QUEBEC FRUIT GROWERS IN ANNUAL CONVENTION 



IIAUCJLU JUNKS, MAITI.AXU, OXT. 



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the Quebec Poniological and Fruit 

 Growing Society, from the point of value, 

 was one of the most successful ia the his- 

 tory of the society. The meetings took 

 place December 14 and 15 at Ayer's Cliff, 

 Que. The speakers had been carefully 

 chosen and were men well qualified to deal 

 with the topics under discussion. I'heir 

 addresses were selected with careful con- 

 sideration to their special value to the Que- 

 bec fruit grower and farmer. 



It is to be regretted that a larger number 

 of the farmers around Ayer's Clfff did not 

 avail themselves of this excellent oppor- 

 tunity to receive information on fruit grow- 

 ing. Those who did attend could not but 

 appreciate the effort made to make the 

 meetings lx)th beneficial and entertaining. 



Owing to press of business, [Mr. Xorman 

 E. Jack, president of the society, was not 

 able to attend, but the able vice-president, 

 Mr. Fisk, of Abbotsford, warmly welcomed 

 everybody to the meetings. A valuable 

 paper on Cauliflowers and How to Grow 

 Them, was given by Mr. R. Brodie, of 

 Westmount, Que. This paper is published 

 in full in this issue of The Horticuluturist. 



]Mr. W. T. Alacoun. Horticulturist, 

 Experimental Farm, Ottawa, followed with 

 an exhaustive and valuable paper on the 

 cultivation of potatoes. An extract from 

 this paper is also published in this issue of 

 The Horticulturist. The discussion brought 

 out the fact that early and frequent spray- 

 ino- with Bordeaux mixture and paris green 

 easily doubles the crop and that the perfect 

 beetle and hard shelled bug does not do 

 much if any damage. If the larvae or slug 

 is killed when young the crop will not be 

 injured. 



Prof. G. Reynaud, Horticulturist. La 

 Trappe, Que., spoke in French on some 

 causes of unsuccessful fruit culture. His 

 remarks were listened to with a o-reat deal 



of interest b}' those familiar with the lan- 

 guage. 



A practical address on fruit growing in 

 connection with general farming was given 

 by Mr. Harold Jones, of Maitland, Ont., 

 whose remarks caught the attention of the 

 meeting and led to a lively and interesting 

 discussion. This address will appear in 

 the February issue of The Horticulturist. 



Prof. Waugh, of the Massachusetts Agri- 

 cultural College, Amherst, Mass, as is al- 

 ways the case, was the Hfe of the meeting. 

 He gave a valuable talk on dwarf trees, 

 their uses, propagation and management. 

 The pleasure and profit that may be derived 

 by growing apples and pears in large quan- 

 tities on small areas was clearly shown. 

 The quality of the fruit is superior to that 

 grown on standard trees of the same 

 variety. Dwarf trees come into bearing 

 at from one to three years after grafting, 

 wdiich makes them valuable to plant be- 

 tween standards while waiting for these 

 trees to come into bearing. 



AN EXHIBIT OF FRUIT. 



On the fruit tables w-ere showai about 80 

 plates of apples. It was a surprise to the 

 visitors from Ontario to see such fine sam- 

 ples and also to see such varieties as King. 

 Spy and Ben Davis grown to perfection. 

 Mr. Fisk, of Abbotsford, exhibited 10 

 plates, among which were very fine samples 

 of Lawver, Ben Davis and Fameuse. Mr. 

 J. B. Edwards, of Huntington, had 15 

 plates, which won him much credit, his 

 WoU River, Spy, King and Johnathan de- 

 serving special notice. Six plates, with 

 some very fine specimens of Kings, were 

 shown by ]Mr. Brodie. 



Other exhibitors were Messrs. Asa John- 

 ston, 16 plates, including fine specimens of 

 Bethel, Spy, Baxter, Edghill and Fameuse : 

 \\'m. Craig, winter sweet crabs and some 

 fine cranberries; and Mr. Rowell, 15 plates 

 of fine Wealthv. Wolf River and Nodhead. 



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