Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-10-07
PREMIUMS AWARDED
The Last Day Of the Horticultural
Fair Was a Very Busy
One.
The INDIAN SCHOOL EXHIBIT
Indians Carried Off % First Premiums
0tero County Exhibit As Well As the
Agricultural College Exhibit
Also Premium Winners.

The horticultural fair of New Mexico
of 1899 is now a matter of history. Yes
terday afternoon there was a good at
tendance, and visitors and their pocket
books We're we'll taken care of by the
ladies' reception committee, of which
Mrs. McFie was chairman, yesterday.
The judges We're busy in the afternoon
making awards. The judges in classes
/ and 2, apples and crab apples, were
Messrs. Vets, Lang and Segura. On
classes 3 to 9, pears, peaches, plums,
apricots, grapes, etc, the judges We're
Messrs. Casad, Steen and Bacharach.
On classes II and 13, vegetables and
dried fruit, the judges were Messrs.
Lankard, Lang and Casad. In classes
u and IA, flowers and preserves, the
judges were Mrs. McFie, Mrs. Sena and
Mr.. Brevoort.
Comparing the exhibit with that Of
former years, the horticultural society
and all others who aided in making the
fair a success can congratulate them
selves on the triumph they accom-
plished in the face of difficulties which
a few weeks ago seemed insurmount-
able.
Superintendent Viets, of the govern
ment Indian school, by sending a mag
nificent vegetable and flower exhibit did
much in elevating the fair above the
commonplace. Under their industrial
teacher, William T. Shelton, the Indian
school pupils have achieved wonders
lately in raising vegetables and flowers
on what a few years ago was a barren
mesa, but which, under the magic touch
of irrigation and the supervision of an
enthusiast in agricultural, horticultural
and Horticultural matters, has become
a beautiful garden. AS the judges said,
the government Indian school display
was the best of it's kind ever made in
the territory, not only in quantity, but
in quality and general appearance. 1t Is
no wonder, therefore, that the exhibit
was awarded twelve first premiums
and one second premium on vegetables,
and eleven first premiums on flowers,
In dahlias the exhibit was especially
complete, there being thirty-eight va
rieties on exhibition of that flower
alone. Asters were well represented,
verbenas, bachelor buttons, Zinnias
ld-fashioned nasturtiums, such as
ones grandmother used to grow; gera-
NUNS, sweet peas i'm many varieties,
cosmus, California peoples, annual and
perennial phlox, sweet alyssum, chrys-
anthemums, fuschias, tuberoses, be-
gonias, peonies, gladiolus, mignonettea
cannas, ox-eyed and other varieties OF
daisies, pinks, carnations; and other
flowers in bouquets, skillful floral de-
signs or ported, gave color and charm
to the exhibition.
In vegetables Mr.. Shelton and his pu-
lettuce, onions, corn, carrots, beets, ru-
tabagas, pumpkins, squashes, cabbage,
radishes, tomatoes, peas, Watermelons,
kohlrabi, celeriac, celery, chilli, cucum-
bers and parsnips. which, although they
were not raised for exhibition, would
have taken first prizes at any eastern
fair, and would have drawn admiring
crowds.
First premiums were literally distrib-
uted among the Otero county exhibits.
They were deserved, too, for the display
of fruit of many varieties in glass was
marvellous as to size and perfect in APP
pearance. Many a housewife who saw
the exhibit wished that she could secure
such fruit to can and preserve. Eastern
shippers who saw the display will I'M
doubtedly next summer make an effort
to secure fruit from Otero county for
shipment, for they declared that it was
impossible to secure products of so high
grade and splendid appearance from
California, or, for that matter, from
anywhere else in the world.
As was expected, the exhibit of the
agricultural college was a model one.
The fruit in glass, as we'll as the fresh
fruit. was the admiration of every one
who saw it, and no doubt tempted many
to try horticulture upon scientific meth
DDS, such as have made the fruit raised
on the agricultural college farm peer
less. A large number of premiums were
awarded the exhibit.
Messrs. Grant Rivenburg and Arthur
Boyle, and many other individuals from
Santa Fe, Rio Arriba and Dona Ana
counties, had fine exhibits, and carried
off premiums. Frank Andrews made
an excellent vegetable display, which
brought him several premiums. He ex-
hibited, among other things, peanuts
raised here, and sweet potatoes.
Stapelia, a curious variety of cactus
in full bloom. exhibited by Refugio B.
de Ortiz, attracted much attention.
Several new vegetables for this vicinity,
such as celeriac, kohlrabi and Spanish
c%ardoon. were novelties that were much
admired. The latter was exhibited by J.
F. Wielandy. 1t is a freely favored veg
etable, very much cultivated in south
ern Europe. It has a flavor like mush-
rooms, and is blanched like celery and
made into stews and soups.
The green dahlias exhibited by the
Indian school came in for their share of