larch, 1916. 



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aeUiods of cultivating currants, goosebei^ 

 ies and raspberries. 



Mr. C. A. Pratt spoke on "Grapes, Pears 

 .nd Cliernes." In Michigan they suffered a 

 rood deal from black rot, but had controlled 

 t with Bordeaux Mixture. Concord was the 

 inly grape grown there commercially The 

 trowing of pears in Michigan has been lim- 

 ted by reason of the blight, but along the 

 ake shore they do not suffer much from 

 iat. They cultivate till the beginning of 

 rune, and then let the weeds, etc, grow 

 ip. Keiffer and Bartlett are the chief vari- 

 ities In cherries they used to grow Gover- 

 lor Wood and other varieties, but now 

 Black Tartarian is the only cherry beine 



^uh^?'^^'''''- '^^''^ ^""^ <>""« successful 

 irith Windsor and Montmorency in sour 

 Sherries. They ship their cherries in 16- 

 luart crates. 



Mr. Bush gave aa admirable address on 

 jold storage, which will be given in full In 

 rhe Canadian Horticulturist. 



Mr Pratt spoke on peaches, and Mr 

 □reelman gave a thorough account of the 

 3re-cooling of tender fruits and the best 

 tZh. packages in shipping pre-cooled 



fruits, as evidenced by a series of experi- 



Th! Vn''" .^"""'"^ Pre-Cooling Station 

 The following resclution was adopted- 

 Resoved that this Association endorse 

 Che work of the Niagara Peninsula Publicity 

 fn^'ZT^ i" advertising the tender fruits 

 B?mnnl *i"! "■«'=°«"nend that work along 

 IDiel" "»P>-°^ed lines be continued In 



The Outlets for Low Grade Fruits* 



P. B. Culverhouse, Experimental Station 

 Vmeland, Ont. 

 The question has been asked- "Whnt 

 prospects have the tender fruit ^owerT for 

 disposing of more of their low graTe fruit 

 in the form of by-products' 

 mirvi'!'® ^^^^' ^'■*P^« ''ave gone partly to 



SIS s;?,, i^.r„7'-i.r 



^f ;, ;. ^^^ wine-maker, however used 

 mostly the Concord. In 1915 granM for 

 wlne-making were reduced by tw,^thlrds 

 .Legislation and popular opinion is Ttronflv 

 ::-«d;f'= "^ the amount of alcohoHc beverages 

 manufactured. The making of uX 

 ^merited grape juice looks like the industry 



V JTr- ''"l' '"=^"^''-'' ^'" take on V 

 the best Concords.. Therefore, we mav 

 classify grape production of the futur^^m 

 the following manner: 



(1) Red varieties— Niagaras, Wordens 

 rma^rker'^' '"' '''''' --rietiTsTol'n 



?^l n®n ^°"'=°'"'Js for grape Juice. 

 ' T^hia fK ^ ,""' varieties for jelly making. 

 fof w 'f '^'^'' °' ^'•^Pe '« the only one 

 ,LZy.^'"'^^ "'''"'■^- By removing it from 

 'ontario'^r"" "^''"■''' °'""'° S'-^Pes an^ 



'ness of nnT^- ^^"^ ^"^ ^^ "^^"^'ng "usl- 



^ hof, ^n1^'*P°»^ °^ more and more 

 ojf^their small bunches of unevenly ripened 



Peaches. 



ders'ired'''"frtif^'T9':'' '°"!''^ '»'• ^^> "n- 

 S n/?ni.; ^ ^ overripe fruit of all 

 peaches^ wfth ''*''"'^^'= ^*> windfalls; (5) 

 reaches. '^ ^"^ '"""'■ ^«> ^'^'^bby 



'hMe* np,°.'h "Tf '"^ ^ay to dispose of 

 3er!ourv nf ''' ^^ ""^"^ Producing them, 

 seriously, no grower can afford to stoo im 



tZnVZ "^^^"'''^"on for producing' S 

 j^^^dllng hl9 crop. Granted, however, the 



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