Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-11-12
HORTICULTURAL SHOW
A GREAT SUCCESS
The Greatest Exposition of Farm
Products Ever Exhibited in
the County.
EVENING PROGRAMS WERE
OF A HIGH CLASS ALSO.
Everybody Was Delighted With the
Fine Showing of the Farm
Orchard and Garden.

The Winneshiek County Horti-
cultural Society's second annual ex-
night at Marsh's hall and set a rec
ord for exhibits of the farm, or
chard and garden that will be hard
to beat 1t was simply amazing to
see the wonderful displays of apples
vegetables, corn, grain and plants,
all grown right at our very doors.
While the attendance was not so
large as was anticipated, the wealth
er being inclement, still those who
visited the show were amply repaid
for the time spent, for they saw
much to interest them and learned
one thing that good old Winnie
shiek county soil has no rival any
where. To look at the displays al
so demonstrated the fact that the
farmers of this vicinity were all of
the progressive up-to-date type,
and conducted their farms on mod
ern lines.
AS Judge Theo. Gronna, of Wat
erville, who judged the grain and
vegetables, expressed himself. The
exposition resembled the state fair,
only on a smaller SCALE" and it did.
Secretary o. o. Lomen and Presi-
dent Brakeman and their able as
sistants are deserving of great
credit for this great exposition. The
program of music and speeches was
another enjoyable feature of the
show, mention having been made
of most of the program asst week
On Friday evening Pres. Brakeman
and Prof. C. X. Preus of Luther
College gave very interesting
talks while waiting for the princi-
pal speaker of the evening, Con-
gresham Henry Helgeson, of Mil
ton, n. d. who made a stirring ad-
dress. The congregational cho'
added much to the pleasure of
evening with several vocal sell
tions. The program was a lifting
close to a most successful and prof
liable exposition.
/ Below we print list of the ex-
| two exhibitors from outside the
county, Isaac Johnson of West I'm
ion and A. E. Bents, of Cresco. The
former showed IS plates of apples,
% of them seedlings, one of which
he claims to be the best he eyer
saw for size and quality 80 kinds
of potatoes, 21 ears white dent
and 10 ears of pop corn. The lat
ter exhibited 90 plates of apples,
13 different varieties of evergreens.
! tame chestnuts. huckleberries and
sweet potatoes.
One of the displays worthy of
: special mention was the farm dis
play by o. o. Lomen. 1t was amaZ-
ing to see the wonderful variety OF
; products grown by him, and pre-
sented in concrete form the won
derful productive qualities of Win
neshiek county land.
The display consisted of Kentuc.
ky field, squash and pie pumpkins;
parsnips, Hubbard squash, stock
beets, 3 varieties of potatoes, var
ieties of gourds, cucumbers, cauli
flower, horse radish, carrots, REQ
cabbage, white and black winte'
radishes, white and golden sugal
squash, Kahl rabi, rutabagas, crook
ed necked squash, Dahlia bulbs
peas, 6 kinds beans, kinds of on
ions, Gladiolia bulbs, kinds of sun
flower seeds, eggs, peanuts, toma
toes, oats, wheat barley, timothy
buckwheat, early and late swee
corn, native Indian corn, varieties
of pop corn; Flint, yellow dent, cal
leo, red, Silver King and Pride o
the North field corn, also cobles
corn. Berries IN jars: currants
tame gooseberries, red raspberries
black raspberries, wild gooseber
ries, cherries, buffalo berries; tel
varieties of apples; 5 varieties o
crab apples; II kinds of tam,
plums; prunes, In grasses: Aspar
agus, timothy, clover, wheat, oats
buckwheat, barley, June grasses
parsley, caster beans; home mad,
vinegar.
TIE table displays by Hrs. o. o
Lomen and Mrs. Ed Brakeman wer,
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