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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



January, 191 1 



the recent Vancouver Apple Exhibition had 

 taken first prize as a wholfe exhibit while 

 all the Famouse exhibits had won first 

 prizes. 



.Mr. Brodie claimed that owing to their 

 cooperative methods the apple growers of 

 the Okanagan Valley and rther fruit dis- 

 tricts of British Columbia had secured a 

 lot of good publicity, and it was time the 

 applo growers of Quoloc made it known 

 that they could grow fruit which was really 

 unrivalled, both fcr appearance and flavor. 



Mr. W. T. Macoun stated that arrange- 

 ments were being made to cooperate with 

 the Maritime Provinces to secure a stan- 

 dard form of judging apples, ,so that in fu- 

 ture exhibitors would better know what 

 to send. There is. he said, toe much lean- 

 ing toward size on the part of growers. If 

 they knew the regular apportionment of 

 marks they would better know the kind of 

 apple to put on exhibition. 



DEMON8TR.4TION ORCHARDS 



The advisability cf taking steps to urge 

 the provincial Government to establish de- 

 monstration orchards, by taking over cer- 

 tain orchards in the vaious uiycriois was 

 discussed. It was considered desirable that 

 the orfchards should be taken over for a 

 period rf five years, in order to give a 

 thorough opportunity of showing what 

 could bo done. 



A committee of three was appointed to 

 wait upon the Provincial Minister cf Ag- 

 riculture and urge that in addition to the 

 work now being done along this line sim- 

 ilar work be undertaken by the Depart- 

 ment at Covey Hill,' Ste. Hilaire, Abbots- 

 ford and two other suitable places. 



In view of possible danger from the in- 

 troduction of insect pests the association 

 nassed a resolution approving of the Insect 

 Pest Act. 



Nova Scotia Fruit Growers' Annual Convention 



A niimber of discussions and incidents of 

 unusual interest happened at the forty- 

 seventh annual meeting of the Nova Scclia 

 Fruit Growers' Association held recently 

 at Windsor, Nova Scotia. Compulsory 

 spraying, which is followed in British Col- 

 umbia, was advocated by Dr. C. Gordon 

 Hewitt, of Ottawa, Dominion Entomologist, 

 who gave an excellent address on "Insects 

 Injurious to Fruit in Nova Scoiia." He 

 spoke of the discouragement of a progressive 

 fruit-grower keeping his orchard free of 

 pests by spraying, which involved labor and 

 exnonditure cf money, while next door, on 

 either side were carel&ss and indifferent 

 farmers, with a few apple trees on their 

 land, in which to breed insects. He was of 

 the opinion that legi.slation wnich would 

 compel a man to eitlier spray or give up his 

 trees, would largely overcome the evil. He 

 advised an act for Nova Scitia which would 

 meet with the approval of the fruit-growers. 



OFFICERS ELECTED 



President — R. J. Messenger, Bridgetown. 



Vice-President — A. C. Starr, Wolfville. 



Secretar.y — S. C. Parker Berwick. 



Messrs. S. C. Parker and M. K. Ells 

 were appointed delegates to Ottawa, to 

 meet the mammoth delegation of Western 

 farmers 'n the tariff question and ask for 

 reciprocitv with the United States. 



IMPORTANT RESOLUTIONS 



The following resolutions were passed : 



1. That the Nova Scotia i?ruii^growers' 

 Association commend the action of the Fed- 

 eral and Local Governments in desiring to 

 remove restrictions on trade between Can- 

 ada and the United States, recommending 

 a free interchange of fruits, ngncultural 

 implements, fertilizers and insecticides. 



2. That the Dominion Government be 



urged to appoint at once a director, and 

 begin tests on the Fruit Experiment sta- 

 tion lately established. 



3. That, in the opinion of the Associa- 

 tion the subiict of Agriculture be added to 

 the High .S<:hool curriculum — at least, as an 

 optional subject — with special teachers 

 trained at the Agricultural College. 



4. That the Government take steps to 

 make the annua! exhibition more satisfac- 

 tory than at present. 



Among the speakers were Mr. Alex. Mc- 

 Neill, chief of the Fruit Division, Ottawa, 

 who statde that the Nova .Scotja fruit grow- 

 ers have more trees en bloc than any placi 

 on the continent. Mr. McN^-ill urged great 

 er cooperation and more of the enthusiasm 

 and agressiveness of the west. 



Some excellent specimens of apples from 

 the Vancouver Show were shown by H. K. 

 Lea, of Port AVilliams. They were beauti- 

 ful in color and appearance, but thase pre- 

 .sent felt that Nova Scotia could produce 

 applps equally as good if not superior. The 

 varieties shown were Jonathan, Delicious, 

 Winter Banana, Grimes Golden. Mammoth 

 Black Twip. Yellow Newton, Ben Davis and 

 Ring David. 



Maritime Fruit on Exhibition 



Although the year 1910 was an off season 

 for Nova Scotia fruit growers the exhibit 

 of fruit at the Maritime Winter Fair during 

 the first week in December was better than 

 ever before, and showed a vast improvement 

 over the fruit shown at the first Winter 

 Fair held nine years ago. Mr. A. G. Tur- 

 ney. Provincial Horticulturist for the pro- 

 vince of New Brunswick, showed a consider- 

 able quantity of excellent New Brunswick 



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