THE 



Canadian HoKTicuLruKisT. 



Vol. XX. 



1897. 



No. 9. 





THE GRIMSBY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 



and in its floral shows has been con- 

 stantly increasing. 



Mr. John H. Grout is one of the most 

 prominent citizens of Grimsby ; he is 

 proprietor of the Grimsby Agricultural 

 Works, and the Grimsby Basket Fac- 

 tory, but nevertheless takes a deep inter- 

 est in floriculture. For two years he 

 filled the position of president with 

 credit to himself and to the Society, and 

 then he resigned, believing it was for 

 the best interests of the Society to have 

 a frequent change in otScers. 



Mr. Charles \'anDuzer was the first 

 secretary, and faithfully discharged the 

 duties of his position for two years also, 

 working up the membership from 56 to 

 67, a good number for a village society. 

 A successful fruit grower and one all his 

 life engaged in the practical work of fruit 

 growing, Mr. VanDuzer was eminently 

 fitted to be the secretary of a society 

 whose members are as much or more 

 interested in fruit growing as in floricul- 

 ture. His fruit farm is in a fine state of 

 cultivation. He grows the finest Cham- 

 pion Quinces in this section, and his im- 

 mense Blenheim Orange apples always 

 command a high price. His Red As- 

 tracan orchard was last year loaded tj 



Fig. IlltT — 



iH \l affiliated Society at Grimsby 



was formed in 1895, with Mr. 



\ J. H. Grout as president, and 



C. W. VanDuzer, secretary : 



and ever since the interest in its work 



325 



