Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-10-02
FARM AND GARDEN PRODUCE.
of the "Off" Year-Unusually
Handsome Floral Display.

The facial expression carried by Supt.
Roel, of the department of farm prod
ucts, Wednesday morning indicated an
other success in that department of ever
increasing interest. Mr.. Roel had issued
his proclamation" This is a poor year,
bring in your garden stuff" and wnen
the visitors behed the smile on the SUI
perntendents face they knew that he,
at least was satisfied with the exhibit.
The season has been, in fact, poor, but
the building for farm and garden prod
ucts did not appear to have suffered by
reason of that fact. Mr.. Roel himself
put up an exhibit that exceeded all his
previous efforts, and he has been on
hand every year since the fair started.
He had "A Poteri1n and Green Mountain
Giant pumpkins weighing from 175A
down to lbs pounds, and a display of
squashes that. were delight to the eye.
Decorations of hydrangeas gave his eX-
hibt additional attractIveness
In the matter of attractveness alone
the exhibit by A. a. Whitman, of the
Cheshire county farm. Westmoreland, n.
H., was remarkable. 1t had a background
of flag cloth and was put together in
way that commanded attention The
weight of Mr.. Whitman's pumpkins was
not recorded, but it was evident that
they were a close second to MIR. Roel s.
The whole exhibit was fully up to that
made by Mr. Whitman in previous years.
George Horner in the Richards Bradley
garden. included 40 varieties of as hand
some specimens as one could wish to see
His exhibit of Il varieties of squashes
and of onions and parsnips was worthy
of special mention. Another exhibit of
$40 varieties was made by j. G.. Stafford
d Sons of the Signal Hill farm. The
off year did not prevent them from
forging ahead of all their previous eX-
hbits, and every variety they had was
of fine quality. They have come to be
among the leading exhibitors at the fair,
in this department.
From the Mapledel farm in Bellows
Falls. y. y. Halliday * Sons proprie-
tors, came the largest exhibit of toma-
toes ever shown in the hall. There were
IS varieties, including the klondike, I'm
perial and Mapledell. which were origi-
mated by Mr.. Halliday. The size of these
three is larger and the flavor better than
any others grown on the Mapledell farm.
| Halliday x Sons also exhibited 10 varie
ties of peppers. Rev. l.. NJ. Keneston of
| West Brattlcboro, who is recognized as
an able preacher. showed by his exhibit
| that all his talent does not run in one
/ direction. lie showed wide variety of
| specimens which were unusually large
and handsome for a private garden, his
| table turnps being especially attractive.
Fred Miller of Halifax. who has found
| it profitable in former years to exhibit al
/ the Valley Fair, came again this year
! with ~ varieties. including one of the best
/ exhibits of potatoes in the building An
other good exhibit of potatoes was made
! by Merrill T. Moore of Mortified. Mass,
who had 80 varieties of various kinds of
produce. Seventeen varieties of potatoes
| shown by c. l.. Fisher helped to make
the potato exhibit better feature of
| this department than was anticipated
| Ernest w. Dunklee of South Vernon had
| in all 30 varieties including 10 of pota-
! iplg If la ms a
exhibitor of potatoes. John T.. Gale Of
| Guilford, who has been a large exhibitor
| in former years. confined his exhibit this
| year to a collection of Manums Enor-
nous potatoes. the heaviest producer ever
grown. Mr. Gale raised 81 pounds from
| a single eye.
! Guy F.. Thayer a West Brattleboro
| young man. was present again with an
| increased exhibit, including 63 varieties,
noteworthy in all respects. Two new va
/ rieties of potatoes, the Vermont Gold
Coin and Extra Early Eureka, introduced
by Burpee, the we'll known scotsman,
were shown by J. f.. Sheldon of West
moreland. y. H. Although not as large
as usual, the exhibit made by c. A.
Evans of Claremout. n. H., made up in
quality whatever it lacked in quantity.
Roy II. Paine, a 1i-year-old Westmore-
land boy, had a creditable exhibit of
about 20 varieties. y whole trace of
twin-ear Holden corn, shown by NJ. l.
Reed of Vernon. was an unusual sight.
O. w Amidon of East DummerSton had
an attractive display of Il varieties of
marketable vegetables Meritorious spec
linens of celery were shown by Henry G.
Haskell of the Silver Dollar farm, East
Deerhed. Mass. Two pun balls as large
as ordinary cabbages We're shown by \.
j. Parker of Windham and were a dis
tinct attraction.
Small but worthy exhibits were made
by H. G. Hazleton of Dummefston j. +.
Stearns Henry Moore. DIR. j. w Gregg,
S. l.. Goodell, L. NJ Goodenough, w. j.
| Barber and others.
The fruit department. while not as
large as in some years, was remarkable
considering the conditions that have pre-
vailed the past season. AS the names OF
practically all the exhibitors appear in
the premium list, mention Is made here
of only the largest exhibitors. Prominent
among the exhibitors of apples, together
with the number of varieties shown
were the following: O. H. Copeland OF
Jacksonville, 43; Wallace Harris of Wes
Brattleboro. SO; j. G. Stafford * Sons
81: +. H. Miller of Halifax. 81; George f
Hubbard of Westmoreland, n. H., 30; G.
NJ Carpenter of West Brattleboro, %
w. II. Alexander of West Brattleboro
= Is; Hugh H. Dunklee of West Bratte
boro II; c. n. Johnson of West Bratte
boro Is; c. l. Fisher, Il; c. f. Wilson q
West Dummerston, II; j. f. Stearns, .
w. lJlHlcS VI JdliltiiSei, marry III it7ii''ii
of Guilford, 6; Arthur l.. Miller of Eas
Dummerston, 3; II. G. Smith, 5.
The exhibit of grapes each year would
be small We're il not for the assistance o
, James A. Horton of Greenfield Will
one or two exceptions Mr.. Horton go
first on all varieties of grapes, his Con
cords and Niagaras being particular!
handsome S. l.. Goodell was a cos'
second on Concords and c. \. Evans q
Claremont on Nagaras j. F. Stearn
> made the best exhibit of the Green Noun
tain variety, and f. r. Mann made gooC
, display of the Pocklingtons and Wordens
! The principal exhibit of plums wa
: made by A. A. Halliday & Sons of Bel
. lows Falls, who had 26 varieties Thu
fact that the crop ripened early and tina
! the fair was late prevented Halliday 4
Sons from making as large an exhibit a
they had planned. They were PRACTICAL!
the only exhibitors of plums. Pear
were shown by Il. a. Copeland of Col
, rain, c. A. Gould & Son of East Dover
r. F.. Betterey, C. N. Johnson and Fran
, els Lynde of West Brattleboro, A. A
{ Halliday &, Sons of Bellows Falls, Mrs
. f. f. Willard and c. l.. Fisher of Brat
n tleboro. Few ounces were shown, tn
u largest exhibits being made by e. A
Copeland of Colrain Mass. o. W. Ami
- don of Dummerston, Francis Lynde an
= | W. II. Alexander of West Brattleboro
u and II. G. Smith of Brattleboro
Philip Wood, a Mortified, Mass, la
= won first prize on squashes, raising p
u do, in hill