Mercer County Fair
Home, Hobby & Garden Showcase
Food Preservation – 19
Overall Superintendent – Rita Skraba 701-870-0356
Exhibits must remain until 3 p.m. Sunday, or prize money will be withheld.
No early releases.
- Use only standard quart and pint jars or jelly glasses with lids and rings.
No paraffin wax.
- Goods must be labeled with the type of processing and processing time: pressure canner or water-bath. USDA food preservation guidelines MUST be followed. These standards are available from the Extension office, 873-5195.
- Refer to the General Rules for Open Home Economics Exhibits.
| Food Preservation – Division 19 | |
| Lot Fruits (standard jar) | Lot Vegetables (standard jar) |
| 232 – Apples | 256 – Beans |
| 233 – Fruit Juices | 257 – Beets |
| 234 – Peaches | 258 – Carrots |
| 235 – Pie Filling | 259 – Corn |
| 236 – Plums | 260 – Mixed Vegetables |
| 237 – Rhubarb | 261 – Peas |
| 238 – All other, please label | 262 – Potatoes |
| 263 – Salsa | |
| Jams & Jellies (NO freezer jams) | 264 – Sauerkraut |
| 239 – Apples | 265 – Tomatoes |
| 240 – Chokecherry | 266 – Vegetable juice |
| 241 – Honey | 267 – All others, please label |
| 242 – Jalapeno | |
| 243 – Peach | Pickles/Relish/Sauces |
| 244 – Rhubarb | 268 – Beet Pickles |
| 245 – Strawberry | 269 – Bread & Butter Pickles |
| 246 – Syrup | 270 – Cucumbers – sweet |
| 247 – Wild Plum | 271 – Cucumber – dill |
| 248 – All others, please label | 272 – Mixed pickles |
| 273 – Pickled vegetables | |
| Meats | 274 – Relish |
| 249 – Beef | 275 – BBQ sauce |
| 250 – Chicken | 276 – Pasta sauce |
| 251 – Fish | 277 – Wing sauce |
| 252 – Sausage | 278 – All other, please label |
| 253 – All others, please label | |
| Dehydrated | |
| 254 – Fruit | |
| 255 – Meat/Jerky | |