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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST, 



Flower Carnival. 

 "The Horticultural Society of Napanee held its 

 annual flower show in the town hall on Friday 

 last, afternoon and evening. The exhibits of cut 

 flowers and pot plants were very varied, and inter- 

 esting as showing a development of an improved 

 taste in the selection of plants to beautify the home 

 since the inception of the society some years ago. 

 Some magnificent blooms in cut flowers were much 

 admired, as were most of the well developed pot 

 plants. Great pains had been taken by the ladies 

 to arrange the flowers so as to show them off to the 

 best advantage, and their taste was approved by 

 the visitors. The town hall is usually rather a dull 

 room, but on this occasion it was converted into a 

 a bower of beauty, made gay with choice blossoms 

 of every conceivable shade of color, set oif by foli- 

 age of different shades of green and various habits 

 of growth. In one corner was a floral booth, sur- 

 rounded by an artistic fence of flowers and vines. 

 In this pretty spot delicious tea and cocoa were 

 served under the supervision of Mrs. J. L. Boyes 

 and Miss Belle Pollard, assisted by Mrs. Herring- 

 ton and Mrs. F. F. Miller. The President was 

 assisted in the decorations by the directors and 

 many of the members, more particularly by Mes- 

 dames J. L. Boyes, Rockwell. Gordon, Clarke, 

 Gordanier, Flach, Herrington, McNeil, and Misses 

 Mill, Belle Pollard and Wigmore. The Horticul- 

 tural Society officials have to thank Mrs. Moodie, 

 of Toronto, and Miss Sinclair, of Orillia, in assist- 

 ing Mr. Hart in a very good musical programme, 

 which added very much to the enjoyment. Mr. 

 Hart gave various selections on his pianuto." 



Kincardine. — I enclose you a photo of a branch 

 of peaches grown in the garden of Mr. E. Miller, 

 who has been a member of our society from the 

 beginning. This branch was brought to our ex- 

 hibition on the 5th of October, bearing twenty-four 



peaches. The total product of the tree was over 

 one bushel and this is only the second year of fruit- 

 ing. You see after all we are not too far north to 

 grow this luscious fruit. 



Joseph Barker, Secretary. 



Fig. 2478. A Prolific Branch. 



THE APPLE MARKET ABROAD. 



New York, Oct. 30, 1902. 



The cables from the foreign markets for apple s 

 show a better feeling in fancy fruit, but a large 

 portion of shipments are arriving in poor order. 

 Keiffer pears are quoted low and unsafe to ship. 

 The prevailing prices abroad are : 



Liverpool — Baldwins, 12s to 15s; Russets, iisto 

 14s; Spys, us to 14s; Greenings, los to 13s; 

 Kings, 13s to 1 6s ; Wagners, 12s to 15s; Seeks, 

 Spitzenberg, Ben Davis, losto 13s Newtons, No. i, 

 2is to 25s; No. 2, 15s to 17s; No. 3, I2S to 14s. 

 Only choicest fruit brought the high quotation. 

 The inferior quality of apples is having a bad ef- 

 fect upon the market, and damagfing prices gen- 



erally. Dealers are afraid to touch fruit, as heavy 

 losses have been sustained lately. Keiffer pears, 

 7s to los, in barrels, are arriving in bad condition. 

 Boxes, 4s to 6s, good order. California Newtons, 

 in four tier boxes, 9s. 



Glasgows— Kings, i6s to 20s; Baldwins 14s to 

 i6s ; Greenings, iis to 13s; Ben Davis, 13s to i6s; 

 Newtons, No. i, 20s to 23s. There is good de- 

 mand for sound clear apples. 



London— Baldwins, i3Stoi6s; Greenings, iis 

 to 14s ; Ben Davis, 12s to 15s. California New- 

 tons, in boxes, gs to los. 



Hamburg — There is a great demand for superior 

 sorts of apples in this market, prices ranging from 

 IIS to 17s. 



