PROMINENT CANADIAN HORTICULTURISTS. 



In 1892, Mr. Hutt was selected as one 

 of the speakers at the Farmer's Insti- 

 tutes, and has continued every year since : 

 but we hope that in future the Depart- 

 ment may send him to lecture to our 

 Horticultural Societies instead. 



In 1893, Mr. Hutt was appointed to 

 his present position of Professor of Hor- 

 ticulture at the O. A. C; but before en- 

 tering upon his duties he took a special 



Our engraving (No. io53)shows one of 

 Prof. Hutt's classes in Horticulture en- 

 gaged in practical work in Hybridization, 

 and the accompanying cut of the College 

 Garden (Fig 1049) shows the field of 

 some of Prof. Hutt's practical work. 

 One special line in which he was engag- 

 ed in 1896, was in testing strawberries, 

 of which he had under cultivation about 

 one hundred and twenty varieties. There 



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The foreground represents the experiments now being made by Mr. Hutt, the College Horticul- 

 turist, in the cultivation of stawbernes. In the distance are to be seen the dairy stables, the silo, 

 the new dairy buildings, the experiment dairy buildings, and, in the extreme left, the residence of the 

 manager of the Poultry Department, immediately behind which are the new poultry buildings. 



course at Cornell University, and visited 

 the leading Horticultural establishments 

 in the United States. By virtue of his 

 position he is also a member of the 

 Board of Control of our Fruit Experi- 

 ment Stations, and official visitor to 

 these stations every summer. 



were twelve feet of row for each variety 

 and carefully labeled. These are shown 

 more plainly in Fig. 105 1, showing the 

 Experimental Strawberry Plot in the 

 college garden. It was the results of his 

 work in this line that furnished the ma- 

 terial for an excellent paper on " The 



