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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



September, 1909 



Alaska- Yukon-Pacific Fair 



A representative of The Canadian Horti- 

 cuLTtiBlST visited the Alaska-Yukon-Paci- 

 fic Exposition the last week in July and, 

 while it is impossible in the space at our 

 disposal to give a very comprehensive de- 

 scription of the grounds and exhibits, a few 

 things particularly impressed our repre- 

 sentative. 



The Fair while not as large in extent as 

 the other World's Fairs held in recent years 

 has its advantages to the visitor, being 

 very compact and necessitating less fatigue 

 in order to see the same number of exhi- 

 bits. The natural advantages of the loca- 

 tion from the scenic standpoint, excel any 

 previous exhibition of the kind held on this 

 continent, and the landscape gardening and 

 floral displays on the grounds are superbly 

 beautiful. 



To the Canadian visitor, perhaps the 

 most interesting displays might be consid- 

 ered those of the Canadian building, the 

 Grand Trunk Pacific, the Forestry building 

 and the United States government build- 

 ing, not forgetting the excellent bureau of 

 information provided by the Vancouver 

 World, in their unique headquarters repre- 

 senting a Hudson Bay Company's Bastion. 



The Dominion government display in ^he 

 Canadian building , is one which reflects 

 great credit on the ofiicials in charge. The 

 tasteful decorations not only give evidence 

 of great skill on the part of the artist, but 

 of careful attention to the proper illustra- 

 tion of the resources of the country. If any 

 fault is to be found in this building, it 

 might be charged to the orchard scene en 



the left hand side, which represents an east- 

 ern apple packing demonstration, where tiio 

 fruit on the painted side is gradually merg- 

 ed into a collection of the real article nearer 

 the observer. In this immediate vicinity 

 the painted scene displays an orchard with 

 abnormally !(,ng barrels and absurdly tall 

 Canadians, and apple trees planted app.ir- 

 enly about six feet apart, all of which is 

 a libel even upon the eastern orchardist, but 

 this might be charitably overlooked if there 

 were another scene representing the modern 

 system of apple packing in boxes, such as 

 is practised in our best orchards, not only in 

 the east but also in British Columbia. The 

 fresh fruit display is highly creditable and 

 helj^s to convince the careful observer that 

 things have advanced somewhat since the 

 orchardist who painted that scene, ceased 

 operations. 



Society for Hort'l Science 



The Society for Horticultural Science will 

 hold its annual meeting at St. Catharines, 

 Ont., on Monday, Sept. 13, immediately, 

 iireceding the meetings of the American 

 Pomological Society which occur on Sept 

 14, 15 and 16. The Welland Hotel will be 

 headquarters for the Society. The program 

 will be one of the best which the Society 

 has ever had. 



Dr. L. H. Bailey. Director of the Experi- 

 ment Station and Dean of the Department 

 of Agriculture of Cornell University, will 

 discuss "The Field of Research Work in 

 Horticulture." Dr. E. W. Allen, of the 

 Office of Experiment Stations, AVashington, 

 D.C., will discuss "The Adams Fund in Its 



Relation to Investigations in Horticulture." 

 Dr. H. J. Webber, of Cornell University, 

 will outline the work being carried on there 

 under the Adams Fund Act and Prof. S. B. 

 Green, of St. Anthony Park, Minn., will 

 outline the work being done under this act 

 at the University of Minnesota. There will 

 be several other papers, but these were wn 

 definitely arranged for in time for public.i- 

 tion. 



Marketing Early Grapes 



fContiniud/roin 2)a{ie Is'JJ 

 are able to dispose of it to be.st advant;i 

 This system of selling fruit has many ; 

 vantages, some of which have been ci 

 merated. Each member of the associai ; 

 has a personal interest in the working <it 

 the society. The number of middlemen 

 through whom the fruit must pas.^ is :■<■- 

 duced to a minimum and all profits are di- 

 vided proportionately among the memlj.- - 

 of the as'iociation. 



The successful growing of frviit and i 

 profitable marketing of that fruit are i-u- 

 tirely liflerent problems. A man may iji 

 able to grow good fruit ; yet, he may bo 

 lacking in ability to market that fruit to 

 good advantage. The great point is to 

 put the fruit up in an attractive package 

 and, if catering to a private trade, stamp it 

 with the name of your farm. Let nothii 

 but good fruit go under that stamp and, 

 when once the name becomes recognized as 

 the sender of good and guaranteed fruit, 

 the matter of sale will be easy. This point 

 is the result largely of the success of Ihe 

 co-operative associations and of private en- 

 terprises. 



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