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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



February, 1912 



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noon and ovoning spoke on the soLl and ite 

 relation to crops, from the physical, chemi- 

 cal and bacteriological stand'iwints. He 

 .said in part, "The work of tho mark«t gar- 

 denoj is to product- quality and abundance. 

 Quality is dependent upon size, succulence, 

 aroma, absence of fibre and bitternes.s. To 

 obtain these growth must l>e continuous, 

 and this j^rowth is pofjsible only wlieD the 

 plant has room, air, heat and moisture. 

 These conditions are best met on a deep, 

 sandy, well drained loam. These physical 

 conditions are not sufficient, however, for 

 there mu,st be an abundance of plant food 

 in soil and available for i)lant use. Bac- 

 terial life idays a more important part in 

 plant nutrition than many supiwse. Last- 

 Ij', and most imi>ortant of all, i.s the soil 

 moisture. Plants thrive alm«.)st in propor- 

 tion to tlie soil moisture. They do not only 

 i:ced it in larsn- quantities, but by bringing 

 plant food in solution it makes ix>ssible its 

 absorption by the plant," 



llev. Father Le<)i)old spoke of the metliods 

 employed by French gardeners in the north- 

 ern ijart of France. Under adverse circum- 

 stances and by hand labor all alone theee 

 gardeners have brought the culture of 

 vegetables to a high state of i>erfection. 



AVOID THE MIDDLEM.\N 



Mr. G. A. Gigault, re])resenting the De- 

 partment of Agriculture, Quebec, was much 

 in favor of cooperation in this branch of 

 labor as in all others. He pointed out that 

 the producer obtained from 35 to 50 per 

 cent of the selling price of his production, 

 while the middlemen take the rest. This 

 should not be. Every gardener should reap 

 the full xjrice of his labor. Coop^-ation 

 would solve the problem. He was of the 

 opinion that if a stock company was formed 

 with a caijital stock of seventy-five thousand 

 dollars and warehouses rentf>d or purchased 

 in the large cities, in charge of a very 

 capable man, that farmers would realize a 

 very handsome profit by disposing of their 

 produce through such an agency He 



quoted much evidence to show that the pro- 

 position was workable, and callable of being 

 made a great success. A committee was 

 appointed to look into the matter. Messrs 

 Jack ^IcEvoy, Jos. Deguire and James 

 Clark were appointed members of the com- 

 mittee. The name, "Agricultural Coopera- 

 tive Society for the Province of Quebec," 

 was suggested as a fitting name for the com- 

 pany. 



The market growers in the vicinity of 

 Montreal are among the best in the pro- 

 vince. They only need to be convinced that 

 the convention of vegetable growers is their 

 own, and that it requires their presence, 

 their enthusiasm and their help to make 

 future meetings a still greater success. — 

 E. M. S. 



Ontario Fruit Growers' 

 Association 



A meeting of the directors of the Ontario 

 Fruit Growers' Association was held in To- 

 ronto January 11th. The following officers 

 were elected : President. D. Johnson, 

 Forest; vice-president, J. W. Smith, Win- 

 ona ; secretary-treasurer, P. W. Hodgetts. 

 The officers, with W. L. Hamilton. Lome 

 Park, and W. H. Dempsey, of Trenton, 

 will constitute the executive committee for 

 1912. 



TTie number of members on the transport- 

 ation Committee was reduced, and the fol- 

 lowing appointed: W. L. Hamilton. Lome 

 Park; A, Onslow, Niagara-on-the-Lake ; W. 

 J. Bragg, BowmanvUIe; George French, 

 Sarnia. This committ-ee was instructed to 

 engage a competent man to look after the 

 collection of claims and to otherwise watch 

 the fruit-growers' interests with the ex- 

 press and freight companies. It was felt 



