The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-09-27
THE GREATEST OF FAIRS A"h'-
CULTURAL HALL.
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W potatoes that made a bushel: ~; ~,
w Amidon had 20 potatoes Weighing
.,oi: mounds: Chas. 7. Coombs OF
Cnilford had display that covered
~ square feet. II. G. II l.. ID. Haynes
h.d large display. One trace OF corn
1.nntained 10 different kinds,
The show of fruit was good ior any
,,e.r and more than was eXpecteu lol
an off wear. l.. o. Gum OF Mlilels
Falls had the best display OF app'11ss
abnwing 81 varieties and taking IL
FIRST preml ms. He practices spraying
his fruit trees and considers IL very
;m ,n O. f. Miller, Greenfield,
had the second largest display, having
n a. varieties of apples, l6 pears besides
-neach. ounces and grapes. ne 1u tooh
second on 2nd best largest olspias,
first on best platter OF grapes se 9',d
firsts on apples and had inc IN nv
iarrest display of ounces M a.
Moore of Northfield had iarHe "1s
o,ay of superior quality OF iruil' H.
N Howe showed Wolf River apple
weighing 13oz., and hanging close on
one stem were two apples weighing
The disay of flowers, common a 5t
rare. was larger and better tnan ias.
wear. d. McGillivray, having tne
largest. G.. f. Allen had cnolee
collection. f. b. Beals OF Green !,
field, a notable display OF plahtss an,t
flowers. E. A. Fitch and ., IL: Sow
and son of Wilmington had theif us.ai
fine display of maple syrup ann susai'
Canned goods and preserves ny pi
yate families were largely repleeeelfu u,,;t
Mrs. Chas. F. Springs oo cans Oh Il "''
was the largest and best alsplas' u
D;snlays of honey were made by r.
VIZ Drewsyille. n. H., and j. E.
Sanderson. West Townshenu. 49,.
Horton exhibited 20 varieties
of cranes and called it the best season
in New England. Apples were SHOWN
Inv Geo. F. HUBBARD, II varieties, anu
I Williams notable exhibit; 2ooz.
annie nv G.. NJ. Scott, Halifax; henry
Iiroff monster Wolf River; j I. Good
enough red Mcintosh y. lngraham,
Gn;lford. eight varieties; crab apples
,ere shown hv l.. M. Howe, Laura
Haskins. Chas. F. Combs, Guilford'
William Winslow, George M. Scott
+ r, Mather. Hugh r. Whitman
eight varieties apples, Harry Mariner
Ave varieties peaches; ". w. ZOOS
had DISPLAY of guinness: c. l., SIEVE
rence. Lvden, display of peaches, pears
and uuinces: peaches and ounces ny
Thomnson Cain, d. E. Davis, l.. NJ
HIVE ln and Miss Lula johnson: W.
Pan;l.rd Mountain side farm, -
reaches: Mr.. Rouilard has a young
prcbart, lust coming into bearing
and has 800 baskets this year. There
na s y displav of grapes by c. P. Wood,
I r Gale and A. A. Blanchard; a:
NJ Stratton had large display OF
reaches, pears, and ten varieties pears
bv Geo H. Clapp; Abner Peek,
Shelburne, IS varieties pears Laura
Hasl,ins. six varieties: III. {. Barney
showed APPLES of 1898; A. NJ. Stratton
premium pears: Pinnacle farm,
Hinsdalc. \. H., peas, beans
radishes, onions, tomatoes, egg
nlants. parsnips. pumpkins and gourds
r. ~. Brown 80 kinds squashes, 81 OF
beans. four of pumpkins, two large
citrons. 40 pounds each, two varieties
satisfy. 10 of watermellons, ~ OF musf
MELONS. and ITO varities OF beets'
turnips, potatoes, sun flowers ana gen
eral vegetable kind; }. +. Gale tapi u,
of 10 different varieties cabbage ana y
traces of different kinds of seed corr
was of special merit; X. I. ana H. ~
HAYNES had seed corn, pottoes' peets'
pumpkins, squshes and genera safaei
truck one tray of seed corn con tal "a
ing Ii different kinds: Chas.
Coonbs large display OF VeSe.aple'
and grains John Nesbltt IL olHeren
kinds of small grain also vegetables
Willard Edwards showed grain, corn
peppers, pumpkins, beans neets
sauashes and tomatoes corn llel', s"G %
and ensilage by w. r. Nelson, =; II
brown " z. Thayer, Walter Robert
son. w. G. Weathcrhead, Geo -
Ode,l. C. W. Sargent, Geo. F. Hib
bard and Arthur White: A. W. Bart
lett watermelons S. A. Lamphear
beans: Guilbert Stacy, Gill, Mass
watermellons c. l.. Fisher, seven va
rieties potatops and one of barley
Arthur G. White, extensive show o
reas. beans. gourds, onions. carrots
pumpkins: Royal Wood squashes an
heets: 4. Codeling, Jamaica; potatoe
heets and tomatoes: y. a. Dunkls
POTATOES. beets, cucumbers, cabbage
Dupklee Bros. South Vernon, I'M
caulit1ower? J.. 4. Grant moss parsle
(. Streeter. Dummerston. peppers, &c
,natoes. beans. rye and oats, slX trace
of corn and display cabbages: ID. y
Williams beets, turnips. cabapge; MI
Nelson. of Bernardston, five kinds
Grain. l.. W. Amidon corn, beans an
T,otatoes: Geo. Odell, Bernardstor
celery and sweet corn; David VIM
eauiiofwer.
The Boy Farmers.
Gardeners were represented
Archie q. Perry Ii years old, "e'
RrattleborO, six traces corn, Two {
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