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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



before he reaches us. And this satisfaction 

 is generally ours, that he never has to lessen 

 his good opinion, but on the contrary his 

 " as.tonishm'ent " at Canada's display is con- 

 siderably intensified. 



Very few citizens from the south were 

 prepared for so varied an exhibit of fruit 

 from Canada. They did expect to see 

 apples, but were quite unprepared for such 

 a display of grapes and peaches. Without 

 exaggeration or boasting I can say with 

 pride that, barring California, no exhibit in 

 the horticultural pavilion attracts so much 

 attention or receives so many favorable com- 

 ments for its variety and artistic arrange- 

 ment as does the one that I have the honor 

 to preside over. 



Of the qualities of the Canadian display I 

 will speak but briefly. From an Ontario 

 standpoint I am not too well satisfied with 

 it. If we had a few cases of those Canada 

 Reds, Kings and Yellow Bellfleurs that I 

 saw at Simcoe last fall we could easily beat 

 anything in the 'building in these varieties. 

 Even the Baldwins at Simcoe would give us 

 second place, while now we hold about 

 fourth. But, take the display as a whole,' 

 I can stand in the midst of it and say with 

 pride to the visitor. " This is what Can- 

 ada, my country, can do." 



SOME CANADIAN EXHIBITORS. 



Mr. Harold Jones, of x«iaitland, has done 

 splendidly for us, his Scarlet Pippins and 

 Mcintosh Reds are greatly admired. Mr. 

 Dempsey, of Trenton; Mr. Sherrington, of 

 Walkerton ; Mr. Woolverton, of Grimsby ; 



Spraying is a live question with most fruit 

 growers now, or should be, as the San Jose 

 scale will force many to spray who never 

 gave the matter a thought before. Where 

 one has a lot of trees to cover the old hand 

 pump must give way to the power outfit to 

 insure the completion of the work in a rea- 

 sonable time. — (Frank Blaikie, St. Catha- 

 Fines, Ont. 



Mr. Stephens, of Orillia ; Mr. Pettit, of 

 Winona, and some others, also deserve 

 special credit. Others worthy of mention 

 may come to my notice as the cases come 

 from cold storage and are opened. 



At present we have 94 varieties of apples 

 on display from cold storage, but - many 

 more than that in bottles. Apart from 

 apples our bottle display comprises large 

 collections of pears, plums, peaches, cherries, 

 gooseoerries, red and white currants, straw- 

 berries, raspberries, blackberries, cranber- 

 ries, dewberries, blueberries, grapes, toma- 

 toes, wax beans, green peas, snow-white 

 cucumbers, rhubarb, strawberry-raspberry, 

 and almost everything that is grbwn for 

 household use. There is no such variety 

 or collection shown within the exhibition 

 grounds, and it is largely that feature, to- 

 gether with the arrangement in display, that 

 attracts so much attention. Two opinions 

 are freely expressed ; first, that Canada has 

 a surprising variety of products, and sec- 

 ond, that Canadians have the faculty and 

 enterprise for showing them to the best ad- 

 vantage. 



May I add a word to readers of The 

 Horticulturist who are intending to visit the 

 fair and want only moderate accommoda- 

 tion. Take a Market street car at the Union 

 station and go right out to the west end 

 heights close to the agricultural entrance, 

 and ample accommodation can be found 

 within a few minutes in any direction at 

 from one dollar a day up, meals extra at 

 moderate prices. 



I have about 450 apple trees and have a 

 preference for the following varieties : Red 

 Astrachan and Duchess of Oldenburg, for 

 the early varieties ; Hulbert, St. Lawrence, 

 Alexander and Snow for the autumn, and 

 j->en Davis, Northern Spy and Grimes' 

 Golden for winter use. These so far have 

 given me the best results. — '(Chas. Hay, 

 Ontario. 



