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Abundant,
cv JOYCE BUPP
York Co. Correspondent
YORK - Whuc summer’s hot,
dry growing season may have
hastened ripening dates on locally
produced fruits and vegetables,
the lingering drought conditions
have failed to wilt the enthusiasm
of area growers who exhibit at the
An unusual, giant orange zucchini, displayed by Norma
Jean Harding, heads up the list of vegetable and fruit entries
from the S. K. Harding Orchard to the York Fair.
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York Fair.
Don Lanius, manager of the
York Fair’s horticulture depart
ment, anticipates the usual
abundant and high-quality entries
that annually turn the cavernous
Horticulture hall into an over
flowing cornucopia of harvest. The
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High-Quality Horticulture Entries Expected At York Fair
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Among the perpetual crowd
favorites are the “giant” classes,
including awards for the largest
pumpkin, watermelon, squash,
and cabbage, and the heaviest
potato.
Veteran York Fair produce
exhibitor Carl Harding, of S.K.
Harding and Son Orchard, is
already casting a critical eye on
every variety of produce coming in
from the 40 acres of vegetable
crops and fruit trees.
The Hardings have exhibited
produce at the fair for 40 years,
ever since Carl’s father, S.K.
Harding, pioneered the family’s
orchard business at Red Lion R 2.
As last year’s York Fair drew to a
close, the Red Lion retail
marketers collected a total of 26
ribbons for entries representing
Pierce Wins State Horse Judging Contest
LEBANON - Sheri Pierce,
Newmanstown, was named high
individual in the State 4-H Horse
Judging Contest held recently at
State 4-H Achievement Days at
Penn State University.
In the horse judging contest, 4-
H’ers judge horses based on both
performance and conformation.
The 4-H’er then explains her
judgement through oral reasons to
contest officials.
Thirty-two teams participated in
the state contest. Sheri and fellow
team members, Stacey Homey
and Jennifer Daullary, earned a
le
ling
the orchard’s diverse com
modities.
Selecting the entries is a time
consuming process, requiring
plenty of discerning picking and
discarding, in search of the most
perfect specimens of each variety.
“It takes about a day to pick, and
then another day to make the
selections. What we look for are
the nicest, most uniform
specimens, not necessarily the
largest, but as much the same size
as possible,” explains Norman
Jean Harding.
“We look forward to the fair
every year,” she says, adding with
a chuckle, “But it’s a lot of work.”
The Hardings generally evert
several varieties of apples and
pears, plums, late peaches,
squash, Indian corn, and, their
specialty, pumpkins. While each
year brings new hopes, their 24-
sixth place team rank. The
Lebanon County horse judging
team is coached by 4-H leader,
Charity Vragovich.
Active in the 4-H horse program
for the past 12 years, Sheri is
currently president of the
Equestrians 4-H Club and a past
president of the Lebanon County
Teen Council. Sheri will be par
ticipating during October in five
classes at the State 4-H Per
formance Horse Show with her
horse, Dude’s Rusty Que, and the
State Production Horse Show with
her weanling colt.
pound pumpkin that dazzled the
judges and claimed the first-place
honors in 1967 still remains one of
their most memorable entries.
One of Harding’s possibilities for
this year looks like a pumpkin -
but isn’t. A “freakish” zucchini
turned up recently in the squash
patch, ripening to a pumpkin
orange color, and measuring in at
about 18 inches long and a
diameter of about 8 inches.
Horticulture entries at the York
Fair are open to all growers, both
commercial and home gardeners.
Entries must be made at Hor
ticulture Hall at the following
times: Tuesday, Sept. 2, and
Wednesday, Sept. 3, from 1 to 9
p.m., and Thursday, Sept. 4,9 a.m.
through 6 p.m.
For additional information,
contact the York Inter-State Fair
office, 334 Carlisle Avenue, York
17404, or call 717-848-2596.
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