THE ANNUAL WINTER MEETING OF THE ONTARIO FRUIT GROWERS* 



ASSOCIATION, 



To he held in the City Council Chamber, Brantford, beginning Dec. igth\ igoo: 



Directors' Meeting- on Tuesday evening', 

 Dec. 1 8th, at the Kirby House, Brantford. 



Wednesday Morning, Dec. ig. 

 9.30 — Arrangement of fruit tables. 

 Correspondence. 



Reports of Committees — "New 

 Fruits," Prof. Hutt ; "Transporta- 

 tion," W. H. Bunting; "Codling 

 Moth," J. Tweedle. 

 Appointment of Committees — " Fruit 

 Exhibit," " New Fruits, " Re'Solu- 

 tions," "Nomination." 

 " Experiments in Fruit Growing at 

 the Central Experimental Farm " — 

 Prof. W. T. Macoun, Ottawa. 

 Wednesday Afternoon. 

 2 o'clock — Report on Provincial Shipments 

 of Fruit to Manchester in Cold Storage — 

 L. Woolverton, 



Address by the Hon. John Dryden, Min- 

 ister of Agriculture. 



" Canadian Fruits at the Paris Exposition 

 and in the British Markets " — Dr. Wm. 

 Saunders, Ottawa. 



"New Markets for Our Fruits — England, 

 Hamburg, South America, Australia, the 

 Northwest." 



Wednesday Evening. 

 8 o'clock — Address of Welcome, etc., by 

 Mayor and others. 



President's Annual Address — W. M. Orr, 

 Fruitland. 



" Notes on Horticulture in France" — Dr. 

 Saunders. 



" Cold Storage for Fruits and other pro- 

 ducts " — Hon. F. R. Latchford. 



Thursday Morning, Dec. 20. 

 9.30 — Annual Business — Minutes. 



Reports — Treasurer, Auditors, Fin- 

 ance Committee. 

 Report of Nominating Committee and 

 Election. 



" Fruit Packages for Export and other 



purposes." 

 "The Apple Barrel." 

 "The Export Fruit Trade" — ^J. W. 



Shuttleworth, Brantford. 



Thursday Afternoon. 



2 o'clock — " Windbreaks " — A. M. Smith, 

 St. Catharines. 



Address by Prof. H. F. VanDeman, form- 

 erly Pomologist of the Department of Agri- 

 culture, Washington, D. C. 



" Forestry for Fruit Growers and Farm- 

 ers "—Prof. H. L. Hutt, Guelph. 



"Forestry for Farmers" — L. B. Rice, 

 Port Huron, Mich. 



"Co-operation in Fruit Shipping" — E. 

 Heaton, Toronto. 



Thursday Evening. 



8 o'clock — " Our Friends, the Flowers " — 

 Miss A. Hollingworth, Beatrice. 



" Fruit and Flower Culture in England 

 and Canada" — Mrs. A. Hoodless, East- 

 court, Hamilton. 



"Garden Favorites" — Prof. 

 Macoun. 



Addresses by local gentlemen, 

 intervals. 



Friday Morning. 



9.30 — Question Drawer. 



Greetings from Representatives of Sister 

 or Affiliated Societies. 



Our Affiliated Horticultural Societies — 

 Thos. Beall. 



The Pan-American Exposition — Prof. H. 

 E. Van Deman. 



Report of Committee on San Jose Scale — 

 M. Pettit, Winona. 



Prof. Lochhead, of Ontario Agricultural 

 College, Guelph ; D. Fletcher, of the Cen- 

 tral Experimental Farm, Ottawa ; and Geo. 

 E. Fisher, Inspector, have been invited to 



W. T. 



Music at 



be present and address the meeting. 



The Principal Hotels are: Kirby Hoiise, $2.00 ; Belmont, fi.50; American, fi ; Commercial, fi. 



A Fruit Tablk will be provided, to which the public are requested to contribute specimens of 

 interest, to be noticed by our Fruit Committee. 



Anyunp may send in questions to the Question Drawer, which is in charge of the Secretary. 



Anyone may join the Association on payment of the annual fee of $1.00, for which he will also receive 

 the Canadian Horticulturist free of charge, and a present of either a flower or a fruit plant. 



W. M. ORR, President. L. WOOLVERTON, Secaetary. 



