THE ONTARIO HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITION 



Final preparations for tlie Ontario Korticul- 

 tural Exhibition which will be held in Massey 

 Hall, Toronto, November 14-18, have practically 

 been completed. Everything indicates that 

 this year's exhibition will be much ahead of 

 the one held last year, in the number and 

 quality of the exhibits, as well as in the at- 

 tendance. The prize lists have been increased, 

 and this year there will be an exhibit of vege- 

 tables in addition to the fruit, flowers and 



honey. 



Massey Hall, where the exhibition is to be 

 held, lends itself admirably to decorative ef- 

 fects. A committee has been at work for 

 some time planning the arrangement of the ex- 

 hibits, with the result that the hall should pre- 

 sent a very attractive appearance at the time 

 of the show. Exhibits of flowers will be made 

 upstairs and down, while the commercial ex- 

 hibits will be shown in the basement. There 

 will be the same special features there were 

 last year, including cooking demonstrations by 

 members of the Women's Institutes, fruit 

 packing demonstrations by the Dominion De- 

 partment of Agriculture, special exhibits by 

 the Ontario Fruit Experiment Stations, and by 

 the Central Experimental Farm at Ottawa, a 

 special exhibit by the Guelph Agricultural Col- 

 lege, and other features of this nature. 



One of the pleasing parts of the floral section 

 Vvill be a competition for the best decorated 

 dinner table. Some of the exhibitors purpose 

 making a great display of cut glass, silver, 

 china, etc.. and it is anticipated the value of 

 these exhibits will amount to thousands of 

 dollars. In the fruit department, one of the 

 most interesting features will be the exhibits 

 by the cooperative fruit associations through- 

 out the province. An evidence of the great 

 interest taken in the show is afforded by the 

 fact that nine county councils have made 

 special grants to encourage exhibitors from 

 their counties. All the fruit shown at Simcoe 

 will be exhibited at the Toronto Exhibition. 



As was the case last j-ear, a special feature 

 of the exhibition will be the various conven- 

 tions, four of which will be held. These in- 

 clude the convention of the Ontario Fruit Grow- 

 ers' Association, which will take place Tues- 

 day, Wednesday, Thursday ; the first conven- 

 tion of the Ontario Vegetable Growers' Asso- 

 ciation, which will be held Thursday and Fri- 

 day, and the convention of representatives 

 from the horticultural societies in the province, 

 which will be held Friday. At this latter con- 

 vention the formation of a provincial horticul- 

 tural association will be considered. 



The main features of the fruit growers' pro- 

 gram include a directors' meeting, Tuesday 

 afternoon, a public meeting Tuesday evening, 

 at which the Hon. Nelson Monteith, Minister 

 of Agriculture, the Hon. Sydney Fisher, Do- 

 minion Minister of Agriculture, and A. M. 

 Brown, of Wyoming. Delaware, will be the 

 principal speakers. On Wednesday morning the 

 president's annual address will be given, after 

 which general business will be disposed of. 

 In the afternoon the report of the New Fruits 

 Committee will be considered. Mr. Harold 



Jones, of Maitland, will speak on " Selection 

 of Sites for Orchards." Mr. G. C. Caston, of 

 Craighurst, and Mr. W. T. Macoun. of Ottawa, 

 will speak on " The Effect of Manuring on 

 Hardiness for Northern Districts:" Mr. J. G. 

 Mitchell will speak on " Plums," and an ad- 

 dress will be given by Mr. L. Woolverton. 

 Wednesday evening the Transportation Com- 



Oue of the most enthusiastic 

 Workers in Ontario iti tbe 

 cause of horticulture is Major 

 H. J. Snelj;ruve, .\I. A , of 

 Cobourg, who for ten years 

 has been the Secretary of the 

 Coburg Horticuhural baciety. 

 Major .Snelgrove i> the chair- 

 man of tliecommitteeappoint- 

 ed at the time of the Ontario 

 Horticultural Exhibition last 

 year, to consii!er the advisa- 

 bility of forming a ptovincial 

 horticultural association and 

 to suggest changes in the Act 

 governing the horticultural 

 societies of Ontario. 1 his 

 committee will present its 

 report at the convention of 



delegates from horti ultuial societies which will be held Friday, 



November 17, at the time of the Ontario Horticultural E.\hibition. 



It is men like Major Siielgrove who are making a success of the 



work of our horticultur.il societies. 



mittee will present its report and Mr. A. M. 

 Brown, of Delaware, will speak. The meeting 

 Thursday morning will be devoted to the con- 

 sideration of matters that will come before the 

 Dominion conference of fruit growers. At the 

 afternoon session Prof. F. T. Shutt, M.A., will 

 speak on " Fertilizers for Orchard Crops," and 

 Mr. Robt. Thompson will give the result of the 

 fruit shipments to W^innipeg. 



The Vegetable Growers' Association will listen 

 to addresses by Professors Lochhead, Harcourt 

 and Zavitz, of Guelph ; Mr. J. L. Hilborn, of 

 Leamington ; Mr. W. C. McCalla. of St. Catha- 

 rines; Mr. John Hyatt, of Westlake ; Mr. R. 

 Brodie. of Westmount, a speaker representing 

 the Canadian Canners' Association, and a 

 speaker from the United States. The ar- 

 rangement of the program has not been finally 

 completed, but will be shortly. 



The Horticultural Convention will be held on 

 Friday. An effort is being made to induce the 

 various horticultural societies to run excur- 

 sions to Toronto. At the morning session the 

 advisability of forming a provincial association 

 will be discussed, and there will be addresses 

 by officers of horticultural societies regarding 

 the best methods of work. In the afternoon 

 the principal speakers will be Mr. Wm. Hunt, 

 of Guelph, and Mr. W. T. Macoun, of the Cen- 

 tral Experimental Farm, Ottawa. 



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