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January, 1910 THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



Quebec Potnological Society 



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AN interesting discussion together with 

 a large exhibit of fine fruit rounded 

 out the excellent program of the 

 Quebec Pomological and Fruit Grow- 

 ing Society, making the two days session 

 at Macdonald College (Dec. 8-9) one ot the 

 most instructive in the history of the as- 

 sociation. Regret was expressed, on every 

 hand that President G. Reynaud of La 

 Trappe was, through sickness, not able to be 

 present. It is earnestly hoped that the 

 paralytic stroke under which he is suffering 

 will prove only temporary and that soon 

 he will again be able to carry on his valu- 

 able work at La Trappe. His excellent 

 presidential address read at the meeting 

 produced a general feeling of his presence 

 and we cannot but feel that soon he will 

 be with us again in his usual vgior. 



The association has been especially favored 

 by the presence of the Hon. Sydney Fisher, 

 minister of agriculture for the Dominion, 

 Hon. J. L. Caron, minister of agriculture 

 for the province and Hon. J. L. Decarie, 

 ex-minister of agriculture, now provincial 

 secretary, and >fr. G. A. Gigault, deputy 

 minister for the province. Addresses \»ere 

 delivered by these gentlemen which proved 

 instructive and inspiring. The Hon. S. 

 Fisher mentioned the fact that the color 

 and aroma of Quebec fruit could not be 

 excelled. He had just come from the Nova 

 Scotia AVinter Fair, and particularly notice- 

 able was the high color of the Quebec fruit 

 as compared with that from the east. A 

 fairly large display of fruit was staged there 

 but not so good as that exhibited here. His 

 remarks were timely and interesting. 



Hon. Mr. Decarie gave as his motto "The 

 farm through the school." His efforts have 

 been directed towards a betterment of rural 

 conditions. His wish is that such conven- 



tions become more general and that the 

 people of the province take advantage of 

 this and similai' institutions to advance 

 their interest in order to become equipped 

 to battle with the problems of life. 



Hon. J. L. Caron, himself interested per- 

 sonally in fruit growing, expressed himself 

 as willing to do whatever he possibly could 

 to advance the interest of the association 

 and the province in general. 



OFFICERS ELECTED 



The following ofiicers were elected : Hon. 

 patron, Hon. S. A. Fisher and Hon. J. A. 

 Caron; hon. pres., R. W. Shepherd, Mon- 

 treal; hon. vice-pres.. Prof. G. Reynaud, 

 La Trappe; pres.. Prof. W. S. Blair, Mac- 

 donald College; vice-pres., A. D. Verreault, 

 Village des Aulnaies; sec-treas., Peter Reid, 

 Chateauguay Basin ; and nine "directors. 



On accepting office Professor Blair thank- 

 ed the members of the Convention for the 

 honor conferred upon him. He hoped to 

 be able to give more time to the useful work 

 in the parts of the province away from the 

 immediate neighborhood of the college than 

 heretofore. 



RESOLUTIONS 



The secretarj''s report showed good stand- 

 ing financially and increase in membership. 

 The following resolutions were adopted : 



"That this society shall offer to pay the 

 railway fare of one delegate from each local 

 horticultural society to the annual winter 

 meeting of the society for the year 1910, 

 with a view of inducing a better represen- 

 tation of the fruit growers' interests of the 

 province. 



"That in the opinion of the association it 

 is considered advisable to make an exhibit 

 of fruit from this province at the Royal 

 Horticultural Show, London, next fall, and 



that the secretary be delegated to confer 

 with the government regarding same." 



A resolution of regret was passed unani- 

 mously at the loss to the convention and the 

 society through illness of President Rey- 

 naud, with the hope that his illness is only 

 temporary, and that soon he will be restored 

 to full vigor again to continue his good work 

 as horticulturist of Oka Agricultural Insti- 

 tute. 



A resolution, expressing regret at the loss 

 sustained by the society through the death 

 of W. L. Davidson of Davidson's Hill, Que., 

 one of the most active and esteemed mem- 

 bers of the association, was spoken to in 

 feeling terms by various members. 



UNIFORM .irnOING OP FRUITS 



The advisability of adopting a uniform 

 system for judging fruits was brought up 

 by W. T. Macoun. The opinion of the con- 

 vention was that some definite action should 

 l)e taken and with this in view a committee 

 was appointed to confer with other similar 

 Canadian associations in the matter. 



.\DDRE8SS BY HON. SYDNEY FISHER 



Hon. Sydney Fisher gave one of his char- 

 acteristic able addresses dealing especially 

 with the possibilities of the province in the 

 development of high-class dessert fruit. The 

 province is especially adapted to the grow- 

 ing of Fanieuse and Mcintosh, two of the 

 best fruits in the world, and they can be 

 grown to the highe.st state of perfection 

 right here. It requires hard work and con- 

 stant attention to detail in fertilizing, spray- 

 ing, packing, marketing, etc., but noth- 

 ing of value is accomplished without this 

 effort on the part of the producer and the 

 satisfaction in being able to develop fruit 

 second to none will well repay for the en- 

 ergy expended. 



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