Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-09-27

GROWING -Oana stafford Wins Ho,o,,
on His Collection Of Vegetables
No one could be persuaded ,,...
an off year for farm products .rt, WIS s
Ing a visit to the display Of ,.a,'. p4y-
ana truit. Bigger and better ft., o'ss
was the verdict of the judges and yer
initiated who came In to Womb L l4'
peWildering assortment, varyIu, r-o-, az.
pound pumpkins TO tiny gourds. w.r. ~ ~
pared 10 agree with them. with ha
ception Of the corn the display ,,.9 tx
perlor in quality to anv in re-" "1s Su-
The dry weather Of August ana - '-a's'
ness of this month had a derr.ss,-." wei
huence on the final devclorr1ar, M
kernels and the judges declared r- 'He
the whole the corn was belov, ~ IN
erage. Apart from that they ,y,'. Az
cldedly enthusiastic and unstinted In 49,
praise. ID" 'Her
AS usual A. W. Roel, gardener At ~.
Brattleboro Retreat, had far and 49,, we
most interesting display. He did r.,t ,5, tIe
1t record breaking pumpkins t.t nv
OF one in his garden that was tho ttll
beginning Of the fair this vas.- t,+
yet and still growing so well tina, b. VIII
loath to cut It off in its prime I was
Impossible for Mr.. Roel TO ada - ,a
NUMBER Things that he makes grov ~
perfection in his garden ag he has s-1' I"
the country far and near for 80 20
rleties In former years. There were ,h,,',
50O varieties represented in his dfs1I..
| ana taken as a whole It was an la,sty
quarter part larger than in any r-oris,,l
year. 1t was very artisticallv arrsrgs5 10
banks along the south side of the b5ui,.
with symmetrical arrangements HIS
each "lndow and the interstices decked
with hydrangeas and evergreen.
The Cheshire county farm al Tes+-,,-.
land, y. H., was also represented nv ~.
biggest display in years and Won ca,
eral prizes. One of the features ~.
entertained the visitors was a hugh np7nn
Kin with two grotesque pigmies ulrstrat-
ing Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater" m.
exhibit from the farm was es,eclarv
strong in melons and divided eyerytbins
| In sight in this class with the aybIbI,
| from the Mt. Hermon school
For farmers exhibit the djs,ra, =,
Dana II. Stafford Of West Brattlahorn
| was long way in the lead Mr. stafford
had about lbs varieties of vegets blas ava
/ won IS first prizes and 10 second r-i,ss
as well as the special prize for a collie.
! ton raised by farmer and a s,eclsI
/ prize offered by W. Atlee Burpea f6- 49,
best collection raised from his seeds
In the grain department Franz
| K. Sanders Of Bristol. Y Il
| was foremost, having laree va.
/ riety and capturing nearly all the n-izas
] In that department. F. H. Miller OF Hal
| max had an especially creditable showing
! OF potatoes with some 20 varieties o., ~
hibition. His general collection was ala,
/ in the front rank. George Ho-ner and
II. ID. Thayer and sons were among the
big exhibitors that made a most credit.
| able showing
/ The display Of small fruits in the hall
/ above was hardly up to the average In
| quality or in number Of exhibitors Tba
/ apples were rather small on accogn, Of
/ the unfavorable season. ullms were
scarce and only one plate Of peaches was
/ shown. One of the best exhibits was that
! of James a. Horton Of Greenfield Who
! showed dozen varieties Of succulent
/ grapes such rs are seldom seen even in 4
/ good year. while this is Acknowledged TO
/ be an exceedingly poor year Mr Hor.
| ton has not exhibited at the Valley Fair
Tor some years, although he was formerly
/ regular exhibitor. His big Eltons
] Brightons and Niagaras were especially
| attractive. Mr. Horton has raised 20 va
rietles of grapes in a single year and
/ what he accomplishes in mis- speciality is
/ surprise to most people, who do not
| realize the possibilities Of grape culture
! here in New England. Mr. Horton makes
! showing which to a person uniformed
/ might be considered as coming from
/ southern California. Among the eyhi-
{
( Dunklee. f. b Barrows, F. l. Wel!man
/ and Dana Stafford
one of the best exhibits in the hall was
! the bees and honey. both comb and strain
/ ed. shown by A. A Byard Of Chesterfield
/ lie divided the honors in this class with
! w. +. Harris of East Charlotte Norton
+. Thurber had very appetizins display
OF maple sugar and syrup. his chief COM
/ petitors being a. G.. Gallup and 2 L
/ Wellman of Gulford The display OF
/ canned fruit and jellies was Il high
| quality Miss Cora Goodenough winning
/ the highest honors
| The centre OF the hall was filed with
| flowers, in which dahlias predominatei
| This is reported to be a poor season for
| dahlias but some wonderfully beautiful
| and perfectly formed specimens were
/ shown. The collections og Mrs. \. Foster.
/ F. A Thompson of Springfield and Ralph
Johnson OF West Brattleboro were es-
! pecially admired Among the most in
| terestng exhibits in this department
We're the collections Of wild flowers
named and exhibited by children Paul
| Iaylor showed As varieties and Edith
! and Hazel Johnson had As in their col
lection. Isaac Hirch of Westmoreland
showed cotton tree growing in a tub
/ winch he had grown out doors An un-
usual exhibit was a mammoth pufball
| shown by Mrs. w II. BigeloW II
! weighed two pounds, Sl5 ounces and
/ measured 10 by s inches. one Of the
most interesting exhibits was one which
came In too late TO be classified, few
vases OF blue Mexican morning glory,
shown by Miss Caroline Keyes Of Put
ney. A mixed collection shown by Mrs
! Charles Brockington also came in too
| late TO share in the award OF prizes.
Mr. Alexander Of East Rrdgewater'
Mass also had a large collection o. high
| grade dahlias