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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



October, 1907 



At The Canadian National Exhibition 



EXCEPT in the plant section, the horticul- 

 tural features of the Canadian National 

 Exhibition were not as good as in past 

 years. This was due, in the case of the 

 fruit, vegetables, and cut flowers, largely to the 

 backwardness of the season in spring and to the 

 dry weather during the summer. There were 

 some excellent collections of decorative ])lants. 

 They were superior to any that have yet lieen 

 seen in Toronto. 



THE FRUITS 



In marfy respects the fruit exhibit was disap- 

 pointing. Most of the si^eciniens shown were 

 not as mature as usual at that time of year. 

 The tables used for displaying the fruit were not 

 satisfactory. Those agaiiist the walls were alto- 

 gether too wide both for display and for judging. 

 It was almost impossible to examine the plates at 

 the back of the table, and the visitors got a very 

 poor view of them. The tables in the centre 

 also were wide, when the manner of placing the 

 exhibits was considered. If the tables had been 

 divided in the centre and the classes arranged 

 on either side so that the judges and the specta- 

 tors would not have to look more than half way, 

 they would have been satisfactory. 



The tables for the box fruit were too high, 

 and as the boxes were placed upon them in a 

 level position, the onlooker could see little or 

 nothing more than box. The box exhibit was 

 valueless from an educational viewpoint. The 

 tables for these packages should be six inches 

 lower in front and gradually slope upwards to- 

 wards the back. Had this been done, the ap- 

 pearance would have been more attractive. 

 The collections of fruit from the St, Catharines 

 Cold Storage Company, The Grantham Town- 

 ship Fruit Growers' Association, The Niagara 

 Township Fruit Growers' Association, and The 

 St. Catharines Horticultural Society, were very 

 good, but should have been given a better posi- 



tion. They would have apjieared better on a 

 table in the centre, where they could have been 

 viewed from every side. In the boxed fruit 

 entries, some boxes that were not of standard 

 size received prizes. It is said that the exhib- 



with green grapes — a difficult task. In the 

 peach section there were some excellent plates. 

 It was the general opinion, however, that a few 

 mistakes had Ijeen made in placing the awards. 

 A few of them are as follows: In a class caUing 

 for Chair's Choice, Elterta was entered and was 

 given 2nd prize. In the section for Foster, 

 ri|)e St. John received 1st and ;ird prizes. In 



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Display of Fruit in Boxes at Canadian National Exhibition 



Showing how it appeared to the passcrsby. The arrangement was most unsuitalile for Ijest display 



itor made a mistake and had his boxes made 

 10 X 11 X 20 inches, outside measurement instead 

 of inside. Even so, the packages were the wrong 

 size and not what was called for and, therefore, 

 should have been disqualified. But for these 

 few points, the exhibit of boxed apples and pears 

 was creditable. 



The grapes were better than was expected for 

 the late season. The awards were placed well 

 considering the fact that the judge had to work 



one plate of 2nd prize Early Michigans were 

 two early Rivers. In the pear section some fine 

 specimens were to be seen, but in one or two 

 cases the varieties were wrongly named. Tyson 

 was entered for Giiford, and given 2nd prize 

 Louise Bonne was entered in the section for 

 "any other fall" but was ruled out by the judge. 

 Tyson was also entered for Lawson and was 

 given 1st prize. The plum exhibit was bftter 

 th;in was exjiected for the saeson and date. 



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