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HOETICULTURE 



September 21, 191S 



NEW YORK STATE FAIR, SYRACUSE 



This year the exhibits were well up 

 to the standard; in fact, the gladiolus 

 were superior to anything that has 

 ever been exhibited at the New York 

 State Fair. There was lively compe- 

 tition in the table decorations, and 

 the honors were divided between W. 

 J. Palmer, Buffalo; Quinlan & Sons, 

 Syracuse; Werner Bultman, Syracuse; 

 and William Greaver, Buffalo. Jerry 

 Brookins, Orchard Park, N. Y., ex- 

 hibited some very fine hybrid tea 

 roses, conspicuous among his collec- 

 tion were some very fine grown speci- 

 mens of Mrs. Francis Scott Key. The 

 classes devoted to corsage bouquets, 

 baskets of flowers, wedding bouquets 

 were well filled, the honors going to 

 W. J. Palmer, Buffalo; Quinlan & 

 Sons, Syracuse; Werner Bultman, 

 Syracuse; and William Greaver, 

 Buffalo, The S'ew York State Service 

 flag, as It appears In the picture, was 

 composed entirely of material which is 

 handled by the florists. 



For groups oi plants the Garden 

 Club of Syracuse, F. Scharoon, secre- 

 tary, received 1st premium; 2nd, was 

 awarded to the Syracuse Florists' As- 

 sociation, L. J. Mulhouser, secretary; 

 and 3rd to the Retail Florists' Club of 

 Syracuse, L. A. Johnson, secretary. 

 The premium for the stove and green- 

 house plants effectively arranged to 

 cover 150 square feet of space, was 

 awarded to Mr. Edwards (J. Sullivan, 

 gardener), Syracuse. The amateur 

 section was full and the exhibits all 

 showed skill in culture and good judg- 

 ment in selecting material for exhibi- 

 tion purposes. 



Professional Class 



The Grand Special Rose Premium 

 for the best collection and display of 

 roses comprising 500 blooms consisting 

 of the following varieties, was awarded 

 to F. R. Pierson, Tarrytown, N. Y.: 



American Beauty, Columbia, Rosa- 

 lind, Silvia, Francis Scott Key, Mrs. 

 Charles Russell, Double White Kil- 

 larney. Killarney Brilliant. Sunburst, 

 Ophelia, Mrs. Aaron Ward, Hoosier 

 Beauty, Richmond, Radiance, Christine 

 Miller, Mme. Cecil Brunner. 



The premium for the best new Hy- 

 brid Tea Rose introduced in 1917-1918, 

 September Morn, was awarded to 

 Jerry Brookins, Orchard Park, N. Y. 



Silver medal offered by the Ameri- 

 can Gladiolus Society for collection of 

 gladiolus, amateur, was awarded to 

 Madison Cooper, Calcium, N. Y. This 



collection consisted of the following 

 varieties 



Myrtle. Lily Lehmann, Europa, Ni- 

 agara, Schwaben, Glory of Holland, 

 Eldorado, Wm. Watt, War, Peace, Lie- 

 besfener Summer Beauty, Evelyn Kirt- 

 land. Intensity. 



Gladiolus 

 Professional 



Largest and best collection profes- 

 sional of twenty varieties, five spikes 

 each, John J. Prouty, Baldwinsville, 

 N. Y., for the following varieties: 



Niagara, Golden King, Ida Van, At- 

 traction, Panama, Mrs. Francis King, 

 Baron Hulot, Hazel Harvey, Glory of 

 Holland, White King, Loveliness, 

 Annie Wigman, Empress of India, 

 Princeps, Pink Perfection, Glory, Mrs. 

 W. E. Fryer, .Mrs. Frank Pendleton 

 America, Black Beauty. 



First for -six spikes, ruffled, com- 

 prised the following varieties: 



Glory, Purple Glory, Orange Glory. 

 Cinahar, White King, Mottled Beauty. 



First premiums were awarded to 

 the following varieties In color classes: 



White, Europa; yellow, Schwaben; 

 pink. Pink Perfection; red. War; blue. 

 Baron Hulot. 



Best twelve varieties, John J. 

 Prouty, Baldwinsville, N. Y. The col- 

 lection comprised the following varie- 

 ties: 



America, Ivory, War, Gretchen 

 Zang, Mrs. Frank Pendleton, Peace, 

 Pink Perfection, Mottled Beauty, 

 Schwaben, Evelyn Kirtland, Charle- 

 magne, Summer Beauty. 



