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HORTICULTURE 



September 28, 1912 



THE EXHIBITIONS 



CONNECTICUT HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



This society's aunual Dalilia Exhibi- 

 tion was held Sept. 19-20, at Unity 

 Hall, Hartford, and has passed into 

 history as the most successful one, 

 from an artistic viewpoint, that we 

 have ever given. Good weather, a 

 pretty fair attendance, and the partici- 

 pation in the competition of several 

 non-state specialists, combined to 

 make a magnificent dahlia exhibition. 

 Many other seasonable flowers were 

 displayed, such as asters, gladioli, 

 snapdragon and annuals and perenni- 

 als. The stage was embellished by a 

 handsome collection of plants from 

 the greenhouses of Mr. .James J. Good- 

 win of Hartford, and the pillars and 

 side walls were decorated with aspara- 

 gus and hydrangea blooms. 



Among the non-state professional ex- 

 hibitors were George H. Walker ol 

 North Dighton, and W. D. Hathaway 

 and Forbes & Keith of New Bedford, 

 Mass., but unfortunately the exhibits 

 of the two latter were received too 

 late to enter into the competition; 

 Mr. Hathaway being detained in an 

 automobile journey to Hartford, by bad 

 roads, and Forbes & Keith's display 

 arriving by express several hours after 

 P.ie 1 dges. C. H. Sierman of Hartford 

 .."iid Carl Peterson of West Hartford, 

 iad begun their work. Of the state 

 professional growers. President John 

 F. Huss, J. H. Slocombe of New Haven, 

 N. Nelson of Hartford, W. F. Jost of 

 East Haven, and Warren S. Mason of 

 J'armington, all had fine collections, 

 and took more or less prizes. 



About the hardest knot for the 

 judges to solve was the Arthur T. 

 Boddington prize for the best collec 

 tion of vegetables. The decision was 

 as follows: First, J. Alfred Weber; 

 second, John F. Huss; third, A. Rig- 

 henzi. The Lenox HorticuRural So- 

 •ciety's established scale of points was 

 used in this judging. Secretary 

 • George W. Smith of Melrose was the 

 only exhibitor in fruits: his display 

 being made upon a folding wire plant 

 stand having three trays filled with 

 assorted fruits, and decorated with 

 wreathing of ground pine, and umbels 

 of high-bush cranberries. 



Apples, pears, quinces, plums, 

 grapes and prunes, were used in this 

 collection, and the words "Eden Fruit 

 Farm" were spelled in letters made up 

 of the cranberries. 



The following were the winners of 

 the other special prizes: 



H L. Metcalfe, prize for the largest 

 ■ dahlia bloom; 1st, A. Ui^henzi; 2d, Charles 

 J Barl)nur. Thomas J. Grey Compauy, 

 n'rize for 2.5 named varieties of dahlias: 

 1st, Oharles J. Barbour; 2d, A. Righenzi. 

 Anonvmous, prize for 6 vases of glaaioli: 

 1st B F. MTiite, Terryville. C. H. Sier- 

 mau, prize for dahlias in pots: 1st, John 

 -p Huss. Joseph Brock & Sons, prize for 

 asters: 1st, H. L. Metcalfe; 2d. A. Righenzi. 

 Sturapp & Walter Company, silver cup for 

 the collective exhibit of sreatcst merit, 

 John F Huss. Certificates of merit were 

 awarded to John F. Huss for collection of 

 decorative plants: W. D. Hathaway for 

 collection of dahlias: W. W. Hunt & Co. 

 for collection of conifers, bay and evergreeii 

 trees; Forbes & Keith for collection of 

 dahlias; special mention to the Whiting 

 • Greenhouses (Carl Tetevson. Manager), West 



Hartford, for flesh-pink sport of "My 

 Maryland" rose. 



GEORGE W. SMITH, Sec. 

 Melrose, Conn., Sept. 23, 1912. 



AMERICAN INSTITUTE. 



The American Institute of the City 

 of New York held its eighty-fiist fair 

 at the Berkeley Lyceum Building on 

 Sept. 24th to 26th. Dahlias were the 

 principal item on the schedule and the 

 display of these was of first class order 

 although be it said some of the ex- 

 hibitors were far from being in full 

 cut. The professionals were repre- 

 sented by Julius Roehrs, Rutherford, 

 N. J., who was awarded a special priz^ 

 for a fine collection of ornamental and 

 flowering jilants. In the competitive 

 dahlia classes the chief prize winners 

 were the following: T. W. Head, Ber- 

 genfield, N. J.; David Herbert & Son, 

 Atco, N. J., and George L. Stillman, 

 Westerley, R. I. All the classes were 

 represented and on the whole the flow- 

 ers were of fine size and in excellent 

 color. Some very pretty new ones for 

 distribution next spring were shown 



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HUNTINGTON HORTICULTURAL 

 AND AGRICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 



The Tenth Annual Fall Exhibition 

 of the Huntington (N. Y.) Horticul- 

 tural and Agricultural Society was 

 held on September 17 and 18. The 

 number of exhibits exceeded that of 

 any show given by the Society, and 

 the general quality was very good. 

