The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1916-11-23
+. II. WEST REELECTED PRES.
Great New England Fruit Show a
Grand Success


Grand Success
AT the recent annual meeting of the
( Vermont Horticultural Society, held in
conjunction with the New England
Fruit Show at Montpelier, f. H. West
Of Dorset was reelected president for
the coming year
The other officers chosen were: Sec
rotary, Prof. NJ. B. Cummings of Bur
lington; treasurer, w. C. Cotton of
Montpelier; auditor, A. T. Clark of
Addison; executive committee, Z. S.
Brigham Of st, Adams, George O.
Aiken Of Putney, and c. l.. Witherell
of Middlebury.
The presidents from the vari-
GUS counties submitted reports, stat
| ing that in some instances the fruit
growers were alive to the possibilities
but in others the farmers trusted in
Providence and sold the apples for
what they could get for them.
The report presented by Secretary
Cummings was as follows:
"The best report ! can give this
year is to say that the great New
England Fruit Show has been held in
| Vermont for the first time. We have
needed for many years the encourage
ment and inspiration which this event
brings To most Nermonters the New
England Fruit Show has meant but
little, for only few have seen a great
exhibition of this kind Every state
in New England has entertained the
show, and all have profted thereby.
We take our turn this year
ut has been no small task to bring
this great event to pass. 1t would
have been impossible without the help
of many people. | would mention in
particular the Montpelier board of
trade, our state vice-president, George
ID. Aiken of Putney, and many men
who gave money directly or who gave
in advertisements in the premium list,
to make out the budget for this exhi-
bition and meeting. We are also in
debted to the various papers in the
state, and the rural press outside of
Vermont, for the generous space al
lowed, to acquaint the public with this
extensive enterprise. Our society and
he work it is trying to carry out has
received more general publicity this
year than in any other period in its
history.
This great show and the excellent
addresses that go with it, are not ends
in themselves They should serve
rather as means of encouragement
and inspiration. We are just grasping
the fact that the needs and opportun-
tiles are indeed very great here in
Vermont. We realize now what can
be done"
Seldom, if ever, has there been a
finer exhibition of apples in New Eng
land, the quality being exceptionally
high
The attendance was over 5000 in
four days, so large in fact it was
source Of surprise to members of the
society and exhibitors from other
states. While the people of Vermont .
naturally are pleased to win so many
prizes, the educational value Of a show
ike this has been of far greater bene-
fit than the prizes won.
The Vermonters who visited this
show saw how apples should be packed !
and gained an inspiration as to the /
possibilities Of making the Green
Mountain State one of the leading
apple growing states of the East.
It can be said truthfully that this
exhibit delighted the eye, appearing
Ike charming picture in beautiful
frame.
With the great new orchards coming
into bearing within the next few years
in this state, il may be predicted that
by the time that it is Vermon'ts turn
again to claim the annual exhibit Of
this New England Fruit Show, that j,
will be possible to make a showing
much better even than the exceedingly
creditable display made on this coca
sion
Mr. West won FIVE ribbons in the
biggest classes, two firsts, two seconds
and one third. When considering the
fact that Mr. West had only a small
crop from which to select and that
most OF the winning fruit came from
trees planted BY him in 1911, It would
seem that apples grow to perfection in
Dorset.