Fruit Crops

Top Fruits Win State Fair Honors

The top growers claimed awards in the Fruit Crops contest judged at the 2024 Iowa State Fair.

Complete results below:

APPLE TRAY DISPLAY

Delicious, Red

1) Gary Taylor, Granger

2) Louis Beck, Buckingham

3) Michael Dedecker, Altoona

Any Other Green/Yellow Varieties

1) Louis Beck, Buckingham

Any Other Red Varieties

1) Louis Beck, Buckingham

2) Louis Beck, Buckingham

3) Louis Beck, Buckingham

Overall Winner - Apple Tray Display

1) Gary Taylor, Granger

CRAB APPLES

Crab Apples

1) South Mound Orchard, Sherrill

APPLE COLLECTION

Summer Varieties

1) Louis Beck, Buckingham

Fall Varieties

1) Louis Beck, Buckingham

Winter Varieties

1) Louis Beck, Buckingham

SINGLE PLATE OF APPLES

Cortland

1) South Mound Orchard, Sherrill

2) Louis Beck, Buckingham

Delicious, Golden (W)

1) South Mound Orchard, Sherrill

2) Louis Beck, Buckingham

3) Kevin Greiman, Haverhill

Delicious, Golden (W)

1) Mark Fincham, Ankeny

2) Michael Dedecker, Altoona

Delicious, Red (W)

1) Louis Beck, Buckingham

2) Lynne Pfantz, State Center

3) South Mound Orchard, Sherrill

Delicious, Red (W)

1) Gary Taylor, Granger

2) Michael Dedecker, Altoona

3) Teresa Taylor Granger

Gala (F)

1) Mark Williams, Adair

Honeycrisp

1) South Mound Orchard, Sherrill

2) Louis Beck, Buckingham

Honeycrisp

1) Michael Dedecker, Altoona

2) Mark Fincham, Ankeny

3) Randy Campbell, Pleasant Hill

Jonagold (W)

1) Louis Beck, Buckingham

Jonathan (F)

1) South Mound Orchard, Sherrill

2) Louis Beck, Buckingham

Jonathan (F)

1) Gary Taylor, Granger

2) Teresa Taylor, Granger

3) Michael Dedecker, Altoona

McIntosh (F)

1) South Mound Orchard, Sherrill

2) Louis Beck, Buckingham, IA 2

McIntosh (F)

1) Michael Dedecker, Altoona

Any Other Summer

1) Louis Beck, Buckingham

2) Louis Beck, Buckingham

Any Other Summer

1) Michael Dedecker, Altoona

Any Other Fall

1) South Mound Orchard, Sherrill

2) South Mound Orchard, Sherrill

3) Louis Beck, Buckingham

Any Other Fall

1) Mark Williams, Adair

2) Amber Wagner, Prairie City

Any Other Winter

1) South Mound Orchard, Sherrill

2) South Mound Orchard, Sherrill

3) Louis Beck, Buckingham

Any Other Winter

1) Betsy Cranston, Deep River

2) Mark Williams, Adair

3) Charles Hoehnle, Homestead

Any Other

1) South Mound Orchard, Sherrill

2) South Mound Orchard, Sherrill

3) Louis Beck, Buckingham

Any Other

1) Ronald Eckoff, Cumming

2) Randy Campbell, Pleasant Hill

First Time Exhibitor

1) Michael Dedecker, Altoona

2) Kristy Hoodjer, Runnells

PEACHES

Peaches

1) Charles Hoehnle, Homestead

PEARS

Bartlett

1) South Mound Orchard, Sherrill

2) Mark Fincham, Ankeny

3) Randy Campbell, Pleasant Hill

Bosc

1) Ronald Eckoff, Cumming

Kieffer

1) Ronald Eckoff, Cumming

2) Mark Fincham, Ankeny

Any Other Green

1) South Mound Orchard, Sherrill

2) Mark Hilliard, Johnston

3) Charles Hoehnle, Homestead

GRAPES

Plate of Grapes - Concord

1) Susan Erickson, Slater

2) South Mound Orchard, Sherrill

3) Gary Fattig, Chelsea

Plate of Grapes - Concord

1) Mary Schaffer, Des Moines

2) Jaron Vos, Pella

3) Rod Zeitler, Iowa City

Plate of Grapes - Fredonia

1) Jaron Vos, Pella

2) Mary Smith Des Moines

Plate of Grapes - Niagara

1) Jaron Vos, Pella

Plate of Grapes - Any Other Blue Variety

1) Jaron Vos, Pella

Plate of Grapes - Any Other Red Variety

1) Jaron Vos, Pella

2) Thomas McDermott, Des Moines

Plate of Grapes – Any Other White Variety

1) Bridget Pasker, Runnells

2) Jaron Vos, Pella

Plate of Grapes - Any Other Seedless Variety

1) Bridget Pasker, Runnells

Plate of Wine Grapes - Foch

1) Jaron Vos, Pella

Plate of Wine Grapes - Any Other Red Wine Variety

1) Jaron Vos, Pella

2) Bridget Pasker, Runnells

Plate of Wine Grapes - Edelweiss

1) Jaron Vos, Pella

2) Bridget Pasker, Runnells

Plate of Wine Grapes - Any Other White Wine Variety

1) Jaron Vos, Pella

Basket of Grapes

1) Jaron Vos, Pella

2) Mary Smith, Des Moines

3) Bridget Pasker, Runnells

Collection of Grapes

1) Jaron Vos, Pella

2) Bridget Pasker, Runnells

900 - Sweepstakes - Grapes

1) Jaron Vos, Pella

Overall Winner - Grapes

Jaron Vos, Pella

PLUMS

Damson

1) Mary Smith, Des Moines

Green Gage

1) Charles Hoehnle, Homestead

2) Barbara Hoehnle, Homestead

3) Mary Smith, Des Moines

Wild

1) Ginger Werner, Chelsea

2) Chuck Werner, Chelsea

3) Charles Hoehnle, Homestead

Any Other Variety

1) Charles Hoehnle, Homestead

2) Barbara Hoehnle, Homestead

SMALL FRUITS

Gooseberry

1) Rod Zeitler, Iowa City

2) Charles Hoehnle, Homestead

Aronia Berries

1) Jeffrey Bair, Marion

2) Charles Hoehnle, Homestead

Any Other Domestic or Wild

1) Chuck Werner, Chelsea

2) Ginger Werner, Chelsea

3) Mark Fincham, Ankeny