Fruits & Vegetables
CLASS 26
THANKS TO THE PRIOR FAMILY AND OAKLEIGH, CARP, FOR BEING THE MAJOR SPONSOR OF THE FRUITS & VEGETABLES
Directors in Charge: Doug Norton
Ryan Foley
Email Inquiries: dairy@carpfair.ca
Carp Fair’s new website now allows for exhibitors to register online. Please click on the ‘Register Online’ link and follow the steps to register your exhibits for the Fair.
A list of entries must be in the office of the General Manager by 4:00 p.m., Monday, September 19th, 2011 in order that entries may be processed. Exhibits are to be placed in the Exhibit Hall on Wednesday, September 21st from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. or before 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, September 22nd. Judging will take place on Thursday, September 22nd commencing at 10:00 a.m. sharp. This is closed to the public.
Exhibits are lifted between 5:30 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. on Sunday, September 25th. Exhibits left after 6:00 p.m. Sunday may be claimed in the Exhibit Hall on Monday, September 26th before 8:30 a.m. After this time – exhibits will be destroyed.
Passes – Field Crops, Syrup, Honey, Wine, Beer, Grains, Seeds, Vegetables, Fruits, Flowers, Domestic Science, Sewing & Crafts – Less than 10 articles exhibited, a pass for Sunday only. Ten Articles or more, a weekend pass if over twelve years of age.
Class 22 – Sponsored in Loving Memory of Jack Byron by his son Gary Byron, Carp.
All vegetables must be shown with 1 inch of stem on them.
If you have any questions, please call the Director in Charge, at the number above.
* The Entry fee is 10% of the prize money retained.
VEGETABLE SECTION
1. Potatoes, 3 litre basket, red, must be brushed and named.
Prize money: lst $ 6.00 2nd $ 5.00 3rd $ 4.00
2. Potatoes, 3-litre basket, white, must be brushed and named.
Prize money: lst $ 6.00 2nd $ 5.00 3rd $ 4.00
3. Potatoes, 3-litre basket, yellow, must be brushed and named.
Prize money: 1st $ 6.00 2nd $ 5.00 3rd $ 4.00
4. Turnips, 2 table
5. Beets, 5 table
6. Cabbage, red, 2 heads
7. Cabbage, white, 2 heads
8. Garlic, 4 garlic bulbs of the hard or soft neck variety of uniform shape and size. Not less than 2” (5 cm) in diameter. Roots are to be intact and not less than 1 ½” (1.3 cm) from bottom of bulbs and the stalk is to be cut 1 ½” from the top of the bulbs
9. Carrots, 5 short, 3 to 5 inches in length
10. Carrots, 5 long, over 5 inches in length
11. Celery, 2 heads
12. Onions, 5 yellow
13. Onions, 5 (multipliers)
14. Parsnips, 5
15. Edible parsley, 4 stalks
16. Red peppers, 3 sweet
17. Green peppers, 3 sweet
18. Jalepeno Peppers, 3
19. Any other hot pepper, 3
20. Odd shaped vegetable
21. Odd shaped vegetable, decorated and named
22. Pumpkin, l field
23. Pumpkin, 2 yellow pie
24. Squash, l field
25. Squash, 2 pepper
26. Squash, l hubbard
27. Zucchini, 3, not to exceed 8 inches
28. Zucchini, heaviest, any variety
29. Zucchini, longest, any type
30. Rope or braid of onions or garlic – minimum length 12”
31. Carve a Jack O’Lantern to be judged by Presidents Blair Armstrong & Lynn Hudson
Prize Money (Section 4-31): lst $ 5.00 2nd $ 4.00 3rd $ 3.00
Classes 1, 2 & 3 – Sponsored in loving Memory of Francis Muldoon, by his Family, Carp,
FRUITS SECTION
32. Watermelon, 1
33. Cantalope, 2
34. Grapes, 3 lbs.
35. Tomatoes, 5 red
36. Tomatoes, 5 Italian
37. Tomatoes, 5 pink
38. Tomatoes, 5 cherry
39. Tomato collection, varieties to be named
40. Apples, 5 MacIntosh
41. Apples, 5 Melba
42. Crab-apples, 1 dozen, any variety
43. Apples, 5 any other variety, named, not already listed above
44. 4 litre basket of apples, variety to be named
45. Pears, 5
JUNIOR SECTION
46. Odd shaped fruit
47. Odd shaped fruit, decorated and named
48. Odd Shaped Vegetable
Prize Money (Section 32-48) 1st $5.00 2nd $4.00 3rd $3.00
Classes 40, 41, 42, 43, 44 – Sponsored in Loving Memory of Emmett Clouthier by Monty & Shelley Clouthier & Family
ORGANICALLY GROWN VEGETABLES
“Organically Grown” food is food grown and processed using no synthetic fertilizers or pesticides. Pesticides derived from natural sources (e.g. biological pesticides) may be used in producing organically grown food.
This category is open to certified and un-certified organic growers. Those growers not holding an annual certificate as an organic farmer may submit a personal declaration that their produce is organically grown.
49. Carrots, 5 short, 3 – 5 inches in length, with tops trimmed to ½ inch above crown
50. Carrots, 5 long, over 5 inches in length, with tops trimmed to ½ inch above crown
51. Red peppers, 3 sweet
52. Tomatoes, 5 red
53. Tomatoes, 5 Italian
54. Tomatoes, 5 pink
55. Tomatoes, 5 cherry
Prize Money (Section 49–55) 1st $5.00 2nd $4.00 3rd $3.00
ORGANIC VEGETABLES
Sponsored by Carp Ridge Natural Health Clinic, Carp.
SPECIAL SECTION
Prize Money: lst $15.00 2nd $10.00 3rd $5.00
100. Best collection of vegetables (including tomatoes), with a maximum of 15 kinds of vegetables, 2 items of each kind, the number and arrangement to be considered. No store bought produce is to be included in this collection. All vegetables should be named and the variety listed with the collection. The arrangement is not to exceed 3 x 2′. All parts of the collection are to be edible except the container. Sponsored by Seagrave Fire Apparatus Co., Carleton Place.
101. Field pumpkin or squash, to be judged by weight only. Entries must be in on Wednesday night, September 21st, before 9:00 p.m. JUDGING TO TAKE PLACE AT 1:00 P.M. ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22nd, in the Exhibit Hall. Sponsored by Garry & Wanda Monuk, Kinburn. Trophy donated by Glenn Wilson Carpentry, Glenn & Joan Wilson, Kinburn.
COME JOIN THE CARP FAIR/TUBMAN FUNERAL HOMES – HOME COMING EVENING – FOR A FUN FILLED EVENING, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22nd STARTING AT 7:00 P.M. Live Entertainment in the ARENA
Carp Fair’s new website now allows for exhibitors to register online. Please click on the ‘Register Online’ link and follow the steps to register your exhibits for the Fair.
Carp Agricultural Society is a member of the Carp BIA