“GROWING” COMPETITION.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18959, 4 January 1930, Page 18 (Supplement)

“GROWING” COMPETITION.

OPEN TO ALL CHILDREN. The Rules are;— (1) Growing the vegetables must be the sole work of the children, the only help allowed being in the holidays, if away from home. (2) Judges have the right to visit the gardens of finalists. (3) There are four separate competitions, one in March, and the others in the three winter months. Each entry must consist of a vegetable accompanied by an essay. An article will appear the first Saturday of the month’s competition in the “ Star,” in order to give the child the material for his essay. (4) Prizes are the same for both classes in each monthly competition, as well as the special prize of the final. There will be 10s for most points scored when vegetable and essay are added together. There are three second prizes, 4s for the best illustrated essay, is for ths best essay, and 4s for the best vegetable. (5) Special Prizes of £2 and £1 respectively for the highest aggregate marks of the four monthly competitions, together with the marks of the special essay. (6) Schools who send in more than twenty-five exhibits will have an additional school* prize awarded for the best vegetable, 5s for the junior class and 5s for the senior, in each of the four monthly competitions. Amongst those already qualified on paper for this are:—Akaroa, Addington, Christchurch East and West, Elmwood, Fendalton, Linwood and Linwood Avenue, Normal, Victoria, Somerfield, St Mark’s, Waltham and Woolston Schools. There are two classes:— JUNIOR —Under eleven years. SENIOR—Under sixteen years. Girl Guides and Browmies will be offered a special prize if sufficient entries are received from them for the highest aggregate of marks with essay in the final. Their District Commissioner, Miss Bromley Cocks, would be glad to see a good entry as she would like them to qualify for their gardening badges at the same time. Boy Scouts .and Cubs will be offered a special prize, too, if sufficient entries are received, for the final. Their District Commissioner, Major Furby, would like to see them qualify at the same time for their badges. Judge of vegetables: Mr James Young. Judges of essays: Mrs Wilding and Miss Ada Julius. FOUR VEGETABLES ONLY MAY BE ENTERED. Tomato or pumpkin must be sent in at the end of March. Lettuce must be shown in one of the winter competitions, and two other vegetables to be chosen out of the following list:—Broccoli, cabbage, celery, leeks and New Zealand spinach. The junior class has a bigger choice, as they may enter radish or mustard and cress. Tomatoes or pumpkins, celery and leeks must all be planted out by now. The seeds of cabbage and broccoli should be coming up in the seed bed, and be sure not to let them become overcrowded. Lettuce and N.Z. spinach seed must not be sown just yet for the winter competitions, nor radish and mustard and cress. Due notice will be given of the correct time for planting them.