October, 1908 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



229 



Winnipeg 



George Batho 



The Manitoba Horticultural Exhibition, 

 _beld in Winnipeg, September 3-5, was suc- 

 essful even beyond the expectations of the 

 lost sanguine. This province has never 

 lid claim to any great distinction in large 

 ruit growing, but the apple display shown 

 ^y Mr. A. P. Stevenson, of Dunston, near 

 lorden, would have cast no discredit upon 

 professional exhibitor from any province 

 the Dominion. He showed 50 varieties 

 bf apples and crabs, several kinds of plums, 

 and the Compass cherry. Mr. Stevenson's 

 apples were all beautifully free from any 

 external defects, and showed delicate rath- 

 er than high coloring. The varieties, of 

 course, were such as have been grown in 

 /linnesota, rather than the sorts so well- 

 known to Ontario orchardists. Other prize 

 winners in the apple section were: West 

 Winnipeg Development Co., Headingly; A. 

 McLeod, Morden; Rev. W. R. Johnston, 

 Killarney; W. J. Brattston, Winnipeg; 

 .lames B. King, Fairfax; W. C. H^ll, Head- 

 ingly. 



The vegetables were really splendid. 

 Western prairie soil is wonderfully fertile, 

 and in annuals, whether of the ordinary 

 table vegetable class or of the flower tribe, 

 Manitoba needs take a back seat to none. 

 Perhaps the centre of attraction in the vege- 

 tables was the collection of vegetables sent 

 in by agricultural societies. First place 

 in this competition went to the Kildonan 

 and St. Paul's Society, second to the St. 

 Vital Horticultural Society, and third to 

 Dauphin Agricultural Society. The first 

 was particularly good. 



It is hard to particularize anywhere else 

 in the vegetable class, professional or ama- 

 teur. Perhaps it may be said that here and 

 in the cut flower class the amateurs, on the 



whole, outdid the professionals. There was 

 good competition throughout, and the prizes 

 were well scattered. 



Kootenay Valley, B. C. 



H. W. Power 



Kootenay's two fruit fairs, Kaslo and Nel- 

 son, were held during September and pass- 

 ed off very successfully. That at Kaslo 

 occupied two days, the 17th and 18th and 

 the Nelson exhibition was held during the 

 23rd, 24th, 25th and 26th. Both were magni- 

 ficent exhibitions of high class fruits and, 

 as in the past, have done much to stimulate 

 the fruit industry of the Kootenay and the 

 boundary. The various district exhibits 

 were particularly striking and gave strang- 

 ers an idea, not otherwise obtainable, of the 

 fruit growing possibilities of the hundreds 

 of mountain-bounded valleys, in the inter- 

 ior of the Pacific province. 



Grand Forks, the capital city of the 

 boundary, is going into the apple export- 

 ing business on a large scale and will send 

 six car loads of high grade apples to Aus- 

 tralia this fall. The amount of ground being 

 brought under cultivation in and around 

 Grand Forks and through the Kettle River 

 valley is increasing rapidly and the section 

 bids fair to rival the Okanagan valley as a 

 producer of fruit in large quantities, and 

 as far as quality is concerned, is not one 

 whit behind. 



Apples wil be a fair crop throughout the 

 Kootenays and pears medium. Plums 

 proved heavy. Cherries turned out fairly 

 good and brought the growers good prices, 

 it is too early in the horticultural history 

 of the section to say anything about 

 peaches. Prices in general ruled low, being 

 governed largely by those across the line. 



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