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7-8 EDWARD VII., A. 1908 



Summer meeting of the Quebec Pomological Society, Chateauguay Basin, Que., 

 August 29 ; Como. August 30, 1906. Address : ' Conclusions on Hardiness of Fruits 

 After Nineteen Years' Experience at Ottawa.' 



Annual meeting of the Ontario Fruit Growers' Association, Toronto, November 

 7 and 8, 1906. Address : ' Protecting Trees from Mice and Rabbits.' 



Annual meeting of the Nova Scotia Fruit Growers' Association, Wolfville, N.S., 

 December 12, 13, 14, 1906. Address : ' Orchar^i Management.' 



Annual meeting of the Quebec Pomological Society, Knowlton, Que.^ December 

 20 and 21, 1906. Address : ' Growing Grapes for Home Use.' 



Annual meeting of the Canadian Forestry Association, Ottawa, March 14 and 

 15, 1907. Address : ' Some Questions Eelating to the Establishment, Maintenance, 

 and Improvement of Farm Forestry.' 



The Canadian National Exhibition was attended at Toronto during the sepond 

 week of September, 1006, for the purpose of studying the horticultural exhibits there^ 

 During the same week a trip was made through the fruit district between Hamilton 

 and St. Catharines Several fruit farms were visited and notes taken of the condition 

 of the orchards and fruit in order to learn in what way we could best help the fruit 

 growers. Wliile at St. Catharines, I took the opportunity of learning as much as 

 possible regarding the methods adopted there of shipping fruit to the Northwest as 

 many carloads were shipped from that point last sumnier. 



At the Dominion Exhibition held at Halifax, N.S., from September 22 to October 

 6, 190G, I had charge of the exhibit from the Dominion experimental farms and be- 

 lieve that we had a very creditable display. Wliile in Nova Scotia T drove from 

 Middleton to Wolfville, a distance of about forty-two miles, through the Annapolis 

 valley, visiting on the way a number of orchards and learning what I could regarding 

 methods of culture and packing and shipping of the friiit. The cranberry bogs at 

 Auburn were also examined and useful information obtained. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. 



It gives me much pleasure to acknowledge again the services of those who share 

 with me the responsibility of the Horticultural Division. Mr. J. F. Watson continues 

 to help me in the office work, which he does with much care and accuracy. In the 

 field Mr. IT. IIolz, foreman of the division, has as in the past done his work well. He 

 is assisted by Mr. F. Horn, foreman in the Arboretum and Botanic Garden and Mr. 

 Horace Reid who records the exi)eriments in progress and takes many of the field 

 notes, both of v^hom have shown much interest and care in their work. 



The fruit growers' in Canada and the United States continue to assist me in 

 obtaining' information and in other ways, which has been a great help to me in my 

 work. I again take this annual opportunity of expressing my appreciation of their 

 eympathy and aid. 



DONATIONS. 



Interest in the work of the Horticultural Division is shown each year by many 

 who send plants, scions or seeds for test at the Experimental Farm. A public acknow- 

 ledgment of those which were received since the report for 1905 was published up 

 to December 31, 1906, is made here. 



