4-H HORTICULTURE & PLANT SCIENCE
(Division 6015)
* Requires Gardening Record Book.
HORTICULTURE & PLANT SCIENCE PROJECTS (one exhibit per 4Her per class)
* See State Fair Catalog and/or 4H Agents for detailed descriptions of projects and specific requirements
561 Environmental Awareness-A one page description of project must accompany entry item (type or print neatly) to be eligible for entry.
Examples of acceptable (such as but not limited to) exhibits:
1. Tree planting on city property, roadways, parks, etc.
2. Home landscaping
3. Composting
562 Production and Marketing
Examples of acceptable (such as but not limited to) exhibits:
1. Vegetable garden planted for home and/or market use.
2. The planting, production, or management of fruit plantings.
3. The planting, production, or management of trees, shrubs, greenhouse crops or garden perennials.
563 Experimental Horticulture-A one page description of project must accompany entry item (type or printed neatly) to be eligible for entry.
Examples of acceptable (such as but not limited to) exhibits:
1. “Science Fair” type of exhibit involving experimental work with plants
2. Comparison of different varieties of vegetables or annual flowers
3. Comparison of mulching or other cultural practices
564 Horticulture Project Exhibits-A one page description of project must accompany entry item (type or print neatly) to be eligible for entry.
Examples of acceptable (such as but not limited to) exhibits:
1. How to propagate plants
2. How to force spring bulbs
3. How to start seeds
4. How to graft cacti
5. How to dry herbs
PLANT DISPLAYS (one exhibit per 4Her per class)
* All Exhibits in Potting Soil - No Garden Soil
565 Terrariums
566 Dish garden (desert or tropical)
567 Vegetable bucket gardens (grown in container - not dug out of the garden)
568 Annual bucket garden
569 House Plants
570 Hanging Baskets
GARDEN AND/OR ORCHARD DISPLAYS (one exhibit per 4Her)
* See State Fair Catalog and/or 4H Agents for detailed descriptions of projects and specific requirements
571 Fruit and/or vegetable display
4-H VEGETABLES (one exhibit per 4Her per class)
* See State Fair Catalog and/or 4H Agents for detailed descriptions of projects and specific requirements
* The following entries are eligible for State Fair:
572 Tomato (5 per plate) must be ripe (red or yellow color only)
573 Peppers, hot, bell, or sweet (5 per plate)
574 Cucumbers, slicing (5 per plate), or pickling (5 per plate)
575 Beans, snap or lima (12 per plate)
576 Corn, sweet (in the husk with silks) (5 ears per plate) 577 Cantaloupe (1 whole), halved
* The following exhibits are not eligible for State Fair:
4VC1 Beets, plate of 5
4VC2 Brussels Sprouts, plate of 5
4VC3 Cabbage, one clean head
4VC4 Cantaloupe, one (1) only
4VC5 Carrots, plate of 5, any variety
4VC6 Okra, plate of 5
4VC7 Green Onions, plate of 12
4VC8 White Onions, plate of 5
4VC9 Yellow Onions, plate of 5
4VC10 Egg Plant, plate of one (1),(any variety)
4VC11 Zucchini, plate of 2 (young pick)
4VC12 Red Potatoes, plate of 5
4VC13 White Potatoes, plate of 5
4VC14 Sweet Potatoes, plate of 5
4VC15 Pumpkin, 1 only
4VC16 Long White Radishes, plate of 5
4VC17 Round Red Radishes, plate of 5
4VC18 Summer Squash, 1 only
4VC19 Winter Squash, 1 only
4VC20 Watermelon, 1 only
4VC21 Green Apples, plate of 5
4VC22 Yellow Apples, plate of 5
4VC23 Red Apples, plate of 5
4VC24 Seed Grapes, 1 bunch
4VC25 Seedless Grapes, 1 bunch
4VC26 Beans, snap(12)(cannot enter same item in class 575 above)
4VC27 Beans, lima(12)(cannot enter same item in class 575 above)
4VC28 Tomato, red(5) must be ripe (cannot enter same item in class 572 above)
4VC29 Tomato, yellow(5)must be ripe(cannot enter same item in class 572 above)
4VC30 Peppers, hot (5)(cannot enter same item in class 573 above)
4VC31 Peppers, bell (5)(cannot enter same item in class 573 above)
4VC32 Peppers, sweet (5)(cannot enter same item in class 573 above)
4VC33 Cucumbers, slicing (5)(cannot enter same vegetable in class 574 above)
4VC34 Cucumbers, pickling (5)(cannot enter same vegetable in class 574 above)
4-H LARGEST VEGETABLE (one exhibit per class)
• See State Fair Catalog and/or 4H Agents for detailed descriptions of projects and specific requirements
• Same item cannot be entered in another class
• The following entries are eligible for State Fair:
578 Largest Tomato (by weight)must be ripe (red or yellow color only)
579 Largest Cabbage (by weight)
580 Largest Pumpkin (by weight)
581 Largest Watermelon (by weight)
• The following exhibits are not eligible for State Fair:
4LV4 Largest Potato, (1 by wt.)
4LV5 Largest Squash, (1 by wt.)
4LV6 Most unusual vegetable 1 only, any specimen
4LV7 Creative Creature
4-H FLOWERS (one exhibit per class)
• Item needs to be alive - no dried flowers.
• The following exhibits are not eligible for State Fair:
4FL1 - Zinnia (large, any variety)
4FL2 - Zinnia (small, any variety)
4FL3 - Marigold (large, any variety)
4FL4 - Marigold (small, any variety)
4FL5 - Dahlia (large)
4FL6 - Dahlia (small)
4FL7 - One sided arrangement to use against wall
4FL8 - Arrangement for dining or coffee table
4FL10 - Any other single specimen
4FL11 - Snapdragon
4FL12 - Gladiola
4FL13 - Rose (any variety)
4FL14 - Celosia
4FL15 - Sunflower
4-H TOBACCO
• Requires Gardening Record Book.
• See State Fair Catalog (website) and/or 4-H agent for exhibit requirements
• One entry per class
BURLEY (Division 2101)
A. BURLEY STRIPPED
6 Flying
7 Lug
8 Bright Leaf
9 Red Leaf
10 Tip (leaf 16" or under)
B. BURLEY-Best Crop
18 Best Crop, 4 grades (flying, lugs, leaf and tips)-Each grade shall consist of two hands of 20 leaves each.
DARK TOBACCO (Division 2102)
A. DARK STRIPPED
B. DARK BEST CROP
38 Best Crop Dark (2 hands-20 leaves each grade-wrappers, heavy brown leaf, dark leaf, and thin brown leaf
C. DARK-GREEN STICK
43 4-H Green Dark tobacco (by sticks)
D. DARK-POTTED
45 Best potted growing plant of Dark Tobacco, any type
GREEN STICK AND POTTED BURLEY (Division 2103)
A. GREEN STICK
48 Green Stick Burley
B. POTTED
51 Best potted growing plant of Burley
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