COMMITTEE: John and Linda Sparks 519-320-9633
ENTRIES Complete entries online using above link anytime between August 17 to midnight, Sunday, September 15. Entry forms may be printed and submitted by
IMPORTANT DATES:
ENTRIES CLOSE: Register your entries by midnight Sunday, September 15, 2024.
BRING EXHIBITS:On Wednesday, September 18, 2024 between 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm bring exhibits to the Big Tent at the fairgrounds. White entry tags to be attached before bringing items to the fairgrounds.
REMOVE EXHIBITS: Sunday, September 22, 2024 between 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm. Prize money cheques to be picked up at this time.
RULE: Vegetables and fruit to be grown by exhibitor unless otherwise noted.
GUIDELINES - What the judge looks for
- Choose medium sized carrots, potatoes, and beets
- Beets and carrots topped to 2.5 cm (1")
- Choose regular shaped specimens. Leave stems attached.
- Choose specimens as nearly the same shape and size as possible.
- Potatoes: Wipe mud and dirt off. Polish with a dry cloth. Do not wash.
- Choose large onions. Do not peel, only remove dirty outer skins. Top to 2.5-5 cm (1-2")
- Choose large squash.
- Pumpkins and squash must have stems on.
Prizes: 1st: $5.00, 2nd: $4.00, 3rd: $3.00.
VEGETABLES - Section "VE"
Class
- Beans, dried, any variety, 500 ml container, named,
- Beets, any variety, 3
- Brussels sprouts, 1 litre / quart
- Cabbage, any variety, 1
- Carrots, long, over 5", 3
- Carrots, medium, under 5", 3
- Corn, ornamental, 3
- Cucumbers for slicing, 3
- Garlic, 3 bulbs
- Kale, 3 leaves tied together
- Onions, red, 3
- Onions, Spanish, 3
- Onions, yellow, 3
- Peppers, sweet, any colour, 3
- Peppers, hot, 4
- Potato, heaviest by weight
- Potatoes, red, 5
- Potatoes, white, 5
- Field pumpkin, 1
- Mini pumpkin, 2
- Pie pumpkin, 1
- Squash, collection of 3 types, in suitable container, named
- Sunflower, largest head, no more than 1' stalk
- Sunflowers, 2 tied together. Heads less than 8"
- Tomatoes, truss of cherry variety
- Tomatoes, any colour (not cherry), stems on, 3
- Tomatoes, Roma, stems on, 3
- Zucchini, under 8", 2
- Zucchini, longest
- Vegetable not listed, named on tag
FRUIT - Section "FR"
class
- Apples, fall variety named, red, 4
- Apples, fall variety named, green, 4
- Apples, fall variety named, any other colour, 4
- Berries, 1 pint, named
- Best muskmelon
- Best watermelon
SPECIALS - Section "SP"
Prizes: 1st: $15, 2nd: $10, 3rd: $5. Exception: class 1
class
- Largest Field Pumpkin by weight. Prizes: $25, $15, $10. 1st prize sponsored in memory of Roger Demarest by his family.
- "Autumn Bounty" using fruit, flowers and vegetables to express the season. Maximum 4'x4', arrangement and variety to count. Not necessarily grown by exhibitor.
- "Best Collection of Vegetables" Maximum 10 kinds of vegetables, 2 of each kind, must include tomatoes. All vegetables to be named, not to exceed 3'x3', number and arrangement of vegetables to count. Exhibitor's choice of container. Must be grown by exhibitor.
- Scarecrow - 3-5' tall. Must be able to stand or sit on its own.
"JUDGE'S CHOICE" in memory of Spencer Elmes
$10.00 and Rosette to best entry in:
Vegetables - sponsored by Keith and Susan Elmes
Fruit - sponsored by Neil and Monica Elmes
The EDNA PIPE AWARD to the exhibitor winning most points in Vegetables and Fruit. $25.00 & rosette.
Must receive a minimum of 15 points. Specials are not included.