Evening star., 1942-10-04
Victory Garden Show
Presents 1ropie
Plants Grown Here
Children Of Diplomats
oOf United Nations Send
Harvest Greetings Home

Washingtonians yesterday crowd
ed Riverside Stadium to view the
fuits Of the Districts first victory
gardens, displayed county fair style
at q three day harvest show to raise
funds for Army and Navy relief Or
ganizatio
Children of diplomats Of the %
United Nations staged a special
program which was broadcast over
Station WMAL and short-waved to
other nations. Dressed in costumes
Of their native lands they broadcast
greetings in their own languages
to, children back home.
Latin American visitors to- the
show paid particular attention to
Central and South American flower
arrangements, fruits and gourds ex-
hfbited by Washington and nearby
garden clubs. Special notice was
given display of plants native to
Puerto Rico, entered by the Silver
Spring Garden Club, and to a model
South American village, entered by
the Neighborhood Garden Club of
Arlington, Va.
Many Tropical Plants.
AN plants displayed in the viii
lage model, with the exception Of
an orchid. had been grown by
members Of the Neighborhood Club
1t was said. The exhibit included
Spanish peppers, air plants, devils
backbone, tree cactus, giant coral
cactus, Spanish moss, crown OF
thorns, Spanish bayonet, avacado,
dwarf palms and other tropical
plants.
Outstanding among exhibits of
canned fruits and vegetables was
display by Montgomery County
schools showing results of a project
carried out last summer to furnish
food fer student lunches.
Here were lined jars of tomatoes.
green beans, soup mixtures and
peaches and pears. The vegetables
we're grown by students on land
loaned for the purpose and later
canned by school mothers for use
IN school lunchrooms. A total Of
1886 quarts of food was canned, it
was said, at total cost to students
Of $625.
Other displays of canned goods
which drew attention of visitors in
cluded exhibits entered by various
All clubs, arent-Teacher Associa-
tions and exhibits by school victory
garden clubs. The Trowel Club of
Washington had on display an ex-
hibit Of fruits. vegetables, jellies and
preserves, canned for their artistic
effect.
Luffa Gourds Shown.
Among various plants displayed on
long tables throughout the build
Ing visitors took particular interest
in the luffa gourd, the inside por-
ton OF which is used for Oil filters
and sponges. Ofhcials explained
that the gourd. previously imported,
Is the subject of study aimed at in
creasing its production in the United
States. The luffa gourds exhibited
were grown by the Agriculture De-
partment.
The Japanese beetle came in for
Its share Of publicity at a booth in
the shape or Jail cell, arranged by
the University of Maryland Ex-
tension Service to show methods of
controlling the past. The Army. too,
was represented with pictorial ex-
hibit explaining the functions of the
various branches of the service. The
Flower for Defense motif was car
ried out by Miss Dreda Kaspar, who
sold War stamp victory corsages
at another booth.
The Victory Garden Harvest
Show will continue this afternoon
with a concert by the combined
mems and girls glee club of the
Chesapeake g. Potomac Telephone
Co., under the direction of Robert
Davidson, and will end tonight fol-
lowing program by the Army
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