The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1871-10-05
RILEY COUNTY FAIR.
To the Editor Of the Times.

10 me EdaT OF he Tunes:
MANHATTAN, Ks, Sept. 2S. 1871.
Our Blue and Kansas Valley Fair was, a.
anticipated, very largely attended-probably
1000 to 5000 being present.
The show Of cattle was very large and fine,
and many excellent horses were on the
ground; but these Kansas can show 10 adj
vantage in any county of three or four wears
growth.
What is of first importance to us now, as
State, it seems to me, is to make show of
fruits and vegetables that will speak in no
common terms to strangers. Those who saw
Mr.. Welcome Wells twenty eight varieties
of splendid apples must have been convinced
beyond a doubt, that Kansas can raise good
apples; and then the large cling and free
stone seeding peaches, 1.-THE largest of which
measure ten and half inches brought in by
Judge J. Emmons, and those equally as fine
grown by Mr.. Persons, Mr.. l. T. Goodnow,
and Mr.. st. John, with the eleven varieties
of remarkably fine grapes grown by Judge
J. w. Blain, lift the question of fruit growing
in Kansas out of dispute. A few fine pears
were shown by Mr.. Persons, as we'll as fifteen
varieties OF fine apples. Thos Hair also
exhibited about twenty varieties of choice
apples.
Among the apples are the Wine SAP.
Jonathan, Ben Davis, Kawl's Jennett, Eng.
lish Golden Sweet, Domino, Rambo, Willow
Twig, Rome Beauty, Wagner, Tolman's
Sweeting, Red Astrican, lin jars), Gram.
mer's Pearmain, Ridge Pippin, Pecks
Pleasant, Baldwin, Bellffower. Rhode Island
and greening; and Judge Blair's grapes were
the Concord, Catawba, Diana, Agawan,
Merimac, Delaware, BlOod's Red, Saluda,
Isabella, Mary Ann and Perkins. All OF
the kinds Of fruit mentioned were grown, we
believe, in Riley and Pottawatomie Counties.
Mr.. Horace Ecles had on display samples
Of his TappahannOc wheat, which weighs
over sixty-hve pounds to the bushel, and
carried away the frs, premium at the State
Fair
Some monster beets, weighing about 20
pounds each, were on the table, and pump
kin Of 100 pounds. President Denison, of
the College, had some onions of large size,
grown from the seed, one of which measured
nearly IA inches in circumference. The
monster sweet potatoes (Brazilian) grown BY
Abner Allen asd Rolin Moses, one of which.
weighed eight pounds and two ounces, caused |
many remarks. Mr.. Allen had one sweet
potatoe of tuo years gro,rth, as a curiosity. A
pair Of squashes, grown on the same vine,
twins in size and appearance, and weighing
50 to 20 pounds each, as estimated, were |
quite an attraction.
Clay county furnished some remarkable
sod corn, grown in a field OF thirty or forty
acres, all of which was large and fine. One
ear measured l3 inches in length, and had
|, 04O kernels. The corn was planted with q
'od corn planter, and no particular cultiva-
ion had favored it,
In the departments Of domestic manuiac-
ure, of needle work, crochet work, drawing,
.tc., there was, in eases, a very large display
md many choice articles; but it would be a
rearisOme task to attempt particulars.
Everything seemed to pass of smoothly
md pleasantly, and the occasion was one Of
General eDjoyment-such As the thousands
will be glad to experience again.
The POttawatOmie County Fair occurs at
1. George, the 10th and 1lth of October.
II. 2.