The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-10-27
EXHIBITS OF ALL
SORTS At THE FAIR
Yancey County's Apple Won
ders of the World.
ElME RuTMOQE pOIIITQv
FINE BILTMORE POULTRY
The Farm Products of Occoneechee
and Biltmore.
SOME INTERESTING SCHOOL EXHIBITS
All Of The Interests Of the City, and Many Of
the States Best Industries, Were Well
Represented in the Great Ex-
hibition Fall.

Yancey county is said to produce the
finest fruit in the world, and after seeing
the exhibit at the State Fair this week,
no one could we'll deny that it is a fact.
Such apples might we'll be the wonder OF
the world at the Paris Exposition, as
they were both at the last one and the
one before. Crowds have been looking
at these apples all the week, and they
have been the talk of the Fair, as far as
fruit is concerned.
The exhibit is in charge of Messrs.
Hensley and Wray, of Yancey county. Be-
sides the apples, there are peaches, cab
bages, sweet potatoes, dried fruit and
jellies, and Burleigh's tobacco. There are
los varieties of apples on display, and
many more could not get in, there be-
ing in all about $50 varieties. These in
clude the Mountain Sport, Gloria Mundi,
Finetta, Shannon Pippin, Worlds Won
der, weighing Is ounces, the famous Abe
marie Pippin, Winesap, natural and i'm
proved, and innumerable others. Need
less to say these apples have captured
all the premiums Prizes have also been
awarded for the peaches, Burleigh's to-
bacco dried fruits and jellies.
east of Buncombe, and it is in the Caine
River Valley, which lies between the
Black, Roam and Bald mountains, that
these apples are grown. The climate in
this region is such that it is necessary
to sleep under blankets all the year
round.
1t is the intention of President Nc
Nance to send box of these great North
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New York.
Occoneechee Farm.
The exhibit of this great model farm
is not very extensive, but every farm
product is represented in its perfection
of culture, indicating the highest develop
ment of scientific farming methods and
the most tireless care, coupled with the
employment of every advantage known tc
the producer. 1t is well known that Gen
eral Carr spares no expense or labor to
make this farm perfect in every detail
and the results bear witness that the
expense and trouble are amply justified
Such a farm cannot fail to be a mighty
inspiration and a strong stimulus to all
the farmers of the State, and as such is
one of North Cardinals great sources OF
agricultural pride.
The exhibit is arranged in a very ar
tistic manner, and meets much admira-
ton. The whole is in the shape of a
great pyramid. A large shock of wheat
forms the apex, and on each of two sides
is smaller pyramid of corn. Arranged
all around the sides and base of the
great pyramid are the various other
products of the farm, including peanuts,
apples, sweet potatoes, all varieties OF
peas, walnuts, sugar-cane, buckwheat,
rye, Irish potatoes and everything that
could be mentioned.
1t will be remembered that this exhibit
was not in pecuniary competition, but
simply on display.
Biltmore Farm.
The exhibit of this, one of the world S
greatest farms, was in keeping with its
reputation for perfection in every pro-
duct of the soil. The space occupied, in
one end of the main hall, was very large,
and the specimen products of the great
North Carolina farm were arranged with
skill and to good advantage. 1t would
be almost impossible to attempt an enum-
Grafton of the things displayed but
everything the earth can be made to
produce in the temperate zone was there,
and that is saying a great deal. To any
one not very familiar with North Caro-
lina's resources, this exhibit would be a
wonderful revelation. This is one of the
many ways in which such farm as this
can benefit State. 1t can show in a
nutshell, as it were, all the resources
of a State to the world at large. Pos
sessing all the advantages of wealth and
scientific knowledge, it can produce any
thing that is possible of production in
the climate of the State.
The poultry exhibit was show in it
self. Every known variety of chicken
turkey, duck and goose was represented
there by splendid specimens Such a
show as this is an education in the line
of poultry raising. There were many
fine Belgian Hares on exhibition, too, and
English rabbits.
The Biltmore exhibit, like that of Oc-