Daily Republican., 1888-09-18

"Eairy Land" we exolAim as VI
enter the Opera House and look upon
the panorama Of beauty spread before
she view. MI this is the Peninsula
horticultural soclety's Exhibition wa
ere reminded. Well, II 1t is Fairy
Land" IL could tcsrcsly be much hand.
eomeT, bat . great Improvements will be
made when 81 the ext iSits are placed
in position. A hundred busy hands
were Engaged In this work lhis lore
n0ons and its expected to be ready for
throwing the doors open 10 an anxious
public By ? p. N. The display already
al 10 =. m 70 day 10 magnificent, with
not more than half the exhibits 10 pInoa
Nlmble hands are plunRinR into bas
b sta and boxes and bringing forth
luxurious fruit Of all varieties and AZ.
ranging them on shelves where they
will be seen 20 the best ADVANTAGE.
Entering the Opera House at the right
hand door l.. 4, Bay liz floral display
from the RtverYisw Rsrdsns 10 the frat
to strike the eye. Tie name "BAy lis''
handsomely worked 10 bed Of 90
leas. Beyond and on the same wall Ia
the heFal display Of @. W. Bfinton g.
Go. Opt osite on the extreme LEFT, j. l.
Brown 81 % 10 making . very Eine ex
hibit Of folisse plants and booming
towers. In The centre OF the floJr the
hgpre OF Ceres, 10 occupied by VIM
Buah's display OF pAlms, ferns ADD
otber foliage plants, while In front
stands NJ. y. HAydsn's and O. Q
Horns pyramids Of horal beAuty. To
Ihe rear Of Osres the space will be ocou.
pied by Bsnjamin Turner OF Baltimore
aud 1eoFge W. Childs Of PhiladelphIa
in the exhibition OF rare and beAuliiu
plaDsa and flowers. At the edge OF the
siRRe aTe the bootha for she ASle Of on,
flowers and candy. On the left Of the
stage the magic fountain IL 10 be placed
and the right Of the stage Ia 10 bs occu
pied BY the restaurant The soda
water fountain will be IN the balcony
over the stAirs TO the right Of the en-
trance.
Il Is almost impossible to grasp in a
brief report the vATlelies OF fruit ON tx.
hihitioB. Jacob q. Blown, Of Wyoming =,
uel., leads In the fruit line. This fore
noon be was uncoveTing end placing on
exhibition the fruit kept in HAIt's re-
friRerntOF. As n general rule the
peaches we're perfect and SQUAD, bat
many were specked with decay. at IsI
altogether an experiment" said Mr..
Brown, ''but am nAtlafed With the
result" Mr.. Brown has probably 81
hundred varieties OF apples on exhibi-
tlon, while there seems TO bS no end to
peaches, grapes and other fruit. Mr..
Brown 10 en.huBiAstio over apple oul
ture, and sWesping his hand over his
display he said TO . representative Of
s1e REPUBLICAN,:
"This ts the result OF Atty years on
apples on the brain. want TO show
the people what IL possible In apple oul,
tate In Delaware, MY farm has betn o
fruit farm for 1e0 year.. have twenty
two vSrleties OF apples which ripen be
fore the peach crop lie far enough Ad-
var oed to trouble me, aud sold this
season 800 baskets If apples OF prices
ranging from 20 cents to 81 30 q basket
befoTe the peach Drop WAS ready for
market. have 500 trees, and M
am is TO have apples for sale, GkippingI
the peach months, for ten months in the
yesr. have apples that Tipsn in June,
and some that ripen laIe enou, h 10 keep
until August Of the following year"
ga little apple called the Rod nsy"
Wna one which, be aaId, every Della.
Waretn should be proud OF, az 1t came
nom q tree under which the great reVo-
latlonAry soldier and statesman sAt and
smoked his pipe. Other stands are fast
hlling up with fruitB and flowers Peter
Meagett has some very fine peaches and
pears on exhibitor PAncoast Allen ex-
hibits beautiful Duchess pears and
ounces; Michael King, Of New CAatle,
has some fine varieties Of PoplinRtOr
California, Brighton and OoncoT0
grapes, and Henry hRnnum exhibitg .
variety Of grapes from William Bush's
gTaperies. On top Of the temple OF Ceres
is the band s.And, envslOped amid cut /
corn and BheAveB Of wheat
Though the doors will be thrown open |
this afternoon, everything will not be /
In place until this evening. With such /
an exhihit.on to-nlgbt, with eli the
ele, trio lights IL full blaze, the scene
for beauty will be bslood description |