October, 1910 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



241 



The Niagara District Horticultural Exhibition 



The Ningara J)istriot Hcirticultuial Ex- 

 hibition, that was held in i?t. Catharines 

 September 14 and 16, was a credit to the 

 great fri,it centre in which it took place. 

 There were fine displays of fruit, flowers 

 and vegetables, the exhibit of flowers being 

 particularly fine. The exhibit of fruit in 

 commercial packages was not as large as in 

 former years. This was duo largely to the 

 fact that the St. Catharines Cold Storage 

 Company was unable tc make an exhibit be- 

 cause of the .shipment of peaches it was 

 making to the Old Country. Aside from 

 this the exhibition, in other respects, was 

 considerably ahead of all previous efforts. 



Two very fine displays of fruit were made, 

 one by S. D. Furminger and the other bv 

 W. H. Bunting in conijietition for the prize 

 given by M. F. Rittenhouse, of Chicago. 

 While more taste was displayed by Mr. 

 Bunting in his exhibit, Mr. Furminger's 

 collection was the larger of the two and 

 won the first prize, Mr. Biinting's exhibit 

 taking second. 



A very fine display of plants and flowers, 

 as well as semi-tropical trees, including 

 acacia, bay and fig, was made by the Nia- 

 gara Falls Park Commission undesr the 

 direction of Mr. Moore, the new head 

 gardener. Seven employees of the park 

 were required to group this display. 



An exhibit that attracted much atten- 

 tion was one of preserved fruits in glass 

 jars by the Dominion Department of Agri- 

 culture. It is intended that this exhibit 

 sliall be displayed in foreign countries. The 

 jars contained not only the fruit but the 

 foliage and branches as well. AH were in 

 ])erfect condition. The display attracted 

 much attention. 



SOCIETY EXHIBIT 



The fine silver trcphy offered by the St. 

 Catharines Horticultural Society to the 



horticultural society in the province mak- 

 ing the best exhibit of flowers such as 

 hydrangeas, Phlox Drumraondi, asters, 

 geraniums and so fortlr brought out en- 

 tries from Toronto and Gait societies that 

 did both societies credit. The Toronto 

 society won the cup, but will have to win 

 it again before it will become its perma- 

 nent property. 



The contest for the Lest decorated tables 

 had seven entries. The prizes were won by 

 Mrs. Edward Gander, Mrs. James A. Wiley, 

 Mrs. A. E. Malcolmson and Mrs. E. Sni- 

 der. On Mrs. Gander's table there was a 

 delicate arrangement of pink asters and 

 maiden ferns in a basket and a tray with 

 white trailing clematis at the corners. 



The prizes offered for the best collection 

 of vegetables were won by S. D. Furminger 

 and F. F. Reeves. As this exliibiticn does 

 not receive a direct government grant its 

 officers are deserving of hearty commenda- 

 tion on the great success it has achieved. 



Ontario Peaches in England 



The Ontario Government agent in Lon- 

 don, England, N. B. Colcock, has cabled 

 the Dei)Uty Minister of Agriculture for 

 Ontario, Mr. C. C. James, that the first 

 shipment of Ontario peaches to England 

 arrived in excellent condition. When 

 placed for sale on Covent Garden it was 

 eagerly sampled by the dealers. This 

 fruit was grown near the Experimental 

 Station at Jordan, Ontario, and was pack- 

 ed by P. W. Hodgetts, Director of the 

 Fruit Division of the Department of Agri- 

 culture. 



It is reported that this fruit brought 

 the highest prices of any of the same class 

 sold at the same time. A despatch by the 

 Canadian Associated Press reported that 



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