MOTUEKA HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.

Motueka Star, Volume IV, Issue 173, 17 April 1903, Page 4

MOTUEKA HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.

AUTUMN SHOW

Record takings, a record show and high praise on all sides as to the nature and quality of the exhibits must indeed be mObt satisfactory- to the officers and committee of the Motueka Horticultural Society who worked hard and . armoniously to make the autumn show a success. During the past year the Society received a set back and suffered financially through the blowing down and partial demolition of their spacious tent ; therefore, rather than experience another like misfortune the committee decided to hold the displays within the four walls of the Institute—a building none too large for their requirements, but which, barring the crush of spectators in the evening, sufficed for their purposes, and possibly may be be used on future occasions and until the Society matures proposals, already discussed, to erect a suitable building on a central site. In this connection, the question of raising adequate funds will no doubt be discussed at future committee meetings, and we would here suggest a scheme whereby the sinews of war can be raised and much good done to our young-folks, besides affording pleasure and entertainment to parents and others ; that is to organise an exhibition of models of all descriptions made by those living in the district, the making of fancy work, the writing of essays- on interesting and appropriate subjects for which prizes can be given, collections of insect life, ferns, grasses, shells, eggs, etc. The idea has been successfully carried out in other parts of the colony, with much financial gain, and we believe there is sufficient latent talent in our midst to enable a most creditable display to be held.

Of the Autumn * show, held on Easter Monday, the receipts at the door amounted to L3l 16%which constitutes a record and vrlfti it is remembered that family tickets are not taken into account, the attendance was not far short of one thousand. Again, by the happy idea of having a tea Kiosk, presided over by Mesdames R. and H. Rankin, where- a refreshing cup of tea, with cake etc, could be procured, the Society' benefitted to the extent of £ s—another welcome addi tion to the funds.

As to the exhibits, pot plants and cut flowers the latter more so than on the last occasion. The fuchsia exhibited by Mrs Jordan was a veiy nice plant, and so was the foliage plant entered by Mrs McNabb. The flowering begonia shown by Mrs Gardiner was much admired and the same may' be said of the dahlias bearing Mrs H. Rankin’s entry card. There was a poor show of loses, no pansies were shown and no hand bouquets which was to be regretted. . There were fourteen entries for the button hole bouquets, some of which were very tastefully- arranged and a few showed signs of negligence and over crowding. First and second prizes in this class wei’6 awarded to Miss Sylvia Rankin. The bouquet made by- girls under 14, brought a number of entries the first prize going to Miss N. Jennings and the second to Gladys Jordan. Mrs Jennings secured first for stand of flowers and Miss K. Gilbert for the basket, of flowers,. There was an indifierent display of wreaths and only one design of grasses, that sent in by Miss Alofiatt.

In class 3, fruit, the exhibits of apples, peaches, pears and quinces were very superior and would have been a credit to any show in the colony ; the varieties of apples were goad, clean, and of uniform size. The first prize for autumn kitchen apples went to Mr Horatio Everett, whose exhibit was a

| tine one. Mi - Rowling gained first for autumn dessert and Mr Jas Haycock carried off first honors both for kitchen and dessert winter apples. Mr D, E Fry swept the boards, and rightly so. with his collections of Stunner Pippins, Newton Pippins (first and second) and London Pippins. The first prize awarded to Mr E. Burrell for Nonpareil russets was well deserved and the Scarlet Permains shown by Air E. Par %er were a nice variety. In the co iking and dessert apples not specially' mentioned the first prizes fell to Air Walter King and Mr W. Limmer respectively. The dessert pears, which must be samples to be thoroughly*. appreciated, seemed of excellent quality Airs Parkinson taking first prize. Master Edgar Wratt gained first for Kitchen winter pears and Air W. Limmer for winter dessert. There was a fine exhibits of quinces Air A. Goodman scoring first ; the peaches were of fine quality Air D. E. Fry again scoring first. There were no entries for grapes but two very fine bunches were exhibited by' Air Budden The first prizes for rock melons, for collection of melons fell to Air L. G, Duncan and Riwai was the boss in the pie melon line. Aliss Ryder again won the prize for Cape gooseberries and so did Air A. Drummond for lemons. Vegetables, after fruit, next need notice and it was matter for comment on all hands that the exhibits of pota toes were superior, classifying, or grading, having been piaetised by- the competitors. Frank le Frantz, of the Orphanage, scored first for his displav of Red Skins and Riwai, who is a genei ous exhibitor at the shows, secured pride of place for Pink Eyes. Potatoes, any' other kind, tabled by Huffam Bros, were awarded first and Riwai second prize. There was a nice display of onions, the sample shown by Louis H Fry being ticketed first, E. AlcNabb second, Huffam Bros being commended. The carrots, parsnips, swedes, and turnips were not so well repiesented as we should have expected. but there were, what the Aesthe tics would term, some fine “examples” on the table. About the poorest display in this class was that entered as celery, which any' ordinary- person would have allowed to remain buried in the earth, deep down. The tomatoes shown by Air C. Percival were \ e v fine arid deserved first prize. For the Cxllection of vegetables, the prize went t> Mr T. A. Harris. A specimen of

