THK CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



October, 1907 



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professional florists, were exceptionally well 

 grown. The display that attracted the most 

 attention was one shown by Mr. Roderick 

 Cameron of Queen \'ictoria Park, Niagara Falls, 

 Ont. It demonstrated Mr. Cameron's skill and 

 enthusiasm in the art of growing rare things. 



The floral designs were much admired and, 

 with a couple of exceptions, the work was done 

 weU and with good taste. The table bouquets 

 were good. The decorated dining tables looked 

 exceedingly well. They were decorated by the 

 ladies and not by professional florists and, 

 consequently, could not be expected to equal 

 those usually seen at the Ontario Horticultural 

 Exhibition, held in November. 



THE FRUIT EXHIBITION 



In the numlser of entries and in quality, 

 the fruit was excellent. The exhibit of grapes 

 was superior to anything before shown in this 

 country; there were 166 entries. The other 

 entries were as follows: apples, 146; pears, 149; 

 peaches, 100; plums, 102; quinces, 13; .specials 

 in fruit, 134; commercial packages, 61; and 

 preserved fruit, 171. Considering the dry sea- 

 son that we had during the past sunniier, it was 

 surprising lo sec fruit of such excellent quality. 

 The peaches were high class. The apples were 

 fair; from the limited number of entries it was 

 evident that the Niagara District is not paying 

 as much attention to apples as to more tender 

 fruits. Deserving of particular mention were 

 the large collections shown by Mr. Furminger 

 and Mr. Bunting, the former winning first prize. 

 Both were of exceptional merit and the first 

 ])rize one was the finest that has ever come under 

 nur observation. 



An excellent feature of the exhibition was the 

 contest of packing fruit in boxes. The com- 

 petitors were young ladies, daughters of promi- 

 nent fruit growers in that locality. The contest 

 was educational ; it showed the spectators how 

 the various fruits and sizes of fruits might be 

 packed in boxes jjroperly. The young ladies 

 showed much skill and the judge jound it difli- 



cult to place the awards. Practically the only 

 thing that the comi)etitors lacked was speed, 

 and time is money during the fruit season. 

 Being conscientious young ladies, they appeared 

 to have more concern for the way in which thi- 

 wrapped sjx^cimens appeared in the package than 

 they had for rapidity. In the vegetable pack- 

 ing contest, the competitors were at great dis- 

 advantage as the specimens given to them for 

 work were a fierce lot 



THE VEGETABLES 



The display of vegetables exceeded that of last 

 year three-fold. There were 260 entries. Tin- 

 samples shown were well grown and true to ty[x- 

 In some instances, however, the varieties wen 

 wrongly named. It is only fair to the exhibitors 

 to say that the judgments appeared to have 

 teen made with little or no consideration for the 

 merits of the various entries. In celery, turnips, 

 pumpkins, and tomatoes, particularly those in 

 bushel crates for canning purposes, and in some 

 other classes, reliable observers lielieve that the 

 awards were wrongly placed. Other than this' 

 the vegetable exhibit was exceedingly good and 

 did much toward making the exhiliition attrac- 

 tive. 



The horticultural department of the Manitoba 

 Agricultural College, Winnipeg, has had the 

 lawns around and about the college levelled 

 and planted. The nature of the work would 

 indicate that the college grounds will present a 

 sight to be proud of in the course of a few years. 

 A greenhouse is being built for the use of horti- 

 cultural students. 



The Ottawa Fruit and Produce Co., Winnipeg, 

 intends to enlarge their warehouses in that city. 

 The increase in the fruit trade with the conse- 

 quent increase in the firm's business, makes this 

 move necessary. Mr. McNaughton, the man- 

 ager, who has been the main factor in the 

 development of the firm's business, deserves 

 credit for his enterprise. 



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