Everyone is invited to come enjoy Hooper's finest art and produce on display in the Hooper Cultural Hall across the street from the park in the Home Arts and Produce Exhibit! If you are interested in entering, please read the rules below for category requirements and bring your item to the Cultural Hall during the drop off window. 

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General Rules: 

1. Entries accepted Saturday, August 30, 2025 from 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM at the Cultural Hall

2. Judging will take place at 5:30 PM Saturday

3. All exhibits must be completed within the last year & be the exhibitor's work.

4. Only 1 entry per category will be judged, and ribbons must stay with exhibit.

5. Additional entries will be for display only and will not be judged.

6. Exhibits must stay until Monday and can be picked up between 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM.
   Payment for ribbons will be paid at that time. 
   Any items not picked up can be picked up at the Hooper City Office Monday - Thursday 9:00 - 5:00 PM

7. Entries will be judged according to workmanship.

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Awards:

Blue Ribbon  $3.00
Red Ribbon   $2.00
White Ribbon $1.00
​Best of Show  $7.00

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Categories:

Needle Work & Crafts

• Household Linens & Accessories

• Quilts

• Rugs

• Paintings (oil & acrylic)

• Photographs

• Wood Finishing

• Knitting, Tatting, Crocheted items

• Clothing

• Crafts

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Floricultural

• All flowers accepted, flowers to be judged on balance, scale, color, selection, condition, and presentation.

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Canned Goods​ (1 jar per class any size or variety)

• Fruits

• Vegetables

• Jam or Jellies

• Pickles and Relishes

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Baked Goods

• Breads (1 loaf any variety)

• Cakes (un-iced)

• Cakes (decorated)

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At least 6 of the following per entry

• Muffins

• Biscuits

• Rolls

• Cookies or Candy

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Produce Specific Rules: 

1. Entries must be grown by the exhibitor.

2. All produce should be firm, market maturity, clean, fresh and exhibited in an attractive way.  Should be free from soil, fibrous roots and tops removed.

3. "Largest Specimen" entry can not be used in other classes.

4. Only one entry per category per exhibitor

5. Pickup and payment for ribbons will be on Monday from 3:00 - 4:00 PM.  Produce left after that hour will be discarded. 

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Awards:

Blue Ribbon  $3.00
Red Ribbon   $2.00
White Ribbon $1.00
​Best of Show  $7.00

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Produce Categories:

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Field Crops, Fruits & Vegetable

Apples - 5 fruits

Barley - 1 quart jar

Beans - dry field 1 quart jar

Green Beans - 10 pods

Brussels Sprouts - 5 sprouts

Cabbage - 2 heads

Cantaloupe - 2 fruits

Carrots - 5 roots

Corn:

    Grain or popcorn - 5 ears

    Silage- 3 stalks

    Indian - 5 ears

Cucumber, Pickling - 5 fruits

Cucumber, Slicing - 5 fruits

Eggplants - 2 fruits 

Gourds - 5 fruits

Grapes - 1 plate

Mini Pumpkins - 5 fruits

Nuts - 1 plate

Oats - 1 quart jar

Onions, Field (tops on) - 2 bulbs

Onions - 5 bulbs

Peaches - 5 fruits

Pears - 5 fruits

Peppers, Hot - 5 fruits

Peppers, Sweet - 3 fruits

Plums - 5 fruits

Potatoes - 5 fruits

Pumpkins - 2 fruits

Raspberries - 1 plate

Rhubarb - 5 stalks

Squash, Summer - 2 fruits

Squash, Winter - 2 fruits

Sunflower - 1 head

Tomato, Cherry (stems off) - 10 fruits

Tomato, Green (stems off) - 5 fruits

Tomato, Ripe (stems off) - 5 fruits

Turnips (tops off) - 5 roots

Watermelon - 2 fruits

Wheat - 1 quart jar

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Home Garden Special

One decorative container to include 5 or more varieties of fruits or vegetables.

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Largest Specimen

One (1) fruit or vegetable from the list below:

• Banana Squash

• Bell pepper

• Cantaloupe

• Carrot

• Cucumber

• Hubbard Squash

• Onion

• Pumpkin

• Sunflower

• Tomato

• Turnip

• Watermelon

• Zucchini Squash

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