THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



A LARGE NUMBER OF FrUIT GROWERS 



met at Grimsby on the 12th of March, 

 to discuss freight rates, and the best 

 methods of packing and shipping fruit. 

 There were two Commission Merchants 

 present, viz., J. T. McBride, of Montreal, 

 and G. N. Hunt, of Ottawa, whose ad- 

 dresses were closely listened to. They 

 advocated more careful handling, better 

 grading, and better packing of our ten- 

 der fruits ; and the shipping in refriger- 

 ator car lots to save freight. 



these and other new markets, or go out 

 of the business of growing fruit. 



Possibilities of Agriculture in 

 the Yukon District is the title of a re- 

 cent bulletin issued from the Experi- 

 mental Farm, Ottawa, prepared by the 

 Director. As stated by him, " With 

 the comparatively low temperatures all 

 through the summer, the prevalence of 

 frost during the early part of June, and 

 again before the end of August, which 

 shortens the growing season at both 

 ends, there seems to be no prospect of 

 ever being much done in the way of 

 agriculture in such a climate." The 

 bulletin proceeds to give a list of fodder 

 crops and vegetables which may be 

 grown with success. 



Several Carloads of American nur- 

 sery stock arrived at the border on the 

 day the San Jos^ Scale act was passed 

 at Ottawa. The Minister of Customs 

 refused them admittance. This will be 

 serious loss to those American nursery- 

 men who had made the sales in Canada, 

 but of course the interests of our fruit 

 growers generally are more important 

 than those of a few individuals. We 

 must stamp out and keep out this pest, 

 lest our orchards become ruined and the 

 best markets of the world be closed to 

 our fruits. What would be the prospects 

 of the Canadian fruit grower, if England 

 and Germany, and other great markets 

 should bar our fruits ? We must have 



Fruits Not Barred Out — The 

 Dominion Act does not prohibit the 

 importation of fruit from countries in- 

 fested with San Jos^ scale. Our own 

 Provincial Act makes it unlawful to 

 import or sell such fruit, and it would 

 be a great additional safe-guard if the 

 Dominion Act could also have been 

 made to include it. The following 

 remarks on this head are from Farming. 



" Recently the Ontario Fruit Growers' 

 Association urged upon the Dominion 

 Minister of Agriculture that the Govern- 

 ment should prohibit the importation of 

 foreign fruits into Canada, because of 

 the danger from bringing in the San 

 Jose scale. The Winnipeg Board of 

 Trade took the matter up, and has re- 

 ceived word from Mr. Fisher that the 

 prohibition of the importation of foreign 

 fruits is practically impossible. Such a 

 prohibition would be manifestly unfair 

 to the people of Manitoba, who depend 

 largely upon California for fresh fruit. 

 No pears, plums or peaches are grown 

 in Manitoba and the North-west, and 

 nearly every attempt to bring fruit from 

 British Columbia or Ontario has resulted 

 in loss, therefore the prohibition of for- 

 eign fruit coming into the country would 

 almost deprive Manitoba of these luxu- 

 ries. 



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Goderich. — At the last meeting of 

 he Goderich Horticultural Society, Mr. 

 Wm. Warnock gave a paper on " How to 

 use Fertilizers." He showed the impor- 

 tance of cultivation in connection with 

 fertilizers, as otherwise much fertility 

 might remain in the soil. For tomatoes 

 he discouraged the use of stable manure 

 as causing them to run too much to vine; 

 he advised a fertilizer that is a complete 

 manure, applying a handful to each plant 



