September 22, 1917 



HORTICULTURE 



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THE EXHIBITIONS 



GREAT EXHIBITION AT LENOX, 

 MASS. 



The exhibition of the Lenox Horti- 

 cultural Society, held on September 

 13 and 14, was a pronounced success, 

 and a very gratifying culmination to 

 the efforts to put up a food product 

 exhibition without any competitive 

 features or awards. Each exhibitor 

 was given such space as he could fill, 

 and a most creditable display re- 

 sulted. The exhibits were arranged 

 around the hall on tables with 

 sloping backs which were generally 

 covered with corn stalks and aspara- 

 gus green. The severe killing frosts 

 of the week caused havoc among the 

 gardens, but the hall was well filled 

 with first-class vegetables showing 

 that an unusual effort had been made 

 along the lines of increased food pro- 

 duction. ." 



The Lenox Canning Kitchen oc- 

 cupied a table through the center of 

 the hall, where their products, includ- 

 ing canned vegetables and jellies, 

 were exhibited for sale, and all were 

 sold out before the close of the exhi- 

 bition. A feature of this table was 

 500 pounds of jam in tubs, made by 

 Mrs. W. E. D. Griswold for the 

 soldiers in France. Another table 

 was used for school garden and indus- 

 trial exhibits by children. Another 

 was devoted to exhibits from "war 

 gardens" exclusively, the vegetables 

 being of very fine quality. 



Highlawn, W. B. 0. Field, made a 

 very interesting display including de- 

 hydrated beans, egg plant, cut and 

 scraped corn, chicken and eggs, 

 canned peas, string beans, tomatoes, 

 corn, spinach, carrots, beets, cherry 

 jelly, raspberry jam, and a general 

 collection of well-grown vegetables. 

 Ethelwynd, Mrs. Robt. Winthrop, 

 made a very nicely arranged exhibit 

 consisting of the following: Cucum- 

 ber, beets, celeriac, Lima beans, duta- 

 baga, peppers, potatoes, Jerusalem 

 artichoke, string beans, egg plant, 

 parsnips, onions, corn, squash, celery, 

 tomatoes, salsify, carrots, beets, mush- 

 rooms, endive. Bellefontaine, Giraud 

 Foster, made a fine exhibit consisting 

 of apples. Duchess and Wolf River, 

 packed in regulation boxes and bar- 

 rels, also a splendid array of vi'ge- 

 tables. Vegetable and fruit displays 

 in extensive variety and conspicuous 

 examples of gardening skill were 

 staged also by White Lodge, A. R. 

 Shattuck; Interlaken, Mrs. John E. 

 Parsons; Tanglewood, Mrs. Richird 

 C. Di.xcy. Elm Court, Mrs. Wm. D. 

 Sloane, had the most attractive ex- 

 hibit In the show, vegetables in bulk 

 being employed with good effect, the 

 center being a pyramid of Green 



Coming Exhibitions 



Oct. 4 and 5, San Francisco, Cal. — 



Shows of the California Dahlia So- 

 ciety. Newell F. Vanderbilt. Sec'y, 

 7i'5 Fifth street San Rafael, Cal. 



Sept. 22 and 23, New Tork.— Dahlia 

 exhibition of the N. Y. Hort. Society 

 at Bronx Park. Geo. V. Nash, sec- 

 retary. 



Sept. 24, Davis, Cal. — Seed show, 

 by the University of California. 

 Address B. A. Madsen, assistant pro- 

 fessor of Agronomy, University of 

 Cal. Farm, Davis. 



Sept. 25 to 27, New York City.— 

 Joint Dahlia exhibit of the American 

 Dahlia Society and the American In- 

 stitute at Engineering Society's 

 Bldg., 25-33 W. 39th street. Also 

 Chrysanthemum exhibit of the Amer. 

 Inst., Nov. 7 to 9, at same building. 

 W. A. Eagleson, 324 W. 23rd street. 



Sept. 28 and 29, Sewickley, Pa. — 

 Annual Fall exhibition, Sewickley 

 Hort. Society. John Carman, Sec'y, 

 Sewickley. 



Oct. 1, Boston, Mass.^Mass. Hort. 

 Society fruit exhibition, Hort. Hall; 

 Wm. P. Rich, Sec'y. 



Not. 15 and 16, Providence, B. I. — 

 Rhode Island Hort. Society flower, 

 fruit, and vegetable show. Ernest 

 K. Thomas, Sec'y, P. O. Box 180, 

 Kingston, R. I. 



Mountain potatoes, onions, peppers, 

 egg plant, string beans, peas, corn, 

 tomatoes, cucumbers, cabbage, okra, 

 Lima beans, carrots, beets, etc., etc. 

