A FRUIT COMMISSION WANTED. 



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ing the emulsion when intended for orna- 

 mental shrubs, etc., where the whitening- of 

 the foliage is objectionable. The flour 

 emulsion can be added to Bordeaux mix- 

 ture, Bordeaux and Paris green, if desired. 

 Experiments are in progress which indi- 



cate that the proportion of kerosene (the 

 most expensive constituent of the emulsion) 

 may be materially reduced without afifecting 

 the insectidal value of the spray. Further 

 particulars of these trials Avill be published 

 in the T^ine issue of The Horticulturist. 



FRUIT GROWERS CONTINUE TO PROTEST 



n["^ HE announcement in the April issue 



A of The Canadian Horticulturist that 

 the Hon. Sydney Fisher, Dominion Minister 

 of Agriculture, had placed the chief of the 

 fruit division under the chief of the dairy 

 division was a great surprise to many fruit 

 growers who had not heard of Mr. Fisher's 

 annourucement in the House of Commons. 

 The result is that protests continue to reach 

 The Horticulturist from fruit growers in all 

 parts of Canada wlho are considering what 

 steps they had best take to deal with the 

 situation. That the present arrangements 

 shall not continue any great length of time 

 is the evident determination of the growers 

 heard from. 



The follow^ing are a few of many letters 

 on this subject received by The Horticul- 

 turist : 



Mr. Ralph S. Eaton, Kentville, N. S., 

 president Nova Scotia Fruit Growers' As- 

 sociation : I hope the Minister of Agricul- 

 ture will, in the near future, deem the fruit 

 interests of Canada of sufificient importance 

 to warrant the establishment of a fruit divi- 

 sion occupying the same place in the depart- 

 ment as other divisions which are re- 

 sponsible only to the minister. 



Mr. S. C. Parker, secretary of the Nova 

 Scotia Fruit Growers' .T.S'Sociation : I feel 

 strongly on this matter, and think united ac- 

 tion should be taken by the various associa- 

 tions in Canada to bring pressure to bear on 

 the honorable minister to place our chief in 

 full standing in the department. I shall be 

 glad to hear of any neAv development and 

 any plan of action that may be devised. 



Mr. J. C. ^letcalfe, of Hammond, B. C, 



president of the British Columbia Fruit 

 Growers' Association: The ifruit in- 

 dustry of Canada is of sufficient importance 

 to require the appointment of a fruit com- 

 missioner for that division, as in the other 

 divisions and responsible only to the !Minis- 

 ter of Agriculture, and further would add 

 the necessity of the various fruit associa- 

 tions and fruit growers generally agitating 

 and pressing upon the Dominion govern- 

 ment the appointment of a commissioner for 

 the fruit division. 



Mr. Thomas G. Earl, L>tton, B. C. :It is 

 degrading to the enormous fruit interests 

 of this province, as well as to those of the 

 whole of Canada, that the fruit commis- 

 sioner should be placed under the control of 

 the dairy or any other commissioner. I 

 would think that the dairy commissioner 

 would have his hands full in caring for his 

 own department, and, besides, dairying and 

 fruit growing are quite different. I would 

 suppose the Dominion government, when 

 taking into consideration the enormous and 

 continued expansion of fruit grooving, would 

 see the necessity for placing the fruit inter- 

 ests in the hands of a competent commis- 

 sioner expressly for that purpose. 



NEW BRUNSWICK HAS ACTRD. 



Mr. W. D. Albright, secretary New 

 Brunswick Fruit Growers' Association : At 

 the fruit growers' convention in Frederic- 

 ton a resolution was passed endorsing my 

 action in protesting by telegram to Hon. ]\Ir. 

 Fisher against the subordination of the fruit 

 to the dairy division. In conveying him the 

 resolution I wrote a somewhat lengthy let- 

 ter in reply to which I received some weeks 



