The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-11
The Second Day Of the Exhibition
Opens Auspiciously.
List of Exhibits Items Of interest
Addresses BY Prof Riley and
Rev. Dr.. Marshall,
Of Vicksburg.

as visitors began to enter Tor the
purpose OF inspecting the large number OF ar
ticles on exhibition. The display is not con-
fined exclusively to fruits and flowers. but em-
braces also many useful and novel instru-
ments oil horticulture and agriculture, also
fancy fabrics OF every description.
Id the long array Of exhibits
IE THE yEGETABLE DEPARTMENT
We noticed several specimens deserving men-
1don.
Miss Rosa Brice, OF Carrollton, daughter
ut Judge "A. @. Brice. has very fine display
81 garden vegetables; there are sweet pep
pers Of portly size, fully six inches long,
beets whose dimensions are simply Brobdlg-
nagian, and other vegetables equally fine.
Capt. Anthony Sambola has table GIL by
himself. He exhibits specimens Of vegetables
grown In his garden, OF the corner ct La-
harpe and Where streets. The captain has
sonA very curious looking and quantity
shaped gourds, red, green, yellow and white;
fine Turkish squash, vegetable eggs and
Rourds.
Turban squashes oranges, shaddocks and
May Anpies, all OF good size and appearance
are exhibited by j. y. Alleyn, ESQ, from his
farm On the Bayou ST John.
and, as curiosities, several artichokes % far
advanced In age that the .purplish thistle buds
spread n Ill directions from the head OF the
arttchoke.
eight ears, and exhibited By Mr. John Loeb
baum, attracted much attention. The stalk
III about ten feet long and Is q fine specimen.
An enterprising young Creole, Master Nor
bert Llambias, exhibits pomegranates, May
pops aud green persin,mons, whose growth
hxar afrannAltv giInhrytSgd 81
4 Two watermelons. whose circumference
would Just fit around the portly Falstaff, lie
lib state upon the table devoted to the EXPOSE
tion of the products Of the garden and field,
Grove place. Metarie Ridge.
FRUITS
This department embraces innumernble
entries peaches, pears. grapes, figs, apples,
ounces and every product OF the orchard il
represented In the display. 1t would be
particular description Of the exhibits. but
suffice to say, that the fruits showed re-
marlxably we'll.
Mr.. r. A. Martin, OF Tiekfaw, La, exhibits
I'M engsrong peachs ann and ssp
The large Smyrna figs 81 Mr.. %. Rtviere were
much admired.
The Palestine grapes contributed by Mr.. j..
Schwartz Of No. Is Chartres street, are mag
niiiaent specinens-full,. round and appe-
tizlng Id appearance. The grapes are from
q young vine, and are not yet quite ripe. This
1sbelleved to be the grape mentioned in Scrip
tlre as found by the Israelite5 on the banks
Ut the Escheal the punches OF which we're 50
large us to be borne on o staff by two men.
This grape grows TO very large size, some
In England weighing as much az 1914 pounds.
The display OF grapes Is very fine and
abundant
Judge Abel contributes several species. Mr..
Ely. Rolling and Mr.. Louis Aymos have an as.
sortment OF "Chasselas" and &C Dore "
grapes. cred;table exhibition Of pome-
grantees oranges and Tabasco ounces ID
made by T.. Sambola. Sr.
An exceedingly tasteful and at the same
lime beautiful display Of grapes IN q basket,
credited to Mr.. Edgar delpi, excites favorabIs
comment. The basket is lined with lnagnif-
forna mnscatel and white Tontainebleau
grapes, all grown In this city. The apples
and pears exhibited by Mr.. j. Ell. Keller, OF
Biloxi, axe very fine and well developed. :.
Mr.. I'll. w. l.. Lewis, President ct the Fruit
Growers Association, and w. D. Lewis, hts
brother. have q superb assortment of pears
md apples grown In Tangipahoa parish, Lou
tsiana. The superfine "Beurre" pears and
Bartlette pears are very fine. Among the ap-.
ples we noticed the Mercer, Batchelor and
Seedlings. Mr.. Lewis has very extensive
farm III Tangipahoa parish, an ! has devoted
much Of his experience in the culture and pro-
duction OF improved specimens OF fruits. He
! also exhibits a small stock OF improved oats
splendid crop.
FANCY WORK.
Under this head there are a vast number OF
entries Ut every description: Wax fruits and
HOwers, laces, embroideries and q collection OF
articles Of curious and sklllfal design.
Mrs. L. Gorbach exhibits several articles
which reflect great credit upon the Skill and
taste of the lady, One of her creations, q
farmers wreath, composed of seeGs from diff
ferent plants and vegetables, is very pretty.
Then she has q group Of delicate flowers OF all
colors and kinds, worked out Of Worsted, III
which nestle several Huely -executed brides Of
the same material.
Miss SINGER contributes basket, whose
shape and composition reveal the taste OF the
one who has framed It, The BASKETS made
of delicate and soft huad shells, and we'll de-
serves the admiration OF the gazer.
r. Two wax figures, one representing ST. Fran
cls Go Paul, and another showing st. Joseph,
holding ~ his arms the infant Jesus, are as
delicate and finished bijons as can be created
by any artist. Senior francisco Vargas and
his sons are the authors of the figures.
MISCELLANEOUS.
There are numberIess articles which,
though good in their line. cannot be particu-
larly mentioned. on account of their guam
tit IT, harvard Mo- ~ rerr.sont 49,, :,
fair, and several fine specimens OF the
Brahgna and "Bassette" arc on exhibition.
Mr.. August SteiDgel, of Bayou st. John.
contributes novelty jim the shape of 8
branch from pecan tree, containing cater
pilIars' nest. The little animals are all alive
and spin their wehs uneonceruedIy and I'm
ceasingly, as II they neyer had been dis
turbed.
The Fruit Growers Association had offered
prize OF S100 for the best method OF drying
figs. and MI. i. HaranR, OF LafoE.che parish,
has exhibited three samples Of Celeste and
Smyrna figs dried by a process of his insen-
ton. Mr.. Harang is convinced that his
fxn4 a{,
rience has demonstrated 1t. He has dried
about 1900 pounds of figs already BY bis in
vention.
The entries yesterday up to p. m. were as
follows: 81
glass vase wax flowers.
Miss Anna Y. SINGER. No. ea3 Camp street
One vase wax vegetables and fruits. one vase
wax flowers one frame paper work. one cross
fish scales and flowers. one wreath thair4. one
natural shell basket.
Henry Rolling, No. 100 Kerleree street-Chas-
seiar de Fontainebleau grapes. Ghasselar Dore
grapes.
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