Photo: #What are they judging? Click the photo to reveal the answer.
Photo: #ANSWER: TOMATILLOES - Tomatilloes are just one of the many vegetables judged at the Horticulture Building at the Minnesota State Fair each year.
Photo: #The tomatilloes are just one of hundreds of vegetables Mary Conroy has judged in her 15 years as a State Fair vegetable judge.
Photo: #Judges look for mature tomatilloes that are trimmed well and show no signs of damage or disease.
Photo: #Vegetable judge Mary Conroy readies her measuring caliper before judging some tomatilloes at the Minnesota State Fair.
Photo: #Another trait of a good tomatillo entry is the trimming. Judges want well-trimmed, but not ragged leaves.

What are they judging?

Day six: What are they judging?


For some, the Minnesota State Fair is all about competition. Every weekday during the fair, All Things Considered is asking: "What are they judging?"

Read or listen to the judge describing what they look for in a winner, and then try and guess what it is. Click on the picture to the right to reveal what they're judging.

What today's judge is looking for:

- Uniformity of size

- No physical damage or disease

- Maturity and color

- Clean, but not scrubbed

- Not over trimmed

- Not ragged

- Good color

What are they judging?

(MPR producers Sam Choo and Sarah Boden contributed to this project.)

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