THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
801 
A SEEDLESS PEAR 
We are in receipt of a specimen pear forwarded by the 
Ford Seed Company, of Ravenna, Ohio. The senders state 
that it is seedless and coreless, and their claim is very nearly 
substantiated by an examination of the fruit. Two speci¬ 
mens were received, both of which were cut and examined. 
In one, there was an abortive seed with partially developed 
embryo carpels. In the other, there was no appearance of 
any seed whatever, and no carpels. There was, however, in 
both cases a considerable accumulation of grit at the apex of 
the embryo, just below the calyx tube. On the whole, the 
fruit comes as near the seedless and coreless variety as we 
have seen. 
The pear is medium size; regularly pyriform; shallow, 
rather smooth cavity; short, curved stem, inserted in a 
shallow basin. The flesh is yellowish white, tender, melt¬ 
ing, sweet, and very pleasant without being highly aromatic. 
The fruit is somewhat larger than the Lawrence, and perhaps 
not quite as good in quality. Specimens remained on our 
office desk from the 15th of September until the 6th of 
October, in very good condition. This variety seems to us 
worthy of careful test, and probably worthy of being intro¬ 
duced. 
VARIETY IN THEXIFE OF THE HORTICULTURAL 
* IMPORTERS 
The New York Horticultural import houses receive and ship 
some peculiar horticultural products sometimes. When we visited 
McHutchison & Co., the New York import house, recently, they were 
exporting a consignment of 300,000 Galax Leaves to Europe. These 
are used for Florists wreaths, etc. They also had just received a 
consignment of 215 bags of English soil to be used for growing 
Rhododendrons in this country. Their regular shipments of plants, 
Bay Trees, etc., from Belgium consisted of 429 packages, most of 
which went in carload lots to the Pacific Coast and other far distant 
points. McHutchison & Co. advised us that their business was up 
to date far ahead of last season. 
Quiz Column 
A NURSERY MUSEUM 
Ed. National Nurseryman: 
Dear Sir: Having found a stray sheet of your paper, am 
desirous of seeing a copy. Am going to take charge of an experimen¬ 
tal farm here and will have some good things to tell, as I am an old 
nurseryman. Why is not the Blue Catalpa more planted? Is there 
a permanent place where we can ship for exhibition, great specimens 
of walnuts, pecans and of ornamentals ? Uncle Sam will receive them 
but nurserymen should have a place for all novelties and new things. 
Start it up 
Tulsa, Okla. e. 
ANSWER 
We are not quite clear as to your meaning. You ask if there is a 
permanent place where fruits, nuts, and so forth, may be placed on 
exhibition. The nurserymen of the country do not maintain any 
museum or exhibition hall, but there are many colleges of agricul¬ 
ture which do maintain such museums. Cornell University is 
among them. There is at Cornell a large collection of nuts, includ¬ 
ing pecans and walnuts, and specimens forwarded are given perma¬ 
nent place in the display cases. The various experiment stations 
usually receive novelties, new things, supposedly worthy of trial. 
Kindly write us at greater length just what you have in mind. 
Ed. 
exhibitions 
FIRST CANADIAN NATIONAL APPLE SHOW 
Vancouver, B. C., Oct. 31 to Nov. 5, 1910. 
Buildings with a total of 98,640 square feet of space will house 
this great exhibition of apples from every province of the Dominion, 
from England, Australia and the United States. In the big arena 
of the Vancouver Horse Show Building will be found the District, 
Limited two box, two barrel, two basket, two jar, and two plate 
contest, and box exhibits. The show ring is 75x199 feet, and the 
interesting arrangement planned for the display of the fruit is an 
incline twelve feet high, extending around the ring, thus'giving the 
appearance of a veritable cascade of apples. Every portion of the 
exhibit can be seen from any seat in the spectators’ galleries, with 
their seating capacity of 3,000. On a raised platform the 48th 
Highlander’s Military Band, in full Highland costume, will be 
stationed. This famous musical organization, which stands today 
as Canada’s favorite band, has been engaged at an expense of $5,000 
to come direct to the Apple Show from Toronto, Ontario, returning 
directly to the same place after the exhibition is over. 
The carload exhibits and plate displays will be housed in a 
temporary building on Alberni Street, the former on a 17-foot incline 
around the building, the latter on a display table 250 feet in length, 
with space for 9,000 apples. 
It is expected that there will be 12,600 boxes or 21 carloads of 
apples on exhibition, and $25,000 in prizes is provided. 
There will be 115 contests, exclusive of plate display contests in 
which two prizes amounting to $5.00 are offered for each variety, 
and the prizes include, besides $20,000 in cash, valuable medals, 
diplomas, orchard land, nursery stock, spray material, etc. A 
pomological convention of fruit growers throughout the Pacific 
Northwest will be held in connection with the Apple Show for the 
purpose of formulating recommendations to the American Pomologi¬ 
cal Society in regard to the quality ratings of a number of varieties 
of winter apples grown with great success in this region. 
The chief judge will be Professor H. E. Van Deman, the expert 
pomologist of Washington, D. C., while the associate judges will be 
Mr. H. W. Bunting, St. Catharines, Ont.; Mr. Martin Burrell, M.P., 
Grand Forks, B. C.; Prof. F. C. Sears, Amherst, Mass.; Prof. Wilbur 
K. Newell, Gaston, Ore.; and Prof. John Craig, Ithaca, N. Y. 
