2024
Rules and regulations
- Each exhibitor will receive an “Admit One” pass with their entry. Ticket to be surrendered at the gate upon admission to the grounds. A card with your exhibitor number will be issued.
- All exhibits are to be tagged and properly packaged for exhibit.
- Exhibits are to be delivered on Friday, August 29th between 4:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. and Saturday, August 30 th between 9:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. The doors will then be closed for judging.
- Hay is to be presented in a CLEAR plastic bag.
- Hay samples to be 18 cm. (7”) slice from a bale.
All vegetables will be exhibited on white plastic / paper plates. Exhibitors are required to supply their own plates.
Port Perry Agricultural Society is grateful for the support of TBD
FIELD CROPS
Class 13
Prizes: 1st $15. 2nd $12. 3rd $9. 4th $6.
Section:
- Grain corn, 5 ears
- Corn, 5 ears, field, named
- Ensilage corn, 8 stalks
- 1st cut hay 75% or more alfalfa
- 1st cut hay 75% or more any other legume
- 1st cut hay 75% or more any grass
- 1st cut hay 50% legume 50% any grass
- 2nd cut hay 75% or more legume
- 2nd cut hay 75% or more any grass
- Soybeans (5 plants)
- Baleage, ½ bushel, 1st cut
- Baleage, ½ bushel, 2nd cut
- Haylage, ½ bushel
- Corn silage, ½ bushel, 2022 crop
Class 14
Prizes: 1st $7. 2nd $6. 3rd $5. 4th $4.
Section:
- 5 Beans (green or yellow)
- 5 Beets, (1” top)
- 5 Beets, long (1” top)
- 6 Brussels sprouts
- 1 Broccoli, head
- 1 Cabbage, red
- 1 Cabbage, white
- 1 Cabbage, any other variety
- Carrots, 5 long, 1” top
- Carrots, 5 short, 1” top
- Cauliflower
- Corn, sweet, yellow, 5 ears, shucked
- Corn, sweet, bi-colour, 5 ears, shucked
- Indian corn – 5 ears, shucks pulled back
- Cucumbers, 5 pickling variety
- Cucumbers, 3 slicing/table variety
- Leeks – 5 roots
- Onions – yellow cooking – 5, tops to be trimmed to 1”
- Onions – pickling – 1 pint
- Onions, 4, multiplier
- Onions, 4 red, tops to be trimmed to 1”
- Onions, 4 Spanish, tops to be trimmed to 1”
- Onions, A.O.V., tops to be trimmed to 1”
- Parsnips, 6
- Peppers, 3 sweet green, stems on
- Peppers, 3 sweet red, stems on
- Peppers, 3 hot, stems on
- Peppers, 3 (any other variety), stems on
- Potatoes, 5, red or purple fleshed, named
- Potatoes, 5, white fleshed, named
- Potatoes, 5, yellow, named
- Pumpkins, 2 (field)
- Pumpkins, 2 (pie)
- Squash, 2, acorn
- Squash, 2, buttercup
- Squash, 2, butternut
- Squash, 2, pepper
- Squash, 2 (any other variety), named
- Tomatoes, 4 green
- Tomatoes, 4 plum
- Tomatoes, 4 red
- Tomatoes, 4 any other colour
- Cherry tomatoes, 6
- Turnips, 2 Swedes
- Watermelon 1
- Zucchini, 2 young, under 30 cm (12”) long
- Zucchini, 2 mature, over 30 cm (12”) long
- Any other vegetable, not listed above, properly named 2 of the same, no potatoes
- Largest sunflower head, 6” stem
- Gourds, 6 (different varieties)
- Most oddly shaped vegetable
Large Vegetables – must be edible. Taproots do not qualify. Tops removed to approximately 2.5 cm
- Heaviest cabbage
- Heaviest onion
- Heaviest potato
- Heaviest tomato
- Heaviest zucchini
- Largest beet (girth measurement – single top)
- Largest turnip (girth measurement – single top)
- Longest carrot
- Longest cucumber
- Largest pumpkin – Heaviest
NOTE: The winning pumpkin remains the property of the exhibitor and must be picked up no later than 7 p.m., on Monday, September 2nd
Specials
Prizes: 1st $15. 2nd $12. 3rd $9. 4th $6.
- Display of vegetables. No larger than 20” in diameter
- Heirloom vegetable (named)
- Collection of pickling vegetables, 4 different kinds, 3 of each to be displayed in a suitable container
Eggs
Prizes: 1st $7. 2nd $6. 3rd $5. 4th $4.
Note: One dozen (12) displayed in an egg carton. One egg will be broken to check for freshness.
- Hen eggs, white
- Hen eggs, brown
- Hen eggs, bantam
- Eggs, any variety, named
Honey
Prizes: 1st $10. 2nd $8. 3rd $6. 4th $4.
- White or Golden Liquid Honey *** Winner is eligible to compete at the District 4 competition in October. The winner of the district competition will be eligible to compete at the provincial competition in February.
Ontario Association of Agricultural Societies Rules: Liquid Honey exhibits shall consist of two clear glass containers, each having a capacity of 500 grams (375 ml). No labels will be permitted. Any honey entry containing any form of foreign material will be disqualified from the competition. An approved colorimeter will be used to assess the colour. Honey will be judged using the standards printed in the O.A.A.S. Agriculture & Horticulture Judging Standards for Ontario Fairs. It is a condition of entry that all honey selected to compete at the convention will become the property of the Ontario Association of Agricultural Societies.
Judging Standards:
Appearance (45 points)
15 Density (moisture content)
10 Brightness
10 Flavour and aroma
5 Uniformity of honey
5 Colour
Clarity (45 points)
15 Free from crystals
15 Free from pollen, wax, etc.
15 Free from air bubbles either in suspension or as froth
Containers (10 points)
5 pleasant appearance, of equal size and shape
5 Uniform level of fill
- Fine Granulated Honey
- Honeycombs, 3 any standard marketable container
- Cake Beeswax, 1 weighing not less than one pound
Maple Syrup
Prizes: 1st $10. 2nd $8. 3rd $6. 4th $4.
- Golden, 2 – 250 ml glass bottles
- Amber, 2 – 250 ml glass bottles *** Winner is eligible to compete at the District 4 competition in October. The winner of the district competition will be eligible to compete at the provincial competition in February.
Ontario Association of Agricultural Societies Rules: Maple syrup exhibits shall consist of two (2) curved Kent style glass bottles (D&G #505188 Syrup Bottle with Handle), or equivalent, of Maple Syrup, Canada Grade A – Amber, each having a capacity of 250 ml. No labels will be permitted. All maple syrup should have a flavour characteristic of its class and be free from any objectionable odour or taste. Any maple syrup entry containing any form of foreign material will be disqualified from the competition. An approved maple syrup colorimeter will be used to assess the colour. Maple syrup will be judged using the standards published by the OAAS in Agriculture & Horticulture Judging Standards for Ontario Fairs. It is a condition of entry that all maple syrup selected to compete at the convention will become the property of the Ontario Association of Agricultural Societies.
Judging Standards:
30 Density
30 Flavour
25 Colour
15 Clarity
- Dark, 2 – 250 ml glass bottles
