FEUIT PRIZE LISTS 



A REVISION of Fruit Lists is most 

 urgently needed for the reasons 

 which were well set forth by Prof. 

 Hutt, O. A. C, Guelph, at the recent meet- 

 ing of the Canadian Association of Fairs 

 and Exhibitions, in Toronto, whose paper 

 we published on page 98. 



Any one who reads over the lists of varie- 

 ties for which prizes are offered at the various 

 fairs, both small and large, will see that 

 they are made with reference to varieties 

 grown, and without any reference to varie- 

 ties most profitable or best adapted to the 

 section concerned. The planting of many 

 varieties' which are useless and unprofitable 

 is thus encouraged. Besides this, we find 

 that we are growing altogether too many 

 varieties of fruit. What we need is to know 

 and recognize the best variety of its season 

 for market and the best for home uses, and 

 then to plant accordingly. In making a 

 shipment of apples to a distant market, a 

 car of one straight variety can be easier sold 

 and at a higher price than if it consist of 

 several varieties. So in planting a com- 

 mercial orchard we should bear this point in 

 mind. 



With these considerations in view, a com- 

 mittee of the Ontario Fruit Growers' Asso- 

 ciation, consisting of Messrs. W. H. Bunting, 

 of St. Catharines ; Prof. H. L. Hutt, of the 

 O. A. C, Guelph, and L. Woolverton, of 

 Grimsby, met together and prepared the 

 following preliminary list of fruits as a basis 

 for the preparation of a fruit prize list for 

 township and county fairs in Ontario. Of 

 course each section must decide for itself 

 whether to choose the list recommended for 

 the northern or southern sections or whether 

 a combination from both lists. The com- 



mittee will gladly receive criticisms from the 

 readers of this Journal. 



Class I— APPLES. 



Five specimens of each variety. 



For Southern Sections. 



(a) Commercial Varieties. 



SEC. 



1. Baldwin. 



2. Ben Davis. 



3. Blenheim. 



4. Cranberry. 



5. Duchess. 



6. Greening. 



SEC. 



7. Gravenstein. 



8. Hubbardston. 



9. King. 



10. Ontario- 



11. Spy. 



12. Wealthy. 



13. Any other named variety. 

 (b) Domestic Varieties. 



8EC. 



1. Chenango. 



2. Duchess. 



3. Fameuse. 



4. Greening. 



5. Gravenstein. 



6. Jonathan. 



7. King. 



SEC 



8. Primate. 



9. Ribston. 



10. Swazie. 



11. Spy. 



12. Wealthy. 



13. Any other named 

 variety. 



14. Seedling variety. 

 (c) Collections. 



15. Best collection of 5 above named varie- 

 ties for export. 



16. Best collection of 5 above named varie- 

 ties for dessert. 



17. Best collection of 5 above named varie- 

 ties for cooking. 



(d) Crab Apples. 

 Twelve specimens of each variety. 



18. Hyslop. 20. Whitney. 



19. Transcendent. 21. Any other named 



variety. 

 For Northern Sections. 

 {a) Commercial and Domestic 

 Varieties. 



SEC. 



1. Alexander. 



2. Duchess. 



SEC. 



7. Mcintosh. 



8. Scott's winter. 



