Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-09-30

Sanderson of Gill, Mass, Harry, c. NJ,
Ralph and Walter A. Clark of Bernarlston,
| II. l.. Nichols of Hale, Clarence Britton of
East Mortified, +. K. Aldrich Of North
field, Eva j. Blood of Putney, w. E. King
Il Son of Marlboro, Geo. F. Hubbard of
| Park Hill, n. H., f. w. Scott Of Vernon,
! w. n. Dunklee, A. A. Dunklee and w.
! II. Brown of South Vernon, A. Ingraham
of Gulford Centre, l.. w. Amidon of
Chesterfield, n. H., II. S. Norcross of
West Dummerston, G. NJ. Robbins of
Brookline and II. l.. Streeter of Hinsdale.
The Fruit Department.
While the display of fruit was first class
that department was not so crowded as in
some years. The largest exhibit of apples
was made by L. Copeland Of Colrain, who
had 80 varieties. Next came f. l.. Well
man of Guilford, who showed 80 varieties.
NJ I. Moore of Mortified showed 30 va
rieties Of apples and two of pears. j. G..
| Stafford showed 2j varieties of apples,
Mortified seminary % varieties, G. F.
Wilson of West Dummerston 20, j. A.
| Miller Of East Dummerston -, j. p. Lis
com -, j. W Scott of Spofford n. H.,
| 10, II. X. Whitman 10, w. II. Alexander
of West Brattleboro and George F. Hub
bard about dozen varieties each, Francis
Lynde of West Bratteboro :, Arthur
Tburber :, William Newton of Vernon 9,
J. f. Stearns ..
The exhibit Of grapes by James A
| Horton of Greenfield was practically the
only exhibit of this kind Mr.. Horton
( showed Is varieties, and although this is
an of year for grapes his display If Mag
aras was as good as he has ever shown
Eight punches Of Niagaras averaged
pound each in weight.
L. f. Copeland Of Colrain took the lead
in the exhibition OF peaches, of which he
/ had - varieties. Mr.. Copeland also had
- varieties of pears, eight of plums and
/ four OF ounces Another Colralu eXhib-
ito. was T. K. Miller, who had seven vare-
/ ties of pears. Twelve varieties of peaches
were included in the exhibit Of w. II.
/ Alexander Of West Brattleboro, II ia that
4 Of j. p. Liscom of the same place and
seven in that Of j. A. Miller of West
/ Dummerston.
The largest number of varieties of pears
/ was nine, shown by T. +. BetteIly of
/ Guiford. Other exhibitors of pears were
Mrs. Laura j. Haskins, II. h. Whitman,
Edith Miner of Guilford A. H. Harris
and f. Lynde Of West Brattleboro.
Maple sugar, Honey aud Canned Fruit.
( There was a slight increase over last
/ year in the display of maple sugar The
best sugar, in the opinion of the judges,
was shown by Elliot Harris of Dover Mr.
/ Harris is one of the we'll known sugar
makers in this county, and sets over 1900
/ buckets each year. He showed sugar in
cakes and pals also syrup in cans and in
glass jars He was awarded first pre-
MUM on his 10 pounds of cake sugar and
first on the best pail of sugar. He re-
/ ceived second premium for his syrup and
his display. He also showed Jars OF gran
/ ulated maple sugar, which had the gen
uine odor Of the sugar house. j. II
Stowe a Son OF Wilmington, who have
been constant exhibitors at the Valley
Fair, were again present and carried off
the first premium for display of maple
sugar They exhibited sugar in cakes
and pals and syrup in cans and Jars.
| Their process of making sugar is one OF
I the best, as was shown by the product. T.
/ A. Fitch of Wilmington had a good dis
] play of maple sugar in the same form as
I the others.
! The exhibitors OF honey were J. Henry
/ Pratt of Brattleboro, A. A. Byard OF West
/ Chesterfield, y. H., W. G.. Worden of
/ Guilford, and |. Z. Sanderson OF West
/ Townshend, All OF these showed pure
strained honey also honey in the comb,
! The three first showed bees at work, which
was interesting TO see. The present year
/ is said to be too wet for the bees 10 work
/ 10 best advantage.
In the canned fruit department Mrs c.
/ +. Spring had about 50 cans containing all
/ the common varieties OF fruit. She also
/ showed lp tumblers of jelly. Cora Goode-
/ nough exhibited 20 cans of fruit, and Mrs.
( Clarinda Paine of Westmoreland, y. H.,
/ exhibited l. tumbers of Jelly
Display of Flowers.
A large part OF the upstairs space in
/ the Agricultural hall was devoted to the
/ exhibition Of flowers, and conspicuous in
this display were the exhibits of the Brat
tleboro florists, c. T. Allen and D. McGil-
/ liyray. Mr.. Aliens exhibit was the only
! one that was not for competition. Il con
/ sisted entirely of cut flowers and vines,
the cut flowers being largely roses and
carnations There were 1856 varieties in
the display of MI McGillvray. There
were 40 varieties of cut flowers, 30 of
geraniums, - of begonias and Il of coleus.
There were also large number of bulbs
for out door planting and winter forcing.
The collection of aquatic plants grown
in the water gardens of l.. W. Goodell,
scotsman and florist, OF Pansy Park.
Dwight, Mass, was of much interest. Mr..
Goodell is new exhibitor at the Valley
Fair. There were some 30 or 40 varieties
in this exhibit, many of which were never
before shown in Brattleboro.
There was practically but one exhibit of
house plants, and these were shown in 20
varieties by Myrtle NJ. Cox. who also
showed l. varieties of begonias. A large