Trial Garden Information for 2008

To all growers sending seedlings to any trial gardens:

• Make reservations at the Trial Garden(s) you want to use and if, for some reason you can’t send those roots, notify the Trial Garden Director(s) as soon as possible.  Information for specific Trial Gardens may be found here or in the December 2007 Bulletin of the American Dahlia Society, Inc.
• Click here to go directly to the Trial Gardens Information for 2008.
• Click here to go directly to the Trial Garden Rules for 2008.

• Try to ship them at a reasonable time and ensure that each tuber has a visible eye.

• Send a good, clear picture of the entry, showing the form and color, with the root(s) or plants.

• Print or type all forms or attached documentation.  Below are links to various printable formats of the Entry Form that must accompany the plant material.
• HTML (Your Browser)
• Microsoft Word(.doc)
• Adobe PDF

TRIAL GARDEN RULES

1. Only varieties not disseminated in the USA will be accepted for trial.
2. A fee of $12.00 will be required for each variety at each of the Trial Gardens to which it is sent.
3. Varieties sent for trial must have been grown at least three seasons previously.
4. Stock will be destroyed at the end of the growing season, but it may be possible to arrange with the Trial Garden Director for stock to be returned.  An additional fee of $10.00 per variety will be required.
5. Varieties may not be entered again in any Trial Garden in which they have been awarded a Certificate of Merit, but may be entered in any of the others provided that they have not been disseminated.
6. Color mutations (sports) of standard varieties are acceptable provided they have been "fixed" to the point where there is no reversion to the original variety.  An exception to this is that sports of standard variegated varieties cannot be accepted and cannot be awarded Certificates of Merit.  This does not mean that the ADS will not recognize such varieties, but identical sports may occur simultaneously in several gardens, and it is not possible to determine who is the originator.
7. The Derrill Hart Medal will be awarded only to a variety which is to be disseminated the following season.  In the event that the high scoring variety is not ready for dissemination, the award will be made to the next highest scoring eligible variety, the chance for the award is not necessarily lost.  Under certain circumstances, it may receive the award the following year.  Please promptly advise the chairman of the trial garden committee of any delay in dissemination.

EASTERN – NEW YORK

William Allgeier (516) 433-6371

24 Hope Lane

Hicksville, New York 11801

WADAHLIA@yahoo.com

Limit of 50 cultivars.  Reservations required.

• Send roots or plants after April 23.

Make checks payable to:

      William Allgeier

NORTH CENTRAL –

      MINNEAPOLIS, MN

Karen Hauwiller

19032 Joseph Curve

Eden Prairie, MN 55346

sparkyshadow@earthlink.net

Limit of 30 cultivars.  Send entries & checks to:

   Charles Spragg

   2836 West 72nd Street

   Richfield, MN 55423

• Send tubers April 15.
• Send plants May 1.

Make checks payable to:

      North Central Trial Garden

MIDWEST – Bonneyville, in

S. McQuithy Boyer (219) 848-4888

16816 County Road 10

Bristol, IN 46507

manorsam@aol.com

Limit 45 cultivars.  Each originator limited to 3 entries.

• Send tubers by April 15.
• Send plants by May 15.

Make checks payable to:

      S. McQuithy Boyer

VICTORIA BRITISH COLUMBIA –

      CANADA

Trial Garden closed until further notice.

MID ATLANTIC

Donald Dramstad, Director

Send entries, forms, and checks to:

Donald Dramstad (540) 882-3602

14350 Loyalty Road

Leesburg, VA 20176

dramstaddental@hughes.net

Send tubers by April 15.

Send plants by May 1.

Make checks payable to: NCDS

INLAND EMPIRE – SPOKANE, WA

Robert & Joni Beasley (509) 535-3738

2723 E. 16th

Spokane, WA 99223

rjbeasley@hotmail.com

Reservations required.  Limit of 35

cultivars.

Send tubers or plants by April 1.

Make checks payable to: Joni Beasley

FELLOWS RIVERSIDE GARDEN

YOUNGSTOWN, OH TRIAL GARDEN

Jim Chuey (330) 549-9204

309 E. South Range Road

North Lima, OH 44452

Email contact: Harriet Chandler

hchandler1@neo.rr.com

The Garden has room for 20 entries

only.  Reservations required.

Send tubers by April 15.

Make checks payable to:

            Mahoning Valley Dahlia Society

CANBY OREGON TRIAL GARDEN

Bill Mishler (360) 225-8925

P.O. Box 1468

Woodland, WA 98674

billmishler@gmail.com

Limit of 25 cultivars.

Send roots & checks by April 15.

Make checks Payable to:

            Portland Dahlia Society

PACIFIC NORTHWEST –

      TACOMA, WASH

Marilyn Walton (253) 564 0459

8133 N 12th St.

Tacoma, WA 98496

WALTON50@MSN.COM

Call or e-mail for reservations or more info. 

Reservations are required.

Send Entries, form and checks all together following the mailing directions below:

Via U.S. Post Office:

Point Defiance Greenhouse

5400 North Shirley, Box #12

Tacoma, WA 98407

Via UPS/Fed-Ex/DHL:

Point Defiance Greenhouse

5402 North Shirley

Tacoma, WA 98407

• Send tubers April 15.
• Send plants May 1.

Make checks Payable to:
            Metro Parks District

PROBATIONARY TRIAL GARDEN

GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS

      TRIAL GARDEN – CASHIERS, NC

Katie Lombard, Director (828) 743-2334

P.O. Box 2582

450 TS Lance Rd

Cashiers, NC 28717

trialgarden@carolinasdahliasociety.org

Limit 20 entries.  Reservations required.

Send Reservation Requests, Plant Material & Paperwork to:

      Carolinas Dahlia Society

      c/o Deb Haas (dahlias@citcom.net)

      51 Forest Ridge Ave.

      Brevard, NC 28712

• Send tubers by April 15.
• Send plants by May 1.

Make checks payable to: CDS

Scores from a Probationary Trial Garden are not used to select the Derrill Hart Winners

Entry Blank

For Official Trials of Dahlia Seedlings, sponsored by

The American Dahlia Society

Code by T.G. Dir

Or Location

TO BE INTRODUCED IN 200__ IF SCORE IS 85.0 OR HIGHER

YES___________  NO____________

Name of Variety__________________________________________________________

Second Choice Name _____________________________________________________

Your Classification of Variety ________________________________________________

Parentage:              Seed Parent_____________________________________________

                              Pollen Parent ____________________________________________

                              Color Sport of what standard variety? _________________________

                              Chance Seedling (or don’t know)             Yes_____ No_____

Year First Grown_____ Height of Plant_____

Seedlings that are sent to the Trial Gardens should be 4^th Year Seedlings.

For WL/Nov., indicate size (BB, B, Min etc) _____

Description of Variety, including any oddities __________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

         Please send a photo of the flower of this seedling with the roots or plants

Was it previously entered for Trial?  Yes_____ No_____ Where?___________________________

When?_____ Score?_____

Name of Originator______________________________________________

Address______________________________________________________________________

City_________________________ State_____ Zip______ Phone (_____) _____-____________

Entered by ________________________________Address_____________________________

City____________________ State_____ Zip_____ Telephone (_____) _____-______________

E-mail address_________________________________

Date Shipped____________________ Mail_______________ Express____________________

SEND 3 ROOTS OR PLANTS

PLEASE SEE THE TRIAL GARDEN ADDRESS INFORMATION

OR CONTACT TRIAL GARDEN DIRECTOR AS TO WHEN TO SEND ROOTS