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Roots, Fruits & Vegetables — CLASS H
2025 Class H: Roots, Fruits & Vegetables
Committee: Kelsi McFadzean (519-803-5509), Tonya Wilson, Crystal Hartung
Rules: Wipe specimen with a cloth to remove as much soil as possible – do not wash. Specimens with tops must be trimmed to 1” (unless stated otherwise). Choose large onions. Do not peel, but remove roots. Pumpkins and squash must still have their stems. All entries must be fresh and grown by the exhibitor. Ensure entries are uniform in size and shape, fresh, have good colour and are true to variety. Place entries on appropriate sized plates. Attach tags to plate or stems. Must be fully grown.
Prizes ~ 1st – $5.00; 2nd – $4.00; 3rd – $3.00
Vegetables:
- Beans, 3 purple
- Beans, 3 yellow
- Beans, 3 green
- Beets, 3 round
- Beets, 3 long
- Green Peas, 3 shelling
- Cabbage, any colour, 1 head
- Carrots, 3 of any variety
- Sweet corn, 3 yellow variety
- Sweet corn, 3 peaches and cream variety
- Cucumbers, 3 slicing
- Cucumbers, 3 pickling, 2” or less
- Eggplant, 2 of any one variety
- Garlic bulbs, 3 of any one variety
- Kale, 3 leaves with stems of any one variety
- Kohlrabi, 1 plant any variety
- Lettuce head, 1 named
- Onions, 3 Spanish
- Onions, 3 red
- Onions, 3 multipliers
- Onions, 3 Dutch set (cooking onion)
- Peppers, 3 sweet red
- Peppers, 3 sweet green
- Peppers, 3 hot variety
- Potatoes, 3 white or yellow
- Potatoes, 3 red
- Squash, acorn or pepper
- Squash, spaghetti
- Pumpkin, one white, largest by weight
- Pumpkin, one orange, largest by weight
- Pumpkin, one green, largest by weight
- Pie pumpkin, 1 of any variety
- Ornamental corn, 3 the same with husk still on
- Mini pumpkins, 3 any variety
- Gourds, 3 any variety
- Swiss chard, 3 leaves with stems of any one variety
- Tomatoes, 3 red with stems
- Tomatoes, 3 green with stems
- Tomatoes, 3 plum with stems
- Tomatoes, 1 pint of cherry with stems
- Tomatoes, 3 of any other colour than above with stems
- Tomato, 1 green, largest by weight
- Heaviest garlic bulb by weight
- Any other vegetable not listed
- Strangest looking vegetable, named
- Largest and unusual vegetable, not listed above
- Edible flowers, 1 named
- Any dehydrated vegetable, named
- Dry beans, 3 any variety, named
- Heaviest beet, any kind
Prizes ~ 1st – $5.00; 2nd – $4.00; 3rd – $3.00
Fruit:
- Apples, 3 litre basket red variety
- Apples, 3 litre basket not red variety
- Pears, 3 litre basket
- Watermelon, largest by weight
- Any other fruit not listed above, named
Class Specials:
- Longest Zucchini by length. Sponsored by Hawthorn Farm.
- Longest carrot — trim top to 1”. Entry will be measured to the end of the root. Sponsored by Harwill Farms.
- Most Points in Class: Prizes ~ 1st – $25 Gift Certificate from Hawthorn Farm, 2nd – $25 Gift Certificate from North Wellington Co-op; 3rd – $10 Gift certificate from Hawthorn Farm.
