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\ In the class for cooking varieties, Mann, Falla- 

 water and Baxter were given preference over 

 Fall Pippin, Ontario and Bellfleur. In class III, 

 dessert apples, Baxter received a prize as "any 

 other desirable variety," and in class IV, cook- 

 ing apples, the same variety was given a place 

 as "any desirable seedling." These are a few 

 of the many inexcusable mistakes that occurred. 

 t is evident that the judge, who is not an apple 



an, did not know his business. He should not 

 have been given the responsibility of deciding 

 on fruit that he doesn't know much about, and 

 he should not have accepted it. 



The class devoted to pyramids of fruit brought 

 out many entries. The display was good. The 

 fruit was high-class, although a few defective 

 specimens were noticed that should have been 

 left at home. Showing apples in pyramids is a 

 good feature. It is the most attractive form of 

 table decoration. Peaches, pears and grapes 

 on plates added much to the fruit section of the 

 show. Fine specimens of each class were shown. 



CENTRAL EXPERIMENTAL FARM 



■" As usual, the C.E.F. had an exhibit that was 

 a credit. It showed the character and progress 

 of the work being done by Mr. W. T. Macoun, 

 the horticulturist. When the C.E.F. first showed 

 fruit, the apples were nearly all fall varieties. 

 Since then the proportion of winter varieties 

 has increased each year. Out of 57 varieties on 

 exhibition this year, 23 were late keepers. This 

 is evidence that the work is progressing in the 

 right direction. 



Among the leading varieties exhibited and 

 recommended for planting in northern sections 

 were: Milwaukee, early bearer, productive, 

 hardy tree, very acid in flavor — now being 

 crossed with Mcintosh to improve flavor; Bax- 

 ter, good, early to midwinter ; Forest, good 

 quality, late keeper, hardy — also being crossed 

 with Mcintosh; Winter Rose, mild flavor, 

 hardy; Scott's Winter, good but small; and 

 Stone, large, hardy, originated in Vt. 



The display of grapes was grand. One won- 

 ders that such delicious flavored, well-bunched 

 grapes can be grown out of the grape belt. 

 Every variety grown in the Niagara district was 

 in the C.E.F. collection. All were well ripened. 

 Besides these, a number of other varieties were 

 shown. Mr. Macoun is working on the produc- 

 tion of early ripening varieties for planting in 

 semi-northern districts, where now grape grow- 

 ing is not a good commercial proposition. 

 Among the best varieties for the home garden in 

 those districts are, in red, Moyer, Brighton, 

 Lindley and Delaware; in black, Moore's Early, 

 Campbell's Early, Worden and Wilder; in 

 white, Moore's Diamond. 



EXPERIMENT STATIONS' EXHIBIT 



The Ont. Exp. Sta. had a nice exhibit, but 

 not up to the standard of some others in past 

 years. It was in charge of L. Woolverton, 

 Grimsby. Eight stations sent contributions. 

 The arrangement was good, the main feature 

 being central pyramids of the best varieties for 

 growing in the various districts. Mr. Woolver- 

 ton _ showed the "Princess Louise" apple that 

 was'originated on his own farm. It is a New Year 

 dessert variety, valuable for the home garden, 

 but not productive enough for market. For 

 the first time an exhibit of vegetables grown at 

 an experiment station was shown. Work in this 

 line has been commenced at I.^amington and is 

 in charge of E. E. Adams. The exhibit was a 

 creditable one, containing 30 varieties, all good 

 stuff, including sweet potatoes. 



The exhibit from Algoma, the station farthest 

 north, contained 17 varieties. Those best suited 

 to the section are Wolf River, Colvert, Winter 

 Arabka and Longfield. The St. Lawrence Sta. 

 sent 23 varieties, including Scarlet Pippin, Snow 

 and Baxter. Milwaukee, also, was shown, and 

 is recommended by the station this year for the 

 first time. In the Lake Huron sta. exhibit there 

 were 24 varieties, including Wealthy, Bottle 

 Greening and W. Arabka. As would be ex- 

 pected, the Bay of Quinte sta. sent an excellent 



exhibit, comprising 25 varieties. Fine speci- 

 mens of the leading varieties were shown. 



The most attractive exhibit came from the 

 BurKngton sta. It included 50 varieties, among 

 them a number of southern kinds seldom heard 

 of here. Repeated tests with such varieties 

 show that they do not succeed well in our climate. 

 We require apples that have originated in Can- 

 ada or on similar latitudes, such as Minnesota. 

