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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



October, 1909 j 



grown anywhere. The awards for the best 

 collection of vegetables were placed as fol- 

 lows. : Ist, W. Harris, Humber Bay ; 2nd. 

 Brown Bros., Humber Bay; 3rd, Ed. Brown, 

 Wychwood Park ; 4th, Geo. Baldwin, To- 

 ronto. Much improvement can be made in 

 the manner of displaying these collections. 

 There was nothing very attractive about 

 them, other than the fact that they con- 

 tained well grown specimens of the varie- 

 ties shown. A large exhibit was made by 

 the Ontario Vegetable Growers' Association. 

 It was composed of all kinds of vegetables 

 and was most creditable. 



In the floral department, the most strik- 

 ing features were the decorative floral dis- 

 plays. The landscape effects of all of these 

 were excellent and also the quality and 

 cleanliness of the plants used. Four of the 

 groups showed quiet streams running 

 through them ; one produced a natural wat- 

 er fall, and one had no water effect. The 

 awards were made in the following order : 

 1, T. Manton; 2, E. F. Collins; 3, Sir H. 

 M. Pellatt; 4, J. Brant; 5, J). Robertson; 

 6, W. G. Potter. Space will not allow 

 further mention of the floral exhibits except 

 in the case of Campbell, of Simcoe, who 

 showed a fine display of gladioli. 



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 gestions. — Miss F. A. Wright, Ottawa. 



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This year the exhibit in Horticultural 

 Hall at Central Canada Exhibition, Ottawa, 

 far excelled all previous records. A re-ar- 

 rangement of the exhibits, was a decided im- 

 provement, and the display was so great 

 that a tent had to be called into requisition 

 to hold the roots. A very large display of 

 apples was shown, Duchess, Wealthy, Mc- 

 intosh and Fameuse predominating, but 

 some exceedingly fine plates of other varie- 

 ties were also shown, which proves that 

 the Ottawa Valley can produce fine apples, 

 especially of the kinds named, and a few 

 others such as Alexanders, Wolf Rivers, 

 Baxters, St. Lawrences, Langford Beau- 

 tys, etc. 



In the vegetable section, cabbages and 

 cauliflowers were very good, the former be- 

 ing shown in large numbers. Tomatoes 

 did not show up as well as they might, ow- 

 ing to the cold backward weather we have 

 had. Potatoes were especially fine. 



The largest exhibitor in Iruits and vege- 

 tables was Mr. T. W. Trick, president of 

 the local Vegetable Growers' Association, 

 who won a large share of the leading priz- 

 es. 



The Experimental Farm exhibit was a 

 very creditable showing indeed. The decor- 

 ative display was admirably accomplished ; 

 the arrangement of grains and grasses, with 

 the many admonitions to the visiting 

 farmers displayed on cards placed here and 

 there through the display, being most inter- 

 esting. The fruit shown in this exhibit was 

 very attractive. Some 200 standard varie- 

 ties of apples were .shown as well as .50 



promising varieties of seedlings of leading 

 hardy standard varieties, largely of 

 Wealthy. There were also 35 varieties of 

 tomatoes, 25 of corn, 40 of plums, 20 of 

 cucumbers, also vegetable marrows, pep- 

 pers, egg plants, etc. A feature of the 

 plum exhibit was the fact that they only 

 showed one Domestic or European variety, 

 and no Japanese. A few plates of Nigras. 

 or native Canadians were shown, but most^ 

 ly Americanas, which is the only type of 

 plum that is reliable in the Ottawa Valley. 



A tasty and interesting display was put 

 up by the Ottawa Norm.al School, consisting 

 of vegetables and flowers grown by the pu- 

 pils in the school garden, and were a credit 

 to the manager of this important part of 

 the childrens' training, as well as to the 

 pupils themselves. 



British Columbia put up a wonderful dis- 

 play of plums, pears, apples, etc., which 

 proves conclusively that their's is a great 

 fruit country. If they could only put On- 

 tario flavor into their fruit, the writer 

 thinks he might go out there and go into 

 fruit growing. Some Wealthy and Graven- 

 stein apples put up by Stirling and Pit- 

 cairn, of Kelowna, and plums and pears 

 put up by Progress Packing Co., of Victo- 

 ria, were really beautiful to look at, and 

 kept remarkably well. 



The floral display was good, but consid- 

 erable complaint was made by private ex- 

 hibitors, that Government House and Pub- 

 lic Works Department should be permitted 

 to compete with the private exhibitors. Jas 

 Cox, provincial representative of the Vege- 

 table Growers' Association, cleaned up all 

 the best premiuni.s of gladioli. 



