Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-09-26
MORE MONSTER PUMPKINS
LAST YEARS WEIGHT RECORD BROKEN
BY A GIANT OF 236 POUNDS.


Fruit and Large and Varied Showing o
Potatoes-A Revelation in Tomatoes by C
A. Evans of Claremont. N. H,-Twenty
FIVE Pound Cabbage Shown by a Vernon
Boy-Canned Fruit, Maple Product ant
Flowers Some Things Seen in Agricultur
al Hall.
Agricultural Hall did its best in yer
flying the usual proud prediction,
"better than ever" for this season.
Valley Fair, its display of vegetables,
grain and fruit being even better anc
more generous than the excellent ont
of last year.
The largest and handsomest exhibits
of corn and vegetables were made by
the Brattleboro Retreat garden and
the Westmoreland, \. H., County
Farm, whose products occupied the
whole of the left hand side, y nota-
BILE feature of the Retreat exhibit was
its collection of mammoth pumpkins,
the largest of which, weighing 23G
pounds. outdid last years largest
pumpkin, weighing 23434 pounds, and
said to have been the largest pumpkin
ever raised or exhibited here or per-
haps anywhere in the land. Ten of
these enormous triumphs of vegeta-
ton, grown by Gardener A. W. Roel,
during the past and present year. had
a total weight of 2l3I pounds. the
smallest weighing 1919 pounds, They
are undeniably some pumpkins. y
The Retreat garden also exhibited a
large and interesting collection of
squashes, showing m almost lncredl-
BILE variety of shape, size Il color,
and a similarly interesting display Of
gourds. Above all these were hung
strings of yellow and y%ariegated
"squaw' corn ears and shining N
ions.
The Westmoreland. y, H., County
artistic arrangement. Its stand was
draped with the national colors firing
ed with yellow corn ears. \ large sign
on the wall, all designed in grains,
was most effective, County Farm
being lettered in yellow ears of corn
on a background of red ears, with a
frame of the yellow and "Westmore-
land, y. H" in kernels OF corn, white,
yellow. blue aud red. On "A background
of fine grains with a frame of corn
stalks. Here We're seen more big
pumpkins. wonderful ~squashes, and a
variety Of other vegetables.
Among other big things shown
we're a Flat Dutch cabbage head
weighing - pounds after trimming,
by Ernest Dunklee'of South Vernon,
who exhibited a variety of other gar
den produce. an immense Suntiower.
BY Miss Hannah Smith of West Brat
tleboro. more enormous pumpkins and
cabbages by d. McGillivray in his eX-
hibit from Richards Bradley's garden.
and Others by c. l.. Fisher of Brattle-
boro and large Silver King S~untiowers
bv Ida l.. Wetherhed of Guilford, a T.
year-old exhibitor.
Viewing the numerous fine large eX-
of potatoes, n could but thlnk
IF the wolf cry Of fable fame. inscon-
1|ection with recent stories Of blight and
rot. they were so large, so smooth, so
clean and beautiful. J. II. Stowe &Son.
Wilmington. had a large and handsome
Exhibit, Is varieties being shown,
most curiously as to shape,
Size and color; several other very fine
displays were made, among them those
the Bradley garden, ii varieties,
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