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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



Lambton. Thousands of barrels of the 

 choicest apples, as well as many thousand 

 baskets of plums and pears are shipped 

 away every year. 



Our fruit growers, however, have for 

 some time felt the need of organization in 

 buying their supplies and handling the out- 

 put of their orchards. The apple barrel 

 question forced itself upon us last season by 

 the fact that we were forced to pay 50 cents, 

 and in some cases 55 cents, for a poor and 

 very unsatisfactory barrel. 



After this experience a number of the 

 leading fruit growers determined to solve 

 the apple barrel question, and had almost 

 perfected arrangements for the establish- 

 ment of a stave, hoop and heading mill in 

 Forest, to make their supplies out of tim- 

 ber reserved on some of their own farms, 

 when the head of a wealthy syndicate ar- 

 rived in Forest and completely bought the 

 fruit growers' miller over. The company 

 gave as its reason for this action the excuse 

 that if the undertaking was a success small 

 mills would spring up all over the province 

 and greatly interfere with its business. 



Rather than fight a wealthy firm, which 

 was apparently determined not only to op- 

 pose them but corner the market, the fruit 

 growers went out in search of barrel ma- 

 terial, which they were able to buy early in 

 January at prices that will give them a high 

 class barrel at a little less than 30 cents each 



MR. A. LAWRIE. 



The secretary-treasurer of the Forest Fruit Growers' and For- 

 warding Association, Mr. A. Lawrie is here shown. As announced 

 in this issue, Mr. Lawrie will this fall represent the association be- 

 fore the trade in the Northwest, where he expects to secure orders 

 for the fruit packed and shipped by the association. He is a prac- 

 tical fruit grower and has had consideralile business experience, so 

 is well qualified for the work he has undertaken 



in their orchards, bhortly after this Mr. A. 

 E. Sherrington, of Walkerton, delivered two 

 very instructive lectures on the cooperative^^ 

 packing and shipping of fruit, which re- 

 sulted in the formation of our association. 

 As a result of the success already met with, 

 prospects' for the future success of our en- 

 terprise seem bright. 



THE SAN JOSE SCALE ACT 



DURING August, The Horticulturist 

 wrote to a number of leading fruit 

 growers asking their views in regard to the 

 prevalence of the San Jose Scale in Ontario 

 and enquiring if they would like to see any 

 further action taken to prevent its spread. 

 A number of interesting replies have been 

 received and will be published from time to 

 time in The Horticulturist. The following 

 communication was sent in by Mr. J. Fred. 



Smith, of Glanford, provincial San Jose 

 Scale inspector : 



It is difficult to see in what way the pro- 

 visions we now have for controlling the San 

 Jose scale couild be improved. The re^ 

 sponsibility is now where it should be, with 

 the people. If the sentiment of a locality 

 is not strong enough to force the council to 

 appoint an inspector, or if they appoint an 

 inspector and that sentiment is not strong 



