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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



March, 191 2 



The Canadian Horticulturist 



PublUhed by Th« Horticultural 

 Publisbins Companj, Liaiited 



FSXSItBORO, OVrTJL.VtIO 



EDITORIAL 



Canada become as noted for its fruit as for 

 any of its other great natural resources. 



The Only Horticultural Magazine 



in the Dominion 



Offioial Organ or the Ontario, Quebec, New 



Brunswick and Prince Edward IsiaND 



Fruit Growers' Associations 



H. Bbonson Cowan, Mana«rinK Director 



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January, 1911 8,082 



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December. 1911 10.137 



Total 1".«9 



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 FBTKBBOBO, ONT. 



THE FRUIT CONFERENCE 



The third Dominion Fruit Conference, 

 held in Ottawa last month, proved an in- 

 spiration to all who attended. While it was 

 generally realized that the fruit interests 

 in the various fruit-growing provinces have 

 shown a great advancement during the past 

 few years, one needed to be present to real- 

 ize and appreciate the spirit of optimism 

 and ambition that pervaded the various 

 sessions of the conference. It was evident 

 that this spirit was but a reflection of the 

 views held by the fruit growers in all our 

 leading fruit districts , as these districts 

 were represented by the delegates at the 

 conference . 



So much has been heard during recent 

 years of the wonderful strides that have 

 been made in the growing of fruit on tne 

 Pacific coast it was refreshing to find tnat 

 the fruit growers of the east were wifle 

 awake also and determined to prove that 

 their sections are capable of producing as 

 fine fruit as can be grown anywhere. j.iiey 

 were confident, also, that from now on the 

 east will rapidly become an important factor 

 in the growing and marketing of fruit of 

 the highest quality. The splendid quality 

 of the fruit from the different provinces 

 that was on exhibition proved that there 

 is now a general understanding in all our 

 provinces of what constitutes high class 

 fruit as regards color, size and methods of 

 pack. 



The success of the conference cannot be 

 judged by the business transacted, impor- 

 tant as it was. The greatest benefit derived 

 wiU flow from the impression made by the 

 gathering on the delegates themselves. 

 These men have returned to their respect- 

 ive provinces impressed with the Knowl- 

 edge that their local governmenes, iruit 

 growers' associations and brotiier giutvers 

 must be up and doing if they are to noia 

 their own in the march of progress now «o 

 manifest throughout Canada. The effect 

 of their influence in this direction uuring 

 the next few years can hardly be overesti- 

 mated. 



In harnony with the new national spirit 

 so manifest throughout the sess'ons three 

 most important decisions were reached. One 

 of these was the advocation, in a manner 

 that would not be denied, of the separation 

 of the fruit from the dairy and cold stor- 

 age divisions of the Dominion Department 

 of Agriculture. It is proposed that a com- 

 missioner shall be placed in charge of this 

 department who will have not only a prac- 

 tical knowledge of fruit growing, but great- 

 er freedom of action and direct approach to 

 the minister of agriculture not now allowed 

 to the chief of the fruit division in the sub- 

 ordinate position that he holds. The con- 

 ference made it clear that this is a condi- 

 tion of affairs that requires to be remedied. 

 In line with this resolution was the action 

 taken to form a national fruit growers' as- 

 sociation and to facilitate the holding of a 

 national apple show. When the Dominion 

 Department of Agriculture has a fruit com- 

 missioner enjoying the powers such an of- 

 ficial should possess, backed up by a na- 

 tional fruit growers' association and the 

 holding of national apple shows, the fruit 

 interests of Canada will receive the atten- 

 tion they deserve and we may expei't to see 



A PLEASING CUSTOM 



A pleasing feature of the recent general 

 observance on this continent of the cen- 

 tenary of Charles Dickens' birth was the 

 featuring in connection with it of the use 

 of the scarlet geranium. Il was the great 

 author's favorite flower, and he grew it ex- 

 tensively in his garden at Gadshill. Spe- 

 cial requests were issued to local Dickens 

 committees by H. Snowden Ward, F. R. 

 P. S., the commissioner to the United 

 States and Canada from the Dickens' fel- 

 lowship of Great Britain, urging them to 

 use the geranium in connection with the 

 giving of Dickens dinners, dances and sim- 

 ilar entertainments. 



The growing favor that the observance of 

 Mother's Day is meeting with is due in a 

 large measure to the cu.stoni now connected 

 with it of sending flowers on that day to 

 our mothers or of wearing flowers in their 

 honor. While the use of flowers in memory 

 of Dickens may never be expected to reach 

 the same proportions it is likely to assume 

 in connection with Mothers' Day, still it is 

 a movement ■'hat is in the right direction 

 and one which lovers of flowers may well do 

 their best to encourage. There is no better 

 way of extending the love of flowers. 



SURPRISING APPOINTMENTS 



Ontario's Minister of Agriculture, Hon. 

 James Duff, during the past two or three 

 years, has been subjected to considerable 

 severe criticism at the hands of Conserva- 

 tives and Liberals alike. It has been claim- 

 ed that since his assumption of the port- 

 folio, the department of agriculture has 

 been characterized by a lack of progressive- 

 ness and inability to appreciate the needs 

 and importance of the industry it repre- 

 sets. Nothing the Mini-ster of Agriculture 

 has done has so justified such criticisms as 

 the recent appointments he has made to 

 fill the vacancy created by the resignation 

 of the provinces' talented Deputy Mini- 

 ster of Agriculture, Mr. C. C. James, Hon. 

 Mr, Duff has appointed two deputy mini- 

 sters. There was no more need for such ac- 

 tion than for adding a fifth wheel to a cart. 

 The deputy minister who has been appoint- 

 ed to assume the main direction of the work 

 hitherto done by Mr. James is a young 

 man who, until comparatively recently, was 

 a rer)0rt«r on a Toronto daily paper. He 

 is absolutely without the necessary qualifica- 

 tions to enable him to hold the position 

 which he now occupies. The idea of put- 

 ting such experienced men as Dr. G. C. 

 Creelman, Mr. G. A. Putnam, Mr. P. W. 

 Hodgetts, and others under the direction of 

 such an oflacial, is so ridiculous as to be 

 amusing, if it was not apt to be attended 

 by the most serious consequences 



The members of the Goderich Horticul- 

 tural Society have adopted the pansy as a 

 flower which it is prorwsed shall be grown 

 so extensively in the city as to make the 

 city noted on this score. This is an idea 

 which other horticultural societies and cities 

 might well adopt. Were the growing of 

 other flowers, such as roses, hydrangeas, 

 peonies and many others that might be 

 mentioned, to be made a specialty of in 

 different communities, a civic pride would 

 be created in the cultivation of such flow- 

 ers which would add greatly to the beauty 

 of such cities and to the pleasure of the 

 public. The Ontario Horticultural Asso- 



