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Alien Vegetable

Young's Market and Garden will return again this year as the sponsor of the Garden Harvest Contest.  The theme for this year's Arvada Harvest Festival and thus the Vegetable Contest is Science Fiction.        

When:  Saturday September 10th, noon to 2:00pm

Where:  St Anne's Cafeteria, 7320 Grant Place, Olde Town Arvada, use the side door

No Entry Fee

Judging begins promptly at 2:00pm, awards give out at 2:30pm 

No entries after 2:00pm, limit of one entry per category per family, entries must be home grown.

 

  

 Ribbons and gifts for all entries, great prizes for first place.

 

Proudly Sponsored by Young’s
 
 Market and GardenCenter
 
 
9400 W. 44th Ave.
 
Wheat Ridge, CO. 80033
 
 
 
For more info call Kyle or Jackie at 
 
 
Young’s 303-422-8408
 
 

2011 VEGETABLE CONTEST CATEGORIES

 

CATEGORIES
Best Sci Fi Vegetable *
Largest Ripe Tomato
Fattest Carrot
Widest Diameter Sunflower
Largest Bell Pepper
Largest Cucumber
Longest Standard Green Bean
Largest Onion
Largest Zucchini
Longest Chili Pepper
Best Garden Hat *
Most Unique Vegetable
Largest Zucchini: kids 12 & under
 Best Alien Vegetable: kids 12 & under *
Best UFO Vegetable: kids 12 & under *
(longest/widest is by length)
(fattest is by circumference)
(largest is by weight)
(* new category this year)

 

 


 

 

For more information contact 

Bill Orchard
Garden Harvest Contest Chair
303-422-9468
303-929-5788
e-mail Bill Orchard

 

 

2011 Winners are shown below.

The Overall Winner is...


Kato Olson

Grand Prize Winner 2011

 

Congratulations


Largest Zucchini - Adults

 

1.     William Heath   17lb 15.1oz

2.    Rebecca Green  10lb 8.5oz

3.    Janice Mulvany  10lb 2.7oz

Largest Tomato

 

1.  Skylar Holland  FM San Diego 1lb 10.5oz

2.  Wendell Fitzgerald   1 lb 9.5oz

3.  Mervellen Ashby  Mortgage Lifter  1lb 3.9oz

Most Unique Vegetable

 

1. Nick Green      Peep Shaped Tomato

2. Kato Olson     Medusa Shallot

3. Mollie Sullivan   Baby Carrot

Largest Bell Pepper

 

1. Neva Appelhans  15.3oz

2. Kato Olson  10.5oz

3. Janice Mulvany  10.2oz

Longest Green Bean

 

1. Diane Sullivan  9.0”

2. Matt Schwettman  8.75”

3. Robin Strand  8.5”


 

Largest Onion

 

1. Kevin Curl  1lb 15.9oz

2. Janice Mulvany  1lb 10.2oz

3. Neva Appelhans  1lb 9.8oz

Fattest Carrot

 

1. James Ponting  8.75”

2. Janice Mulvany  8.5”

3. Kato Olson  8.0”


 

Longest Chili Pepper

 

1. Kato Olson  13.5”

2. Matt Schwettman  12.25”

3. Jo Blain  11.0”

Widest Diameter Sunflower

 

1. Sarah Starbuck  21.5”

2. Diana Altermatt  19.6”

3. Matt Schwettman  19.0”


 

Best Sci Fi Vegetable

 

1. Lori Brill

2. Diane Sullivan

3. Kato Olson

Largest Cucumber

 

1. John Boutwell  10lb 1.7oz

2. Kato Olson  3lb 2.4oz

3. Christi Reagan  3lb 0.1oz

 

Best Garden Hat

 

1. Kato Olson   Solar Pith Helmet

2. Janice Mulvany 

3. Fran Pohs

Largest Zucchini - Kids

 

1. Braxton Garcia  9lb 4.1oz

2. Kaylyn Jatko  9lb 3.4oz

3. Peyton Garcia  9lb 1.8oz

Best UFO Vegetable

 

1. Jonathan Chesler

2. Andrew Appelhans

3. Sydney Courtney

Best Alien Vegetable

1. James and Jacob Appelhans   Dr. Pepper

2. Sydney Courtney

3. Austin Curl


Evan, Elizabeth, Sean, Kyle, Erica

2011 Garden Harvest Contest Young's Market Judges

 

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