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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