Agricultural & Horticulture Department
General Information:
Entry Fee: $40.00 - Season Pass Included ($20 with no Season Pass)
Registration: May 15th to 11am day of judging.
Entries: Unlimited numbers of entries, may only enter 1 item in each division. May also enter items in Home and Family Arts as well. Items to be dropped off day of judging by 10am.
Judging: Monday July 7th at 1:00pm. If there are less than 2 items in any class, the exhibit will be placed according to the judge’s decision as to the quality. The judge’s decision is final.
Release: Ribbons and Exhibit must be picked up between noon and 2pm Sunday July 13th. Anything left will be discarded or donated.
Premiums: Premiums will be specified by each group of class. Premium checks will be available Saturday, July 12th by noon or when you pick up your exhibit. If you would like yours mailed, please let the office know.
VEGGIE CREATURES & BELIEVE IT OR NOT
1st Place: $5.00 · 2nd Place: $3.00
1. Veggie Creatures! - Participants will construct veggie animals, veggie monsters and veggie “whatevers”. Be Creative!
2. Believe It or Not! (must be grown in LaPorte County)
a. Freaks of nature in the vegetable or fruit world
b .Freaks of nature in the grain world
c. Most unusual edible vegetable or fruit
not native to LaPorte County.
d. Most unusual grain or fiber not native
to LaPorte County.
FIELD CROPS
1st Place: $4.00 · 2nd Place: $2.00
3. Wheat, Oats, Rye (quart each/all one entry)
4. Grains (1 Quart)
a. Oats
b. Shelled Corn
c. Soybeans
d. Wheat
e. Other grains
5. Sheaf of Grain
6. 4 Stalks of Corn
7. Tallest Cornstalk
8. Greatest # of pods on a soybean stalk
9. Tallest Soybean Stalk
10. Tallest Sunflower
11. Largest Sunflower Head in diameter
GARDEN VEGETABLES
1st Place: $4.00 · 2nd Place: $2.00
12. Beans (group of 12)
a. Pole
b. Snap
c. String
d. Wax
e. Other
13. Beets (Group of 5)
14. Broccoli (1 large or 3 small)
15. Brussel Sprouts (Group of 12)
16. Cabbage (1 head, 5 wrapper leaves
a. Round
b. Flat
c. Red
d. Other
17. Carrot (plate of 5, any variety)
18. Cauliflower (1 head, trimmed)
19. Corn (5 ears, in husk)
a. Yellow
b. White
c. Bi-Color
d. Other
20. Cucumber (Plate of 3)
a. Dill
b. Pickling
c. Other
21. Eggplant (Plate of 3)
22. Kohlrabi (Plate of 3)
23. Okra (Plate of 3)
24. Onion (Plate of 5)
a. White
b. Red
c. Yellow
d. Other
25. Pepper (Plate of 5)
a. Banana
b. Bell
c. Hot Variety
d. Other
26. Potato (Plate of 3)
a. Oval
b. Red
c. Russet
d. Sweet
e. Other
27. Pumpkin
28. Rhubarb (6 Stalks)
29. Squash (3)
a. Hubbard
b. Delicata
c. Acorn
d. Butternut
e. Spaghetti
f. Patty Pan
g. Zucchini
h. Other
30. Tomato (plate of 5)
a. Red
b. Yellow
c. Roma
d. Cherry (Plate of 10)
BACKYARD FRUITS
1st Place: $4.00 · 2nd Place: $2.00
31. Apple (Plate of 3)
32. Berry (1 Pint)
33. Pear (Plate of 3)
34. Watermelon
35. Other
BIGGEST FRUIT OR VEGETABLE
1st Place: $5.00 · 2nd Place: $3.00
36. Largest Fruit or Vegetable (by Weight)
a. Apple
b. Beet
c. Berry
d. Cabbage
e. Onion
f. Pear
g. Potato
h. Pumpkin
i. Squash
j. Tomato
k. Watermelon
l. Other
37. Longest Fruit or Vegetable
a. Carrot
b. Cucumber
c. Squash (Zucchini excluded)
d. Watermelon
e. Zucchini
f. Other
HONEY
1st Place: $4.00 · 2nd Place: $2.00
38. Two Sections of Comb
39. 2 Jars of Extracted Honey
40. Two cakes of Beeswax
HERBS
1st Place: $4.00 · 2nd Place: $2.00
Must be displayed in clear glass container unless specified otherwise (3 stems)
41. Basil
42. Dill
43. Oregano
44. Parsley
45. Sage
46. Other
47. Potted Herb
a. Small - Less than 10” diameter
b. Large - More than 10” Diameter
c. Mixed Pot - 2 or more Herbs
d. Other
48. Other – Item not listed, Will be placed at the judges discretion.