The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1869-01-01
FAIR REPORTS.
FRUIT AND FLOWERS.

The committee TO whom was conhded
the award Of premiums offered by the So
ciety for the best exhibits Of Fruit and
Flowers, at the Fair In City Hall, B:dde-
ford, Oct. 1868, have attended 10 the duty
assigned them, and submit the following
report:
ydpplss. First on the list was the pre-.
MUM Of $500 for the best grown and
greatest variety Of apples. Lot No. ll
was dish Of apples consisting OF "l8
kinds" No. l42 q bushel Of "Black Ap:
ples." No. l43 bushel Of "Pound
Sweets" No. IA = bushel Of "Fall
Grecnlngs" and Ne. l62 dish variety
all exhibited by Mr.. Elliot Fernald Of
Saco. The committee found this lot TO be
the greatest In variety, and ~ . whole,
rather better grown than any other ex-
hiblted. and they award Mr.. Fernald tho
first premium OF $500.
The second premium Of 500, the com.
mittee award to Mr.. Amasa Aver Of
Blddeford. who exhibited No. E7-a
bushei Of finely favored and grown ''Bsld-
WINS" No. 378 bushel OF "Sweet
Boughs" aud No. $40, n peck Of Hub
bardston, all ot which were above tho
average In growth aud quality. The third
premium Of 62.00 Is awarded to Foxwell
c. Cults Of Saco for No. 800 bushel OF
"Nod Heads" splcndldly grown and OF
fine flavor. No. $40, n bushel OF "BAld.
wins" and No. 81 u half bushel OF "White
Baldwins." For the best dish Of apples,
not less than II specimens. The commit
tee awards the first premium Of Sl.O0 to
Mr.. S. II. Eaton, and the second premium
TO Col. Charles Twambley Of Saco, for
the best bushc. Of Autumn apples. No.
32s, n bushcl Of "Nod Heads" entitled
Mr.. John Coffin Of Biddeford to the first
premium of el.00 which the committee
awards. The second premium Of 10 cts.
Is awarded to Foxwell G. Cults for
bushel Of ''Nod Heads" No. 800. The
third premium Of 80 cts. Is awarded to
Elliot fernald for bushel Of "Porters,"
For the best bushel Of winter apples.
the committee found that bushel OF
'Baldwins" No. 4I?, exhibited by Mr..
John Hanscom Of Saco, entitled him to
the first premium Of 81 90 which Is award
ed. The second premium OF % cts. Is
awarded to Mr.. A. Aver Of Blddeford for
u bushcl Of "Baldwins," and the third
premium Of 30 cts. Is awarded to Elliot
Fernald for q bushel Of "Black apples"
Pears. For the best grown and great
est variety Of pears, your committee
thought No IL, o dish Of Louise Bon DC
Jerseys" No. AZ, q dish Of "Bunams,'
and No. 43 q dish the "Vicar Of wake
field" constituted the greatest In variety
and the best grown. and entitled MT.
Chas. Twambly Of Saco, to the hrst prem
ium Of $500, which your committee
awards him.
The second premium Of "Fllnt's Pear
Culture" Is awarded to Mr.. Nahum Getch-
ell for q dish OF pears, No. 320. OF the
"Duchess dc Angelonne," and dish, No.
327, the "Vlcar OF Wakefield.
For the best dish Of pears, the first prem
lum Is awarded 20 Chas. Twambly OF Sa.
co, and the second ~ Nahum GetcheH of
Saco.
Craps. For tho best grown and great
est variety Of native grapes, raised In the
open air, No. 36l, dish Of the "Hart-
ford Prolific" No. 302, OF the same, Nos.
303 and 30i, dishes of the Isabella" and
No. 305, dish Of the concord" !" In the
Judgment Of your committee, entitle tho
exhibitor, Mr.. John 8. Murch, OF Dayton,
to the soclety's premium OF "Allen on the
Culture Of the Grape" and the same Is
awarded.
For the best dish OF native grapes, the
first premium Of 81 90 Is awarded to Cap
tain Owen d. Chadbourne Of Saco, for q
dish OF "Dclawares;" and the second
premium OF 80 cents. Is awarded TO Mr..
Charles Twambly Of Saco, for dish Of
"Dclawares."
For the best dish Of foreign grapes, No.
10, q dish Of "white Cheselas," entities
Mr.. Charles y. Webster Of Kenncbunk to
the first premium OF "Charlton's Grape
Growers Guide" which the committee
award him. No other specimens Of for
elgn grape were exhibited.
No. $50, lot OF grapes grown In the
open air, by Mr.. Freeman II. Decring, en-
title him to n premium, but the committee
having exhausted the premiums offered
by the society. arc not authorized to award
Mr.. Decring more than this notice.
Flopsrs. For the best collection Of
flowers, your committee award TO Miss l.
l.. Owen, Of Saco, the society's premium
Of a "Book on Horticulture"
To Mrs. Sarah Bickford, for boquet No.
2Sl, a premium Of el0O.
TO Miss I. L. Owen, boquet No. li6,
premium Of el.0O
10 s. l.. Goodale, for q variety OF boz
quets, a premium OF el.00. The exhbi-
ton Of flowers was meagre.
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