GEEYTOWN HORTICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY. SPRING EXHIBITION. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1885. PRIZE LIST. Class 1.-POT PLANTS. No Pot to exceed 8 inches in diameter. First Prize, 3/ : Second, 2/. 2 Pelargoniums 2 Geraniums 2 ~ bi-color 2 ~ tri-color 2 „ ivy-leaved 2 Calceolarias 2 Cinerarias 2 Bignonias 2 Begonias 2 Ericas 2 Petunias 2 Fuchsias 2 Balsams 2 Azaleas 2 Cyclamen 2 Roses (in pots) Best Pot Plant in the room Best Cactus 6 Stove or Greenhouse Plants 6 Foliage Plants 6 Ornamental Trees or Shrubs 5 Best Pot Plants —First Prize, 73 6d; second 5/ Collection of Ferns, (in pots or otherwise) — First Prize, 7s 6d ; Second, 2/6 Collection Pot Plants, First Prize, 10s 6d ; Second Prize, 7s 6d. Not less than 12 Class lI.—CUT FLOWERS. Each Exhibit must be in one Vessel. First Prize, 3/ ; Second, 2/. 6 Roses (varieties) 12 Pansies 12 Verbenas (6 varieties) 3 Stocks (varieties) 6 Snapdragons (varieties) 5 Carnations and Piootees (3 varieties each) 6 Phlox Drummondi (varieties) 6 Wall Flowers (varieties) 6 Sweet Williams (varieties) 6 Rhododendrons (varieties) Collection of three Geraniums 3 Penstemons Table Bouquet not to exceed 10 inches Hand do., not to exceed 6 do., Best decorated Bpergne or Vase—First Prize, 7s 6d ; Second, 5/ Best Varied Collection Cut Flowers, not less than 12 single stalks, each separate First Prize, 7s 5d ; Second, 5/ Collection Native Flowers Class lII.—FRUITS. First Prize, 3/ ; second, 2/. 25 Cherries 23 Strawberries 25 Gooseberries Currants, mixed (plate of) 25 Raspberries 12 Apples, last season's growth Collection of Fruits—First Prize, 7s 6d ; Second, 5/ Class IV.—VE GET ARLES. z Cucumbers 2 Cabbages 2 Cauiiliowers z Heads Celery 2 Beet 3 Turnips 3 Parsnips 3 Table Carrots 3 Lettuces (varieties) 6 Sticks Rhubarb 25 pods peas 25 ~ French Beans 25 ~ Runner 25 ~ Broad 25 Heads Asparagus 6 Kidney Potatoes 6 Round Potatoes 6 Onions (this season’s growth) 6 Onions (last season’s growth) 6 Radishes Bottled fruit or vegetables, preserved by exhibitor, from last season's growth. First Prize, 5s ; second 3s Collection Vegetables. First Prize, 7s 6d ; second, 5s
Class V.-PARM PRODUCE. First prize, 3s; second 23. 3lb Fresh Butter 1 keg Salt Butter 1 Cheese 1 Ham 1 Side Bacon 12 Hen Eggs to be judged by weight Class VI-MISCELLANEOUS. Prize 4s Wood, best turned work. Penmanship, best specimen by any boy over 9, and under 14 years of age. Penmanship, best specimen by any boy under 9 years. Penmanship, best specimen by any girl over 9 and under 14 years of age. Penmanship, best specimen by any girl under 9 years. Ihe prize is open to all school children in the district. Pair knitted sox of stockings by adults 1. ,1 by children under 16 Basket work Crewel work Painting on silk or satin Watercolor Drawing Wool Work Collection Fancy Work-Ladies' Workbox ! and Desk combined, special prize by Mr F. H. Wood Sewing, children under 16
Clay, nest 12 flowerpots Collection of Artificial Flowers in wool, paper, wax or leather Collection of artificial fruit Specimen of raw silk Tobacco leaf Model Garden Bead Work Floral Device Largest Collection of five-petalted flowers— To be competed for by girls and boys under fifteen years. First prize, ss; second, 2s Od, offered by Mr W. C. Nation Greatest variety of grasses, excluding cereals
mO STAND THIS SEASON AT TE 1 WHITE The Well known Purebred Clydesdale Horse YOUNG SIR COLLIN CAMPBELL. Paddocks provided free of charge until suited. Every cure taken but without responsibility. For further particulars as to pedigree see cards. I. PIKE, 1 2 Te Wliiti. GEORGE NASH, Painter, Decorator, Glazier, Paperlianger, &c,, HHEYTOWN, WAIMRAPA. Orders can be left at Mr Caslberg’s, or Mr Rower’s, Greytown.
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Wairarapa Standard, Volume XVIII, Issue 1745, 12 October 1885, Page 3
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609Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 Wairarapa Standard, Volume XVIII, Issue 1745, 12 October 1885, Page 3
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