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TETE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



December, 1910 



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oxhibits of plato fruit, vpgptables and 

 flowers. In practically every way the stan- 

 dard of the exhibition was ahead of pre- 

 vions years. 



GREAT EDUCATIONAL VALUE 



The outstandinc feature of the exhibition 

 was its great educational value. Fruit 

 Krowers from all parts of the province and 

 beyond were gathered there to gain the lat- 

 est information i)prtaining to the industry. 

 This year's attendance surpassed all form- 

 er records. A feature of the exhibition 

 was the large number of new exhibitors, 

 principally young men. which showed that 

 an important new element was niakjng it- 

 self felt in the exhibition and therefore 

 throughout the country. 



8PECL\L EXHIBITS 



The largest exhibits were found in the 

 apple classes. Tn addition to those made 

 bv private individuals there were educa- 

 tional exhibits bv the Dominion Experi- 

 mental Farm at Ott:iwa, the Ontario Gov- 

 ernment's Experimental Station at Jordan 

 Harbor, by the Branch of the Department of 

 Agriculture in Simcoe Countv, as well as 

 exhibits made by several counties notably. 

 Northumberland and Durham, Leeds and 

 Grenville. and Ontario. 



The largest di.splav was made by the Nor- 

 folk Fruit Growers' Association. It com- 

 prised 32.5 boxes 6.5 boxes long by five high. 

 Such a Iirge exhibition was never made 

 before in eastern Canada. It showed the 

 increase that is taking place in box pack- 

 ing in Ontario. 



A NOVEL DISPLAY 



A house of apples erected by the united 

 counties of Northumberland and Durham 

 proved a splendid advertisement of the fruit 

 possibilities of those counties. In this ex- 

 hibit there were 250 boxes and 70 barrels 

 of apples. The sides, pillars and roof of 

 the apple house were composed of number 



one fruit. Five barrels of apples were used 

 on the roof alone. The entire exhibit was 

 sold to be shown at the London exposition 

 in 1911 where it should do Canada credit. 



Ontario Countv had a neat display of 17 

 boxes and 30 barrels of apples. A feature 

 of this exhibit was cards naming the fruit 

 best adapted for growth in the county. 

 Some of the other exhibits also contained 

 cards giving similar information. 



The counties of Leeds and Grenville 

 made an exhibit which attracted general 

 attention. At each end of the long table 

 there were displaved 44 boxes of apples. 

 In between were shown pyramids of richly 

 crlored fruit from the St. Lawrence Ex- 

 perimental Station at Maitland, as well as 

 plates of apples of very high quality. This 

 exhibit was a splendid advertisement for 

 these counties. 



COMMERCIAL PACKAGES 



In the collections of fruit in commercial 

 packages the St. Catharines Cold Storage 

 and PVrwarding Company got first as usual, 

 with F. G. Stewart, of Homer, second. 

 In the display of apples not in commer- 

 cial packages the placing was the same. The 

 St, Catharines Cold Storage Co., also had 

 an excellent exhibit of pears, peaches and 

 grapes shown in boxes and baskets as well 

 as on plates . 



A feture of the exhibit made by the 

 Dominion Experimental Farm was a very 

 fine display of 100 seedling apples of good 

 quality originated at the farm under the 

 'irection of Canada's noted experimentalist, 

 W. T. Macoun, Dominion Horticulturist. 

 The work being done in this way at Ot- 

 tawa is destined to prove of untold value 

 to the Dominion. There was also shown 

 six boxes of apples from Nova Scotia, one 

 from Quebec, six from Ontario and eight 

 from British Columbia for comparison pur- 

 poses. Three boxes of peaches that had 



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