BURLINGTON HORTICULTURAL ASSOCIATION. 



Fic;. 1477. — Mr. Geo. Fisher's Residence. 



ing the fungous and insect enemies of 

 his orchard, and as a result, when a 

 competent inspector was needed by the 

 Department of Agriculture to search out 

 the San Jose scale, Mr. George E. 

 Fisher was chosen, and his work has 

 been most thorough and painstaking. 



Mr. A. W. Peart, B.A., of the Univer- 

 sity of Toronto, of 1881, is a partner 

 with his father, Thomas Peart, on a farm 

 of 150 acres, which is devoted to mixed 

 farming, in the production of fruit, 

 butter, beef, pork, grain, etc. Every 

 year the fruit gets more attention and 

 the grain less, until now Mr. Peart has 



about twenty two acres of apples, pears, 

 plums, grapes, currants and blackberries. 

 Indeed, it was Mr. Peart who was the 



Fig. 1478.— Mr. Fisher's Fruit Hocse. 

 first in the Burlington district to plant 

 largely of grapes, and to demonstrate 



Fig. 1479.— Mr. C. Davis' Residence. 

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