Canada Helps

SF - Grain, Vegetables, Flowers

Grain and Corn - Section: G/C

Prizes

 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
  $2.50 $2.00 $1.50 ribbon ribbon ribbon

 GRADE 12 AND UNDER:

Class

  1. Corn, suitable for grain, 5 ears with husks removed
  2. Corn, sheaf of 6 stalks with ears attached
  3. Corn, longest ear, remove husk
  4. Tallest stalk of corn - without roots
  5. Sunflower, largest head, no more than 1 foot of stalk
  6. Soybean Plant with the most pods. Write the number of pods on your entry tag
  7. A 1 pint jar FULL of dry shelled corn

Vegetables and Fruit - Section: V/F


How To Prepare Vegetables and Fruit for judging. (This is what the judge looks for)

  1. Chose medium sized carrots, potatoes and beets.
  2. Choose regular shaped specimens. Leave stems attached.
  3. Choose specimens as nearly the same shape and size as possible.
  4. Cut tops off beets and carrots leaving only 2.5 cm (1 inch) of top.
  5. Potatoes:wipe mud and dirt off and polish with dry cloth. Do not wash.
  6. Choose large onions. Do not peel, only remove dirty, outer skins.
  7. Choose large squash.
  8. Pumpkins and Squash must have stems on.

 

Prizes

 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
  $2.50 $2.00 $1.50 ribbon ribbon ribbon

 

GRADE 12 AND UNDER: 

Class

  1. Apples, variety to be named, (5) on a plate
  2. Beets, (3)
  3. Carrots, (3), 12.5 cm or longer
  4. Fattest Cucumber
  5. Muskmelon (1)
  6. Largest Onion
  7. Onions, Spanish (3)
  8. Onions, other than Spanish (3)
  9. Pears, variety to be named (3)
  10. Peppers, hot (3)
  11. Peppers, Sweet (3)
  12. Potatoes, White (3)
  13. Potatoes, Red (3)
  14. Potato with the most eyes
  15. Field Pumpkin
  16. Pie Pumpkin
  17. Smallest Pie Pumpkin (not a gourd)
  18. Largest Pumpkin or Squash - by circumference
  19. Squash, Butternut (1)
  20. Squash, Pepper (2)
  21. Tomatoes, large variety (3)
  22. Watermelon (1)
  23. Longest Zucchini
  24. Unusually Shaped Vegetable
  25. Any Vegetable from the garden not mentioned above, named on tag

 Flowers - Section: F

Prizes

 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
  $2.50 $2.00 $1.50 ribbon ribbon ribbon

 

PRESCHOOLERS:

Class

  1. "Look What I Found in the Garden" - a bouquet of flowers, weeds, sticks, etc

JR K & KINDERGARTEN:

  1. A bouquet of flowers for Kate, Duchess of Cambridge

GRADE 1 TO GRADE 8:

  1. Rose, single bloom
  2. Geranium, 3 blooms, any colour
  3. Bouquet of Marigolds
  4. Bouquet of Coleus
  5. Bouquet of Flowers - for the Queen
  6. Bouquet of Cattails in a can. Total height not to exceed 75 cm (30")
  7. Bouquet of Sedums
  8. Bouquet of Zinnias

GRADE 3 AND UNDER:

  1. "A Walk in the Country" in a unique container

GRADE 4 TO 8:

  1. "A Walk in the Country" in a unique container

GRADE 9 TO 12:

  1. A garden bouquet of your choosing