Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-09-30
AGRICULTURAL HALL,
The Display of Farm and Gar.
den Products

Was the Largest Ever Made at the VAL
ley Fair---A List of the Exhibits aud
the Exhibitors.
Excellent as had been the previous ex-
hibltions of garden produce at the Valley
Fair this years exhibit in that depart
ment transcribed them all. Those who
have been regular visitors at the agricu
tural hall know what this means. A fav-
orable year, new exhibitors on the one
hand and larger exhibits by old exhibitors
on the other combined to fill the building
to such an extent as it was never filled be-
fore. The number OF small exhibits was
less than usual.
AS usual the largest exhibit in the vepe-
table department, and the only one not
entered for competition, was that of the
Brattleboro Retreat garden by A. w.
Roel, gar lener and superintendent of
| agricultural hall. This exhibit was made
up OF about $50 varieties and occupied
over jOO square feet of bench room Every
specimen was handsomely filled out A
distinctive feature was II mammoth Pc.
terlon pumpkins, the largest and smallest
weighing respectively POP and 1876 pounds
j. McGillivray's mammoth exhibit came
next with 2O3 varieties, covering nearly
80 square feet. His exhibit OF - varie.
ties Of squashes was "whole show i'm it,
SELF Then there were II varieties of
potatoes, Is of tomatoes and 20 OF pumD-
kins which were admired by everybody.
The third largest exhibitor was new
one, although he was an old Bratlleboro
resident, A. A. Whitman OF Westmore-
land. Mr.. Whitman, who is supertutend-
ent Of the Cheshire County farm. took
ZJO square feet in which TO show his OK
hibt Of $50 varieties. He has bee
prize winner at the keene fairs for three
years, and has a garden covering one acre.
A special attraction was very apt H.
.ustratlon OF the Mother Gonse melody.
Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater" Peter 5
Wiie being seen in a genuine pumpkin
she'll
.. W. Amidon # East Dummerstop.
who has been a small exhibitor for several
years, had this year one of the principal
exhibits, numbering lis varieties. And
they all had healthful and palatable ap-
pearance.
John +. Gale of Gulford made prize
winning display as usual with over 100 va
rieties. For several years Mr. Gale has
had one OF the most creditable exhibits in
the hall, and this year was no exception.
HIS u varieties of potatoes Il Of turnips.
II OF squashes and 10 of radishes deserve
/ special mention as does also a collection of
/ grains which won several blue labels.
! Harry W. Ryan Of Leyden. Mass. ex.
! htbited 30 varieties, including all the com.
mon vegetables, which was twice the size
of Mr.. Ryan's last year exhibit. J. Mel.
| win Thurber. an lS-year-ol Brattleboro
| boy, had a creditable exhibit Of 81 varie.
| ties.
One of the best exhibits of potatoes ever
seen in the hall was the 10 varieties shown
| by j. II. Stowe q son of Wilmington, and
they were grown on ground which was
newly broken this year. Mortified Semi
nary sent up 81 varieties of nice looking
vegetables, making, as usual, an attractive
display Merrill 7. Moore of North6eld
showed p varieties his show OF corn being
specially good.
Is. W. Brown of Springfield, this state
had hne collection of squashes which
took first premium. He showed % yarie-
ties OF radishes. Robert II. Wilson of
West Dummerston, u years old, did well
to show % varieties. Roy d. Paine Of
Westmoreland, y. H, showed 20 varieties
K. W. Nesbitt of West Brattleboro had II
varieties in the vegetable and seven in the
! grain list, all of which were fine quality
Eight varieties of mammoth Poterion
! pumpkins, celery plants and squashes were
shown by Charles Endlch
A new and attractive exhibit was made
| by James j. II. Gregory a Son, seed
| growers and dealers from Marblehead
Mass, who showed % varieties of seeds
and - varieties Of vegetables Several
ears OF field corn were shown by O. f.
| Slate of Mortified, Mass, which were
/ grown on land originally cultivated by In.
/ dams and raised from seed which sprung
| through successive ages, from seed planted
by those Redskins. 7. l. Aldrich Of
/ Mortified showed a Hubbard SQUASH
weighing l02 pounds-the largest squash
Of that variety ever shown in the hall
Other exhibitors and the number of
varieties in their exhibits were: C. B..
I Fisk, Is; Chester Druiy of North Hins-
dale, IA; Chas. W. Sargent, II; A. A.
Whitman of Park Hill, \ H., 10: c. l..
| Fisher, 9; VIM. b. Haskell, l..
Smaller exhibitors from Brattleboro
were F. F. White, d. c. Yeaw, c. l..
Coane, l.. F. Mixer, o f. Slate. T. F..
Betterley, r. II. Baker, Mrs. Geo. Winter.
| Geo. NJ. Thomas, G. W. Burnham. W. (.
Banks, p. +. Crown, Carroll Stacy, q. D..
! Odell, c. A. Brown, O. J. Hale: from
| West Bratteboro, Mrs. j. L. Cutting. d.
| W. Harris, Fred II. Spauding j. P. Good
| enough, Walter Alexander.
| Other out-of-town exhibitors were Albert