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dent of Ontario interested in horticulture is invited to join in 

 the work and benefit by the results of the experiments. This co- 

 operative testing- has been in progress many years with farm 

 crops. The work with fruit-growing began fourteen years ago 

 with sixty experimenters, to whom were sent small collections 

 of strawberries, raspberries, or currants for testing. The fol- 

 lowing table gives a good idea of the scope and progress of 

 the work, as it shows the nature and number of experiments 

 undertaken since its inception in 1894: 



From this it will be seen that a total of 6,655 lots of plants 

 have been distributed for testing. These experimenters are so 

 scattered that they are found in every township and district in 

 the Province. 



