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THE OA.NADIA.N HOR riCULTUEIST. 



MEETING OF THE FRUIT GROWERS' 

 ASSOCIATION OF ONTARIO. 



The Winter Meeting of the Fruit 

 Growers' Association of Ontario will 

 be held in London on Wednesday and 

 Thursday, the 28th and 29th January 

 next, in Victoria Hall, Clarence Street, 

 Th;i opening session will begin at 10 

 a.m. on Wednesday. Delegates from 

 Michigan and New York are expected 

 to be present. 



PROGRAMME. 



Wednesdai/, January 28th, 

 MORNING SESSION. 

 Address of welcome by the Mayor. 

 Reply by the President. 

 Discussion on new varieties of Apples. 

 Best varieties of Green Peas— methods of 

 cultivation. 



AFTERNOON SESSION. 



QUESTION BOX. 



What varieties of Winter Apples are most 

 profitable. 



Best markets for Winter Apples, and best 

 methods of packing for foreign ship- 

 ment. 



Plums, most esteemed varieties, soil and 

 cultivation. 



EVENING SESSION. 

 QUESTION BOX. 



Grapes, best varieties in cultivation, suit- 

 ed to Western Ontario. 



Roses, best and freest bloomers, soil, cul- 

 ture, «fcc. 



Thursday, January 2dth. 



MORNING SESSION. 

 QUESTION BOX. 



Best varieties of Potato, and modes of 



cultivation. 

 Cauliflower, best varieties of. 

 What Gooseberries are most esteemed ; 



methods of cultivation and pruning ; 



soil best adapted to their growth. 



AFTERNOON SESSION. 



QUESTION BOX. 



Best hardy Perennial Flowers for the 

 garden. 



Red Currants, most profitable sorts, their 

 cultivation and treatment. 



Black Currants, best varieties. 

 EVENING SESSION. 



QUESTION BOX. 



This closing session will be mainly 

 devoted to short addres.ses on different 

 subjects by members of the Associa- 

 tion and visiting delegates, embracing 

 among others the following topics : — 

 Best Trees for Ornamental Planting ; 

 Dahlias ; The Management of Bees ; 

 Forestry ; Best varieties of Clematis, 

 with Methods of Cultivation. Good 

 music will be rendered at intervals. 



As this promises to be a very impor- 

 tant and interesting meeting, it is ear- 

 enstly hoped that a large number of 

 our members from a distance will make 

 it a point to be present. 



THE SIXTH ANNUAL MEETING 



Of the Mississippi Valley Horticultux'al 

 Society will be held in the City of New 

 Orleans, commencing January 14th, 

 1885, and continuing four days. Lib- 

 eral rail-road rates are offered, and 

 already special excursions, both by boat 

 and rail, are being organized. This 

 meeting will be held during the World's 

 Industrial Exposition, and in connec- 

 tion with the greatest display of horti- 

 cultural products ever made. For full 

 particulars, programme, &c., apply to 

 the Secretary, W. H. Ragan, Green- 

 castle, Indiana. 



AMERICAN APPLES IN LONDON, 

 ENGLAND. 



Baldwin's were sold in the London, 

 England, market at 14s. sterling to 

 14s. Gc/., Greenings at 15s., Rus.sets at 

 13s., and Northern Spys at 16s., this 

 fall. 



