THE PROVINCIAL HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITION 



The second Provincial Fruit, Flower and 

 Honey Show, with the addition this year of an 

 exhibit of vegetalbles, will be held from Novem- 

 ber 14 to 18 in Massey Hall, Toronto. Even at 

 this early date indications are that it will prove 

 a great success. The fact that Massey Hall 

 has been secured will add greatly to the interest 

 taken in the exhibition. 



A meeting of those interested in the show was 

 held in the secretary's office in the Parliament 

 Buildings early in May. Those present in- 

 cluded Messrs. W. H. Bunting", St. Catharines ; 

 P. W. Hodgetts and Alex. McNeill, represent- 

 ing the Ontario Fruit Growers' Association ; W. 



A. Emory and Joseph Rush, representing the 

 Ontario Vegetable Growers' Association ; W. 

 Couse, representing the Ontario Bee Keepers' 

 Association ; Geo. Douglas, W. Jay and T. Man- 

 ton, representing the Toronto Gardeners' and 

 Florists' Association ; H. R. Frankland, W. G. 

 Rook and H. Simmers, representing the Toronto 

 Horticultural Society ; R. J. iScore, B. Sanders 

 and J. H. Dunlop, representing the Toronto 

 Electoral District Agricultural Society, and H. 



B. Cowan, representing the Ontario Department 

 of Agriculture. 



It was explained by Mr. Cowan that since the 

 show' held last fall in Toronto a deputation had 

 waited on the Minister of Agriculture and urged 

 that the show should be held in Hamilton. A 

 second deputation had waited on the Minister 

 and urged that the show^ should be continued in 

 Toronto. Mr. Cowan stated that he had re- 

 ceived a letter from the Deputy Minister of 

 Agriculture notifying him that the Minister of 

 Agriculture had decided to continue the show in 

 Toronto and to give a grant of $1,000 for that 

 purpose and that he desired Mr. Cowan to call 

 together those interested in the holding of the 

 show and to make the necessary arrangements 

 for it. 



Mr. Cowan explained that the intention of the 

 Department, when it inaugurated the holding of 

 this show a year ago, was to encourage a Fruit 

 and Honey show. At the suggestion of the 

 florists it had been decided to hold a joint show 

 last year, the Government assisting only the 

 honey and fruit interests financially. Mr. 

 Cowan stated that he had consulted the Minister 

 of Agriculture, who had intimated his desire 

 that the grant this year should be distributed 

 in the same manner except that a portion of the 

 money would have to be given to the recently 

 formed Ontario Vegetable Growers' Association, 

 which he desired should have a part in the show. 



Several of those present expressed the view 

 that the government grant should be distributed 

 to the show as a whole, claiming that the floral 

 sections are as much deserving of assistance as 

 the fruit, honey or vegetables. 



Mr. Cowan stated that if the representatives 

 of the fruit honey and vegetable interests were 

 willing to pool their share of the grant the De- 

 partment would offer no objection. After some 

 discussion it w-as agreed to do this. 



In a discussion of the prize lists Mr. Hodgetts 

 stated that the prize list for the fruit section 

 this year should be $800. Mr. Dunlop stated 

 that the prize list for the floral section last year 



was albout $1,200, and that this amount would 

 not need to be increased much, if any, this year. 

 Mr. Couse said the bee keepers offered $200 in 

 prizes last year. Mr. Emory and Mr. Rush be- 

 lieved the prize list for the vegetable growers 

 would be about $200. It was decided to esti- 

 mate the prize lists at $2,700, rent of Massey 

 Hall, $650 ; carpentering, $250 ; advertising and 

 printing, $500 ; labor, $200 ; incidentals, $200, 

 making a total estimated expenditure of $4,750. 

 The estimated receipts were placed at : Gov- 

 ernment grant, available, $800 ; City Council, 

 $200 ; Electoral District Agricultural Society! 

 $150 ; Florists' and Gardeners' Association, 

 $125 ; public subscriptions, $1,000 ; Vegetable 

 Growers' Association, $100 ; Bee Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation, $50 ; Fruit Growers' Association, $200 ; 

 total, $2,625, leaving about $2,125 to be raised 

 by gate receipts. 



OFFICERS ELECTED. 



The election of officers re-'^ulted as follows : 



President, R. J. Score, Toronto. 



1st Vice-President, W. H. Bunting, St. Catha- 

 rines. 



2nd Vice-President, John Chambers, Toronto. 



'Secretary, H. B. Cowan, Toronto. 



Treasurer, J. H. Dunlop, Toronto. 



It was decided on motion of Mr. Rook that the 

 chairmen of all committees connected with the 

 show must be members of the executive com- 

 mittee. 



The following chairmen and secretaries of 

 committees were appointed : 



Honey — ^Chairman, Mr. Siblbald ; Secretary, 

 Mr. Couse. 



Vegetable — ^Chairman, Mr. Rush. 



Floral — 'Chairman, Mr. Manton ; Secretary, 

 Mr. Collins. 



Fruit — ^Chairman, Mr. McNeill ; Secretary, 

 Mr. Hodgetts. 



Finance — ^Chairman, Mr. Frankland ; Secre- 

 tary, Mr. Dunlop. 



Printing — Chairman, Mr. Rook ; Secretary, 

 Mr. 'Simmers. 



On motion of Mr. Manton, seconded by Mr. 

 Dunlop, it was decided that at meetings of the 

 executive committee the representatives present 

 from any organizations interested in the show 

 should have the right to vote for their absentees. 



The executive committee will be composed of 

 four representatives from the Ontario Fruit 

 Growers' Association, four from the Ontario 

 Vegetable Growers' Association, and four from 

 the Ontario Bee Keepers' Association, making 

 twelve representatives from these three sections, 

 and four representatives from the Toronto 

 Horticultural Society, four from the Toronto 

 Gardeners' and Florists' Association, and four 

 from the Toronto Agricultural Society, making 

 twelve representatives from the floral section, 

 with Mr. Cowan representing the Department 

 of Agriculture. 



A deputation representing the Niag-ara Fruit 

 Growers' Association waited on the Ontario De- 

 partment of Agriculture recently and asked for 

 an annual government grant. 



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