THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



with about i6 acres in fruit, the lawns 

 and gardens about the house are taste- 

 fully laid out, and well deserve the name 

 given it of " Fruitfield." 



Our Association met in this old town 

 on Thursday morning, Dec. ist, at lo 

 o'clock, and under the management of 

 Mr. W. E Wellington as President, 

 proceeded at once with the business of 

 the day. 



FRAUDS IN FRUITS 



money under false pretenses. An 

 especially regrettable feature of this 

 species of dishonesty was that it was 

 occasionally winked at by the judges, 

 who were aware of the fraud. The 

 speaker thought that some means should 

 be taken to stamp it out. In the dis- 

 cussion which followed, the practice 

 which Mr. Smith had so strongly in- 

 veighed against was roundly denounced. 

 Strong measures were advocated to put 



Fig. 1495.- (^^eneva Street, St. Catharines. 



was the subject of a paper by Mi. A. 

 M. Smith, who contended that there 

 were exhibitors at many of the fairs who 

 were guilty of collecting good samples 

 of fruit from their neighbors or else- 

 where and displaying them as their own 

 production. Those who were in the 

 habit of practising this deceit were ap- 

 parently unaware that they were guilty 

 of fraud, and of obtaining the prize 



down the custom, altogether too pre- 

 valent, of exhibiting purchased or bor- 

 rowed fruit. Mr. Pettit said he believed 

 in having a special class made of such 

 exhibits and putting them in as educa- 

 tional, not competitive showings. If 

 such exhibits were correctly named it 

 would be an education to the people of 

 the country along the lines of our re- 

 sources. 



