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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



December, 1910 



ever turned out anywhere. The packing 

 was done under the supervision of Mr. 

 James Gibb, head packer at the Exchange, 

 who will be a judge at the Third 

 National at Spokane, Wash. 



The Dominion Department of Agricul- 

 ture, Ottawa, staged an exhibit at the far 

 end of the annex, which drew an interest- 

 ed crowd at all times. In the boxed fruit 

 of standard kinds from the different pro- 

 vinces the more elongated form of British 

 Columbia apples was plainly seen by con- 

 trast. Samples of the best hybrids that 

 have so far been produced between the 

 iron-clad crab species from Siberia (Pyrus 

 Baccata) and the hardiest cultivated var- 

 ieties, were intensely interesting. This 

 systematic breeding of pedigreed hardy 

 apples being perseveringly carried out at 

 the Central Experimental Farm is hoped 

 to result in a race hardy enough for the 

 prairies. Viewing the results and know- 

 ing that many of these productions have 

 already borne fruit in Manitoba and Sas- 

 katchewan, one could scarcely help think- 

 ing greater men than Burbank are among 

 us. We see and hear too little of the 

 patient, untiring, far-reaching work of our 

 Canadian Experimental Farms and of our 

 Dominion Horticulturist, W. T. Macoun, 

 Ottawa. 



THE CONCESSIONS 



The concessions were located mainly on 

 a long, well-arranged lane in a wing of the 

 main building. Nursery firms, spray 

 manufacturers, lunch counters, fruit publi- 

 cations, the local press, orchard imple- 

 ments, cider manufacturers, and the ever 

 present land agent of the west, were all 

 represented. Makers of spraying machinery 

 and the eastern nurserymen, somehow, 

 missed their opportunity. In bringing the 

 famous 48th Highlanders military band 



from Toronto to Vancouver, the manage- 

 ment made no mistake. The public gave 

 the bandsmen a wildly enthusiastic re- 

 ception. 



PRINCIP.II, PRIZE WINNERS 



Chief interest centred in the placing of 

 the awards for the carload exhibits. 

 Twelve carloads of 600 boxes each were en- 

 tered. The prize winners were as follows : 



Northern Spy. — 1, Coldstream Estate, 

 Vernon, B.C., $500. 



Spitzenherq. — 1, Sawyer Land Co., Sun- 

 nyside ,Wa8h., $500. 



Yellow Newtown.. — 1, Medford Commer- 

 cial Club. Medford, Ore., $500; 2, C. 

 Starcher, North Yakima, Wash., $250. 



Grimes Golden. — 1, Sawyer Land Co., 

 Sunnyside. Wash., $500. 



King of Tomkins. — 1, Victoria Fruit 

 Growers' Exchange, Victoria, B.C., $500. 



Jonathan. — 1, Board of Trade, Kelowna, 

 B.C., $500. 



Mixed — 1. Summerland Agricultural So- 

 ciety, Suiiimerland, B.C., $500; 2, Board 

 of Trade, Vernon, B.C., $250; 3, M. 

 Horan, Wenatchee, Wash., $100. 



A mixed carload from Grand Forks, 

 B.C., was unique in arrangement. Boxes 

 of green apples were so set among boxes 

 of red that the words British Columbia 

 stood out plainly. 



For the best carload in the show the first 

 prize consisted of Central Okanagan Lands 

 Ltd., $500, the management $500, and a 

 $100 gold medal— total, $1,100; second, 

 A. J. Smith, Okanagan Falls, five acres 

 land $750. or cash $500 and $50 gold medal 

 from the management ; third, $25 silver 

 medal. The awards were : 



1, Kelowna Board of Trade, car Jona- 

 than. 



2, Summerland Agricultural Society, 

 mixed car. 



3, Medford Commercial Club, Ore., car 

 yellow Newtown. 



DISTRICT DI8PL.4T8 



For the best decoration on 12 by 21 

 feet floor space. There were several en- 

 tries, and some beautiful decorations. 



1 (cash $500, gold medal $100), Kelowna. 



2 ($250 cash, $50 silver medal). Grand 

 Forks. 



3 ($100 cash, $25 silver medal), Vernon. 



4 ($50, $10 bronze medal), Keremeos. 



5 ($25 cash and diploma), Salmon Arm. 

 A cheque for $.500. handed to Mr. Smith 



by a Vancouver firm, to be awarded in 

 whatever class he pleased, but not allotted 

 till opening day, was made a special prize 

 for the winner in this class. The first 

 premium was. therefore, $1,100 in all. 



Limited displays, consisting of two 

 boxes, two barrels, two baskets, two jars, 

 two plates, limited to 6 by 12 feet space : 



1, Salmon Arm, with an irresistible dis- 

 play all in red. The fruit was mainly 

 Jonathans, the barrels were Spies, and it 

 is safe to say more perfect specimens were 

 never exhibited — $250. 



2, Kelowna— $125. 



3, West Kootenay— $50. 



4, Kermeos — $25. 



TEN BOX CLASS 



Northern Spy.—l. F. R. E. DeHart, Ke- 

 lowna, $100; 2, Coldstream Estate Co., 

 Vernon, $50; 3, R. H. Fortune, Salmon 

 Arm, $25. 



Gravenstein. — 1, Doyle & McDowell, Wil- 

 low Point, $100; 2, Van Sant & Whipple, 

 Olg.'i Wash, $50; 3, R. Owen, Mt. Leham, 

 B.C., $25. 



Fameuse. — 1, Peter Reid, Chatequay Bas- 

 in, Que., $100. 



Spitzenherg. — 1, C. L. Green, Wenat- 

 cliee. Wash., $100; 2, C. J. Thomson, Sum- 



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