Amateur. 



Collection of ten named varieties, 

 amateur, Madison Cooper, Calcium, 

 N. Y., for the following varieties: 



Madam Jlounet Sully, War, Peace, 

 Loveliness, Giant White, Mrs. Dr. Nor- 

 ton. Mrs. Watt, White Glory, Mrs. 

 Frank Pendleton, The King. 



An excellent exhibit of Primulinus 

 hybrids in colors was also staged by 

 Madison Cooper. 



Dahlias. 



The premium varieties were staged 

 by N. Harold Cottam & Son, Wappin- 

 ger Falls, N. Y., and comprised the 

 following: 



King of the Autumn, Weber, Rev. T. 

 W. Jamieson, Southern Belle, Plerrott, 

 Grace Reed, John Reding, Mme. J. 

 Coissard, Bianca, Gracchus, Margaret 

 Bouchon, D. M. Moore, Dr. H. H. 

 Rusby. Sneenweitze, Snowstorm, 

 America, Breezelawn, Princess Juli- 

 ana, Governor Guild. 



Roses. 



The silver medal offered by the 

 American Rose Society for the best 

 collection and display of roses by an 

 amateur was awarded to the Syracuse 



Rose Society. Their collection com- 

 prised the following varieties of Hy- 

 brid Perpetual, Hybrid Tea and Tea 

 roses: 



E, C. d'Arenberg, Gruss an Auchen, 

 Mad. Sig. Weber, Laurent Carle, 

 Testout, K. Queen, Sunburst, Mrs. 

 Charles Russell, Etoile d'France, Gen. 

 McArthur, Paul Neyron, White Maman 

 Cochet, Cissie Easlea, Marquis de 

 Sinety, Mad. Ruan, Senator Moscur- 

 and. La Tosca, Mrs. Theodore Roose- 

 velt, Chateau du Clos Vogeot, Mollis 

 Sherman Crawford, Mrs. A. R. Wad- 

 dell, Lady Alice Stanley, White Kil- 

 larney, Ophelia, Mary Countess of 111- 

 chester, Jlrs. Aaron Ward, Gruss an 

 Teplitz, British Queen, Mme. Ed. Her- 

 riot. My Maryland, Florence Edith 

 Couttevane, Hugo Roller. Laurient 

 Carle, Lady Hillingdon, Louise Cath. 

 Breslau, Old Gold, Hadley, Wm. R. 

 Smith, Avoca, Mrs. W. C. Miller, 

 Bessie Brown, Willowmere. Rayne 

 d'Or, Mme. Jules Grolez, Jongkeer J. 

 L. Mock, Mme. F. Kruger. Mme. C. 

 Foscle, Crimson Queen. Queen Mary, 

 Golden Emblem, Mrs. R. Smith, Con- 

 stance, Hoosier Beauty. Arthur Good- 

 win, La Tosca. Frau Karl Druschki, 

 Harry Kirk. 



Prominent Features of the Show. 



New York State Service Flag — 

 Sixty-two stars representing the num- 

 ber of counties in the state. The size 

 of the flag was 11 by 18 feet, and the 

 flowers used In making the design 

 were 60,000 blue Immortelles, 10,000 

 white Cape Flowers, 100 sq. ft. of Rus- 

 cus for the border. 



The flag was designed and made by 

 the superintendent. Professor D. Lums- 

 den, Ithaca, N. Y. 



The American Flag — Six thousand 

 asters were used in its making, the 

 following varieties being used for the 

 colors: For red, Rosy Red early 

 branching type; for white. White late 

 branching; for blue. Purple late 

 branching. 



Heart of France — A large design in 

 the shape of a heart comprised of the 

 new red aster, 'Heart of France." 



These latter two features were de- 

 signed and exhibited by James Vlck's 

 Sons, Rochester, N. Y. 



Trade Exhibits. 



F. R. Pierson, Tarrytown, N. Y., 

 staged a large and splendid exhibit of 

 Nephrolepis in the following varie- 

 ties: 



N. elegantissima, N. elegantissima 

 compacta, N. muscosa, N. Smithii. N. 

 superbissima, N. vlridissima, N. Schol- 

 zeli, N. Teddy Jr., N. Bostonieniis 

 compacta, N. Giatrasi, N. tuberoia 

 compacta, N. cordata. 



The exhibit was in charge of J. 



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