The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-07-13
$4,000 in Prizes to be Awarded
Vegetable and Floral Exhibit

The flower and vegetable exhibit to
be held by the City Beautifying league
is only a few weeks away. August II
and 18 are the dates decided upon for
this event. The director Of these con-
tests, Mrs. T. j. Vincent, is now out of
the city, but will return in few days
and then announcement will be made
as to place of the exhibit, judges, en-
try cards and other details.
The following division of the $4,000
set aside by the committee to be used
as prizes in the flower and vegetable
contests has been made.
Best Garden as Whole-1st prize,
$500; I'd prize, $500; Sd prize, $500.
The gardens will be judged by the
judges in the rear yard contest. The
remaining prizes listed below will be
awarded by the judges of the August
exhibit. ---.---~~-.,,~~.-
The Best Collection of Flowers-1st
prize, $4.00; I'd prize, $500; Sd prize,
$1.OO.
Best Display of Single Varieties of
Flowers - Fourteen Individual first
prizes of 5000 each. totaling $28.00;
fourteen individual second prizes of so
cents each, totaling $500.
Best Collection of Dahlias-$1.50.
Best Collection of Gladioli-$1.50.
The fourteen varieties Of ANIMALS
listed for prizes are pansies, phlox
nssturtiums, ornamental sunfowers,
nap-dragons, sweet peas, asters, CAL
liopsis, petunias, California poppy, an
rual pinks, portulaca, poppies. No
prizes have been offered for perennial
flowers this year, but perennial grow
ers are urged to exhibit, not only for
the sake of adding beauty and variety
to the general display, but to encour
age permanent planting in the city.
Best Collection of Vegetables-1st
prize, s4.OO; I'd prize, $3.50; Sd prize,
$3.50
Best display of single varieties Of
vegetables, 81 individual first prizes,
at S1.25 each. totaling S26.25; 21 indi
vidual second prizes, at so cents each,
totaling s1O.5O.
The 81 varieties of vegetables listed
for prizes are stringless beans, bush
variety, stringless beans. pole variety,
beets, early cabbage, lettuce of head
ing variety, onions, peas, potatoes,
radishes, cucumbers of slicing variety,
cucumbers Of picking variety squash
of the summer varieties, turnips, en-
dive for salads, kohl-rabi carrots, eau
Efower, pop corn matured, sweet corn,
tomatoes and rutabagas.
Either children or adults may enter
these contests as exhibitors and either
are eligible for prizes in the vegetable
contest, but in the flower contest only
exhibitors not over 16 years of age
may enter for prizes. Older people
are urged to exhibit flowers, however
The August exhibit may be partici-
pated in whether or rot the garded as
a whole has been listed with the sec
retary Of the league. Here is chance
for those boys and girls who did not
send in coupons of entry in the gar
den and rear yard contests to win
some of the prize money the league is
offering.
Some of the general rules govern
ing these contests follow:
/. All exhibits must be arranged
and prepared by the exhibitor.
2. A certificate on blank furnished
by the league must certify that the
products were raised personally by eX-
hibitor
3. No exhibitor shall be eligible for
more than one prize.
3. No exhibitor shall be eligible for
more than one prize, irrespective of
the number of entries.
5. No entry fees will be charged
A public meeting will be held prob
ably early in September, when these
prizes as we'll as the rear yard prizes
and the loving cup offered by W. E.
Holbein fer the property showing best
ir both front and rear yards, will be
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