Section 11 – Preserves and Produce

Section of the Schedule Preserves and Produce 2024

For entry form/online entry and closing date information; please see pavilion information page 36.
All Exhibits to be staged by 12.30 pm Friday 23rd August 2024. Exhibitors are asked to wait until their entries are checked.
ENTRY FEE: 50c | Junior classes free
STEWARDS: S. Lewis, M. Jackson, G. Gebhardt, S. Selway
For all enquiries contact:
CHIEF STEWARD: Sherry Lewis 0400637743

To be read in conjunction with General Rules.
In this Section no professional may compete and entries must be the bona fide work of the competitor. All jars to be covered with a lid only – no cellophane / fabric covers or wax. Jams, sauces and pickles will be opened for judging. Lids must open easily or exhibit will not be judged. Check
that the necks of the jars and bottles are clean and dry.
PLEASE NO LARGE JARS / BOTTLES

OPEN SECTION
PIONEER PRIZE:
To be awarded to the most successful exhibitor in Open Preserves and Produce. Judged on a points system – 3 points for each First Prize, 2 points for each Second Prize. This prize is donated in tribute to the district’s pioneer women who produced and preserved food in conditions more difficult than ours.
FIRST $20 SECOND $5 DONATED BY SUE NICHOLS, ROSETTE DONATED BY SHERRY & JEFF LEWIS.

PRESERVED FRUIT
(All Preserves to be judged unopened).
To be done using jars no bigger than size “36”
FIRST $10, SECOND $5, SPONSORED BY SUE NICHOLS.

CLASS
11001. JAR PEACHES, SLICED OR HALVED
11002. JAR APRICOTS, HALVED OR WHOLE
11003. JAR PLUMS, HALVED OR WHOLE
11004. JAR OF FRUIT, ANY VARIETY
11005. JAR OF TOMATOES, WHOLE, RIPE AND PEELED,ANY VARIETY

PICKLES, CHUTNEY AND SAUCES
Sauce to be in bottles only and no taller than 27cm.
Bottles and jars to be filled to lip, clean and dry necks.
FIRST $10, SECOND $5, SPONSORED BY MARG THOMSON, ROD & EVE TAYLOR
11006. JAR PICKLED ONIONS
11007. JAR PICKLED CUCUMBER
11008. JAR PICKLED MIXED VEGETABLES
11009. JAR PICKLES, ANY VARIETY- SPECIFY VARIETY
11010. JAR FRUIT CHUTNEY
11011. JAR CHUTNEY, ANY VARIETY – NOT NAMED
11012. JAR TOMATO RELISH
11013. BOTTLE TOMATO SAUCE
11014. BOTTLE PLUM SAUCE
11015. BOTTLE OF SAUCE, ANY OTHER VARIETY- SPECIFY VARIETY
11016. COLLECTION – 3 TOMATO PRODUCTS – SAUCE, RELISH, DRIED, PRESERVED, ETC.- PRESENT AS A GROUP

JAMS AND JELLIES
Jars must be full to lip and no mouldy jam.
FIRST $10, SECOND $5, SPONSORED BY ANON
AGGREGATE AWARD CLASSES 11017 TO 11026,
FIRST $20, SECOND $10
11017. FRUIT PASTE, ANY VARIETY-SPECIFY VARIETY
11018. JAR DARK PLUM JAM
11019. JAR APRICOT JAM
11020. JAR FIG JAM
11021. JAR BERRY JAM
11022. JAR JAM, ANY VARIETY NOT NAMED
11023. JAR LEMON BUTTER OR CURD
11024. JAR QUINCE JELLY
11025. JAR JELLY, ANY OTHER VARIETY
11026. HONEY

EGGS
Must be point end down.
FIRST $10, SECOND $5, SPONSORED BY MARG JACKSON
11027. TWELVE (12) BROWN EGGS
11028. TWELVE (12) ANY OTHER COLOUR
11029. TWELVE (12) MIXED EGGS – BROWN AND WHITE

OILS, VINEGAR & CORDIAL
To be judged on presentation only. Bottles to be filled to lip.
FIRST $10, SECOND $5, SPONSORED BY MARG JACKSON
11030. BOTTLE HERBED OIL
11031. BOTTLE HERBED VINEGAR
11032. JAR ANY DRIED VEGETABLE IN OIL
11033. CORDIAL ANY VARIETY- SPECIFY VARIETY

