The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-09-24
FRUIT AND FLOWERS.
The Exhibition at City Hall.
SECOND DAY,


illogical Society is convincing the public ths
no state in this part of the Union can rails
better apples and pears than this same 'col
and sterile' Maine. The exhibition did nc
fairly open until yesterday. The doors wer
open the day before but the arrangements ha
| not been completed, the fruit had not all bee
put IN place, and the entries, even, were not a
made Yesterday the exhibition was complet
and never has the state seen finer one of it
kind.
The show is of such nature that it will 10
| do for the public to trust to the newspaper
for an adequate idea of it, however tull an,
| elaborate IL e description may be. Types ar
potent but in this case entirely fail to do jus
tice to what they attempt to describe. To cal
an apple Red Astrachan or Gravenstein ma,
convey some idea to the initiated few, bnt t,
the majority of people none at ALL We sug
| gest that if visitors could be allowed to tast,
the fruit as well as look upon, public apprecia
lion would be heightened to wonderful ex
tent. though doubtless the display would b.
fearfully depleted in short space of time.
OF course the visitor, like an epic poet When
he enters the hall, dives in medals res and finds
himself in the centre Of the hall, gazing upon
Mr. Joseph A. Dirwangers beautiful display
of plants and flowers. His display is made
upon large rectangular table surnounted by
pyramidal flower stand, both of which are
crowded with potplants of great diversity and
beauty. This collection embraces large num-
Der of species of ferns, geranums, bouvardias
and gardenias besides numerous other plants
less common, the names of which would prob
ably be no aid to most persons in comprehend
ing their appearance. On this table is also an
orange plant with fruit.
Around this centre table are tables arranged
as radii of circle.
Thomas Phillips, gardener to T. C. Hersev.
exhibits on one of them an elaborate collection
OF plants, among them a large number of ger
aniums, roses and fuchsias. Patrick Duffee,
gardiner to j. b. Brown, also exhibits a grand
collection OF plants and flowers, much the same
in general appearance as Mr. Dirwangers.
Above the stage is a rack with cut flowers of
almost infinite variety, one of the largest con-
trbutors being Mr.. c. f, Bryant of this city.
On nearly all the fruit tables also are bouquets
and floral designs. Miss Mary E, Bryant furn-
lshes several bouquets artistically arranged
One of the most unique and beautiful of the
table decorations is vegetable bouquet, dis
played by Mr.. Reuben Ruby. Miss Clara c,
Chase displays a very beautiful collection of
varegated English holly, which, attracts much
attention. Mrs. B. B. Farnsworth displays
several bouquets of everlasting. Mrs Chas
Stanley of Winthrop. exhibits several baskets
rvr Of rjal,l
seem to contain about every variety of that
flower, and bouquet of grasses, embracing 4S
different varieties.
On the stage Mrs. Thomas Shaw has a wire
stand covered with trailing vines and support
ing pot of delicate flowers.
Miss L. Andrews of Portland, exhibits a
splendid basket of wild flowers.
Mrs B. B. Farnsworth and Mrs. A. S. Saw
yer of Cape Elizabeth, exhibit baskets of pam
sizes containing numberless varieties, and Mr..
Philip Brown also makes fine display of
flowers
This part of the exhibition is exceedingly t.
tractive, and is a tribute to the skill of Port.
land florists, who furnish most of it.
vi course the display of fruit constitutes the
larger part of the exhibition, and it is the uni
versal remark that never has there been an ex-
hiDtion in Maine, where the display was so
elaborate and fnll as here. The visitor has to
all his moral fortitude to enable him
to obey the commandment, ''Thou shalt not
steal," as he wanders among the tables laden
with apples, pears, plums and grapes.
On the Cumberland table very large and
fine display of pears is made by Samuel Rolfe.
ESQ, no less than "a varieties. Mr.. H. P.
Storer exhibits-nine varieties of grapes Mr..
Philip Brown six varieties. E. N. Perry of
Cape Elizabeth has fine display of pears. On
this table. also, Mr.. J. Viekery exhibits some
beautiful zinnias, and Miss Harriet Radford a
tea rose. The table compares favorably with
any in the hail.
Mr.. L. q. Jersey exhibits some of the finest
specimens of grapes in the hall, many of them
OF the choicest varieties. Mr.. G. w. Wood
man makes an elaborate display of plums and
pears Mr.. Arthur S. Sawyer of Cape Eliza
beth, also displays some choice lunches of
grapes and Milton Dyer of the same town, dis
plays apples in profusion.
The Kennebec contributors make one of the
finest displays in the ball. Mr.. Joseph Taylor
of Belgrade, has five varieties of apples, the
Anterior brothers of Hallowell, fifty varieties,
Alfred Smith of Mon mouth, eight varieties of
pears and large number of apples.
On the Penobscot table, S. G, Harlow of
Bangor, has several varieties of crab apples,
some of them nearly as large as the ordinary
apple, also several varieties of apples among
them being the "White Gravenstein' which
is of very peculiar appearance and attracts con-
siderable attention. On this table Mr.. j, S.
Bedlow exhibits some fine specimens of Bonne
de Jersey pears, ard other varieties. Mr. j S.
Vlckery exhibits here dwarf aston and
varieties of dahlias.
DIR. j. G. Weston of Bangor, makes fine
display of foreign grapes, raised in cold
grapery.
Mr.. Edward Gould displays some fine D ums,
and L. j. Perkins some splendid punches of
Black Hamburg grapes.
Henry ingalls, of Wiscasset, exhibits four
teen varieties of grapes eight varieties of
plums and twenty-five varieties of apples.
Mr.. j. B. Coyle makes fine display of pears.
A dish of pinks furnished by Mrs. E. Phinney
of Deering, are greatly admired
Around the sides of the hall are tables laden
with vegetables. Here are wonderful pump
kins from the garden of G. W. Woodman, six
heads of cabbage, each enough for meal for
regiment contributed by Charles E. Gould,
some huge potatoes of Moses III. Hussey's
raising. G. w. Allen of Cape Elizabeth. ex-
hibits great yellow Danvers onions, Egyptian
peas, great beets, carrots, potatoes and pump.
kins. Messrs. I. q. Hersey, J. B. Brown of
this city, and A. S. Sawyer of Cape Elizabeth,
also display fine assortments of vegetables.
Kendall g. Whitney exhibit three enormous
mangel-worzel beets, ornamental gourds, a
trophy bunch Of tomatoes, two citrons whose
stocks have grown into one, and, in another
part of the hall, a case of gardeners imple-
ments.
We append the following entries, made yes
terday.
). Z. Harlow, Bangor, 10 entries embracing great
number of varieties of fruit for special premiums
such as Penobscot collection OF apples 20 varieties
apples single variety autumn apples, varieties do
do winter apples, collection crabapples single va
rlety OF winter apples, two dishes crab-apples; j. S.
Betl0w, Portland, fishes pears; Anterior Broth
ers, Hallowell, entries, embracing varieties win
Yer apples, ~ varieties apples 10 do, do fail apples
do winter apples single do fall, single do winter ap-
pes Henry ingalls,, Wlscasset, general exhibition
classes Mrs. b. b. Farnsworth, Portland, everlast-
hort EaCfT avtr