Fruit Crops - Apples, Pears, Peaches and Plums

The best tree fruits from across the state received awards on August 11 at the 2022 Iowa State Fair.

Full results below:

FRUITS- SINGLE PLATE OF APPLES

Chieftain (W)

1) Ronald Eckoff, Cumming

Cortland (F)

1) South Mound Orchard, Sherrill

2) Bilden Orchard, Elgin

Delicious, Golden (W)

1) Bilden Orchard, Elgin

2) Lynne Pfantz, State Center

3) South Mound Orchard, Sherrill

Delicious, Golden (W)

1) Charles L. Hoehnle, Homestead

Delicious, Red (W)

1) Louis Beck, Buckingham

2) Bilden Orchard, Elgin

3) Lynne Pfantz, State Center

Delicious, Red (W)

1) Charles L. Hoehnle, Homestead

Gala (F)

1) Bilden Orchard, Elgin

Gala (F)

1) Ronald Eckoff, Cumming

Honeycrisp

1) Louis Beck, Buckingham

2) South Mound Orchard, Sherrill

3) Bilden Orchard, Elgin

Jonagold (W)

1) Louis Beck, Buckingham

2) Bilden Orchard, Elgin

Jonagold (W)

1) Brooklynn Sedlock, Indianola

2) Ronald Eckoff, Cumming

Jonathan (F)

1) Louis Beck, Buckingham

2) South Mound Orchard, Sherrill

Jonathan (F)

1) Brooklynn Sedlock, Indianola

McIntosh (F)

1) Bilden Orchard, Elgin

2) Louis Beck, Buckingham

3) South Mound Orchard, Sherrill

Any Other Summer

1) Louis Beck, Buckingham

2) Louis Beck, Buckingham

3) Louis Beck, Buckingham

Any Other Fall

1) South Mound Orchard, Sherrill

2) Louis Beck, Buckingham

3) Bilden Orchard, Elgin

Any Other Fall

1) Ronald Eckoff, Cumming

Any Other Winter

1) Louis Beck, Buckingham

2) South Mound Orchard, Sherrill

3) Kevin Greiman, Haverhill

Any Other Winter

2) Betsy Cranston, Deep River

Any Other

1) South Mound Orchard, Sherrill

2) South Mound Orchard, Sherrill

3) South Mound Orchard, Sherrill

Premium Fruit Award (Div 118, 120 & 123) - North

1) Louis Beck, Buckingham

Premium Fruit Award (Div 118, 120 & 123) - South

1) Ronald Eckoff, Cumming

Single Plate of Apples - Top Three Winners - North

1) Louis Beck, Buckingham

2) Bilden Orchard, Elgin

3) South Mound Orchard, Sherrill

Single Plate of Apples - Top Three Winners - South

1) Ronald Eckoff, Cumming

2) Ronald Eckoff, Cumming

3) Charles L. Hoehnle, Homestead

Single Plate of Apples - Overall Winner

1) Louis Beck, Buckingham

FRUITS- APPLE TRAY DISPLAY

Delicious, Red

1) Bilden Orchard, Elgin

2) Louis Beck, Buckingham

Delicious, Golden

1) Bilden Orchard, Elgin

2) Louis Beck, Buckingham

3) Kevin Greiman, Haverhill

Jonathan

1) Louis Beck, Buckingham

Any Other Green/Yellow Varieties

1) Louis Beck, Buckingham

Any Other Red Varieties

1) Bilden Orchard, Elgin

2) Susan Schultz, Haverhill

3) Louis Beck, Buckingham

Apple Tray Display - Overall Winner

1) Bilden Orchard, Elgin

FRUITS- APPLE COLLECTION

Summer Varieties

1) Louis Beck, Buckingham

Fall Varieties

1) Bilden Orchard, Elgin

2) South Mound Orchard, Sherrill

3) Louis Beck, Buckingham

Winter Varieties

1) Louis Beck, Buckingham

2) Bilden Orchard, Elgin

3) South Mound Orchard, Sherrill

FRUITS- APPLES IN COMMERCIAL CONTAINERS

Peck of Apples

1) Bilden Orchard, Elgin

2) Bilden Orchard, Elgin

FRUITS- JUMBO APPLE EXHIBIT

Jumbo Apple

1) South Mound Orchard, Sherrill

2) Bilden Orchard, Elgin

3) Lynne Pfantz, State Center

FRUITS- CRAB APPLES

Crab Apples

• South Mound Orchard, Sherrill

FRUITS- PEACHES

Any Variety, White Peach

1) Charles L. Hoehnle, Homestead

FRUITS- PEARS

Bartlett

1) South Mound Orchard, Sherrill

2) Ronald Eckoff, Cumming

3) Randy Campbell, Pleasant Hill

Bosc

1) Ronald Eckoff, Cumming

Kieffer

1) Ronald Eckoff, Cumming

2) Charles L. Hoehnle, Homestead

Any Other Red

1) Charles L. Hoehnle, Homestead

Any Other Green

1) South Mound Orchard, Sherrill

2) Kevin Greiman, Haverhill

3) Charles L. Hoehnle, Homestead

FRUITS- PLUMS

Damson

1) Mary P. Smith, Des Moines

Green Gage

1) Mary P. Smith, Des Moines

Wild

1) Chuck Werner, Chelsea

2) Ginger Werner, Chelsea

Any Other Variety

1) Mary P. Smith, Des Moines