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wing, and find Canada again prominent and surpassing the world, with the finest 

 display of vegetables of 1892 to be found anywhere in the great Fair. British 

 Columbia, the North-West, Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward 

 Island, have all vied with each other in sending the finest and largest collection 

 of potatoes, turnips, carrots, mangolds, etc., on exhibition, and much honor is 

 being paid to such success by the thousands of daily visitors from far and near. 

 To superintend such an exhibit is enough to make one justly proud. 



Our engraving (Fig. 558) shows a section of Canada's fruit display and more 

 particularly a portion of the Nova Scotia exhibit, with Mr. John Starr in the 

 foreground. 



Now, lest we tire even of our delicious fruits and excellent vegetables, let us 

 take another stroll about the grounds. Crossing the wooded island in front of 

 the Horticultural Building we soon reach the Model Battle Ship, moored by the 

 wharf in the waters of Lake Michigan. To all appearances a reality, few can 

 persuade themselves that it is a sham, built on piles, helpless and unmovable. 

 Accompanied by a relative, who is an ex-surgeon of the U.S. Navy, it was a height- 

 ened pleasure to have every detail of equipment, of medical service, of the 13 inch 

 breech loading cannons, the torpedo, the gatling guns, the methods of taking 

 latitude and longitude, deep sea sounding, etc., fully explained. 



Fig. 55S. — Fruit Exhibit, Nova Scotia Section. 



