FRUIT AT THE CANADIAN NATIONAL EXHIBITION 



The magnitude of the fruit display at the To- 

 ronto exhibition can be judged from the fact 

 that apart from boxes, baskets and barrels over 

 2.000 plates were required to place the entries 

 on the shelves. The entries v\-ere more numer- 

 ous than in 1904, but that this is an off year in 

 most fruits was shown by the quality and lack 

 of color in most cases. It would be difficult to 

 single out any one fruit that was particularly 

 fine. Plums, perhaps, were the best, but many 

 rotted on the plates. Peaches were plentiful, 

 but noticeably immature. The same lack of 

 development was characteristic of nearly all the 

 fruits. 



The surprising feature of thfe display was the 

 show of pears. Reports from all sections quote 

 that crop as being light to a failure. Despite 

 this fact the entries were up to the average and 

 the speciniens good in most instances. The 

 grape shelves were well filled, but very few of 

 them were ripe enough to warrant the placing 

 of the placard " please do not handle." 



The reports which have been published in The 

 Horticulturist stating that Ontario's greatest 

 apple crop this season is to !:« found in eastern 

 Ontario was borne out by the number of prizes 

 awarded to the Dempsey's and other growers 

 near Trenton. Several prizes, however, went 

 to Hamilton growers and a few to St. Catha- 

 rines. The interest taken in modern packing 

 was evidenced by a greatly increased exhibit of 

 boxes packed for export. In this class, also, 

 the Trenton growers seem to be the most ex- 

 pert. Many prizes were awarded to Harry 



Dempsey, of Rednerville, both for packages and 

 specimens on the shelves. For the ninth time 

 in succession Mr. Dempsej* has won the red 

 ticket for collection of 40 varieties. The sec- 

 ond prize for this collection went to Harry Mar- 

 shall, of Hamilton, who also won numeroias 

 prizes for the different individual varieties on 

 plates and first for collection of 20 varieties. 



A valuable part of the apple exhibit was the 

 collections of five varieties for export, five for 

 dessert, and five for cooking. In the class for 

 export Harry Marshall got first with Ribston 

 Pippin, Baldwin, Rhode Island Greening, North- 

 ern Spy and King of Tompkins County. Frank 

 Onderdonk, of Albury, secured second with 

 King, Spy, Baldwin, Ben Davis and Golden Rus- 

 set. For dessert apples the first went to Harry 

 Marshall, who had Fameuse, Swazie Pomme 

 Grise, Ribston Pippin, Gravenstein and Spy, 

 while Harry Dempsey came next with Trenton, 

 Ribston, Mcintosh Red, Swazie and Fameuse. 

 J. F. Dempsey, of Albury, secured first for cook- 

 ing apples with Duchess, Spy, King, St. Law- 

 rence and Rhode Island Greening. Second 

 prize was awarded to H. Marshall for Duchess, 

 Alexander, Cayuga Redstreak, Greening and Spy. 

 EDUCATIONAL FEATURES. 

 In former years the Fruit Experiment Stations 

 have made exhibits of fruits, good, bad and in- 

 different. This year a change was made and 

 only the best varieties were shown. A division 

 was made to bring out three main classes: The 

 best eating varieties, the best varieties for com- 

 mercial purposes, and the varieties best adapted 



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