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EDITORIAL. 



|f|e fanadi^n WorticOltdrist 



TKe Only Hortic\altural Magazine in 

 thie Dominion. 



OFFICIAL, ORGAN 



ONTARIO FRUIT GROWERS' ASSOCIATION. 

 THE POMOEOOICAL AND FRUIT GROWING SOCIETY 

 OF THE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC. 

 PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND FRUIT GROWERS- 

 ASSOCIATION. 



H. Bronson Cowan, Editor and Business Manager. 



J. J. Bell, Associate Editor. 



W. G. Rook, Advertising Manager. 



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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST, 



TORONTO, CANADA 



THE NEW MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE. 



The appointment of Mr. Nelson Monteith, as 

 Minister of Agrriculture for Ontario, has been 

 received with general satisfaction by those in 

 close touch with the agricultural conditions of 

 the province. As a grauuate of the Ontario 

 Agricultural College, a member and ex-presi- 

 dent of the. Experimental Union, and a regular 

 attendant at the Winter Fair at Guelph, Mr. 

 Monteith has been in close touch with many of 

 the most important agricultural organizations 

 in Ontario and in this respect is by far the best 

 qualified member of the new government party 

 for the important position to which he has been 

 appointed. 



Mr. Dryden is freely admitted to have been 

 the most successful minister of agriculture 

 Canada has ever seen. Some of the most com- 

 plimentary remarks in regard to Mr. Dryden's 

 fourteen years of administration have appeared 

 recently in the Conservative press of Canada. 

 Following such a man, every allowance will 

 have to be made for Mr. Monteith until he has 

 had opportunity to thoroughly acquaint himself 



with the many lines of work centered in his im- 

 portant office. Mr. Monteith is still a young 

 man, he is thoroughly informed in regard to our 

 agricultural conditions and is desirous of seeing 

 his work developed along the best lines. There 

 is, therefore, no reason apparent why he should 

 not prove equally as successful as his prede- 

 cessor in filling the important position of Min- 

 ister of Agriculture of Ontario. 



THE FRUIT DIVISION. 



The British Columbia Fruit Growers' Asso- 

 ciation, at its annual convention in January, 

 passed a resolution strongly opposing the pro- 

 posal to place the Dominion Fruit Division un- 

 der the control of the Dominion Dairy Com- 

 missioner. Seldom has the feeling of any 

 class been as strongly, as quickly and as unani- 

 mously expressed as in this matter affecting 

 the interests of the fruit growers of the Do- 

 minion. Provincial fruit growers' associations 

 from Prince Edward Island to British Colum- 

 bia have expressed their disapproval, in addi- 

 tion to which numerous small local associations, 

 such as the Hamilton District Fruit Growers' 

 and Gardeners' Association, have not hesitated 

 to place themselves on record as opposing such 

 a move. Fruit growers are proud of their in- 

 dustry and will not be slow to resent any ac- 

 tion that even appears to reflect on its import- 

 ance. 



When it was recently announced that three 

 new commissioners had 'been appointed by the 

 Dominion Minister of Agriculture, one for live 

 stock, one for dairying and one for seeds, fruit 

 growers felt they hstd been overlooked. As the 

 fruit division had not been united with the dairy 

 division, fruit growers have been content to let 

 the matter stand as it is, but within a year the 

 Department at Ottawa may expect to receive a 

 demand from the fruit growers of Canada that 

 they shall be recognized by the appointment of 

 a fruit commissioner. 



FRUIT GROWERS VS. DEALERS. 



At the Provincial Fruit. Flower and Honey 

 Show last November the opinion was expressed 

 by the fruit growers who made exhibits that at 

 future shows it should be advertised that ex- 

 hibitors would take orders for fruit. It was 

 pointed out that if the citizens of Toronto once 

 find they can secure high class fruit at the 

 show many will make it a point to order their 

 fruit each year direct from the growers. Such 

 a privilege, it is believed, would be appreciated 

 by the householders and would tend to greatly 

 increase the number of exhibits at the show. 

 Several exhibitors at the last show filled or- 

 ders for fruit to be sent to all parts of Canada 

 and the United States, and even to Mexico and 

 Great Britain, the prices paid being very satis- 

 factory. This feature should be developed. 



The objection has been raised that if the fruit 

 growers are allowed to take orders direct from 

 consumers, the business of the commission 

 dealers and even of the grocers in Toronto, is 

 likely to be injured. This objection does not 

 meet with much sympathy from the growers 



