Brooklyn Daily Standard Union
1 October 1922

Ninth Annual School Exhibit at Botanic Garden Produces 
Creditable Specimens

MANY PRIZES AWARDED

Trophies and Books Presented for Outstanding Products

Th ninth annual garden exhibit for the boys and girls of the 
borough which closed yesterday at Brooklyn Botanic Garden 
showed several new and interesting features. First among 
these were the numbers of small exhibits. . . There were a 
great many individual  exhibits, a few boys and girls from 
schools all over the borough bringing in their own products 
rather than massing them with school exhibits.

Judged by Experts
The judges of the exhibition this year were :
Robert J. POTTER, Garden Supervisor of West Orange, New Jersey; 
Miss Nellie S. TRUMAN, Director of Brooklyn Girl Scouts and Montague FREE, 
Horticulturist of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.

The prize winners were:
Class A, School Displays - First Prize, bronze trophy, P.S. 89

Class B, Small School Displays - 
First prize, three books from the Nature Library, P.S. 70; 
second prize, two books, P.S.46; 
honorable mention, P.S.52 and P.S. 109.

Class C, Box Display - 
First prize, 
gold-bronze cup, P.S. 49; 
second prize, silver cup, P.S.41

Class D, for Individuals, Flowers - 
First prize, gold medals; 
second prize, bronze medals; 
third prize, certificate of honorable mention: 

Alyssum, best plant, potted, Mary FAULKNER, P.S.32; 
asters, blue, Edna ZELLER, P.S. 89; 
asters, pink, Erminie ZELLER, P.S. 89; 
asters, white, Erminie ZELLER, P.S.89; 
asters, mixed, Edna ZELLER, P.S. 89; 
asters, best plant, potted, Madeline COLES, P.S. 6 and Herbert STERN, P.S. 49; 
honorable mention, Bernard RATTNER, P.S. 88; 
nasturtium, Anna MULLIGAN, P.S. 139; 
sunflower, largest flower, John FEMINELLA, P.S. 89; 
zinnia, Henry HOTH, P.S. 89.

Prizes for Vegetables :
Class E - 
For individuals; vegetables (prizes same as Class D) 
Beans, best quart, unshelled, 
first, pupil of P.S. 12; second, 
Kathrine MOSCO, P.S.104. 

Beets, best bunch of six, 
first, Lillie ZELLMAN, P.S. 109; 
second, Hyman ENGLEMAN, P.S. 109;  
honorable mention, Bertha ROTHKOPF, P.S. 109. 

Carrots, best bunch of five, 
first, Bertha ROTHKOPF, P.S. 109; 
second, Arthur RIECK, P.S. 89; 
honorable mention, Lillie ZELLMAN, P.S. 109. 

Cabbage, best head, 
first, Bernhard SCHADT, P.S.89. 

Corn, best six ears, 
second, Emilio ANZILATTO, P.S. 104. 

Eggplant, best two, 
second, Lutfey SEMON, P.S. 89. 

Kohlrabi, best four, 
first, Robert HERMAN, P.S. 89; 
second, Walter GUSTAFSON, P.S. 89. 

Peppers, best four, 
first, Pauline RIPO, P.S.104. 

Pumpkin, best specimen, 
first, Vincent VIGILANTE, P.S. 89. 

Squash, best specimen, 
first, Gasper LICANSI, P.S. 89; 
second, Walter GUMBRECHT, P.S. 89; 
honorable mention, Lucille ZERILLO, P.S. 89. 

Tomatoes, green, best eight, 
first, Gilbert JACKSON, P.S. 89; 
second,  Henry ROFTMANN, P.S. 104. 

Tomatoes, red, best eight, 
first,  Alice ANSON, P.S. 89. 

Tomatoes, small fruited, best ten, 
first, Frances NAPOL, P.S. 89; 
second, Pauline RIPO, P.S. 104.


Class F - Best special plant; 
first, Evelyn GRUENBERG, P.S.89. 
Seconds,Helen KLUZNICK, P.S. 89; 
		Dorothy DOTSON, P.S.41; 
		Jim GOODING, P.S. 9; 
		Geraldine HILDBRAND, P.S. 139; 
		Frederick FLUPO, P.S. 32; 
		Saul MONTO, P.S. 129; 
		Joseph RASHAUS, P.S. 49; 
		Alva MCKENNEY, P.S. 169; 
		Melville HARRIS, P.S. 70; 
		Louisa VIGILANTI, P.S. 69 and pupil of P.S. 12. 
Honorable mention, Esther LEVINSKY and Tillie GREENSTEIN, P.S. 49.

Class G - Best bunch of flowers :
first, Charles DAWSON, P.S. 9; 
second, Marguerite DURAN, P.S. 89; 
honorable mention, Willard SMITH, P.S. 89.

Class H - Individual garden display : 
first, Edward THIEME, P.S. 89; 
second, Vincent VIGILANTE, P.S. 89; 
honorable mention, Esther BENSON, P.S. 89.

Class I - Weed display, first, Arthur COBENZ.

Class J - Wild flowers :
first, Marie EIMBECK, P.S. 129; 
second, Arthur HEDBERG, P.S. 32; 
honorable mention, Frederick FLUPO, P.S. 32.

Transcriber Carole Dilley 
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