Cheshire Farming history - The Cheshire Historical Society

Farming In Cheshire Connecticut - photos of farms in Cheshire North End, The Cheshire Historical Society - February 2007
http://www.cheshirehistory.org/cheshire_farms.htm
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11/30/2010
Pasqualoni Farms on East Johnson Avenue - photos above
With the growth of nearby industrial cities, the growing of vegetables as well as fruit growing was encouraged and fairs came into being.
During wartime, several of these fairs were held in A.E. Smith's carpenter shop and in 1879 the Cheshire Farmer's Club was organized. CS
Gillette was the first president and E.A. Atwater, secretary with about 150 members. Exhibitions of farm products were held each year in
October on EP Atwater's lot and spring sales of live stock were held near the Town Hall until about 1900. In 1886 the club exhibited a large
cornucopia float at the old Meriden state fair and received first prize. The late Edgar Beadle and M. C. Doolittle were instrumental in its
decoration which was a gorgeous array of the largest fruits and vegetables. It received such favorable newspaper comment that a Boston fair
asked them to reproduce it there but the expense of transportation was too great.