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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



November, 1912. 



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who knew him when he lived in Ottawa 

 will remember his tall, manly figure, his 

 ruKjfcd streng-th and the iron like grip of 

 his hand, and they can scarcely believe 

 that wth his great physique serious illness 

 rould lay hold upon him. But he has been 

 ( ut down in the prime of life. He died at 

 Siasconset, Massachusetts, on August 10th. 

 1!I12, at the age of 48 years. 



Mr. Craig was bom at Lakefield, Argen- 

 tcuil Co.. P.p., in 1864. His father, the 

 late VVm. Craig, was manager of the estate 

 of the late Chas. Gibb, a noted horticultur- 

 ist of Abbotsford, Quebec, a lover of fruits 

 and flowers, from whom Mr. Craig received 

 the inspiration which decided him to make 

 horticulture his life's work. From the 

 High School in Montreal He went to the 

 Agricultural College at Ames, Iowa, in 

 1885, where he specialized in horticulture 

 and economic botany, becoming in 1887 as- 

 sistant to Prof. J. L. Budd. Professor of 

 Horticulture, and. in 1888, while still hold- 

 ing the latter office, he became assistant 

 to the Director having charge of the de- 

 partment of Horticulture of the Iowa Agri- 

 cultur.il Experiment Station. In January, 

 1890, he entered the service of the Dominion 

 Government, becoming Horticulturist of 

 the Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, 

 which position he held until the autumn of 

 1897. The work in horticulture developed 

 greatly under him. The use of Bordeaux 

 mixture in preventing the development of 

 certain diseases of fruit was practically un- 

 known in Canada when he began experi- 

 ments, and as early as 1890 we find him 

 trying different formulae to determine the 

 best to use. To his energy in rapidly 

 spreading the good news of the possible 

 control of apple scab, is largely due the 

 wide and early use of Bordeaux mixture in 

 Canada. When San Jose Scale was first 

 discovered in Ontario in 1896 the prompt 

 action which was taken to control it was 

 largely due to him. In 1893 he assisted thf 

 Provincial Government in organizing the 

 Ontario Fruit Experiment Stations. 



He was one of the most enthusiastic and 

 energetic workers in the Ottawa Horticul- 

 tural Society, while in Otta%va. and was on*- 

 of the few who organized the .society in 18!>3 

 He was president of that society for 1895, 

 1896. and 1B97. during which time it de- 

 veloped rapidly. 



Mr. Craig resigned his position as Horti- 

 culturist of the Central Experimental Farm 

 in 1897 and went to the United States, 

 where he took a special course at the Agri- 

 cultural College at Cornell University, ob- 

 taining the degree of Master of the Science 

 of Agriculture there in 1899. He was ap- 

 pointed Professor of Horticulture and For- 

 estry of the Iowa State .Agricultural Col- 

 lege in 1899. which he held until 1900, when 

 he accepted the position of Professor of 

 Extension Teaching at Cornell He filled 

 this office until 1903. when he became Pro- 

 fessor of Horticulture of the Cornell Agri- 

 cultural College, which post he held until 

 his death. 



Prof. Craig filled many offices in the Uni- 

 ted States. He became Secretary of the 

 American Pomological Society in 1903 and 

 was still Secretary when he died. Notwith- 

 standing his many other duties he edited 

 the National Nurseryman, a trade paper of 

 importance and the organ of the American 

 Association of Nurserymen. Prof. Craig's 

 outstanding qualities were his strength of 

 will and his capacity for work, which led 

 him from one important position to another. 

 He loved horticulture, and being intimately 

 connected with it from his early youth he 

 had a broad insight into, and a great know- 

 ledge of, the whole field.— W. T. Macoun. 



