The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-11-02
MANY PRIZES WON
BY VERMONT APPLES
Remarkable Success Attained at New
England Fruit Show in Boston and
Results Already Are Being
Felt

At the New England fruit show held in
Boston October 20 to 30 prizes were
awarded to Vermont exhibitors as fol-
lows:
First on Pound Sweets, first on iona
than, first on Winter Banana, first on
Jacobs Sweet, first on Fallawater, first
on Crimes Golden, first and fifth on
Mcintosh Reds, first, second and fifth on
Northern Spy, first, second and third on
Rhode Island Greetings, first third and
fourth on Spitzenberg, first, third and
fourth on Hubbardston, first and third
on Seek further, first and third on
Talman Sweet, second on Sutton, second
on Belehower, second on Lady, second
on Opalescent, second on Porter, second
on Twenty ounce, second on Ben Davis,
third on Roxbury Russell, third on Wag
ner, third on Gilliflower, fourth on Fa-
meuse fourth on King, fourth on Red
Canada.
This list includes IA firsts, nine sec
onds, eight thirds, five fourths and two
fifths. Vermont exhibitors also won:
First on best box Grimes Golden, first
on best plate Sheldon pears, second on
best plate of other varieties of pears,
second on best barrel Northern Spies,
second on most tastefully arranged ham
per, second and third on best box North
ern Spies, second and third ON best five
boxes at the show, third on best box
Wealthy apples, third on best collection
of six plates.
Vermont's prizes aggregated SlSs. The
prizes won by Nermont's exhibitors ex-
ceeded considerably those won by other
states when the number of exhibits was
taken into account
The Vermont exhibit was in charge of |
George ID. Aiken of Putney, vice president |
for Vermont. Mr.. Aiken and his partner, |
George ID. barrow, have at Putney the |
largest berry farm in New England, con
sisting of 26 acres, Is being in raspber
ries. The United States government has
under consideration proposition to pur
chase 20-acre track at Putney for
demonstration farm for small fruits.
The Vermont publicity bureau adver-
tised the Vermont exhibit at the fruit
show in six leading Boston dailies for
two days, taking up generous space
which attracted much attention. Imme
lately after the first issue of this adj
vertisement appeared, letters began TO
,ome into the secretary of states office
rom persons in various parts Of New
England asking for information concern
ng Vermont apples and Vermont orchard
ands, and these letters continue to come.
4 letter from one OF the leading adyer
Using men of Boston says, "This is the
light way to advertise, and ] congratu-
ate you on it." The Boston papers
poke in complimentary terms of the
fermont exhibit, and The Globe said,
No better aggregation for the booming
4 New England has ever been shown in
his state, and the display reflected cred
on the apple growers in Vermont" ,
Truly no exhibit in the hall attracted !
o much attention as the display of !
Winter Bananas from Addison county
nd they were called the handsomest
pples in the show. These apples are
OF grown to any extent in the East, but :
ave been produced in considerable guam
ties in Oregon and Washington. Apple
len say that the apples OF this variety
'om these states do not begin TO be as II
ttractiye as those shown in the Yer
lont exhibit. These Winter Bananas IA
ere yellow, tinged with delicate or
lush pink, so perfect and mstrous that !
amy people asked il they were not wax h
'uit rather than real fruit. I.
Vermont was the only state which had
representative in attendance and many /.
quiries were made concerning Yer. !,
ont's apples and apple growing. Al