SHOW OF COLONIAL-GROWN FRUIT. 



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Mr. J. R. Brown, Summerland, British Columbia, for Apples. 

 Mr. A. L. Morse, Berwick, Nova Scotia, for Apples. 

 Mr. R. J. Messenger, Tupperville, Nova Scotia, for Apples. 

 Mr. J. A. Kinsman, Lakeville, Nova Scotia, for Apples. 

 Mr. J. E. Smith, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, for Apples. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 



Messrs. Oscar Brown & Co., Vernon, British Columbia, for Apples. 

 Mr. A. Uns worth- Chilli wack, British Columbia, for Apples. 

 The Kaslo Fruit Growers' Association, Kaslo, British Columbia, 

 for Apples. 



Mr. E. E. Archibald, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, for Apples. 

 Mr. T. W. Forster, North Kingston, Nova Scotia, for Apples. 

 Mr. F. C. Johnson, Bridgetown, Nova Scotia, for Apples. 

 Mr. W. Woodwork, Nova Scotia, for Apples. 



Messrs. Jackson, 172 Piccadilly, London, W., for Cape Preserves, 

 including Jams, Tinned and Bottled Fruits. 



Bronze Knightian Medal. 



Mr. A. C. Starr, Starr's Point, Nova Scotia, for Apples. 

 Mr. J. A. Ritchie, Summerland, British Columbia, for Apples. 

 Grand Forks District, Grand Forks, British Columbia, for Apples. 

 Mr. F. R. Gartrell, Summerland, British Columbia, for Apples. 

 Salmon Arms Farmers' Exchange, Salmon Arms, British Columbia, 

 for Apples. 



Bronze Banksian Medal. 



The Committee of St. Helena (Secretary : Mr. A. G. Wise, Caxton 

 Hall, Westminster, London, S.W.), for Jams. 



Mr. H. Hamel Smith, 112 Fenchnrch Street, E.C., for Cacao Beans. 

 Mr. A. H. Evans, 72 Victoria Street, London, S.W., for Cape Preserves. 



This exhibition of Colonial-grown fruits and vegetables afforded 

 ample justification for the confidence so often expressed that British 

 Colonies can supply Great Britain with apples at least equal or even 

 superior to those hitherto imported from the United States. Visitors 

 to the Hall cannot fail to have been most favourably impressed with 

 the encouraging display of fruits, raw and preserved ; and never, we 

 believe, has a similar exhibition in London, or elsewhere, shown equal 

 excellence with this. Every inch of available space in the Society's 

 large hall was utilised ; in fact, late entries had of necessity to be 

 refused. Though apparently very late in the year, the Show was fixed 

 specially to meet the requirements of Canada, British Columbia, &c, 

 and of the West Indies. 



The most impressive exhibit was that of the British Columbia 

 Government, which was very attractively staged, and displayed a 

 remarkably high standard of apples. They were shown in boxes, as 

 packed for commercial purposes, and consisted of 275 cases from 

 thirty growers and fifteen packers, representing the best orchards of 

 the colony. The fruits, from standard trees growing in the open, were 



