Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-10-02
FRUITS IN DUE SEASON"
AGRICULTURAL HALL GIVES EV-
lDENCE OF RICH HARVEST.
Luscious Squashes, Mammoth Pump
kins, and Tremendous" Potatoes
Boys Fine Exhibits-Fairyland of
FIowers-Temptina Eatables.

kins, and Tremendous" Potatoes
Boys Fine Exhibits-FairyIand o.
FIowers-Temptins EatabIes.
Never in all the proud history of the
Valley fair has agricultural hall pre-
scented such II bewidering array of the
fruits of the soil as 1t did this year
They We're many and varied and they
were fine. They brought one visions
of Thanksgiving turkey with theii
broad suggestions of pumpkin pie, cell
cry salad and stewed onions. The
pumpkins were immense, the potatoes
as someone loudly declared, "tremend-
Gus" and the squashes yellow and
bronze climaxes of squash perfection
Hon. C. j. Bell of Walden is quoted
as saying that the cool, moist weather
has been favorable to big potatoes and
he is undoubtedly right--for potatoes
most certainly show signs of unusual
encouragement.
OF course the institutions and mar
! ket gardeners made the best showing,
having the largest opportunities. The
Brattleboro Retreat, the Westmoreland
county farm and ID. McGillivray gard
ener for Richards Bradley all had
! large and varied displays. The Re-
! treat, as usual, showed battlements
of monster pumpkins, 10 of which had
an aggregate weight of 1927 pounds.
| The largest weighed 1854 pounds.
| They We're some pumpkins" indeed.
| The county farm showed exquisite
taste in the arrangement of its ex-
hibit, II was marked by large tab
let of myrtle bordered with fine flowers
bearing the inscription County Farm"
A background of the national colors
| fringed with bright colored tissue and
festooned with strings of yellow corn
set ont the fine display of vegetables
and flowers all attractively arranged
j. G. Stafford & Sons, Signal Hill farm
Brattleboro. who had large exhibit
below that of the Retreat also showed
great skill in arrangement. Their
trimmings We're borders of braided
grains. with the brilliant yellow of the
double sunfiower to break the pale
monotony. They showed very fine sam
pies of rye and wheat.
c. a. Evans of Claremont, n. H.,
added much to the show by his exhib
its of various kinds, He had over 20
varieties of potatoes, some first class
specimens of rye, barley and buck
wheat. peas and beans. He also had
some beautiful specimens of apples and
grapes. The exhibit from the Bradley
gardens occupied a large part of the
central tables and included some
especially tempting celery, peppers and
corn. The Manse, West Brattleboro
was another large exhibitor 1t show
ed celery, lettuce and endive, cauli-
flower, corn, beets and radishes. cab
bage and squash and a beautiful yari-
ETY. of gourds.
Small boys figured largely in this
show: Ernest w. Dunklee IL years
old, hauled in premiums hand over fist
with his. celery, cabbage and squash,
10 varieties potatoes, five of fancy to-
matoes, pumpkins. parsnips and car
rots. His exhibit was quite show in
itself Guy Thayer had the second
premium for boys exhibits. His dis
play included flax, double sunfiowers
and spinach, cucumbers. radishes, on
ions, tomatoes, beans, lettuce and a
years old, of Mortified, Mass, exhibit
ed three squashes. 225 pounds, from
three seeds in one hill. Ralph B. john
son of West Brattleboro. years old,
showed some very curious egg gourds,
A. A. Halliday & Sons, Mapledell
fruit and poultry farm, Bellows Falls |
showed IA varieties of peppers pretty |
sight; 46 varieties Of tomatoes, large
and smooth, husk or strawberry, cherry. |
pear, plum and peach. C. f. Wilson |
& Sons, Valley view farm, West Dunn
had an arch of sweet, old |
fashioned flowers above their exhibit |
which included varieties of truly |
tremendous" potatoes. Seven photo
graphic views taken on the farm We're
shown. including picture of the ia
nous pigs that stole the milk. taken
while in the very act. Anna W. Smith
IF West Brattleboro had some magnifi-
cent growing kale and mammoth Rus
sian suntlowers, NJ. III. Brown of South
Vernon showed some squashes marked
and looking it.
OF course there Were numbers of
smaller exhibits that can not be enum-
rated though many We're of great
merit and interest. II. f. Weatherhead
If West Brattleboro showed a bundle of
Japanese millet, very tall and hand
ome; o. o. Ware of Wilmington some
,Xtra large and fine drumhead cab
pages; Arthur l.. Miller of East Dunn
nerston. SNOWFALL cauliflower of cream
purity and Otis W. Amidon some rice !
popcorn perfection in its line. f. NJ.
ioodenough of West Brattleboro ex-
ibted fine parsley, chard, endive and :
ale, all green, fresh and vigorous !
'ery tempting celery was shown by
Hiss Fanny Mason, Meadow farm,
Valpole, and by Henry c. Haskell. Sill q
er Dollar farm. East Deerfield, Mass. /
.mong the large exhibitors of a varie- q
Y of vegetables should be mentioned q
T. 7. Moore, Mortified, F. H, Miller of Y
Halifax. VIM. Roy Newton, West Brat +
eboro, who had 10 widely different I
inds of beans. and b. T. Phelps of b
Westminster Station, who showed a a
lot of squashes. f. l..
loughton of Putney showed q sample b
the Houghton farm favorite potato, a
o fertilizer used, and John E. Gale of s
uilford exhibited Manum's enormous
potatoes, varieties GIG lbs. |,
ON a single eye. one hill DIR. j. w. t.
regg of Brattleboro, exhibited pom q
erosa tomatoes from one vine-9 i
ounds in all, the smallest one pound, I
rgest / pound, 10 ounces. Ray d. G
aine of Westmoreand had a good dis y
lay of beets, crookneck and other A
luashes, onions, peppers gourds and t,
irieties potatoes. ]. G. Packard of |,
reenfield showed some fine white win n
r rye. And so. like the brook. we al
light go on forever We're newspaper c
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In the corner downstairs devoted to n;
llinary triumphs, little girls displayed N
eir laurels. Among the breadmakers "
and the bread looked eXcellent-were SO
nth Childs, IA; F. May Thayer; J. a,
arguerite Paine, 10; Hazel Yeaw, IL; r
Myrtle Briggs, IA; Esther G. Ben
tit, 9. Ruth l.. Houghton, 10 and Ada :
Jacobs, a. These little girls showed
Ike: Ruth l.. Houghton, 10; d. Myrtle
riggs, IA; Hazel Yeaw. IL and C. Mir II
m Childs, IL. The food all looked and
nelled very nice and made one quite
ingry.
Grown up women also exhibited al
cad and cake and variety of tempt W
g pies. Mrs. Charles Harris of West of
showed four kinds of pie IL
I'd some fruit cake and Mrs. Alex st
line of Westmoreland and Mrs. wv. c. al
helps also had several entries of SUI tie