Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-07
5000 PERSONS SEE
bROOKLAND EXHIBIT
Fruit, Flower and Vegetable
Show Closes With Award
ing of Special Prizes.
D. H. OERTLY PRESENTED
A SILVER LOVING CUP
Miss Virginia Pate, Winner Of Can
ned Goods Exhibit, Receives
Vase of Flowers.

vase OF tlOWGiS.
More than 5000 persons from all parts
of the District, including number OF
prominent government officials. attend
ed the fruit. flower and vegetable eX-
hibition by the Brookland Brotherhood
in the Lord Memorial Hall of the Bap-
fist Church, 18th and Newton Streets
which closed last night. Scores OF
others who were unable to visit the
show are today getting much pleasure
rom these prize blooms-in the hos
pitfalls throughout the city-for the ex-
hibitors sent nearly all of their best
flowers to the sick and "shut-lns as
soon as the show closed
With the formal presentation of the
silver loving cup to D. H. Oertly, who
won it as a sweepstakes prize, by t. T.
| Hutchinson, chairman of the exhibit
ton comittee, the seventh annual dis
play of the products of Brookland soil
closed. There was a surprise event.
however when the brotherhood. through
Seabury Quinn. the secretary. paid dis
tinctive honor to Miss Virginia Pate,
the fifteen-year- girl who won first
grand prize in the exhibition of canned
goods against the women of the COM
! TNunlIy anu nFSL AWARDS III SeNeIoi
classes of vegetables against the men,
She was called to the platform and
presented with vase of flowers.
| Two hundred special prizes for par
ticular merit in the various classes OF
| the contest were awarded last night.
| This brought into prominence the sue
| cess of j. F. Bingham, a clerk in the
Commerce Department. who confined
| his efforts almost exclusively to the
| homegrown vegetable class and estab-
| lished a brotherhood record by win
ming first grand prize for the third con-
secutive tine. His speciality is lima
beans and he has won first honors on
| these each of the seven years that the
| show has been given.
| This year Mr.. Bingham entered TWEEN
| ty-four exhibits and took sixteen first
awards. four seconds and one third.
According to the awards made last
night, the best rose in the show was a
Lady Ellington shown by Dr. r. w.
| Frischkorn. The best apple was shown
by Mrs. f. c. Saltzman. the best peach
| by ]. f. Bingham and the best pear by
Fred Barnes. The heaviest tomato was
grown by Robert Scanned and weighed
about a pound. J. T. Williams put in
| the largest egg plant, measuring eight
| inches. and 3. E. Hutchinson had the
best potato. sweet weighing one
pound.
List of Special Prizes.
| Special prizes, in addition to those
previously announced in The Star, were
awarded last night as follows:
! Best original mixture-Winner, Mrs
D. H. Oertly, for pepper hash. Largest
pumpkin-Won by W. W. Stevens
Largest cabbage-Won by Denny Waters
| Best display of vegetables-Won by
j. F. Bingham. Best display of home
| grown canned and preserved goods-Won
by Miss Virg mia Pate. Best display of
I
grown-Won by Mrs. c. ]. Cassidy.
| Second best display of vegetables
Won by D. H. Oertly.
Third best display of vegeta bles-
Won by B. f. Hutchinson.
Best four displays of vegetables other
| than grand premium winnerS-First,
Fred Barnes; second, Robert Scamme1l;
third. J. T. Williams; fourth, Mrs. Ar
| thur Sargent.
| Best displays Of jellies-Won by Miss
| Barnes.
| Best display of canned or preserved
goods or jellies prepared in 1915-Won
by Miss Virginia Pate. aged fifteen.
Exhibit of Flowers.
| Best display of dahlias by women
Won by Mrs. G. H. Etz.
r. Hospital.
! heaviest tOuldlO-" OH ny ftODeTl
| Scammell; largest eggplant-won by
J T. Williams; heaviest potato, either
Irish or sweet-won by b. E. Hutchin-
| son.
First display of dahlias. c. H. Hospi-
| tai. donor of prize. not comprehension
Parker; third. A. A. Carpenter
| Set of ornamental flower stakes to
the lady exhibitor making the best dis
play of cut flowers, class one-Won by
Mrs. c. H. EtZ.
| Rosebush each to the lady making
| best display, class VI-Won by Mrs.
c. J. Cassidy; second. Mrs. d. H. Cert
ly; third. Mrs. J. l.. Whiteside.
Woman making best display of can
ned peaches-Won by Mrs. J. L. White
side.
Fruit tree awards for best displays:
| AppIes-Won by Clay c. Holmes;
| peaches, won by J. +. Bingham; pears,
won by Fred Barnes; grapes. won by
Mrs. ]. l.. Whiteside; plums, won by
Fred Barnes.
Currant bushes, for displays in class
L. Whiteside. Mrs. f. C. Saltzman. Fred
Barnes, Mrs. d. II. Oertly: in class VI.
| won by Mrs. c. j. Cassidy. Mrs d; II:
Oertly. Mrs. J. l.. Whiteside. Mrs. Fred
Best Boston fern-Won by S. German:
best vase roses. won by DR.. K. w
Frischkorn: best vase mixed variety
dahlias. won by Charles F. Tansill: sec
exhibitor, won by Mrs. NJ. b. Downing:
third best display of cut flowers by lady
exhibitor, won by Mrs. j. E. Eastlack.
In Other Glasses.
| Class 1. cut fowers-First grand
premium, c. H. Hospital; second grand
premium, D. H. Oertly: third grand pre-
MUM. DIR. r. w. Trischkorn.
Glass 2, potted plants-First grand
| premium. D. H. Oertly: second grand
| premium. S. German; third grand pre-
| mium Mrs NJ. b. Downing.
| Glass 3. fruits-First grand premium,
Fred Barnes; second grand premium.
D. H. Oertly: third grand premium.
| Clay c. Holmes.
| Glass 4, vegetables-First grand
premium, J. F. Bingman; second grand
premium, d. II. Oertly: third grand
| premium, b. E. Hutchinson.
Glass S. canned goods. home grown
| First grand premium. Miss Virginia
Pate: second grand premium. Mrs. J. l..
| ri nremiIlm Mrs