 The Burlington exhibit included 38 varieties of 

 fruit in bottles, put up in antiseptic solutions. 

 A showy exhibit was shown by the station in 

 Simcoe Co. It contained 40 varieties, among 

 them the immense Wolf River apple that at- 

 tracted more attention than any other apple 

 at the exhibition. A new apple from Wisconsin 

 called "Peerless," a seedhng of the Duchess, 

 was shown; it promises to be worthy of further 

 trial in this province. 



O. A. C. EXHIBIT 



The O. A. C. biol'l dept. put up an exhibit of 

 educational value. Many of the insect and 

 fungous pests that trouble the fruit and vege- 

 table grower were shown either mounted or in 

 antiseptic solutions. A good display of material 



prize list called for only 25 varieties in each col- 

 lection, there were shown, in some, about 50 

 varieties. Had the prize list called for 25 

 classes rather than varieties, the requirement 

 would have been more comprehensive. One of 

 the best collections was that of Mr. Thos. 

 Delworth, Weston, Ontario. It was the most 

 artistically arranged, but, as celery was lack- 

 ing, it did not receive the consideration that 

 it otherwise would. The first prize collec- 

 tion, put up by W. Harris, Humber Bay, was a 

 credit to the grower. 



In the other classes, competition was close. 

 White artichokes were extra fine. Beets, both 

 long and globe, were good. The Brussels sprouts 

 were the finest ever shown in the province. 

 The public should know and use this delicious 

 vegetable more than now. Cabbages were ex- 

 cellent, but one or two entries crept into the flat 

 class that did not belong there. In the cauli- 

 flower classes there were 26 entries, any one of 

 which was a credit to the producer. Some ex- 

 cellent celery was shown, but in the red class, 

 pink varieties were given preference over the 

 red. The carrots were good and clean. Egg 

 plants were good for the season. The endive 



The County Exhibits Were a Feature of the Fruit Department 



So numerous were the enuies that it was impossible to display them to best advantage. There was not enoueh 

 room to avoid crowding.' 



used in the teaching of nature study, as well as 

 some work of pupils, was on exhibition. 



The hort'l dept. had an exhibit of fruits and 

 vegetables. There were 78 varieties of apples, 

 among them 7 varieties that have been held in 

 cold storage since the season of 1905. Those 

 that came through best were Stark, Lawver, 

 Salome, Ben Davis and Gano; the others were 

 Blenheim and Ribston. A new apple was 

 shown called "Champion." It was originated 

 by the Stark Nursery Co., of Mo. It is a late 

 winter variety of medium size, fair color — a 

 little better in most points than Stark. 



Among the vegetables were 43 varieties of 

 beets, including the standards. Eclipse and 

 Meteor. There were 23 varieties of carrots, in- 

 cluding nice specimens of Shantenay, Rubicon 

 and Scarlet Nantes in intermediates, and Eng- 

 lish Horn in short. Among the onions was a 

 new one that is large, productive and even in 

 size; it is one of Sutton's and is called "Ailsa 

 Craig." Some nice winter radishes were in the 

 collection, including some white varieties that 

 are milder in flavor than the other types; a good 

 one is Osaki. 



VEGETABLES 



The vegetable exhibit was larger in number 

 of entries and superior in quality to that of last 

 year. The display of cauliflower was grand. 

 The various collections were good. While the 



specimens were all right in size, but they should 

 have been more bleached. 



There were shown some extra large specimens 

 of khol-rabi; in fact, size was produced at the 

 expense of quality. The leeks were extra fine. 

 Lettuce was good, but there was not enough 

 competition. The onion exhibit was a superior 

 one; those in ropes attracted much attention. 

 Some nice parsnips were shown; one of the 

 finest in size and smoothness did not win a 

 prize on account of the crown being too coarse 

 and large in proportion to the rest of the speci- 

 men. Peppers were good. There were some 

 nice winter radish, but the competition was 

 small. The same may be said of turnip radishes. 

 The salsify exhibits were good, also the squash 

 and citron. 



There was not a large competition in the po- 

 tato classes, but the entries shown were clean, 

 smooth and creditable. The collections of vege- 

 tables grown in York County comprised speci- 

 mens that could not be beaten anywhere, 



MISCELLANEOUS 



The exhibit of honey and apiary supplies was 

 good in quality and fairly well arranged. It 

 could be improved by the adoption of brighter 

 and more 'attractive1llabels'"on ,the'|bottles and 

 jars. 



The Biggs Fruit and Produce Co., Burlington, 

 were on hand with a display of choice, wrapped 



