Apple Evaluation Career Development Event - Handbook - Washington FFA Association

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 Apple Evaluation
Career Development Event
     Handbook
       2017-2021

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Purpose
The purpose of the Washington FFA Apple Evaluation Career Development Event is intended to support instructing
students to better understand and appreciate the various grades and varieties of apples and pears. The event
entails apple grading, identification of varieties and blemishes, tray grading, entomology and fruit maturity.

Objectives
The Apple Evaluation Career Development Event provides the opportunity for the participant to:
    •    Be competent consumers and employees of the tree fruit industry;
    •    Demonstrates skills in determining apple grades;
    •    Identify pear and apple varieties;
    •    Identify blemishes on apples and pears;
    •    Evaluate classes of trays of apples according to Washington State standards;
    •    Perform Pressure Test;
    •    Establish harvest date from bloom date;
    •    Identify insects;
    •    Demonstrate knowledge of pesticide related issues.

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Event Rules
**If there are any questions or issues, the State FFA Advisor will make the final decision.**
•   The team will be composed of four or five members. Team ranking is determined by combining the scores of
    the top four students from each team.
•   The four members of the winning team are ineligible to compete in future State Apple Career Development
    Events.
•   It is highly recommended that participants wear FFA Official Dress for this event.

•   Any participant in possession of an electronic device in the event area is subject to disqualification.

Event Format
The event will be composed of five parts. The CDE Coordinator is responsible for securing competent judges and
overall organization and operation of the event. The CDE Coordinator should select competent judges. Industry
professionals should be used whenever possible to official the CDE. Washington State Department of Agriculture
inspectors are preferred. Other event personnel may include runners, tabulators, group leaders, and timekeepers.

The students will be responsible for judging at eleven stations. The nine stations are apple grading, identification of
varieties, sizing, fruit maturity, insect identification, blemish identification, private pesticide applicator and tray
judging. Student will rotate from station to station on the notice of the timekeeper.

APPLE GRADING (25 POINTS)
Members will evaluate 25 each of the following varieties: Red Delicious and Golden Delicious. Apples selected by
judges should not be liners, but should definitely be in one of the grades, or culls, according to Washington
Standards for Apples, minimum grade. (Puncture, stem pulls, and bruises will not count because of handling.)

VARIETY IDENTIFICATION (50 POINTS)
Each specimen shall be characteristic of its variety and there shall be 25 apples or pears selected from the
following varieties: Red Delicious, Pink Lady, Golden Delicious, Bartlett, Anjou, Bosc, Winter Banana, Gala,
Jonagold, Fuji, Braeburn, Granny Smith and Honeycrisp.

BLEMISH IDENTIFICATION (50 points)
50 apples split into two classes showing any of the following blemishes (bruises are not to be identified because of
the many handlings): San Jose Scale, bitter pit, growth crack, chewing injury, limb rub, Lygus injury, Codling, Moth
injury, sunburn, and indenture (drought spot, hail mark, or thinning injury), stink bug injury and Pandemis injury.
Each specimen will have no more than one blemish to be identified.

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TRAY JUDGING & FRUIT SIZING (50 points)

There shall be two classes of four trays each. One class shall consist of Red Delicious apples and one class of
another variety of apples (preferably Golden Delicious).

ENTOMOLOGY IDENTIFICATION (20 POINTS)
Students will identify the following insects:

    •    Codling Moth, Red Mite, San Jose Scale, Woolly Apple Aphid, Cut Worm, Lygus Bug, Honey Bee, Predator
         Mite, Tentiform leafminer, Green Lace Wing, Lady Bug, Pandemis Leafroller, Rosey Apple Aphid, Apple
         Maggot, Oblique Banded Leaf Roller, Stink Bug, White Apple Leafhopper, Grape Mealybug, Green Apple
         Aphid, Western Thrip, Cherry Fruit Fly, Two-Spotted Spider Mite, Earwig, McDaniel Spider Mite,
         Oystershell Scale, Pear Psylla, Shot Hole Borer, and Spotted Wing Drosophia.

FRUIT MATURITY (30 points)

There shall be two classes related to fruit maturity. One class shall consist of students correctly testing an apple

with a Penetrometer (15 points total) and one class determining the harvest dates full bloom (15 points total). The

day following bloom date will be considered as the first growing day. See the official score card for the rubric.

    •    Golden Delicious      143 days
    •    Red Delicious         147 days
    •    Fuji                  165 day

PRIVATE PESTICIDE APPLICATOR EXAM (25 points)
A 25-question multiple choice test. All questions will come from the most current Private Applicator Pesticide
Education Manual (WSU Cooperative Extension publication #MISC0126).
    •    Odd years the questions will come from the questions at the end of the sections titled: Federal and
         Washington Pesticide Laws, The Pesticide Label, & Pesticide Hazards and Health.
    •    Even years the questions will come from the questions at the end of the sections titled: Using Pesticides
         Safely, Pesticides and the Environment, and Management of Insects and Mites.

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Scoring
          Activities           Individual Points          Team Points

  Apple Grading                25                  100

  Variety Identification       50                  200

  Blemish Identification       50                  200

  Tray Judging/Fruit Sizing    50                  200

  Enotomology ID               20                  80

  Fruit Maturity               30                  120

  Private Pesticide App        25                  100

  Total Points                 250                 1000

TIEBREAKERS

INDIVIDUAL

   This was not identified in the previous handbook so refer to State CDE Rules and Guidelines.

TEAM

   This was not identified in the previous handbook so refer to State CDE Rules and Guidelines.

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Awards
Awards will be presented to individuals and/or teams based upon their rankings.

References
This list of references is not intended to be all inclusive.

Other sources may be utilized, and teachers are encouraged to make use of the very best instructional materials
available. Make sure to use discretion when selecting website references by only using reputable, proven sites. The
following list contains references that may prove helpful during event preparation. The most current edition of
resources will be used:

    •    Washington State Standards for Apples, Washington State Department of Agriculture.

    •    Private Applicator Pesticide Education Manual, Cooperative Extension publication # MISC0126.

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Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources Content Standards
The cross-walking for this event has not been identified at this time.

                                                       ©Washington FFA Apple Evaluation Career Development Event Handbook, revised December 2017

                                                                                                              WA FFA adjustments (AVD), Dec 2017