Ribbons for 1st, 2nd & 3rd places. No pre-entry needed. Please drop off specimens at the district office (4450 Happy Valley Road), 9:00 to 11:00 am on SATURDAY, September 7, 2024. Judging to take place from 11:30 am to 1 pm on Saturday, September 7.  

Produce should be entered in the categories specified below. Bring a paper plate to display produce and write your name, address, and telephone number and any special information about the variety, especially heritage varieties, on the back of the paper plate. Happy Growing!

Viewing the produce will open Sunday morning at 11 am on Metchosin Community Day. Produce and ribbons should be picked up in the afternoon by 3:30 pm.

Judges – Robin Tunnicliffe, Derek Wulff

Vegetables

• Beans – 3 specimens
• Beets – 3 only
• Broccoli – 1 head
• Cabbage, 1 specimen
• Carrots, bunch of 3 tied with tops
• Cauliflower – 1 head
• Corn, Sweet, 3 cobs, one stripped
• Cucumbers, 1 specimen
• Garlic, 3 bulbs
• Kale
• Leeks, 1 specimen
• Onions, 3 specimens
• Peas, shell/snap, 6 pods Peas, shell/snap
• Peppers, Hot, names, 3 specimens
• Peppers, Bell, 3 specimens
• Potatoes, 3 specimens
• Pumpkins, 1 specimen
• Radishes, 3 specimens
• Shallots, 3 specimens
• Squash, named variety, 1 specimen
• Tomatoes, stems on, named, 3 only
• Tomatoes, Cherry, any color, 3 only
• Zucchini, 1 specimen
• Giant Pumpkin/Squash, named, 1 only
• Longest Bean, 1 specimen
• Longest Carrot, 1 specimen
• Longest Zucchini
• Largest Sunflower head, 1 foot stem
• Largest Potato
• Weirdest looking vegetable
• “I haven’t seen that before”

Fruit

• Apples, named variety, 3 only
• Grapes, 1 bunch
• Melon, named variety, 1 only
• Peaches, named variety, 3 only
• Pears, named variety, 3 only
• Plums, named variety, 5 only
• Blackberries, 5 only
• Blueberries, 5 only
• Raspberries, 5 only
• Strawberries, 5 only

Cut Flower Arrangement

In a vase

Vegetable or Mixed Basket Assortment

Representing a farm or garden

Preserves

Jams & Jellies
Note: These will be judged on appearance only.