Fantastic Fruit Rewarded in Iowa State Fair Contest

DES MOINES, IA (08/16/2018) (readMedia)-- Fruit crops were judged Thursday at the 2018 Iowa State Fair in the John Deere Agricultural Building sponsored by Alliant Energy.

Complete results below:

FRUITS- APPLE COLLECTION

Summer Varieties

1) Louis Beck, Buckingham

Fall Varieties

1) Timeless Prairie Orchard, Winthrop

2) Bildens Apple Orchard, Elgin

3) Louis Beck, Buckingham

Winter Varieties

1) Bildens Apple Orchard, Elgin

2) Louis Beck, Buckingham

FRUITS- APPLE TRAY DISPLAY

Delicious, Red

1) Lynne Pfantz, State Center

Delicious, Golden

1) Susan Schultz, Haverhill

Jonathan

1) Timeless Prairie Orchard, Winthrop

Any Other Red Varieties

1) Bildens Apple Orchard, Elgin

2) Bildens Apple Orchard, Elgin

3) Bildens Apple Orchard, Elgin

4) Louis Beck, Buckingham

Apple Tray Display - Overall Winner

1) Timeless Prairie Orchard, Winthrop

FRUITS- APPLES IN COMMERCIAL CONTAINERS

Peck of Apples

1) Bildens Apple Orchard, Elgin

2) Bildens Apple Orchard, Elgin

3) Timeless Prairie Orchard, Winthrop

4) Cecelia Padora-Alcorn, Winterset

FRUITS- CRAB APPLES

Crab Apples

1) Timeless Prairie Orchard, Winthrop

FRUITS- GRAPES

Plate of Grapes - Concord

1) Mary Schaffer, Des Moines

2) Cecelia Padora-Alcorn, Winterset

3) Mary P. Smith, Des Moines

Plate of Grapes - Fredonia

1) Atticus Vos, Pella

2) Mary P. Smith, Des Moines

Plate of Grapes - Niagara

1) Susan Schultz, Haverhill

Plate of Grapes - Niagara

2) Atticus Vos, Pella

3) Mary P. Smith, Des Moines

Plate of Grapes - Any Other Blue Variety

1) Atticus Vos, Pella

Plate of Grapes - Any Other Red Variety

1) Atticus Vos, Pella

2) Thomas McDermott, Des Moines

Plate of Grapes - Any Other White Variety

2) Atticus Vos, Pella

Plate of Grapes - Any Other Seedless Variety

1) Atticus Vos, Pella

2) Bridget Pasker, Runnells

Plate of Wine Grapes - Foch

1) Atticus Vos, Pella

Plate of Wine Grapes - Any Other Red Wine Variety

1) Atticus Vos, Pella

Plate of Wine Grapes - Edelweiss

1) Atticus Vos, Pella

2) Bridget Pasker, Runnells

Plate of Wine Grapes - Any Other White Wine Variety

1) Atticus Vos, Pella

2) Bridget Pasker, Runnells

Basket of Grapes

1) Susan Schultz, Haverhill

Basket of Grapes

1) Atticus Vos, Pella

2) Bridget Pasker, Runnells

3) Mary P. Smith, Des Moines

4) Mary Schaffer, Des Moines

Collection of Grapes

1) Atticus Vos, Pella

2) Bridget Pasker, Runnells

3) Mary P. Smith, Des Moines

Grapes - Sweepstakes

1) Atticus Vos, Pella

Grapes - Overall Winner

1) Atticus Vos, Pella

Grapes - Best Overall Wine Grape

1) Atticus Vos, Pella

FRUITS- JUMBO APPLE EXHIBIT

Jumbo Apple

1) Louis Beck, Buckingham

2) Lori Alcorn, Winterset

3) Larry W. Alcorn, Winterset

4) Bildens Apple Orchard, Elgin

FRUITS- PEACHES

Any Variety, White Peach

1) Charles L. Hoehnle, Homestead

2) Cecelia Padora-Alcorn, Winterset

3) Lori Alcorn, Winterset

4) Larry W. Alcorn, Winterset

FRUITS- PEARS

Bartlett

1) Mary P. Smith, Des Moines

Bosc

1) Ronald Eckoff, Cumming

2) Charles L. Hoehnle, Homestead

Kieffer

1) Ronald Eckoff, Cumming

2) Linda S Armstrong, Winterset

3) Charles L. Hoehnle, Homestead

Any Other Red

1) Charles L. Hoehnle, Homestead

2) Barbara A. Hoehnle, Homestead

Any Other Green

1) Bildens Apple Orchard, Elgin

2) Mark Hilliard, Johnston

3) Timeless Prairie Orchard, Winthrop

4) Kevin Greiman, Haverhill

FRUITS- PLUMS

Green Gage

1) Mary P. Smith, Des Moines

2) Charles L. Hoehnle, Homestead

Wild

1) Bildens Apple Orchard, Elgin

2) Kevin Greiman, Haverhill

3) Charles L. Hoehnle, Homestead

4) Barbara A. Hoehnle, Homestead

Any Other Variety

1) Charles L. Hoehnle, Homestead

2) Barbara A. Hoehnle, Homestead

FRUITS- SINGLE PLATE OF APPLES

Cortland (F)

