Fruit Reports from Our Directors. 



PRESENTED AT THE LEAMINGTON MEETING OF OUR ASSOCIATION. 



Stormont, Dundas, Glengarry, Prescott and 

 Cornwall. 



(Division No. 1.) 



Represented by A. D. Harkness, Iroquois, Ont. 



With Mr. Lick I attended a meeting at Iro- 

 quois on April 7th ; Morrisburgr, April 23rd, and 

 at Lancaster on April 24th. At these meetings 

 the process of making- the Bordeaux mixture 

 was explained and demonstrated, as well as a 

 practical demonstration on pruning in orchards. 

 In this District there are so 



Few Engaged in Fruit Growing 



from a commercial standpoint that it is a diffi- 

 cult matter to organize an association, and then 

 it is more difficult to make use of it after it is 

 organized. If, in a district like this, where 

 there is not much fruit grown, some arrange- 

 ment could be made to have meetings under the 

 auspices of the Farmers' Institute, for addresses 

 and discussion on fruit growing and demon- 

 strating, on pruning and spraying by persons 

 who are acquainted with the local conditions, I 

 think much benefit might be derived from it, 

 and the Farmers' Institute would be benefited 

 as well. 



In this district I think there are only three 

 toyrnships that put in grain in any quantity at 

 all and these border on the St. Lawrence river. In 

 Glengarry there is scarcely any grain ever grown 

 for local use. Prescott I do not know anything 

 about as yet. Stormont, in the township of 

 Osnabrook, there is considerable, but scarcely 

 any in the rest of the county. Dundas, in Wil- 

 liamsburg and Matilda, there is considerable, 

 but not much in the other townships. The ap- 

 ples that do best with us are of the Fameuse 

 class, and can be successfully grown for com- 

 mercial purposes, but from my observations I 

 do not think it will pay us to try to grow the 

 later winter varieties except for local use. 



Plums. 



Plums we cannot expect to grow successfully 

 for about four years in every five the first buds 

 will be destroyed. I am trying the American 

 class of plums. Last spring I planted 8 Stod- 

 dard, 8 Hawkeye, 8 Wolfe, and I got from Dun- 

 lop, of Outremont, 4 Raynes, 2 Mountain, and 2 

 Mount Royal to try them in our district. 



Small fruits, strawberries, currants, goose- 

 berries and raspberries can be grown success- 

 fully. 



Harold Jones. 



Frontenac, Kingston, Leeds, Grenville and 

 Brockville. 



(Division No. 3.) 

 Represented by Harold Jones, Maitland. 



For a long time it 

 was thought that the 

 St. Lawrence Valley 

 would never hecome 

 a fruit growing dis- 

 tiict. Mr. Jones, 

 however, has demon- 

 strated to the con- 

 trary. He is one of 

 the men who has made 

 the apple known as 

 the " Mcintosh Red" 

 famous throughout 

 the world. On his 

 farm is located one of 

 the Provincial Fruit 

 Experiment Stations, 

 and through this Mr. 

 Jones has for years 

 demonstrated to the 

 farmers throughout 

 the Valley the bene- 

 fits to be derived from 

 clean cultivation, proper fertilization and persistent spraying. For 

 years past Mr. Jones has had large crops of potatoes, as a result of 

 spraying, while his neighbors even on adjoining fields, have suffered 

 sometimes to the extent of three-quarters of their crop from the 

 prevalence of rot. 



Since making my last report to this Associa- 

 tion I have done some little work in the inter- 

 ests of the Society, and I hope of benefit to the 

 fruit growers of my division. 



In December last I attended the annual meet- 

 ing of the Quebec Pomological and Fruit Grow- 

 ers, held at Waterloo, as a delegate from this 

 society. I find that there is more Interest be- 

 ing taken in fruit matters from year to year. 

 The attendance was very fair at all the sessions, 

 and the subjects were well discussed by the 

 public, and the fruit display would have been a 

 credit to many of our fruit growing centres in 

 Ontario. 



In January I attended twelve meetings of the 

 Farmers' Institute in my division and gave 

 practical talks on fruit growing, taking up the 

 questions of varieties and giving illustrations 

 in budding, grafting, pruning, etc., and in pre- 

 paring mixtures for spraying, which created 

 much interest and led to animated discussions 

 at most places. These talks eventually led to 

 quite a large correspondence with parties ask- 

 ing for hints and advice on location of orchards, 

 drainage, varieties, etc., as well as many sam- 

 ples of fruit by mail for identification. I re- 

 plied to all questions where possible, in as plain 

 a manner as I could, and I hope it has started 

 many in the right direction. 



