Whitehouse Christmas Tree Farm in Lucas County won  Grand Champion  honors in the 2008 Ohio Christmas Tree  Association’s state contest that took place at the Ohio State Fair.  This year’s winning tree was a blue spruce.  The Reserve Champion was a Fraser Fir exhibited by Sugar Pines Farm in Geauga County.  Both growers will have the opportunity to represent Ohio in the 2009 National Christmas Tree competition. 

Other winners in the contest are listed below:   

Firs:

1st: Sugar Pines: Geauga County

2nd:  Walsh Christmas Tree Farm: Licking County

3rd: Whitehouse Christmas Tree Farm:  Lucas County

4th: Kaleidoscope Farms: Hancock County

5th:  Twinsberry Tree Farm: Wayne County

Pines:

1st: Whitehouse Christmas Tree Farm: Lucas County

2nd: Kaleidoscope Farms: Hancock County

3rd: Galehouse Tree Farm: Wayne County

Spruces:

1st: Whitehouse Chridstmas Tree Farm: Lucas County

2nd: Kaleidoscope Farms: Hancock County

3rd: Sugar Pines: Geauga County

4th: Galehouse Tree Farm: Wayne County

5th: Twinsberry Tree Farm: Wayne County

The trees in the competition were selected from trees submitted by growers from across the state of Ohio.  They were also judged by a panel of judges consisting of Ohio State University faculty, an extension agent as well as a Christmas Tree Grower.  The primary factors considered in the judging included shape, fullness, color and overall appearance. The trees were on display at the Ohio Christmas Tree Association booth for the duration of the  Ohio State Fair.  

Sugar Pines of Geauga County also won the People's Choice Award with his Frazier Fir.