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sons had persuaded Mr. Kemp that they 

 were not the same variety. They come like 

 this every year, Mr. Kemp said, though 

 never quite so fine as this season. I in- 

 quired for a cause, but was told that the 

 trees got the same care, and that was very 

 little except some pruning out. Mr. Kemp 

 finally told me that he raised a large flock of 

 turkeys every year, and that all through the 

 'season, and every season, they roosted in 



this particular Greening tree. That partly 

 explains it, I said ; that at least explains the 

 size of the apples, but does it explain the ab- 

 sence of .worms? Why should the very 

 superior apples of the turkey fertilized tree 

 be exempt from worms, while the fruit on 

 the other four trees was badly affected? 

 Th-e case at all events shows the benefit of 

 top dressing on sod that is never broken up. 



AT THE WESTBEN EAIE, LONDON 



BY T. H. RACE, MITCHELL. 



THE Horticulturist has made a num- 

 ber of well-merited references to 

 the fruit display at the Toronto In- 

 dustrial exhibition. Let me say a few words 

 about the exhibit at London. Everybody 

 knows that the arrangement in the horticul- 

 tural building at London is much better than 

 that at Toronto, and it is easier to make the 

 display attractive. This year, after the 

 judging was done and everything was put 

 into order by the committee in charge, the 

 effect in the building was very pretty. The 

 fruit itself, though not so plentiful as at To- 

 ronto, was superior to it in quality, and be- 

 ing a week later had a little more color. As 

 an object lesson and a means of education 

 the display at the Western is decidedly in 

 advance of that at the Industrial. The low 

 fruit tables running crossways of the hall 

 shows the fruit to better advantage, and Is 

 easier of access to those who wish to handle 

 it and ask questions about it than the higher 

 tables with guard railings used at Toronto. 

 And when these tables are decorated with 

 flowers and plants, tastefully placed among 

 the fruit, and the sides of the building on 

 either ends of the fruit tables all covered 



with a handsome floral display, the effect is 

 very pleasing and attracts great numbers of 

 people. 



The London Horticultural Society is de- 

 serving of great praise for the part they take 

 in making the display at the horticultural 

 hall a thing of beauty and a joy to every- 

 body who goes in to see it. They occupy a 

 central position in the hall, with the apple 

 tables to the south and the finer fruits to the 

 north of their exhibit. Their display, con- 

 tributed by the members of the society, 's 

 shown on a large pedestal, crowned with 

 some of the larger plants and covered on all 

 its sides and surroundings with cut flowers 

 and annuals grown from seed distributed by 

 the society. For this enterprising and mag- 

 nificent display much credit is due to Mr. 

 Gammage, the well-known London florist, 

 to Dr. Bethune, to several of the ladies, and 

 to Mr. C. J. Fox, who is'' generally in charge. 

 Taken altogether, the horticultural hall was 

 one of the most attractive departments of the 

 Western Fair this year, and the artistic ar- 

 rangement of fruit and flowers together was 

 an object lesson of real value. 