MARMALADE
Jars must be filled to lip and no mouldy jam.
FIRST $10, SECOND $5
SPONSORED BY JOLLEY FAMILY, WENTWORTH
11034. JAR GRAPEFRUIT MARMALADE
11035. JAR MIXED CITRUS MARMALADE
11036. JAR ORANGE MARMALADE
11037. JAR MARMALADE ANY VARIETY NOT NAMED
11038. JAR “HOUSEHOLD MARMALADE,” ANY VARIETY
USING ROUGHLY CHOPPED FRUIT- SPECIFY VARIETY
11039. JAR “HOUSEHOLD MARMALADE,”ANY VARIETY – USING PROCESSED / BLENDED FRUIT- SPECIFY VARIETY

DRIED FRUITS AUSTRALIA COMPETITION
ENTRY FEE 50c.
THIS SECTION TO BE JUDGED ON PRESENTATION ONLY.
(Classes 11040 to 11045 packed in 15cm disposable plate and covered with cling wrap only). All Entries must be packed, but not necessarily grown, by the Exhibitor.
PRIZE MONEY SPONSORED BY DRIED FRUITS AUSTRALIA.
CLASSES 11040-11044 – FIRST $15, SECOND $10
CLASS 11045 – FIRST $25, SECOND $10
11040. DRIED APRICOTS (COMBINATION CUT SIDE & OUTER SIDE UP)
11041. DRIED PEACHES (COMBINATION CUT SIDE & OUTER SIDE UP)
11042. SUN DRIED FRUIT, SPECIFY VARIETY (COMBINATION CUT SIDE & OUTER SIDE UP)
11043. ANY DEHYDRATED FRUIT, SPECIFY VARIETY (COMBINATION CUT SIDE & OUTER SIDE UP)
11044. ANY DEHYDRATED VEGETABLE (MAY BE MIXED VARIETIES)
11045. GIFT PLATE – NOT DISPOSABLE AND NO BIGGER THAN 20CM OF DRIED FRUIT (MAY INCLUDE VINE AND TREE FRUITS AND NUTS)

JOLLEY CITRUS GIFTPRESENTATION
Entries to be packed but not necessarily grown by exhibitor. This Section to be judged on presentation only.
FIRST $10, SECOND $5 SPONSORED BY JOLLEY FAMILY
11046. GIFT PRESENTATION USING ANY COMBINATION OF CITRUS PRODUCTS (E.G. FRESH FRUIT, DEHYDRATED FRUIT, MARMALADE AND JUICE, ETC.)
11047. BASKET FOR FAMILY PICNIC USING ANY CITRUS PRODUCTS
11048. BASKET FOR FAMILY PICNIC MADE BY ENTRANTS 18 YEARS & UNDER
11049. TABLE CENTRE PIECE PRESENTATION USING MIXED VARIETY OF CITRUS
11050. GIFT PRESENTATION USING DEHYDRATED CITRUS
JOLLEY AWARD
*Awarded to entrants accumulating the most points on the basis of 3 points for First, 2 points for Second, in Classes 11046 to 11050
FIRST $50, SECOND $15, ROSETTE SPONSORED BY S & J LEWIS

JUNIOR SECTION
ENTRY FEE: JUNIOR CLASSES FREE TO ENTER.
Eggs must be point end down
FIRST $5, SECOND $3
SPONSORED BY GARY & SUE SELWAY, ROD & EVE TAYLOR

PRE-PRIMARY
11101. SIX BROWN EGGS
11102. SIX EGGS ANY OTHER COLOUR
11103. SIX BANTAM EGGS
11104. 20-25CM PAPER PLATE COLLAGE USING ANY SEEDS, NUTS OR CEREALS
11105. DECORATED POT OF GROWING HERBS – NO BIGGER THAN 15CM DIAMETER.

PRIMARY AND SECONDARY
11106. SIX BROWN EGGS
11107. SIX EGGS ANY OTHER COLOUR
11108. SIX BANTAM EGGS
11109. DECORATED POT OF GROWING HERBS – NO BIGGER THAN 15CM DIAMETER.
11110. BOTTLE HERBED VINEGAR
11111. BOTTLE HERBED OIL
11112. JAR OF JAM, ANY VARIETY- SPECIFY VARIETY