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REPORT OF THE HORTICULTURIST 105 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



MEETINGS ATTENDED, PLACES VISITED, AND ADDRESSES GIVEN. 



Every year some of the Horticulturist's time is spent in attending meetings of 

 fruit, flower and vegetable growers, and in most cases delivering addresses at them. 

 During the past year the following meetings were attended and addresses given : — 



The annual meeting of the Ontario Fruit Growers' Association, Toronto, Novem- 

 ber 11, 1908 ; address, ' New fruits.' Annual meeting of the Ontario Horticultural 

 Association, Toronto, November 11, 1908 ; address, ' Perennial borders.' Annual meet- 

 ing of the Ontario Vegetable Growers' Association, Toronto, November 12, 1908; 

 ' Irrigation and its effect on the growth of small fruits and vegetables.' Annual meet- 

 ing of the Quebec Pomological Society, Macdonald Coxiege, Quebec, December 2 and 

 3, 1908 ; ' Some results in plant breeding.' Annual meeting of Fruit Growers' Asso- 

 ciation of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, P.E.I., December 8 and 9, 1908; 

 'Hardy varieties of fruits,' 'Top grafting in relationship to hardiness,' 'Judging 

 fruit at exhibitions.' Annual meeting of Nova Scotia Fruit Growers' Association, 

 Middleton, N.S., December 14, 15 and 16, 1908; 'The life history of an apple tree,' 

 ' Judging fruit.' Annual meeting of New Brunswick Fruit Growers' Association, 

 January 14 and 15, 1909 ; ' Hardy varieties of fruits,' ' Small fruits.' 



In addition to these regular meetings, the short courses in horticulture at three ■ 

 of the agricultural colleges were attended and addresses given. At the Agricultural 

 College, Truro, N.S., January 11, 12 and 13, 1909; ' Special methods for special condi- 

 tions,' ' Ten forms of winter injury,' ' Strawberry culture.' 



Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, Ont., January 28 and 29. 1909 ; ' Propaga- 

 tion of fruit trees and other plants,' ' Judging fruits,' ' Pruning,' ' Top-working.' 



Macdonald College, Que., February 9-11, 1909 ; ' Cultivation and care of a young 

 orchard,' ' Management and care of a bearing orchard,' ' Improvement of plants,' 

 ' Packages and marketing,' ' Ornamental trees and shrubs.' 



From July 6 to 17, 1908, I was in attendance at the Graduate School of Agricul- 

 ture at Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., and listened to between forty and fifty 

 lectures on subjects pertaining to agricultural and horticultural science and practice, 

 from which I obtained much useful information and inspiration to greater eifort. On 

 August 30 and 31, and September 1 and 2, I was with the Scottish Agricultural Cniu- 

 mission at Niagara Falls, St. Catharines, Beamsville, Grimsby, Winona and Toronto, 

 giving what information I could regarding the fruit districts and fruit growing in 

 Canada. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. 



It is possible, once a year, through the annual report, to make public acknowledg- 

 ment of the aid given to me in my work by those who, in various capacities, are con- 

 nected with the Horticultural Division, and I desire to refer especially at this time 

 TO Mr. J. F. Watson, secretary; Mr. H. Holz, foreman; Mr. T. Horn, foreman in the 

 Arboretum and Botanic Garden ; and Mr. Horace Reid, who keeps many of the fruit 

 and vegetable records; all of whom have done their work well. The other men en- 

 gaged in the work of the Horticultural Division have been faithful, willing and 

 industrious. 



I desire also to express my appreciation of the help given to me by horticulturists 

 throughout Canada and the United States at all times when asked for. 



DONATIONS. 



The following list of plants, seeds, &c., donated to the Horticultural Division 

 during the past year is published as an acknowledgment of the same and to constitute 

 a record. Many valuable and interesting things have been donated to the Central 



