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Our Apples at Glasgow. 



Sir, — On page 506, December number, 1901, of 

 the Canadian Horticulturist, is inserted a letter 

 from the Glasgow (Scotland) Herald of October 

 6th, that needs correction. 



In it the writer siys, " while strolling round the 

 Canadian section of the Glasgow Exhibition in 

 July, I came up)on the most magnificent display of 

 apples I ever witnessed. Entering into conversa- 

 tion with the gentlemen in charge he kindly ex- 

 plained to me the different varieties, and also 

 allowed me to taste several, which I found to be 

 excellent. 



The varieties which he particularly recommend- 

 ed as first rate eating apples, were Alexander, 

 Gloria Mundi. Holland Pippin, Ben Davis, Weal- 

 thy, Fameuse, Mann, Spitzenberg and Blenheim 

 Pippin. 



I think it will be almost needless to say, that, 

 with regard to that paragraph of his letter, the 

 writer must either have misunderstood what was 

 said or writing from memory, some time after- 

 wards has unintentionally fallen into error. 



The largest and showiest apples at the date of 

 his visit have evidently been fixed on his memory, 

 and are placed at the head of his list. The two 

 last, viz. the Spitzenburg and the Blenheim Pip- 

 pin, were remarkably fine in quality, and much 

 admired and commented on during the whole term 

 of the exhibition. 



Another passage in the letter requires explana- 

 tion, viz., that where it says he was surprised to 

 find that out of fifty varieties exhibited, only three 

 were as yet known in Britain.- This also is prob- 

 ably due to a misapprhension 



As very few of your army of readers are person- 



ally acquainted with me, I have thought it advis- 

 able to draw attention to these misleading passages 

 lest any one should fancy that some inexperienced 

 fellow was in charge of the fruit exhibit at the 

 Glasgow Exhibition. 



Grenville, Que. Robt. Hamilton. 



News from our Fruit Stations. 



Algoma Station. Sir,— At the fall show at 

 Sault Ste. Marie the display of fruit was immense. 

 Collections ran from twenty-five to fifty varieties, 

 all good sound fruit ; but the variety that caught 

 the eye on the tables for the immense size and 

 showy appearance, was Alexander. 



I have not seen anything to come nearly equal 

 to them in eastern Ontario. There were eight 

 exhibits of this apple, besides those shown in col- 

 lections. Ben Davis was exhibited for the first 

 time, but judging from the species shown, will be 

 no use here. A number of Russian varieties ob- 

 tained from Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, 

 were also shown ; they were, I should judge, all 

 fall apples and none of them equal to what we 

 already have. 



An arrangement might be made to hold our 

 annual picnic here, something along the same line 

 as last season at the Fruit Stations. Our usual 

 attendance at this meeting was from three to five 

 hundred and it is to be held at Richard Landing 

 this year. The usual time is the beginning of 

 August, 



The thermometer is twenty-eight below zero here 

 to-day, with bright sunshine ; there is about one 

 foot of snow on the ground. 



Richards Landing. Chas. Young. 



@y^ AFFlUATEi i@01ETll 



Orillia. — The annual meeting of the Orillia 

 Horticultural Society was held in the Council 

 Chambers on Wednesday evening, the 8th of Jan- 

 uary. The President, Mr. G. I. Bolster, in the 

 chair. The attendance was satisfactory. The 

 Secretary-Treasurer presented the annual state- 

 ment of accounts, which showed receipts from all 

 sources of $239.63, including balance on hand from 

 1900 of $69.88. The total exp2nditure was $240.45 

 leaving a balance due the Treasurer of 85 cents. 

 The President read the following report of the pro- 

 ceedings of the year : " With much regret I have 

 to announce to you that since our last annual me st- 

 ing we have been deprived by the hand of death 

 of our friend and Vice-Pre=^ident, Mr. W. H. Leef. 

 In him we have lost a zealous and valuable mem- 

 ber of the Society. I have the pleasure of making 

 the following report of the proceedings of the 

 society during the past year. At the first meeting 

 of your Directors, it was determined that monthly 

 meetings should be held during the year, and the 

 first of these monthly meetings was held on the 

 12th of February. This proved an interesting 

 meeting and many matters were freely discussed. 



It was determined to invite Prof. Fletcher to de- 

 liver a lecture some time during the spring ; this 

 however, he found impossible to do, but promised 

 to try to meet our views at a subsequent period. 

 A committee was appointed to communicate with- 

 the Town Council and the Board of Trade with a 

 view to joint action in the matter of planting and 

 care of street shade trees, boulevards, etc. Both 

 of these bodies appointed committees to meet yonr 

 committee, and a joint meeting was held, of which 

 Mr. C. L. Stephens was made chairman, and Mr. 

 G. H. Clark, secretary. The matters referred to 

 were fully considered and several recommenda- 

 tions made for the action of the Council ; and sub- 

 sequently the joint committees met the Council and 

 everything recommended seemed to receive favor- 

 able con.sideration and a promise of being carried 

 into effect; but notwithstanding, no steps were 

 taken during the year to carry out the matters 

 agreed upon . A slight improvement in the method 

 oif planting street trees was, however, noticable 

 and with good results so far. 



A vote of thanks and congratulations to Vx. 

 Stephens was moved by Mr. Secord, secon ed by 



