THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURlSi . 



bine these interests no action should be 

 taken until Parliament meets, when this 

 matter may be thoroughly considered. As 

 a fruit grower I will strongly oppose any 

 fusion of the fruit and dairy divisions and 

 I am satisfied that other fruit growers feel 

 the same way." 



As Avill be seen in another column the 

 I'rince Edward Island Fruit growers, at 

 their annual convention during the third 

 week of December, passed a resolution 

 unanimously opposing the proposed union 

 of the two divisions, the opinion being free- 

 ly expressed by those in attendance that 



such an amalgamation would likely prove 

 disastrous to the fruit interests of Canada. 



A leading Ontario fruit grower, speaking 

 to The Horticulturist, stated that were the 

 dairy and fruit divisions joined, with the 

 chief of the dairy division as the superior 

 officer, it would simply mean that the fruit 

 interests of Canada would be the tail of the 

 dairy kite. Owing to lack of space, The 

 Horticulturist is unable to give the views of 

 more growers on this subject, but can state 

 that every fruit grower heard from is thor- 

 oughly opposed to the proposed combina- 

 tion of the two divisions. 



PRIN3E EDWARD ISLAND FRUIT GROWERS' PARLIAMENT 



MATTERS of great interest and im- 

 portance to the fruit grow-ers of 

 the Dominion as well as of Prince Edward 

 Island were dealt with at the ninth annual 

 convention of the Prince Edward Island 

 Fruit Growers' Association held at Char- 

 lottctown December 20 and 21. The Fruit 

 Growers' Association is the most vital of 

 all the garden province's organizations and 

 keen interest was, therefore, manifested in 

 tlie subjects discussed. 



Several important decisions were reached. 

 It was resolved to ask the Dominion ]\Iinis- 

 ter of Agriculture to place fruit commission 

 merchants under Dominion regulation ; to 

 give inspectors under the ]\Iarks Act right 

 of control in loading apples on shipboard ; 

 to put express companies under the juris- 

 diction of the railway commission ; to ask 

 for government assistance to inaugurate co- 

 operation ; to recommend the purchase of a 

 full line of horticultural implements for the 

 experimental farms ; to urge the convoking 

 of a National Fruit Growers' Council ; and, 

 to make The Canadian Horticulturist the 

 official organ. 



AN IMPORTANT RESOLUTION. 



The following resolution, which was 

 adopted unanimously, was recognized to be 



of great imjxDrtance. In passing it the 

 growers felt assured of the support of the 

 great body of the fruit growers throughout 

 the Dominion. This resolution read as 

 follows : 



" Whereas it has come to the knowledge 

 of this association, through the press, that 

 an amalgamation of the Fruit with the 

 Dairy Division of the Department of Agri- 

 culture, Ottaw'a, is in contemplation; there- 

 fore it is resolved that this assemblage of 

 the fruit growers of Prince Edward Island 

 do respectfully express to the Honorable the 

 Minister of Agriculture its unqualified dis- 

 approval of any such amalgamation as detri- 

 mental to the large and increasing horticul- 

 tural interests of Canada, which call for ex- 

 tension in their central offices rather than 

 restriction." 



THE CONVENTIOX A SUCCESS. 



Much of the credit for the decided suc- 

 cess of the convention is due the president 

 of the association. Rev. Father A. E. Burke, 

 of Alberton, who was unanimously re- 

 elected as president amid much enthusiasm. 

 Rev. Father Burke's sympathy with the 

 agricultural interests and splendid powers 

 of direction are known and appreciated and 

 perhaps more thoroughly without his own 



