January, 1910 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



23 



Presentation to Mr. Goldie 



A pleasing event occurred in Guelph on 

 December 10, when Mr. James Goldie was 

 presented with a beautifully bound illumin- 

 ated address by a number of his horticul- 

 tural friends. The address was made up in 

 book form and was a very artistic produc- 

 tion. The presentation was made at Mr. 

 Goldie's beautiful home. It was merely a 

 little token of recognition from some of 

 the most prominent horticulturists of the 

 province who took this pleasing manner of 

 expressing their appreciation of what Mr. 

 Goldie has done and is doing for horticul- 

 ture in Ontario. 



With a few gracious words, Mr. Goldie 

 expressed his thanks. Among other things, 

 he expressed the desire to see a botanical 

 garden established in some central place, 

 preferably Guelph, where flowers could be 

 shown in an ideal state of culture. He 

 would particularly like to see native flowers, 

 ferns and shrubs in the collection. 



The presentation was made up by sub- 

 scriptions from Mr. Goldie's old friends in 

 Hamilton, Oakville, Toronto and Guelph. 

 Among those present were Messrs. H. R. 

 Frankland, Roderick Cameron, John Cham- 

 bers, King and Stevenson, Toronto; Messrs. 

 AVm. Ross, T. M. Hill, Wm. Hunt, Prof. 

 Hutt and Miss Rose, Guelph; and Mr. J. 

 W. Butchart, Jordan Harbor. The Hamil- 

 Eton and Oakville friends were unable to 

 attend but sent their regards. 



Mr. Goldie is 88 years old and has been 

 a student of nature and gardening through- 

 out his life time. His great love for flowers 

 and plants and his unbounded enthusiasm 

 in tlie study and prectice of horticulture 

 have made him a master 'P the art. It is 

 fitting that this presentation was made in 

 order to show, in a small measure at least, 

 that his worth as a man and bis work as a 

 horticulturist have been and are ap- 

 preciated. 



Spokane Apple Show 



The largest exhibition of its kind that 

 has ever been held in the world was the 

 second National Apple bhow held at Spo- 

 kane, Wash., in JNovember. There were 

 more than 1,500,000 apples on display, com- 

 prising 2,160 entries from 23 states of the 

 union and two provinces of Canada. Brit- 

 ish ColuiuLia made a good showing but did 

 not do as well as last year. 



The sweepstakes prize of $1,000, together 

 with the title of quality apple king of 

 America, was won by Tronson & Guthrie, 

 Eagle Point, Ore., with a car-load of Spitz- 

 enbiirgs ; also won $250. first in class, Spitz- 

 enbuig exhibit of 630 boxes. The second 

 sweepsiakcs, $500, went to W. W. Sawyer 

 cf Sunnyside for a car of Grimes' Golden ; 

 also won $250 for first in class of unnamed 

 standard commercial varieties. Space will 

 not allow further mention of the prize win- 

 ners with the excei>tion of the successful 

 Canadian exhibitors who were as follows : 



Mcintosh Red, 10 boxes, H. W. Collins, 

 Carson, U.C., third. Northern Spy, 5 

 boxes, R. Sweeney, Kelowna, B.C., first, 

 $50; Coldstream Ranch, Vernon, B.C., se- 

 cond, $15. King of Tomi)kins, 5 boxes, 

 James Spiers, Kaslo, B.C., third. Foreign 

 country groups, one barrel or three boxes, 

 any variety, H. C. Mallam, Kelowna, B.C., 

 first, $100 ; Salmon Arm Farmers' Exchange, 

 Salmon Arm, B.C., second, $50. 



Mcintosh Red, single box, J. J. Campbell, 

 Willow Point, B.C., first, $10, and fruit 

 trees. Four-tier Winter Banana, single 

 box, A. D. Lowe, Vernon, B.C., first, $10 

 and trees. Wagener, single box, H. W. Col- 

 lins, Carson, B.C., second, $5, and diploma. 

 Golden Russets, single box, R. E. Harris, 

 Kelowna, B.C., first, $10, and trees; Wm. 

 Cockle, Kaslo, B.C., second, $5 and di- 



ploma. Northern Spy, single box, C. Gold- 

 man Ranch, Vernon, B.C., second, $5, and 

 diploma. Pyramid of 50 big apples, H. W. 

 Collins, Carson, B.C., third. 



Toronto Vegetable Growers 



At the annual meeting of the . Toronto 

 branch of the Ontario Vegetable Growers' 

 Association, the following ofiicers were el- 

 ected for the ensuing year: Pres., George 

 Syme, jr.. West Toronto; 1st vice-pres., Al- 

 bert Shuter, Bracondale; 2nd vice-pres., 

 Robert Somers, Todmorden ; sec-treas., 

 Frank F. Reeves, Humber Bay . 



President Dehvorth gave a very able ad- 

 dress on the past year's work. He noted 

 the fact that the provincial executive had 

 visited Ottawa during the season and in- 

 terviewed the minister regarding the Fer- 

 tilizer Act and also asked to have vegetable 

 seeds placed under the Seed Control Act. 

 As a result of this visit an amendment to 

 the act has been introduced, the minister 

 of agriculture placing vegetable seeds un- 

 der the Seed Control Act, especially as re- 

 gards germination. 



The secretary was instructed to get all 

 possible information in respect to a by- 

 law concerning vehicular traffic in Toronto ; 

 the rigid enforcement of this "keep to the 

 curb" by-law being particularly hard on 

 gardeners and all horse traffic, especially 

 during the season of slippery weather. 



The meetings of the past year have been 



well attended, owing a great deal to the 

 interest taken in the awards for different 

 vegetables shown at each monthly meeting, 

 the vegetables chosen for these monthly 

 meetings being those in season at the time. 



At the annual meeting of the Ottawa 

 branch of the Ontario Vegetable Growers' 

 Association held on Dec. 4, the following 

 ofiicers were elected : Pres., Wm. Trick, 

 Ottawa South ; vice-pres., J. M. Fuller, 

 Aylmer, Que. ; sec-treas., W. J. Kerr, 253 

 Bell St., Ottawa ; provincial director, W. 

 Hull, Billing's Bridge, Ont. The presi- 

 dent and secretary were re-elected. At 

 tl^e meeting, James Cox, provincial di- 

 rector, gave his report of the Toronto 

 convention. Mr. W. T. Macoun, of the 

 Central Experimental Farm also gave a 

 report of that meeting. 



The London branch of the Ontario Veg- 

 etable Growers' Association held its annual 

 meeting on Dec. 4. The following officers 

 were elected: Pres., F. G. Fuller, vice-pres., 

 Wm. Trott; sec-treas., S. D. Dawson, Tamb- 

 lings, R.R. No. 4. There are over 100 mem- 

 bers on the roll and the association looks 

 forward to pleasant and profitable meetings 

 this year. "Co-operation" is the password 

 of the London branch. The members in- 

 tend buying together this year as they did 

 last, but on a much more extensive scale, 

 such goods as berry boxes, fertilizers, in- 

 secticides and so forth. 



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