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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



shown and were described by three members 

 of the Women's Institute stafif who were in 

 constant attendance. Preserved and jelHed 

 fruits, apple pies, baked apples and numer- 

 ous other toothsome dishes were shown and 

 drew attention to the value and possibilities 

 of fruit as a food. Neatly printed circulars 

 were distributed. These named the varie- 

 ties of fruit best adapted for certain pur- 

 poses and contained a number of simple 

 recipes. The value of this exhibit was 

 quickly recognized by all who saw it and 

 numerous were the questions asked by lady 

 visitors. 



The fruit experiment stations, under the 

 direction of the experimenters and of Supt. 

 Linus Woolverton, of Grimsby, made a 

 splendid exhibit of apples, grapes, pears and 

 bottled fruit illustrative of the possibilities 

 of the different portions of the province for 

 the growing of fruit. 



Other valuable educational features were 

 the demonstrations in fruit packing given 

 by representatives of the Dominion Fruit 

 Division ; representative exhibits of apples 

 from different provinces, also arranged by 



the Fruit Division, and the display of in- 

 jurious insects, branches and leaves of trees 

 attacked by them, etc., furnished by the On- 

 tario Agricultural College. Further men- 

 tion of these exhibits will be found elsewhere 

 in this issue. 



THE FORMAL OPENING. 



A pleasing feature was the formal open- 

 ing by His Excellency Lieut. -Governor and 

 Mrs. Mortimer Clark, which took place the 

 afternoon of the first day. Those present 

 included the Hon. John Dryden, Minister of 

 Agriculture, the president of the exhibition 

 Mr. R. J. Score, the secretary Mr. H. B. 

 Cowan, Mr. W. H. Bunting, president of 

 the Ontario Fruit Growers' Association, 

 Messrs. J. McP. Ross, vice-president ; H. R. 

 Frankland, Edward Tyrrell, Bernard Saun- 

 ders and others of the directors of the exhi- 

 bition and well known public men. Gover- 

 nor and Mrs. Clark were both greatly 

 pleased with the beauty and completeness of 

 the exhibition and expressed hearty sympa- 

 thy with the objects and aims of the show 

 and a hope that it would prove a great suc- 

 cess. 



FRUIT AND FLOWER MATTERS UNDER DEBATE 



THE annual convention of the Ontario 

 Fruit Growers' Association and the 

 convention of delegates from the provincial 

 horticultural societies, held in connection 

 with the Provincial Frmt, Flower and 

 Honey Show, were well attended and inter- 

 esting and proved a valuable feature of the 

 exhibition. 



These meetings were held in the mem- 

 bers' assembly room at the Parliament Build- 

 ings, about half a mile from the Granite 

 rinks where the exhibition took place. The 

 fact that the meetings and the exhibition 

 could not be held in the same building 

 caused considerable inconvenience but H 

 had been found impossible to make better 

 arranofements. In the event of the exhibi- 



tion being made an annual affair a deter- 

 mined effort will have to be made to secure 

 accommodation that will provide for the 

 holding of the exhibition and of these meet- 

 ings in the same building. 



The opening session of the horticultural 

 convention was held Tuesday afternoon, 

 November 15th, and was well attended. The 

 chairman, Mr, Edward Tyrrell, on behalf 

 of the Toronto Horticultural Society, ex- 

 tended a cordial welcome to the delegates. 



The opening paper was presented by Prof. 

 H. L. Hutt, of Guelph, on " The Planting 

 of the Home and School Grounds." This 

 was followed by an interesting address by 

 Mr. A. K. Goodman, of Cayuga, who spoke 

 on the subject " How Can we Best Interest 



