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SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, $1.00 per year, entitling the subscriber to membership of the 

 Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario and all its privileges, including a copy of its valuable 

 Annual Report, and a share in its annual distribution of plants and trees. 



REMITTANCES by Registered Letter are at our risk. Receipts will be acknowledged upon 

 the address label. 



The New Year. 



We wish a " Happy aiul Prospcr(ius 

 New Year" to the many readers of The 

 CANADIAN Horticulturist, hoping that 

 in its new dress and other improvements 

 it will prove to be a still more welcome 

 visitor than tlie complimentary remarks 

 of its readers lead ns to believe it has 

 been in the past. 



The increased demand upon its pages, 

 and the gi'owing membership of our As- 

 sociation, led the Directors, at the last 

 meeting, to place the enlargement of our 

 journal from twenty-four to thirty-two 

 pages, at the discretion of the E.xecutive 

 Committee. At the present writing the 

 prospects of support are sufficiently en. 

 couraging to warrant our printing an en. 

 larged edition of the January number, tlif 

 continuance of which is dependant uj)on 

 the proportionate increase of membership. 

 Our friends will therefore prove their ap- 

 preciation of our exertions by showing the 

 January number to their acquaintances, 

 and seeking to send in long lists of now 

 subscribers. 



The Fruit Growers' Association 

 of Ontario. 



Will hold a combined annual and winter 

 meeting at the Court-House, in the 



City ofHamilton, beginning on Tuesday 

 evening, the igth, and continuing during 

 the 2oth and 21st of February. 1889. 



A show of choice samples of fruits 

 from each agricultural division is desir- 

 able for comparison. New fruits, im- 

 proved horticultural implements or 

 machinery, plants, flowers, etc., on 

 exhibition, will receive due notice in the 

 report of the Fruit Committee. If sent 

 by express they may lie addressed to the 

 care of the Secretary, at'Hamilton. 



Certificates for reduced railway fares 

 will be mailed to anj'one applying for 

 them to the Secretary, at Grimsby. 



(Questions intended for the Question 

 Drciiccr may be sent in advance to the 

 Secretary, at Grimsby, or handed in at 

 tlie meeting. 



The following is an outline of the 

 programme, with some questions for dis- 

 cussion added to each subject, from which- 

 however, it may be necessary to deviate in 

 some details : — 



Programme. 



Tuesday, 8 p.m.. Welcome address 

 by the Mayor — reply by I'resident ; the 

 President's annual address; reports; 

 election of officers. 



\\'ednesday, 10 a.m., Aitles at the 

 Cold North : Thonuis BcalL Liudsay. 

 What varieties of apj)Ie trees are most 



