AMONG. THE FLOWERS. 



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R. J. bCORE, OF TORONTO 



The presence of a number of shrewd businirss men on the gen- 

 eral commiitee, in charge of the Provincial Fruit, Flower and 

 Honey Show, had a great deal to do with the succes of the recent 

 exhibition. Among these must be mentioned the chairman o the 

 committee, Mr. R. J. Score whose assistance proved of great value. 

 For many yeais Mr. Score has been closely identified with the To- 

 ronto Industrial Exhibition, the Toronto Electoral District Society 

 and o her public organizations. In Mr. Score's opinion the Fruit, 

 Flower and Honey Show is going to become an annual affair of 

 great importance. 



he has only three houses of 150 feet long 

 and had not the quantity of bloom most of 

 his competitors had from which to choose. 



The rose sections were well filled". The 

 Dale Estate, of Brampton, and J. H. Dun- 

 lop carried away most of the prizes. The 



vases of Mrs. Pierpont Morgan were su- 

 perior to anything of this variety ever seen 

 in Toronto, as were also the Canadian 

 Queen exhibited by the same firms. Mr. 

 J. H. Dunlop displayed a vase of five fine 

 Perle Des Jardines which secured first prize. 

 The American Beauty roses were a great at- 

 traction for the ladies. Those exhibited by 

 the T. Eaton Floral Department were es- 

 pecially fine. A very fine display of violets 

 was made by Wm. Findlay. As a compari- 

 son Mr. Findlay showed two bunches of 

 violets as grown ten years ago, beside which 

 his first prize bunches were as pansies. 



The funeral designs were a revelation in 

 the art of floral designing, the judges stat- 

 ing they were better than anything they had 

 ever seen. ihose arranged by J. Simmons 

 and his chief designer were exceptionally 

 fine. 



The new fern, Tarrytown, exhibited by 

 Pierson & Co. was a splendid specimen and 

 was awarded a certificate of merit. At the 

 close of the show Saturday night the auction 

 sale of cut flowers and plants, conducted by 

 Auctioneer Thos. Manton, proved a great 

 success as every bloom in the hall was sold 

 at a reasonable price. The general opinion 

 of the florists is that the show was a decided 

 success and that the foundation has been laid 

 for a show greater than ever. 



CO-OPERATION AMONG FRUIT GROWERS IN ONTARIO 



^ p^ HAT the question of cooperation on the 

 JL part of fruit growers is a live one 

 was shown at the annual convention of the 

 Fruit Growers' Association in November, 

 by the great interest taken in the session, 

 which was devoted to the consideration of 

 that subject. It was much the most inter- 

 esting session of the convention and proved 

 that the fruit growers' cooperative associa- 

 tions in Ontario are doing splendid work. 



The discussion was opened by Mr. A. E. 

 Sherrington, of Walkerton. " Our associa- 



tion," said Mr. Sherrington, " was organ- 

 ized two years ago last spring. This sea- 

 son it has been conducted on the central 

 packing house system, which has proved 

 perfectly satisfactory. A year ago each 

 member was allowed to pack his own fruit 

 and was required to place his name on the 

 package in which way he became responsi- 

 ble for his own packing. This system did 

 .not work satisfactorily, and I believe it is 

 not a good one. Until we have central 

 packing stations we will never have uniform 



