The Delta independent., 1895-10-09
Tlirty-Siz First Premiums
Taken by Five Delta County Fruit
Growers
SEVEN SECOND PRIZES SECURED.
And Three Third Premiums-No Other
County in the State Anywhere
Near up to Them.
SECOND PRIZES SECURED.

II five enterpriging men from Paonin
can capture go many OF the awards at
the State horticultural show, the ques-
tion arises What could Delta county do
if she had fifty such enterprising men
among her fruit growers?' 1t must be
seen to early in the season next year
that arrangements are made to have
Delta county fully represented at every
fair and place where she can display an
exhibit to advantage, not alone in the
line OF fruit but in grain, grasses,
honey and vegetables.
The expenditure of small amount of
money by the county commissioners will
guarantee this and it should be included
in the estimates.
W. S. Coburn, OF Hotchkiss, received
first premiums as follows: Best display
OF fruits grown by one person; best dis
play of apples grown by one person,
best display of pears grown by one per-
son; best display of named peaches
grown by one person.; best display of
nectarines grown by one person; best
display of foreign plums grown by one
person; best single plate OF five Haas,
Wolf River, McMahan's White. Rhode
Island Greening, Plumb's Cider, Bald
win. Scott's Winter apples; best single
plate OF five Clapp's Favorite, Louise
b. ID. Jersey pears; best single plate of
seven Late Crawford peaches-sixteen
in all. He also received two second pre-
miums on best display of native plums;
and best plate of seven peaches, any va
riety.
Z. J. Mathews, OF Paonia, received
first premiums on best single plate of
five apples of the following varieties, viz:
Walbridge, kiswick Goblin, Willow
Twig, Little Red Romantic, White Win
ter Pearmain, Snow, Raull's Jennett-
seven in all. He also secured second
premiums on best display OF apples
grown by one person; best display of
ounces grown by one person; best and
largest specimen OF pear, three in all.
He also occurred the third premiums on
best display of fruits grown by one per-
son, and on best display of native grapes
grown by one person.
Wesley Ault, of Paonia, secured first
premiums on the following varieties of
applesi Hubbardson's Nonesuch, St.
Lawrence. Huntsman. Bethel; and took
second on best display Of pears grown by
one person; best display Of nectarines
grown by one person; and third on best
display of named peaches grown by one
person.
David Stephens, of Paonia, secured
first premiums on the following varie-
ties of apples: Mann. Bailey's Sweet.
Roxbury Russet, Utter's Red, Arkansas
Black and Fulton; also first On best
plates of five Flemish Beauty and Seckel
pears.
Marvin Stewart, of Paonia. took the
first premium for the best plate of five
Wagner apples.
The Denver Republican says: The
fruit show at the Gettysburg building
was in full swing yesterday and the
attendance showed large increase over
that of the previous day. The displays of
fruit are superb and contain revelations
for persons who do not know that Colo
rndo cu nroducg anything besides silver
and gold. Some OF the fruit is the finest
of its kind in the world. II there are any
peaches on earth that can prove their
superiority to those shown by Mesa,
Montrose and Delta counties, the grow
ers OF those regions would like very much
to see them.
On entering the building where the
displays are spread out attractively, TIE
first exhibit to strike tho eye after a
hasty glance around is table of peaches
placed not far from the entrance. They
look, SO clustered together, like section
of particularly gorgeous Colorado sun
set. Every peach is perfect and the color
is marvelously beautiful, dark brown
red on ono side fading away gradually
into beautiful crimson and yellow tints.
These peaches arc all Of one variety
the Elberta, which W. S. Coburn, who
grew them. considers tho finest OF all
varities. He says in flavor they are the
most delicious, in color they are the rich
est while in form they are the most sym
metrical. MIR. Coburn likes this variety
because there are no second grade peach
I % on Elberta trees, as they shed natural
ly any superhuity Of fruit and ripen only
what they can. make perfect. Mr.. Coburp