The Portland daily press., 1874-09-26


Best cahbages, six heads, Gould .......... 2 90
Best table beets 25 specimens, Sawyer. l 90
Best table carrots do, Patrick Dutfee, gardener
post 90 TO 1o,, broWn l 90
Best celery. six roots, vickery. .......... 90
| Best peppers. P H Brown ............ 1 90
Best peck onions, W Allen. ................ / 90
Best tomatoes, Is specimens, G Pope......... 90
Best pumpkins, specimens. W Alien. 90
Bestslargest pumpkin. w Woodman. ......3 1 OU
Best sweet corn, IL ears A S Sawyer. ....... 90
| Same, collection potatoes, not less than one peck
each variety, NJ H Hussey. .............. 3 90
Warren for Marblehead squash.
CORRECTIONS.
In the report of the committee on grapes all pre-
NUNS for grapes grown in the open air are stricken
ous BECAUSE tne eAniouon IN that department. was
50 far below the societys standard that it was not
deemed advisable to award them.
B Sawyer not Sawyer, received the gratuity
for red Chasselas grapes.
THE FRUIT SUPPER
One OF the most pleasant episodes of the ex-
hibition was the fruit supper rendered by the
members of the Portland Horticultural Sociecy
to the members of the Maine Pathological So.
ciety. The tables were set in Reception Hall
and were loaded with the choicest fruits. gen.
erously contributed by the owners of all the
best gardens in town, and adorned by profus-
ion of the finest flowers and plants cultivated
IN the city. AT half past eight the Portland
society and their guests took seats about the
tables. L. =. Hersey, Esq, President of the
Portland Society, called upon Hon. George I.
Davis to preside. Grace was said by Mr..
Adams of Pennington, after which Mr.. Davis
invited those about the tables to partake of the
fruit before them. A half hour nearly was
devoted to this part of the programme Mr..
aEiv f1,a,, ! I
collected towards the part of the hall where he
stood, to listen to one of the most eloquent, in
structive and genial speeches it was ever our
privilege to listen to. Mr. Davis noted the
| growth of fruit culture in Massachusetts, and
Maine. saying that il 1872 the Massachusetts,
horticultural Society's catalogue embraced but
four varieties of pears. Mr. Davis then pro-
ceeded to speak of the influence of the culture
OF fruit aud flowers upon those who engage in
it. at the conclusion of his remarks, Mr..
Davis was warmly applauded
u. A. Gilbert, Esq, of Turner, President of
the State Society, was next called upon. He is
fine specimen of a Maine farmer and his re-
marks were devoted principally to the growth
of apple culture in the state. He closed by
warmly thanking the Portland Society and
Portland gentlemen for their generosity and
courtesy to the Society he represented.
Z. q. Hersey, Esq, noted the growth of fruit
and flower culture in Portland. In 1859, he
said, there was but two graperies end two
greenhouses in the city. Now there were scores.
He thought 9hat the tide was again setting to-
wards the farms in Maine. Young men from
the country left the farms for the city, but
now city young men are going to Maine farms
He could name ten Portland ysung men who
had taken farms in Maine within a year or two
He thought the state shonld be more liberal to-
| wards agricultural socsetes.
Hon. W. w. Thomas, Jr was called upon
| by Mr.. Hersey. After few humorous re-
marks respecting his knowledge of agriculture,
MIR. Thomas proceeded to notice tho varied re-
sources of Maine, and closed his interesting re-
marks by urging upon Maine people the duty
of honestly standing up for the good old state.
DR.. j. G. Weston of Bangor said that what
ever reputation he had obtained as fruit cul.
turist was due to the spirit awakened in the
subject by the Portland Horticultural Society
years ago, when he practiced medicine in this
| city.
| Hon, George F. Talbot was next called on.
He said he always had had "a taste for horticul-
ture and fruit culture, but had never had op-
portunity to crafty it, HeIhoped, however
that some time in the future, in the world be.
| yond, those forbidden to crafty such pure in
| clinatons in his life would have broad acres
ample leisure. Mr. Talbot noted the fact that de-
| spite our short summer, we had before us per-
feet fruits and flowers, more perfect than can
be found in more propitious climate. He then
fell back upon the apple as the base of al
fruits. Early in the history of our race he felt
that the apple got bad name, but retained it's
reputation when ripe one fell and discovered
| must have been green one. -
| Further remarks were made By George 3
Sawyer, Esq, of Wiscasset, Secretary of the
State Society; Hon. John Lynch, Hon. G. w.
Woodman, Henry Mclaughlin, ESQ.,, of Ban
gor and John Neal ESQ.,
On motion OF Mr.. Hersey, the thanks of the
Portland Society was rendered to the Name
Pathological Society for conferng upon our cit
liens the benefit of the exhibition.
Among the gentlemen present were ex-May-
ors Thomas, Stevens and Kingsbury, H. b. M.
Consul Murray, Judge Goddard, Gen. An1er-
son, Messrs. FL. p. Sterer, z. H Brown, c. P,
kimball, Daniel Emery, II. N. Jose, G. w.
True, c. E. Jose, John Porteous, j. S. Bedlow,
H. I. Robinson, III. w. Hersey, A. X. Shurt-
left, E. Ell. Elwell, J. G. Proctor S. B. Beck
EFT, and many others.
1t was nearly eleven o'clock when the part
| broke up.