October, 191 i 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



Excellent Fruit at Canadian 

 National 



"The display of fruit this year is with- 

 out doubt the best which has ever been 

 shown. The quality is excellent, and it is 

 remarkably clean and free from defects." 

 Thus, in a few words. Prof. J. W. Crow 

 summed up the situation when discussing 

 wth the Horticulturist the display of fruit 

 this year at the Canadian National Exhibi- 

 tion. 



The display of apnles was particularly 

 noticeable. Loth in the number and vpri- 

 ety of the exhibits, and the quality of the 

 fruit shown. Some very fine Duchess and 

 Alexanders were seen. The fruit was very 

 large, smooth and well colored. In crabs, 

 the entries were few, but the quality was 

 very superior, the fruit being of high color, 

 large and exceedingly smooth. Pears were 

 a good simple, with the exception of a few 



plates of Clapps Favorite, which were over- 

 ripe. Peaches were exceptionally good, 

 both in size, color and uniformity of sam- 

 ples, and in number and variety of exhib- 

 its. The displav of grapes was much ahead 

 of last year. Thev were more fully ripened, 

 and the bunches were large and well 

 bunched. Plums were hardly as good as 

 last year, a larger percentage of the fruit 

 being over -ripe. 



While the general quality of the fruit 

 was so good, one or two exhibitors left 

 themselves open to criticism for their ap- 

 parent lack of cure in selecting the .speci- 

 mens for the exhibits. A elate of Mcintosh 

 was noticed that contained samples showing 

 worm spots, and several specimens in this 

 class had the stem lacking. It is impor- 

 tant, especially in plate collections, that 

 the fruit be perfect in every particular. 

 In the cone exhibits of Wealthys, the col- 

 lection, which was easily the best shown, 



contained wormy apples, and the prize was 

 accordingly awarded to another collection. 



COMMBRCUL DISPL.\Y 



An outstanding feature of the commer- 

 cial display was the exhibit of boxed fruit 

 put up by the St. Catharines Cold Stor- 

 age and Forwarding Co. The fruit was 

 of splendid quality, well packed and at- 

 tractively displayed. This exhibit con- 

 tained several boxes of peaches as they are 

 packed for shipment to the British mar- 

 ket. Exhibits such as this should be en- 

 couraged. They would have a tremendous 

 advertising value to the different districts 

 represented, and would arouse much in- 

 terest on the part of visitors. Were lib- 

 eral cash prizs offered, as is done for the 

 large floral displavs, it would do much to 

 encourage the different associations to 

 undertake the expense necessary to collect 

 and send a commercial display to the ex- 

 hibition. 



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