Garden 4-H Exhibits
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Suggested 4-H Garden Exhibits
What do you exhibit? Check in your county 4-H Handbook/Fair Book for the garden exhibit requirements suggested by your 4-H Council, because your exhibit requirement could be different than these listed. NOTE: Each of the single-vegetable exhibits contains one type of vegetable and is judged as one class. (Example: All tomatoes together, all onions together, etc.) A collection consists of a group of different vegetables judged as one exhibit. Example: A collection of three could have one plate of tomatoes, one plate of potatoes, and one plate of green beans; a collection of four would have four different vegetables; and a collection of five would have five different vegetables. See Table 1, Standards for Preparing 4-H Vegetable Garden Exhibits, on page 4 or check your , county 4-H Handbook/Fair Book for the number of vegetables required per plate. Also, read carefully the section of Suggestions for Preparing 4-H Vegetable Garden Exhibits. For herb exhibits, see Table 2, Standards for Preparing 4-H Herb Exhibits on page 9. Now plan your exhibit and do your best! I. Produce Exhibit (All Levels) Options: A. Single plate of vegetable you grew (maximum of five different exhibits). B. Collection of three plates, four plates, or five plates of different vegetables you grew. C. A pot (8-inch maximum) of an herb you grew (maximum of three exhibits). D. Any combination of A, B, or C. II. Special Activities (Judged Separately) (Anyone may complete these, but members in Levels C and D of the garden project SHOULD exhibit one of the following activities in addition to the Produce Exhibit.) Options: A. Exhibit four plates containing two cultivars of two different kinds of vegetables from your garden. For example: Display tomato Rutgers and tomato Roma on two plates and spinach Melody and America on two plates. Label the cultivars you exhibit. B. Label and exhibit three unusual vegetables (may or may not be discussed in your 4-H Garden Manual) you grew in your garden this year. If not listed in the vegetable display chart, check with your Extension office. Example: spaghetti squash, head lettuce, cowpea. C. Make a poster of five commonly found di...
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