New-York tribune., 1907-09-26
FINE TEGETdRLES.
WonderfuL Cabbages and Other
Garden Truck at Institute EIhlb1t.

The Daha Show at the Berkeley Lyceurn, which
literally carries under its banner anything ana
everything that gardeners produce, had very
good day yesterday The exhibits arranged
exactly ike the audience at q play. Down IN the
p2fquet and around in the lower boxes are 'iis %
bne people, the roses, dahlias and orchids III llelI
brilliant robes The fruits sit modestly IN me
back seats. and up in the peanut gallery by theih
selves are the folk. the potatoes ana nealS
and such But they attracted a good deal OF at
tenon. did these vegetables Nearly everybody VINO
visited the show yesterday climbed the stairs 10
wonder at the prize cabbages. count up the dlileI
varieties of tomatoes and so on
Perhaps the most interesting exhibit IN the
place. considering everything. is the one OF Vese
tables that were raised from so-caHed waste !aIIu
down in Long Island. 4 year ago this land W. We
a desolate looking, burned over woodland. ms
year ii produced tomatoes, eggplants sweet
almost every sort Northern vegetable, ana .ii7
specimens on view at the Dafia Show~tesuty e.o %
quently the rapidity with which waste laIlo Ca"
be reclaimed. .,.,
Some OF the fruits at the show so beaut1fu
that many people had to poke them TO make sur
they were not artificial. There were some strea1e
red and yellow giants. coming from upper 1t Kea
Hook and bearing the unromanuc name OF w.
River" that certainly looked too good 10 be IIue
How many people know that twenty-five Ndi4''ie0
Of applies grow in these latitudes? J.,
Twenty-Five varieties all different. are snoNII IN ~
one s,T,ifat a- the show Most luscious grapes are
there the finest ones tackled on boards SET a7dliS
the wall and looking like pictures painted oF .e
kind Of artist who likes to improve on nature
There are fine ounces there in woolIy oVeFcod'o
apnropriate TO the chill weather and fascinating
exhibit of tomatoes for preserving daii''' NO.
some Of the best vegetables are shown by
woman Mrs Kinney. 1t IS comforting 10 Ihe
sense of Justice perceive tnaf the PITS - +ba
all cart!1red b, the vegetables handSomes' 10 lii
outward eye. \ large ard symmetrical egg plaiI.
was set aside for a smaller one because II was Io
rs solid and good for eating and SO win many
other things But the two biggest cabnases 800 SGt a
prize because they were the best 1heS -
precisely like the Cheerybe Brothers as tieS
leaned against the wall ,.,,
A vegetable few people seemed familiar with
.e +l,o ,,,ar+vr,ia branch of woolly green pods
which are used with nasturtlUnls lot pichies
Then there was the kohlrabi, queer niue pui p.o
-. 1oo1-irr, +hinrz that nearly everybody had 10
take I'D and try squeeze Then there "as |4ie
Swiss chard spinach beet as II IS SOM .,
caIle5 and weird things thet looked as II t-ie'
o,,or+ 70 he radishes. only they were gray.
There were good many old people al 'ile s!IoW !
,-asterda7- and they did have a real good uiIle.
+ Was evident that most of them had beeh
o,oa and had come to the city 10 spend thef ne
rIirirp years with John or uauShteF haIe'
PIissfl,llv they pottered around. looking al -
Giant cabbages and corn. but II was clear tl1s ,s
the oahHages and they once raised looAe'
,o,,ch larger to them through the haze OF years