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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



April, 1912 



The Third Dotnimon Fruit Conference 



In the report of the Dominion Fruit Con- 

 ference published in the March issue of 

 Thb Canadian Horticultubist the report, 

 through an error in the making up of the 

 forms, was broken off without explanation 

 in the midst of discussion of the fruit cen- 

 sus as given by Mr. W. W. Moore, Chief of 

 the Markets Division. Ottawa. 



The total number of fruit trees in 1901 

 was given as 21,128,197, and for 1911 as 

 20.812.556. The number of bearing tree-s 

 in 1901 was 14.926,027. and in 1911, 

 12,794,357, a dfMJrease of 14 per cent. The 

 number of non-bearing trees reported was 

 more encouraging as they were given as 

 having been 6.202,170 in 1901, and as 

 8,018,199 in 1911, or an increase of 29 per 

 cent. Nova Scotia and British Columbia 

 showed large increases in the number of 

 both bearing and non-bearing apple trees, 

 while Ontario showed a heavy decrease in 

 the number of bearing apple trees, as did 

 also Quebec and New Brunswick. 



Mr. Moore explained that while there had 

 been a great increase in the planting of 

 apple trees in the different provinces there 

 had heen a heavy decrease in the old bear- 

 ing orchards planted many years ago in lo- 

 calities not well adapted to fruit growing. 

 A number of the delegates expressed doubt 

 in regard to the correctnass of the figures, 

 and claimed that they did not correspond 

 with what they knew to be the case in por- 

 tions at least of their respective provinces. 

 Mr. Moore himself did not seem any too 

 sure that it would be safe to rely on the 

 correctness of the figures, but gave them for 

 what they were worth. 



Mr. A. W. Peart, of Burlington, who had 

 furnished valuable information in regard 



to the acreage and production of fruit in 

 Canada at the last conference, gave Home 

 additional information as compiled by him 

 recently from various Government and oth- 

 er sources. He estimated that the fruit in- 

 terests of Canada represent an investment 

 of $78,621,800, and that the fruit crop of 

 Canada each year yields the growers a re- 

 turn of 25 i)er cent., on the average, upon 

 this inve.stment. He placed the apple acrtv 

 age at 252,657 acres, representing a capital 

 value of $50,531,400. Further mention of 

 Mr. Peart's figures will be made later. 



The balance of the Thursday afternoon 

 session was devoted to a discussion of the re- 

 commendation and resolutions that had 

 been forwarded by the various Tirovincial 

 associations, practically all of which were 

 referred to the various committees for con- 

 sideration. A feature of this session was 

 the presence of His Royal Hiehness the 

 Duke of Connaught, Giovernor-General of 

 Canada, who made a brief speech, and who 

 remained to listen to a considerable por- 

 tion of the discuFsion. After the con- 

 ference the Duke was sent eiome fruit from 

 each of the provinces as contained in the 

 exhibit at the conference. 



THE PRIME MINISTER SPOKE 



At the Thursday evening session, addresses 

 were eiven by the Right Hon. R. Tj. Bor- 

 den, Premier of Canada, and by Hon. Mr. 

 Burrell. Both sneakers assured their 

 hearers that the Dominion Government was 

 anxious to do everything possible to pro- 

 mote the fruit intere.sts of Canada as well 

 as agricvilture generally. 



A valuable report on the fruit resvources 

 of Canada, as well as of the fruit possibili- 

 ties of the different provinces, was present- 



ed by Mr. W. H. Bunting of St. Catharines, 

 who spent several months last year con- 

 ducting a special inquiry into the fruit 

 growing indu-stry of the Dominion at the re- 

 quest of the Dominion Government, Mr. 

 Bunting eave an outline of the conditions as 

 he found them in each province, and inci- 

 dentally made numerous helpful sugges- 

 tions. A much more complete report of his 

 investigations is to be published later in 

 bulletin form by the Government. Further 

 reference to it will be made in Thb Cana- 

 dian HORTICn,TURI8T. 



The balanc" of the Friday morning and 

 afternoon sessions was devoted to the con- 

 sideration and di8cu.e.sion of the varions 

 committee reports. These' resulted in the 

 passing of the resolutions already outlined 

 and in the formation of the National Fruit 

 Growers' Association. The conference was 

 concluded by the pa.s-sing of formal votes 

 of thanks to the Government for calling the 

 conference and to the Government officials 

 who had helped to make it a success. 



A staiding vote of svmpathy was extend- 

 r-<\ to Mr. Clifford Jack, of Chateauguay 

 Rjisin, Que., one of the delegates, who had 

 been summoned home on account of the 

 sudden death of his mother, Mrs. Annie L. 

 Jack. The results of the transactions of 

 the conference on the fruit interests of 

 Canada will make their influiince felt for 

 many years to come. 



The demand for information about the 

 famous Rittenhouse school and garden, at 

 Jordan Harbor. Ont., has led to the issuing 

 of an extremely handsome booklet describ- 

 ing the work of the garden. It is printed 

 on high-grade paper, profusely illustrated, 

 nnd gives a most interesting description of 

 the Rittenhouse Public School and Garden. 



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