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WE ARE HERE IN THE AGRICULTURE BUILDING WHERE ALL OF THE FRUIT
AND VEGETABLE CROPS ARE JUDGED. AND WITH THIS YEAR'S EXTREME
WEATHER CONDITIONS, THAT WARM SPRING, A LATE FROST, HOT AND
DRY SUMMER, JUDGES WEREN'T SURE WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO SEE HERE
THIS YEAR, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN PLEASANTLY SURPRISED, ESPECIALLY
OVER HERE ON THE VEGETABLE SIDE WITH LOTS OF HAPPY, HEAT-LOVING
TOMATOES. ยง
I'M HERE WITH RHONDA MAGNUSSON WHO IS THE SUPERINTENDENT OF
AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL CROPS HERE AT THE IOWA STATE
FAIR. RHONDA, WE'RE STANDING IN FRONT
OF THE APPLE TABLES THIS YEAR. I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT NORMALLY
THESE APPLE TABLES ARE OVERFLOWING, THERE'S NO ROOM TO
SET THE PLATES. THERE'S PLENTY OF ROOM THIS
YEAR. YES, THERE ARE.
WE DIVIDE STATE INTO TWO DISTRICTS, NORTH AND SOUTH, AND
ALL OF OUR APPLES THIS YEAR ARE FROM THE NORTHERN PART OF THE
STATE. WE DON'T HAVE ANY APPLES FROM
THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE STATE. THE FROST GOT THEM ALL.
SO WE WERE HAPPY TO HAVE WHAT WE HAVE BECAUSE WE THOUGHT MAYBE
WE'D HAVE ZERO. WHEN YOU LOOK AT ALL THE OTHER
CROPS, THE GRAPES LOOKED GREAT. DOES IT SEEM LIKE A GOOD YEAR
FOR GRAPES? THE GRAPE PEOPLE SAY IT WASN'T
BUT I WAS SURPRISED HOW MANY WE HAVE, SO I THINK IT WAS A PRETTY
GOOD YEAR. MAYBE THE QUALITY ISN'T QUITE AS
GOOD, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF GRAPES.
OVER ON THE HORTICULTURAL SIDE, HOW DO THE VEGETABLES LOOK?
I CAN'T BELIEVE IT. THE BIGGEST SHOW IN SEVERAL
YEARS, AND THE VEGETABLES LOOK VERY GOOD.
I WAS JUST SURPRISED. WHY DO YOU THINK THAT IS?
IT WAS A GOOD YEAR FOR TOMATOES AND THERE'S HUNDREDS OF TOMATOES
OVER THERE, BECAUSE TOMATOES LIKE DRY WEATHER.
IT'S A GOOD ONION YEAR BUT I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE PROBABLY
WATERED. AND THE TOMATOES LOVE THE HEAT.
OH, DON'T THEY! THEY REALLY DO.
RHONDA THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME.