The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1892-09-22
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voted to H. The ceiling OF both are fes-
TONED with evergreen and the archway
connecting them is decorated with hop
vines. The first Of the compartments IL
now pretty nearly completed, while the
other is awaiting the progress Of the sea-
son to receive the finishing touches. The
end wall Of the compartment is decorated
with alfalfa, and in the midst Of it IS a
red signboard bearing the legend, YAK
ina county," printed in cross sections Of
corn. In the middle, standing on the
floor, is q pyramid Of wheat, oats. rye
and other grasses and grains; and, on the
walls, are decorative designs Of the yell
low grain. Surrounding the bottom Of
the pyramid is q border Of watermelons,
which, by the way, are worth five cents
each In Yakima. Inside the border are,
leaned up apples, monster carrots,
muskmelons, etc. The corners arader-
Grated with quarter pyramids Of bottled
mineral waters. Along the remaining
two walls run tables, out from which ex-
tend large banks Of fruit. The right
hand bank consists Of the following
fruits: The last Of the Early Crawforls,
grown by l.. S. Hewlett, yellow plums
grown by Edward Whitsou, blue pear
main, gravesteip ami bellAower apples
grown by u. +. Lesh. egg plums and
primes grown by Watt & Cornett. Hun
garian prunes grown by H. J. Bicknell,
Of Sunnyside, nice grapes grown by
Frank Terrell, six boxes Of Foster peach
es grown by II. J. Bicknell and early
Crawford peaches by D. E. Lesh. The
grapes, OF which there is a full and ex;
celleht exhibit, are from Fruitvale, the
farm Of d. L. Lesh, and are the Con-
cords, Moore's early and sweetwaters.
They are shown on plates, The Cox's
golden cling peaches are from the sane
farm. The late Crawford peaches which
average nine ounces each are from the
farm Of II. J. Bicknell. The gravenstein
apples are from Fruitvale. The pears are
from W. d. Beck.
On the opposite side OF the room the
first apples, pippins, on the tables are
from the farm Of W. d. Beck. James
Beck shows some Bartlett pears. Sweet
water grapes are shown by Hugo Sig
mund, and Isabeilas by Fem B. Wood
cock. Messrs. Lesh and Bicknell send
the crowning glory Of the exhibit-a
bank measuring twelve by three feet and
consisting Of Crawford pears, early Ora
Venstine and June apples, Pearman APP
Piles. Bartlett pears and winter pears, to-
matoes, sweetwater grapes and prunes.
Across the windows are festoons and two
sheais Of Wild rye grass Of mammoth pro-
portions, supporting a huge wreath Of
green and yellow grasses and grains.
The 200 watermelons came from Mrs.
Adams farm. One Of them weighed
fifty-four and one-half pounds, this par
ticular one being from the farm of A. B.
Fender. A fine exhibit Of crabapples
came from A. B. Weeds place DR.. Lesh
shows some red peppers. Mammoth
corn Is shown from various places, and
two bales Of tobacco are from the Mckee
farm. Among the corn are several fne
bearing stalks from the farm Of Jack
Bradford, j..
Among the preserved fruits are the fol-
lowing specimens:
Crawford and Alexandra peaches,
peach plums, apricots, grown by d. Z.
Lesh; apricotS grown by NJ. W. Wallace ;
apricots grown by A. B. Weed; Bartlett
pears grown by D. E. Lesh; Bartlett
pears grown by James Cook; Bartlett
pears grown by D. A. Ball; Bartlett
pears grown by Orlando Beck; Bartlett
pears grown by James Cook; grapes
grown by D. E. Lesh; grapes grown by
Frank Terrell.
The exhibit is under the supervision OF
d. E. Lesh, and in charge Of W. H.
Chapman and A. B. Ross.
An exhibit Of twenty-five pounds Of
honey Is shown from the BusyWild apiary
Of Charles Lee. The honey making was
in addition to the sending off Of five
swarmS Of bees by the hive.
Simeon Palmer shows some alfalfa
eight feet high. The Mckee farm shows
a bale Of pressed Havana tobacco, one Of
hops and = number Of poles Of hops.
Messrs. Hiram and. Charles Carpenter
also show hops on poles. Mayor A. B.
Weed shows two poles Of hops out Of =
field one year old Nhwh produced an av-
erage Of ! ,2OO pounds to the acre. Other
exhibits are: A collection Of Bartlett
and other pears grown by s. o. Morford /;
Ben Davis variety Of apples grown by F.
B. Woodcock; summer winesap apples
and northern spies grown by E. Denton ;
Burbank and late rose potatoes grown by
James White; eight-rOw flint corn grown
by George Taylor; Flemish beauty pears
and queen apples grown by E. Il Lem-
ing; yellow bellfower and Ben Davis
apples grown by z. Denton.
Among the exhibits Of grapes shown
are the following: Concurds grown by
d, r. Lesh; sweetwaters grown by Fred
Thompson; Concords. black Hamburgs
and DeIawares grown by NJ. D. Curtis, Of
sunnyside.
Judge George Turner VAS in the city
on Tuesday, stopping over after making
a republican speech at EllensburIh The
electric liRhts did not work on the night