Horticultural Show 2024 

Vegetables

Show off your spuds: potatoes, single variety, 4 tubers

1                     Dave Jones

2                     Linda Washington

A bunch of beetroot: tops attached, tied or otherwise, 3 roots

1                     Jenny Burt

2                     David Roddis

3 Nigel Harper

Four onions under 8oz (trimmed)

1                     Christine Drage

2 David Roddis

Bunch of carrots: tops trimmed to 4 inches, quantity

1                 Jackie Bestwick

2 Nigel Harper

Handful of beans: runner, broad or French, 6 of one type not mixed

1                     Jenny Burt / Dom Jones

3                     David Roddis 

Tomatoes large: quantity 5 but must all be same type

1                     Peter Bond

2                     Jackie Bestwick

3                     Linda Washington

Tomatoes small: 1 truss of cherry type with ripe and unripe fruit

1                    Nigel Harper

2                    Jackie Bestwick

3                  Linda Washington

Chillies or peppers: single variety, minimum of 3

1                     Jackie Bestwick

2 Carol Fitzgerald 

Cucumbers: grown under protection, quantity 2

1                     Claira Ferriera

2 Jackie Bestwick

3 Jackie Bestwick

Silly-shaped specimen: anything silly, strange or accidental

1                    Roy Caulfield-Kerney

2                     Claira Ferriera

3                    David Roddis

Longest runner bean

1                     Martyn Smyth

2                     Jason Kelly

3                     Penny Moth

Fruit

Apples: 4 eating dessert apples, single variety

1         Linda Washington

2         Gwen Tobin

3         Penny Moth

Apples: 4 cooking apples, single variety

1         Roy Caulfield-Kerney

2 Roy Caulfield-Kerney

3 Linda Washington

Tree Fruit: pears, plums, or cherries, 3 of any individual variety not mixed

1         Jason Kelly

2       Jenny burt

3         Christine Drage

Soft Fruits: Blackberries, raspberries, gooseberries, strawberries – 10-20 mixed or single variety

1         Christine Drage

2        Carol Fitzgerald

Floral Art

Theme: Celebrating Autumn

1         Ruth Bond

2         Liz Barnatt

3         Christine Drage

Flowers

Three stems of roses

1         Gwen Tobin

2 Jenny Burt

3         Carol Fitzgerald

3 dahlias, any type, any size

1         Brenda Lofthouse

2        David Roddis

3        Brenda Lofthouse

3 flower stems of any one variety not listed in classes 19─21

1         Nevaeh Lewis

2         Carol Fitzgerald

3 Jackie Bestwick

Vase of mixed garden flowers, maximum 10 stems

1         Brenda Lofthouse

2         David Roddis

3         Jenny Burt

Preserves

A jar of homemade jam

1     Susan Foster

2     Janet Flowers

3     Heather Culleton

A jar of homemade marmalade

1     Susan Foster

2      Sue Caulfield-Kerney

3      Sue Caulfield-Kerney

A jar of homemade chutney

1     Heather Culleton

2      Janet Flowers

3      Diane Briggs

Baking

One family–sized cake, decorated for a celebration – to own recipe

1      Dianne Briggs

2      Kate D'Alessandro

3      Nico Springman

Lemon Drizzle Cake

1      Teresa Prestage

2     Janet Birch/Christine Drage

3      Shelby Titheridge

Ferrers Fellows Bake Off

1 Richard Bryan

2 Michael Watts

3 Dave Jones

Fruit pie — to your own recipe

1     Isabelle Angus

2      Christine Drage

3      Susan Foster

Junior Baking

Cute cupcake

1      Adam Henson

2      Katherine Henson

3 Emily Clarke

Buttery biscuits

1    Jessie Radbourne

2 Shelby Titheridge       

Junior Gardening

2-4 years A paper plate flower

1         Albert Clarke

5-7 years  A floral arrangement in a jam jar

1         Adam Henson

8-11 years A miniature garden in a small tray

1 Jack Chadwick

2 Toby Embling

3 Katherine Henson/ Thomas Jefferies

Homegrown produce

1 Penny Moth

2 Ben Bryan