Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-09-30
THE FRUITS OF THE SOIL
FULL AND EXCELLENT DISPLAY
IN AGRICULTURAL HALL.
A Big Pumpkin Summary - What
One Little Squash Seed Did-Larse
and Handsome Display Of Apples

One Little Squash Seed Did-Larse
and Handsome Display of Apples
Flower Exhibit Lisht-cookina.
The display of vegetables in Agri-
cultural hall this year was fully up
to the high standard set in other VAL
ley fair years. The hall presented a
beautiful appearance, the two large
exhibits of the Brattleboro Retreat
farm gardens and the Cheshire County
farm at Westmoreland, n. H., being
sufficient in themselves for rousing
good vegetable show. The Retreat
farm fairly outdid itself this year in
the excellence of its garden products.
both in variety and merit The 20
mammoth pumpkins which it exhib-
tied had a combined weight of Ss17
pounds, the largest weighing 2SS&
pounds and the smallest 1876 pounds
an average of 100 lilo pounds Ten
pumpkins grown in the past and pres
ent years together weigh 2,319 pounds.
This exhibit included a large number
of ornamental and immense Hercules
club gourds, fresh and tempting cell
cry, carrots, beets, parsnips, squashes.
and decorations of ears of variegated
corn, braided in gaudy fringes, with
strings of silvery onions.
AS usual the Cheshire County farm
showed great good taste in the ar
rangement of its exhibit which was
placed against a background Of light
green and bordered with red, white
and blue tissue paper trimmings. A
variety of vegetables was shown, in
GLIDING melons, satisfy, cabbage, to-
matoes, vine peaches, fancy gourds,
and some very curious specimens of
African horned cucumbers.
Nc IDpa Hal. 1n1
a pleasing display which was con-
spicuous for its excellence. 1t in
cluded IL varieties of potatoes and
five of beets, and 8 kinds of toma-
toes. The general display Of pota-
toes and tomatoes was much smaller
than that of last year. A South YER
non boy, Ernest w. Dunklee, IL, was
one of the foremost individual ex-
hibitors of vegetables. His produce
was attractively displayed and con-
sisted of corn, squashes, pumpkins,
radishes, carrots, turnips, tomatoes,
onions and cabbages; also 20 varieties
of very handsome potatoes, and va
rieties of beans.
An interesting illustration of the
old proverb that tall aches from lit
tie toe-corns grow" was furnished by
E. L. Roberts of Brattleboro who
showed 10 squashes, weighing 2714
pounds, grown on one vine, from one
small squash seed. Apparently they
were rightly named the Delicious
SQUASH. Also tempting in appearance
were the kohl robbi and SNOWFALL
caulifower shown by j. Hirsh OF
Westmoreland Otis Amidon OF
Dummerston exhibited well-nigh per-
feet specimens of Henderson's snow
ball caulifower and smooth, creamy
looking Sweet German turnips that
made one hungry to look upon. wal
lace A. Harris of West Brattleboro
showed luscious melons, cltrons ana
souashes. H. D. Thayer & Sons and
Guy f. Thayer had large eXnlpit
Including several varieties of toma-
foes potatoes. melons, mixed gourdsi
black sunflowers, peppers, four KINDS
of meas, seven of beans and many
other things.
Mrs. Carl S. Hopkins had notable
collection of herbs, dried and in pots,
a grateful break in the squash-and-
pumpkin monotony. There were
sage, coriander NORWOOD, anlse, an
catnip, boneset and saffron ana grow
ing thyme, rosemary, lavender, pars,
ley, sweet marjoram, horehoutiu am
simmer savory. A number OF smaii
hovs made interesting exhibits among
them John B. Dunton, jr., years ola;
who showed two potatoes ne nad
raised with no help
Among other exhibitors We're ). u
STAFFORD & Sons, Signal hill farm
snring and winter wheat and rye
oats and barley; NJ. T. Moore, North
field: B. G. Akley, w. 5: Betterleg'
West Brattleboro; H. w. Moore l.. H.
Bruce. G.. d. Odell, Brattleboro; ). A.
Miller. East Dummerston; John "a.
derman. Carl E. Saderman, Wes'
Rrattleboro; Charles L. Stoddaru'
Westmoreland: 7. j. MllleI'
west Brattleboro George E. Crowen'
summer squash, ~ from one VINE; \.
Fl. Miller of Halifax, Y varieties very
handsome potatoes and OF turhlps,
M. /. Reed Vernon, yellow ana pop
corn and Flat Dutch cabbage; +. H.
C,ooden, Brattleboro, and D. II: "a
Wis Newfane, F. E. Aldrlch, NORTH
fald Chandler Brown, BralIleporo'
and r. M. Alexander, West Brat'le-
boro. - cuiIford
showed sunfowers and a mamnotn
Russian variety was eXhloltea ny
Frank f. Cole of Wares Ferry y, "a"
who had various other exhibits Cnes.
ter r, Aldrich, II, Mortified, had q
handsome exhibit of hard heauiis