Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-10-02
FRUIT.

The fruit display was the largest and best
ever seen here. The conditions this year
have been favorable to the growth Of apples
with the result that that department was
crowded. And not only was there an
abundance of fruit but the specimens were
remarkably large and free from blemish.
The largest individual exhibit was by
Edgar 4. Copeland Of the Hillside Fruit
farm of Colrain. Mr.. Copeland had so
varieties of apples and 10 of pears, 10 of
grapes, plums, peaches and ounces. These
samples were prize winners at Greenfield
and were shipped from there here Mr..
Copeland began raising apples Is years ago
this year he has over 500 barrels of them
and only part Of his trees have begun to
bear
Merrill T. Moore of Mortified, Mass, a
new exhibitor, showed 40 varieties of
apples of medium size and varieties of
plums. His exhibit was equalled in num-
Der by that of George F. Hubbard Of West
moreland, n. H., who made an attractive
display. Specimens of about 80 varieties
of luscious fruit from the Prospect farm
were shown by j. G.. Stafford who has been
an exhibitor in this department for several
years. Mortified seminary had in ad-
dition TO its display of vegetables, about %
varieties of nice fruit. A. NJ. Stratton of
Bernardston showed as large Blessings and
Wolf river apples as were seen. A dozen
varieties of pears were in his exhibit.
The advantages of spraying fruit were
exemplfied in the basket of WAGNER
apples shown by Geo. d. Odell. They
were the most perfect of all and were made
so by the use of the Bordeau mixture.
A display of "a varieties of good sale
able fruit was made by f. l.. Wellman of
Guilford Centre. Neat displays of 10 and
Is varieties of apples were made by Henry
NJ. Cutting ard w. ii. Sylvester Of West
Brattleboro respectively. Twenty varieties,
including 4 of crab apples, were shown by
Laura j. Haskins who always has a clean
display.
A tempting apple display was that o
John S. Wood who had Is plates of no.
tably perfect fruit.
w. X. Browns and j. =. Liscom's show
of apples were clean specimens. The large
specimens shown by G.. W. Franklin Of
Guilford attracted attention. Among
other apple exhibits were those of J. f.
Stearns, who showed dozen kinds, c. A.
Brown, Clarence Bliss, L. NJ. Howe,
George Winter, o. +. Bailey, who showed
the largest pound sweets, r. G.. Wood, F.
A. Bagg, G.. w. Burnham, A. K. Harris,
A. lngraham and G.. w. Franklin of Gull
ford Centre, Hugh Whitman, A. A.
Blanchard, Chas. G. Endlich, d. A. Hen
ry, w. A. Newton of Vernon, Fred j.
johnson of Newfane, Lola Belle johnson,
d. j. Barrett and c. +. Downer of West
Brattleboro. Among the exhibits of pears
were those of George II. Clapp, j. p, Lis
com, Laura Haskins, and others with one
or two varieties. The pear exhibit was
good but not large. The principal ounce
exhibits were those of John Hunt, d. A.
Henry, Thompson Cain and l.. M. Howe
c. NJ. Davis of Chesterfield showed native
cramberries and Mrs. Lena Frost of West
Brattleboro an orange tree with fruit.
James A. Horton of Greenfield was
present again this year with large grape
exhibit of II varieties. Noticeable among
them was one cluster of Niagaras which
weighed, when picked, 1871 ounces. 1t was
grown out of doors and probably never was
equalled in this section. The raising of
grapes is a side issue with Mr.. Horton, but
he does it with commendable success. A.
A. Blanchard's grape exhibit was also a
good one.