Numbered Publications: 4AH
4AH-14PO: Summer Squash Exhibit
Ashley Osborne | Jan. 13, 2022 (New)
The summer squash exhibit allows you to display the summer squash that you have grown in your garden. The exhibit is judged on each squash's condition and quality, and required number of specimen.
4AH-12PO: Cantaloupe Exhibit
Ashley Osborne | Jan. 13, 2022 (New)
The cantaloupe exhibit allows you to display the cantaloupe that you have grown in your garden. Each cantaloupe exhibited is judged on the melon's condition and quality.
4AH-15PO: Sweet Corn Exhibit
Jessica Sayre | Jan. 13, 2022 (New)
The sweet corn exhibit allows you to display the sweet corn that you have grown in your garden. Sweet corn comes in many different varieties and usually fits into three different color categories. Yellow, white, or bi-colored (a mixture of yellow and white kernels). The sweet corn exhibit is judged on three criteria including quality, uniformity, and required number of specimen.
4AH-13PO: Eggplant Exhibit
Ashley Osborne | Jan. 13, 2022 (New)
The eggplant exhibit allows you to display the eggplant that you have grown in your garden. The exhibit is judged on each eggplant's condition and quality, and required number of specimen.
4AH-16PA: Exhibiting and Judging Vegetables
Ashley Osborne | Jan. 13, 2022 (New)
What makes certain vegetables "better" or of higher quality than others? Do you know which vegetables to choose for exhibition? Do you know how to prepare vegetables for exhibition? This factsheet will help you as you prepare to exhibit or judge vegetables. Vegetables will be evaluated on different criteria including condition, quality, uniformity, trueness-to-type, and size. Whether you are going to exhibit or judge vegetables, you will need to learn the characteristics of all of these criteria.
4AH-10PO: Windowsill Garden Project
Bill Fountain, Dick LeMaster, Ashley Osborne | Nov. 18, 2021 (New)
This guide is for volunteer leaders or county Extension personnel, and includes four lessons designed for youth in 3rd‐5th grades. Each lesson focuses on an aspect of seeds, plants, and/or gardening. Three additional experiments are included in the Digging Deeper section that youth can do independently or in a group or classroom setting. At the end of the guide, additional resources and an appendix are available. The National 4‐H Gardening Series, which includes 4 levels for grades 3rd‐12th and a Helper's Guide, is recommended if additional background information is needed. The National 4‐H Gardening Series includes projects and activities for youth that have an interest in continuing to learn more about plant science and gardening after completing their windowsill garden.
4AH-01PO: Sweet Pepper Exhibit
Blake Newton, Ashley Osborne | Aug. 10, 2020 (New)
The sweet pepper exhibit allows you to display a variety of sweet pepper that you have grown in your garden. In horticulture, the word "variety" refers to a plant that is slightly different from other plants of its kind. There are many varieties of sweet peppers available besides the popular sweet banana pepper, such as Cubanelle, pimento, and lunchbox.
4AH-04PO: Experimental Horticulture
Ashley Osborne | Aug. 10, 2020 (New)
The Experimental Horticulture Project is similar to a science fair project. You choose a horticultural scientific experiment you would like to learn about, and conduct the experiment using the seven steps in the scientific method.
4AH-07PO: Garden and Orchard Displays
Ashley Osborne | Aug. 10, 2020 (New)
The Vegetable and Orchard Display Contest is a perfect opportunity to showcase a wide variety of the items you have grown.
4AH-02PO: Bell Pepper Exhibit
Ashley Osborne | Aug. 10, 2020 (New)
The bell pepper exhibit allows you to display a variety of bell pepper that you have grown in your garden. In horticulture, the word "variety" refers to a plant that is slightly different from other plants of its kind. For example, bell pepper varieties come in several different colors, including green, yellow, orange, red, purple and even white.
