ONTARIO GROWERS ADOPT RESOLUTIONS 



AT the annual convention of the Ontario 

 Fruit Growers' Association in No- 

 vember the following resolutions were 

 adopted : 



That the thanks of the association be ten- 

 dered the sister society of Quebec for send- 

 ing a representative, in the person of Mr. 

 Chapais, to assist in our deliberations. 



That the thanks of this convention be ten- 

 dered to Mr. G. H. /Powell, o^ the United 

 States Department of Agriculture, for his 

 attendance at our meetings and his valuable 

 address on cold storage. 



That the members of the Ontario Fru:t 

 Growers' x^.ssociation have heard with sor- 

 row of the afifliction which has visited one of 

 our oldest and most respected members, Mr. 

 '1'. H. Race, in the death of his wife, and 

 wish to express their sincere sympathy with 

 him in the great loss sustained. 



That this convention, representing the 

 fruit growing interests of Ontario, desires 

 to express its appreciation of the services 

 rendered by the Dominion Department of 

 Agriculture in inaugurating a system of crop 



reporting in regard to iruit, and hopes the 

 service will be continued and be extended. 



That this convention urges upon th'^ 

 Minister of Agriculture. for Canada the ad- 

 visability of securing such legislation as will 

 give the inspectors under the Fruit Marks 

 Act, or other suitable officers, absolute con- 

 trol over the loading of apples on shipboard 

 for export from Canadian ports. 



That this convention desires to respect- 

 fully but most strongly urge the Parliamen*: 

 of Canada to so amend the Railway Act as 

 to place express rates under the control >f 

 the Railway Commission as are freight rates. 

 That whereas there is reason to believe 

 that in many cases the returns made to fruit 

 growers by commission dealers do not repre- 

 sent the full amount of the prices realized 

 by such dealers, therefore be it resolved that 

 the Minister of Agriculture for Canada be 

 urged to take such steps as may be neces- 

 sary to place commission dealers under Do- 

 minion regulations with a view of wholly 

 preventing or largely reducing such fraudu- 

 lent practices. 



WHAT THE PEOPLE THOUGHT OF THE FRUIT, FLOWER 



AND HONEY SHOW 



\ 1 7 HILE the Fruit, Flower and Honey 

 V V Show was in progress a represen- 

 tative of The Horticulturist asked a number 

 of the leading people present what they 

 thought of the show. The following ex- 

 pressions of opinion were secured : 



" I believe this is the beginning of a big 

 annual affair." — (The President, R. J. 

 Score, Toronto. 



" The show is a decided success and ought 

 to be continued. The general eft'ect has 

 been of a valuable educational nature. The 

 citizens of Toronto ought to give it their 

 fullest patronage." — (Edward Tyrrell, 

 •President Toronto Horticultural Society. 



" A feature of the exhibition wdiich I con- 

 sider of great value is the opportunity it af- 

 fords for instruction in the best niethods of 



grading and packing fruit, as shown b\ the 

 expert packers from the Fruit Division. In 

 addition to this the display of commercial 

 packages and the fruit from the different 

 provinces will serve to attract the buyers of 

 fruit from our large cities, the adjoining Re- 

 public and the Old Country, which, if the 

 show is continued, will develop a trade that 

 is capable of almost unlimited expansion." 

 — (W. H. Bunting, St. Catharines, Honor- 

 ary President of the Ontario Fruit Growers' 

 Association. 



" The exhibit of flowers is the best ever 

 made in Toronto. It is unfortunate the 

 show could not have been held in a more 

 suitable location and in a place of crystal 

 construction, better lighted and adapted far 

 such a purpose. As a convention city, and 



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