October 31, 1908 



HORTICULTURE 



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A talk on "Science in Horticulture" 

 by a distinguished gentleman is on 

 the program for the November meet- 

 ing of the Gardeners' and Florists' 

 Club of Boston. 



SPOKANE INTERSTATE FAIR. 



San Rafael, Cal.— H. Schiffer of the 

 Laurel Grove Nursery was the winner 

 of a silver cup for group of decorative 

 plants, at the flower show of th>> 

 Marin County Horticultural Society. 



At a meeting of the Connecticut Hor- 

 ticultural Society at Hartford on Oct. 

 2S the committee in charge of the dah- 

 lia show reported a balance over ex- 

 penses. A fine display for the chry- 

 santhemum shew on Nov. 5 and 6 is 

 promised. A. .T. Webber displayed 300 

 pansv blossoms from seed planted July 

 35. 



The Menlo Park Horticultural Socie- 

 ty opened its fifth annual show at Red- 

 wood City, Calif, on Oct. IT. in the 

 Alhambra Theatre. Among the ex- 

 hibitors were J. B. Coryell, Lynch Nur- 

 series, S. E. Slade, Gorhtzain Bros., 

 C. N. Felton, Timothy Hopkins and 

 many others from Lurlingame and San 

 Mateo. 



The Bloomington Florists' Club till.) 

 held its annual meeting at the store of 

 A. Washburn & Sons on Oct. S and 

 elected the following officers: Presi- 

 dent, F. L. Washburn; vice-president, 

 A. R. Knowles: secretary and treasur- 

 er. Joseph Knowles. Meetings will 

 not be held regularly each month as 

 was the custom last year. 



The Elberon Horticultural Society, N. 

 J., met on Oct. 19 and elected officers as 

 follows: President, Anthony Bauer; 

 president, R. R. Hughes: secre- 

 tary, Adam Worth; treasurer, James 

 Kennedy. This meeting closed the 

 competition for points during the past 

 season. James Knowles was first and 

 took the Rickards cup and Anthony- 

 Bauer took the A. Grieb cup. 



The annual meeting of the New 

 Hampshire Horticultural Society was 

 held at Milford on Oct. 20. Interesting 

 addresses showing the financial value 

 of the apple crop if properly cared for, 

 the necessity of carefully spraying, 

 etc., were listened to by a good-sized 

 audience. Oflicers were elected as 

 follows: President, C. G. Shaw, Mil- 

 ford; vice-president, J. T. Harvey; 

 Pittsfield; secretary, E. D. Sanderson, 

 Durham; treasurer, T. E. Hunt, Lake- 

 port. 



LOCAL EXHIBITIONS. 

 Hartford, Conn. — At Elizabeth Park 

 the display of chrysanthemums prom- 

 ises to be very extensive by Novem- 

 ber 1. 



Berlin, Conn. — A. A. Weldon is one 

 of the earliest here to make a display 

 of chrysanthemums and it is attract- 

 ing much attention. 



Tacoma, Wash. — Harrington Bros. 

 on Vashon Island are making a 

 gorgeous showing of chrysanthe- 

 mums. There are a large number of 

 commercial greenhouses on this 

 island. 



Paterson, N. J.— Supt. McCollum at 

 Eastside park formally opened his 

 houses to the public on October 22, 

 and will continue the exhibition of 

 chrysanthemums as long as the 

 blooms hold good. 



O. G. Fran* 



Winner of Chief Trize at 



More and better fruit was displayed 

 in the various district, county and in- 

 dividual exhibits at the Spokane Inter- 

 state Fair, Oct. 5 to 10, than ever be- 

 fore in the history of the organiza- 

 tion. E. L. Stewart, president of the 

 Washington Horticultural Association, 

 was superintendent, and was assisted 

 by H. L. Edwards, an experienced fruit 

 grower, and they arranged the exhibits 

 so that every box and plate of fruit 

 showed to advantage. As a result a 

 majority of the 110,000 persons attend- 

 ing the fair during the week visited 

 the exhibits. 



O. G. France of Wenatchee, Wash., 

 carried off two of the most envied 

 honors in the competitions, winning 

 the $200 prize for the best display of 

 green fruit made by any county, dis- 

 trict or individual, also the $150 prize 

 for the best 10 boxes of commercial 

 winter apples. In the first contest 

 were displays by practically every, 

 fruit-growing county in the Inland Em- 

 pire, while in the second there were 

 eight entries, each of which would 

 arouse interest in any apple belt in the 

 country. The entries in the competi- 

 tion for the 10 best boxes were all so 

 nearly of equal quality that the task 

 of judging them was a difficult one. 



Other prizes were awarded as fol- 

 lows: Second prize, $200, R. A. Jones 

 of the Riverside nurseries, Spokane, 

 whose farm is six miles north of the 

 city: third prize, $150, to the Yakima 

 County Horticultural Union; fourth 

 prize, '$100, to the Hazelwood Company, 

 16 miles west of Spokane; and fifth 

 prize, $50, to Stevens county. 



The display of R. A. Jones, like that 

 of Mr. France, included a wide variety 

 of fruits, the chief feature, of course, 

 being the apples. Mr. Jones also dis- 

 played a large variety of excellent gar- 

 den vegetables. 



The other prizes for the best 10 

 boxes of commercial winter apples 

 were awarded as follows: Second 

 prize. $75, to J. R. Hill of Pasco. 

 Wash.; third prize, $50, to S. Gatten 

 of Mead, and fourth prize, $25, to 

 Wright Brothers of Chelan. 



e's Exhibit. 



Spokane Interstate Fair. 



The prizes for taste and design In 



arrangement were awarded as follows: 

 First "prize, $80, to Stevens county; 

 second prize, $05, to R. A. Jones, Spo- 

 kane; third prize, $50, to the Railway- 

 Land and Improvement Company; 

 fourth prize, $35, to Chelan county, and 

 fifth prize, $20, to Benton county. Of 

 the L5 prizes in the three contests, 

 therefore, five go to Chelan county, 

 three being won by Mr. Jones, one by 

 Mr. Wright and one by the county ex- 

 hibit. 



J. R. Hill, who won the second prize 

 in the best 10 boxes contest, showed 

 in addition to the 10 boxes entered by 

 him in that contest, a large display of 

 commercially packed apples from his 

 Columbia river orchard and a number 

 of boxes of pears, the whole making a 

 display which, while not coming exact- 

 ly in * line of any of the big prizes, 

 would be hard to beat. 



Another display of exceptional mer- 

 it, was made by Okanogan county. 

 The exhibit, like several of the others, 

 consists chiefly of apples and was 

 probably brought the greatest distance 

 to the fair of any large exhibit in the 

 department. Another display of merit 

 through an oversight not entered 

 in the competition, was that of J. E. 

 Bowen of Hunters, Wash. It con- 

 sisted chiefly of plate apples, there be- 

 ing 100 plates representing some nine 

 varieties besides a number of plates of 

 pears and other fruit raised on a Co- 

 lumbia river ranch. The fruit in the 

 Bowen exhibit is highly colored and 

 of exceptional uniform size. 



Stevens county growers made a 

 good showing. In addition to the ap- 

 ples and green fruits they showed 

 vegetables, grains and grasses. The 

 Hazelwood farms also made a fine dis- 

 plav of high grade fruits. An attrac- 

 tive display in the fruit and vegetable 

 department was made of Kelly's garden 

 of Spokane. This included growing 

 plants in boxes, among them tomato, 

 celery, lettuce and other garden vege- 

 tables, a few potted flowering plants 

 and two thrifty looking tobacco plants. 

 A small exhibit of apples, which, al- 



