Apple Displays and Contests and Photo Contest

The Twenty-ninth Annual
Mountain State Apple Harvest Festival will feature
Agricultural Displays and Contests at the
Berkeley County Youth Fair Grounds
Harry D. Shelley Park
Martinsburg, WV
Saturday, October 18, and
Sunday, October 19, 2008

ALL APPLES MUST BE WEST VIRGINIA GROWN!!
Decisions of the judges will be final. Entries will be accepted Saturday, October 18, 2008 From 8-9 a.m. Judging will occur from 9-10:00 a.m.

Contests sponsored by:

Susquehanna Bank

COMMERCIAL PACK
Apple Industry Participants Only--Gift Pack
First Place: $25 cash & plaque

PLATE OF 5 APPLES
Apple Industry Participants Only
First Place: $25 cash & plaque

LARGEST APPLE
Apple Industry Participants Only
First Place: $25 cash & plaque

ARRANGEMENT WITH APPLES AND/OR APPLE PARTS
Open to the public.
Not to exceed 30" X 30"
First Place: $50 cash & plaque
Second Place: $25 cash


BEST APPLE PICTURE PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST
Open to the public-amateur and/or professional will compete.
Submit a framed, ready to hang 8" X 10" picture of an apple, apples, orchard, tree, trees, etc.
First Place: $50 cash & plaque
Second Place: $25 cash

Sponsored by ROCS Convenience Stores

 
APPLE PEELING AND EATING CONTESTS
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2008

CONTESTANTS FOR THE APPLE PEELING AND EATING CONTESTS WILL REGISTER AT THE APPLE AGRICULTURAL DISPLAY AREA, BERKELEY COUNTY YOUTH FAIR, HARRY D. SHELLEY PARK, MARTINSBURG, WV
 
HOLLIS-LOWMAN APPLE PEELING CONTESTS
*Two Classes: Class winner will present the longest unbroken peel. Contestants use the knives that are provided or they may use their own peelers which can be either a hand-held peeler or knife. 15 minutes is the time limit for peeling.
 
The Annual Hollis-Lowman Apple Peeling Contests are in memory of
Mr. & Mrs. Roy W. Hollis and Mr. & Mrs. Richard R. Lowman, Jr.

Sponsored by Conrad and Karen Lowman

*Each Class: 1st, 2nd and 3rd place ribbons presented.

Winner 2008 Apple Peeling Contest: $50 cash & plaque
2nd Place 2008 Apple Peeling Contest: $25 cash
Previous Years Apple Peeling Winners Champion: $50 cash & plaque
Previous Years Apple Peeling Winners 2nd Place: $25 cash
APPLE EATING CONTESTS
*Three Classes: Contestants will eat an apple from a plate without the use of hands. The first contestant to consume the apple, or the most apple, within 2 minutes is the winner.

Awards sponsored by: Jerry & Susanne Horner

*Each Class: 1st, 2nd and 3rd place ribbons presented.

Apple Eating: I.
1st Place: 8 yrs & under $10 cash & trophy
2nd Place: $5 cash

Apple Eating: II.
1st Place: 9-15 yrs. $10 cash & trophy
2nd Place: $5 cash

Apple Eating: III.
1st Place: 16 yrs & up $10 cash & trophy
2nd Place: $5 cash

APPLE VARIETY IDENTIFICATION
Winner will correctly identify the most apples available in the contest. In the event of a tie-two or more contestants correctly identifying the same number of apples-the winner will be selected from a random drawing from those eligible.

Awards sponsored by: Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc. - Inwood Musselman Plant

1st Place: $50 cash
2nd Place: Knouse Foods Gift Pack
 
 
 


Queen Pomona XXIX,
Megan Hutson.

 
Queen Pomona and the 2008 Apple Harvest Festival Court Photo Album

Celebrity Grand Marshal,
Kamar de los Reyes


and Celebrity Sports Marshal,
Louis Lipps



 
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