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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



October, 1909 



At The Canadian National 



The horticultural exhibits at the Cana- 

 dian National Exhibition held in Toronto 

 last month, were most creditable and in- 

 structive. An excellent display of fruit was 

 made, but the number of entries was not as 

 large »s last year. In the commercial pack- 

 age classes, competition was keen. The 

 quality of the fruit was very uniform but 

 much can still be learned about packing. 

 During recent years, there has been a steady 

 improvement noticed in packing methods, 

 but the exhibits this year seemed to show 

 that progress has stopped. Generally 

 speaking, the packs were not as good this- 

 year as last. It is surprising that tne grow- 

 ers do not give this matter more care and 

 attention. While the packs in some of the 

 boxes exhibited were good, many of them 

 showed carelessness and ignorance. In a 

 few of the boxes, the apples appeared to 

 have been dumped in in bulk without any 

 attempt having been made at systematic ar- 

 rangement. The judges found it necessary 

 in some cases to rule out some of the best 

 fruits on exhibition simply because it was 

 not properly packed. Besides the good 

 fruit that was poorly packed, there was 

 some poor fruit well packed. The apples, 

 generally, were fair, but it was a little early 

 for winter varieties to make a good show- 

 ing ; they were rather small in size and 

 lacking in color. The commercial packages 

 of peaches, plums and pears were excellent. 



In the plate display, a fine showing of 

 fruit was made. There was a large number 

 of entries in plums and they were good. The 

 pears were extra good. The grape display 

 was not as large as last year ; although the 

 date of holding the show was early for 

 them, there were some good samples shown. 

 The peaches were exceptionally good. First 

 prize for the best display was won by the 



St. Catharines Horticultural Society, 

 which put up an extensive exhibit includ- 

 ing apples, pears, peaches, plums and 

 grapes. For best collection of 40 varie- 



A WeU Packed Box of Well Grown Wealthy! 



Part of British Columbia fruit display at 

 Canadian National Exhibition. 



ties of apples, first prize went to Harry 

 Dempsey, Rednersville, for the 12th suc- 

 cessive year. 



The Ontario Department of Agriculture 



made a display of fruits that was attrac- 

 tive and was the subject of much favorable 

 comment. Various colored plums were so 

 arranged that the word Ontario stood out 

 prominently and gave a striking effect. Tho 

 best specimens and typical ones of the 

 leading varieties of fruits in season at the 

 time of the exhibition were displayed. It 

 was chiefly a peach and plum exhibit. A 

 placard called the attention of the passers- 

 by to the fact that Ontario produces 75 per 

 rent of all fruits grown in Canada, 60 per 

 cent, of the plums, 99 per cent, of the poach- 

 es and grapes, 70 per cent .of the a])ples. 

 and 80 per cent, of the small fruits and 

 pears. 



The provincial government of British Col- 

 umbia had a large exhibit of the products 

 of that province. The fruits represented 

 various districts, including the Okanagan. 

 Kootenay, Thompson and Fraser Valleys 

 and Vancouver Island. Plums, prunes, 

 peaches, pears, apples, crab apples, cher- 

 ries, and tomatoes were shown. Some ex- 

 cellent boxes of Yellow Transparent and 

 Wealthy apples grown by Jas. Johnstone. 

 Nelson, were much admired ; they contained 

 good stuff that stood up well and well pack- 

 ed. Stirling and Pitcairn, of Kelowna, had 

 various packages of fruit in this display 

 that came through in the best of condition. 

 The Progress Fruit Packing Co., of Victo- 

 ria, also had a fine showing, especially in 

 prunes. The B. C. exhibit was in charge of 

 Mr. W. E. Scott, Exhibition's Commission- 

 er, Victoria, who was assisted by Mr. W. 

 J. Brandrith, Ladner, secretary of the B. 

 C. Fruit Growers' Association. The whole 

 display was a fine one. 



Entries in the vegetable classes were not 

 as extensive as last year. The quality 

 mostly was good. There were .shown some 

 specimens of the different kinds of vege- 

 tables that were grown as well as can be 



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