Middletown transcript., 1915-02-06
MANY CORN PRIZES
Peach Blossom Grange No. 3 Gets
Ribbons and Cups
AT THE STATE CORN SHOWS

AL IHE STATE COkN SHOWS
Would it be amiss to remark that our
Middletown Peach Blossom Grange No.
8, is "peach"I Well, it certainly is.
The regularity with which it lands First
Preminm and Sweepstake ribbons, and
Silver prize cups ct Corn Shows is
enough to make any granger rub his
eyes, and think he's ''seein' double. -
In the front window of Mr.. w. s.
Letherbury's store are displayed the
five piles of corn of ten ears each
which won the silver cup at the 'First
Annual New Castle County Corn Show
held at Wilmington, December 11th to
10th, 1914.
The large two-handled silver cup,
which is of graceful pattern, bears en-
graved upon its side these words, First
Annual New Castle County Corn Show
Middletown Del, Dec. 18th, 1914-pre-
sented to the Peach Blossom Grange
No. 3, by Middletown Farms, Inc, for
the best 80 ear exhibit of Corn.
Upon the purple ribbon pendant from
one handle of this cup is printed in gilt
letters: Eighth Annual Corn Show
Sweepstakes-Delaware Corn Growers
Association, Wilmington, Del, Jan. II
- 16, 1915.
The blue ribbon hanging from the
other handle, reads: Eighth Annual
State Corn Show First Premium Della
ware Corn Growers Association, Will
mington, DEL, Jan 11-16, 1915. -
These were the second trophies won by
Peach Blossom Grange, No. 8.
The first prize cup won by the Grange
is a two-handled silver one, a trife
taller, of more oval shape, and mounted
upon an ebony pedestal. This trophy
has engraved upon it: 'Won by Peach
Blossom Grange for the Best Exhibit
of Corn-Delaware Corn Show, George
town, Del, Dec. 11-12, 1918, presented
by President, j. w. Killen, of the
Delaware Corn Growers Association
The purple ribbon adorning one han
die of their first prize cup has these
words in gilt upon it.: Seventh Annual
State Corn Show First Premium Della
ware Corn Growers Association, George
town, DEL, Dec. 1I-12. 1913" The
blue ribbon on the other handle reads:
Seventh Annual State Corn Show
Sweepstakes, Delaware Corn Growers
Association Georgetown. Del, Dec.
lip 1913"
All this signifies that at the Delaware
Corn Growers Association Show held
at Georgetown, Dec. 1918 and at that
held by the Association last Dec. IL
16, at Wilmington, Peach Blossom
Grange No. 3, won six prizes, two sill
yer cups. two First Premiums, and two
Sweepstakes-which as we remarked
before clearly entities our smart far
mers to wear their name -"Peach etcp
The five piles in Mr.. Letherbury'
windows were grown by the following
persons: Pile No. l, ten ears of white
corn known as the Boone County
White" grower Frederick Brady Esq.
fine, large grained corn 18 rows to the
cob, 81 and Sc grains to the row, Of
about 1000 grains in all.
Pile No. 2, ten ears yellow corn
grower, Mr.. George C. Burge, ESQ.,, II
rows of So grains to the row, or 93t
grains in all.
Pile No. 8, ten ears of reddish-white,
corn, Fred P. Williams grower, gooC
sized grains, 20 rows of so to So grains,
or about 1925 in all.
Pile No. A, ten eaes of yellow corn
Mr.. Wright S. Coppage grower, 18 row.
of 50 or 54 grains, or about 1000 grains
| in all.
Pile No. 5, ten ears Of white, pointed
top corn called "Johnson's County
White,", E. -. Shallcross grower q
rows of 81 or So grains or over HOO il
all!
Between the liberallty of the farmers
friend, Mr.. Frederick Brady, and his
own and Messrs. Shallcross' and others
experimenting, one will begin to look
for some farmer hereabouts to produce
another ear of coin worth 81, 900.