Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-10-02

attractive arrangement is the subject
Here are large peaches that are the
essence of neutrality-suspicious. thai
few, very few. can deny as the pretti
est they ever saw. Here are apples
of every variety grown In San Juan
county. New Mexico-apples perfect
in shape. color and flavor. many va
rieties OF pears and more varieties oil
grapes, plums and prunes than the av,
| erage citizen is aware exists; toma
toes that are world beaters; sugar
heets that weigh forty pounds; white
corn and yellow corn like they raise
in Kansas; the primitive Aztec
squash, whaleback squash and other
kinds of squashes, melons and pump
lSins; fourteen varieties of beans and
all kinds cs garden truck. OF grains
there are excellent samples of wheat,
oats, barley and rye.
George e. Allen,
George Il. Allen of Pennington is
on hand with carload from his
place. This is the largest exhibit ever
yet made by a single Individual at
any fair in this southwest section.
Mr. Aliens fruit has long been re
| cognized at our fairs by the artistic
designs in which it appears. and this
year II is more original than ever.
When he packs n box of fruit for the
fair It looks like landscape painting.
Owing to the fact that he is contin.
ually experimenting and trying new
varieties, he has the remarkable mum.
her of forty varieties OF peaches at
this fair The biggest of these weigh
thirteen ounces and they are enough
to make famous the man who raises
them and to advertise the country
where they grow as the greatest peach
country on earth. Mr.. Allen did not
bring any apples this year for the
reason that he has cut out 81 acres
varieties. In pears the biggest
weigh pound and a half. He has
thirteen varieties Of prunes and two
of plums. He has several varieties OF
tomatoes, and the largest weigh
pound each watermelons, muskmel-
ons and citrons. thirteen varieties: po-
tatoes seven (the largest weigh seven
pounds; Seyerai kinds of pumpkins
and squash. His pumpkins this ear
are not unusually large but they grew
in great abundance. He raised car
load of the good old New England pie
kind from one little package of seed
given him by the Famous store in
Durango. He has n display of grapes
to itself which he terms the CallfoI-
mia grape display" This contains all
the different kinds OF grapes raised in
California except the Thompson's
Seeding. He has elderberries. black.
berries and raspberries, and a novelty
in the shape of hazelnuts. There are
also red and green peppers. mangos,
cucumbers, turnips, onions, cabbage
and asparagus.
John W. Turner.
John w Turner of the Animas val.
ley, who is one of the fair pushers.
has an elaborate and handsome dls.
play, both of fruit and of grains and
grasses on the west side In matter
Of arrangement of the latter Mr. Turn.
er has set the pace for future ex' ibit-
ors, for his exhibit is so neatly ar.
ranged that II is the most attractive
one of the kind ever shown IN the
hall. The grains and grasses are all
carefully arranged In neat little sheafs
and stood straight up on little shelves.
The bare walls behind are covered
with cloth, which has pleasing ell
huQ rAf ft,II ~
picked with regard to size, the s,neaves
have been carefully put together AMI
carefully tied, They show that Mr.
Turner's ranch has n varied list OF
products. The list contains four varie
tics of wheat. four of oats. one of rye,
bearded barley and beardless barley
timothy. alfalfa and redtop. This ex
hibit occupies space twelve feet
long, Mr.. Turner's white wheat Will
test sixty pounds to the bushel and
the hard red winter wheat 62.
In his fruit exhibit Mr.. Turner has
fourteen varieties of apples, four OF
| crabapples, nine OF pears Ave of
plums and one of prunes. The fruit
was packed with great care and show
gu W eAC'HeHt hnVhntaRs.
G. W. Spencer.
! G. w. Spencer has opened the eyes
| even of many of our home people as
to what Florida mesa can do In the
| fruit line. He has remarkable ex.
hiblt-remarkable for the large va
ricty and remarkable for the excel
lent quality. Mr.. Spencer's place is
at the head of Wilson gulch. three
miles and half from the court house.
He has 400 bearing trees and brought
In 2S varieties If fruit. His apples
are Of the following varieties: iona
than, Winesap, Pewaukee, Wealthy,
Mann. Snow. Kentucky Red Streak,
Baldwin. Arkansas Black Newton Pip
| pin. Bellnower Grimes Golden Pip
pin. Haas. White Winter, Pearmnin.
Provo, Ben Davis. Missouri Pippin
Hyslop crab. Transcendant crab, Vel
low Siberian crab. His pears are the
Bartlett, Idano and Seckel. His plums
are the large and small Blue Dawson
Bradshaw, Lombard, German Prince
and Gold He has gooseberries, choke
cherries and a plant of ever bearing
raspberries. He had some plums