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Small Fruits. — Titterington Bros., St. 

 Catharines, Mr. Hagarman, Oakville, W. 

 M. Orr, Fruitland (fifteen varieties of cher- 

 ries, the finest shown, the result of thorough 

 spraying), F. G. Stewart, Horner ; Van 

 Duzer & Griffith, Grimsby ; Orser & Son, 

 Bloomfield, Ont. (some magnificent Olivet 

 cherries, a new Duke of great promise), 

 John Scott, St. Catharines; Parnell Bros., 

 St. Catharines (seedling cherries) ; W. A. 

 Honsberger, Jordan ; Richard Painter, E. 

 Kennedy, W. W, Hill, and A. Railton, St. 

 Catharines ; Mr. Railton showed the first 

 Cuthbert raspberries, and, so far his are the 

 finest sent in. 



The writer sent in a collection of horticul- 

 tural literature published by the Ontario 

 Fruit Growers' Association. This exhibit 

 brought us a diploma and a medal at the 

 Columbian Exposition, and also at the Paris 

 Exposition, and no doubt will do the same 

 at the Pan-American ; also a collection of 

 fruit. 



Comparing our exhibits with others we 

 find Ontario ahead in the size of goose- 

 berries, while New York State, so far, leads 

 in the display of currants. 



Novelties. — A novelty is shown in the 

 latter exhibit, by Mr. E. H. Fay, of Port- 

 land, X. Y,, son of the originator of the 

 Fay Currant, which he calls the New 

 Chautauqua Climbing Currant. The follow- 

 ing is Mr. Fay's account of this currant : — 



The Chautauqua Climbing Currant was 

 found in an old slashing. It attracted the 

 attention of Mr, Lonnen of Mayville, N. Y., 

 who was passing that way. Seeing a plant 

 or vine covering a log, and loaded with fruit 

 that had the appearance of currants, he se- 

 cured some slips, and set them out by the 

 side of his house, intending to return later 

 and make a more thorough examination and 

 remove the plant to his grounds, but before 

 doing so fire destroyed it. As good fortune 

 favored, one of the slips grew, and it made 

 such a rapid growth that from time to time 



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he took small pieces of leather and nailed it 

 to the house to support it, until in a short 

 time it had reached the height of 14 feet and 

 a breadth of 8 feet, and bore immense crops 

 of fine fruit. 



Four years ago I secured the entire stock, 

 having but little faith in it except as a 

 novelty. I planted a few small roots to 

 test it for field cuture to see if by heading 

 back I could make it grow in bush shape. 

 Last season, being the third season, I had 

 bushes as large as Fay currants set from 5 

 to 6 years. After picking and marketing 

 my Fay currants I let these remain upon 

 the bushes from 3 to 4 weeks to see how 

 they would keep. When I picked them the 

 party that handled them said they were the 

 finest and largest currants he ever saw, the 

 heavy foliage having protected them from 

 the sun. Having become convinced that 

 they were ahead of the Fay currant (which 

 is hard for me fo admit, my father being the 

 originator and I doing all of the cultivating 

 and propagating, my father having died be- 

 fore any of the plants were sold), I have 

 decided to offer some of the plants for sale, 

 believing they are the only currant that can 

 be made to grow upon stakes or trellis the 

 same as grape vines, thereby insuring a fine, 



