AWARDS OF MEDALS FOR CANADIAN FRUIT AT PARIS. 



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more expensive material to begin with. 

 The result will certainly be more satisfactory 

 as to maintenance ; for, of course, the harder 

 material does not wear as rapidly, therefore 

 does not have to be cleared as often, is not 



as dusty in dry weather, nor as muddy in 

 wet weather. 



Frank Foster, C. E. 



Before American Park and Out-Door 

 Association. 



AWARDS OF MEDALS FOR CANADIAN FRUIT AT THE 



PARIS EXPOSITION. 



All our provinces have a noble record 

 of fruit exhibits at the Paris Exposition, 

 and we shall await the full and complete 

 report of the prizes awarded when the Com- 

 mission has completed their labors. 



In the meantime Mr. Robert Hamilton of 

 Grenville, P. Q. , who was at Paris during a 

 great part of the season, sends on an incom- 

 plete list of our awards, from memory, ex- 

 plaining- at the same time that he could give 

 far more information only for the unfortunate 

 loss of all his papers, photos, &c., on ship- 

 board. Mr. Hamilton promises to give us 

 several papers on French horticulture early 

 next year. 



The following is Mr. Hamilton's list : 



Awards of Medals, &c., for Canadian fruit 

 at the Paris Exposition, 1900. 



Dates of the concours and awards : 



June 27. Awards for Natural Fruit — Old 

 Apples. A Gold Medal to each of the 

 following : Dominion of Canada, British 

 Columbia, Ontario, Quebec, Nova 



Scotia ; a Silver Medal to New Brunswick ; 

 a Bronze Medal to Prince Edward Island. 



July II. Natural Fruit disallowed on this 

 occasion. Fruit Preserved, Non Edible : 

 a Gold Medal and Grand Prix to the Domin- 

 ion of Canada ; a Gold Medal to each : 

 British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec, and 

 Nova Scotia. A Gold Medal to the North- 

 West Territory of Canada. A Gold Medal 

 to the Experimental Farms of Canada. 



July 25. Natural Fruit, 1899. Awards 

 to Fruit Growers' Associations : a Gold 



Medal and Grand Prix to the Dominion of 

 Canada ; a Gold Medal each to British 

 Columbia, Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia. 

 A Silver Medal to New Brunswick and a 

 Bronze Medal to Prince Edward Island. 



August 8. Natural Fruit, Old, 1899. 

 Awards to Local Fruit Growers' Associations. 

 To Grimsby, Ont. , Burlington, Ont., Mon- 

 treal, Que., L'Islet, Que., Abbotsford, Que., 

 Nova Scotia, and to British Columbia, a 

 Gold Medal to each. 



August 22. Natural Fruit, Old, 1899. 

 Awards to Provinces : a Gold Medal each to 

 British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec, Nova 

 Scotia, New Brunswick ; a Silver Medal to 

 Prince Edward Island. 



September 5. Natural Fruit, Old, 1899. 

 A Gold Medal was again awarded to each 

 of the Provinces: British Columbia, Ontario, 

 Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick. 



September 22. Natural Fruit, New ( a 

 few old). The fruit arrived late, but a 

 committee of the jury made the award on 

 arrival of the fruit. A Gold Medal was 

 awarded to Ontario, to Quebec, to Nova 

 Scotia, and to Linus Woolverton ; a Silver 

 Medal was awarded to Robt. Brodie, St. 

 Henri, Montreal, and to J. W. Bigelow, 

 WolfviUe, N. S. 



October 10. Natural Fruit, New, 1900, 

 and also of 1899. A Gold Medal was again 

 awarded the Provinces of Ontario, Quebec, 

 and Nova Scotia. 



October 31. New Fruit, 1900. Other 

 awards were made but I had left before this 

 date. 



