Annual report of the Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario, 1908 (1909) (18741773564)

Title: Annual report of the Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario, 1908

Identifier: annualreportoffr1908frui

Year: 1909 (1900s)

Authors: Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario

Subjects: Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario; Fruit-culture; Fruit-culture

Publisher: Ontario Dept. of Agriculture, (Warcick Bros.

Contributing Library: Brock University

Digitizing Sponsor: Brock University - University of Toronto Libraries

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26 REPORT OF No. 17 The accompanying illustration will give an idea of the exhibits at Win- nipeg. The fruit is shown in a building 50 feet long by 75 feet wide, fin- ished in the natural wood inside. Only the two provinces were represented, the British Columbia Government exhibit taking up all of one end, while the Ontario exhibit occupied the centre and one half the other end. The land selling companies occupied the balance of the building. The centre space was taken up by a pyramid 20 x 30 ft. the base holding a double row of boxed apples of the following varieties:—Spy, Ontario, Greening, Mcintosh, King, Baldwin, Canada Red, Stark, Ben Davis, Golden Eusset, Swayzie, and Tolman. Above this were two shelves with bottled fruits, cherries, berries, plums and peaches, while on top were pyramids of apples. Between were two rows of fruit scenes, enlargements from photos of farms in various parts of the province.

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Part of Ontario's Exhibit at Winnipeg, 1908. The end space was in the form of a triangle with arms 22 and 38 feet long and 6 feet wide. Here were displayed 3 large pyramids of honey, buckwheat, clover and bassw^ood in fancy glass jars, besides several dozen o/ comb honey in the case. Interspersed were packages of tomatoes, cucumbers and cherries with boughs of apples, peaches, cherries, plums, pears and various nuts in the green stage. The whole exhibit was surrounded by a railing and suitably decorated. The exhibit was in my charge with Mr. J. W. Crow of the Agricul- tural College, Guelph as assistant. In addition to answering many questions in reference to fruit conditions in Ontario, we distributed copies of the pamphlet issued by the Colonization Branch on "Opportunities in Fruit Growing in Ontario" and the marketing circular issued by the Ontario

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