The Baltimore County union, the Towson news., 1909-10-09

Farm, Cowen
ton, Fifteenth district, has gone into history
as a most successful affair from every stand
point-financial, social and educational. That
this has become an established event In
this section of Baltimore county known as
Middle River Neck was demonstrated by the
way the farmers and truck growers took pride
in exhibiting the very best their farms pro-
duced during the past adverse season. That
such perfect specimens could be raised unGer
such conditions was the wonder of one and all,
and words of enthusiastic admiration were
heard on all sides as the visitors admired the
display gathered together by the committee in
charge of the farm produce and household ex-
hibts. Over 125 exhibits were staged, includ-
ing not only the produce of the farmer, but of
the housewife as well, for there were jellies,
preserves, pickles and canned goods fit for the
table of king, and surely if good eating wins
a mans heart the women of Middle River
Neck have the battle already won. Awards
were made by the following judges: Messrs.
George Morrison, William L. Amoss and Prof.
T. B. SymOns, the State entomOlogist, on the
same basis of merit as that used at the James
town Expostion-those receiving s5 points out
of possible 100 being awarded certificate of
first class, and those getting between 20 and S5
points certificate of second class.
But it was the Dahia Show that was the
main attraction, and the view was such that
the visitors when entering were charmed and
wondered through what magical power the
otherwise customary potting and packing shed
could have been transformed into such bower
of beauty, the display being pronounced
superb by the professional and simply grand
by the amateurs Many seemed lost for words
to express their delight. Over 500 yards of
red, white and blue bunting were used to con-
ceal the walls. Against this thousands of
dahlias were arranged, blending With an in
conceivable beauty.
In front of the main entrance was an i'm
mense bank of over 1000 dahias of the Mrs.
Roosevelt variety, one of the largest Of the
! decorative type often measuring seven inches
| in diameter and of the most delicate shades of
| shel-pink. Looking down the main aisle one
| saw an array in which was found all the color
shades and tints found in the dahla, arranged
in exhibition style. Among those attracting
| the most attention were Nine A. Lumier,
new variety from France coral white, each
| petal distinctly margned in rose-pink; Nine.
| Van den Dael, beautiful shell-pink of the
| decorative class, and considered the best COM
mercial dahia in the collection, and Master
| Carl an exquisite orange-bronze of the cactus
type.
OF the cut flower kind was the Jack Rose, a
magnificent variety, introduced in 1908, very
| similar in color To the old favorite, General
Jacqueminot; Fringed Twentieth Century, one
of the newest of the Century type, attracting
the attention of every one, not only on account
of its brilliant coloring which is grand com
bination of rose-pink, sulphur-yellow, and
white, but its bold, wide-open flowers, held
rigidy on long stems and, as one admirer re-
marked, looking you square in the face. Over
300 of this one kind were banked together
along the north wall and stood as fit compan-
ions to the beautiful Rose-pink Century,
another American 1908 introduction belonging
to the same class of large single flowers meas
uring six and seven inches and already super
seding the old single t. pes, only few of which
could be found, and they were those over
which people went wild only few years ago.
Two new Seeding dahlias originated here
Last N ha 6iSSomi afpd
named during the show-Mrs. Charles L. Sey-
bold magnificent specimen of the new peony
howered type pure white and petals exquis
itey shaded to a broad margin of deep rose
lake, and Mrs G. W. Bassett, large decor
alive dahia of the most pleasing shade of
rich rose-pink.
The 300 different varieties of the dahia were
displayed on long table banked with spag
mum moss, and covered with lycopodium fern,
into which the sample of each variety was
placed bearing its respective label.
After having compared and commented on
the exhibits inside, the visitors generally went
for walk through the fields, where the diff
ferent habits of growth, blooming qualities,
and real commercial value could better be de-
termined, and here spread before the eye was
sight which to the uninitiated was far be-
yond imagination. Let the reader imagine if
he can over 40 acres covered with thousands of
flowers of all the dahia colors and he will
have formed but slight idea of the picture.
And not only were there acres of dahlias, but
there were hundreds of thousands of cannas
adding their brilliant cooring to the scene.
AS result of the harvest home festival the
Ladies' Aid Society was enabled to place $500
to their credit toward paying off the mortgage
on the new parsonage and feel well rewarded
for the time spent and work done during the
week in every department, the dining room
and kitchen supplying the necessaries of the
inner man, the refreshment and confectionery
booths furnishing the luxuries of life, and the
fancy table supplying the souvenirs. so that in
future memory may be refreshed and life
made happier with pleasant recollections of
the Harvest Home week of 1909.
The above portrait is that of Mr.. Richard
Vincent, Jr, founder of the Vincent nurseries.