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most showy varieties known. The 

 prize for the best six varieties, green or 

 yellow, was taken by the following list, 

 viz.: — Yellow Egg, Washington, Gen. 

 eral Hand, Goes' Golden Drop, Imperial 

 Gage, McLaughlin ; Mr. J. K. Gordon, 

 Whitby, being the exhibitor. For best 

 six, red or blue, Mr. Alex. Glass, St. 

 Catharines, carried off the first prize 

 with Pond's Seedling, Victoria, Duanes' 

 Purple, Glass, Columbia and Bradshaw. 



The first prize five varieties of 

 Pears were Sheldon, Beurre Diel, Flem- 

 ish Beauty, Bartlett and Duchess ; and 

 the ten varieties included the following 

 in addition, viz. : — Winter Nelis, Louise, 

 Beurre Clairgeau, Beurre D'Anjou and 

 Clapp's Favourite. The prize winner 

 was Wm. Anderson, of Hamilton. 



In Apples the following were the 

 first prize ten varieties, and they were 

 exhibited by Mr. S. Peck, of Albury : — 

 Alexander, Duchess, Wealthy, Bald- 

 win, Ribston, N. Spy, A. Gold. Kusset, 

 King, S. Pomme Grise, Ben Davis. 



The Fruit Exhibit at Hamilton 

 Fair was certainly very excellent. The 

 Hamiltonians claim that it surpassed 

 that in Toronto. We will draw no 

 comparisons, only remarking that it 

 ought to do so, for it has one of the 

 finest fruit districts in the world quite 

 near at hand. 



In the heautijul display of Grapes 

 we noticed that Mr. S. Burner took the 

 first prize for ten varieties, on the same 

 kinds as he did in Toronto, while that 

 for the six varieties was taken by Mr. 

 W. H. Spira, of Stoney Creek, with 

 (white) Lady Washington and Niagara, 

 (red) Brighton and Delaware, (black) 

 Worden and Concord. Some of Mr. 

 Spira's Niagara's were certainly very 

 fine. There was one bunch among 

 them the weight of which was estimated 

 at one pound. 



The first prize six varieties 0/ Plums 

 were Jefferson, Gen. Hand, Pond's 



Seedling, Duanes' Purple, Lombard 

 and Prince Englebert. For a dessert 

 plum the Imperial Gage took the first 

 prize, and for cooking the Fellenburgh 

 or Italian Prune. 



The show of Peaches was, of course, 

 very small, indeed only eighteen plates 

 were shown, by three exhibitors. The 

 first prize for the best collection was 

 taken by Mr. Gage Miller, of Yirgil. 



The show of Pears was most excellent. 

 Such immense specimens of Bartlett, 

 Souvenir de Congres and Beurre Clair- 

 geau are not often seen. Mr. Stipe, 

 one of the directors, said a large part of 

 this fruit exhibit would be forwarded to 

 the Colonial Exhibition in England, 

 and it certainly will reflect credit upon 

 Canada. 



The South Renfrew Fair, like 

 others throughout the country this 

 year, seems to have been an unusual 

 success. It is interesting to notice 

 that even as far north as Renfrew, the 

 Fruit Department was a leading feature. 



The display of Apples was larger than 

 ever, and consisted of such varieties 

 as Duchess of Oldenburgh, Wealthy, 

 Magog Red Streak, Tetofsky, Fameuse, 

 Alexander, Peach, Yellow Transparent 

 and the Siberian Crabs. 



The show of Grapes was, of course, 

 small, and consisted of Concord, Cham- 

 pion, Agawam and Brighton. We are 

 pleased to notice that a good many 

 prizes were won by our Director for 

 Division No. 2, Mr. A. A. Wright. 



AMONG OUR NEIGHBORS. 



We notice in the Ohio Farmer that 

 the Seventh Annual Meeting of the 

 American Horticultural Society was 

 held early in September, in the city of 

 Cleveland. Mr. Parker Earle, a fa- 

 mous Illinois fruit grower, is the Pre- 

 sident, and Mr. W. H. Ragan, of In- 

 diana, the Secretary. 



The small attendance of about forty 



