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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



yet been reached. Four new seedlings 

 from Gravenhurst were promising. One 

 was a seedling from Duchess but had bet- 

 ter keeping qualities. .Another, of the 

 Wealthy type, was a prolific bearer when 

 young, and kept well on into the winter 

 months. A seedling from a Guclph garden 

 was of the Colvert type but the fruit was of 

 longer season. .\ seedling peach from 



P. W. Hodgetts, B.S.A., Secretary Ontario Fruit 

 Growers' Association. 



Hamilton, of Crawford type, was no better 

 than many standard varieties. Mr. Wm. 

 Orr. of Fruitland, sent a seedling peach that 

 was large and free-stoned. It was of fine 

 quality and superior to any of its season, 

 the second or third week in October. At 

 the Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, 

 Mr. \\\ T. Macoun has been crossing with 

 the object of obtaining a variety with 

 quality as high as Mcintosh that will keep 

 all winter. It takes time, however, and a 



thorough test is given before any new varie- 

 ties are recommended. 



Mr. Norman Jack.of Chauteauguay Basin, 

 Quebec, the Quebec Pomological Society 

 representative, told of the advancement 

 made in spraying and in methods of pick- 

 ing, packing and transportation. He said 

 that no hard and fast rules can be laid down 

 regarding cultivation, as much depends on 

 the season. 



BENEFITS OF COOPERATION. 



The members of the cooperative commit- 

 tee then gave their report on the season's 

 work. It was clearly shown that the co- 

 operative organizations have come to stay 

 and that the growers in the different sec- 

 tions realize that it is the most satisfactory 

 way to handle the crop. Mr. Sherrington 

 referred to the advantage to be gained by 

 having the apple crop packed and marketed 

 through the local associations and regretted 

 that in many sections where organization 

 had been effected there was no fruit to do 

 business with. In most cases the mem- 

 bers of the association pick their own crop 

 and take the fruit to a central packing house 

 where it is graded into firsts, seconds and 

 culls. Some growers said that such asso- 

 ciations could never be formed in their sec- 

 tions because the farmers would not, or 

 could not, find time to harvest the crop. 



" The Burlington Association," explained 

 Mr. A. W. Peart, " works on a different 

 basis. Each member picks and grades his 

 own fruit and his name and address is 

 branded on each box, together with a com- 

 mon brand for the association. All the 

 fruit has been handled in boxes for 15 years. 

 A manager is appointed and paid according 

 to the number of boxes handled." 



That barrels can be obtained at a much 

 lower cost than formerly was shown by Mr. 

 D. Johnson, of the Forest Association. 

 That association employs a cooper and ob- 

 tained barrels for this year's crop at 28 



