New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-23
STRAWBERRY FREAK.
one Interesting Erhibit at FIo7rer
Fruit and Vegetable Shoe.

The flowers and ornamental plants are UP TO
ths standard. but the display Of vegetables and
f-ut is poor" said DT. HeNamer. OF New-Y York
end Stamford. Conn. OF the American Institute.
Ed c0ursr-r on The seventy-second fair OF the So
eet., which opened IN the Berkeley Lyceuul build
ilg No -s West F0rrv-f0urth-st.. yesterday after
noon We have not haif as many cahllas' d.
SAID "as would have had had Il not been for
tle uuseasonable weather and the storm of last
week. That storm wiped out the Gahl.as ror forty
miles around Nev-York. II laid them FAT on the
ground. and many an exhibitor Of previous wears
who had entered for this show found his entries
lsshed o. fragments under the cruel wind and
rain"
~ The public this years show viii be found
hardly So ir-e&stinS as that Of last year For one
thing there are no cacti. and the cacu we're last
ses- one q the most interesting Of the exhibits.
Then there were several freak flowers and natural
---.as,ies q plants which erlIyered the potato
and -sdsh displays not little I'm the eyes Of the
woman visitor.
Tie freasest freak on exhibition this year is the
v-be-ry-rssp herry raspberry " berry.
Eh here- way one likes 70 say it. This queer plant
hss the shape q a strawberry and the growth Of
8 raspberry; that is 70 say. it grows into d bush
about eighteen inches high. laden with handsome
scarlet berries that look Ike strawberries. bur
are reminiscent 81 taste OF both the raspberry and
the strawberry. II is said be az Japanese origin
and be- some demand 81 Boston. whore it sells for
a. cents or thereabouts a quart. Practical hort
o.l-1r.s,s were NOT inclined 10 consider it sue
fractions f0- him. and another thought 10 WAS not
no be taken seriously. AZ least al present.
There also form 81 eggplant which ran ks
suo-E tLe new vegetables. but This BIS not regarded
q success. either. A vase q splendid white
Lawson" carnations attracted much attention.
They are descendants from the celebrated SSo 's1
lawson oa-uatiou and have al the qualities 90 the
Lawson" except the color. They were grown from
81 white sport which one branch Of the main plant
lrlH u.- From This the gardener mace i've cut
--cs -Ee FIRST year. Fifty or sixty the second. and
thousand the third. THIS white Law
sr-' BE- said no PC the only white carnation that
BIAS s-alk strong that OF cO!ore6 carnations.
The sea tuckthorn is an ornamental shrub which
s novelty u reminds one rather OF the rose
mary. BPS leaves are vhitish underneath and IL has
small orange berry. The sea buckthorr is eXht5-
Sod in the arteroom with hne collection Of Wild
covers
Among The rare ornamental foliage plants which
worth noting are the marautha tuberose the
r1rheriuul and the Alooassia sauderi- The display
o. dollhouse grapes was pronounced magnificent
~ ore e NE judges while ne collection OF Or
-le finest ever shown a. AL American Institute
"a spite o, the storm. The display of dahlias Is a
lta-tll-l one u nl-t 10Y DIS t.-.Es JUS DelIcptS
F--Ies. u rns naEertas 1iris and crii.seis d is
-es Of grandmother garden are shown sice bog
F-e with the football headed. shaggy. cactus dam
Bolton. or Pelham one Of me FIRST dahlia growers
llis county, ~ h2-Len mas 2teI e,.-l..li &
r was q visitor a. The fair yesterday.
characteristc OF a Fringe ~ white or yellow t5at
Ivs between The s-ausus and the petals.
caught ir The act ~ doubling Charles 7. Allen.
a The board % manager. expressed IT,
ia The gallery Mrs. Henry Parsons has arranged
fr eNl.N+ -rcu -Er school farms an 1le Witt
Clinton Park Harold GleuUaU and Jackie T.atti-
rle- two LITTLE farmers. 81 charge yesterday.
~ showed ot Win enormous price rhg lettuce and
fishes and ru~rlrs which they had been irerr1-
-rfr-e. SRI raising A rarrv ~ Ten boy and Ef~l
farmers visited the show. Among the school Farm
exhibits is large Ssrsrh1uk continuing photo
graphs ~ -'Cc farm &C. C0TIe thar raised &C. de
Er.ee r0r-Ulrree de- bows committee and other
Objects n interest connected with Mrs. Parsons s.
UNIQUE scheme
Tho Vegetables wore iudrc6 SATURDAY the rlv
-n'.r.e showing being made hT 2. = Brown. ~
tast N1riches. Long Island. who IS rum ne IN
experimental Farm fr~ vegetables. q pre-
u--- - SD was awarded Mt Brown To-day The
-r-.t r0I crops and plants VIII ho Judged The
fEir VII ae open to-day and tomorrow from 30