MORNINGTON SCHOOL HORTICULTURAL SHOW.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 14457, 25 February 1909, Page 2

MORNINGTON SCHOOL HORTICULTURAL SHOW.

Iho fourth annual show of flowers and vegetable held „, coniKolion with, the Moniiiiglon district school was hold veslerwiy afternoon in Hie school gymnasium, which presented an animated and" attractive ripijcai-itnco. All the exhibits for competition were grown by pupils attending the sclicol. I.no idea of the annual competition and exhibition hc-inpr to give the pupils "a nobby, ' and to assist to develop chancier, ihe show of vegetables, all round, and particularly potatoes, was very good, and P'ji. plains and ilowcrs were' also higlily CKiueendablfl. Parents and friends of the scholars were present in large numbers, and the large hall was crowded with pupils of the school, who took a keen interest in the exhibits, which were subjected to a fair amount of comparative juvenile criticism. Where the exhibits all round were excelbut, it would ssem invidious to single out any particular exhibitor for special mention, but an exception was made in the case of a boy namsd Kric Flint, who was tlicei-vadly awarded a special prize for an exhibit of very fine pansies. Good business was, done at the vegetable, sweets, and refre.?biuen; stalls, and at the close of the show at an early hour in the afternoon most of Die exhibits were sold for the benefit of the school piano fund. The judges were: — Cookery: AlUf.cs Ai'lutos'-i, W'hinam, and Cakler: ilowcrs and pot plants: Mr J. liciinie; vegetables: -Mr A. Mciklcjohti. The Mowing is ihc

PRIZE LIST. l'l.'jv.'i-.i!S.—i'low.-ring plant—L. Dickson 1. il. Morris 2; toliagc plant—A. JlTniyre 1, D. Slater 2. Jean llobson 3; fern—o. SUiier 1. Jt. Mciklejolui 2; three dahlias—jean Lothian 1, J. Hoigatc 1; three carnations— J. Galloway 1, J. Rotate 2; spike of stockW. Wooiton 1, 0. Morris 2, J. llolgate 3; tiay .if flower*-,!. Scidcliii 3. H. LeCren 2, ■kuii 1ij!)-oii 3; spray—A. M'lmyre 1, 11. L'iicviy 2, E. Payne 3; buttonhole—A. JlTnlyrc 1. A. Daniel 2, X. Cherry S. VcoETAiti.Ky.—Bunch of carrois—M. Holgato 1, h W'aitc % L. Lister 3; bunch of r-arsnips-L Lister 1, -M. Holgatc 2. L. Lister 3; bunch of turnips—D. Slater 1, C. bhort 2; bunch of onions—K. Jleiklcjohn i, A. M'lniyro 2; cauiiilo'.ver—Jl. White 1, J. llopu 2; table cabbage—L. Growden 2, A. Lloyd o; heaviest cabbage—A. Cox 1, L. i'ianicr 2, V. Butting 3; heaviest potatoes— J. llobsou 1, JI. Growden 2, L. Growdon 3; tray of 12 potatoes—W. White 1, C. Islip 2, K. Jleiklcjohn and L. Lister 3; heaviest potatoes from three sets supplied—S. Kaffills 1, M. Holgaio 2. J. Frame 3; three heaviest apples-.]. Carrol] 1, S. Hobbs 2, H. Pction 3. Cookery.—.Scones—L. Growden 1. Stuart Cameron 2, W. Davis 3; cake—J. Frame 1, A. M'lniyio 2.