December, 1910 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



287 



merland $oO; 3, P. R. E. DeHart, $26. 



Yellow Newtown. — 1, C. L. Green, Wenat- 

 cheo, $112.50; 2, F. R. E. DeHart, Ke- 

 lowna, $50; 3, C. Starcher, North Yakima, 

 AVash., $25. 



Grimes Golden.— 1, P. R. E. DeHart, 

 Kelowna, $100 ; 2, Robert Lawson, Grand 

 Porks, $50; 3 Mrs. John Smith, Spence's 

 Bridge, $25. 



. .King of Tompkins. — 1, T. G. Earle, Lyt- 

 ton, $100; 2, R. H. Portune, Salmon Arm, 

 $50; 3, J. Spiers, West Kootenay, $25. 



Mcintosh.— 1. F. R. E. DeHart, Kel- 

 owna $100; 2, C. L. Green, Wenatchee, 

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

 Arm, $25. 



Jonathan. — 1, John Conlin, Kelowna, 

 $110; 2, T. J. Black Wenatchee, Wash., 

 $50; 3, P. R. E. DeHart. jcvelowna, $25. 



Cox's Orange. — 1, F.R. E. DeHart, Ke- 

 lowna, $100; 2, A. Scott, West Kootenay 

 Fruit Exchange. $50. 



Winesap. — 1, Tedford Bros., Wenatchee, 

 Wash, $100; 2, H. L. Tedford, Wenatchee, 

 Wash, $50; 3. Yakima Co. Horticultural 

 Union, North Yakima. Wash., $25. 



There was a long list of awards in the 

 five box, single box and plate classes. In 

 the shipping pack J. W. Cookie, Kaslo, 

 (Kootenay district) carried off the coveted 

 $25 medal with a box of wrapped Stark. 

 Among the twenty odd competing entries 

 were some from the leading packing houses 

 in British Columbia and Washington. In 

 this class the boxes were put on exhibition 

 nailed ready for shipment and not opened 

 and judged until the last day of the show. 



The success of the show was due mainly 

 to the author and moving spirit of the en- 

 terprize, Mr. Maxwell Smith. He had 

 helpers, among whom were secretary L. 

 G. Monroe, but his tireless energy, his 

 boundless belief in things British Columbian 



and Canadian was the mainspring of the 

 whole great undertaking. 



That !i Canadian province and that about 

 the youngest among apple growing pro- 

 vinces, has with little backing from other 

 parts of Canada held such an amazing ex- 

 hibition should impress Canadians deeply 

 with the importance of our dominion in the 

 vvorld's apple supply. The Canadian Na- 

 tional Apple Show was organized as a 

 movable event. Which province is to claim 

 the next one? Will Ontario or Quebec 



with their immense apple growing possibili- 

 ties go to it and by spraving and careful 

 orcharding grow a crop that will make a 

 Second National? Or will some prairie city 

 providing neutral ground for the orchard 

 districts of the east and west, take it up 

 and afford the dwellers of the great wheat 

 country a glimpse of our apple resources? 

 Wherever it is held, let those behind it see 

 that it sets still higher standards of which 

 Canadians all over the Dominion may well 

 feel proud. 



Greatest Horticultural Exhibitiotv in America 



THERE was held in the arena, To- 

 ronto, from November 14 to 19, the 

 seventh annual Ontario Horticul- 

 tural Exhibition. This is freely ad- 

 mitted to be the largest exhibition of the 

 kind held annually on the continent and 

 one of the largest horticultural exhibitions 

 held in the world. Seven years ago. when 

 the first exhibition was held, many doubted 

 if sufficient interest would be shown to en- 

 able it to be made • an annual affair . The 

 display of fruit shown in commercial pack- 

 ages included only eleven boxes and seven- 

 teen barrels of apples. The packing was 

 so poorly done that the late Hon. John 

 Dryden, then Minister of Agriculture for 

 Ontario, expressed chagrin and an inten- 

 tion to bring in experts from the States to 

 show Ontario growers how to pack their 

 fruit. 



Last month there were shown 1,136 boxes 

 and 194 barrels of apples. There was hardly 

 a poorly packed box in the let. Most of 

 the fruit was packed perfectly. In addi- 

 tion there were shown 49 boxes of pears, 

 627 plates, 74 cones and 71 single speci- 

 mens of apples besides a few plates of pears, 

 grapes and peaches as well as 386 jars of 



canned fruit. The total number of exhibits 

 was 2.741 . This was an increase of 405 over 

 last year. 



More hexed fruit was shown than ever 

 before. The number of exhibits of apples 

 in boxes was more than double those of a 

 year ago. There was not as many entries 

 of apples on plates but this was due to a 

 change in the prize list which removed the 

 incentive for counties, in the county com- 

 petition, to make such exhibits. 



THB GENERAL ARRANGBMBNT 



The impression as one entered the hall 

 was most pleasing. The display of flow- 

 ers, including groups of orchids and chrys- 

 anthemums as well as cut chrysanthemums, 

 carnations and roses and seven tables de- 

 corated with flowers, was very attractive. 

 Leading away from the main dcor was an 

 aisle lined by cedar posts and festooned 

 with moss and smilax. To the left could 

 be seen the large display of boxed fruit 

 made by the Norfolk Fruit Growers' Asso- 

 ciation. At the extreme end of the hall 

 to the front a house made of apples and 

 shown by the fruit growers of Northumber- 

 land and Durham caught the eye. In be- 

 tween were rows of tables containing the 



A Short Course In Fruit Growing 



At the Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, Canada 



January 

 24th 



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Fcbruary 

 4th 



1911 



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