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our Directors, and a series of import- 

 ant topics will be discussed, such as 

 " Fruit Exhibits at Fairs," "Judging 

 Fruits," " Fruit Lists for Ontario," 

 " Values of the Various Kinds of 

 Apples," Evaporation of Fruits," 

 " Apples for Stock," " The Cultiva- 

 tion of the Peach," " The Cultivation 

 of the Pear," " Grape Growing for 

 Market," " Currant Culture for Pro- 

 fit/' "The Fall Purchasing of Trees," 

 etc. Now is the time to make fur- 

 ther suggestions to the Secretary of 

 such subjects as any member would 

 like to have taken up and discussed, 

 as the officers desire to make the 

 meetings and the Report as full of 

 variety and asinteresting as possible. 

 The meeting is to be held in 

 Windsor in response to the invitation 

 of the North Essex Farmers' Insti- 

 tute, whose worthy Secretary, Mr. 

 N.J. Chnton, takes a deep interest 

 in our work. 



The Windsor Board of Trade and 

 the Windsor Vine Growers' Associa- 

 tion will also co-operate with us. 

 The Michigan Horticultural Society 

 promise to send us some representa- 

 tives, and the New York State Horti- 

 cultural Society will probably be 

 represented by Mr. S. D. Willard, of 

 Geneva, N.Y. 



In many places there seems to be 

 an impression that only members 

 may attend our meetings. This is a 

 great mistake ; our object is to 



advance the interests of the Province 

 by encouraging the industry of fruit 

 culture, and unless we can get the ears 

 of the public how can we do them any 

 good ? Will our readers please 

 correct this error, and encourage the 

 public, both ladies £^nd gentlemen, to 

 attend our meeting's. 



The Dominion Convention. 



Over a year ago it was agreed 

 between the Montreal Horticultural 

 Society and the Ontario Fruit Grow- 

 ers' iVssociation that a Dominion 

 Convention of Fruit Growers would 

 be of great benefit to the Dominion, 

 by discussing the capabilities of the 

 various Provinces for fruit culture, 

 the most hardy fruits and those 

 adapted to the colder sections. For- 

 estry, Economic Entomology, and 

 various other subjects of general 

 interest. The report of such a meet- 

 ing would form a volume of great 

 value for distribution by the Gov- 

 ernment in foreign countries, as well 

 as throughout the whole of our vast 

 Dominion. 



The Minister of Agriculture, Mr. 

 Carling, has given his approval to 

 the scheme, and a vote of $2,000 has 

 been made to carry out the proposed 

 convention. It will be held in 

 Ottawa in February next, and the 

 programme is now being arranged. 



QUESTION DRAWER 



The Bpown Rot of the Grape. 



77. I WRITE to you for information. My 

 grapes just now are affected with a disease. 

 I know not what to call it. They are now 

 fully formed and by degrees are turning a 

 dark colour and fall off the vine. On cut- 

 ting them open they have a peculiar smell 

 as if decaying. It is only the Rogers grapes 

 that are affected so. Concords and other 

 kinds I have are not so affected. Grapes are 



but a small crop with me this year. You, 

 perhaps, may be able to say what the 

 disease is, and if ^ny are affected in the same 

 way up west, or perhaps some of your 

 numerous subscribers may have some grapes 

 diseased in the same manner. Our crops in 

 this section of Canada are excellent. We 

 have not had for many years anything like 

 it. — James Rosamond, Almonte, Lanark Co., 

 Ont. 



