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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



Allan, Goderich ; McKinnon & Sons, Grimsby ; 

 G. C. Caston, Craighurst ; H. Curwin, Gcderich ; 

 W. H. Dempsey, Trenton ; W. Sanderson, Strat- 

 ford; S. Furse, Goderich ; A. C. McDonald, Dun- 

 lop ; M. Burrell, St. Catharines ; J. G. Mitchell, 

 Clarksburg: W. M. Orr, Fruitland : A. W. Peart, 

 Freeman ; M. Pettit, Winona ; Isaac Salkeld, 

 Goderich; A. E. Sherrington, Walkert(.n ; A. M. 

 Smith, St. Catharines ; W. Warnock, Goderich. 



In Quebec — AugusteDupuis, Village desAulnais; 

 Robt. Hamilton, Grenville ; R. Brodie, Montreal ; 

 R. W. Sheppard, Como ; W. Craig & Sons, Ab- 

 bottsford ; W. W. Dunlop, Outrement ; G. B. Ed- 

 wards, Covey Hill ; J. M. Fisk, Abb:.ttsford ; J- 

 M. Le Moyne, Compton. 



Silver medals were awarded to the following 

 individuals : In Ontario— G. W. Andrews, Blyth ; 

 Charles Wells, Gcderich ; H. Dempsey, Redners- 

 ville ; Geo. Fowler, Goderich ; R. L. Huggard, 

 Whitby; E. H. Read, PortDalhoubie ; A. H. Pettit, 



Grimsby; JoTn Tiffin, Goderich; Alex. Glenn, 

 Carlow; X. Mor.tcith, Stratford. 



In Quebec — Miller & House, Quebec; C. P. 

 Newman, Lachine Rapids; A. Aubeitni. Cote St. 

 Paul ; Hon. Judge Caron, L'Islet ; Ai-a Johnston, 

 East Farham ; J. A. Molson. Lachire Rapids; B. 

 Renaud, Grenville; Rev. Peres Oblats. Lachine. 



In Nova Scctia-C. C. Brown, Gieenwich. 



Bronze medals were awarded as follows : In 

 Ontario — Thos. Achescn. Stratfoid; J. Beattie, 

 Clinton; E. C. Beman, Newcastle; W. Bishop, 

 Guelph ; J. F. Brennan, Grimsby ; J. K. Burt, 

 Paris ; Frank Dempsey, Albury ; John Dempsey, 

 Fairview ; A. Grey, Burlington; L. L. Hagar, 

 Grimsby ; Horace Horton, Goderich. 



In Quebec— Joseph Archamtault, St. Linn; J. 

 J. R. Hell, Knowlton ; J. C. Chapais St. Denis; 

 Mme. Joseph Clontier, Quebec; James Currie, 

 Montreal. 



In Nova Scotia— G. W. Ripley, Napan. 



THE STANDARD APPLE BARREL. 



HE apple barrel being- adopted by the 

 I. Dominion is not exactly the one 

 asked for by our association, but 

 one holdings about half a quart less. The 

 following is the text of Section 4 of the Act 

 which passed its first reading April 2nd, 

 1 90 1 : — 



1. All apples packed in Canada for export for 

 sale by the barrel in closed barrels shall be packed 

 in good and strong barrels of seasoned wood hav- 

 ing dimensions not less than the following, namely 

 — twenty-six inches and one-quarter between the 

 heads, inside measure, and a head diameter of 

 seventeen inches, and a middle diameter of 

 eighteen inches and one half, representing as near- 

 ly as possible ninety-six quarts. 



2. When apples, pears or quinces are sold by the 

 barrel, as a measure of capacity, such barrel shall 

 not be of lesser dimensions than those specified in 

 this section. 



3. Every person who offers or exposes for sale, 

 or who packs for exportation, apples, pears or 

 quinces by the barrel, otherwise than in accord- 



ance with the foregoing provisions of this section, 

 shall be liable, upon summary conviction, to a 

 penalty of twenty-five cents for each barrel of 

 apples, pears or quinces so offered or exposed for 

 sale or packed. 



Mr. Wm. A. Taylor, Assistant Pomolog- 

 ist of the Department of Agriculture, Wash- 

 ington, writes as following regarding this 

 barrel : "If the capacity of the Dominion 

 standard apple barrel is 96.51 imperial 

 quarts, then it is evidently about 100 quarts 

 dry (Winchester) bushel measure, or ap- 

 proximately about six quarts dry measure 

 less than the American apple shippers' 

 standard barrel which has been adopted in 

 New York. Your barrel is evidently of the 

 same capacity as the pear, quince and potato 

 barrel of New York, the capacity of which 

 is 100 quarts. 



Boulevards. — A proposal has been made 

 in Orillia, according to the Packet, to build 

 the sidewalks outside the line of trees in- 

 stead of the inside. The boulevards would 

 then be between the fence and the sidewalks, 

 and so would be effectively curbed and pro- 

 tected from the raids of the drivers of de- 



livery wagons. People who took any inter- 

 est in their property would also be com- 

 pelled to keep the grass on the boulevard 

 cut, as otherwise it would greatly detract 

 from the appearance of their own lawns, of 

 which it would virtually form a part. 



