Tlic Ccnadian Hcrticiiif?n ist. 



subject to black heart ? How can it be 

 prevented ? 



HoKTICULTURAL SPECIALTIKS FOR 



Farmers: ihe Secretary. Is apple grow- 

 ing profitable ? Does it pay to export 

 our apples ? What are the drawbacks 

 of exportation ? Transportation of fruits 

 to home and foreign markets : What 

 complaints have we to make against the 

 railway, express and steamboat com- 

 panies ? 



Paper by.-l. M. Smith, St. Catharines. 



2.30 p.m., Question Drawer. 



Paper by -S. P. Morse, Milton. 



Plums; Varieties for Home Use 



and Market ; Influence of the Scion 



ON the Growth and Longevity of the 



Tree, etc, etc. : Geo. Cline, Winona. 



Spraying for Curculio. Prunus Simoni. 



How BEST TO Secure Uniformity 



and Fairness in the Aw'ards of Prizes 



TO Fruits at Fairs: Thomas Beall, 



Lindsay. Discussion of subject. Is it 



best to advocate the one judge system 



in the horticultural department at our 



Fairs ? Should a scale of points be given 



by the judge in fruits, as is done in the 



poultry department ? What is the best 



manner of labeling vai'ieties of fruits 



for benefit of the public ? 



Forestry. Address by R. W. Phipps, 

 Commissioner of Forestry, Toronto- 

 What distance apart should walnuts be 

 planted ? How many per acre ? What 

 is the present value of walnut lumber ? 



8 p.m. Paper by D. W. Beadle, St. 

 Catharines, Out. 



Chrysanthemum Growing : Messrs. 

 Webster Brothers, Hamilton. Discussion 

 of subject. In growing such plants as 

 Geraniums, Fuchsias, Cinerarias, Prim- 

 ulas, Begonias, C alias, Oxalis, Tulips, 

 Hyacinths, Heliotropes, Coleuses, etc., 

 in house, or in small greenhouse attached 

 to dwellings, w-hat temperature is re- 

 quired, and how much water ? Should 

 plants exhibited at fairs be given prizes 

 when shcnvn without labels of variety, 

 both common and technical ? 



Wh.\t can be done with a city garden 

 of, say, 20 feet square in producing 

 supplies for a family : dr. w. c. 



Adams, Toronto. What is the best way to 

 destroy the cabbage worm f Pieris rapes 1 ? 

 What varieties of tomatoes are least 

 subject to rot ? 



Addresses by by the Hon. C. Driiry, 

 Minister of Agriculture, Rei'. R. Burnet, of 

 Milton, and Mr. A. Alexander, F.S.Sc. 

 Hamilton. 



Thursday, 10 a.m. Paper by A. M. 

 Smith, St. Catharines. Discussion. 



My Experience in a Fruit Garden 

 FOR Home Use : T. H. Race, editor 

 Mitchell Recorder. Discussion of subject. 

 What varieties of strawberries, currants, 

 I'aspberries, blackberries, should lie 

 planted for home use ? 



Fertilization of Plants : Prof. 

 Panton. Discussion. 



Birds Useful and Injurious in 

 Horticulture: T. Mcllivraith. Should 

 a law be enacted favoring the extermina- 

 tion of the house sparrow. 



Thursday, 2.30p.m. Grapes: Varie- 

 ties TO Grow, Shipping, Distributing, 

 Marketing, etc., by E. D. Smitli, 

 Winona. Discussion of subject. What 

 s the best method of preserving grapes 

 or winter use ? What varieties are best 

 or keeping ? Should grapes that are 

 grown to an abnormal size by ringing 

 compete at our fairs with those gro\\n 

 in the ordinary way? In judging fruits 

 at our fairs, should size or quality ha\e 

 the highest value ? Should the Fruit 

 Gi'owers' Association be represented at 

 Farmers' Institutes ? 



Is it not time for the F. G.A. of On- 

 tario, to take up the question of marketing 

 "our fruits ? Would it be wise to have a 

 fruit inspector appointed ; or what means 

 could be adopted to induce growers to 

 put up good, straight, honest packages 

 of fruit ? Could not this Association act 

 unitedly in marketing fruit through its 

 own agents, instead of dealing with com- 

 mission men, who often make more than 

 the growers ? Is it true that forests in- 

 fluence rainfall ? Is the Ontario Govern- 

 ment likely to take any step to preserve 

 our forests in the districts at the head 

 waters of the Muskoka and Ottawa ri\ers ? 

 What kinds of forest trees are most pro- 



