HORTICULTURAL CLASSES

 

Section A Young Gardeners

15 years and under grown by the Exhibitor

These can all grow happily in a bucket if you are short of space

 

1.  Mustard and Cress on a Saucer

2.  Longest Bean

3.  Longest Carrot

4.  Biggest Sunflower Head

5.  Most beautiful Poppy Flowers

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Section B Gardeners

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6.  6 French Beans

7.  6 Broad Beans

8.  6 Runner Beans

9.  3 Beetroot with roots / 15cm tops

10. 2 Cabbages

11.  3 Carrots with roots/tops trimmed 10cm

12.  4 Courgettes

13.  3 Rhubarb +5 cm leaf

14.  2 Lettuce

15.  4 Onions grown from sets with 10cm tops 

16.  Salad Onions (Bunch)

17.  1 Cucumber grown under glass

18. Parsley (Bunch)

19.  6 Peas

20.  6 Potatoes (White)

21.  6 Potatoes (Coloured)

22.  12 Radishes

23.  12 Raspberries with stalks

24.  12 Strawberries 

25.  6 Shallots

26.  3 spikes of Gladioli

27.  3 heads of Hydrangea, same variety

28.  Vase Of Annuals, 3 distinct varieties

29.  3 Dahlias in a Vase

30.  5 Hosta leaves in one container

31.  Perennial Phlox, 1 Vase

32. 5 HT Roses

33. 4 Spray Roses, any variety, No HT. 

34.  Sweet Peas, 12 spikes

35.  1 Specimen Rose, with own foliage

36.  Pot Plant with best Foliage

37.  Pot Plant with Best Flowers

38.  6 Eggs any colour from own flock

39.  A basket of mixed vegetables (max size 60 cm x 30 cm)

40.  Garlic, 3 heads / this season / tops trimmed to 3” on plate

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A PERPETUAL CHALLENGE CUP IS AWARDED 
TO THE EXHIBITOR WHO GAINS 
MOST POINTS IN SECTION B

AND

THE MABBERLEY CUP IS AWARDED TO

THE BEST EXHIBIT IN SECTION B

 

Section C Cookery

41.  Jar of Marmalade

42.  Jar of Raspberry Jam

43.  Jar of Chutney

44.  4 Decorated Cup Cakes

45.  6 Fruit Scones

46.  A Plate of Cheese Biscuits

47.  Lemon Drizzle Cake

48.  A plate of ginger biscuits

49.  Pate in a Ramekin

50.  Vegetable Cake – please identify the vegetables

51.  Small Loaf of Bread

52.  A Cold Dessert in a Glass

53.  Victoria Sandwich Cake

      (3 egg recipe, jam filling only, no top dusting)

54.  4 sausage Rolls

55.  Cake made by a Man

56.  Lemon Meringue Pie

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Section D  Children's Handicrafts

15 years and under unless specified

Please state age on the exhibit

 

57.  Best homemade bread

58.  Most beautifully decorated cake

59.  Most delicious chocolate cake

60.  6 Pieces Rocky Road Biscuit

61.  A Plate of Biscuits

62.  Create your own unique landscape inside a jar

63.  Decorated hen’s egg displayed in an Egg Cup

64.  An Animal made out of Vegetables

65.  Decorate your own T-Shirt

66.  One or more butterflies made from any craft material

67.  Design a Children’s book cover (including Name Of book)

68.  A Short story, maximum 150 words, to include the words:

       (pony, holiday, popcorn, sunshine, zoo, flowers) 

69.  Best handwriting, please copy this poem 

       from "A Book of Nonsense" by Edward Lear.

       There was an old man with a beard

       Who said "It is just as I feared! -

       Two Owls and a Hen,

       Four Larks and a Wren,

       Have all built their nests in my beard!"

70.  Photograph 7 X 5 unmounted “animal”

71.  Photograph 7 X 5 unmounted “snow “

72.  Photograph 7 X 5 unmounted “Black And White”.

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COMPETITIONS 4 to 7 YEAR OLDS ONLY

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73.  Picture of the Seaside

74.  Decorated wooden spoon theme, Knights And fairies

75.  Painting of a garden using potato and vegetable cut patterns

76.  Design your own Lego model 

77.  Make a picture using buttons

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A PERPETUAL CHALLENGE CUP WILL BE AWARDED FOR MOST POINTS GAINED IN SECTIONS A AND D

AND

THE EILEEN IND CUP WILL BE AWARDED FOR 
THE BEST EXHIBIT IN SECTION D

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Section E Handicrafts

 

78.  Hand Knitted Garment

79.  Hand Sewn Garment

80.  Handicraft Object

81.  Cushion 

82.  Painted Picture

83.  A Short Story of no more than 150 words to contain the words

       (boat, wedding, island, doctor, tennis, sandwich)

84.  A Limerick

85.  Computer generated Greetings Card

 

Photographs

Maximum size 18 cm on the longest side

 

86.   Animals

87.  Snow

88.  Seascape

89.  Black and White Photograph

90.  Humorous with Caption

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Section E Flower Arranging

To be displayed in Cherington Church

Flowers may be bought

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91.  Scented Posy

92.  A white and green arrangement

93.  “ Have a Go “

        An arrangement of flowers of your choice in a container of your choice for those of you         who do not normally enter competitions 

94.  A centrepiece arrangement

95.  A bowl of roses

 

THE AMY WOOD CUP WILL BE AWARDED FOR

THE BEST EXHIBIT IN SECTION F

 

A PERPETUAL CUP WILL BE AWARDED FOR

MOST POINTS IN SECTIONS C E and F combined