 - 225g
  3. Parsnips 3 tops trimmed to 75mm approx.
  4. Carrots long rooted 3 tops trimmed to 75mm approx.
  5. Carrots stump rooted 3 tops trimmed to 75mm approx.
  6. Turnips 3 tops trimmed to 75mm approx.
  7. Beetroot global 3 tops trimmed to 75mm approx.
  7a. Beetroot long 3 tops trimmed to 75mm approx.
  8. Onions exhibition 3
  9. Onions 3 250g or under
10. Pickling Shallots 10 any 1 cultivar, 32mm or less
11. Shallots Exhibition 10 any 1 cultivar
12. Cabbage green 1 any kind with stalk approx. 75mm
13. Red Cabbage 1 any kind with stalk approx. 75mm
14. Cauliflower or Broccoli 1 leaves trimmed to top of curd with approx. 75mm of stalk
15. Head Calabrese 1 with flower attached
16. Lettuce 1 any kind, with root on
17. Sweet Corn 2 any kind
18. Pods of Peas 5 with stalks
19. Runner Beans 6 with 25mm stalks approx.
20. Marrow 1 not over 380mm 
21. Head of Celery 1  
22. Brussel Sprouts 6  
23. Tomatoes 5 with stalk (calyx)
24. Tomatoes 5 small variety (cherry type cultivar)
25. Peppers sweet 2 1 cultivar
26. Cucumber 1 greenhouse grown with flower attached
27. A collection of 4 Named Herbs -  
28. Leeks 3 as grown
29. Any other Vegetable - not already specified above
30. Trug of Mixed Vegetables 1  

Cut Flowers

Class Description Quantity Notes
31. Pom-pom Dahlias 5 1 or more cultivars 50mm or less
32. Ball Dahlias 5 1 or more cultivars
33. Cactus or Semi-Cactus Dahlias 5 1 or more cultivars not over 200mm
34. Decorative Dahlias 3 1 or more cultivars up to 200mm
35. Dahlia 1 over 200mm
36. Chrysanthemums Incurved 3 any 1 cultivar
37. Chrysanthemums Intermediate 3 any 1 cultivar
38. Chrysanthemums Reflex 3 any 1 cultivar
39. Sprays Chrysanthemums 3 any 1 cultivar
40. Chrysanthemums 5 mixed cultivars, 5 sprays or 5 disbuds
41. Roses, Large Flowered 4 2 or more cultivars
42. Rose Large Flowered 1  
43. Sprays Cluster Flowered Roses 3 2 or more cultivars
44. Rose Heads Large Flowered 5 mixed and mounted on a board or box max. 350 x 200mm 
45. Gladioli 3  
46. Marigold Stems 5  1 or more cultivar
47. Michaelmas Daisies 3 mixed
48. Carnation 1  
49. Flowering Shrubs 3 mixed
50. Mixed Flowers 5 3 cultivars or more
51. Aster Stems 5 1 or more cultivar
52. Basket of Cut Blooms 1 any cultivar, 1 species, maximum basket 460mm basket must have handle

Pot and Container Flowers

Class Description Quantity Notes
53. Pot Cactus or Succulent 1  
54. Pot Pelargonium, Zonal 1  
55. Pot Pelargonium, Regal 1  
56. Pot Plant Foliage 1  
57. Any other Pot Plant in Bloom 1 not specified above
58. Plant in Hanging Pot 1 pot not to exceed 200mm
59. Fuchsia 1 bush or shrub
60. Fuchsia 1 half standard clear stem from 460 to 760mm
61. Fuchsia 1 quarter standard clear stem from 250 to 460mm
62. Fuchsia 1 miniature standard clear stem from 130 to 250mm
63. Mixed Fuchsia
Heads
6 mounted on a board 150 x 200mm
64. Bowl of mixed Plants 1 any size
65. Hanging Container 1 planted with 1 or more cultivars 
66. Garden Container 1 planted with 1 or more cultivars

