Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-10-08
Alfred Joslyn, Waitsfield. has large

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glish crimson, scarlet, and orange beets, |
Egyptian beet, English mangold beet and
Lanes improved sugar beet, l dozen |
cabbage. pumpkins, peck white Lincoln |
turnips, quarts yellow eyed horticultural
and white pea beans, making a very cred |
liable display.
Il. w. Clark shows peck of turnips
E. Edwards, Berlin, peck of snowflakes
and Brooks Seeding; e. S. Richmond 3
fine Hubbard squashes.
w. l. Simons, Roxbury, had some good
potatoes and carrots, but as we could find
no tag can not 90 into particulars.
w. III. Simons shows early rose pota
toes; A. w. Ferry, Braintree, peck of
large and smooth carly rose and snow
flakes and j. Avery variety called the
Varum potato.
Ii. N. Scott, Braintree, some large and
nice looking early rose potatoes rs we
noticed.
Geo. Crane, Williamstown, shows carly
Ohio, prolific and snowflakes; d. A.
Farnham peck of Ben Davis potatoes;
VIM. M. Smith Brooks Seeding: j. A.
Rice, Brookfeld, snowflake potatoes.
II. d. Abbott. Williamstown, has sew
eral large pumpkins.
Willie d. Abbott, Williamstown, enters
samples of potatoes for boys premium
and shows that old mother earth will yield
just as bountifully and of as good quality
TO boy of his size as to those of larger
growth.
John Hopkins shows shorthorn and
very large stock beets; A. S. Cross va
rieties potatoes, also sample OF good
oats; d. A. Farnham. early rose and
snowilakes.
John Mudgett. Brookfield, shows pro-
| lifics, Jackson whites, early rose, white
Brooks Seeding and suowhakes, also
peck of barley and of lost nation wheat.
Dan. Guild shows early Ohio, Brooks
Seeding, early Vermont, snowflakes and
the Stephens potato.
| C. Peck, Brookfeld, shows 6 cow-horn
turuips.
II. Backus shows bushel turnips and
II varieties potatoes.
w. Ii. Holden shows stock and table
beets and Swedish turnips.
| w. !. Simons, RoXbury, white Russian
wheat and Chas Z. Morse, Williamstown,
trace of onions.
C. b. Fisk, Brookfeld. has so varieties
grain and seed, all fresh looking and first
class.
Geo. c. Williams has 25 varieties of
beans arranged in large auger holes in n
common board, making good display.
| w. C. Clark, Brooktield, r. w. Clark
and d. A. Farnham, Northfeld, show ex-
celIcnt specimens of lost nation wheat.
Freeman Thresher shows good timothy
seed.
II. p. Abbott, Brooklield, against whose
name we run in about every department
shows citrons, black pumpkins, peck
snowilakes and some Hubbard squashes.
Il. A Eldridgc, Warren, prolific pota-
toes; Marvin Derby shorthorn carrots and
Chas. +. Webster, Williamstown, II table
beets, quarts beans and shorthorn car
rots f. Blanchard, Brookfeld, summer
squash; Lester Crane II early carrots and
5 negro or Nantucket pumpkins.
Heman Dole shows 20 varieties beans
and 2 summer squash.
Elmer f. Ellis, Roxbury, shows yellow
eyed and black eyed beans, good sample
of wheat and q collection Of crab apples.
j. A. Reed, Brookfield, shows white
winter wheat which grew Al bushels to
the acre.
u Chas. Dole comes to the front with the
largest and best collection of vegetables,
so the Judges say, and we have not seen
that authority disputed. His collection
contained almost everything in the vege-
table line and all was Of good or the very
best quality. Mr.. Dole also had a fine
display of apples, IS varieties, 10 of which
were entered for premiums, specimens Of
pears, collection of grapes and some Claw
J son wheat.
In fruit the display was large. Wm. II.
Wiley opened the show with IL basket
of old apples of 1878, which we presume
might keep another year without materi
, ally changing their appearance or spelling
; their flavor. We noticed half dozen Of
the Mcintosh red apples, but no exhibitors
name.
r. n. johnson had u fine looking
, pound sweets.
Chas. f. Webster, Williamstown, has
the largest number of varieties, 154, some
fine ones, but including good, Indifferent
, and not-so-good.
5 J. @. Flint, RoXbury, shows II speci
mems of winter apples.
Solomon Williams. RoXbury, shows II
4 varieties apples, also u apples of thu
5 Dutch codling which were large and goo(
: looking
; Amos Phstridgc shows 3 varieties o
, splendid looking plums.
b. IL p. Abbott, Brooklield, shows pears
;, also maple syrup and sugar.
l Mrs. c. Z. Webster, Williamstown
shows jars canned fruit.
n Mrs. Z, Edwards, Berlin, caunel frui
u. and nice-looking Jelly.
i Good maple sugar is shown by Dai
Gould and w. II. Holden.
6 Il. Glazier shows 10 pounds of honey
6 the product of swarm of bees the pas
# season.
IS t. i. Marshall of the Green Mountain
apiary, East Brooktield, shows honey il
small boxes.
Il Aaron Webster, Roxbury, shows mic
) looking honey.
# The display Of butter was large and al
the samples were good. A, S. Gross, c
IS G. Gokey, w. II. Denny, II. Holden c
|, Mortified, Geo. Denny, Williamstowr
:. +. d. Richards and +. w. Blanchard
Brook6eld. and A. Ladd, Roxbury, ha
sample tubs; A. Joslyn, Waitsfeld, had
70 small tubs put up in different kinds c
"a packages; VIM. Clark, Brookfield, 3
" pounds Of excellent butter both us to colo
i and taste, made from n churning and nc
Il colored; S. II. Allen, Brooktield, shove
! 10 pounds of butter in neat cakes; d. i
, Field showed butter tubs.
= Cheese was shown by j. A. Reed
!, Brookield; ii. ID. Abbott and Geo. Crane
+ Williamstown, and r. II. Barnard, Waits
= field.
v The Moseley creamery was shown b
/ S. II. Allen, Brookfeld.
,. Nice specimens of horse shoes wer
,. shown by w. G. Briggs, Luther KNAPP
,. and Chancey Denny, all giving evidence
of good workmanship.
IS b. G. Lampson had brass scales on ex
/ hibition.
: d. d. Griffith, Middlesex, shows tn
" electric kerosene burner.
V A. +. Spaulding shows one of his neN
y suction force pump which must be ahea
e Of anything in the force pump line; h
d also showed n novel meat chopper
b. +. Buxton, Brookield, shows hi
patent boot drier and claims that havin!
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