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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



were originated by Luther IJurbank, the 

 wizard of horticulture. They are wonder- 

 fully productive, but not equal to the Euro- 

 pean plums in quality " ; " First-class com- 

 mercial pears for home market — Giffard, 

 Clapp's Favorite, Bartlett, Boussack, An- 

 jou " ; " The best dessert apples to cover the 

 season are Sweet Bough, Chenango, Fa- 

 meuse, Louise, Swazie and Spitzenburg," 

 and " The King, Spy, Greening, Baldwin 

 and Russet apples are the leading commer- 

 cial varieties," were placed here and there 

 on the tables, and Mr. Woolverton was 

 there all the time to answer questions. 



The chief object in arranging this exhibit 

 was to give information regarding desirable 

 and undesirable varieties. This point was 

 well brought out with grapes. One large 

 table was filled with varieties from Mr. M. 

 Pettit's experimental plots, which are not 

 recommended. This could be made a very 

 valuable feature if the same were done with 

 all the fruits and a display similar to the 

 one at Hamilton made at all the leading 

 fairs. There are about 150 varieties of 

 grapes grown in Ontario, and from these 

 the secretary recommends Lady, Green 

 Mountain, Niagara and Diamond for white ; 

 Moore's Early, Worden, Concord and Wil- 

 der for black, and Lindley, Delaware, 

 Brighton and Agawam for red. These 12 

 cover the season and are excellent varieties. 

 For the home garden Moyer (red), Larly 

 Ohio (black) and Green Mountain (white) 

 are recommended. 



From the Burlington station Mr. .v. W. 

 Peart sent a mixed collection of currants 

 beautifully put up in formalin. The 

 branches with the fruit attached had been 

 preserved. Besides these there were some 

 good pears and apples from that station. 



Three large tables were covered by fruit 

 from Mr. Woolverton's plots at Grimsby. 

 Many bottles were filled with the dififerent 

 fruits nicely preserved in salicylic acid. 

 Japanese plums were a feature on one of 

 these tables. The secretary informed The 



Horticulturist that these plums are much 

 inferior to the European varieties and are 

 never likely to take their place for domestic 

 uses. Golden Prolific and Hale are recom- 

 mended as the best, while Red June and 

 Abundance are good but not yet ripe enough 

 for exhibition purposes. 



Another interesting and instructive ex- 

 hibit was that of insect and fungous dis- 

 eases. This display was also due to the ac- 

 tion of the Department of Agriculture and 

 was in charge of T. D. Jarvis, j-.S.A., of the 

 Entomological and Zoological Department 

 of the college. Specimens of fruit irom 

 trees infested with San Jose scale had been 

 collected from trees which have been 

 sprayed and from unsprayed trees. Al- 

 though these samples had not been selected 

 to show the best fruit from sprayed or the 

 worst from unsprayed trees, the benefit of 

 spraying was clearly demonstrated. 



Specimens of plums, peaches, cherries 

 and grapes affected with rot, pear scab and 

 grape mildew were in this collection. Small 

 vials containing the different spraying mix- 

 tures and the formula for making each, 

 weeds and weed seeds and infested 

 branches, leaves or fruit, showing the ef- 

 fect of insect or fungous attacks made up 

 the balance of this exhibit. Large magni- 

 fying glasses were supplied, and under these 

 specimens of the scale and fungous diseases 

 were examined by those interested. 



The Women's Institutes had a booth, and 

 anxious housekeepers received many valu- 

 able hints on the methods of canning and 

 preserving from Misses Smith and Shuttle- 

 worth. 



x^ display of jams by E. D. Smith, of 

 Winona, added much to the appearance of 

 the building, and many w^ent on their way 

 rejoicing with a small jar of this excellent 

 brand of jam. The famous " Little Giant 

 Sprayer " was the only sprayer present. 



As the gate receipts were nicely ahead of 

 the estimate the management feels well 

 pleased with the success of their venture. 



