Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-11-05
HORTICULTURAL SHOW
OPENS Ns1H|sAFTERNOON
Second Exhibit of Winneshiek COun-
ty Agricultural Society a Good
One.
PUBLIC PROGRAMS TONIGHT,
TOMORROW AND FRIDAY.
Exposition Includes Large Display
of Products of Farm, Orchard,
and Garden.

The second Horticultural Show OF
the Winneshiek County Horticultur-
al Society opened formally this af-
ternoon, at the J. j. Marsh hall, cor
ner of Water and Mechanic streets,
and if the people of this county are
in the least interested in what this
section is able to produce they will
make a special effort to attend at
least one day during this show, for
here is a wonderful display of ap-
pies and other fruits, grains, gras-
ses, vegetables, corn, etc. No one
can go through this exposition and
inspect the various exhibits without
feeling Of surprise that Winnie
shiek county is such a productive
fruit section, especially in apples.
for here are hundreds of plates of
apples of the finest kind, rivaling in
beauty and in flavor the much
vaunted western fruit sections.
Monday and yesterday and up to
noon today was spent in the fitting
up of the second floor of Marsh's
hall for the show and the arrange
ments of the exhibits. At one
O'Clock this afternoon the exhibit
was thrown open to the public, and
this evening the first program will
be given. 1t will include music by
the Decorah Merchants Band, OPEN
ing address by President E. Blake
man, selections by the Luren sing
ing society, and an address by Supt.
Eva NJ. Fleming of the city schools.
Tomorrow (Thursday) night the
music will be furnished by Prof. F..
E. Hoare's orchestra, and there will
be addresses. by John Harter on
Observations on my recent trip to
Germany" and by Atty. E. w. Cut
ting. On Friday night the Luther
College orchestra will furnish the
instrumental music, and selections
will be given by the Congregational
church choir. The address of the
evening will be delivered by Atty.
E. j. Hook.
There is long list of premiums,
donated by Decorah merchants and
members of the society, aggregating
100000, while the society gives
$4,000 in cash premiums, and o.
o. Lomen, secretary, will donate one
barrel of apples each evening. MIR.
T. Anderson of Waterville, will act
as judge of the corn, grain, etc.
When we visited the show, last
evening, the exhibits were only part
ly in place, and many expected
which had not yet arrived, so that
it was impossible to give detailed
description of them, but enough was
on hand to assure splendid exhi-
bition of the products of this coun-
ty. Along the west side of the hall
there are several beautiful colleo-
tions of potted plants, varying in
size and number, exhibited by Hen
ry Paine, Miss Hilleman, w. T.
Symonds & Son and o. O. Lomen,
and Mrs. ]. H. Mackenstad shows a
we'll developed lemon tree contain
ing a number Of unusually large
lemons. On the east side vegeta-
bles are shown by Isaac Johnson.
who exhibits SO varieties of fine po-
tatoes, E. r. Blount & Son, a splen-
did and varied collection, w. T.
Symonds G Son and o. o. Lomen,
while John Harter and Dick Stos-
kopf make fine showings of grain.
Long tables through the center Of
the hall in two rows contain one Of
the finest showings of apples ever
seen in this part of the state. Isaac
Johnson shows rs plates, several of
them seedlings, also six varieties Of
popcorn; secretary o. 0. Lomen
has magnificent display of 124
plates of apples. crabs and seed
lines, worthy of careful inspec-
tion by everyone who visits the
show; John Harter shows 46 plates
OF apples and of grapes; Dell Nor
rison plates of apples; Gideon
Seegmiller 25 plates; Valentine
Barth plates; Dick Stoskopf %
plates, each of them demonstrating
the wonderful possibilities along
this line here.
The exhibit of corn, while not ex-
tensive, is interesting. H. d. Paine
shows calico corn. and Valentine
Barth novelty, labelled past,
present and future" each represents
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