 Fruit was not so plentiful in this lo- 

 cality this year. 



The most conspicuous features of 

 the show were the dahlia exhibits of 

 W. J. Matheson and R. R. Conklin, 

 and the display of named gladioli and 

 ether bulbous flowers by John Lewis 

 Childs. The exhibit by the school 

 children from the products of the 

 seeds distributed to them attracted 

 much attention. 



August Heckschcr. S. Riddell gard., won 

 first for adiantum, uephrolepis, table beets, 

 string beans, fall pippin apples; Walter 

 Jennings, Thos. Leyden gard., 1st for 

 flowering plant, decorative plant, collection 

 of vegetables, pumpkin, mangel beets, 

 Balwin apples and plums; R. J. Kelly, W. 

 Stnggings gard.. 1st for 12 roses, water- 

 melon, tomatoes, parsnips, bush limas; 

 Robt. Hewlett, 1st for begonias and pars- 

 ley; W. J. Matheson, Jas. Kirby gard., 12 

 dahlias, collection dahlias, 12 cactus dahlias 

 (winning the Stafford cup for the third 

 tiraci, perennials, potatoes, field corn, man- 

 gel beets yellow. eggplant, apples in 

 three classes; M. B. Smith, A. Hart- 

 ridge gard., annuals, celery and sweet corn; 

 R. R. Conklin, E. S. Smith gard., asters, 

 Miiions, spinach, artichokes. Country Gen- 

 tleman corn, pop corn, apples, pears and 

 grapes; W. Riddell, first for bridal bouquet 

 and floral centerpiece: Wm. L. Boardman. 

 cabbage and rhubarb: Ridgeleigh Fruit &• 

 Poultry Farm, pumpkin, tomatoes, lima 

 beans,' peas, sunflower, Keiffer and Bart- 

 Ictt pears, peaches; R. A. Rainey, Richard 

 C:irtwright gard.. Hubbard squash, biggest 

 pumpkin, col. pumpkins and squashes, 

 rutabagas, seed corn; L. I. R. R. Esperi- 

 mental Sta., No. 1, musk melon, onions for 

 size, apples, sweet potato, salsify and 

 .ipples; E. L. Meyers, E. H. Monquin gard., 

 peaches and eggs: Miss C. Prime, carrots, 

 leeks, peppers, ogra and lima beans. 



A. H. FUNNELL, Secretary. 



COXXECTTCVT HoRTRfLTlH AI. SlKIETY 



A New Way of Showing Fruit. 



by T. W. Head in the peony-flrwe el 

 class — Picador, a veiy attractive soft 

 pink being about the best. This ex- 

 hibitor also took a special ca'd foj- 

 Amber, a new single. A. N. Pieis^n 

 was showing his new rose M'ladi in 

 fine form and C. H. Totty had a va^e 

 cf his new No. 190, in exquisite color. 

 In the amateur classes the fol'o ving 

 well known exhibitors were to the 

 front, H. Darlington, Mamroneck, N. 

 Y., P. W. Popp, gard.; Mrs. J. Math- 

 erson, Huntington, N. Y.. Jas. Kirby, 

 gard.; N. Harold Cottam. Wappingers 

 Falls. N. Y.: W. H. Duckham. Madi- 

 son, N. J.; Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish, Gar- 

 rison en Hudson, W. H. Macbean, 

 gard.; J. A. Macdonald, Flushing, L. I., 

 R. Hughes, gard.; Miss C. A. Bls5, 

 New Canaan, Conn., J. T. Burns, gard 

 The competition in the fruit classes. 

 was not very great, but there were a 

 few dishes of grand apples and the 

 native grapes made a good show Veg- 

 etables weie not shown in quantity, 

 but among the exhibits were some of 

 much merit. 



NEW ENGLAND DAHLIA SOCIETY. 



The New England Dahlia Society 

 opened its fifth annual exhibition in 

 Horticultural Hall, Boston, September 

 20. A brilliant display of blooms filled 

 20 tables, and attracted many visitors. 

 The largest entry was that of J. K. 

 Alexander of East Bridgewater, who 

 had four tables, showing 1200 blooms 

 of about 500 different varieties. The 

 Fottler, Fiske, Rawson Company 

 showed, besides a considerable va- 

 riety of dahlias, a handsome lot of 

 gladioli. Edgar W. Ela exhibited in 

 13 classes. The principal prize win- 

 ners in addition to the foregoing were 

 Geo. L. Stillman, Mrs. L. A. Towle 

 and Geo. B. Gill in the commercial 

 classes. In the amateur classes, P. 

 A. Mansfield, J. E. Stokes and O. B. 

 Oakman were prominent. In the seed- 

 ling classes awards were made to E. 

 F. bwyer, A. E. Johnson, H. B. Wirth, 

 J. E. Stokes, Christian Miller and L. C. 

 Parker. 



L. Merton Gage, of Groton, Mass., is 

 happy in the possession of a seedling 

 gladiolus of unprecedented size anfl 

 beauty which has just bloomed. The 

 individual flowers are 51/2 inches 

 across and a clear unmarked rose pink. 

 This is one out of 1-50 good ones that 

 have now flowered for the first time. 



