CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1898-09-22
HORTICULTURAL PREMIUMS,
List Of Awards made by tie Frsmssi
County fiosticaiturai Soeisty
1t Their Asaual Fair.

The Fremont County horticultural
Society Friday night closed one of the
most successful fairs in its history.
all things considered There have
frequently been more exhibitors and
the display Of fruit has been larger,
but there never has been time when
the exhibit showed up to better ad-
vantage. This was partly due to the
fact that the varieties shown were
the result Of extra careful selection,
and partly because everybody expect
ed to find an inferior grade of fruit.
The opera house, where the fair was
held, was visited by nearly every
person who came to town during the
two days on which the fair was held.
and everyone dropped some favorable
comment as they beheld the fine
specimens from tree and vine.
The Canon City Cider and Pickle
company occupied a good sized space
in the hall and made an extra fine
display oflroducts from their factory,
among which appeared boiled cider,
sweet cider. vinegar Of triple
strength, double strength, extra table
and commercial, horseradish, three
grades of tomato catsup, sweet spiced
gherkins, midget royal spiced, cucum-
ber pickles, german dill pickle,
mustard pickles, picked caulifower,
sour mixed, sweet mixed, Holland
onion, grocers choice, sour mango,
sweet mango pickles and apple jelly.
1t was splendid display and reflected
great cridit on the cider and pickle
works.
C. S. Topping was the proud ex-
hibitor Of peach which measured
l2I inches in circumference. while
another exhibitor had a mammoth
tobacco plant, and still another had a
cotton plant, all grown within few
miles of Canon City.
7. H. Roane, former resident Of
this county. but now living in Florida,
sent up an orange tree branch which
contained several full grown, but
green oranges.
Some Of the fruit win be taken to
the State fair st Pueblo for exhibition
| by individua,a. and some Of II has been
soId. ss'F s's'
Premiums were awarded - follows:
Best display Of fruit -R. F. Rocka-
| fellow, first; G. w. Griffin, second.
Best apples -B. F. Rockafellow.
FIRST, G. W. Griffin, second.
Best Pears W. B. FELTON,, first; G.
". Griffin, second.
Be=t plums Only one entry; J. NJ.
Forden, second.
Best Peaches &C. c. Rickard. first;
Mrs Philip Hayes, second.
Best Grapes-C. W. Barrage, first,
A Hurlburt, second.
Best Ounces Mrs. Robt. Chase,
first; E. A. Howard. second
Best Nectarines C. Koch. first;
Thos. Prescott, second.
Best plate apples Mrs. c. D. Brad
ley, first; 2. r. Broughton, second.
Best plate pears W. B. FELTON,,
first; A. c. Duggan, second.
Best plate peaches &C. c. Richard,
first; H. l.. Adams, secsnd.
Best plate plums-A. Hurlburt,
first; F. L. Merriam, second.
Best plate black grapes C. w.
Burrage, first;J. w. Harcourt, second.
Best plate red grapes W. Bur-
rage, first: z. r. Broughton, second.
Best plate white grapes--C. W.
Burrage, first; B. F. Rockafellow,
second.
Best plate strawberries One en-
try; Jas. Curtis. second.
Where only one entry was made
second premium was awarded by pre-
vious agreement, this accounting for
the awarding Of second prize where
only one entry appears in the list.
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