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THE CANADIAN HORTICULT HRIST 



January, 1912 



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The apph' show was held under the aus- 

 pices of the Npw Brunswick Fruit Growers' 

 A.ssociation, the Government giving a grant 

 of five humlrcd doUare toward the show. 

 ThLs made it possible to offer fair prizes, and 

 th\is helps to bring together the be.st fruit 

 and the leading growers of the province. 

 The annua] meeting of the society was held 

 at the same time, and addresses were given 

 on timely topics by horticulturists present. 



A pheasant feature of the show was the 

 banquet given at the Victoria Hotel, where 

 some two hundred of the fruit growers did 

 honour to the occasion. Leading business 

 men and those holding public i)Ositions paid 

 high tribnt<» to the excellent work done by 

 the Dejjartment of Agriculture through the 

 untiring efforts of Secretary for Agricul- 

 ture, W. W. Hubbard, the provincial hoi^ 

 ticulttiri.st, \. G. Turne.y, and W. T. 

 Macoun. Dominion Hortictilturist. Pro- 

 fessor W. S. Blair. Macdonald College, and 

 Professor Shaw, of the Nova Scotia Agri- 

 culture College, acted as judgee at the show, 

 and delivered addresses at the convention. 



The New Assistant in Horti- 

 culture 



Our readers are hereby introduced to Mr. 

 B. M. Straight, the new a.ssistant profes.sor 

 of horticulture at Macdonald College. Mr. 

 Straight is a New 

 Brunswick man. He 

 was born at Cam- 

 bridge, Queen's coun- 

 ty, where he received 

 his education. After 

 teaching in the public 

 schools for a number 

 of years, he was en- 

 gaged in intensive 

 m a r k e t gardening, 

 until he decided on 

 an agricultural col- 

 lege training. This 

 he secured at Truro, 

 the Agricultural Col- 

 lege, Guelph, and at 

 Macdonald, Que. It 

 may be added that he 

 IS on© of MacdonaJd's first graduates. Mr. 

 Straight will contribute a number of arti- 

 cles to The Canadian Horticulturist during 

 the coming year. 



Canadian Apples in China 



The Canadian Trade Commissioner at 

 Shanghai writes to the Department of 

 Trade and Commerce at Ottawa concerning 

 his efforts to promote trade in apples be- 

 tween Canada and China. Many nierchants 

 there prefer the Canadian product, but 

 find the prices too high. One particular 

 firm desired from five hundred and fifty 

 to one thousand cases to be delivered from 

 Vancouver at Shanghai by December fifth, 

 but found that the Canadian firm with 

 whom they communicated quoted two dol- 

 lars and fifty cents gold per case of forty- 

 one pounds, which was forty-one cents more 

 than the Fnited States firms were quoting. 

 The Shanghai market can easily absorb one 

 thousand six hundred case^ this season. 



A trial shipment of Canadian apples last 

 year met with considerable success. Com- 

 mis.<^ioner Harris states that if Canadian 

 apples can be quoted for one dollar and 

 eighty cents, they can easily compete with 

 those from the tlnited States, since they 

 are locally preferred. 



Many thanks for the fountain pen sent 

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