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Mr. Alexander McDonald Allan, 

 has been appointed Superintendent of 

 Horticulture for Canada at the Paris 

 Exposition to be held in Paris in 1900. 

 This gentleman needs no introduction 

 to our readers, having been for a long 

 time prominent in our association for 

 some years as director, and then as pre- 

 sident. He is son of the late Rev. 

 Daniel Allan, and all his life has shown 

 a live interest in horticulture, and has 

 been widely known as one of the most 

 extensive apple shippers in Canada ; so 

 much so that at one time he was dubbed 

 " The Apple King." He had charge of 

 Canadian fruit at the Colonial Exhibi- 

 tion, and has in this way gained a great 

 addition to his knowledge of fruits. We 

 have no doubt that Canada's interest 

 will be well served by this appointment. 



Dr. Saunders, Ottawa, was present 

 at the Industrial on Monday and Tues- 

 day. From what he saw in Winnipeg 

 he has reason to believe that there is an 



opening for Ontario Concord grapes 

 delivered in proper packages and in good 

 condition. 



Regarding fruit in British Columbia 

 he says to the press at Ottawa : 



The fruit orchards at Agassiz are doing 

 excellent work in testing all the obtainable 

 varieties of fruit from many quarters of the 

 globe, with the object of ascertaining what 

 kinds are liest adapte(> to the climate, and 

 which give the most profitable returns. Many 

 of the new sorts, not heretofore tried — espe- 

 cially those from Europe — are giving excel- 

 lent results and some of those which have 

 proved particularly profitable, are being rap- 

 idly multiplied. The numljer of varieties of 

 large fruits now under trial is 2,004, and of 

 small fruits 412, making a total of 2,416. The 

 four orchards which have been planted on the 

 side of a mountain at the back of the farm, at 

 different heights from 150 to, 1100 feet above 

 the valley, conttDue to give excellent results. 

 About 900 trees are now growing in these 

 orchards, including some of the most promis- 

 ing varieties of apples, pears, plums, cherries 

 and peaches, and the trees continue to mani- 

 fest remarkable health, and the foliage and 

 fruit are much less liable to injury from para- 

 sitic fungi than those growing on the valley 

 level, the fruit being remarkably clean and 

 free from spot. The usefulness of the land in 

 such situations for orchard purposes having 

 now been demonstrated, many farmers are 

 following the example set by the Experimen- 

 tal Farm, and are utilizing these hitherto 

 waste spots by converting them into orchards. 



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