Jumbo Produce Squashes Iowa State Fair Competition
DES MOINES, IA (08/19/2014)(readMedia)-- The biggest, longest and heaviest competed in the Jumbo Apple, Jumbo Tomato and Jumbo Exhibits divisions of the Vegetable Crops and Fruit Crops contests judged Tuesday at the 2014 Iowa State Fair.
Complete results below:
JUMBO APPLE
1) Dallas County Orchard, Dallas Center
2) Ginger Werner, Chelsea
JUMBO TOMATO
1) Martin Schnicker, Mount Pleasant
2) Mary Schnicker, Mount Pleasant
3) Duane W. Leitch, Des Moines
4) Harriet Leitch, Des Moines
5) Jacob Van Manen, Kellogg
6) David Miller, Riverside
JUMBO EXHIBITS
Watermelon
1) Martin Schnicker, Mount Pleasant
2) Mary Schnicker, Mount Pleasant
3) David Miller, Riverside
Pumpkin (woody stem)
1) David Miller, Riverside
2) Martin Schnicker, Mount Pleasant
3) Mary Schnicker, Mount Pleasant
4) Gary Fattig, Chelsea
Cabbage
1) Don Francois, Des Moines
2) Grace Long, Sheldahl
3) Preston Scott Runyon, New Market
4) Lyndall Larson, New Market
Potato
1) Mary Schnicker, Mount Pleasant
2) Martin Schnicker, Mount Pleasant
3) Don Francois, Des Moines
4) Jacob Van Manen, Kellogg
Green Been, Longest
1) Carol Todd, Des Moines
2) Robert Morris, Des Moines
3) Chuck Werner, Chelsea
4) David Miller, Riverside
Gourd, Longest
1) David Miller, Riverside
2) Martin Schnicker, Mount Pleasant
3) Mary Schnicker, Mount Pleasant
Zucchini
1) Dennis Terlouw, Newton
2) Sherry James, Perry
3) Jacob Van Manen, Kellogg
4) Alex Harter, Pella
Squash
1) Gary Fattig, Chelsea
2) David Miller, Riverside
3) Kathryn Fattig, Chelsea
Onion
1) Mary Schnicker, Mount Pleasant
2) Martin Schnicker, Mount Pleasant
3) David Miller, Riverside
4) Shane & Erin Blakely, Osceola
Kohlrabi
1) David Miller, Riverside
2) Martin Schnicker, Mount Pleasant
3) Mary Schnicker, Mount Pleasant
4) Lois Aldridge, Kellogg
"Nothing Compares" to the Iowa State Fair. The 2014 Fair ended August 17. The 2015 Iowa State Fair is set August 13-23. For more information, call 800/545-FAIR or visit iowastatefair.org.
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