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Unity Agricultural Entry Registration Agricultural Fair Continued Classes of Entries to be Judged We respectfully urge your participation in our Fair. The following premium list offers a number of opportunities for reenactors to exhibit their creativity and manufacture. All items for Domestic Manufacture must be made or home grown by the Exhibitor. CLASS NAME Bonnets and Ladies Hats Best Decorated Straw Bonnet Best Decorated Ladies Hat, of any material other than above Best Quilted Hood Heirloom Vegetables Brandywine Tomatoes Hubbard Squash Winter Cabbage Pole Beans West Indies Gherkins Danvers Half Long Carrots Preserves Jar of Cucumber Pickles Raspberry Jam Strawberry Jam Jar of Flavored Vinegar or Ketchup Needlework Knitted mittens, Hat or Stockings Knitted Shawl Blanket or Throw Crocheted Mittens, Stockings or Neck Scarf Quilting Pieced Bed or Crib Quilt Appliqued Crib or Bed Quilt Best Example of Homemade Soap Flower Arrangement Vase bouquet of fresh-cut flowers Nosegays, fresh or dried materials Artistic Endeavors Penmanship-Ink on lined paper-First 4 lines of the Gettysburg Address Drawing-Pencil or Pen and Ink Bandbox Please select period correct heirloom varieties for home gardens. Links to various seed companies are included here, and entry forms, which may be printed off and copied, are included on final page. Seed Companies: http://www.halcyon.com/tmend/links.htm (Home has a great description of ‘heirloom.’ http://www.history.org/history/CWLand/nursery2.crm http://www.plimoth.com/home-garden/garden/seeds/heirloom-seeds.html http://www.yankeegardener.com/heritage_heirloom.html http://comstockferre.com/history.htm https://plantinfo.umn.edu/arboretum/default.asp
Some additional agricultural fair info: http://www.history.iastate.edu/agprimer/Page18.html
Thank you to: Old Sturbridge Village for ‘Strafford Agricultural Society’ papers and discussions with the interpreters on historic agriculture and fairs www.delawarecountyfair.comfair.history.htm Genesse Country Village and Museum Programme and Premium List Durham Fair Exhibitor Guide
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