August 16-24, 2013

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Event 

Youth Farm Crops & Garden
Title:
Youth Farm Crops & Garden
When:
August 16, 2013 - August 24, 2013 
Category:
Competitions

Description

Youth
Farm Crops and Garden

Co-Chairs:  Mechelle Bass, Ann Boyd, Lori Chambers, Linda Walker

Garden Rules and Regulations

  1. Exhibits will be entered between 4:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, August 15, 2013.  Bring entries to the Youth Building
  2. All articles are exhibited at owner’s risk, but all reasonable precautions will be taken.
  3. Prizes will be awarded on the decision of the judge.
  4. Vegetables will be judged on quality (uniform in size, fresh, firm and undamaged; free of disease and insects.)  If only one entry in class, it will not automatically win first place.
  5. No person may enter more than one entry in any one lot.
  6. All vegetable and fruits must be grown in the 2013 season.
  7. All exhibits must be grown on home farm.
  8. Premiums will be paid on Sunday, August 25 from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.  You must pick up your entries during that time, with the exception of Class 3, Lots 1-5 and all of Class 4, which are property of the Fair.
  9. Competition open to Wilson County Youth only, ages 5-18.
  10. Due to limited space, only winning entries in class 3, lots 1-5 and all of class 4 will be displayed, all non-winning entries will be donated to food banks in Wilson County.

CLASS 1 - SILAGE
Premiums: 1st - $10 • 2nd - $7 • 3rd - $5

    LOT

1.  Corn Silage (1 gallon bag) 2.  Other Silage (1 gallon bag)

CLASS 2 - HAY
Premiums: 1st - $10 • 2nd - $7 • 3rd - $5
(A block of hay in this class must be taken from a regular bale)

   LOT

1. Legumes other than Clover - Alfalfa/Lespedeza
2. Cool season perennials
3. Warm season perennials
4. Cool season - annuals
5. Warm season - annuals
6. Mixed Grass/Legume combination

CLASS 3 – TRUCK CROPS
Premiums:  1st - $10  •  2nd - $7  •  3rd - $5

  LOT

1.  Corn - White (3 ears)
2.  Corn - Yellow (3 ears)
3.  Potatoes - Irish (3)
4.  Potatoes - Red Skinned (3)

5.  Potatoes - Sweet (3)
6.  Pumpkin (Jack O’Lantern Type)
7.  Watermelon (long)
8.  Watermelon (round)

CLASS 4 – FRUITS & VEGETABLES
Premiums:  1st - $10  •  2nd - $7  •  3rd - $5

   LOT

1.   Apples, Red (3)
2.   Apples, Yellow (3)
3.   Beans, Bush (5)
4.   Beans, Lima (5)
5.   Beans, Pole (5)
6.   Cucumbers (3)
7.   Eggplant (1)
8.   Field Peas (5)
9.   Grapes, 1 cluster of blue, white
      & pink
10. Okra Pods (5)
11. Onions, Red (3)
12. Onions, White (3)
13. Onions, Yellow (3)
14. Peaches, White or Yellow (3)
15. Pears (3)

16. Peppers, Banana (3)
17. Peppers, Bell, Green (3)
18. Peppers, Bell, Red (3)
19. Peppers, Bell, Yellow (3)
20. Peppers, Green Hot (3)
21. Peppers, Red Hot (3)
22. Peppers, Pimento-Red (3)
23. Squash, White (3)
24. Squash, Yellow (3)
25. Squash, Zucchini (3)
26. Tomatoes, Cherry (10)
27. Tomatoes, Pink (3)
28. Tomatoes, Red (3)
29. Tomatoes, Yellow (3)

CLASS 5 – BIGGEST FRUITS & VEGETABLES
Premiums:  1st - $10  •  2nd - $7  •  3rd - $5

 LOT

1.  Biggest Apple (wt.)
2.  Biggest Cantaloupe (wt.)
3.  Biggest Cucumber (wt.)
4.  Biggest Gourd (wt.)
5.  Biggest Onion (wt.)
6.  Biggest Peach (wt.)
7.  Biggest Pear (wt.)
8.  Biggest Potato (wt.)
9.  Biggest Squash (wt.)

10.  Biggest Sunflower (dia.)
11.  Biggest Sweet Potato (wt.)
12.  Biggest Tomato (wt.)
13.  Longest Cucumber
14.  Longest Dipper Gourd
15.  Longest Ear of Corn
16.  Longest Green Bean
17.  Tallest Corn Stalk (len.)
18.  Tallest Tobacco Stalk (len.)

CLASS 6 – SUPER BIGGEST
Premiums:  1st - $25  •  2nd - $15  •  3rd - $10

LOT

1.  Pumpkin (wt.)     2. Watermelon (wt.)

CLASS 7 – GARDEN VEGETABLE TABLE DISPLAY
Raised in home garden this year.
 (Minimum of 8 different fruits or vegetables arranged in suitable container) 

Premiums:  1st - $12  •  2nd - $9  •  3rd - $6

CLASS 8 – DECORATED ENTRY

Premiums:  1st - $12  •  2nd - $9  •  3rd - $6

LOT

1. Gourd

2. Pumpkin

3. Other

4. Scarecrow (must be freestanding
                      and at least 3' tall)

CLASS 9 – SOYBEANS

Premiums:  1st - $10  •  2nd - $7  •  3rd - $5

Whole soybean plants should be tied together.  Roots may or may not be removed, but should be free of soil.  Please provide planting date.

LOT 1.  Soybeans, a bundle of 10 fresh stems.

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