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ST. LOUIS FAIR NOTES. 



New York grape growers have two tons 

 of choice grapes in cold storage and will dis- 

 play them in the Palace of Horticulture on 

 the opening of the World's Fair. 



Two acres immediately west of the Palace 

 of Agriculture at the World's Fair grounds 

 have been converted into a natural garden. 

 There may bee seen all the wild flowers and 

 shrubs indiginous to the Mississippi and 

 Missouri valleys. 



NIAGARA DISTRICT FRUIT GKOWFRS. 



THE following officers were elected for 

 the ensuing year: President, C. H. 

 Honsberger. Jordan : "^ice-President, George 

 S. Stewart, Jordan Station : Second Vice- 

 President, James Dunlop. St. Catharines: 

 Third ^^^ce-President. S. M. Gulp. Reams- 



ville; Secretary-Treasurer, G. E. Fisher, St. 

 Gatharines. 



The Western New York Horticultural 

 Society will hold its 49th meeting at Roches- 

 ter in the Gommon Gouncil Ghamber of the 

 Gity Hall, on January 27 and 28. An in- 

 teresting programme is announced. John 

 Hall, Rochester, is the secretary. 



The Montreal Apple Market in De- 

 cember. — The Montreal Trade Bulletin 

 says : Gomplaints are beginning to be heard 

 regarding the unsatisfactory nature of ac- 

 count, sales received by shippers from the 

 other side, which is not to be wondered at 

 considering the immense quantities of apples 

 that have been pouring into Great Britain 

 during the past 2>^ months. One would 

 suppose that English consumers would have 

 been surfeited by this particular fruit before 



