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NOTES AND COMMENTS. 



A Gold Medal was awarded the Secre- 

 tary of the Ontario Fruit Growers' Associa- 

 tion for a collection of choice apples and 

 pears forwarded by him to the Paris Ex- 

 position. 



Elberta Peaches for England. — The 

 steamer Trader, sailing- October 5th, was 

 rather late to earry Elbertas, which were 

 just over. Nevertheless Mr. J. Wesley 

 SmithjOf Winona, put up twenty-five Wilson 

 (bushel) cases of this variety for us to 

 experiment with, and we sent them forward 

 to Manchester. We have a g-ood deal of 

 confidence in the future of this variety. 



A Fine Seedling Peach.— To-day, Oct. 

 6th, we received from Mr. W. E. Welling-- 

 ton, Toronto, a very fine sample of a seed- 

 ling peach grown in Toronto. It measures 

 31^ inches in diameter and weighs over half 

 a pound. The flesh is yellow, juicy and 



excellent, and quite free from the pits. We 

 know of no peach of its season to compare 

 with it. We have finished Elberta, Late 

 Crawford, Steven's Rareripe and Long-- 

 hurst, and are now g-athering- Smock and 

 Winter, but these latter are small compared 

 with this fine sample. 



A Grand Prize for Ontario fruit, which 

 was collected and forwarded by the writer 

 to the Paris Exhibition, has been awarded 

 the Dominion of Canada. 



We have just received the following- com- 

 munication from Mr. Auguste Dupries, Sec- 

 retary of the Canadian Commission, dated 

 Paris, September 1st, 1900: 



Dear Sir, — I have much pleasure, by order of 

 the Canadian Commission, to advise you that the 

 International Jury at the Paris Universal Exhibi- 

 tion has awarded the Dominion of Canada for a 

 collective exhibit of Horticulture, of which your 

 exhibit of peaches, etc., formed an important 

 part — a Grand Prize Diploma, and you will be 

 entitled to receive a copy of the award. 



The collection included all the fruit varie- 



