VEGETABLES AT THE EXHIBITION 



ri > HE display of vegetables at the Cana- 

 J. dian National Exhibition was not as 

 large as the extent to which truck garden- 

 ing is carried on in Ontario would warrant. 

 Whether this is on account of poor treat- 

 ment at the hands of the exhibition manage- 

 ment or because of poor crops this season 

 could not be definitely learned from the 

 gardeners. A general lack of interest 

 seems to be the real cause. One exhibitor 

 claimed that some valuable prizes had been 

 withdrawn from the vegetable prize list, 

 while another explained that fourth prizes 

 had been added in several sections to make 

 up for this withdrawal. To say the least, 

 the competition was not as keen nor were 

 the entries as numerous as they should be. 

 The prize winners could almost be counted 

 on the fingers of one's hands. 



Growers from Humber Bay carried off 

 many prizes. In beets the awards went to 

 J. B. Guthrey, Dixie, and W. Harris and J. 

 Dandridge, Humber Bay. The prizes for 

 the different varieties of cabbage were 

 divided among R. J. Taylor, Brantford ; W. 

 Harris, Brown Bros., and J. Dandridge, 

 Humber Bay, and J. B. Guthrie, Dixie, 

 while Harris and Brown Bros, carried off 

 first and second for best collection of cab- 

 bages. 



The display of onions was very good. 



The prizes went to Harris, Brown Bros., 

 Guthrey, Dandridge, Taylor and F. W. 

 Krause, Guelph. The prize parsnips were 

 owned by Chas. Plunkett, Woodbridge ; 

 Wm. Naismith, Falkenburg, and Taylor. 

 A fine collection of peppers owned by R. J. 

 Taylor deserves special mention. S. D. 

 Furminger, Guthrey and Harris shared the 

 prizes with Taylor for peppers. W. Har- 

 ris won first and Guthrey second for collec- 

 tion of table squash. 



WINNERS I^ROM MUSKOKA. 



The vegetable-growing qualities of Mus- 

 koka soil were shown by the fine specimens 

 shown by Mr. Wm. Naismith, of Falken- 

 burg. His fine collection of potatoes won 

 first place this year for the fourteenth time 

 in succession. This year he carried off 

 every first but one in potatoes. When Mr. 

 Naismith gets a new variety of good quality 

 he does not hide it in one corner of his cel- 

 lar for fear some other grower might get 

 some for seed. He brings the best of them 

 to the Toronto exhibition, so that others 

 may see what can be grown, and sells all he 

 has to spare. 



The prize for collection of garden herbs 

 went to Chas. Scott, of Melville Cross. 

 For collection of vegetables W. Harris won 

 first, J. B. Guthrey second and Broadview 

 Bovs' Institute, Toronto, third. 



EXPERIMENTS IN GROWING POTATOES 



THE eft'ect of certain arsenites on potato 

 foliage is dealt with in Bulletin 267 

 of the New York Experiment Station. Ex- 

 periments were carried on with Paris green 

 and arsenite of lime. The former was applied 

 four times by the three common methods : 

 with water, with lime water, and with Bor- 

 deaux mixture. Rows were left unsprayed 

 for checks. As high as four and a half 

 pounds per acre were used without injury. 

 The experiment showed that Paris green 



has a fungicidal value at least one-third as 

 great as Bordeaux. Rows treated with 

 Paris green and water yielded 46 bushels 

 per acre more than untreated rows, while 

 those on which Paris green and Bordeaux 

 were applied gave a slightly higher yield 

 than those on which Bordeaux alone was 

 used. It was further shown that arsenite 

 of soda may be much more safely used with 

 Bordeaux than with lime water, and the 

 conclusion was that it should only be ap- 



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