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5 GEORGE v.. A. 1915 

 MEETINGS, ADDRESSES, AND PLACES VISITED. 



Every year meetings are attended and addresses given by the staff of the Horti- 

 cultural Division, and places are visited where information can be obtained vs^hich 

 will be useful in the work. 



In November, 1913, I visited the Massachusetts Ag-ricultural Station, Amherst, 

 Mass.; the New England Apple Show, Boston; and the Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica 

 Plain, Mass.; at all of which places valuable information was gained. During the 

 same month I attended the annual meeting of the Society for Horticultural Science, 

 Washington, and delivered an address on " The Characteristics of One Hundred 

 Northern Spy Apple Seedlings." The biennial meeting of the American Pomological 

 Society was also held here and at this meeting I gave an address on " The Present 

 Status of Canadian Pomology." I also responded on behalf of the " North " to the 

 address of welcome. As one of the jury of three on " The Student Eruit Judging 

 Contest," held in comiection with the meeting of this society I was able to render 

 further service. At the exhibition of fruit held by this -society at the time of the 

 meeting I showed a collection of nearly one hundred and fifty varieties of apples all 

 of Canadian origin. Most of these were new varieties originated at the Central Farm 

 at Ottawa. For this collection the Canadian Government was awarded a silver Wilder 

 medal. On December 2 and 3, 1913, I attended the winter meeting of the Quebec 

 Pomological Society at Westmount, Que., and gave an address on " Experiments in 

 Fruit Culture at the Central and Branch Farms." At the annual meeting of the Nova 

 Scotia Fruit Growers' Association, held at Kentville, I spoke on "Strawberry Culture" 

 on J anuary 21, 1914, and at the annual meeting of the New Brunswick Fruit Growers' 

 Association on January 23, delivered addresses on " Some New Varieties of Apples " 

 and " Experiments in Orchard Culture at the Central Farm." At the short course in 

 horticulture at Macdonald College, I gave two addresses on February 11, one on 

 " Work in Horticulture on the Experimental Farms " and an illustrated lecture on 

 " The Beautifying of Home Grounds." On February 20 I gave an address on " Bulbs, 

 Planting and Forcing" before the Ottawa Horticultural Society. I gave addresses at 

 the meetings of the Niagara Peninsula Fruit Growers' Association on February 25, 

 26, 27, 1914, at Grimsby and St. Catharines, Ont., on "Fruit Growing, Varieties and 

 Methods Throughout Canada ;' "Best Varieties of Plums, Pears and Apples for 

 Commercial Orchards"; "Best Varieties of Strawberries and RaspbeiTies for Commer- 

 cial Plantations"; and "Influence of Temperature on Fruit Growing." The twenty- 

 fifth anniversary of the Burlington Fruit Growers' Association was attended at Bur- 

 lington on March 11, 1914, when addresses were delivered on "Horticultural Methods in 

 Different Parts of Canada with their application to Burlington," and on "Varieties of 

 Fruits for the Burlington District." 



My assistants in the Horticultural Division also rendered considerable service 

 during the year. Mr. F. E. Buck judged the flowers and fruits at the exhibition at 

 Perth, Ont., and Knowlton, Que., in September, 1913. He also judged at Carp on 

 October 1. He attended the annual meeting of the Ontario Horticultural Association 

 at Toronto on November 20 and 21, 1913, and gave addresses on " Recent Experimental 

 Work " and- notes on " New and Little Known Annuals tested at Ottawa." 



In September, 1913, Mr. C. F. W. Dreher attended the meeting of the American 

 Vegetable Growers' Association at Toledo, Ohio. Earlier in the season he paid a visit 

 to the Horticultural Experiment Station, Vineland, Ont., the Ontario Agricultural 

 College, Guelph, Ont., and the Cornell Agricultural College, Ithaca, N.Y., to study 

 methods employed there and results. On the same trip he visited the Bow Park Farm, 

 Brantford, Ont., and vegetable growers in the vicinity of Toronto and London, Ont., 

 for the same purpose. He also attended the meeting of the Ontario Vegetable 

 Growers' Association held in Toronto, November, 1913. 



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