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strations in cooking; in another place Mr. 

 Alex. McNeill, chief fruit inspector for the 

 Dominion, gave an address on apple pack- 

 ing, and in another part of the grounds Mr. 

 Zavitz gave the farmers pointers on grasses 

 and grains, from experimental plots sown 

 on the grounds for the purpose. 



EXPERT JUDGES NEEDED EVERYWHERE. 



The fruit exhibit at Simcoe was remark- 

 ably good, and the varieties correctly named. 

 There were magnificent samples of King, 

 Spy, Mann, Bellflower, Hubbardston, 

 Cayuga, Greening, Baldwin, Snow, etc., and 

 the premiums were wisely awarded by an 

 expert fruit judge, Mr. T. H. Race, of 

 Mitchell. 



At Welland County fair, which we visited 

 the day previous, the case was very differ- 

 ent. Expert fruit judges were not secured, 

 and numerous misnamed fruits remained jn 

 the table uncorrected. For example, three 

 prizes were offered for the best collection of 

 12 varieties of apples correctly named, and in 

 each prize collection there were misnomers 

 which remained uncorrected. In the ist prize 

 collection Gloria Mundi was called Twentv 



Ounce Pippin, and Cabashea (or Twenty 

 Ounce Pippin) was called King. In the 

 second Pewaukee was named Hubbardston, 

 and an unknown variety, Wagener; and in 

 the third prize collection Pewaukee was 

 called Wallbridge, and some unknown varie- 

 ties called Wealthy and Maiden's Blush re- 

 spectively. We submit that such work, in- 

 stead of helping, is a hindrance to the value 

 and success of any fair. 



OUR DIRECTOR FOR LINCOLN, WELLAND 

 AND MONK. 



WHILE visiting the Welland Fair 

 we met Mr. E. Morris, who re- 

 presents the nurseryman's interests on 

 our Board of Directors. With a busi- 

 ness in hand too large, and a mind too 

 broad to allow him to talk shop at our meet- 

 ings, his presence has always been of value 

 in giving information to us from the profes- 

 sional nurseryman's point of view. Mr. 

 Morris is an example of the success which 

 comes to a young man who, in the words of 

 the honorable Minister ,of Agriculture, pos- 

 sesses the three elements needed, viz., 

 " Pluck, Plod and Perseverance." Brought 

 up in England, the son of an English farmer 



Fig. 2670. Entrance to the Fo.nthill Nurseriis. 



