Evening star., 1914-10-01
Made Best AII-Round Exhibi-
ton at BrookIand Flower,
; Fruit and Vegetable Show.
Mr.. AND MRS. J. F. BINGHAM
CAPTURE MOST PREMIUMS
Mrs. ]. K. Herman Gets the First
Grand Award for Best Indi-
: vidual Rose Bloom.

MIS-. u II. won SpcNihA
sweepstakes prize for the woman ex-
hibitor at the sixth annual flower
fruit and vegetable exhibition under
the auspices of the Brookland Brother
hood, which closed last night. after
two days session in the Lord Memorial
Hall connected with the Baptist
Church. 18th and Newton streets.
This prize was for the wife or mem
Der of the family of brotherhood
member making the best all-round ex-
hibit in one or more classes The prize
was a setting of Peerless strain s.
Z. white Orpingtons- This strain mas
won for the owner more than seventy
besides specials.
the best individual bloom in the whole
show, independent of class, with one OF
his new variety seeding dahlias, the
United States Cavalry. This is an e4-
ira large decorative bloom, OF gnsten-
ing yellow, eight inches in diameter,
with stems eighteen to twenty inches
long, This was but one of the many
prizes won by Mr.. Hospital
A special prize of fancy dahlla bulbs
to the family winning the greatest
number of premiums was awarded to
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. K. Bingham on Vege-
tables, fruits and canned gocds
Mr.. and Mrs. Bingham Winners.
Mr.. Bingham was chairman of the
committee in charge of the show and
has worked hard for it's success during
the last two months. He has won the
grand premium on vegetables two
years in succession. This season he
showed twenty-four specimens and
took twenty-three ards. His wife
he
homegrown preserves and canned
goods, and exhibited the largest dis
play in the show, for which she was
awarded -one of the most valuable
prizes by the secretary.
Among the freaks of the sho wthat
attracted much attention were two
giant stalks of corn grown by Denny
Waters. 101S Kenny street They
measured q feet and 19 feet inches.
d. H. Oertly took the special award
for the best individual dahlia bloom
with his "Duzone," measuring seven
inches in diameter.
in the rose grown by Mrs. J. K Ker-
nan. who is eighty-one years old. and
won the first grand premium for the
best individual rose bloom. This Is
Jonkheer Mock. The Radiance, shown
by c. F. Tansill, was awarded second
grand prize.
Scores of those who visited the show
were anxious to learn what is the best
class of fall roses to grow; The ex-
tensive display of c. F. Tansill an
swered this inquiry. His white Kill
larney roses have won the first prize
each of the six years that the show
has been held, and his white Maman
Cochet. which took second this year.
has won a prize every fall. His pink
KilIarneys took second grand prize, and
have won either first or second every
year. A red German rose that he
showed, the Gruss an Teplitz, won first
N
First Miscellaneous Prize.
Mr.. Tansill won first miscellaneous
prize for the best floral collection and
won in five classes. He showed forty
two varieties in roses and eleven in
dahlias. One of the beauties of Mr..
Tansilrs showing is that he is an ex-
hibitor in every show held in Brook
land. He is the town authority on
roses and is the president of the only
rose society in the District. He has
won the gold medal for three consecu-
tive years in the spring and the Sec
ond or third grand premium each
fall He is the originator of the rose
show. held each June by the Brookland
Citizens Association, of which he is
vice president. and of the fall show,
under the auspices of the Brookland
Brotherhood. of which he was for two
years the president.
c. II. Hospital, who won the grand
prize for floral display and the first
prize for individual bloom. regardless
of class. showed $50 varieties of dahl
las and took nineteen prizes in classes.
lie won one first prize with an orchid
shaded pink-lavender bloom, finely
quilted. that is one of his original
seedlings.
Another that attracted attention was
the Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, a delicate
peach pink. shaded to cream, which in
the opinion of the judges was the
nandsomest cactus dahlia in the col
lection. His Rev. j. W. Jamison close
ly resembles a chrysanthemum It is
an exhibition bloom of very large size
with long curving petals of bright
nauve pink. shading to salmon. His
President Tansill is a delicate silvery
pink, cross between the Mrs. Roose-
welt and the Jeane Clarinet, very large
with extra long stems.
j. X I. Reeves, one of the active
members of the committee in charge of