FRUIT INTERESTS NOT YET SATISFIED 



Two of the leading witnesses, Messrs. H. W. 

 Etewson, of Toronto, and R. J. Graham, of 

 Belleville, who gave evidence on behalf of the 

 Ontario Fruit Growers' Aissociation at the ses- 

 sions of the Railway Commission in Toronto, 

 last summer, are not entirely satisfied with the 

 concessions made by the railroads, as published 

 in this issue. Their views, as expressed to 

 The Horticulturist, are as follows : 



Mr. Graham says : " The concessions are of 

 no great importance except to shippers of small 

 fruits. The apple trade will be helped in no 

 way by the arrangement, except in less than 

 car lots, which amount to nothing. For in- 

 stance, I have orders to fill for 10,300 barrels of 

 apples, all in car lots, not an order for anything 

 else. Better cars, despatch cars when ordered, 

 and proper receipt are worth ten times the con- 

 cessions granted." 



The views of Mr. Dawson ar« as follows : 

 '' Regarding the concessions on fruit shipments, 



they no doubt will result in good to fruit ship- 

 pers, but they are not sufficient in consideration 

 of the service fruit generally gets. True, the 

 railroads are improving, but their service Is not 

 what it should be yet. We notice sometimes 

 that railroads will try and give special service 

 from one point to another, and keep it up for a 

 while, but they seem to tire of it in a short time. 

 While they are giving the special service not 

 much fault can be found, but the trouble is they 

 do not consider the handling of fruit of suffi- 

 cient importance to give it the good despatch it 

 really deserves. We can get fruit from the 



United States with much better despatch than 

 we can from our own country. In getting 

 fruits from California, the despatch is much 

 better than from Chicago, St. Louis, or the 

 southern states. I am of the opinion that if 

 any special grievances we may have be kept be- 

 fore the attention of the commission, it will do 

 much to .remedy the evils." 



A SUCCESSFUL EXHIBITION EXPECTED 



Final arrangements for the Provincial Fruit, 

 Flower and Honey Show have been completed, 

 and everything indicates the exhibition will be 

 a great success. The exhibits of fruit, flowers 

 and honey promise to be very large. Never 

 before have as many flowers been raised in To- 

 ronto and vicinity for an exhibition as this year. 

 Most of these will be shown, in addition to which 

 numerous entries have been received from out- 

 side points, including centers as far west as 

 Chicago. 



In the fruit building demonstrations will be 

 given in fruit packing by experts from the Do- 

 minion Fruit Division, in addition to which 

 there will be working demonstrations by mem- 

 bers of the Ontario Women's Institute staff, un- 

 der the direction of Supt. G. A. Putnam. A 

 most interesting feature will be the special ex- 

 hibits of fruit that will be made by the provin- 

 cial fruit experiment" stations. These will be 

 arranged by the secretary of the stations, Mr. 

 Linus Woolverton. There will also be a special 

 exhibit of fruit from the various provinces of 

 Canada. One of the most valuable features 

 will be numerous exhibits of orchard implements, 

 spraying machinery, etc. Most of this machin- 

 ery will be operated for the beneflt of sight- 

 seers. All the exhibits of fruit will contain 

 cards describing their qualities fully. The 

 honey exhibit will be made in this building and 

 will be a large one. 



W^ILL BE FORMALLY OPENED. 



The formal opening will take place Tuesday 

 afternoon, November 15, when His Honor Lieut. - 

 Governor and Mrs. Mortimer Clark will visit 

 and open the exhibition. The same afternoon 

 the horticultural convention will open in the 

 members' reception room at the Parliament 

 Buildings. The bee keepers will commence 

 their convention in one of the large rooms at the 

 rink. 



A mass meeting, open to the general public, 

 has been arranged for Tuesday evening in the 

 Y. M. C. A. hall, at which Hon. John Dryden, 

 Minister of Agriculture, will preside and speak. 



Other speakers will be Messrs. G. H. Powell, 

 Washington, V. S. A.; C. C. James, Deputy Min- 

 ister of Agriculture, and Dr. James Fletcher, of 

 the Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa. On 

 Wednesday fruit will be given away free to all 

 who attend the exhibition. The horticultural 

 convention (the program for which was pub- 

 lished in the October issue of The Horticultur- 

 ist) will be continued all day, and also the bee 

 keepers' convention. In the evening the direc- 

 tors of the Ontario Fruit Growers' Association 

 will hold a business meeting. 



Thursday, thanksgiving day, the fruit grow- 

 ers will open their convention at the Parlia- 

 ment buildings, when the president will pre- 

 sent his annual address, committees will report^ 

 etc. In the afternoon the speakers and sub- 

 jects will be : Cold Storage, G. H. Powell, 

 Washington, U. S. A.: Fruit Shipments to Win- 

 nipeg, Prof. Reynolds, of Guelph; Conditions 

 Surrounding the Canned Fruit Industry, by R. 

 J. Graham, of Belleville, Ont., T\^ P. Gamble, of 

 Guelph, and others. 



The program for Friday includes a free dis- 

 tribution of flowers by the florists. At the fruit 

 growers' convention in the morning the nomi- 

 nating committees will report. Prof. Lochhead.. 

 of Guelph, and W. T. Macoun, of Ottawa, will 

 speak on Fungous Diseases of the Grape; Prof; 

 R. Harcourt, of Guelph, and Provincial San Jose- 

 Scale Inspector J. Fred. Smith, of Glanford, will 

 describe the Latest Results of Spraying for San 

 Jose Scale, and Mr. Alex. McNeill, Chief of the- 

 Fruit Division, will speak on Dominion Power 

 Spraying Demonstrations. At their Friday af- 

 ternoon session, which will close their meeting., 

 the fruit growers will discuss methods of co- 

 operation, when speeches will be made by 

 Messrs. A. E. Sherrington, of Walkerton; Elmer 

 Lick, of Oshawa; Robert Thompson, of St.. 

 Catharines, and others. 



NOTES. 



The exhibition will be held in the Granite 

 Rinks on Church street, from November 15 to- 

 19, and will be open from 9.30 a. m. until 10 p_ 



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