Floral Art

Class Description Quantity  
67. These three classes as separate Show Supplement
68

68a

Novelty Class

Class Description Quantity  
69.
69a
Vegetable or Fruit
Ornamental Vegetable or Fruit
-

your most unusual shapes

Fruit

Class Description Quantity  
70. Dessert Apples 3 any 1 cultivar
71. Cooking Apples 3 any 1 cultivar
72. Dessert Pears 3 any 1 cultivar
73. Cooking Pears 3 any 1 cultivar
74. Blackberries 10 cultivated with stalks
75. Plums 5 any 1 cultivar
76.
76a.
Raspberries
Any other fruit
10
with stalks

Ladies Only Section

Class Description Quantity Notes
77. Jar Jelly 1  
78. Jar Marmalade 1  
79. Jar Chutney 1  
80. Jar Pickle 1  
81. Jar Jam 1  
82. Cookery Recipe - as separate show supplement
83. Cookery Recipe - as separate show supplement
84. Cookery Recipe - as separate show supplement

Wine - in clear bottles only

Class Description Quantity Notes
85. Bottle Dry Red Wine 1 not kit
86. Bottle Sweet White Wine 1 not kit
87. Bottle of any other Wine 1 not kit
88. Bottle of any Wine 1 made from wine kit only
      cork drawn in all categories 85 to 88 above

Men Only Section

Class Description Quantity Notes
89. Cookery Recipe - as separate show supplement
90. Cookery Recipe - as separate show supplement
91. Jar Jam 1  

Top Tray

Class Description Quantity Notes
92. HHA Top Tray - details given separately (offline): refer to Hellesdon Horticultural Association
 



Giant Vegetable Section
(Autumn Show only)
Class    Description
  1. Heaviest Carrot
  2. Heaviest Onion
  3. Heaviest Parsnip
  4. Heaviest Tomato
  5. Longest Runner Bean
  6. Heaviest Pumpkin



Autumn Show - Trophies
Category Trophy Comments
  1. The C.S. Kybird Presidents Shield Best exhibit of vegetables: classes 1 to 30
  2. The Dahlia Cup Best exhibit of Dahlias: classes 31 to 35
  3. The Ted Watling Cup Best exhibit of Chrysanthemum: classes 36 to 40
  4. The Autumn Rose Bowl Best exhibit of Roses: classes 41 to 44
  5. The Kenneth Dixon Cup Best exhibit of Cut Flowers: classes 45 to 52
  6. The Hellesdon Autumn Shield Best exhibit of Pot Plants: classes 53 to 58 and classes 64 to 66
7. The Way Cup Best exhibit of Fuchsias: classes 59 to 63
8. The Bush Cup For the highest points in Floral Art: classes 67 to 68 and 68a 
9. The Hellesdon Club Cup Best exhibit of Fruit: classes 70 to 76a
10. The V. Wyett Memorial Trophy For the highest number of points in Ladies Section: classes 77 to 84
11. The May & Baker Perpetual Challenge Cup For the highest number of points overall in the Autumn Show
12. The C.S. Kybird Memorial Cup For the best exhibit in the Autumn Show of Vegetables, Flowers and Fruit
13. The Giant Vegetable Shield For the highest number of points in this Section
14. The Mr. & Mrs. Charlie Smith Cup Awarded to the Top Tray

Combined Summer & Autumn Shows

15. The K. J. Gayton Shield The highest number of points for Vegetables in both shows
16. The J. Wyett Memorial Salver The highest number of points in Rose classes 19 to 23 Summer Show and classes 41 to 44 Autumn Show
17 The Candelabra The highest number of points in both shows for Ladies Section
18. The Fruit & Nut Cup The highest number of points in both shows for Mens Section
19. The Tipple Cup Awarded for the highest number of points in both shows for Wine
20. The Diane Banthorpe Cup The highest number of points for Floral Art in Spring, Summer and Autumn Shows