DEPARTMENT 14

FRUITS AND NUTS

(Refer to general rules)

Exhibits accepted on Saturday 12:00 noon to 5:00, Sunday, 1:00 to 5:00

 

1. In selecting fruit for exhibition, choose specimens that would bring the highest market price. Do not select the largest. Select medium size. In plate displays, select five specimens as nearly alike as possible.

2. The following score is to be used as a basis for the judging of all exhibits.

         Exterior Quality

                 Size (total weight)                                          16 points

                 Uniformity of Color                                         12 points

                 Uniformity of Shape                                       12 points

                 Shell Texture                                                12 points

                 Condition                                                      12 points

                 Interior Quality                                              36 points

                                    Total                                          100 points

 

SECTION 1

Fruits

   CLASS                                                                                                                                 PREMIUMS

01    Plate of 5 Cortland apples                                                              $2.50        $2.00        $1.75      $1.50  $1.00

02    Plate of 5 Delicious apples

03    Plate of 5 Golden Delicious apples

04    Plate of 5 Grimes Golden apples

05    Plate of 5 Jonathan apples

06    Plate of 5 McIntosh apples

07    Plate of 5 Rome apples

08    Plate of 5 Stayman apples

09    Plate of 5 Lodi apples

10    Plate of 5 Summer Rambo apples

11    Plate of 5 York apples

12    Plate of 5 Smoke House apples

13    Plate of 5 Spartan apples

14    Plate of 5 other variety except red

15    Plate of 5 other red variety

16    Plate of 5 Crabapples – all varieties       

17    Plate of 5 Jersey Queen peaches

18    Plate of 5 Alberta peaches

19    Plate of 5 J.H. Hale peaches

20    Plate of 5 Red Haven peaches                                              

21    Plate of 5 Sunhill peaches

22    Plate of 5 Blake peaches

23    Plate of 5 Loring peach

24    Plate of 5 Richaven peaches

25    Plate of 5 Slappy peach                                                       

26    Plate of 5 Madison peach

27    Plate of 5 Southland peach

28    Plate of 5 other – must be named

29    Plate of 5 Anjou pears

30    Plate of 5 Bartlett pears

31    Plate of 5 Bose pears

32    Plate of 5 Keiffer pears

33    Plate of 5 Seckel pears

34    Plate of 5 Red Bartlett pears

35    Plate of 5 Claps Favorite pears

36    Plate of 5 other – must be named

37    Plate of 5 Santa Rosa plums

38    Plate of Shiro plums

39    Plate of 5 Stanley Prune plums

40    Plate of 5 Fellenberg plums

41    Plate of 5 other – must be named

42    Plate of 5 apple quinces

43    Plate of 5 Champion quinces

44    Plate of 5 Orange quinces

45    2 bunches of red grapes

46    2 bunches of blue grapes

47    2 bunches of white grapes

48    Plate of 5 persimmons                                                                         

49    Plate of 5 paw paws

50    1 pint of blackberry

51    1 pint of blueberry

52    1 pint of currant

53    1 pint of elderberry

54    1 pint of gooseberry

55    1 pint of red raspberry

56    1 pint of black raspberry

57    1 pint of strawberry

58    1 pint yellow raspberry

59    Largest single watermelon

60    Midget type watermelon

61    Oblong in shape watermelon

62    Round or oval shape watermelon

63    Other watermelon

 

SECTION 2

Edible nuts

1. All nuts must have been grown in the fair’s surrounding community within the past year. Ten specimens of each variety entered.  Nuts need to be hulled and in shells.

   CLASS                                                                                                                                 PREMIUMS

01      American Black Walnuts                                                             $3.00        $2.50        $2.00      $1.50  $1.00

02      Butternuts

03      English Walnuts

04      Hazelnuts

05      Heartnuts

06      Hicans

07      Pecans

08      Nat. Amer. Or Chinese Chestnuts

09      Shell Bark, Shag Bark, Hickories

10      Any other named nuts not listed

Nuts – Kernels – 1/2 pound of each variety entered in plastic bag.

11      American Black Walnuts

12      Butternuts

13      Hazelnuts

14      Heartnuts

15      Hicans

16      Pecans

17      Nat. American or Chinese Chestnuts

18      Shell Bark, Hickories

19      English Walnuts