Newark post., 1911-06-14
HORTICULTURALISTS
Offer PRIZES

insula Horticultural Society met at the
home of the President Mr.. F,dnk e.
Matthews, Pocomoke, Md, and decided
to offer about 5000 in cash prizes for
fruits, vegetables and canned goods, to
be awarded at the annual meeting in
Pocomoke, January 8, 10, II, 1912, and to
secure liberal prizes for collective ex-
hibits, such as boxes and barrels of ap-
pies, collections of fruits, nuts, vege-
tables and other products. The follow
ing are the principal prizes:
Apples, special prizes on boxes, ut-r-
rels and collections to be announced.
Single plates, first prize, 81, second
prize, ST. third prize 50 cents on each Of
the following Observation-Disclosures Black,
Ben Davis, Mismark, Carolina Red June,
Duchesse, Early Ripe, English Redstreak,
Fallawater, Gano, Gilpin (Carthouso),
Gracenstein, Grimes, Grandstone, Hol-
| land, Pippin, Jefferies, Jonathan, Law
| YER, Limbertwig, Lankford, MaryIahd
Maiden Blush, Missouri Pippin, Nero,
Noyes, Paragon. Rome. Smith Cider,
| Smokehouse, Stark, Stayman Winesap,
| Summer King. Winesap, Yellow New
town, Yellow Transparent York.
| Pears, special prizes on collective ex-
| hibits to be announced. Single plates,
| first prize, 81, second prize, 81, third
| prize 50 cents on each of the following
| varieties: Bartlett, Duchesse, CARRIER,
| Howell, Kieffer, Lawrence, LeConte, Sc
| excl, Sheldon.
Ounces. special prize to be announc-
ed Single plates, first prize 81, second
pprize, 81, third prize 50 cents on each
variety exhibited.
Canned fruits, special prize for coll
| lective exhibits to be announced. Single
cans, first prize, 81, second prize, 81, third
| prize, so cents on each Of the following:
Apples, pears, peaches, plums, cherries,
blackberres, raspberries, gooseberries,
strawberries.
! Canned vegetables, special prize for
| collective exhibits to be announced. Sin
gle cans, first prize, 81, second prize, IL,
third prize, so cents, on tomatoes, corn,
pumpkins, pickles, catsup, Chill sauce,
chowchow.
Preserves, on single jars, first prize,
81, second prize, 81, third prize SO cents
on each of the following kinds: Apples.
peach, pear, plum, ounce, citron, straw
berries.
Jellies, single glass; first prize, g.
second prize, so cents, on each OF Lns
following kinds Apple, crabappie
peach, pear. plum, cherry ounce, black
berry, raspberry, current, strawberry
grape.
Nuts, special prizes on general collec-
tion to be announced later. Single var
ieties, first prize, 81, second prize, 81
third prize, so cents on the following
Chestnuts, pecans, Persian or English
walnuts, black walnuts, shellbarks, pea
nuts.
: Vegetables, special prize for collection
| to be announced later. On cabbage, eacl
variety exhibited, first prize, 81, secon
prize. 81, third prize, so cents. Irish po
tatoes, first prize, 81, second prize, 81
third prize, so cents, on each of the 10,
LOVING varieties: Beauty Of Hebron
Crown Jewel, Green Mountain, Irish Cob
: bier, American Giant, Gold Coin, Swee
. potatoes, Big Stew Jersey, Goldskin, Re
Jersey, Early Caroline, Carrots, Dan
vers. Celery, Golden Dwarf, Golde
Heart, Giant Pascal White Plume Kalt
:, Lettuce, Onions, Yellow Danvers, Prize
taker, Silverskin. Parsnips, Parsle!
Pumpkins, Satisfy, Spinach, Tomatoes
Turnips.
d The Peninsula Produce Exchange,
= Pocomoke, Md, The las tern Shore E.
= change, Onley, Va; other produce e,
changes, the railroad company, have a
" indicated willingness to help make tt
l. exhibit a large and interesting one. TT
program will give particular attention
vegetable culture in all its branche
Professor T. c. Johnson, of the Norfo
Experiment Station, and Professor
3 Watts, of State College, Pa, both spe'
,e ialsts in vegetable growing, have agree
y, to be present and deliver lectures.
" Eugene H. Shallcross, Middletown, De
D. was elected a member of the Execute
Committee in place of his father, WI