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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



fjiven about the shipment uf apples by the 

 steamer Loyalist, in which Nova Scotia growers 

 had shipped 20,000 barrels of apples (the F'ur- 

 ness. Withy line) and which were lost. The 

 insurance on the apples was paid and the com- 

 pany proved equal to the best on the continent. 

 Many were interested in listening to Mr. R. 

 W. Starr, who spoke on "Impressions of On- 

 tario Fruit ami Fruit Growers." The speaker 

 when in Ontario found Ontario apples were well 

 colored and learned that this was on account of 

 their being left on the trees as long as possihtc 

 before frost came. 



A DOMINION ASSoe'IATloX. 



References were made to packing fruit by A. 

 McNeill, Chief of the Fruit Division at Ottawa. 

 Regarding the formation .of a Maritime Fruit 

 Growers' As.sociation, Mr. McNeill thought it 

 advisable to have a Dominion Association in 

 order to give fruit growers more influence witli 

 the government. 



Spraying was discussed by Dr. Fletcher, of 

 the Kxperimental Farm. Ottawa. Discussions 

 followed, in which Mr. McNeill, Dr. Fletcher, 

 G. H. Vroom and others participated. The 

 concensus of opinion was that spraying done in 

 a thorough manner either once, twice or three 

 times during the year, to suit local conditions, 

 brought the best results. 



At one of the evening sessions. Secretary of 

 Agriculture. Mr. B. W. Chipman. traced the de- 

 velopment of fruit growing in Nova Scotia dur- 

 ing the past 50 years. Last year the superin- 

 tendent of agriculture sent fruit to the Crystal 

 Palace exhibit at London which received the 

 .highest praise. The exhibit of 82 varietiesj grown 

 on one farm in King's county, was an eye 

 opener to the English people. Nova Scotia 

 holds first place among all apples from abroad. 

 The speaker ti-aced the increase in the value of 

 apples from 1867 to the present time. The fruit 

 growers of Nova Scotia feel greatly encouraged 

 as a rpsult of the convention. 



Advertisers Read This. — I see very few adver- 

 tisements in The Horticulturist along the line 

 of fruit growers' seasonable wants, such as 

 fruit baskets, fruit boxes, barrel staves, hoops 

 and headings, and where they are made, un- 

 leached wood ashes, fence posts, and many 

 other things fruit growers need. There is no 

 time in the busy season for us to purchase these 

 articles, and we would like to order them at this 

 season in advance. I would also like to draw^ 

 attention to the reports circulated during the 

 months of July and August last by foreign deal- 

 ers as to the probable large yield of apples for 

 export and the actual results in comparison to 

 other years. — (A. H., Grimsby. Ont. 



I am very well pleased with The Canadian 

 Horticulturist. It handles the subjects I am 

 interested in. — (H. Rutherford. Long Island. 

 N. Y. 



The December number of The Canadian 

 Horticulturist is by far the best number that 

 has ever been issued. — (J. Cavers, Oakville, Ont. 



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