—Lancaster Farming. Saturday, Sept. 18. 1976 54 Horticulture building has several ‘firsts’ By JOANNE SPAHR YORK - A tour around Horticulture Hall at the York Fair last week revealed some fascinating specimens and facts. Probably the most intriguing agricultural specimen was a 130 pound pumpkin sitting among a large display of its kind. “Last year’s largest pumpkin only weighed 34 pounds,” commented Donald E. Lanius, manager in-charge of the horticulture building. Not only were pumpkins larger in size this year, but they were also more popular, according to J. W. Arnold, seasoned veteran of the fair and the person responsible for the vegetable depart ment of the horticulture display. Arnold described the amount of pumpkin entries as “coming out our ears,” Lanius also pointed out with a twinkle in his eye that peanuts were a lot more popular this year, for some reason. And, in the vegetable line, it was evident from the large display of Indian, field, and sweet com, that York is having an excellent crop this year. In the fruit division', there were several indications of the type of season each different specimen was N w 4 m i _ ,mT K j " Farm products and garden goodies galore at the York Fair. enjoying. For instance, this year there was a very small amount of peach entries because the season was so short, whereas apples were abundant and of top quality. Also in the horticulture building were the products of a special “Happy Birthday America” cake decorating competition. There were approximately 25 Bicen tennial cakes displayed. According to Melvin Haines, who set up the display and was in charge of overseeing it, the only problem with the whole display was restraining inquisitive youngsters from suc cumbing to the temptation to touch. This was also the second year for the homemade wine exhibit and, according to Lanius, the display tripled itself from the year before. There has been a steady increase in the interest of winemaking in the county recently, according to various spectators, and one reason may be the promise of wineries coming to the area. Jouko E. Savolainen, treasurer of the Southeast Grape Industry Association, also noted that only recently has home winemaking and homemade wine competition been allowed. Held in conjunction with K the winemaking contest was a grape stomping com petition sponsored by the grape growers association, which, according to Lanius, was quite a success. “The people went wild,” he commented. “If I would have known that having people stomp two bushels of grapes would have caused this much of a sensation, I wouldn’t have believed it,” he added. In ail, four bushels were stomped, since the procedure was done twice. Another “first” for the fair was an indoor fountain separating the flower display. Brought to the Fair by Dean Gise, who also displayed other smaller fountains from his place of business, Ornamental Concrete Products, the fountain had an eight foot diameter bowl holding 135 gallons of water, and had a changing sequence of 12 colors. Gise commented that it is the same type of foun tain found at Sea World. All the firsts, however, did not diminish the importance of all the “old regulars.” For instance, this year there were over 500 more entries in jellies and preserves. That display lined one whole wall of Horticulture Hall. And, there was a huge display of delicious-looking tomatoes. R i*-' The Grange also returned with four Bicentennial en tries. Eureka Grange from Dillsburg took top honors with a display called “Agriculture, The Seed of America.” While these are only a few of the displays that were on exhibit in Horticulture Hall, [Continued on Page 55| Badger Forage Harvester Chopping Capacity The Badger Forage Harvester is T Ml V power-matched for tractors up to I 0 IViaiCn TOUr 175 hp B,g chopping capacity Big-TraCtor throughout Left hand delivery minimizes Pnwpr side c * ra^t - Lets V° u operate with dual- VVB mounted tires Choose from- two models with multi-row crop heads and hay pickup attachments available See us for more information See Your Local Badger Dealer SHOW-EASE STALL GRUMELLI’S FARM CO. SERVICE 523 Willow Rd Mechanics Grove Lancaster, PA Quarryville, PA Ph 299 2536 Ph 786-7318 CARL L SHIRK ISAAC W. HURST RDS Lebanon, PA Ph 274 1436 -4 Donald Lanius, manager on charge of Hor ticulture Hail, poses with the largest pumpkin of the York Fair, which weighed in at 130 pounds. /y 'A X' 1 RD2 East Earl, PA Ph 1215|445-5767 FARMING IS BETTER WITH BADGER VE ,$$ A. C. HEISEY FARM EQUIPMENT INC. RDI Jonestown, PA [7l7| 865 4526 FISHER BROTHERS 136 W High St Red Lion, PA Ph [7l7| 244-2178 & 862-3406 LLOYD E. KREIDER RDI Cochranvilie, PA Ph [2151932-2934
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