The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-08-19
THE GRAPES OF A K
A List of Those Who Took Premiums
at the Mt. Holly Fair--Prof
Mccarthy Wants a Great
Horticultural Fair.

grapes made by Raleigh and Wake
growers a. the Mt. Holly fair. That
people MAJ more fully appreciate what
was done tnere, the folio wing liss of
premiums is given:
Largest and best collection named
varieties: s. O. Wilson, Raleigh,
$50.
Best plate, six punches, first pre-
MUM to G. B. Edwards, Raleigh,
Ntagaras) $40; second, P. W. John
son, Wake Forest, S..
Best six plates named varieties;
first, G. B. Edwards, Raleigh, $40;
second, S. W. Whiting, Raleigh, SIS
Largest and best collection of L.
brusca varieties: lst, :. O. Wilson,
R sIeigh, 500; J Van Lindley, Pc
mona, $40.
Best plate Concord: Ist C. B. Ed
wards, Raleigh, S.; I'd P. w. john.
son, Wake Forest, SO.
Best plate Warden: lst P. w.
Johnson, SIS I'd S. O. Wilson So.
Best plate Ives: lst G. B. Edwards,
Raleigh, SIS. I'd J, NJ. Gcice So.
Best plate Martha: LIST P. W. John.
SOD, Wake Forest, S. I'd 8. w.
Whiting, Raleigh, So.
Bes, plate Niagara: lst P. W.
johnson, S.. I'd A. NJ. Proctor, So
Best plate Delaware: 1T P. W.
Johnson, S.. I'd G. B, Edwards, So,
Largest and best collection Aes5a
wallis varieties; S. O. Wilson, $40.
Best plate Norton's Virginia: LIST
s. O. Wilson, S.. I'd P. w. Johnson,
So.
Best p'ate Hermad: S. O. Wilson,
S..
Largest and best collection of Rjpa
rian varieties: S. O. Wilson, SIS.
Best plate Clinton: lst S. O. Wi
son, So. I'd j. Van Lindley, So.
Largest and best collect on of Hy
brid varieties: S. 0. Winson $40.
Best plate Salem: lst C. B. Ed
wards, 8. I'd S. w. Whiting, So.
Best plate Brighton: lst, P. w.
Johnson, 81. I'd S. w. Whiting, So.
Bast plate Lindley: lst P. ". John
son, So. % 5. O. Wilson, So.
Bes. plate Empire State: lst G. B,
Edwards, S.. I'd S. W. Whiting, So
Best plate Duchess: lst G. B. Ed
wards, So. 2d s w. Whiting, 81.
Largest and best collection Of Ro
trudItolia varieties: 4. n. Belts, Cary,
SIS
RIA uORTICITI TupA1 EaTp ppOpocUO
Prof. Gerald Mccarthy, of the
State Agricultural Experiment Sta,
ton, saw the exhibit at Mt. Holly,
and has written the Chronicle as fol
lows:
81 had the pleasure of witnessing
the very fine exhibition Of North Caro-,
lima grown grapes at the MI. Holly
fair. l h truly say that no State
on the Atlantic coast, North or South,
with the poss bic exception of Della
ware could make a finer dis lay of this
royal frHit. | noticed that with the
exception Of President Van Lindley's
exhibit, all the lots shown were entered
by Wake county growers. l know
no good reason why Wake county is
not as good a place to exhibit fruit as
CASTOR Why not then have a county
horticultural fair, to be held in Raj
eigh during August?
| have talked with many Wake
county fruit growers who say they
were unable to leave their vineyards
at this, the busiest season Of the year,
to visit the Mt. Holly exhibition, but
they would gladly take part in a local
show.
There are in Raleigh a numjer of
large and cool buildings any of which
would furnish ample room for a three
days exhibition OF this kind. The edu
cational value of a popular exhibition
OF this kind cannot be we'll overesti
mated. There are plenty of people in
Raleigh whose knowledge of fruit is
confined to whortle berries, water
melons and - turnips. There
are also some few who extend this
list by the adding of apple pie. Sure
ly there is sufficient missionary zeal
among our horticulturists to success
fully inaugurate a scheme for teaching
these benighted people how to better
appreciate natures blessings! To
make the exhibition a success, and a
very great success, it should not be
confined to grapes alone, but include
also all reasonable fruits, vegetables,
fresh and preserved, and flowers.
Besides the exhibition of the products
OF vineyard, orchard and garden,
there should be daily or evening con
ferences of she county horticultural
society to listen to papers by experts
and specialists, with discussion Of the
same by the members-these con-
ferences to be open to the general
public.
Would such conferences and comics
sions be of benefit tt practical horti-
culturists Well, Judging from a
recent report of the New York fruit