Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-09-28
AND STILL WE ARE
SOME PUMPKINS.
BIGGEST ONE EVER RAISED
SHOWN IN AGRICULTURAL HALL

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SHOWN IN AGRICULTURAL HALL
The Evolution From a Six-TOn Family
A superb Plum snow by Halliday a
Bellows Falls-Remarkable food On
of Appies for an or Ysar--A Glanc
Over What Has Always Been One o
the Most Interesting Departments o
the Valley Fair.
The point in the whole fair wher
weakness was fearei because Of thu
character of the SEASON was Agricult
ural Hall But on the whole TIT
show there was up tn the previous
years and the standard that has mad,
this department of the Valley Fai
the best and most interesting of any
general fair 10 the county. The flow
ers were the test ever shown ther'
tho Ugh the fruit was not quite up ir
quality as whole. in parts it wa;
superior to anything befars seen, anc
| the grains were up to the usual line,
while in vegetables alone was there
any decided falling of.
The largest exhibit as usual was by
the Brattleporo Retreat garden, With
bet wen 215 and 800 varieties. In il
was the largest pumpkin ever raised
or exhibited here. and perhaps any
where in the land, weighing 2343,
lbs. The combined weight of the
largest pumpkins shown in the past
10 years, gradually increasing from
1870 to 234a4, reaches l2,0Si lbs or a
bit over tons, proof Of what
Vermont soil with careful culture
such as Gardener Roel gives can do
The Retreat EXHIBIT as usual occupied
nearly all of the snuth side of the hall.
The markets show this to be poor
potato year but no one would suspect
it to look at the large exhibit of va
rieties by j II Stowe and son of Will
mington, smooth ard tempting as ever.
So also were the 81 varieties, large and
nice shown by G b Cox the II by Il
ID Paine OF Weatno reland, the nine
by F II Miller of Halifax, the four
by II F Goodenough. the six by p
Veal and those by A W Campbell Of
Vernon.
Two novel and interesting exhibits
were the castor oil bean trees grown
by j Edwin Lawrence and p V Grow
ell measuring some and II feet 10
height
An exhibit of corn which has never
been surpassed, 20 varities, was that
of Lawyer John Il Gale of Guilfori,
who also showed Il of other grains
and beans. j g Stafford won first
premium for largest display of corn
and vegetables combined. j G Picket
of Greenfield showed corn, rye and
oats and G A Brown some good corn.
Other exhibits of good quality in
this department were beets by l. NJ
and Egbert Remission beans in four
varieties by Chas II Davis and j s
Jillsou, citron and watermelon by
Erying Miller of East Dummerston !;
green mountain peppers by Streeter Of
West Dummerston; sweet potatoes by
Mrs Geo \ Downs of West Dummer
ston; onions 10 four varieties by ID
berries 10y Z p Dutton of Dummers
ton cabbag's by Clarence Thulber;
sugar beets by E q Lee of Vernon
citron, beets and squash by W ii Alex
anGer; squash ana cabbage by John
Sarleman four kinds OF squash by
Willard Harris; citron as we'll as Tour
varieties of potatoes, and pie pumpkins
by L J johnson watermelons 10 four
varieties by NJ Reed OF Vernon sun
tl1 gers by Guy f Thayer; japanese
pumpkins by Carrie Chandler; and
eight entries by Mrs 7 g Crosier
Of fruits there were l69 entries, 20
of the grapes and including as plepdid
display, way beyond anything before
seen here, Of plums % varieties, by a y
Halliday and sons Of Bellows Falls
In grapes } 4 Horton of Greenfield
had his usual flee snow - varieties
while Clifford Akley and G a Evans
of Claremont three. Mr. Evans who is
a new comer at our fair had very
large ard good exhibit in several
lines including six varieties Of plums
10 Of beans, eight Of potatoes and
four Of grains and took first premiLm
for largest and best display while
" errill d Moore of Northtield took
second. Peaches we're shown by p
Liscom aud G W Patoer of Greenfield
ard ounces hy W W Cook and S II
Gocdell. Other exhibitors of good
varieties ia this department were y i
Miner of Guilford, r A Allen Of Yer
nor. Tuos Bette ly who showed II
varieties of peas.
J p Llsc0m 10 of pairs G W Bum
II dlDs W. W uceltl VI w uittSlCl' -io1'i
L M Mgnr, Geo Carpenter and Ar
thor Thurber
Of apples taere we're 2SS plates ex-
1ibted, and though as 4 whole not
Iuite SO smooth as in better years, |
5he average quality was good, and at
my other fsir would be- rated as
superb. =" The largest exhibitors
we're f B Barrows, j g Stafford, W
q Alexander, Z / Fisher, Fl
Stove and son of Wilmington, who
lad some very fine uyslop Red Gross,
|. NJ Howe, C A Evans of Claremont,
y G Worden. Thos f Betterley, l. }
Johnson, J NJ Dugsn, b N Phelps, 9
! Hen of Vernon, Il c Sargent. }
.iscom, Geo j Bennett, Merrill ID
Moore of Mortified, r Il Cushman
md Chas NJ Clarke of Bernardstop,
) II Miller of Halifax, Geo Carpenter
md N Ito Newton of Vernon.
d McGillivray as usual was among the
eading exhibitors, showing 1876 different
arieties.