 Wyndhurst, W. E. D. Griswold, made 

 a general exhibit of food products, 

 including preserves and canned vege- 

 tables done by Mrs. Griswold, and 

 specimens of home-made soap, ex- 

 tracted honey, pickles, jams, etc., and 

 the following fruits and vegetables: 

 Cabbage, corn, leeks, 12 onions weigh- 

 ing 31 pounds, potatoes, egg plant, 

 peppers, turnips, rutabaga, tomatoes, 

 beets, parsnips, squash, celery, car- 

 rots, endive, dry beans, melons. Honey 

 Drip and Superlative peaches, nec- 

 tarines, canned string beans, cauli- 

 flower, tomatoes, beets, corn, peas, 

 pickled cucumbers, tomato ketchup, 

 chopped sweet pickles, green tomato 

 pickle, preserved watermelon rind, 

 spiced syrup, peaches, strawberries, 

 blackberries, muskmelon preserve, 

 blackberry and plum jam, crab-apple 

 jelly. 



Allen Winden Farm, Charles Lanier, 

 made a showy exhibit of vegetables 

 carefully arranged. Mrs. Alfred G. 

 Vanderbilt was also represented by 

 a grand collection as was also Mrs. 

 W, E. Hoyt, Williamstown, Mass., the 

 latter including 15 immense specimens 

 of onion Gigantic Gibraltar. Robert 

 S. Tillotson and Clepston Grange, F. 

 K. Sturgis, both made fine exhibits. 

 Spring Lawn, Mrs. J. E. Alexandre, 

 showed a pretty arrangement consist- 

 ing of a background of apples, plums, 

 pears, melons and grapes, with a gen- 

 eral collection of vegetables. Shadow 

 Brook, Andrew Carnegie, exhibited a 

 miscellaneous assortment of well- 

 grown vegetables. 



The vegetables were auctioned off 

 at the close of the exhibition, and all 

 receipts from the show were given to 

 the Red Cross. 



NEW YORK STATE FAIR. 



The State Fair at Syracuse was a 

 great success this year both financial- 

 ly and otherwise. 



In the department of flowers, there 

 was a little falling off in entries, but 

 the quality of the goods shown was far 

 in advance of other years. The trade 

 exhibits were larger than in previous 

 years, conspicuous among them being 

 a fine collection of gladioli staged by 

 Arthur Cowee, Berlin, N. Y.; a collec- 

 tion from J. J. Prouty, Baldwinsvllle, 

 N. y.: and a. large display by Madison 

 Cooper, Calcium, N. Y. James Vick's 

 Sons. Rochester, N. Y., staged a very 

 fine exhibit of gladioli, asters, hardy 

 perennials and annual flowers, bulbs 

 for fall planting, and ornamenUl 

 grasses; F. R. Pierson, Tarrytown, N. 

 Y., exhibited a fine collection of Ne- 

 phrolepis and hybrid tea roses; J. J. 

 Bryant & Son, Newark, N. Y.. gladi- 

 oli, dahlias and roses; H. B. Wil- 

 liams, Baldwinsvllle, N. Y., a fine col- 

 lection of asters; Mrs. Mabel Stacey 

 Bliss ("the Marigold Lady") mari- 

 golds and perennial flowers which 

 were exceptionally fine. 



In the professional class of cut flow- 

 ers (roses), the honors were divided 

 between F. R. Pierson, Tarrytown, and 

 W. J. Palmer & Son, Buffalo. The 

 grand special rose premium was 

 awarded to F. R. Pierson. In dahlias 

 a remarkably fine collection was staged 

 by N. H. Cottam & Son, Wappingera 

 Falls, N. Y. They received the 1st 

 premium in all the dahlia classes. 



In the floral art section for bridal 

 bouquet, corsage bouquet, bouquet of 

 roses, tesket of flowers and dinner 

 table decoration, W. J. Palmer & Son 

 received 1st throughout and W. F. 

 Bultman 2nd. 



Exhibit by florists' society or organi- 

 zation: 1st prize to Gardeners' Club, 

 Syracuse; 2nd, the Retail Florists' As- 

 sociation; 3rd, the Growers' Club. Col- 

 lection of stove and greenhouse plants 

 effectively arranged to cover 150 

 square feet, one entry, E. W. Edwards, 

 Syracuse, arranged by Mr. Sifllivan, 

 gardener. The silver and bronze med- 

 als of the American Gladiolus Society 

 were awarded as follows: Madison 

 Cooper, Calcium, silver; 0. C. Curtis, 

 LeRoy, bronze. The amateur exhibits 

 were much larger and better than In 

 previou.s years. The judges were W. 

 H. Workman, Oswego, and Thos. F. 

 Eastwood, Waterville, N. Y. 



CLEVELAND FLOWER SHOW. 



The Promium Comniittee of the Cleve- 

 land Flower Show announces that the 

 final list will be mailed to all Commer- 

 cial and Private Growers about Sep- 

 tember 2.'Jth. The following informa- 

 tion regarding the addition of a nvim 

 ber of new classes since the prelimi- 

 nary list was issued, will be of interest 

 to the ones Intending to exhibit. 



There will be nine new classes for 

 the Rose section, consisting of 50 

 blooms each of the following: Mrs. 

 George Shawyer, Mrs. Aaron Ward, 

 Sunburst, White Killarney or Double 

 White Killarney, Hoosier Beauty, any 



