Guidelines for Applications

The Purpose of the Trials

The purpose of the trials is to encourage the well-balanced development of rose breeding, in particular the breeding of roses suited to cold, snowy regions, which will thus add to the attraction of the rose garden in Echigo Hillside Park. Special emphasis is placed on fragrance - developing new fragrance, as an old Chinese adage goes, without neglecting our ancestors' achievement.

Sponsor:

National Echigo Hillside Park

Supported by:

The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries of Japan, Niigata Prefecture, and Nagaoka City

1. Eligibility for Applications:

Breeders both professional and amateur, in Japan and overseas, and also agents (including nurseries) for such breeders

If the applicants are their agents, breeders have to attach a document which states that they entrusted the agents the application for the trials.

The sponsor of the trials shoulders no responsibility on matters concerning the intellectual property rights and/or sales rights of the breeders. If any problems occur, they should all be resolved between the parties concerned. Depending on the situation, awards might be revoked by the sponsor.

2. Acceptable Rose Varieties:

(1) Varieties which meet either of the two requirements below:

Varieties which have never been on the market, or were made available for sale on or after the first of January, 2006.

(2) Categories of Acceptable Rose Varieties:

• Part 1: Large-flowered Roses (HTs, Grandifloras)
• Part 2: Floribunda Roses (F)
• Part 3:Shrubs(S)
• Part 4: Miniature Roses, Mini-floras, Patio Roses, and Polyanthas
• Climbers are excluded from any of the above categories.

(3) The Number of Entries:

There is no limitation on the number of varieties the breeder can enter into the trial.

(4) The Number of Trees per Variety:

For each variety, four two-to-three years old bare-root trees, either budded, grafted, or self-rooted.

3. Entry Fee:

None

4. Location:

The trial is conducted in the trial grounds of National Echigo Hillside Park.

5. Entry Process:

(1) The application form should be sent to the Management Office of National Echigo Hillside Park by March 16, 2012.

Address:

National Echigo Hillside Park

1950-1 Mitsu-mata, Miyamotohigashikata-machi, Nagaoka-shi, Niigata-Pref

940-2082 Japan

tel. (81)258-47-8001 / fax. (81)258-47-8002

URL: http://echigo-park.jp/en/

E-mail address:

Application Form (PDF:5KB)

The rose trees should arrive at the National Echigo Hillside Park either from November 15th through December 15th, 2011, or from March 1st through the end of March, 2012.

(2) Sending rose trees from outside Japan:

• (a) The rose trees should be sent by air mail of the international mail. The applicant bears all responsibility for ensuring the package undergoes the quarantine inspection by the Japanese government, i.e. the phytosanitary certificate issued by the government of his or her own country - the original; a copy is not acceptable - and a label for customs inspection, clearly indicating that the contents are rose trees, should be attached to the parcel.
  Roses which do not meet the above conditions, or those which are sent by sea mail, will not be acceptable, and will be discarded.
• (b) Applicants are responsible for the cost of transportation including the quarantine charges in the country of origin and in Japan.

(3) Entry code labels should be put on each of the trees to be entered.

6. Judging and Commendation:

Judging is conducted according to the "Guidelines for Judging".

Outlines:

(1) Judging Committee:

Yoshihiro Ueda	Principal of the Gifu International Academy of Horticulture
Shoji Nakamura	President of International Fragrance and Culture Society
Naoki Ishikawa	President of Niigata Rose Society
Kinichi Moriai	Perfumer
Kazuko Nomura	Vice President of Rose Culture Institute
Naoharu Watanabe	Graduate School of Science and Technology Shizuoka University
Yuki Mikanagi	Senior Researcher at Natural History Museum and Institute, Chiba
Yutaka Abe	Honorary President of Saitama Rose Society
Hideko Ishiguro	Rose researcher, Director of Ishiguro Music Academy
Ayako Takagi	Gardening Lecturer for Japan Broadcasting Corporation
Minobu Maekawa	Garden Designer
Naomi Okubo	Senior Researcher at National Institute of Floricultural Science, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
Junko Nagano	Takasago International Corporation Fragrance Creation Center Senior Perfumer

(2) The Periods of Judging:

June and October, 2013

(3) Judging and Marking:

Special emphasis is placed on fragrance.

Out of 100 points: 30 for fragrance, 10 for vigor, 15 for disease resistance, 10 for number of flower buds, 10 for quality of flowers, 5 for weather resistance, 5 for novelty, and 15 for General effect.

(4) Prizes

Gold, silver, and bronze prizes for each category.

7. Other:

(1) For the conditions of the trial grounds, see the attached documents.

Data

(2) Rose trees are planted in the trial ground as follows:

• (a) The trees which arrive between November 15th and December 15th 2011 will be planted soon after arrival.
• (b) The trees which arrive between March 1st and the end of March 2012 will be planted by the middle of April.

(3) The trees entered into the trial and planted in the trial ground will stay there and be open to the public until the trial ends.

(4) The growth and other conditions of the entered trees will be displayed on the home page of the National Echigo Hillside Park. The photos of the entered trees may also appear in the reports on the trials, in the Park's news letters, and in the other publications.

(5) Entered trees upon completion of the trial:

Some of the winners will be planted in other places in the park, and will be open to the public. The other trees will be discarded after the trial.