December, 191 1 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



293 



The Ontario Horticultural Exhibtion 



BI&GER, better and more popular with 

 fruit growers than ever before, the 

 Ontario Horticultural Exhibition held 

 in Toronto, November 14 to 17, 

 truthfully reflects the 

 progress that is be- 

 ing made in the 

 industry of fruit grow- 

 ing in the province of 

 Ontario. There were 

 almost three times as 

 many entries as last 

 year, and the quality 

 of the exhibits was su- 

 perior to anything be- 

 fore .seen at an Onta- 

 rio fruit show. This 

 exhibition has worked 

 wonders during the 

 past seven years in ad- 

 Prei. Fruklaod vancing the standards 



of Ontario fruit grow- 

 ers as regards not only the quality and 

 proper coloring required in first class fruit 

 but in the matter of box and barrel packing 

 as well. Seven years ago only about eleven 

 boxes of apples were exhibited, and they 

 were poorly packed. This year over three 

 thousand boxes were shown, and practically 

 all were splendidly packed, while still more 

 would have been shown had space been 

 available. 



The exhibition wa,s essentially a provin- 

 cial apple show. Due to the dry, hot sea- 

 son growers had found it almost impos- 

 sible to keep peaches, grapes and pears for 

 exhibition at this fair, and the entries in 

 these classes were small. The flower show 

 has never been excelled, but no other de- 

 partment has made the same progre.ss as 

 has the apple show. There were almost 

 three times as many apples on exhibition 



as there were last year. So numerous were 

 the exhibits in the apple classes that several 

 counties had to cut down the size of their 

 exhibits. The dry season, so unfavorable to 

 other classes of fruit, gave to the Ontario 

 apples a higher color than they would have 

 in an ordinary season, and so increased the 

 attractiveness of the exhibits. 



BOX PACK POPULAR 



The popuhirity of the box as a package 

 for fancy fruit was much in evidence at this 

 show. Three years ago there were on ex- 

 hibition three hundred and twenty-one 

 boxes and one hundred and thirty-seven bar- 

 rels. This year there were almost three 

 thousand boxes and only seventy-three bar- 

 rels. The barrelled fruit was almost all 

 entered in the competitive classes, Brant 

 county alone having barrels of apples in 

 their display exhibit. 



The packing of the boxed fruit showed 

 great improvement. Last year loosely pack- 

 ed, and much bruised fruit, was in evidence. 

 This .vear the packing was uniformly good 

 and only in a few cases was the fruit bruis- 

 ed. Looseness of packing in the case of one 

 or two countv exhibits was the most serious 

 criticism heard. Prominent among the 

 winners in the clftsses for boxed fruit were : 

 W. G. Watson. Dixie: W. L. Hamilton, 

 Collingwood ; th.<- Norfolk Fruit Growers' 

 Association, and -J as. E. Johnson, of Sim- 

 coe, Ont. The iweepstakes box of apples 

 grown by Jas. J. Johnson were Northern 

 Spys of uniform size, high color, and per- 

 fectly packed in lhe 3-2 style. 



Barrels of. appks did not have the same 

 relative importanoe as in former years, but 

 the competitive c asses were well filled, the 

 most of the prizii-money going to fruit 

 growers' associations or their members. 



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OAKVILLE : ONT. 



Pacorvics 



Iris 



Perennial Phlox 



Delphiniums 



Shasta Daisies 



Kniphofia 



Heleniums 



Etc. Etc. Etc. 



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CONSERVATION 



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 days which applies a« well to 

 one's eelf as to that ot the 

 Forests or the. Orchards. 



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 them. 

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