The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-10-10
York County Fair.

Tuesday was better day for Republican
victories than agricultural shows in Maine.
Wednesday, however, was a day delicious
enough to make up all the deficiencies of the
previous one There was large attendance
throughout the day The halls show an unusu.
ally large display of entries in the domestic
manufacture line and vegetables and fruit.
The largest and best display of vegetables,
probably, is that made by John f. Davis of
Biddeford His various lots occupy one entire
side of the room. He has on exhibition TWEEN
ty-two kinds of potatoes and seventeen kinds of
corn and these alone make quite show. He
also exhibits ten kinds of squashes, thrty-two
kinds of beans, three lots of monstrous beets two
lots of turnips three lots of huge cabbages, cit
ron melons, watermelons, carrots, parsnips,
onions, seed cucumbers, bell peppers, tomatoes,
and two lots of magnificent cranberries JAS
Conway of Bddetord, presents huge, bulky
squash, said to weigh 104 pounds. N. B. Os-
good of Biddeford, presents a 100 pound squash.
NJ. D., Kimball and John Edgecomb of Saco,
the former of whom offers four pumpkins, the
latter three huge ones. w. A. Roberts of
Biddeford, exhibits an excellent lot of cab
bages. Ivory E. Davis of Biddeford, exhibits a
bushel of very nice potatoes. Master George
w. Davis of Biddeford, shows the incest lot of
pop corn in the hall. John Hanson of Saco,
shows some very large and fine looking sweet
potatoes raised by him. Several of them
weigh nearly IL pounds each. Gilbert Berry
and M. M. Allen of Saco, each exhibit nice
looking cranberries, and James III. Davis shows
a plate of very large cranberries. e. II. Foss,
Biddeford, shows marrOwfat squash a year
old, and Just as sound as when first taken from
the garden. A veritable curiosity is shown by
Foxwell c. Bryant of Saco, in the shape of
squash vine, not very long, having attached
fifteen large squashes James Mahoney of
Saco, presents a neatly classified box of seeds,
A. L. Aver of Biddeford, exhibits some mon
strous carrots, and four lots of beans A. l..
ayers of Biddeford, was the largest collection
of apples. He shows thirty-two varieties of
that fruit, all fine looking specimens, which do
great credit to the exhibitor. The collection of
apples next in size was that of Elliott Feruald
of Saco. j. M. Allen of Saco, enters two bas-
kets of good looking peaches. HI. L. Strout of
North WATERFORD, and James NJ knights of
Parsonsfeld, geoC peaches. Ira c. Doe, of
Saco, shows three plates of nice locking apples
E. H. G. Hooper Of Biddeford, offers four bas-
kets of apples; Baldwins. Nonesuch r. l.
Greetings and Porters. Charles Twamblev of
ing three varieties of pears and grapes. Mark
Prime of Saco, offers basket of very large
pears. f. G.. Deering of Saco, shows nice
looking assortment of grapes; Hartford Prolific,
Clinton, Delaware and Isabella. John Murch
of Dayton, has on exhibition five baskets of
very fine grapes including the Hartford Pro-
life, Concord Isabella and Delaware varieties.
The trot for the society's purse of SIG, which
was to have come off on the societys grounds
yesterday afternoon, was postponed until this
forenoon at ten o'clock, on account of the heav-
mess of the track yer.-at.