1) Timeless Prairie Orchard, Winthrop

2) Louis Beck, Buckingham

3) Bildens Apple Orchard, Elgin

Cortland (F)

1) Clover Hill Orchard, Mount Ayr

Delicious, Golden (W)

1) Susan Schultz, Haverhill

2) Bildens Apple Orchard, Elgin

Delicious, Red (W)

1) Bildens Apple Orchard, Elgin

2) Louis Beck, Buckingham

3) Timeless Prairie Orchard, Winthrop

4) Lynne Pfantz, State Center

Delicious, Red (W)

2) Larry W. Alcorn, Winterset

3) Cecelia Padora-Alcorn, Winterset

4) Lori Alcorn, Winterset

Gala (F)

1) Bildens Apple Orchard, Elgin

2) Timeless Prairie Orchard, Winthrop

Gala (F)

1) Clover Hill Orchard, Mount Ayr

Haralson (W)

1) Bildens Apple Orchard, Elgin

Honeycrisp

1) Timeless Prairie Orchard, Winthrop

2) Bildens Apple Orchard, Elgin

3) Louis Beck, Buckingham

4) Kevin Cooper, Ames

Honeycrisp

1) Clover Hill Orchard, Mount Ayr

Jonagold (W)

1) Timeless Prairie Orchard, Winthrop

2) Bildens Apple Orchard, Elgin

3) Louis Beck, Buckingham

Jonagold (W)

2) Clover Hill Orchard, Mount Ayr

3) Larry W. Alcorn, Winterset

4) Cecelia Padora-Alcorn, Winterset

Jonathan (F)

1) Timeless Prairie Orchard, Winthrop

2) Louis Beck, Buckingham

Jonathan (F)

1) Brooklynn Sedlock, Indianola

2) Clover Hill Orchard, Mount Ayr

3) Larry W. Alcorn, Winterset

4) Lori Alcorn, Winterset

McIntosh (F)

1) Timeless Prairie Orchard, Winthrop

2) Louis Beck, Buckingham

3) Bildens Apple Orchard, Elgin

McIntosh (F)

1) Clover Hill Orchard, Mount Ayr

Any Other Summer

1) Timeless Prairie Orchard, Winthrop

2) Louis Beck, Buckingham

3) Louis Beck, Buckingham

4) Louis Beck, Buckingham

Any Other Summer

1) Clover Hill Orchard, Mount Ayr

2) Jase D. Aldridge, Kellogg

Any Other Fall

1) Timeless Prairie Orchard, Winthrop

2) Timeless Prairie Orchard, Winthrop

3) Louis Beck, Buckingham

4) Louis Beck, Buckingham

Any Other Fall

1) Clover Hill Orchard, Mount Ayr

2) Ronald Eckoff, Cumming

Any Other Winter

1) Timeless Prairie Orchard, Winthrop

2) Timeless Prairie Orchard, Winthrop

3) Louis Beck, Buckingham

4) Louis Beck, Buckingham

Any Other Winter

1) Clover Hill Orchard, Mount Ayr

Any Other

1) Timeless Prairie Orchard, Winthrop

2) Timeless Prairie Orchard, Winthrop

3) Timeless Prairie Orchard, Winthrop

Any Other

1) Clover Hill Orchard, Mount Ayr

3) Ronald Eckoff, Cumming

First Time Exhibitor

1) Kevin Cooper, Ames

First Time Exhibitor

1) Clover Hill Orchard, Mount Ayr

Judges Top Five Plates of Apples

1) Timeless Prairie Orchard, Winthrop

2) Timeless Prairie Orchard, Winthrop

3) Timeless Prairie Orchard, Winthrop

4) Timeless Prairie Orchard, Winthrop

5) Susan Schultz, Haverhill

Judges Top Five Plates of Apples

1) Clover Hill Orchard, Mount Ayr

2) Brooklynn Sedlock, Indianola

3) Clover Hill Orchard, Mount Ayr

4) Clover Hill Orchard, Mount Ayr

5) Clover Hill Orchard, Mount Ayr

Premier Fruit Award Sweepstakes (Div 118, 120 & 123) - North

1) Timeless Prairie Orchard, Winthrop

Premier Fruit Award Sweepstakes (Div 118, 120 & 123) - South

1) Atticus Vos, Pella

Single Plate of Apples - Overall Winner

1) Timeless Prairie Orchard, Winthrop

FRUITS- SMALL FRUITS

Gooseberry

1) Barbara A. Hoehnle, Homestead

2) Charles L. Hoehnle, Homestead

3) Rod Zeitler, Iowa City

Aronia Berries

1) Susie Jones, Waukee

2) Clint Van Hauen, Ames

3) Kevin Greiman, Haverhill

4) Charles L. Hoehnle, Homestead

Any Other Domestic or Wild

1) Chuck Werner, Chelsea

2) Ginger Werner, Chelsea

3) Ginger Werner, Chelsea

4) Mary P. Smith, Des Moines

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