March, 1910 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



75 



two of plum which I have tested myself 

 and found perfectly hardy, coming through 

 the winter unprotected and leafing out to 

 the very tips. These are the Cheney and 

 the De Soto plum, the Compass and the 

 English Morello cherry. They were pur- 

 chased from a Manitoba nursery. 



British Columbia 



At the 20th convention of the British 

 Columbia Fruit Growers' Association held at 

 Victoria, early last month, the secretary in 

 his report, stated that the loss of trees dur- 

 ing the late severe winter had not been 

 serious on the whole, averaging for the 

 province some six per cent. The chief losses 

 were in the irrigation districts and were 

 largely due to injudicious irrigation, and, 

 in East Kootenay to the planting of unsuit- 

 able varieties. In the executive committee's 

 report it was stated that since spraying ma- 

 terials were now manufactured in the pro- 

 vince, they would no longer be handled by 

 the association. 



President Puckle, in his address, pointed 

 out the need for a re-organization in the 

 association so that it would become of great- 

 er general benefit to the province. Besides 

 discontinuing the supplying of spraying 

 materials, much of the dissemination of 



knowledge would be left in hands of the 

 provincial board of horticulture, and the 

 association should confine its work to other 

 lines. Something should be done also to 

 increase attendance at the annual meetings. 



The president, on behalf of the associa- 

 tion, presented the late minister of agri- 

 culture, Capt. Tatlow, with a handsome case 

 of cutlery, and the secretary, presented him 

 with a gold-headed cane; both in recognition 

 of Capt. Tatlow's work during his connec- 

 tion with the department. 



In acknowledging these tokens of esteem, 

 Capt. Tatlow said that he had been for- 

 tunate in holding oflSce at a time when the 

 re-organizing of the department of agri- 

 culture had become imperative, owing to 

 the growth of the province, and that, in 

 consequence, the separation of horticulture 

 from dairying had been effected, and they 

 thought it had been better to get men from 

 the east, from college, to manage these de- 

 partments, but that, in future, it would 

 be well to educate young men from the 

 province by giving grants to aid in their 

 education in these lines at an eastern col- 

 lege, so that, by this means a staff could be 

 collected for a provincial agricultural col- 

 lege, which would come in the near future. 



Preceding the election of officers for the 



coming year, Mr. W. E. Scott, the deputy 

 minister for agriculture, took the chair, and 

 made some remarks on the following lines : 

 That something must be wrong with the 

 association, as evidenced by its small atten- 

 dance, and that in future it would have to 

 come under the fostering wing of the de- 

 partment of agriculture, since it appeared 

 we could not market the fruit, fine as it 

 is. He made several suggestions as to how 

 the association could work to better advan- 

 tage, amongst which were : 



1. Providing judges for local fairs. 



2. The collection and selection of fruits 

 for exhibition purposes. 



3. Collection of crop reports to learn qual- 

 ity and quantity available. 



4. Compiling a list of shippers both in- 

 dividuals and associations. 



5. Compiling lists of prices and also of 

 best places to obtain supplies. 



6. Holding annual conventions, care be- 

 ing taken to secure better attendance at 

 them. 



The election of officers was then proceeded 

 with and resulted as follows: Pres., Mr. 

 Puckle; 1st vice-pres., J. Johnston, Koot- 

 enay ; 2nd, 3rd and 4th vice-presidents, 

 Messrs. Brown, Shaw and Wilson; sec-treas., 

 W. J. Brandrith, Ladner. 



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