Senior Fair Division

For 2026, all entries will once again be submitted online through FairEntry. (Instructions linked below!)
ALL entries are due September 13, 2026.
With the exception of junior livestock entries, all entries must remain on display until
​4:00 PM on Sunday, September 27th. 

Still Project Division:
Senior Agriculture
Senior Arts and Crafts
Senior Baking
Senior Canning
Senior Horticulture
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Senior Agriculture

(The number in parenthesis indicates the quantity needed to create one display of that item.)
Entry Fee: $2.00 per entry
Premiums: $4.00, $3.00, $2.00
Eggs:
  • Brown Eggs (1 dozen)
  • White Eggs (1 dozen)
  • Any other variety (1 dozen)
Hay:
  • Alfalfa Hay (50% or more)
  • Red Clover Hay
  • Mixed Hay
  • Straw
Grains:
  • Barley
  • Wheat
  • Soybeans
  • Oats
  • Buck Wheat
  • Spelt
  • Popcorn (5 ears)
  • Calico Corn (5 ears)
  • 3 best stalks of yellow orn
  • 3 best stalks of other corn
  • Shelled Corn (1 qt)
  • Yellow Corn (5 ears)

Senior Arts and Crafts

Entry Fee: $2.00 per entry
Premiums: $4.00, $3.00, $2.00
Best Dressed Artificial Goose:
  • Christmas
  • Easter
  • Halloween
  • Patriotic
  • Miscellaneous
Mixed Media:
  • Photography
  • Scrap-booking
  • Painted pumpkin
  • Best dressed scarecrow
Painting:
  • Oil
  • Watercolor
  • Pastel
  • Acrylic
  • Pencil
  • Charcoal
  • Ink
Wood and Steel Projects:
  • Wood projects
  • Steel projects
  • Blacksmithing projects 
Other:
  • Ceramics
  • Candles, hand-crafted
  • Upcycled
  • Any other variety
Needlework:
  • Aprons
  • Baby quilt
  • Polyester quilt
  • Quilted quilt
  • Rugs
  • Hand-weaving
  • Crochet, articles to wear
  • Crochet, articles to use
  • Crochet, baby articles
  • Embroidery
  • Cross-stitch
  • Knitting
  • Machine sewing
  • Afghans
  • Pillows
  • Tatting
  • Bags, hand or tote
  • Hobbies
  • handicraft
  • Wall hangings
  • Dolls
  • Other needlework

Senior Baking

Entry Fee: $2.00 per entry (Limit one (1) item per person.) 
Premiums: $4.00, $3,00, $2.00
NO items that require refrigeration – this includes cream pies. All baked items must be in disposable containers. All entries must be edible. Entries MUST be registered by 4:00pm so that judging and auction preparation may begin. Half of proceeds from the sale will go to the entrant and half to the Albany Fair Board General Fund. Items will not be on display, placings will be posted in the horticultural building, and ribbons will be distributed on Sunday with premiums.
Bread:
  • White
  • Whole Wheat
  • Pan rolls
  • Biscuits (7 per display)
  • Nut or Ginger
  • Cinnamon rolls (7 per display)
  • Muffins, all kinds (7 per display)
  • Other
Cakes:
  • Chocolate
  • White
  • Yellow
  • Angel Food
  • Spice
  • Best decorated cake
  • Best decorated cupcakes
  • Other
Candy:
  • Soft
  • Hard
Cookies (13 per display):
  • Chocolate Chip
  • Sugar
  • Peanut Butter
  • Oatmeal
  • Bar
  • No bakes
  • Brownies
  • Other
Pies:
  • 2-Crust fruit
  • 2-Crust other
  • 1-Crust pecan
  • 1-Crust other

Senior Canning

Entry Fee: $2.00 per entry
Premiums: $4.00, $3.00, $2.00
Canned Food:
  • Apple butter
  • Beans
  • Beets
  • Berries
  • Honey
  • Jams
  • Jellies
  • Juices
  • ​Peaches
  • ​Pickles
  • Relishes
  • ​Salsa
  • Sauces
  • Syrup
  • Tomatoes
  • Any other variety

Senior Horticulture

(The number in parenthesis indicates the number needed to create one display of that item.)
Entry Fee: $2.00 per entry
Premiums: $4.00, $3.00, $2.00
Fruit:
  • Apples (3)
  • Peaches (3)
  • Grapes (2 bunches)
  • Plums (6)
  • Pears (3)
  • Watermelon (1)
  • Muskmelon (1)
  • Pawpaws (3)
  • Freak fruit (1)
  • All other varieties
Potatoes:
  • Irish Cobbler (3)
  • Katahdin (3)
  • Pontiac (3)
  • Kennebeck (3)
  • Sweet potatoes (3)
  • All other varieties
Squash:
  • Hubbard (1)
  • Crooked neck (1)
  • Acorn (1)
  • Zucchini (1)
  • Butternut (1)
  • Small pumpkin (1)
  • Large pumpkin (1)
  • Pie pumpkin (1)
  • All other varieties
Largest Specimen:
  • Largest potato
  • Largest pumpkin
  • Largest watermelon
  • Largest apple
  • Largest tomato
  • Longest beet
  • Largest cucumber
  • Longest cucumber
  • Largest onion
  • Largest sweet potato
  • Largest turnip
  • Largest squash
  • Largest cantaloupe
  • Largest ear of corn
  • Longest bean
  • Largest cabbage
Other Vegetables:
  • Cucumbers (3)
  • Small tomatoes (3)
  • Large tomatoes (3)
  • Cherry tomatoes (3)
  • Cabbage (1 head)
  • Turnips (3)
  • Onions (3)
  • Carrots (3)
  • Beets (3)
  • Rhubarb (3)
  • Sweet corn (3)
  • Bell peppers (3)
  • Hot peppers (3)
  • Banana peppers (3)
  • Beans, 1 qt shelled, any variety
  • Beans, string or snap, any variety (10)
  • Peas, 1 qt shelled, any variety
  • Peas in pod (10)
  • Leaf lettuce (1 bunch)
  • Spinach (1 bunch)
  • Freak vegetables (1)
Cut Flowers:
  • Asters
  • Gladiolus, 3 spikes, no foliage
  • Snapdragons
  • Salvias
  • Zinnias, 6 blooms
  • Dahlias, 3 spikes, one color
  • Roses
  • Nasturtiums
  • Calendulas
  • Any other single variety
  • Best mixed flower arrangement
Potted Plants:
  • Geranium
  • Fuchsia
  • Begonia
  • Fern
  • Coleus
  • Hanging basket
  • African violet
  • Any other variety