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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



December, 191 1 



Lands in the Southeast, cost- 

 ing from $ 1 3 to $30 an acre, net 

 profits on apples ranging from 

 "{ $100 to $500 an acre. 



Abundant rainfall and special soiU 

 give color and flavor unequalled by 

 fruit grown in any other climate. One 

 Southern tree last year yielded $ 1 24 

 worth of apples; another tree $37. 

 Peaches, pears, plums, berries and 

 pecan nuts yield prolilically. Ex- 

 cellent transportation to profitable 

 markets. 



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era to the left of the entrance were especial- 

 ly fine. The cut chrysanthemums made a 

 particularly good showing, most of the 

 a\vard.x going to Jennings, of Brampton- 

 The bush plants were by all means the best 

 ever seen at a fair in Toronto, Sir Henry 

 I'ellatt being the principal winner. The 

 awards for the Lest tables of cut flowers 

 decorated by society ladies of Toronto were 

 made as a result of public ballot. The 

 winner was Mrs. G. A. Reid, of Toronto, 

 with Miss Shanlv second and Mrs. E. F. B. 

 Johnson third. Exhibits of carnations, 

 roses and made-up work were all veij fine 



THE VBCETABLB DISPLAY 



Only passing mention can bo made of the 

 \-eg(>tables. In quality, if not in quantity, 

 thoy compared favorably with exhibits in 

 other classes, and were a credit to their 

 growers. 



Attractive and interesting exhibits were 

 made by several prominent firms handling 

 commodities that are necessary in horti- 

 cultural work. Among these were the Spra- 

 motor Company, of London : the Flanders 

 Manufacturing Co., Pontiac, Mich. ; Goold 

 Manufacturing Co., Senaca Palls, N.Y. ; 

 and the Specialty Manufacturing Co. of 

 Grimsby with spraying outfits. The Chemi- 



cal Laboratories of Toronto had an exhibit 

 of their spray mixtures, as had also thi< 

 Niagara Brand Spray Co.. of Burlington, 

 and the Canada Rex Co., of Brighton. The 

 two latter had spraying machines as well. 

 The Harris Abbatoir Co., of Toronto, and 

 the Dominion Potash Co. had fertilizer ex- 

 hibits. 



It is regrettable that Toronto people do 

 not patronize the fruit show more than they 

 do. This year the attendance was larg»r 

 than ever before, hut the increase was due 

 to more visitors from outside ijoints. The 

 majority of those who attended were from 

 outside Toronto. On Thursday fifteen hun- 

 dred outsiders presented railroad certificates 

 for exchange, and Saturday's number was 

 believed to be several hundred in excess of 

 Thursday's. The fair is growing, however, and 

 growing rapidly. In 1910 there were twice 

 as many exhibits as in the previous year, 

 and the fair this year showed a correspond- 

 ing growth over last. It showed also that 

 Ontario is ready for the holding of a 

 national apple show. If the fair continues 

 to grow in the future as it has in the pa.st, 

 larger quarters will have to be found than 

 the St. Lawrence Arena, as this year there 

 was not room for all the exhibits. 



Ontario Fruit Grow^crs' Convention 



Confident and optimistic was the note 

 that was struck by President D. Johnson, 

 of Forest, in his opening address at the 

 53rd annual convention of the Ontario Fruit 

 Growers' Association held in Toronto, Nov- 

 ember fifteenth and sixteenth. In an ex- 

 cellent address he traced the history of fruit 

 growing in Ontario from the small side lii.o 

 that it was fifty years ago to the prominent 

 position that it now occupies as one of the 

 most important branches of agriculture in 

 Ontario. Fruit growing was never so pro- 



fitable or fruit growers so prosperous as to- 

 day. Over production, the bug-a-boo of the 

 early growers, does not worry fruit men 

 now. They are going ahead and planting 

 at a rate never before dreamed of. Presi- 

 dent Johnson claimed that the development 

 of the west would afford a market for all 

 of the fruit we will ever produce. The 

 leasing of neglected orchards, a practice 

 that has become quite common in the last 

 two or three years, the speaker viewed as a 

 good thing for the industry. 



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