The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-19
Premiums Literally Given
in All Departments.
FRUIT AND FLOWERS
These are the Premiums First Award
ed at the State Fair Reasons Why
Some Things Were Ruled Out.
A Sketch Of Cyrus T. Fox,
the Expert Judge.


ments reported for duty at 10 O'Clock
yesterday morning, ana were handed
CheT books and paperA by Treas
urer Claude Is. benson, who is also
acting as assistant secretary. MI.
benson gave the judges all necessary
instructions. Most of the judges will
still be engaged in the performance
or their duties today.
The first Judge to finish was Cyrus
r. Fox, Of Pennsylvania, who had De-
partment D., Horticulture, entrusted tc
him. This department embraces nurs-
cry, stock and ornamental plants, dis
plays of greenhouse plants, bulbs,
rose blooms, palms, FERNS. Verbenas,
crotons, chrysanthemum blooms, car
nation blooms, dahlia blooms, begonia
plants, colenS plants blooming plants,
other than these, bouquets, hanging
baskets dinner table arrangements Of
flowers and floral designs, all these
by professionals; with premiums for
nearly the same kind Of collections of
plants and flowers, but of smaller
amounts, for displays made by anna
tours.
Fresh fruits are also included in the
department, such as fall apples, win
ter apples, general collection of APP
pies (named varietieS) and best col
lection of named varieties, which or
iginated south of the 37th parallel
north latitude. There We're also pre-
miums for crab apples, unnamed
seeding apples of merit, winter
pears, fall pears, Occidental varieties
of pears, Oriental varieties of pears,
unnamed Seeding pears, late peaches,
collection of named varieties OF
peaches, unnamed seeding peaches,
plums, named American or European
varieties of plums, japanese plums,
unnamed seeding plums, best plate OF
ounces, collection of named Varitles
of ounces, plate of figs, collection OF
figs, Japanese perSimmonS, table
grapes. wine graAes. largest apples,
largest pears. largest grapes, best ana
largest collection of fruits by single
exhibitor muskmelons, canteIoupes
and watermeions. There were also
premiums for dried fruits of the fol-
lowing, one peck each: Apples,
pears, peaches, ounces, plums, cner-
ries. figs and blackberries; also for
best and largest display of dried
fruits by professionals, and for best
exhibit Of North Carolina fruits, green
or dried, or both. In, the same sec
ton (fruiD there was a premium for
the best collection Of nuts for the ta-
BILE, North Carolina raised.
In addition to the above there were
a number of premiums for native
wines, fruit brandies, apple cider
North Carolina champagne, nome
made cider vinegars, whisky ana
brandy; also premiums for hortlcuI-
tural implements, garden tools,
strawberry crates. peach baskets ana
crates, apple barrels, etc.
Mr.. Fox had to assist him, in d.
recting him to the different exhibits
entered for competition, Mr.. Z.
II. Belts who rendered very valua-
BILE services. Mr.. Belts has been con-
nected with this department for more
than twelve years and is thoroughly
familiar with the different varieties
of fruits. and the numerous kinds OF
flowers. plants, etc. The Superln-
tendent of the Department, Mr.. II. w.
Whitehead, having been called away,
Mr.. r. f. Keith. of Wilmington, was
designated by Assistant Secretary
benson to take his place.
In awarding the premiums due at
tention was paid to the standard OF
excellence and products not merito-
rious We're ruled out. The premiums
for the best general collection of APP
pies was not awarded for two reasons.
First. because there were too many
scrub" apples and too many that
were imperfect or diseased; and sec
ondly. because the varieties were not
named as required The collection
of crab apples was excluded for the
same reason The plate of largest
apples was not awarded a premium
because there was not one perfect
apple, or even one of medium appear
ance, on the plate Each had been
etung by the cooling moth. Some or
the dried fruits We're ruled out, be-
cause there was not peck shown, as
required by the rules.
In judging the plants exhibited by
professionals it was found that some
individual specimens were used also
in increasing the size and appearance
of collections and trey were ruled out
FOR the same reason the premiums
for the best ten rose blooms Call diff
ferenO was not awarded, because
some of the roses had been inserted
in bouquets, or in collections of cut
flowers, which were also competing.
In making the award for the best
display of potted plants, not less thah
twelve varieties. q large and very fne
Oleander (not. however, in bloom) was
the centrepiece of the collection, al
though competing for separate pre-
MUM. The collection was given the
premium of SO, but the oleander was
ruled out from being awarded as DIS
tinct prize.
The only wine grapes SHOWN were Oh
the Scuppernong variety Southern