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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



OUR CANADIAN FRUIT AT BUFFALO. 



R, — Since your visit here in connec- 

 tion with the very successful meet- 

 ing- of the American Pomological 

 ''^^ Society, I desire to report, through 

 the columns of the Horticulturist, to our 

 many Canadian friends that our Ontario 

 Fruit Exhibit here at the Pan-American Ex- 

 position has not abated in interest, but rather 

 from day to day has been growing in value 

 and popularity. The very large supplies of 

 g-rapes, peaches, plums, pears and apples, 

 which have come forward from all parts of 

 the Province, have so fully taxed the capac- 

 ity of our large section, that we have been 

 obliged to resort to quite a number of ex- 

 pedients in order to find room for properly 

 displaying the beautiful samples which have 

 been sent to us. In this short letter it would 

 be impossible for me to mention the names 

 of the many exhibitors who have been for- 

 warding samples. Their names will, how- 

 ever, appear in my report, which I shall 

 have the honor of preparing at the close of 

 the Exposition. I may say that it has been 

 a matter of surprise to me that in what is 

 generally considered to be an off season for 

 fruit in our Province that it has been possible 

 to send me such fine samples and so many 

 of them, of our best fruits, and time and time 

 again as the days pass by, we have been 

 complimented upon the appearance and 

 quality of our fruits by visitors, who are en- 

 tirely disinterested and who are fully com- 

 petent to judge horticultural exhibits. In 

 a few days the preliminary list of awards for 



our entries in connection with permanent 

 displays will be made, and I have every 

 Jeason to believe that they will be quite satis- 

 factory to the Province and to all those who 

 are more particularly interested. 



The Michigan exhibit of peaches, in which 

 state, I understand, they are harvesting a 

 full crop this season, has been a close com- 

 petitor with us during the past two weeks, 

 and I have felt extremely pleased that our 

 friends have enabled me to keep so fully up 

 with them as we have done. As far as 

 grapes are concerned up to the present time 

 we have, I might say, entirely exceeded my 

 expectations and have, without doubt, put 

 up the best display to be found here. From 

 the many assurances that I have had, from 

 those who have visited us from time to time, 

 I have no doubt that we will be able to 

 round up the season in a way eminently 

 satisfactory to all concerned. 



The attendance on the grounds, while not 

 so large as was hoped for, still is running 

 from 60,000 to 70,000 per day, and seems 

 to be comprised of a class of people who 

 are deeply interested in horticultural matters 

 and who have given ver\' close attention to 

 the exhibits from the Province of Ontario. 

 I have not the slightest doubt but that our 

 exhibits here under different departments. 

 Horticulture, Mines, Forestry and Ethnology 

 will prove of lasting value to the Province 

 at large. 

 Buffalo Sept. 26, 1901. W. H. Bunting. 



