Apple Displays and Contests and Photo Contest

The Thirtieth 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 17, and
Sunday, October 18, 2009

ALL APPLES MUST BE WEST VIRGINIA GROWN!!
Decisions of the judges will be final. Entries will be accepted Saturday, October 17, 2009 From 8-9 a.m. Judging will occur from 9-10:00 a.m.

Contests sponsored by:

Fallon Nationwide Insurance

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

Click HERE for Adobe PDF Apple Contest entry form

Click HERE for MSWord Apple Contestentry form



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
** NEW for 2009 —2 Classes—with winners in each class.

—$10 Entry Fee for each picture entered.

—All winners must provide digital medium of their photograph

Apple Picture Photography Classes Include:

Photograph with Apples only:

First Place : $100 cash, plaque, & ribbon
Second Place: $50 cash & ribbon
Third Place: $25 cash & ribbon

Photograph of Apples with live subjects—human and/or animal:

First Place : $100 cash, plaque, & ribbon
Second Place: $50 cash & ribbon
Third Place: $25 cash & ribbon

The photography contest is sponsored in part by
 Susquehanna Bank

Click HERE for Adobe PDF Apple Photography Contest entry form

Click HERE for MSWord Apple Photography Contest entry form

 
APPLE PEELING AND EATING CONTESTS
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2009

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 2009 Apple Peeling Contest: $50 cash & plaque
2nd Place 2009 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 XXX
Paige Miller

 
Queen Pomona and the 2009 Apple Harvest Festival Court Photo Album

2009 Celebrity Grand Marshal,
Brandon Barash


and 2009 Celebrity Sports Marshal,
Spud Webb



 
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