THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Friday, July 7, 1995 TAG: 9507040104
SECTION: PORTSMOUTH CURRENTS PAGE: 02 EDITION: FINAL
LENGTH: Short : 36 lines
Attention gardeners!
The annual Currents Incredible Vegetable Contest has begun.
So think more than supper when you're out there harvesting that backyard garden.
Think produce, glory and fame. Think maybe even a $25 cash award.
Once again we're judging three categories.
The Most Humongous award will go to the gardener who brings in the most impressive giant vegetable. It could be a four-foot cucumber or a 20-pound cantaloupe. Or a tomato the size of a cantaloupe.
The Most Artistic award goes to nature's sculpture, those vegetables that just naturally grow into works of art. In the past, we've seen everything from celebrity's faces in eggplant to swan-like squash.
Then there's the category that defies description - the All-Round Most Bizarre - tomatoes that look like turtles, peppers that look like slippers. We're looking for the strange, the freakish, the vegetable you're almost afraid to put in the salad.
Bring your entries between 9 and 10 a.m. weekdays. The office is located in Suite 100, 307 County St.
We'll weigh, measure and photograph your entry, then let you take it home.
The deadline for entries is Aug. 23.
Cash awards of $25 will go to the winner in each category. The names of the top three gardeners in each category will run in our photo package at the end of the harvest. by CNB