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Credit is due " The Fruit Grower," London, 

 England, for the temperature clock and formu- 

 lae, given on page 58. 



Mr. T. H. Race says the announcement of his 

 appointment as Dominfon Superintendent of 

 Fruit at St. Louis was not duly authorized. 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY AT ORILLIA. 



Annual Meeting and Election of Officers. 



The first attempt to hold the annual meeting 

 of the Horticultural Society having proved un- 

 successful, owing to bad weather, the Hon. the 

 Minister of Agriculture was requested to name 

 another date, as required by the act, and set 

 Wednesday, March 2nd. The meeting was ac- 

 cordingly held on that date. The annual report 

 submitted by the directors was as follows : 



" Your officers and directors beg to report 

 that the past year has been one of average suc- 

 cess in the work of the society. As will be seen 

 from the treasurer's statement the finances of 

 the society are somewhat better than thev have 

 been, as there is a small balance of $22.08 in 

 cash on hand, with outstanding liabilities 

 amounting to some $2 or $3 more than this. The 

 entries at the exhibition of the society last fall 

 were slightly over ehose of the preceding year. 



which was a remarkable good showing in view 

 of the very unfavorable weather during the days 

 of the show, very many of the large exhibitors 

 of other, years not being able to gather their 

 fruit for exhibition owing to the continuous 

 rain for two or three days before the show. The 

 quality of the exhibits was fully up to the mark, 

 and on the whole the show was a success con- 

 sidering the adverse circumstances. A demon- 

 stration of apple packing was given by Mr. Mc- 

 Neill, of the Fruit Department at Ottawa, and 

 much interest was taken in his explanations of 

 the best methods of handling the fruit. In May 

 last an open meeting was held at the residence 

 of Mrs. McCosh, when Mr. T. H. Race, of 

 Mitchell, delivered an address on ' Local Im- 

 provements.' This meeting was not so largely 

 attended as had been hoped and expected, but 

 a gratifying interest in the subject and in the 

 work of the society generally was shown by 

 those who were present." 



The treasurer's report showed receipts as fol- 

 lows : Legislative grant, $65 ; municipal 

 grant, $25 ; members' subscriptions, $66.45 ; 

 prize moneys retained for membership for 1904, 

 $31.25 : grant from Agricultural Society towards 

 expenses of exhibition, $35. Total, $222.70. 

 The expenditures were : Prize money, $139 ; 

 meetings, $3 ; subscriptions to Horticulturist, 

 $24 : working expenses. $29.50 Total, $200.62. 



