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X'ergennes, Lindley and Herbert are among 

 the best. 



Useful information was given at the 

 Women's Institute tent, by Misses Shuttle- 

 worth and Lillian Gray, in demonstrating 

 the easier methods of putting up fruits. It 

 was explained that there is no necessity for 

 the busy housewife to stand over a hot stove, 

 as almost every kind of fruit can be put up 

 in cold water to advantage. Rhubarb, 

 gooseberries, plums, currants and other 

 fruits were easily done in this way, and may 

 be used at any time during the winter. To- 

 matoes, when' ripe, may be peeled and put 

 in a sealer of cold water and the whole set 

 in a kettle of cold water and heated but not 

 boiled. When done in this way they are 

 excellent for slicing at any time. Compe- 

 tition in jars of apples, strawberries, cher- 

 ries, pears, apple jelly, etc., between the 

 branches of the Women's Institutes, 

 brought out a fine collection of preserved 

 fruits. 



The Ontario Agricultural College, of 

 Guelph, had a collection of insect and fun- 

 gous diseases, weeds, apples, etc., in charge 

 of Messrs. T. D. Jarvis. B.S.A., of the ento- 

 mological department, and H. S. Peart, B. 

 S.A., of the horticultural department. Mr, 

 Jarvis had specimens of the common insects 

 and fungi that attack our orchard and gar- 

 den crops, nicely mounted or bottled ; while 

 Mr. Peart had supervision over a collection 

 of 56 varieties of apples from the young or- 

 chard at the college. 



The Lake Huron Experiment Station was 

 represented by beautifully preserved speci- 

 mens of berries, currants, and cherries. A 

 special display was made of such varieties 

 of apples as Spy, N. W. Greening, Ribston 

 Pippin, Wealthy, Pewaukee, Grimes' Gol- 

 den, Russet and Tallman Sweet which are 

 adapted to that section. An exhibit of 

 apples from the Algoma station included 

 Wolfe River, Gideon, Longfield, Alexander 

 and Wealthy, besides some Russian varie- 

 ties, such as Borsdorf and Winter Arabka. 



Simcoe station was represented by some 

 very fine specimens of highly colored Wolfe 

 River. Spy, Salome, Fallawater, Stark, 

 Pewaukee and Peerless, a new variety of 

 great promise, were also well represented. 

 A magnificent collection of currants bottled 

 in formalin, showing branch, leaf, and fruit 

 clusters, made the exhibit from the Burling- 

 ton station one of the most attractive. The 

 more desirable varieties, such as Mann, Spy, 

 Russet and Baldwin formed showy pyra- 

 mids. From the St. Lawrence station Mc- 

 intosh, Scarlet Pippin and Fameuse were 

 most prominent. Trenton station had the 

 largest collection of apples. There were 

 not sufficient tables to place all of them. 

 Ben Davis, Fallawater, Stark, Yellow Belle- 

 fleur, Gano, Fameuse, Trenton and a new 

 variety. Coo's River Beauty, were repre- 

 sented by large specimens of fine quality. A 

 general collection made by Secretary Wool- 

 verton from all the stations showed the lead- 

 ing dessert varieties, the leading commercial 

 varieties, and undesirable varieties grown in 

 Ontario. 



Entries for the county competition were 

 received from 14 counties, but owing to the 

 delay in sending the prize lists and to the 

 varieties not being suited to some of the dis- 

 tricts only eight were represented. In Ox- 

 ford the County Council refused to grant 

 the required sum, but Messrs. Alex. Mc- 

 Neill, of Ottawa, and J. C. Harris, of Inger- 

 soll, put up the necessary fee in order that 

 that county should be represented. Five 

 prizes were awarded. Hastings had the 

 honor of winning first place, with fruit 

 chiefly from the orchards of W. C. Reid and 

 Lewis Miles. Lambton, Ontario, Lincoln 

 and Kent came in the order named for the 

 other prizes. 



The St. Catharines Cold Storage Com- 

 pany won the red card for best general col- 

 lection exhibited by a society or a fruit 

 growers' association. The next best were 

 shown by Norfolk Union Agricultural So- 

 ciety, Chatham Fruit Growers' Association, 