ti e taro plant, cultivated in the South Sea Islands for the sake of its edible was shown by Rival, and tie-e was sent in for exhibition a South African cucumber, the skin of which is of a prickly nature. The entries under the heading of native exhibits were more numerous than last year and consisted of flowers and ferns, Aliss M. York securing three firsts and two seconds, Airs Huffam two firsts and Airs J. Inglis one. Except in jams, jellies, bottled fruits a lid cake, class 6 was not well represented. Airs W. Ryder gained first honors for jams and bottled fruits and commendation for jellies. The first prizes for currant, seed and sponge

cake went to Aliss Eileen Rankin. The names of the owners of the special prizes offered will be found below-. We are indebted to the members of the Committee and especially to the Hon Sec. Air R. W. Rankin, for corteously assisting us in the inspection of the exhibits and the compilation of this report. The prize list is subjoined. POT PLANT*. Sedum, Mrs E. Boyes i, and com. Foliage plant, Mrs R. McNab i, Mrs J. In-lis 2 Fuchsia, Mrs Jordan i and 2 Single geranium or pelargonium Mrs F. Brve< com. Double geranium Airs Wilson i Single petunia, Mrs E. Boyes i

Begonia, flowering, Airs D. Gardiner i Mrs E % Boyes 2 ’ Amaryllis, Mrs Jordan i Pot of musk, Gladys Jordan i CUT FLOWERS. Verbenas, Sylvia Rankin i Dahlias, Mrs H. Rankin j Collection of Dahlias Miss Baltrop i Roses, Sylvia Rankin com. Nasturtions, Mrs H. Rankin i Salpiglossis, Sylvia Rankin i Petunias, Airs Huffam com.

Alarigolds, Mrs Huffam i Phlox drummondii Sylvia Rankin i Bouqi et of Everlasting flowers, Billv Huffam com Buttonhole bouquet, Sylvia Rankin i, 2. Bouquet made by girls under 14, Natalie Jennings i, Gladys Jordan 2 Wreath of Flowers, M. Gross Stand of.flowers. Airs Jennings 1, J/rs Chittenden 2 Basket of flowers Kathleen Gilbert 1, Mabel Gilbert 2 Design of Grasses Miss Aloffatt 1 FRUIT. Litchen apples (autumn), H. Everett 1, H. Trcwavas 2, C. H. Banfield com, Dessert apples, Nolan Rowland 1 Kitchen apples (Winter), Jas Haycock 1. Nolan Rowling 2 Dessert apples (Winter), Jas Havccck 1, R. Lloyd 2 Apples. Cox’s Orange Pippin, J. Duncan 1, Jas Haycock 2, Dr Deck com. » Stunner pippin, D. Fry 1, Jas Haycock 2 „ Nonpariel russet, E. Burrell 1, Nolan Rowling 2 ’ M Johnathan, Harold Trewavas 1, H. Rumbold 2 „ Cleopatra, E. A. Farley- 1, E. Burrell 2, E. Fry com. „ Newtown pippin, D. Fry 1, and 2, H, Everett com. 11 London Pippin, D. Fry 1, H. Trewavas 2, C. H. Banfield c. „ Nelson Beauty, N. Rowling 1, H. Everett 2, H. Trewavas com M Scarlet Pearmain, E. Parker 1 „ ( Cooking, any other kind not specially- mentioned, W. King I, H. A. Tarrant 2, H. Everett com 11 Dessert (ditto), yv. Limmer i, Russell Caigou 2 , Dr Deck c. Collection of Apples one of each sort, Jos Duncan 1, Mrs Jas Drummond com Desseit Pears, (Autumn) Mrs Parkinson I, E. Parker 2

Kitchen Pears (Winter) Edgar Wratt r Minnie Wratt com ’

Dessert Pears (Winter), W. Limmer 1, E. Parker 2

Quinces, A. Goodman 1, H. Everett 2 Medlars, H. 1 rewavas 1, Geo Goodman 2, Peaches, D. Fry 1, A. Goodman 2 Walnuts, small variety, H. AlcGlashen 1, Doris Parker 2

