OUR MEETING AT WATERLOO. 



the only effective spray, and after the 

 application is made the whole tree will 

 be covered with the peculiar green of the 

 Bordeaux mixture. Besides, such a me- 

 thod is the only economical method of 

 applying it, compared with the old cy- 

 clone nozzle, for instance, by means of 

 which the application was so wasteful 

 that more than two-thirds fell to the 

 ground, and two or three times the quan- 

 tity was used that was necessar)'. Per- 

 sistency in the work is a feature which is 

 usually neglected. Many persons think 

 that, when they have once sprayed their 

 orchard the work is done for the season, 

 while, on the other hand, several appli- 

 cations should be given, especially if the 

 weather is favorable for the development 

 of the scab. 



In the afternoon of the first day, a 

 detailed report was given of the experi- 

 ments in the export of tender fruit in 

 cold storage to Great Britain, and Mr. 

 Geo. E Fisher reported upon the success 

 which had attended some private ship- 

 ments of pears, apples and tomatoes 

 from Burlington. Mr. Fisher inquired 

 if the Department would furnish cold 

 storage accommodation for fruit growers 

 in general the next season. Prof. Rob- 

 ertson, who was present representing the 

 Department of Agriculture for the Domi- 

 nion, replied that, if growers asked in 

 advance for certain space, say sufficient 

 for one carload per week, provision would 

 be made for them, providing the growers 

 asking for such space would not fail to 

 occupy it. Mr Robertson gave a de- 

 tailed account of the efforts which had 

 been made by the Minister of Agricul- 

 ture for the Dominion to assist fruit 

 growers in placing their goods in the 

 English market where he was confident 

 they would bring remunerative prices 

 He outlined the methods of packing 

 which he thought best, and showed some 

 diagrams for the construction of cold 



storage warehouses on a small scale for 

 the use of fruit growers He also stated 

 that no effort would be spared on the 

 part of the Department to find out all 

 the information possible in the way of 

 facilitating the export of Canadian tender 

 fruits With regard to the export of Can- 

 adian grapes, and the objection on the 

 part of the English people to their flavor, 

 Dr. Saunders said he did not believe 

 that the best plan would be to attempt 

 to force Concords down the throats of 

 Englishmen against their will, but rather 

 to first tempt their taste by for\varding 

 the finest flavored Canadian varieties, 

 and perhaps then they might take a 

 fancy to well ripened Concords. Mr. 

 Robertson said he believed a market 

 might yet be opened for our Concords, 

 although during the past season the ship- 

 ment of them had been a failure. At 

 one hotel in England an experiment was 

 made with Canadian Concords for a 

 whole week. The first day it was no- 

 ticed that the guests would take one or 

 two berries, taste them and then spit 

 them out. After a day or two, it was 

 observed that a little more attention was 

 being paid to them, and toward the end 

 of the week, the dishes of Concords were 

 emptied completely Regarding the 

 English methods of eating grapes, it was 

 remarked that the English people have 

 no idea of consuming grapes by the 

 pound in the way that we Canadians do. 

 Indeed, many varieties are so expen- 

 sive that guests are not expected to take 

 more than two or three berries at one 

 time from the dish. Surely let us hope 

 that Canadian grapes once introduced 

 will create a new era in the consumption 

 of grapes among the English people. 



The report of the progress of our ex- 

 perimental work in exporting fruit in 

 cold storage was listened to with deep 

 interest, and a resolution unanimously 

 passed as follows : 



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