The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-10-29
Boiling Hall Gets the Silver
Trophy This Time
BEST APPLES IN COUNTRY
Have Stood Competition With
Wcrld-- Raleigh People Get
the Floral Prizes

The announcement OF the prem !
,oms won at the last State fair is
now being made and yesterday the
first installment~ was given, includ-
ing a large list Of apple growers of
North Carolina, though the number
~ but fairly begun.
The winners would cover a whole
page and there is such magnitude Of
work to be done that the Association
not complete 1t yesterday. The
announcements will continue until
The apple exhibit "a pronounced
the finest single work of the North
Carolina soil the present year. Presi-
dent McRae offered daily the return
If anybody'S money for admission,
to any point in North Carolina, If
that individual am to the fair and
didn't go away firm in the faith that
the apples alone were worth the trip.
It is to be remembered that these
fruits were on exhibition with the
best Of Minnesota, the two Dakotas
and Iowa, the great apnle producing
states several weeks ago that sent the
best Of their raising and North Caro-
lima apples stood up with them. There
Is 10 spot on earth that does better
than North Carolina
One particularly notable thing about
the exhibit was the generous area en-
brace In the contests Boiling Hall,
sweepstakes this year, takes the 500
silver trophy for two years in success
sion. Tho terms OF the award are
that the same man win twice. in con-
xccutive years. MI. Hall did that.
His apple farm is In Haywood county.
Near him were the two big farmers,
Mcssrs. D. r. holland and B. II. Howe
haps, of them all, but not the finest
Far down in the State, the Sparger
orchard. at Mt. Airy, produced un-
heatable fruit, and at Blowing Rock.
Mrs. Moses Cone was a winner. State
Chairman Webb Of the Democratic
executive committee, 0 10 OF l5 n
tries Good apples were shown to be
scattered all over North Carolina.
SpargeF's Young Trees.
The Sparger exhibit took about sac
IN prizes. This orchard is the farth-
est east tina contested. These were
all produced ON trees less than sever
years old and he has 5000 bushels
Webb, lawyer and statesman. has
fully as many Of his WI raising. Mr.
Hall, the winner, Is as fine an apple
grower Us there Is in the country, a.
"f the contestants say. He Know
how to make them look good. Tha
- the secret OF prize winning.
The fair association spent 1877 II
apples alone, and these were the bene'
ti'iaries:
Grand sweepstakes exhibits-S0lit
silver trophy. Awarded to Bolhn:
tall. Waynesville, N. G.
Apples-Bo1 Apples.
First sparger Orchard Conn.,.
pany, Mt. Airy. N. C.........$1".e
barrel Apples.
Collection Named Variety.
Fust-Sparger Orchard Com
rany, Mt. Airy, N. {. Wine ,oo
Sc "nd-Doliing Han, waynes-
Apples: s,ayman.
F,rs:-C. a. Webb, Ashevilie,
sc,ond-Bollins Hall, waynes- -
:! Nppie-Grimcs Apple.
E1st-Bolling Hall. Waynes- "a
second--Mrs. Moses cone.
Blowing Rock, n. <. - 30
Best Plato Of II Apples.
First-SparSe: Orchard Com
pany, Mt. Airy. ". c. :. so
Serond-R. j. Johnson, Ashe-
vino y g -. 20
Best Place OF Buckingham
Apples.
First-Ioling Hall, Waynes-
Vile, y. G. =. =. 81
Seccnd--Goll Medal Orchard
Company. North Wilkesboro,
N. -. :. 49,. -. -
WilkesbOro. ". {. go. 81
hest Plate Rcd IlnlbertWiS.
EHst-M. l.. Townsend, North
Best Plate A~fbrTDarlC.
tNeWton.)
First-I:olling Hall :. ~
Best Plate Royal LimbertWigs.
Se"und-E. j. Weaver, NeaVef-
vile. n. &. =. 49,. -
Best Plate StayMan
Firs;-C. =. Webb. AsnhVfii+.