January, 1910 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



15 



NOTES FROM THE PROVINCES 





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Prince Edward Island 



J. A. Moore 



Snow and high winds blocked our roads 

 the day before the Fruit Growers' meeting 

 On the two days of the convention, Dec. 

 2 and 3, rain and fog were continuous so 

 that the attendance was very small, but 

 notwithstanding all thse drawbacks a very 

 successful meeting was held. 



The snowstorm and hurricane had also 

 stopped communication with the mainland 

 so that we liad none of the horticultural 

 experts from Ottawa ; only Mr. Vroom, Do- 

 minion Fruit Inspector for Nova Scotia ar- 

 rived by the time the convention was half 

 over. However, we are always glad to 

 meet Mr. Vroom and we consider him one 

 of the most practical men we have ever met. 



The exhibit of fruit, while not as large 

 as we have seen( for reasons above men- 

 tioned), was by long odds the best in quality 

 in the history of Prince Edward Island's 

 winter fruit shows. Mr. Vroom said the 

 fruit exhibited was the finest he had ever 

 seen on Prince Edward Island, and a look 

 at the aples should prove to the most skep- 

 tical that apple-growing should be a very 

 profitable industry here. 



Alexander and AVolf River, Wealthy and 

 Dudley, Baxter and King, Spy and Bald- 

 win, Ben Davis and Stark, Gravenstein 

 and Mcintosh Red, Ribston and Golden 

 Bussett, Bellflower and Wagener, were all 

 ihown grown to perfection. Perfect speci- 

 mens of Baxter of high color and enormous 



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size were shown by A. E. Dewar and J. A. 

 Moore who also were the only exhibitors of 

 fruit in boxes and barrels. 



Other exhibitors with splendid displays 

 were A. M. McRae, Edward Wood and 

 John Smith of Pownal ; D. P. Irving, 

 M.P.P., Vernon; A. Essory, Milton; J. A. 

 Annear, Lower Montague; and Mclntyre 

 & Son, New Perth. It was emphasized that 

 although we can show excellent plates of 

 Spy, King, Mann and Baldwin, these vari- 

 eties are not profitable for Prince Edward 

 Island. 



The Co-operative Fruit Company organiz- 

 ed by the fruit growers is doing good work. 

 They have bought material for boxes and 

 barrels, got them made up and furnished 

 to members at cost, thus effecting a great 

 saving. 



Mr. Vroom gave an address on co-opera- 

 tion, which at the start, he said, should be 

 officered by men who not only knew their 

 business but were willing to give a good 

 deal of their time to put it into success- 

 ful operation. There should be co-operation 

 in buying, planting — large blocks of simi- 

 lar varieties — packing and selling. He did 

 not think Prince Edward Island grew more 

 apples at present than enough for home 

 consumption and he did not see why mer- 

 chants should import when they could get 

 apples like those before him. There should 

 be several centres for packing as local 

 freight rates are too high to bring them 

 all in to Charlottetown to pack. 



The commissioner of agriculture, Hon. 



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