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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



February, 191 1 



been developed, ' which has had for its ob- 

 ject the distribution of these products all 

 over 0»nada,-^\ve firmly believe that any 

 change in these conditions would result 

 in very great injury to an industry that 

 if not disturbed will be of the greatest im- 

 portance to Canada as a whole. We would 

 therefore request that no change be made 

 in the present customs tariff en tender 

 fruits. 



A committee composed of Messrs. W. H. 

 Bunting and R. Thompson of St. Cathar- 

 ines; Jas. E. Johnson. Simooe; D. John- 

 son, Forest ; and Harold Jones, Maitland, 

 was appointed to go to Ottawa and make 

 known the views of the fruit growers on 

 the tariff. 



NIAGARA GROWERS APPROVE 



At the annual meeting of the Niagara 

 Peninsula Fruit Growers' Association held 

 a few days later the matter was again dis- 

 cussed. Resolutions were passed practic- 

 ally approving the foregoing resolutions. 



THE PRAIRIE VIEWS 



From the prairie provinces a long mem- 

 orial was sent to the government signed by 

 all the wholesale fruit jobbers, at all points 

 west of the Great Lakes as far as Calgary 

 and by all the wholesale fruit jobbers of 

 Winnipeg : They claim that the present tar- 

 iff of thirty per cent, on both fruit and 

 vegetables is simply a tax on the prairie 

 consumers as climatic conditions are such 

 that their part of Canada can never hope 

 to produce sufficient fruit and tender veg- 

 etables for their own consumption. They 

 also say that reciprocity would be a benefit 

 to the producers of fruit and vegetables 

 in British Columbia, Ontario and the Mari- 

 time provinces as it would afford them 

 free access to the unlimited markets of the 

 United States. 



Fruit Matters Discussed 



The directors of the Ontario Fruit Grow- 

 ers' Association met in Toronto in Janu- 

 ary and organized for the year. 



The following officers were elected : Pre- 

 sident, D. Johnston, Forest; vice-presi- 

 dent, J. W. Smith, Winona; socy.-treas., 

 Percy W. Hodgetts, Toronto. 



NATIONAL APPLE SHOW 



The directors were in favor of holding a 

 national apple show in Ontario, but felt 

 that there was not time to make the ne- 

 cessary arrangements for the holding cf 

 such a show this year. The general opinion 

 was that such a show should be held in the 

 fall of 1912, and that in the meantime ar- 

 rangements to that end should be made. 

 The following resolution was passed : Mov- 

 ed by H. Jones, seconded by Adam Brown 

 — In view of the fact that this A.ssocia- 

 tion thinks that it would add largely to 

 the value of a prospective National Apple 

 Show to be held in Toronto to have the 

 county councils of the fruit growing sec- 

 tions of the province vote grants towards 

 the expenses in connection therewith, and 

 to negotiate with the city of Toronto to 

 provide a suitable building for the same, 

 be it resolved that in the fall of 1911 the 

 Ontario Horticultural Exhibition make a 

 special effort to induce the counties to 

 make large reiiresentative exhibits in com- 

 mercial packages of their fruit products 

 which will tend to increase the interest of 

 both growers and counties for a National 

 Apple Show in the near future, and fur- 

 ther, that we as an Association encourage 

 the growers in making individual exhibits 

 of packages and display in fruits by offer- 

 ing large prizes for five, ten, and one 

 hundred box lots ; also that the Association 

 again duplicate any grant made by any 



county up to the sum of fifty dollars for 

 special displays and pay necessary trans- 

 portation charges on such exhibits. 



.FREIOHT CHARGES 



The transportation ommittee was in- 

 .structed to take up the unfair discrimina- 

 tion in freight charges from Winnipeg to 

 points further west and north, and if nf 

 cessary to take such action as might bi 

 needed to bring it before the Railway Com- 

 mission. FRUIT INSPECTION 



Another important subject of discussion 

 was the inspection of apples at point of 

 shipment, when if they were not up to 

 standard the inspector could go to th' 

 orchards and notify the shippers of th<- 

 fact. This system has _ been tried to a 

 limited extent in the Niagara District 

 with satisfactory results. Mr. James F, 

 John.ston was appointed to confer with tli^ 

 Dominion Government on this point. 



Niagara Fruit Growers Convene 



The annual meeting of the Niagara Per 

 insula Fruit Grower.s' Association wa 

 held at Grimsby, Ont., January 12th. ajvl 

 was followed later by a meeting of tin 

 directors in St. Catharines. 



The recent decision of the Railway Com- 

 mission to the effect that express compan- 

 ies must revise their schedule of rates wa.« 

 hailed with delight when explained b.v 

 Past President Bunting, who produced 

 the full text of the judgment, stating that 

 it was a complete victory for the growers, 

 as every item presented by them in the 

 form of complaint had ben stibstantiated 

 bv the board. He had written to General 

 Managers Stout of the Dominion Express 

 Company and Bryce of the Canadian, sug- 

 gesting that they meet the growers an<l 

 shippers with a view to reaching an agree- 



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