October, 1910 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



239 



It is to be hoped that the Dominion Gov- 

 ernment will give careful consideration to 

 the proposals that will be laid before it by 

 the members of the Ontario Vegetable 

 Growers' Association in refiard to standards 

 of weight for vegetables. The Ontario' As- 

 sociation should endeavor to enlist the sup- 

 port of the members of the Quebec Veg- 

 etable Growers' Association. 



The directors of the Ontario Porticultural 

 Association have acted wisely in arranging 

 to secure prominent speakers from the Unit- 

 ed States for their annual convention in 

 Toronto next month. Such speakers add 

 interest to the proceedings and give an 

 inspiration that cannot be obtained in the 

 same wa.v by any other m.ethod. 



Again our supply of copies of The Can- 

 adian Horticulturist, this time for the 

 month of July, has become exhausted. If 

 any of our readers will let us have their 

 copies of the July issue their kindness will 

 confer a favor. 



Ontario Apple Prices 



P. W. Hodgetts, Sec. Fruit Growcri Asiociation.Torcnto 



The apple crop in Ontario is one of the 

 poorest for many years. Hundreds of or- 

 chards have no crop whatever, especially 

 in the western parts of the province. Others 

 have enough to supply a local demand. 

 Where orchards have been properly looked 

 after and thoroughly sprayed, the quantity 

 is greater and the quality excellent. Or- 

 chards that have a crop but were not spray- 

 ed are showing plainly the effects of scab 

 and codling moth. 



Those cooperative associations having any 

 sized crop have sold most of their apples. 

 Prices have ranged from $2.25 to $2.60 for 

 fall apples in quantity, up to $3.75 for the 

 better varieties of winter apples. One as- 

 sociation sold their entire crop for $3.00 

 for Nos, I's and 2's, 75 per cent, to be No, 

 1. Another reports having sold for $3.00 

 No. I's and $2.75 for No. 2's. The de- 

 monstration orchards sprayed by the De- 

 partment of Agriculture in Nottawasaga 

 township. Simcoe County, will likely grade 

 80 per cent. No. 1. and the apples have 

 been sold at $3.00 for No. 1 fall, and No. 

 1 and 2 winters. Early apples which have 

 been going west have brought much larger 

 returns than usual. 



Mr. W. H. Bunting of St. Catharines, 

 Ont., has been asked to act as an as.sociate 

 .judge at the Canadian Apple Show in Van- 

 couver next November and has accepted the 

 appointment. Mr. Bunting is an experienc- 

 ed exhibitor and judge and should give 

 satisfaction. 



Fruit Display at Canadian National Exhibition 



The fruit exhibit at the Canadian Na- 

 tional Exhibition this year was good, there 

 being a considerable improvement over pre- 

 vious years. As a general rule, owing to 

 the early date of the exhibition, grapes are 

 not far enough advanced for a good show- 

 ing, but this year, although a few green 

 bunches were in evidence, this part of the 

 exhibit as a whole was excellent. 



A decided improvement was noted in the 

 general arrangement of the various dis- 

 plays, due partly to the fact that more 

 space was devoted to this department than 

 formerly. The space, however, could have 

 been utilized to much better advantage, 

 both from the standpoint of judging and 

 to give spectators a better chance to com- 

 pare the various exhibits of each variety of 

 fruit. No regular system seems to have 

 been followed in the arranging of the dif- 

 ferent classes. Exhibits of plums were 

 noted in three different places in the hall, 

 grapes in four places, and peaches and pears 

 in at least three places. If the different 

 classes in each variety were arranged in 

 order, it would give a more pleasing ef- 

 fect, and enable spectators to readily find 

 all the exhibits in the varieties in which 

 they are particularly interested. 



The display of fruit in commercial pack- 

 ages was splendidlv located, but much better 

 use could have been made of the space al- 

 lotted to this portion of the fruit exhibit. 

 Fruit, excellent in quality and well packed 

 was there, brt the general arrangement of 

 the packages was anything but good. In 

 fact, it almost appeared as if no attempt 

 had been made at arranging the exhibit 

 in an attractive form, and nv merous re- 

 marks by passers by voiced this opinion. 

 A verv little effort on the part of those in 

 charge of the arranging of the fruit exhibits 

 could have made a great improvement in 

 this department. The package display is 

 a great source of education to fruit grow- 

 ers, and it should be arranged so as to 

 attract the eye, and also enable the passer- 

 bv to readily see and examine the different 

 methods of packing. It may be noted that 

 one row of boxes was set upright at the 

 ton of the exhibit, where none but a very 

 tall per.son could even see what kind of 

 fruit was in the boxes. 



In the plate displays, the competition 

 was keen, and the quality of the exhibits 

 excellent. The apples were good, both as 

 regards quantity and quality. Peaches, 

 plums and pears were good. The competi- 

 tion in all of these varieties was keen. 

 Granes were also good, and of a much better 

 quality than is usi al at this time of the 

 year. As usual most of the prizes went to 



the St. Catharines growers, but Marshall 

 Bros., of Hamilton and R. H. Dewar of 

 Fruitland captured a large number of 

 prizes in the plums and grapes. 



T.4BLE COLLECTIONS 



A new feature was the table collections, 

 which attracted much attention and added 

 {"."?" to the attractiveness of the whole ex- 

 hibit. Displays of peaches, plums and 

 grapes were shown. Two tables each of 

 plims and peaches were entered, and three 

 of grapes. L. C. Gray, of St. Catharines, 

 captured the first prize in both the plums 

 and peaches and R. Cameron second In 

 the grapes, J. H. Smith, of St. Catharines, 

 won fir.st prize; F. G. Stewart, Homer, se- 

 cond; and W. Selby, Homer, third. The 

 second prize table had the best collection of 

 varieties, and if anything, the better qual- 

 ity, but the judge found objections to the 

 use of foreign material in decorating the 

 table. The prize list called for simply a 

 display of grapes, nothing else. 



GOVERNMENT EXHIBIT 



A very attractive display was put up by 

 the Ontario Government. It was poorly 

 located, however, being away off in a corn- 

 er and at a considerable distance from the 

 main fruit exhibit. Some very fine fruit was 

 shown, there being an excellent display of 

 commercial packages. The space was used 

 to excellent advantage in displaying the 

 fruit, which was placed so that it could be 

 easily seen and examined by pas.sers by. A 

 prominent feature of this exhibit was a 

 large pyramid of apples extending almost 

 to the roof. The fruit in this exhibit was 

 a good advertisement of the fruit growing 

 possibilities of Ontario. 



BRITISH COLUMBI,\ DISPL.AT 



The British Columbia exhibit attracted 

 much attention, and demonstrated the pos- 

 sibilities of British Columbia as a fruit 

 growing province. Fruit of all kinds was 

 shown, the early varieties being preserved 

 in glass jars. The whole exhibit was dis- 

 played in a rustic booth of attractive de- 

 sign, which showed off the exhibit to per- 

 fection. The fruit in this exhibit was not 

 packed especially for exhibition, but was 

 exhibited as packed by the growers for 

 ordinary commercial purposes. 



Crab apples, peaches, plums, pears, ap- 

 ples and other varieties of fruit were shewn 

 in commercial packages, and judging by the 

 display in the other sections of the hall, 

 Ontario growers can well learn a few les- 

 sons from British Columbia growers con- 

 cerning the art of packing fruit. The 

 fruit was selected from all parts of the pro- 



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