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THE CANADIAN HORTJCULTbi^iST. 



These awards were divided as follows : 



Gold medal — Display of wines, Ontario 

 Department of Agriculture. 



Silv^er Medals — Installation of exhibit, 

 Department of Agriculture ; general display 

 of domestic and canned fruits and vegeta- 

 bles, Ontario Department of Agriculture ; 

 pickles and relishes, Shuttleworth & Harris, 

 Brantford. 



Bronze medals — Wines, Geo. Barnes, St. 

 Catharines ; wines, E. Girardot Wine Co., 

 Sandwich ; wines, J. S. Hamilton & Co., 

 Brantford. 



Honorable mention — Canned fruits and 

 vegetables, L. M. Schenck & Co., St. Catha- 

 rines ; Mineral Water, Spring Bank, A. J. 

 Bain, St. Catharines. 



AN ATTRACTIVE DISPLAY LAST WEEK. 



The tables in the Ontario department of 

 the Horticultural building were particularly 

 attractive last week — laden as they were not 

 only with still luscious looking grapes and 

 peaches, but with the fruit of this year's 

 later apples as well. Warden Rickard, of 

 the United Counties of Durham and Nor- 

 thumberland, who showed early in the sea- 

 son the best last year's Spys seen during 

 the whole Exposition, had on show some of 

 this year's apples that were no discredit to 

 the reputation already earned. While his 

 1901 Spys were not equal to those of last 

 year, they were still remarkably good, and 

 his specimens of Ben Davis, Greening, Bald- 

 win, Fameuse and Alexander, were splen- 

 did specimens in size, color, and freedom 

 from blemish. 



W. H. Dempsey, of Trenton, had on the 

 table some fine La Rues and Mcintosh Reds, 

 the former being particularly handsome. 



Harold Jones, of Maitland, showed some 

 of the Scarlet Pippins and Fameuse of the 

 kind which have given him a Provincial re- 

 putation, and J. Pritchard, of Harriston, 

 sent as his contribution some Alexanders 

 almost equal to the one which recently made 

 the centre of the face of a barrel. 



The finest quinces seen in the building 

 last week were those shown by J. Clement, 

 of Brantford, and as proof that Ontario is 

 nearer the tropics than the North Pole, fine 

 almonds were shown by Robert Currie, Nia- 

 gara, and perfectly developed peanuts were 

 exhibited by J. Haven, of Louth township. 

 The keeping quality of our fruit was illus- 

 trated by the fact that Wickson plums, 

 which had been on the open table for weeks, 

 were still firm. — The ]Veekly Stai. 



NOVA SCOTA AT THE PAN. 



Sir, — It was with extreme pleasure that 

 we welcomed the advent of the genial Presi- 

 dent of the Nova Scotia Horticultural 

 Society. Mr. Bigelow, and his excellent wife, 

 to the circle of exhibitors in our building. 



Mr. Bigelow arrived about Oct. ist with 

 a very fine consignment of Nova Scotia fruit, 

 including the celebrated Gravenstein, Tomp- 

 kin's King and Ribston Pippin apples in 

 quantity, and very fine samples of about 84 

 varieties of apples and 20 varieties of pears, 

 also an excellant display of Nova Scotia 

 potatoes. He has taken up the location 

 occupied by North Dakota in the earlier 

 part of the season, and has certainly staged 

 an exhibit of very fine fruit in a most attrac- 

 tive manner. The casual visitor to the 

 Horticultural Building will now find the 

 fruit products of Canada displayed at either 

 end of the building to which he may chance 

 to go. Ontario occupying a large space in 

 the south section and Nova Scotia being 

 found at the extreme north side. Mr. Bige- 

 low has displayed great taste in his arrange- 

 ment of flags, having placed a portrait of 

 our late beloved Queen Victoria with an 

 English flag and another of the late Presi- 

 dent McKinley with an American flag upon 

 a large Nova Scotia flag, and draped the 

 entire group with royal mourning, express- 

 ing a tine sentiment and giving a most 

 beautiful effect. Mr. A. C. Starr, who has 

 sold his orchard of 26 acres of apples this 

 summer for the sum of SS.ooo.oo is one of 



