PRIZE COLLECTION OF VEGETABLES FROM PINE GROVE 



GARDENS, ORILLIA, 



At East Simcoe Horticultural Society's Exhibition, 1900. 



blown out of the ground in one 

 place, men and horses mired in an- 

 other, and hundreds of tons of boul- 

 ders had to be buried or otherwise 

 got rid of from another. By filling 

 up the sand and gravel pits, thoro- 

 ughly draining the swamp (once a 

 menace to the health of the neigh- 

 bors) by extensive cultivation and 

 fertilizing, aided by a good system 

 of irrigation, it has been converted 

 into one of the most productive 25 

 acres in Canada, shipping many 

 car loads of the finest vegetables 

 annually to the lumbermen and miners of 

 the northern districts of Ontario. Special 

 attention is given to the following crops, 

 viz. : Tomatoes, onions, celery and straw- 

 berries ; of the last named 10,000 quarts 

 were sold during the last season. 



Fig. 2234. 



fOR 1 1 years in succession the collection 

 of vegetables from Pine Grove Gar- 

 den has been awarded ist prize and 

 diploma at the East Simcoe Horticultural 

 Society's Fall Exhibition. In 1900, in ad- 

 dition to the collection of vegetables, 33 

 other prizes were awarded to vege- 

 tables from these gardens, three of 

 them being for collections, viz., cap- 

 sicums, tomatoes and cabbages, and 

 30 for other -entries. 



The gardens consist of 25 acres, 

 situated in the west ward of Orillia ; 

 one-third of the land is of very light 

 sand, one-third of clay loam and 

 one-third of deep black muck. 

 When 15 years ago it came into 

 possession of the present owner, 

 Mr. McKinnell, it appeared a most 

 unlikely spot for a garden. During 

 the first year or two, the seed was 



Fig. 2235. 



GLADIOLI 



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Groff's "World's Best " Hybrid Seedlings. 



GroflE's Pan-American Exposition Collection. 



Winners of the gold medal and 13 first prizes at the Pan- 

 American Exposition, in competition with the leading 

 American growers. Lemoine. Narcissus, Chii dsi, Gand- 

 AVENSis, and all the leading strains in great variety. 



JOHN A. CAMPBELL, Simcoe, Ont. 



