Octotier, 1915. 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



211 



both on the fruit dadustry of the province 

 and the Exhibition, very freely criticized 

 the manner In whlcih it was displayed and 

 recommended to the Exhihition Board that 

 radical changes l>e made in thiis particular 

 for next year. Their recommendations are 

 suhs.taniUally as follows: 



Mrst: That plate fruits ibe exhibited five 

 on a plate instead of nine as at present. 

 The change would conform to the best pom- 

 ologioal law and usage and has heen recom- 

 mended for the lasL two years. It is hoped, 

 however, that the change will be made this 

 year. 



Second; That the varieties ibe better 

 spaced on the tables and that the tables be 

 decorated to show the fruit off to better ad- 

 vantage. At present no attempt whatever 

 is made to make. the exhibits attractive to 

 the public. 



Third: That the classes for apples in 

 packages be thoroughly revised and that 

 the class "any other variety" be disoarded. 

 For Instance, there is now a class for the 

 Astrachan, which is not a box apple at all, 

 while such splendid varieties as the Mc- 

 intosh Red and the Snow are thrown into 

 the "any other variety" class. Mr. Carey is 

 strongly of the opinion that these should 

 each be given a class and the Astrachan 

 should not be exhibited as a box apple. 



Fourth: That wrapped and unwrapped 

 stuff should not come into competition. It 

 is Inupossible for a judge to give satisfac- 

 tion when good fruit poorly packed and 

 bad fruit well packed appear in the same 



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clasises. Many prominent fruit growers 

 now incline to the opinion that since the 

 trade strongly prefers wrapped fruit fair 

 boards should encourage wrapping toy elim- 

 inating lunwrafpped fruit from, the box 

 classes, and allowing, say, 25 points for 

 wo.Tfcman.ship in wrapping and packing. 



iFiftfli: That export classes of apples be 

 eliminated. This year fully nine-tenths of 

 the apple crop "ffill be ■puTobased for domes- 

 tic consumiption and the export class could 

 veery well Ibe done away with. Classes for 

 fall and wlniter varieties would cover all 

 the necessary entries. 



Government Exhibits. 



The Ontario Fruit Branch had a large and 

 attractlYe exMtoit of fresh and preserved 

 fruits. Buchesis, Woolf River and Wealthy 

 varieties of apples were on display and 

 formed the hulk of the exhibit. Pears and 

 peaches also occupied a prominent place 

 and attracted much attention. Chemically 

 preserved whole fruit of various kinds also 

 set off the display to good advantage, the 

 whole creating a favorable impression of 

 the fruit igrowing possibilities of the prov- 

 ince. 



The outstanding feature of the Vineland 

 HortioultuTal Experimental Station exhibit 

 was the large number of varieties of grapes 

 shown. Many varieties of peaches were 

 also displayed, together with a considerable 

 quantity of pears and a small quantity of 

 plums and apples. 



Lamhton was the only county having a 

 fruit exliibit. It was in charge of Mr. Bram- 

 hiU, the County Representative, and con- 

 sisted pTdncipally of apples, peaches and 

 plums, with some grapes and a few pears. 



The greatest lesson taught hy these de- 

 partmental exhibits was the way they de- 

 mionsitrated that a fruit exhltoit may be kept 

 wholesome and attractive during two weeks 

 of warm, ihumid weather by carefully re- 

 placing spoiled fruit. The attractive way 

 in ■which the fruit was displayed was freely 

 commented upon, and in this also theiy could 

 be well copied in the regular fruit exhibit. 



Horticultural Exhibition 



p. W. Hodgetts, Toronto 



Owing to the abnormal conditions sUll 

 exisUng in Ontario, the directors of the On- 

 tario Horticultural Exhibition at a largely 

 attended meeting held in Septemher, de- 

 cided ito again defer the usual November 

 Show for another year. All the buildings 

 on the Exhibition grounds will be occupied 

 hy the soldiers in training and no other 

 building suitable can be located in Toronto 



Tt was decided that the association could 

 help the Red Cross Society better by giving 

 a grant from the funds in the hands of the 

 Treasurer rather than risk iputting a great 

 deal of expense and energy in holding a 

 sihow, the gate receipts from which might 

 not in the end amount to as much as could 

 be given the other way. 



Pointers for Packers 



tFtyr the Minnesota apple-grower, R. S. 

 Mackinitosh, horticultural specialiet of the 

 Agpiculturai Extension Division, Minnesota 

 College of Agriculture, lias prepared these 

 profitable rules to govern plcklnig and pack- 

 ing: 



Pick by hand. 



Cool before packing. 



Grade carefully. 



Put only one variety, grade, and size in a 

 package. 



Pack fclghit. 



Mark on outside the variety, grade, size, 

 and grower's or packer's name. 



Douglas Gardens 



OAKVILLE, ONT. 



At the date of writing (14th Sept.), many 

 of the Fall blooming plants are In their glory, 



ARTEIV1ISIA LACTIFLORA (new), with Its 

 creamy, white splrea-like flowers on a 4-foot 

 stem Is a great acquisition. It requires pro- 

 tection fn the colder districts. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM ULIGINOSUM (Giant 

 Daisy), when massed, with Its chaste bloom, 

 has a refining effect on the Hardy border. 



HARDY ASTERS (Michaelmas Daisies) 

 are Just coming into their glory. "Beauty of 

 Colwell" and "IVIiss Wllimott" are both semi- 

 double and are of shades of lavender. "Lll 

 Fardell" is a tall grower and gives pink 

 flowers. "W. Bowman" is of rich, rosy 

 purple, and "Wm. Marshall" is a soft, clear 

 blue, while "Perfectus" Is a gem. "Ma- 

 donna" and "Queen," of the dwarf whites, 

 are both good white sorts and of different 

 habits of growth. 



HELIANTHUS MAXIMUS, single and 

 double, with their clear yellow blooms, are 

 both good subjects. 



HEUENIUMS, these are perhaps the 

 grandest subjects for September bloom. 

 "Autumnale Superbum" Is a self yellow. 

 "Aut. Striatum" Is yellow and red. "River- 

 ton Beauty" is a very chaste flower, light 

 yellow with brown centre; and RIverton Gem 

 has a gorgeous wall-flower bloom. 



If one-quarter of the readers of this ad- 

 vertisement could see these plants in bloom 

 we would not have nearly enough to supply 

 the demand. We now have on file orders for 

 delivery next . spring and we shall be glad 

 to add to this list. All these plants do well 

 set out in the spring. 



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