THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



March, 1912 



The Third Dotninion Fruit Conference 



FAR-REACHING results should follow 

 the third Dominion conference of fruit 

 growers that was held in Ottawa, Feb- 

 ruary 14-16. T|je discussions that 

 were held and the resolutions that were 

 passed were fraught with much of impor- 

 tance to the fruit interests of Canada. 



The conference was called by the Do- 

 minion Minister of Agriculture, Hon. Mar- 

 tin Burrell. It was thoroughly representa- 

 tive in nature, delegates being in attend- 

 ance from all the provinces of Canada, fhey 

 represented the various fruit growere' con- 

 ventions, apple shippers' associations and 

 provincial departments of agriculture. In 

 addition to the delegates a number of rei^re- 

 sentative .apple growers and shippers were 

 present from several of the provinces at 

 their own expense. All present were allow- 

 ed to join in the discussions, but only dele- 

 gates were permitted to vote. 



GREAT THINGS EXPECTED 



The various meetings were buoyant with 

 optimism and breathed a national spirit 

 that was very apparent. Every delegate 

 present was charged with the conviction 

 that the fruit interests of his province are 

 on the eve of a wonderful development. 

 The confidence in the future of the industry 

 this feeling inspired had its counterpart 

 in the manifestation of a national spirit 

 which led all the delegates to evince a keen 

 desire that the fruit growers of the various 

 provinces shall work in harmony with one 

 another, and as far as possible under uni- 

 form laws pertaining to the handling and 

 marketing of their fruit. 



A feature of the conference was a splen- 

 did display of apples comprising about on© 



Honorable Martin Burrell 



Who called the Conference and who presided at 

 several of the sessions. 



hundred and fifty boxes gathered from each 

 of the fruit growing provinces of Canada. 



There were also several boxes of fruit from 

 the famous Hood River district in Oregon, 

 the state of Washington, and the state of 

 Virginia. In addition, the Dominion Ex- 

 perimental Farm at Ottawa had an excel- 

 lent exhibit of Fameuse apples and an at- 

 tractive selection of plate fruit represent- 

 ing various seedlings originated at the 

 Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa. 

 Manitoba was represented by two boxes ot 

 fruit. 



The fruit from the different provinces 

 was richly colored, high grade in quality 

 and well packed. It auortled opportunities 

 for comparison of fruit from the ditterent 

 provinces, l he display made it manitest that 

 while some provinces may produce more 

 box fruit than others, still each of the 

 provinces is able to produce fruit that will 

 compare favorably with the best fruit from 

 any other section. The fruit in the ex- 

 hibit had been collected by the government 

 from the ditterent provinces and shipped to 

 Ottawa, where it was all repacked by the 

 same packers. It showed the possibilities 

 of the cold storage of fruit and reflected 

 credit on the Dominion Department of Ag- 

 riculture which had arranged the exhibit. 

 The exhibit was banked on the platform 

 facing the delegates, where it made a most 

 attractive display. An illustration of this 

 exhibit appears on page 57. 



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A feature of the conference was provided 

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 the Duke of Connaught, Governor-General 

 of Canada, at one of the afternoon sessions 



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