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2025 Class K-1: Canning

Committee: Leola Hartung (519-291-8833), Donna Turner, Susan Yungblut, Sheila Andriessen, Brenda Pfeffer

Rules:  All canning and preserves must be exhibited in clear, sealed, containers. No wax is permitted. New snap lids and rings are preferred. Please use an elastic to attach entry tag to the jar. If six (6) or more entries in a class, it will be split and given two first, second and third prizes.

Prizes:  ~ 1st – $5.00; 2nd – $4.00; 3rd – $3.00

1. Apple sauce
2. Sweet cherries
3. Fruit cocktail
4. Plums
5. Raspberries
6. Peaches
7. Pears
8. Freezer strawberry jam, uncooked
9. Strawberry jam, cooked
10. Peach jam
11. Freezer peach jam, uncooked
12. Rhubarb & pineapple jam
13. Freezer strawberry rhubarb jam, uncooked
14. Strawberry rhubarb jam, cooked
15. Blueberry jam
16. Marmalade
17. Raspberry jam
18. Freezer Raspberry jam, uncooked
19. Any jam, labeled, not already listed
20. Grape jelly
21. Apple jelly
22. Red pepper jelly – any flavour (name ingredients) 
23. Any jelly, labeled, not already listed
24. Regular dill pickles
25. Garlic dill pickles
26. Dill pickles—sliced & ready for a hamburger
27. Bread & butter pickles
28. Beet relish 
29. Pickled beets
30. Corn relish
31. Hotdog/hamburger relish (no corn)
32. Chili sauce
33. Nine-day sweet pickles
34. Icicle pickles
35. Pickled hot peppers
36. Pickled beans, no garlic
37. Pickled beans, with garlic
38. Salsa—mild
39. Salsa—medium
40. Salsa—hot
41. Tomato juice
42. Canned tomatoes
43. BBQ Sauce
44. Tomato ketchup
45. Spaghetti sauce
46. Salad dressing, cooked
47. Pickled eggs

Class Specials

48. ‘Gift Pack Competition’:  2025 Theme: It takes a Community. Judges select winner based on creativity, variety of home canned products, and includes an itemized description/cost.  Jars will not be opened. May include preserves and wine or beer. The first place winning basket will be retained by the Agricultural Society to be auctioned off on Saturday at 3:00 pm at the fair. Prizes: ~ 1st  $20 cash from the Agricultural Society; 2nd – $15 donated  by Agricultural Society; 3rd $10 donated by Agricultural Society
49. First highest accumulated points in Class K-1. Gift donated by the Agricultural Society.
50. Second highest accumulated points in Class K-1. Gift donated by the Agricultural Society.
51. Third highest accumulated points in Class K-1. Gift donated by the Agricultural Society.

Pickles descriptions:

Icicle—long, slender slices of cucumber

Nine day—whole cucumber, sliced horizontally

Gherkin—a whole tiny cucumber

Dill—small uniform cucumber

2025 Class K-2:  Family Canning

Rules:  All canning and preserves must be exhibited in clear, sealed, containers. No wax is permitted. Please use elastic to attach entry tag to the jar. Canning & preserves are to be made together as a family activity with both adults and children or grandchildren participating.  

Prizes:  ~ 1st – $5.00; 2nd – $4.00; 3rd – $3.00

1. Family favourite jam-any flavour, named fruit
2. Family favourite pickles

2025 Class K-3:  Home Brewing –Wine/Liqueur/Beer

Rules: All entries must include two bottles of each, with each entry having an entry tag securely tied to one bottle and matching labels for the pair. Wine must be presented in 700- 750ml wine bottles. Liqueurs/beer may be in a smaller bottle.  

The first place winner of each class will be retained by the Palmerston Agricultural Society and auctioned off at 3:00 pm at the Auction of Champions on Saturday at the fair, in the Community Centre.

Prizes:  ~ 1st – $15.00; 2nd – $12.00; 3rd – $10.00

1. Red wine 
2. White wine
3. White, dry
4. White, medium dry
5. Fruit wine, named
6. Blush wine
7. Liqueur, any flavour
8. Liqueur, cream
9. Liqueur, clear

Class Special:

10. Sponsored by Argyle Wines—The top choice by the judge will win a special prize from Argyle Wines, Listowel.