Water melon, N. Rowling 1, E. Rowling

Pie melon, K. Riwai 1 Rock melon, L. G. Duncan 1 Collection of melons, L. G. Duncan 1 Lemons, A. Drummond 1 Cape Gooseberries, Aliss Ry-der 1 VEGETABLES. Red skin potatoes, Frank LeFranlz (Whakarewa Orphanage) 1, K. Riwai 2 and com Pink Eye r potatoes, K. Riwai 1 and 2 Kidney p tatoes, E. Wratten com Potatoes any other kind, Huffam Bros 1, Riwai 2 Artichokes, F. Miller (Whakarewa Orphanage) com Onions, Louis H. Fry 1, E. AlcNabb 2, Huffam Bios com Pickling Onions, A. Drummond com Carrots [table], Huffam Bros 1 and 2, W. Ry-der com Carrots [cattle] K. Riwai 1, H. Everett 2 Parsnips, E. AlcNabb 1, Louis Fry

Red Beet, long variety, R. King com Swede,. Walter King 1, Riwai 2 Turnips, [table] Riwai com Turnips [cattle], Riwai 1 and 2 Alangold Wurzel, red vai-iety, H. Rumbold 1 Riwai 2

Alangold Wurzel, any other variety, T. A. Harris 1

Vegetable marrow, Alona York 1, H. Rumbold 2

Cucumbers, long varietv, E. McNabb 1, D. Fry 2

Cucumbers, short variety, D. Fry 1 Dr Deck 2

Pqds Peas. Sylvia Rankin 1, L. G Duncan 2 French Beans, E. Wratten 1

Runner Beans, Miss Ryder 1 E AlcNabb 2 ’

Cabbages, D. Goodall 1 Red Cabbages, T. Rowling 1 Heads of Celery-, C. Percival com Lettuce, L. Batchelor 1 Sticks of Rhubarb, Minnie Wratt 1 E. Wratt 2 ’ Tomatoes, C. Percival 1, Aliss A. Drummond 2 Collection of Vegetables T A Harris 1 ’ * NATIVE EXHIBITS. Hand Bouquet of Native Flowers Aliss M. Yo-k 1 and 2 * _ Raskefc of Native flowers, Aliss Al. York 1 and 2

Wreath of Native Flowers, Miss York 1 and 2

Native Plant foliage, Airs Huffam 1 Airs L. G. Duncan 2

Fern, Mrs J. Inglis 1 and 2 Collection of ferns, Airs Huffam 1 Airs Jordan 2 ’

DAIRY PRODUCE. Collection of Jams, Mrs W. Ryder 1 Collection of Jellies. Mrs W. Ryder coni

Collection of Bottled Fr uits Mrs W Ryder 1

Currant cake, Eileen Rankin 1 Seed cake, E. Rankin 1 Sponge Cake, E. Rankin 1 Indian corn, E. Wratt 1 Pint Linseed, H, Rumbold 1 and c. SPECIAL PRIZES. 21s offered by Alessrs Geo. Th >mas and Co. for best 4 sorts Dessert Apples 12 of each sort, Mr T. Pattie 21s offered by Messrs Geo. Thomas and Co. for best 4 sorts cook i noapples 12 of each sort, Nolan Rowling. 10s 6rl offered Oy Alessrs Townsen°d and Paul for best 24 Stunner Mr D. Fry. FP ’

10s 6d offered by Alessrs Townsend and Paul for 24 London Pippins Mr H. Everett. ’

Co. for best collection of choice dessert apples, Air T. Pattie

Trophy offered by Alessrs Thompson Lros for best 24 Cox’s Orange Pippin Apples, Mr Jas Haycock 10s 6d offered by Levien Shallcrass and Co. for best 12 peaches, locally grown, Boyes and Canavan.

lOs 6d offered by Alessrs F. C Batchelor and Co, best 12 Dessert Autumn pears, Mr E. Parker.

Trophy offered by Air A. Alanoy for best pair of Trussed Fowls. Air G. W Jenkins.

t Trophy offered by Alessrs Rankin & &ons for best 41b loaf home-mad& bi ead, A 1 rs H ay-cock 10s 6d offered by Messrs Everett Bros, for the best 6 scones* Mrs Huffam.

Trophy offered by Alessrs Brown and Kerr for best band bouquet, Aliss A. Jordan.

Trophy offered by Messrs E. Buxton and Co. for best sample of Californian Hops taken from the bulk, L. G. Duncan.

Oak Tray off&tWfrby J. R ae and Co. for best 1 25 Northern Spy Apples, W: Katene.

£1 Is offered by Alessrs Tasker and Levien for best sample of hops other than Californian taken from the bulk Oscar Cederman. ’

“K” Alanufactures, value 21s, offered by Alessrs Kirkpatrick and Co., to the winner |of the greatest number of points in class 3. First prize to count S points, second 2, commended 1 Air David Fry. ’