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SF - Grain, Vegetables, Flowers

SCHOOL FAIR - Grain, Vegetables & Flowers

COMMITTEE: Eileen Hartig 519-463-5282 and Jan McLaren 519-463-5426 (co-chairs)

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SCHOOL FAIR RULES & REGULATIONS

ENTRIES Complete entries online using above link. Entry forms may be printed and submitted by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  Entries must be received by Sunday, September 17 (midnight).

IMPORTANT DATES:

ENTRIES CLOSE: Register your entries by end of day on Sunday, September 17, 2023.

BRING EXHIBITS: On Wednesday, September 20, 2023 between 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm bring exhibits to the Big Tent at the fairgrounds. Yellow entry tags to be attached before bringing items to the fairgrounds.

REMOVE EXHIBITS: Sunday, September 24, 2023 between 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm

Grain and Corn - Section: G/C

Prize Money: 2.50 - 2.00 - 1.50 - ribbons to 6th place

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. Potatoes:wipe mud and dirt off and polish with dry cloth. Do not wash.
  5. Choose large onions. Do not peel, only remove dirty, outer skins, topped to 2.5-5 cm (1-2")
  6. Choose large squash.
  7. Pumpkins and Squash must have stems on.

Prize Money:  2.50 - 2.00 - 1.50 - ribbons to 6th place

GRADE 12 AND UNDER:

Class

  1. Apples, variety to be named, (5) on a plate
  2. Beets, topped to 2.5 cm (1"), (3)
  3. Carrots, 12.5 cm or longer, topped to 2.5 cm (1"), (3)
  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

Prize Money: 2.50 - 2.00 - 1.50 - ribbons to 6th place

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 mommy

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 Petunias
  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 an unique container

GRADE 4 TO 8:

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

GRADE 9 TO 12:

  1. A garden bouquet of your choosing