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for. Next year it is probable this class of 

 exhibits will be much larger. Two ex- 

 tremely interesting exhibits were made by 

 the Robert Simpson Co. and the Adams 

 Furniture Co., of Toronto. These took the 

 form of model dining rooms and showed 

 tables set ready for a meal and loaded with, 

 fruit. The rooms were richly furnished 

 and proved most entertaining. 



The Biggs Fruit & Produce Co., Limited, 

 of Burlington, although a new concern, 

 made a very creditable display in the fruit 

 department, capturing 13 prizes in all. The 

 manager, Mr. A. C. Biggs, was extremely 

 well pleased with the exhibition, which he 

 said gave him an excellent opportunity to 

 meet the users of fruit packages and to give 

 practical demonstrations of his firm's spec- 

 ialties. These are a fruit box for the ex- 

 port and western trade, a crate for storage 

 purposes, and a box press which practical 

 fruit growers who examined it at the show 

 unanimously agreed to be the best they had 

 seen. The special advantages of the Biggs 

 box for the trade include its simple construc- 

 tion, the strength and protection it afifords, 

 and the economy it makes possible in the 

 packing and material. Some of its other 

 strong points are the ease with which it can 

 be handled without injury to the fruit, its 

 adaptability to dififerent sizes of fruit, which 

 always ensures a tight package, and its cost. 



The fruit press shown by Mr. Biggs had 

 an excellent feature in that it was adjustable 

 to any ordinary sized fruit box, while it was 

 easily operated and strong. These good 

 qualities were appreciated by the fruit grow- 

 ers who examined it. The ventilated pack- 

 age for storage, shown by the Biggs com- 

 pany also seemed to be all that could be de- 

 sired for the profitable keeping of fruit. 



THE UTTLE GIANT SPRAYER. 

 Only two spraying outfits were shown in- 

 cluding that of the Spramotor Company, of 

 London, and the Little Giant Sprayer shown 

 by the Perkins & Payne Manufacturing 



Company, of Port Dover. This latter ma- 

 chine is cheap and is simply and easily 

 operated. The machine at the show at- 

 tracted a great deal of attention. It was 

 constructed with a tank of 100 gallons ca- 

 pacity, although a larger or smaller sized 

 tank can be used when desired. The tank- 

 was mounted on two wheels, although four 

 wheels can be used if necessary. The sprav 

 was generated from the wheel, the sprayer 

 having a large sprocket wheel 30 inches in 

 diameter and a smaller one 12 inches in 

 diameter. Two lines of hose were said to 

 be enough to spray the largest tree, with one 

 man on the ground spraying the lower 

 branches and a man on the tank spraying 

 the upper parts. The operation of this ma- 

 shine at the show demonstrated that it ^'s 

 possible to spray the largest apple tree after 

 the machine stops which proved that the 

 power is well maintained. The general im- 

 pression seemed to be that owing to its 

 cheapness and eflfectiveness this sprayer will 

 become very popular in the near future. 

 GREENHOUSE CONSTRUCTION. 



The only exhibit of a commercial nature 

 made in the floral section was that of the 

 King Construction Company, of Toronto, 

 which showed the framework of a green- 

 house, with improved ventilating shutter 

 and shutter opening devices, showing also 

 their skeleton purlin or rafter central sup- 

 port m position. They also exhibited some 

 improvements in their iron gutters, and 

 means for securing the sash bars thereto. 



Though this exhibit was placed in the 

 floral building it was of interest to fruit 

 growers. Some growers are already suc- 

 cessfully raising not only vegetables of vari- 

 ous kinds but also fruit such as strawber- 

 ries under glass in mid-winter and are in- 

 creasing their business by the erection' of 

 improved structures, giving as much care 

 and consideration to sunlight and perma- 

 nency as the florists themselves. 



In reference to the prospects of this class 



