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nient that is unsatisfactor}- to those whose 

 interests he is there to look after. 



ONTARIO. 



Murray Pettit, Winona, Ont., Director 

 Ontario Fruit Growers' Association : The 

 various fruit growers associations througfli- 

 out the Dominion should press this matter 

 to the very extreme. Not only fruit grow- 

 ers' associatioins, but farmers' institutes and 

 county councils in fruit growing districts 

 should take it up. This could be done by 

 a circular and petition being sent to them to 

 be adopted and forwarded to the depart- 

 ment, followed up by a strong delegation. 

 It is the duty of our association to take thi? 

 matter up and press it. 



NEW BRUNSWICK. 



Henry Wilmot, Oranacto, N. B., Trea- 

 surer New Brunswick Fruit Growers' Asso- 

 ciation : I am strongly of opinion that the 

 fruit growing industry of Canada is of suffi- 

 cient importance to justify the appointment 

 of a fruit comimdssioner who •will be respon- 

 sible to the Minister of Agriculture only. 



QUEBEC. 



H. W. Wood, St. Johns, Que., Secretary 

 The Pomological and Fruit Growing Society 

 of the Province of Quebec : It is a mistake 

 to place the chief of the fruit division under 

 the dairy commissioner. The interests of 

 the fruit growers are of sufficient import- 



ance to entitle them to a separate commis- 

 sioner. This, I believe, is the opinion of 

 the great majority of the fruit growers of 

 the province of Quebec. 



NOVA SCOTIA. 



John Donaldson, Port Williams, Nova 

 Scotia, Director Nova Scotia Fruit Grow- 

 ers' Association: I am very strongly in 

 favor of the appointment of a fruit com- 

 missioner who shaill be independent of any 

 other branch of agricultural work. I do 

 not know of any other department of agri- 

 culture in Canada that requires more foster- 

 ing care than does that of fruit. 



PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND. 



Rev. Father A. E. Burke, President Pnnce 

 Edward Island Fruit Growers' Association : 

 We are quite averse to this appointment, 

 believing, as we said in our resolution, that 

 the fruit division requires extension, not re- 

 striction, that it wants a chief more than 

 grain or dairying. I cannot see what sinis- 

 ter influence is effecting this in the face of 

 the protests gone up from the fruit men of 

 Canada. 



The foregoing are only a few of many 

 expressions of opinion received from fruit 

 growers. The Horticulturist will be 

 pleased to hear from other growers as to 

 how they consider the situation can best be 

 dealt with. 



In Setting a Tree or Shrub sift some 

 fine, rich dirt among the roots, just enough 

 to cover so the boot will not injure them, 

 then with all the strength and weight you 

 can command stamp the earth down until it 

 is solid, then fill in a little more dirt and re- 

 peat the stamping until the whole is nearly 

 full ; then fill the rest of the hole with loose 

 dirt and leave it with the soil pitching to- 

 ward the tree from all directions. If it is 

 properly set you cannot pull it up. Do not 

 try to put all the earth back, but throw away 

 some. The same general rules apply to 



everything from a strawberry plant to a 

 shade tree. 



Cooperative Spraying. — Last year was 

 our first experience in power spraying and 

 we undertook a little, too much, so that we 

 onlv covered the route three times, and our 

 pressure was not altogether satisfactory. 

 Where work was done carefully results were 

 quite satisfactory, and with last year's ex- 

 perience we expect a great miprovement this 

 season. — (W. R. A. Ross, Sec.-Treas. Chat- 

 ham. Ont.. Fruit Growers' Association. 



