Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-09-30
AGRICULTURAL HALL.
The Department Jmencelled in the
Quality Of Exhibits.

The display. in this department. if not
quite 50 large in quantity As in some pre-
| vious years, was in quality excelled by
no similar exhibition: everything in fact
demanded and received the highest praise
and the judges required critical examina-
ton in order to Justly award the premiums
/ in their respective departments.
ON entering the hall the magnificent
| display Of garden products from the Yer
mont asylum, entered for exhibition only
| greeted the eye, occupying nearly the en-
/ tire south side of the lower hall. A. a
| whole this exhibit surpassed any preyiou,
| one from the asylum gardens. and it was a
! handsome tribute to the skill diligence
! and progressive methods Of \. W. ROei.
/ the long-rXpcrieuced gardener in charge.
| by whom il was grown. The most notice
/ able feature. ON account Of their enormous
! size. was the eight Proterian pumpkins.
weighing from l24t to 1874 pounds. and
! having a combined weight OF 1919 pounds,
| There were also two mammoth Chill
| squashes. the largest ever exhibited at the
! Valley Fair. weighing 1874 and 1904
pounds respectively. The display of win
ter squasheS. seven varieties in all. was
notably fine A novelty among the summer
,quashes was perfect specimen showing
] '.
and powder-horn pumpkins attracted
attention because of their curious shape.
| The celery is the best ever shown from the
! Asylum garden. The gouris added an
ornamental feature to the exhibit, which
included, besides the specialties mentioned.
mammoth parsnips and manglcs, sweet
corn. beeis, onions. peppers. rabbages.
etc, in variety.
{. L. Allen was also All exhibitor only.
| OF his floral goods, and deserves great credit,
| and the lovers of the beautiful were 10th
10 take a last look at the beautiful scroll
| and pillow OF the choicest cut flowers. and
his magnificent display OF cladiolas. One
of the most attractive features of the hall
and the most extensive in the floral depart
ment was the fine and profuse display OF
potted plants and cut flowers by D. McGil-
livray from the Bradley greenhouse.
Among the finest exhibit of grain Robert
Ne,btt OF West Brattleboro was success
| full competitor, showing samples Of winter
and spring wheat and rye. three varieties
of huckwheat, one OF oats and beans. Fine
traces OF seed corn were shown by F. (.
| Wier of Drewsville. y. H.. A. 4. Fair
| banks OF Halifax. +. &. Dunklee. J. W.
Thurber. j. : Wool and K. q. Wood Of
Braitlehoro. and J. +. Gale Of Guilford
O. L. Miner showed a trace OF white san
ford corn. the ears Of which averaged one
foot i'm length each. Sweet corn in great
variety was shown by large number among
whom were Geo. Z. Crowell, Willard Ell
wanis and Il. t.. Wood.
NEGErABLE~.--Fine exhibits were made
by {. G.. Endlich. J. +. Gale. John Mes
bitt and {. /. Akley. d. McGilliyray was
also an extensive exhibitor Of the very
finest products in this department. In the
boys department Robert NeSbitt, aged II.
and &. W. Scaulon. Il, gave evidence OF
great skill and industry in successfully
tilling the soil Albert Sanderson of Gill
displayed tempting melons consisting Of
four varieties OF watermelon and two OF
muskmelon. In the novelty line, a twin
summer squash was shown by Warren Fes-
sender, squash by Wilson Brown, grown
in 1891, and a sugar trough gourd by Mrs
7. y. Lynde Of Gulford.
FRUIT.-The most extensive exhibitor
was T. F. Copeland of Colrain, Mass. who
showed - varieties OF apples, l. OF pears.
eight of peaches and seven of plumS. be-
sides a miscellaneous collection of crab
apples, grapes, etc. J. A. Hawks of Deer
field had 80 varieties of apples, A. NJ.
Stratton of Bernardston Ii. c. b. Merritt
of Conway Is, l.. NJ. Williams 81. J. :.
Wood Is, Laura j. Haskins l.. Pears
were shown by q. II. Clapp, Walter Cobb.
r. NJ. Williams, F. G. Betterly and Francis
Lynde. The finest of peaches of eight va
rieties were shown by Wilson A. Graves of
East Shelburne. also by 7. Y. Robertson
of Chesterfield and T. F. Betterly of Gull
ford and j. W. Thurber. In grapes J. A.
Horton OF Greenfield tempted the eye with
20 varieties, beside a large number OF
smaller exhibitors of fine fruit. Mrs. r.
NJ. Williams showed a basket of choice
fruits tastefully arranged and decorated
with wild flowers.
The product of the dairy was shown in
butter by f. A. Fitch OF Wilmington. W.
c. Gushing of Vernon, the Guilford Springs
farm, JOhn McQuade, Mrs. r. NJ. Williams.
Mrs. c. H. Betterly, the Brattleboro cream
cry, and the quality was such that the
judges required many tastes each TO decide
which was best Mrs. W. A. Franklin OF
Vernon showed six specimens of cheese
Mrs. r. B. Thomas Of Guilford six. Mrs
c. O. Thurber Of Halifax eight, and Mrs
F. NJ. Lewis Of Putney two, all \ No. /.
CANNED GooD> AND PICKLEs.-Each
exhibitor showed a large number of varieties
and was well represented by Mrs. A. T.
Atwood, Mrs. Geo. Homer. Mrs c. F.
Spring. Mrs. Alpheus Ingram. Mrs. II. 4.
Jones.
The maple sugar product was most in
willingly shown by f. \. Fitch Of Whining
ton in syrup and sugar OF the best. Tie
Brattleboro Jelly company and Maple Su-
gar Exchange showed their goods i'm a great
variety of styles and the most tempting
packages Of the choicest goods. also a large
collection of sugar makers supplies, which
they keep on sale. consisting OF hydrome-
teIs. thermometers strainers evaporators.
etc, and all manner of packages for ship
ment.
Choice honey was shown by \. 4. Byarl
of West Chesterfield and J. +. SanderSon
OF West ToWnshend.
The cookery department was said by the
ladies To be the finest ever shown; - en-.
tries of bread alone was made. all excellent.
A special award on white bread was made
10 Mrs. NJ. Barber of East Colrain. Mass
Among the girls Miss Florence Thurbel
aged Is years, Miss j. W. Thurber Is and
Miss Louisa Green IA, showed nice sam,
plies Of their bread-making, and Miss Cora
A. Eames, IA, nice maple sponge cake
Miss NJ. II. Hill in the homemade con.
tectionery line showed nice assorted candy.
There were also large numbers of fine pie.
and cakes, the sight alone of which wa.
too much for a hungry man.
Beside the floral displays of McGilivray
and {. Z. Allen the following are more