SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, $1.00 per year, entitling the subscriber to membership of the Fruit 

 growers' Association of Ontario and all its privileges, including a copy of its valuable Annual 

 Report, and a share in its annual distribution of plants and trees, 



REMITTANCES by Registered Letter are at our risk. Receipts will be acknowledged upon 

 the address label. 



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Giving Prizes for Large Collections of apples at fairs, was condemned 

 by the meeting at Orillia, in the following resolution, moved by Mr. A. H. 

 Pettit, and seconded by Mr. Thomas Beall, That in the opinion of this Associa- 

 tion the offering of awards on large collections of varieties of apples at our 

 exhibitions is not productive of profitable results, but in lieu thereof that prizes 

 ought to be offered for the best collection of apples for export purposes. 



Pruning Apple Trees. — This work may be done in the mild weather of 

 winter, any time until the middle of April. After that it is perhaps best to wait 

 till toward the end of Jnne, when the sap is in condition to repair the cuts, instead 

 of oozing out. Wounds made during the winter may be left until the wood 

 has dried, and then painted over, in order to protect it from the action of the 

 air and the wet, until healed over. 



At Maplehurst, we aim to favor the natural growth of the tree in pruning. 

 To attempt to make a Spy grow like a Greening is foolish. The one will grow 

 upright and pyramidal, the other will spread. 



Local Fruit Growers' Societies are being formed in several places by 

 Director Beall. The one at Lindsay and the one at Port Hope, formed by 

 him. have much enthusiasm, and the members scarcely need be canvassed for, 

 so great are the recognized benefits. Societies are also being formed at Niagara 

 Falls South, Port Colborne, Grimsby, Woodstock and other places — under the 

 provisions of the Agricultural and Arts Act for Horticultural Societies. These 

 societies can only be formed in cities, towns and incorporated villages. We 



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