Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-09-27
FARM AND GARDEN
Mr.. RoeI's Pumpkin Record Is
Now 234I-2 Pounds
300 Varieties in a Single Exhibit
Young Farmer from claremont
Brought over 200 Varieties.


Young Farmer from claremont
Brought over 200 Varieties.
That the words Valley Fair are
synonymous with the best that farm
and garden can produce was demon
strated for the 10th time. The report
that this has been an off year for fruit
and vegetables has been generally &C
cepted as true, but many there were
who wondered, after seeing all there
was to be seen in the hall which Mr..
Roel has so long and so ably superin-
tended, what the facts were upon
which the report was based. The
display in this hall may have been
somewhat smaller than on some pre-
vious occasions, but the quality was
never better in any of the depart
ments.
Mr.. Roel's own exhibit from Brat
tleboro Retreat garden, entered only
for exhibition. was even larger than at
any time before. To speak of the
Retreat garden brings to the minds
of thousands the mammoth pumpkins
which have always been a distinguish
ing feature of Mr.. Roel's exhibit. His
previous record was exceeded by a
quarter of pound his largest pump
kin this year weighing 234% pounds.
The aggregate weight of 10 pump
kins exhibited by him at this and pre-
vious fairs is 2O54 pounds. There
We're about 300 varieties in his exhibit
this year.
Another exhibit which did not fall
behind the standard it has maintain
ed continuously was that Of D. Nc
Gilliyray. Mr.. McGillivray had about
200 varieties, occupying as many
square feet of space His exhibit Of
36 varieties of squashes, Of large but
not abnormal size, was a show in it.
self, and his % varieties of beans
We're not squalled.
A new exhibitor and a top-notcher
as well, was c. A. Evans of Claremont,
N. H., young working farmer, but a
gardener of no small ability. Mr.
Evans took IS prizes at the New
Hampshire state fair in Concord this
year. and his Brattleboro exhibit con-
sisted of over 200 varieties, some OF
them seldom seen at the Valley Fair
His potato exhibit was the second best
/ in the hall The management will do
well to keep Mr.. Evans ION the string"
John e. Gale of Guilford limited his
exhibit this year to corn and grain, OF
which he had over 80 varieties. COM
prising an exhibit in which merit and
! attractiveness were combined. One
variety of corn. the PROV red flint
corn, was originated by Mr.. Gale. and
has not been seen at any exhibition
other than the Valley Fair.
]. II. Stowe G. Son of Wilmington,
whose speciality is potatoes. again
asserted their supremacy in this line
with a remarkably fine exhibit of AZ
! varieties. They have been blue rib
bon winners at the Valley Fair for
many years. Merrill T. Moore of
| Mortified, Mass, made a splendid ex-
! hibit of 81 varieties, and his II var
| ieties of potatoes were of special rec
ignition.
An excellent display of cabbages of
even size was made by ]. G.. Stafford
of Brattleboro, which was supplement-
ed by exhibits of other vegetables Of
superior quality. Mrs. George A.
! Downs of West Dummerston showed
native sweet potatoes, with vines, also
COW peas, vegetable that is raised to
a very limited extent in this section.
| F. II. Miller of Halifax made a credit
/ able exhibit of nine varities of pota-
toes, and ]. S. Jillson of West Dunn
merston and c. w. Sargent of Brat
! tleboro showed fine specimens of field
and sweet corn. Henry B. Good
| enough of West Brattleboro showed
! both corn and potatoes.
A collection of melons shown by NJ.
l. Reed of Vernon won 1st premium.
J and collection by Irving Miller of
East DummerstOn deserves special
mention. The largest tomatoes in the
hall were sent by Ernest and Warren
! Dunklee, two South Vernon boys. A
good squash exhibit was made by S.
! l.. Goodell of Brattleboro, and some
handsome specimens of onions were
shown by D. Mather & Son of West
Brattleboro.
A mammoth castor-oil bean plant,
shown by ]. E. Lawrence of Brattle-
boro, stood sentinel in front of the
building and attracted much attention.
Among the others who made cred
table exhibits of vegetables were P.
Neal of Brattleboro, w. H. Alexander,
John Soderman, G. L. Amidon and L.
j. Johnson of West Brattleboro and
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