Section E - Vegetables, Eggs & Honey

Section Members:  Evie Hoyer 250.258.7068

All vegetables must be grown by exhibitor with the exception of Comic figure. Name the variety of your vegetable on the entry tag. If your entry is unique or has an interesting aspect to it, tell us about it, and include it on the tag. Ensure that you exhibit the number specified. Specimens should be as uniform as possible in colour, maturity, shape and size. Tops should not exceed 1cm (1/2”). Root vegetables should be washed free of dirt, but DO NOT scrub or buff. Leaves/stalks should be clean, fresh and broad. Display on white paper or Styrofoam plates.

Vegetables
1. Beans – Scarlet runner (12)
2. Beans – wax (12)
3. Beans – any other named variety (12)
4. Beets – long (3)
5. Beets, round (3)
6. Broccoli – 2 bunches
7. Cabbages – red (2)
8. Cabbages – white (2)
9. Carrots – tops trimmed to ½” (6)
10. Comic figure – made entirely with vegetables/herbs* (prize awarded)
11. Corn – table, remove husks and shanks (3)
12. Cucumbers – English (2)
13. Cucumbers – New Zealand Lemon (2)
14. Cucumbers – any other variety (2)
15. Eggplants – (2)
16. Garlic – (4)
17. Garlic, braided
18. Gourds – display of ornamental varieties
19. Gourmet vegetable – e.g., artichoke, ruby kale
20. Herbs – named, 5 or more
21. Leeks – green trimmed to 6” (3)
22. Onions – heaviest, over 4”, must show weight
23. Onions – pickling (10)
24. Onions – Spanish (5)
25. Onions – yellow (5)
26. Onions – any other variety (5)
27. Parsnips – (3)
28. Peppers – green (3)
29. Peppers – sweet, any colour (3)
30. Peppers – hot, stems on (3)
31. Potatoes – red, named (5)
32. Potatoes – white, named (5)
33. Potatoes – heaviest, over 4”, must show weight
34. Potatoes – unusual variety, specify name (5)
35. Pumpkins – (2)
36. Pumpkin or squash – heaviest, must show weight
37. Rhubarb – 8” to 20” long, 2” leaf, 5 stalks
38. Squash – acorn (2)
39. Squash – Buttercup (2)
40. Squash – Butternut (2)
41. Squash – Hubbard (2)
42. Squash – Spaghetti (2)
43. Squash – vegetable marrow (2)
44. Squash – zucchini, longest
45. Squash – zucchini, under 8” (2)
46. Squash – any other named variety (2)
47. Swiss Chard – no roots, stalks up to 12”, 5 leaves
48. Tomatoes – cherry, stems removed (12)
49. Tomatoes – green, stems removed (6)
50. Tomato – heaviest, any type, must show weight
51. Tomatoes – stems removed, any named variety (6)
52. Turnips – (2)
53. Vegetable collection – 6 varieties, 3 of each variety
54. Vegetable oddity – natural, unusual

Juniors (combination of (5) different vegetables)
55. Ages 8 years and under
56. Ages 9 years to 11 years
57. Ages 12 years to 17 years

Eggs

58. Any natural colour – (6)
59. Bantam – (6)
60. Brown – (6)
61. White – (6)

Honey
62. Honeycomb
63. Honey extracted – approximately a (1lb) jar

Reminder * Comic figure made entirely out of vegetables and herbs can be from your own garden, your neighbor’s garden or from your local farmers’ garden, as long as the produce has been grown in our beautiful Okanagan.