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The Orillia Packet of March 6th 

 chronicles the death of Mr. John Cup- 

 page, for many years a faithful agent of 

 this Society at Orillia. He was the son 

 of a Major-General in the East India 

 army, and has three brothers Lieutenant- 

 Colonels. Mr. Cuppage was a well-read 

 man, public spirited to a high degree, 

 and highly esteemed by those who knew 

 him. 



The S.\n Jose Scale has appeared 

 in Michigan. Professor Barrows has 

 found it on the borders of Allegan and 

 Ottawa counties, infesting pear, plum, 

 cherry, peach and apple trees. It was 

 brought there some years ago, a six pear 

 tree from New Jersey. 



Proper Carriacje of Apples on 

 Shipboard. — At a meeting of fruit- 

 growers at Grimsby, the following reso- 

 lution was unanimously carried : — 



Resolved, That this meeting of farm- 

 ers and fruit growers is firmly convinced 

 that some action should be taken to 

 secure safe transportation of our apples 

 to European markets, for we believe 

 that had such been assured us in the 

 past the crop of 1896 might have been 



marketed there at such prices as would 

 have nearly doubled the net proceeds. 



We believe that there is no reason for 

 our apples shipped in sound condition, 

 to be landed in England in bad order, 

 if steamship companies would make a 

 very little efifort to provide ventilation 

 in the ship hold, where the apples are 

 carried. All that is required is simply 

 to maintain them during the entire voy- 

 age, in a temperature as cool as the 

 ocean air in October and November. 



Dr. Wm. Saunders, of Ottawa, has 

 just returned from Boston, where he 

 delivered a lecture before the Massachu- 

 setts Horticultural Society on the 13th 

 of March. His subject was, " Horticul- 

 ture in Canada," and it was illustrated 

 with stereopticon illustrations. An in- 

 teresting summary of the lecture ap- 

 peared in the Boston Evening Tran- 

 script. 



The Horticultural Societies vis- 

 ited by Mr. John Craig in his recent 

 lecture tour under the auspices of our 

 Association, speak in the highest terms 

 of the excellence of his addresses. 



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