Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-11-04
VEHM0NTERS WON
S168 IN PRIZES At
n. {. FRUIT SHOW
Awards at Boston Included ii
Firsts, Q Seconds, s Thirds,
5 FOurths and 2
Fifths.

a. the New England Fruit Show held
IN Boston October 20 10 80, prizes were
awarded 10 Vermont exhibitors as fol-
lows: First on Pound Sweets, Jonathan,
Winter Banana Delicious, Jacobs sweet,
T1aliawater Crimes Golden first and
Attn on Mcintosh Red; first. second and
fifth OIL Northern Spy first, second and
third OH Rhode Island Greetings; first,
third and fourth on sptzenberg and
Hubba rdston: first and third on Seek-no-
further and Tolman Sweet: second on
Sutton, Belefower. Lady. Opalescent
Porter, Twenty ounce. Ben Davis: third
on Roxbury Russell Wagner, Gilliflower
fourth on Fameuse. King, Red Canada
This lis. includes IA flrsts, 9 seconds, s
thirds, 5 fourths and ffth,.
Vermont exhibitors also won: First on
best box Crimes Golden and on best plate
Sheldon Pears: second on best plate of
others varieties of pears and on best barrel
North Spies; second and third on best
box Northern Spies. second on most taste
fully arranged hamper; second and third
on best five boxes at the show; third on
best box Wealthy apples and on best col
lection of six plates.
Vermont's prizes aggregated s1sS. The
prizes won by Vermont's exhibitors ex-
ceeded considerably those won by other
States when the number of exhibits We're
taken into account
The Vermont exhibit was in charge of
George D. Aiken OF Putney, vice-presi-
dent for Vermont Mr.. Aiken and his
partner, George D. Darrow. have at
Putney the largest berry farm in New
England consisting of &c acres. Is being
in, init pd IN
ment has under consideration a PROPOSE
ton to purchase a 2O-acre tract at Putney
for a demonstration farm for small
fruits.
The Vermont Publicity Bureau adver-
tised the Vermont exhibit at the frui.
show in six leading Boston dailies for two
daystaking up generous space which at
tracted much attention. Immediately
after the first issue of this advertisement
appeared, letters began to come into
Secretary of State Baileys Office from
persons in various parts of New England
asking for information concerning YER
mont apples and Vermont orchard lands.
and these letters continue to come. A
letter from one of the leading advertising
men of Boston says. This Is the right
way to advertise, and I congratulate you
OH IT, lie DOStOIl papers spOhe III COHi-
plimentary terms of the Vermont exhibit,
and the Globe said, mo better aggrega-
ton for the booming of New England has
ever been shown in this State, and the
display reflected credit on the apple grow
ers in Vermont"
Truly no exhibit in the hall attracted
so much attention as the display Of Win
ter Bananas from Addison county and
they were called the handsomest apples
in the show. These apples are not grown
to any extent in the East, but have been
produced in considerable quantities In
Oregon and Washington. Apple men say
that the apples of this variety from these
States do not begin to be as attractive as
those shown in the Vermont exhibit. These
Winter Bananas were yellow tnged with
q delicate or blush pink. so perfect and
Iustrous that many people asked If they
were not wax fruit rather than real fruit.
Vermont was the only State which had
representative in attendance and many
inquiries We're made concerning Yer
nnont's apples and apple growing.