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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



killed, though the wood was seemingly 

 uninjured. It is usually better merely 

 to throw the vine upon the gi^ound and 

 trust to the snow for a covering, than 

 to place strawy manure in which mice 

 may harbor u]iorL them, or to cover 

 them with much earth, which in wet 

 weather will rot the buds. 



INTERNATIOXAL FRUIT EXHIBI- 

 TION. 



The World's Industrial Exposition is 

 to be held in New Orleans, commenc- 

 ing on Monday, December 1st, 1884, 

 and continuing for six months. It is 

 intended that in many important fea- 

 tures this Exposition shall surpass any 

 that has ever been held. The Main 

 Building is now being erected ; it will 

 cover thirty-two acres of ground, giving 

 far more exhibition space than any that 

 has ever been built. The Art building, 

 the Agricultural and Horticultural 

 buildings, and other structures for 

 special [uirposes, will be on the same 

 liberal scale. 



The winter season l)eing the one of 

 greatest leisure to those who till the 

 ground, it is anticipated that this exhi- 

 bition will be more generally visited by 

 agricultural and horticultural people 

 than any previous one. Thei-e is also 

 the great charm to those whose homes 

 are in the north of leaving the frost 

 and the snow and the biting winter 

 blasts, and spending a few weeks among 

 the roses, and yuccas, and orange blos- 

 soms of the south. The city, where 

 the exhiiiition is to be held, is itself 

 full of attractions to a stranger. There 

 is a novelty even in the ways of tlie 

 people that makes a visit always inter- 

 esting to a northerner. 



In view of all these considerations, 

 the Board of Managers intend to give 

 more attention to the great interest of 

 Pomology than has ever been done be- 

 fore, and to carry out this intention has 

 decided to have an International Show 



of fruits, a thing never before attempt- 

 ed. That this department of the ex- 

 hibition may be made a great success, 

 the management of it has been entrust- 

 ed to the Mississippi Valley Horticul- 

 tural Society, whose President, Mr. 

 Pai-ker Earle, is not only an able and 

 enthusiastic pomologist, but also a 

 gentleman of great executive ability, 

 under whose directions the pomological 

 department cannot fail to be most 

 thoroughly equipped. 



A building is to be erected specially 

 for the display of plants and fruits, to 

 be about six hundred feet long by one 

 hundred wide, located in grounds 

 handsomely laid out and embellished. 

 The premiums for fruits in medals and 

 money will aggregate from twelve to 

 fifteen thousand dollars. Exhibits in 

 fruits are expected from every State 

 and Territory of the United States, 

 from the British Provinces, Mexico, 

 and the leading nations of the world. 

 The Citrus fruits of the Gulf States, 

 Galifoi'uia, the Mediterranean, South 

 America, India and the Islands of the 

 Sea will form a display unparalleled in 

 the histoiy of the fruit exhilntions of 

 the world. The fruit exhibit will be 

 kept up during the whole time of the 

 Exposition, shewing the finiits in their 

 season, and many, by the help of cold 

 storage, far beyond their season. The 

 New Orleans Refrigeration Company 

 has placed the most ample facilities for 

 cold storage to be found on the continent 

 at the counnand of the management. 



It is matter for congi'atulation that 

 the projectors of this Industrial Exhi- 

 bition have been able to appreciate the 

 importance of the great fruit interests 

 of tlie world, and to foim some ade- 

 <(uat(! conception of the commercial value 

 of fruit. In thus providing libei'ally 

 for a disj)lay of the world's fruit ))ro- 

 ductions, as an important and attrac- 

 tive featui'e of tlicir ex])osition, they 

 liiiv<; but assimed to fruit culture its 



