The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1879-12-31

canneu anu Dran0leO IrulCS, pickles,
ETC., the arrangement and display of
which was superintended by her
beautiful and charming daughter,
Miss Susie Scott. And we must say
that Gncluding the young LADY, it was
the most attractive collection in the
whole department. We regret hat
space forbi.'s our mah no more def.
mite mention of all the various arti.
cles.
The display of Mrs. T. J. Young,
OF Thomasville, Ga, embraced 116
different varieties. This, she says,
did not do her justice, as some things
intended for exhibition were broken
en- route, while others were left at
home, being troublesome to tran.
port. Several articles of hers, also,
deserve separate mention, among the
number watermelon-riud basket,
preserved entire and illed with pre-.
serves of the same kind. Around
the outside of this basket and across
the handle is carved in representa-
ton of grape vine. The vine and
leaves are rendered quite plainly dis.
cernable by a portion of the green
rind being left on the raised surface
representing them. She had includ-
ed in her collection a full line of
canned fruits and vegetables, a
splendid fruit cake and seven kinds
of wine. She was recently awarded
a 500 premium at the Albany, (Ga.)
Fair.
Mrs. P. b. Brokaw, of Tallahassee,
had on exhibition 81 varieties of
preserves, pickles, jellies, spiced
fruits, ketchups, orange marmalades,
etc. The oranges from which the
marmalaGe was made were grown by
her, and the vinegar, vegetables and
fruits used in making the pickles, ETC.,
were all OF home making and raising.
The display by Miss Bette Brad.
feeez5. fez5 'vs.s n sestens
indeed excellent. Among hers was
jar of watermelon-rind preserves,
having each separate piece carved in
representation of a bird, fish, leaf, or
other figure, and, like the vine Just
mentioned, each being made plain
and distinct by having lett upon the
raised surface, representing their out
lines, portion of the green rind, this
contrasting strongly with the trans
parent mass. M
Miss Mary Lewis also displayed
quite a nice collection of such arti.
cles.
The other displays under this head
were limited to one or two or a few
articles to each individual exhibitor.
but all were very creditable. Sew.
eral loaves of light bread and other
articles in this department were ell
tered by colored women for prizes,
against their fairer competitors. That
division OF the building, devoted to
the displays in this department, pre-.
sented pleasing, artistic and inter-
esting spectacle.
The display of fruits was very fine
and much more extensive than had
been expected. The people of Leon
were as much pleased as surprised at
the exhibit from their county, which
went far ahead OF any other in the
department. }
MIR. Caraway Smith, of Madison
county, exhibited 200 fine oranges
and lot of pecan-nuts of extra quail
ity also, a cluster o: ten oranges, of
usual size, so compactly grown on
the tip end OF twig as to form a
solid sphere.
A huge citron, weighing over six
pounds, grown at Orange Bluff, Vo-
lusia county, by Benjamin Falina,
was forwarded by J. G. Gibbs, to
Colonel f. b. Papy for exhibition.
and received considerable notice.
Mr.. J. M. Aud had on exhibition
specimens of Orange county fruits.
some of which were contributed bv
Hon. Walter Gwynn from his place
on Lake Jessup. In the collection
we noticed the Maltese orange: the
Tangerine, small orange somewhat
flattened or biscuit-shaped, of very
deep color and delicate flavor; the
Mandarin, like the Tangerine but
lighter in color; the egg orange, de.
irving the name from its shape, and
the other more common varieties.
Also lemons, both sweet and sour
the former varying in color from