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Section IV — Domestic Bottled Fruits — 1 Quart of each. 



Apples. 



1st. Mrs. A. M. Smith, St. Catharines, Ont $ 3 



2nd. Miss E. Smith, St. Catharines, Ont 2 



Pears. 



1st. Miss B. Smith, St. Catharines, Ont 3 



Peaches. 



1st. Mrs. A. M. Smith, St. Catharines, Ont 3 



Cherries. 



Ist. Mrs. A. M. Smith, St. Catharines, Ont 3 



Raspberries. 



1st. Miss E. Smith, St. Catharines, Ont.. 3 



Strawberries. 



1st. Mrs. A. M. Smith, St. Catharines, Ont 3 



Section V — "Winter-Keeping Grapes. 

 Grapes — Six Bunches Bed. 



1st. A. G. Hull, St. Catharines, Ont 4 



2nd. M. Pettit, Winona, Ont 2 



3i'd. W. Borthwick, Ottawa, Ont 1 



Grapes — Six Bunches Black. 



1st. W. Borthwick, Ottawa, Ont 4 



2nd. M. Pettit, Winona, Ont 2 



Collection op Canned Fruits exhibited by Canning Company. 



Ist. Delhi Canning Company, Delhi, Ont 15 



2nd. W, Boulter, Picton, Ont 10 



Highly commended, Simcoe Canning Co., Simcoe, Ont. 



Note — Plates of Winter Nellis, Beurr^ d'Angou and Easter Beurre Pears were 

 exhibited by Mr. E. A. Hale, Cambridgeport, Mass., and a largecoUeetiou of canned 

 vegetables by Mr. Wellington Boulter, of Pioton, Ont., all of which exhibits were 

 highly commended by the judges. 



Although the date of the Convention was not announced in time to take 

 steps for the preservation of the earlier varieties of winter fruits, and the season 

 had not been a favourable one, a very creditable display was made, some 600 plates 

 being on exhibition. 



The following papers, &c., were read by title, and in accordance with a resolu- 

 tion to that effect are published in connection with the proceedings of the Conven- 

 tion : — 



Experiments in Grape Culture in the Province op Quebec: by Wm. Mea.d 

 Pattison, Clarenceville, Que. 



Though not so highly favoured as to climate as our sister Province of Ontario, 

 an interest has been awakened in our Province in grape culture through the efforts 

 of its Fruit Gi'ower's Association, and in localities exempt from unseasonable frosts 

 most of the varieties of any promise have been tested as to their adaptability. Yet 

 in a commercial point of view grape-raising in Quebec is subject to contingencies 

 that may never make it profitable, but for home supply the vine is steadily making 

 its way into our gardens in the southern portion of our Provine. Having for some 



