The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-10-02
DROUGHT eS WAS NO HANDICAP.
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"a 'hisis, proprietor III IIilleres, A., :
, snd'd eshii.., II apples which ineists
sIH el"ir Safieiirs. other eKh,h,,a,s
I"s hiai1 si.oclally IL apples nr,s 4,
nooir q Nofthheh, Mas. t,so,.s. a
nnyail ei Hast Dover, a.. ~ sis,s
nsNoMs Fails, Z, I, Wilson az Wa., "
nn,'ssss,on, u II. Stafford, BrattIelara " n
a. mayer sons, John \. Wool mi ~
~ AleAander Of West Bnttlebom' q a
=, All chesterfield, \, H., ". ii. Stow,
~, u,,'lnstoh' Norton T., Thnrber ~
NJ, na,lla,, Charles l.. Stoiiam al
,n IL, aud ]. y. sieans Of Iirat'
Mass " 'amss a, Horton Of GrcenfeII.
MI - s""NYi many varieties of APPLIES
W, T.; and e, l.. Akley az W"., ,rs
DOM had a good exhibit al ero,es anJ
apl'rs' Carroll Bond oi Guiliorl .,h,h'
~ some onnbeuies, John Saderman nnJ
W, ~, bialey Of West Braitlrboro made a
vn 'Anibll 81 qninoes aud other fr,i,s
", T. nadNeh oi Springfield, NJ. baJ a
'a.s" eAhihit Of apples al choice yar,e,i,s
ne exhibit 0f canned fruit. yeretahi,.
pickles aud leliies was not 20 larre a. an
some PREVIOUS years. hut Included n choice
objection which could not fail 10 temnt
W aplT'ie OF eonnolssenr. Mrs. Cora |
nnIly % hefnanlsion, Mass, Mrs. G. 4 |
no.t OF Chesterfield, \. H., Mr. n. q. |
y "'.hg' M, Z. v. Grant ana Mr.. A |
Jaw oi hiatlicboro we've the princi, /
pa exhibitors in this department.
Among the attractive features was The
demonstration Of honey making by swarms
ol bees owned by 4. 4. Byad Of We.t
chesterfield, \. H.. and T.. {. Blolg.tt ~
lntney. Mr., Byard had a large DISPLAY
OF strained aud box honey aud exhibited
" q glass case a swarm Of hees at work,
T., I, Blodgcii was inclosed in . wire rape
with a swarm uf bees numbering ahout
1850, which were flying about him NJ
random, and be demonstrated his method
OF handling them aud exhibited a large
OF strained and box honey. Other
exhibitors m that department were vii
nam T.. Harris Of East Charlotte aud II
r. kunnells of Westmoreland. y. II.
lhe exhibit Of maple sugar and syrup
was one OF The best ever shown, the sugar
being exhibited in fancy cakes, boxes and
pals and the syrup in glass and tin re.
,eptacles. The principal exhibitors in
nat department were w. IL. Stowe OF
v ilmington, i. l.. Wellman OF Guilford, :
Norton IhuIber OF West Halifax, W. Is.
" aren of Halifax, :. 4. VIM OF West
chesterfield, \. H., c. l.. Stoddam Of
v estmoreland, \. H., &. l.. Akley of :
West Brattleboro and Perley Crosier OF
Halifax.
The cut flowers and potted plants were
ess abundant than last year. However. I
he exhibit showed choice collection OF
oses, tuberoses, asters, dahlias, sweet.
'eas, zinnlas, pansies, gladioli, verbenas
nd other varieties. The potted plants !
Exhibited were mostly ferns, palms and
,egonias. X. H. Messenger had the larg. :,
st exhibit. Mrs. Clarence Hale of Ber.
Mass, exhibited 20 varieties OF
ahlias and Mrs. +. II. Miller OF Halifax V
bowed collection OF 10 varieties of flow.
n. Other exhibitors were Miss Lillian Il
ilgley, Miss Helen Hopkins, George +.
bishop, Allan Davis, Mary Hudson and =,
lrs. 4. +. Carpenter OF Brattleboro, Mrs.
;. j. johnson, Mrs. l.. II. johnson and
liss Edith johnson OF West Brattleboro, L
lrs. George Worden and Mrs. A. Ingra- "
am OF Guilford Center, John L. Hadwen
Springfield, VT, Aida Post Of Chester q
ED, n. H., and Ruth Moore of North :,
ED, Mass. A handsome asparagus fern
'as exhibited by Mrs. w. c. Baker, an T
bearing fruit, by Mrs. Egbert &;
rasor and wax begonia by Audrey
rotto, years old, OF Brattleboro, were \,
mong the specialties, and John L. Had ~
EN- Of Springfield, VT, exhibited large y
iriety of dahlias. :,