FRANKLIN WINTER SHOW.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17475, 20 May 1920, Page 8

FRANKLIN WINTER SHOW.

' 1 THf INAUGURAL DISPLAY. 7T ■* . Spilll EXHIBITION OF : SOOTS. £ Tv;, r< Tbs ? first winter ; show' of l . th».. Franklin ,V^:. ; ."' Agricultural and Pastoral fr^cleiy, wa* opened yesterday, at Pukekohe. It waa foxtunfcU ®$§? that! the 1 eociety had erected afcaclomr: build- , ings on the grounds, otherwise the heavy < Tain during the forenoon and a part of the -.' afternoon would ha*# oongidwably interfered ■with the fixture/' A feature of the *how waa : the exhibition of field roots, inch as turnip*, mangolds, pumpkins and marrow*. The : swedes-stood out as ; the best . root! in the shew. The judge, Mr. J. W. Luxford.iof Devonport, stated that ha hr.d not expected " to find such a fine lot of roots at the show. 1 • Th'i entry of : poultry , was large, ■ exhibit* ' comhts from air far south as Taihape, most- of the prominent breeders of Utility ' - Strain* in Auckland dietrict were tepraseated. ' " , ' "' ■ ' ' ' A fin® collection of domestic produce was k ahoro,; end the garden and school children '"; exhibit* )2 and ladies' fancy *«& ; furnished • attractive •' displays. j:■::.■■< A^-V^? _ ts. >; Contrary to•?expectations, thw* waa an .- > entire absence of > exhibit* of butter and cheese, and the entries «Lv<>t*toea w«* limited to a few cueaee. This was dm?- ■* -& pointing, because the Franklin dwtnct is % noted for its excellent crops of P^tes. Tb® exhibits os'-' the Maori Chief, Gamekeeper, , Sir J: G. Wilson. Northern Star, and Larly i . Russett varied** were in ki:ping with tne beat types of those potatoes, but thes; .*&> r fow .in i number. ' Som« i fins _ samplef .°' Z. : H onion* wore staged, -, the principal •: «';ibein«" Grand Bod a, brown Spanish, last* S"Sh .dark ; Spanish, aid •'-' straw-coloured Spanish.* ■■: c $i Th»,show will continue until Saturday* lb** principal , awards mado . yesterday were:— ■ - , ' i t ONIONS AND POTATOES. Onion*.—Erown Spanish, light akin: 3 F. , Ballard. 1: B. Fitness, i Straw-coloured Spanish: R. Fitness, a 1: C. 3. Piekard, A Brown Spanish, dark skin St..ft,; iy Mrs. R. Hudson, 2. Any kind: 1. B. - Graham, 1; B. Fitness. 1 .>•• . potatoes.— A. Baynes, -1. Heaviest. C. J-iplckard, I; Mrs. A, Stokes, 2. Collection: B. Fitness, I. Beet iewt.: B. titness,< 1; T. B. Graham, 2. J, ; ' Eachallots.—J T. Sharp, 1; Frank S. {■ : f* Ballard. 2. White: W. H. Caddy. li F. S Mr*. Robert Brownlee, 1; , Pt»S. Ballard. 2. Maori Chief: S. Bal'■■■s:■ lard. Gamekeeper: Mrs. Robert Brownlee, lrlijL' Johnston, 2. Northern Star: L«. : .;: Johaltoß. 1; B. McWatt. _a. Heaviest, ot ; , «r'«W : • Mrs. - Robert BrownU. 1. Potatoes boiled in their akin: . Mm. p. B. te,. Hamilton, vi;- f Collection of aix . varieties: m Len. Johnston, 1; -S. Ballard, M Gamekeeper, rr;-' :iewt.:> Mr*. ) Robert Brownlee, 1; W. H. P • Caddy, 9.' Northern Star." Jcjjl. :3. McWatt. :&Vj 1. '> Maori Chief, iewt.: -8. Ballard. 1. Boat table j potatoes: : Mrs. Robert Brownlee, L :: soots. Swedes aid Other Turnips.-Any variety: A. A. Dyke, I; G. R" Mansfield. 3. Heavus): Mrs. G. Leaiaan, 1; S. Ballard. 2. ; White X fieeh'- J. Bussell, 1; C. J. Piekard, 2. . Yellow flash S) S. f Bulard, 1. Any % viriety: %A.« D. ' $&::■ Young, 1: S. Ballard, 3. .Special wore ? won by Seaear Potter, J. A. Blade, Boulstpn - Srcthers, Alvin Potter, 18. J. Hughes, Ship- ' herd Brothers, 8. Sutton, W. McDoujali," R. ' G. Baird, Des Potter. H. Newman. Archie - Blake, and Charles Johnston. W ! t-- Mantolds.—Yellow Globs: Mrs. ! Robert; . Brownlee, 1; Mrs. S. Sutton. 2. Tankard: R. t McKibbon, 1; S. Ballard, 2.v" Jersey Queen: | Mrs. -Robert Brownlee, I; W. P. Wray, 2.' « Long Bed: Mrs. Robert 1 ? Brownlee, ?1; • H. j >i . Ne*m|n. = tjgvThree heaviest, grown: under ( any conditions: . J. J. McEinney, 1; Jim Hsrriu&a, 2. Carrots.—Lone Sad:"S." Ballard, 1. Whits Field* 1 . A. D. Young. 1-, W. Logan. I