April, 1910 



THE CANADIAN HORTI C ULTUEI ST 



103 



The Late Mr. Murray Pcttit 



In the sudden death of Mr. Afurray Pet- 

 tit of Winona, Ont., which took place on 

 March 3, the fruit growers of Ontario, and 

 particularly of the Niagara district, lost 

 one of the best known and most prominent 

 porsonages connected with the industry. 

 Throughout his long and u.seful life Mr. 

 Pettit was identified with organizations and 

 movements that had and have to do with 

 the progress of fruit growing. As president 

 and a director of the Ontario Fruit Grow- 

 ers' Association, president of the Niagara 

 District Fruit Growers' Stock Co., Ltd., 

 president of the Niagara Peninsula Fruit 

 Growers' Association Cwhich position he 

 held at the time of his decease), and as a 

 prominent figure in other organizations, he 

 labored always in the interests of the indus- 

 try rather than only for personal gain. .Mr. 

 Pettit had been also reeve of the town.^hip 

 of Saltfleet. warden of the county of Went- 

 n-orth and repeatedly president of the Sonth 

 Wentworth Conservative Association. The 

 nominations for both the provincial legis- 

 lature and the Dominion parliament had 

 been tendered to him. but he always de- 

 clined. 



As a fruit man, Mr. Pettit was an au- 

 thority, particularly on grapes. For a 

 number of years he conducted experiment" 

 with grapes for the Ontario Department of 

 Agriculture. He was one of those who in- 

 troduced the famous Niagara grnne into the 

 commercial vinevards of the Niagara dis- 

 trict. His opinion on the culture of granes 

 and on varieties was sought bv leading hor- 

 tic'ilturists in all parts of this continent. 

 Besides being a leader in all progressive 

 movements in connection with our fruit in- 

 dustry, he was an upright and honorable 

 citizen and a most courteous and unassum- 

 ing gentleman. The mm-e of Murmv Pet- 

 f-'t wi'l be an honored one in the history of 

 Canadian horticulture. 



tor efforts in the science of horticulture. I 

 hope it will continue to improve in the fu- 

 ture as it has most certainly done in the 

 past. — W. T. Patullo, Caseleyville, Alta. 



A bulletin from the Ontario Department 

 of Agriculture, entitled "Bacterial Blight 

 of Apple, Pear and Quince Trees," has just 

 been issued. The author is Mr. D. H. Jones 

 of the Ontario Agricultural College. This 

 i.s a valuable contribution to the literature 



on this disastrous disease. Arriong other 

 things mentioned the author tells of experi- 

 ments conducted to show that the disease 

 is spread by aphids and other sap-sucking 

 insects inoculating twigs, by fruit bark bor- 

 ing beetles and other borers inoculating the 

 branches and trunks, and by workmen's 

 tools when pruning operations are in prog- 

 ress. Copies of this bulletin (No. 176) may 

 he had on application to the Department of 

 Agriculture, Toronto. 



The reading of The Canadun Hortictji.- 

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