THE NIAGARA DISTRICT FRUIT GROWERS 



The Niagara Peninsula United Pi'uit Grow- 

 ers' Association held a profitable meeting in St. 

 Catharines about the middle of December. The 

 president, Mr. C. M. Honsberger, presided, and 

 a large number of members were present. The 

 following were elected officers for the coming 

 year : President, C. M. Honsberger, Jordan 

 Station. Vice-presidents, Joseph Tweedle, 



bioney Creek ; A. Muir, Niagara Township ; A. 

 Railton, Fonthill. Secretary-treasurer, Carl E. 

 Fisher, St. Catharines. Executive committee — 

 F. Pay, W. C. McCalla, W. H. Bunting, St. 

 Catharines ; Robert Thompson, W. H. Lee, 

 Geo. A." Robertson, Alfred Griffin, Grantham ; 

 P. A. Goring, Major James Hiscott, Isaac Usher, 

 Niagara ; Thomas Berriman, Stamford ; E. 

 Morden, Niagara Falls South ; Win. M. Hen- 

 dershot, Thorold ; S. H. Rittenhouse, Jordan 

 Harbor ; Andrew Haynes, Camby Wismer, 

 Louth ; Rev. W. J. Andrews, S. M. Culp, 

 Beamsville ; A. H. Pettit, C. W. Vanduser, 

 Grimsby ; M. Pettit, J. W. Sniith, Egbert Smith, 

 Winona; Erland Lee, Stoney Creek. 



A comprehensive and instructive report was 

 presented by Mr. Robert Thompson on the re- 

 sults of the investigations into the San Jose 

 scale. Most of this information has already 

 appeared in The Horticulturist. Mr. W. H. 

 Bunting, of St. Catharines, stated he thought 

 the experiments made bore out the results ob- 

 tained by tests of a similar nature carried on 

 in other parts of the continent. He stated that 

 the McBain mixture ha,s been used with good 

 results, but for smaller orchards he thought 

 lime and sulphur the more applicable. 



On motion it was decided not to ask the gov- 

 ernment for further aid in supplying material 

 for experiments. This action was objected to 

 by Mr. Murray Pettit, of Winona, who pointed 

 out that the black rot of grapes is causing trou- 

 ble and that government assistance may prove 

 desii'able. Mr. Pettit moved in amendm.ent 

 that the government be requested to continue 

 its aid. This amendment brought out a lively 

 discussion, but was finally withdrawn and the 

 resolution to adopt the report carried. A com- 

 mittee of some of the most prominent growers 

 was appointed to interview the government and 

 request that assistance be granted in fighting 

 other blights which threatened the fruit crop 

 of the district. 



A lively address on Cooperation was given by 

 Prof. Reynolds, of Guelph, who presented a re- 

 sume of the results of trial shipments of fruit 

 to the west. An account of tihese shipments 

 has already been presented in The Horticultur- 

 ist. In closing, Prof. Reynolds stated that 

 the obstacles to a trade with Manitoba and the 

 Northwest are : 



First. Ontario fruits are not of good shipping 

 quality. Second, transportation is not satis- 

 factory. Third, markets are uncertain and 

 commission men and others who handle our 

 fruits do not always give satisfactory returns. 



The various difficulties in the way of estab- 

 lisihing 'this business can be overcome for the 

 average fruit grower in no other way than by 

 cooperation. Cooperation will give the fruit 

 growers strength to deal with the railway com- 



panies, to compel frorrt the latter proper regard 

 for their rights, and, furthermore, the added 

 business which would result from cooperation 

 would make it appear to the railways more and 

 more worth wlhile to give the matter of fruit 

 transportation the attention it will then deserve. 

 An organization will be able to grapple success- 

 fully with the problems of marketing, which it 

 is difficult, if not impossible, for the private 

 shipper to do. At the shipping point the co- 

 operative concern could take charge of the 

 selection of the packages, grading, packing and 

 sihipping of the fruit, thus relieving the indi- 

 vidual fruit grower from the necessity of at- 

 tending to these exacting details, and giving 

 him time to attend to his legitimate business of 

 producing prime fruit. 



Should Take The Horticulturist. 



The directors of the Lindsay Horticultural 

 Society offer to their members for IQO.'i the fol- 

 lowing advantages : 



Each of the first 100 persons (only) who pay 

 the sum of $1 on giving in their name to the 

 secretary, will receive the following collection 

 of choice plants and bulbs for pot culture dur- 

 ing the winter : One azalea, two cyclamen, as- 

 sorted colors, three of the best hyacinths in as- 

 sorted colors, or one althea, one hibiscus and 

 one perennial larkspur, to be delivered in the 

 spring of 1905. The choice of any of the fol- 

 lowing journals free, is given : (a) The Cana- 

 dian Horticulturist, a 52-page illustrated 

 monthly, devoted to fruit, flowers and vege- 

 tables. This choice includes membership in 

 the Ontario Fruit Growers' Association, and the 

 combined annual report of the Fruit Growers' 

 Association and the Entomological Society of 

 Ontario, a book worth to those interested in 

 fruits and flowers, more than the membership 

 fee. (b) The Mayflower, a bright, interesting- 

 journal devoted to fruit, flowers, birds and 

 other interesting subjects. (c) The Lindsay 

 Watchman-Warder for one year, containing the 

 news of the town and country, with articles in- 

 teresting to fruit growers and gardeners in 

 general. (d) Success with Flowers, a monthly 

 journal devoted to flower culture. 



Work in Gn'msbv. 



During the winter the Grimsby society aims 

 to have discussions on fruits and flowers,, the 

 meetings taking more of a literary character 

 than during the summer, when social sessions 

 are more in order. Members are taking deep 

 interest in flowers, gardens are becoming larger 

 and more beautiful every year, and greater 

 strides will yet be made stimulated by the in- 

 creased interest and enthusiasm evinced by the 

 members of the society. — (J.' W. Brennan, 

 Grimsby Hort'l Society. 



Have Bought Barrels. — The Forest Fruit 

 Growers' and Forwarding Association has 

 bought the material for making apple barrels 

 for next season. The barrels will cost the as- 

 sociation 26% cents made up. 



