The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1889-08-29
THE STATE FRUIT FAIR
BY Far the Best Exhibit Ever Made in
This State.

| hundred readers of THE SENTINEL
that this paper shall be printed and
mailed on Wednesdays. Unless this
is done that portion of our readers,
| whose mail leaves Winston on We'd
nesday afternoon, do not get their
papers until the following week, ow-
| ing to the fact that they have to re-
main in the postoffice here until Sat
urday.
Had this not been so, we would
have delayed publication one day
and reported the Fruit Fair in our
last issue. AS it is, we do SO now
SPLENDID SUCCESS
The Fair was pronounced success
in every respect. We never saw, nor
do we ever expect to see, a better dis
play of native fruit anywhere. The
exhibit was large and varied, embrace
ing everything in the fruit line raised
in this State, and that includes we'll
nigh everything.
On Wednesday afternoon Mr. A. HI.
Eller delivered the address of welcome
and on Thursday Prof. Massey, of
Raleigh, one of the faculty of them
State Agricultural and Mechanical
College, delivered the address of the
occa sion. Both speeches were well
conceived and admirably delivered,
the audience thoroughly enjoying
them.
a large crowd of visitors was on
hand on both days, but on Wednes-
day night the greatest number were
present, there being almost a jam.
The gate receipts amounted to $3.50,
which, at % cents a head, shows that
5000 people paid their way in
counting the "complimentaries" and
other admissions, there were at least
5000 people in the hall during the
exhibit
SOME OF THE EXHIBITS.
Mr.. j. Van Lindley, the president
of the Fair, had an especially fine dis
play, embracing 60 varieties of ap-
Piles, 40 varieties of peaches, % of
pairs, Is of grapes, 8 of plums, and
5 of crab apples.
Mr.. n. w. Craft, of Shore, Yadkin
county, had beautiful display of
wines along with his most admirable
exhibit. A cablegram last week an
nounced that he had won the gold
medal for the best wines at the Paris
Exposition. This is something to be
proud Of Capt. Crafts exhibit of
fruits, by reason of it's size, was given
position next the door. 1t was by
far the most beautiful one in the hail.
DR.. 6. K. Faust, of Graham, had a
very fine exhibit.
While Col Brittain's exhibit was
not very large, it was composed of
magnificent fruit
Jenkins Bros, of Salem, had a
beautiful pyramid of canned goods
that attracted much attention.
Following is classified list of the
prizes awarded:
CLASS 1sT.-Largest and best col
lection apples, DR.. G. K Faust, Ora
ham, SIC; J. Van Lindley, Pomona,
s.. Best collection unnamed apples,
t. HI. Barnell, Walkertown, So; j. O..
Speas, Vienna, So Best horse apple,
J. F. Field, Greensboro, So; j. w.
Perry, Leewood, $2 Best Queen
pear, J. w. Perry, So; j. F. Fields, So
Best Bowman apple, J. w. Perry, SO;
DR.. G. K. Faust, 50. Best Bucking-
hams, R. L. Cox; Sedge Garden, So;
J. W. Perry, 50. Best six named
varieties apples, J A. Wolf, Bethapia,
So; J. W. Perry, 50. Best new Seed
ling apples, J. F. Ballinger, Guilford
College, $5; James Jones, Pilot Mt.
So. Best preserving crabs, J. w.
Perry, 50; J. F. Field, 81. Best col
lection of pears, DR.. G. x. Faust, 81 0;
j. Van Lindley, So. Best Kieffer
pears, J. S. Breeze, So; S. o. Wilson,
Raleigh, 50. Leconte pears, NJ. A.
Casstevens, Chestnut Ridge, So; p. w.
johnson, Wake Forest, 81 Best
single variety of pears, NJ A. Cass-
| tevens, $3; J. S. Breeze, 50. Best
| collection of peaches, DR.. G. K. Faust,
SO; ]. Van Lindley $5 Best collec-
ton of unnamed peaches, J. S. Breeze,
So. Best Old Nixon peaches, DR.. G.
X. Faust, 50, j. F. Fields. So Best
Crawford Late, J. A. Wolf, So, w,
| Wright, Leesville, 50. Best Chinese
Cling, DR.. G. K. Faust, 81. Best
Heath cling. L. A. Brietz, Salem, So;
Dr. g. K Faust, So Best six named
varieties peaches, j. A. Breeze. $5; G..
K Faust, So Best Seeding peach,
A. Capps, Winston, 50; j. NJ. Long,
Bethania, 80.
CLASS 2D.-Best and largest collec-
ton of grapes, n. w. Craft, Shore,
SO. Best Concord grapes, John
Lashmit. of Salem, So; Mrs Mary
Lineback, Salem, 50. Moores Early,
G.. W. Nicholson, Shore, $3; j. F.
Fields, Greensboro, 50. Martha
grapes, B. w. johnson, Wake Forest
So; J. F. Fields, 80 Brighton, j. F
Fields, So; DR.. G. K. Faust, 50. Del
aware, S. F. Shore, Shore, $3; l.. A
Brietz, Salem, 50. Scuppernong
grapes, j. P. Mclean, Fayetteville
80; G. w. Lawrence, 80. Best SIX
punches grapes of any variety, P w
johnson, Wake Forest, S.; C. B. Ed
wards, So. Best 6 varieties ofgrapes
j. A. Breeze, Fayetteville, SIS; G. X
Faust, So. Best new Seeding grape
DR.. G. K. Faust, 30; j. W. Perry, So
Best English Walnut, j. M. Ward
Greensboro, 50; II. F. Starr, 81. Best
Figs, Lineback Bros. Salem, 81; j
w. Perry, 81. Best mulberries, DIR
G. K. Faust, 81. Rest Japanese per
simmons, j. A. Breeze, Fayetteville
| 3d. Best specimen of any other fruit
j. A. Breeze, Fayetteville, 50; DR.. G
K. Faust, 81 Greatest varieties O
fruits, j. Van Lindley, $40; w. w
Craft, Shore, SIS. Greatest of al
fruits unnamed varieties, L. A. Brietz
Salem, So. Best Norton grapes, p
w. Johnson. Wake Forest, So; r.
Hunter, Shore, 81.
The committee respectfully recon
mend as worthy of special mention
the tree of Japenese persimmons an,
Kelsey Japanese plums exhibited b,
j. Van Lindley
i Class 3RD.-Best three watermeI
ons, D. T. Motsinger, Salem, five dol