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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



January, 191 1 



Ginseng Growers Meet 



p. WiltM, Stertt«f7,, Toroato 



The third annual meeting of the Ontario 

 Ginseng Growers' Association wag held in 

 the Y.M.O.A building, Toronto, recently. 

 In the absence of the President, Mr. D. 

 Menzies, of Kelso, occupied the chair. The 

 members present were Messrs. P. Menzies, 

 Milton; J. Leary, Whitevale; Mr. Nichols 

 and Mr. J. Moon, Mono Mills, Out.; Dr. 



Baird, Uxbridge; Rev. Dr. Medd, God- 

 erich ; Rev. W. L. Martin, M.inswocd ; Dr. 

 McKendrick and J. Frazer, Gait, Ont. ; M. 

 Wilson, Vittoria; J. A. Austin, Toronto; 

 R. Lyons, Mens Mills; E. Baker, Good- 

 wood; J. A. Geman, S. O. George. The 

 present officers were re-elocted for .another 

 year. 



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After recess the Hev. W. L. Martin, of 

 Mansewood, Ont., read a paper on the gin- 

 seng plant and its diseases and culture. 

 Mr. J. Frazer, of Gait, and Mr. N. Wil- 

 son, Vittoria. contributed to the program. 



Items of Interest 



Some eighty-seven business men and 

 ratepayers of Toronto recently presented a 

 petition to Property Ccnimissioner Harris 

 requesting the city to establish the propos- 

 ed civic fruit market in the neighborhood 

 of the St. Lawrence market, where it 

 would have a wharf nearby. 



Immense quantities of vegetables are 

 grown in the vicinity of Saruia, Ontario, 

 ihese are shipped inland as uell as on 

 the large steamers engaged in traihc on 

 the great lakes. Photographs were secured 

 recently of a number of the leading grow- 

 ers with their wagons loaded with vege- 

 tables. The steamer Uuronic was shown 

 ready for her voyage for Port Arthuur and 

 J[<ort William with a hundred tons of vege- 

 tables. The photographs have been senv, 

 to a number of illustrated papers. 



Dairy and Cold Storage Commissioner J. 

 A. Ruddick sent a shipment of 150 boxes 

 of I'ameuse and Mcintosh Red apples dur- 

 ing the first week in October to Mr. Wm, 

 liutchinsou, the Canadian Commissioner at 

 the Brussels Exhibition. Mr. Hutchinson 

 reports that these apples have proved a big 

 advertisement for Canada. They have serv- 

 ed to saow the people the difference between 

 real Canadian apples and those ottered for 

 sale in Brussels as Canadian apples. The 

 public was so much impressed by these Can- 

 adian apple men in the fruit trade started 

 to advertise their fruit whether it was from 

 Canada or not, as being Canadian. 



The report of the thirty-first session of 

 the American Pomological Society, held at 

 St. Catharines, Ontario, last year is be- 

 ing distributed. The report contains a 

 large amount of information of the great- 

 est value to present or future orchardists 

 and gardeners. In its 3oU odd pages, there 

 are chapters on the following subjects: 

 Orchard management ; the latest on lime- 

 sulphur sprays ; a discussion of the adapta- 

 tion of varieties to soils and climates; 

 gooseberry culture, with special relation 

 to methods of growing the English varie- 

 ties ; grape varieties of the east and west ; 

 and a very important chapter on co-opera- 

 tion in the marketing of horticultural pro- 

 ducts. The secretary is John Craig, Ithaca, 

 New York. 



Mr. Jas. P. Murray, of Toronto, has 

 written to The Can.\dian Horiiculturist, 

 suggesting that as the Canadian NationaJ 

 Exhibition is visited each year by thou- 

 sands of people from all parts of Canada 

 and the United States the grounds, which 

 are spacious, or a large portion of them 

 should be converted into a park and used 

 for the growing of shrubs and flowers, 

 which could be grouped and laid out in 

 the most attractive manner possible. Lec- 

 tures might be given on gardnjn work. The 

 grounds could be kept in an attractive 

 condition throughout the summer months 

 and the plants grown be properly labelled 

 to educate the public. Mr. Murray be- 

 lieves that a floral park, such as suggested, 

 would make its influence felt in almost 

 every city and hamlet throughout Canada. 



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