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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



Floral Edition. 



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NEW TOMATO 



ALACRITY" 



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Lovers of Roses 



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Niagara District Notes 



By K. G. H. Paulson, Winona 



On February 5th an important meeting of 

 the members of the local co-operative asso- 

 ciation, promiaent growers and dealers, was 

 heid for the purpose of considering further 

 and better co-operaiion for the Niagara dis- 

 trict. Messrs. F. C. Hart and J. B. Fairbairn, 

 of the Markets Branch of the Provincial 

 Department of Agriculture, represented the 

 Department. 



It was proposed to divide the Niagara fruit 

 belt into three districts. No. 1 to take in 

 the portion of the fruit belt between the 

 eastern outskirts of Hamilton and the Six- 

 leen-.Miie Creek below Jordan. No. 2, from 

 the Sixteen-iMiie Creek to the Niagara River. 

 No. 3, the district between Hamilton and 

 Toronto, lying along the lake sJiore. 



For District No. 1, J. R. Hastings, of 

 Winona, preseated a plan worked out by 

 himself in conjunction with 'Messrs. Hart 

 and Fairbairn. After a good deal of discus- 

 sion a strong committee was appointed to 

 draft a constitution and draw up a definite 

 and clear-cut scheme to place before the 

 fruit growers of the district. 



Da February Ist the Ontario Vegetable 

 Growers' Association held their annual busi- 

 ness meeting in Toronto, and elected officers 

 for 1916, as follows: President, F. F. Reeves, 

 Humber Bay; Vice-President, J. J. Davis, 

 'London; Second Vice-President, E. K. Purdy, 

 Kingston; Secretary-Treasurer, J. Lockie 

 Wilsoa, Toronto. The officers, with the ad- 

 dition of Thos. Delworth, of Weston, form 

 the executive. The Association will hold 

 field-crop competitions in early potatoes, 

 celery, onions and potatoes, and special 

 prizes will be given for the best kept gar- 

 den of any vegetable grower, not less than 

 three acres. The Province will be divided 

 into four districts in each competition. 



On February 16th a Vegetable Growers' 

 conference was held at Burlington, both 

 afternoon and evening, with the following 

 speakers: J. A. Campbell, ILeamington, 

 "Growing of Onions for Profit"; J. iMcFar- 

 lane, Brantford, "SUinner Irrigation for the 

 Vegetable Grower"; F. F. Reeves, Humber 

 Bay, "Greenhouse Crops"; S. C. Johnston, 

 iProvincial Vegetable Specialist, gave an 

 Illustrated address on "Insects and Fungus 

 Diseases Affecting the Vegetable Grower." 



On February 16th another Vegetable 

 Growers' conferencs was held at Barton- 

 ville, with Mr. S. C. Johnston in the chair. 

 Mr. Johnston explained that the object of 

 these vegetable conferences was the giving 

 of practical information to vegetable grow- 

 ers by experienced vegetable growers from 

 a different locality. More money could be 

 made by growing vegetables of first-class 

 quality on a limited scale than by growing 

 a large area of moderate quality. Mr. Wal- 

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 tical talk on "Hotbeds." iMr. Thos. Del- 

 worth, of Weston, went thoroughly Into the 

 question of "Greenhouse Crops." In the 



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