THE ORILLIA MEETING. 

 The Annual and Winter Meeting of the Fruit Growers* Association of 



Ontario will be held in the town of Orillia, on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, the 5th, 

 6th and 7th of December, 1894. There will also be a public session on Tuesday night, the 

 4th, at 8 o'clock, when an interesting lecture will be given by Professor J. Hoyes Panton, 

 of the O.A.C., Guelph ; to be followed by an address by Professor John Craig, of the 

 Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa. 



All the sessions, both day and evening, are open to the public, both to ladies and 

 gentlemen, and will be full of interest — the evening sessions particularly so. 



The object of the meeting is to carry out the wishes of the Ontario Department of 

 Agriculture in distributing information concerning fruit culture and floriculture as widely 

 as possible, and thus to increase the wealth of our province. 



Fruit tables will be provided on w hich to exhibit any special samples of fruit, and a 

 committee will be appointed to report on such exhibit. 



There will be a special stenographer present to take down a verbatim report of all dis- 

 cussions and addresses. 



PROGRAMME. 



Thi8 proeramme ia merely provisional, and is subject to changes by the directors. Any of the papers 

 assigned to Friday may be called for at any tinae, if so desired. Any papers not read will be publhhed in the 

 report. 



TuESDAy Evening. 



8.00 p.m. — Public meeting. Lecture by J. H. Panton, O. A. C, Guelph, on "Fungi," 

 with lantern illustrations. Discussion. Address by Prof. John Craig, Hoiticulturist at 

 the Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, on " Experiments with Fungicides." Discussion. 

 (Question 13.) Appointment of Committees : — (1) Fruit Exhibit, (2) Nominations, (3) Obi- 

 tuary, (4) Resolutions. 



Wednesday. 



9.00 a.m. — Meeting of Directors of the Association, to consider (1) Treasurer's Report, 

 (2) Report of Representatives on Board of Control concerning Experiment Stations, (3) 

 Election of three Representatives for 1895. 



10.30 a.m. — Public meeting. Reports from Affiliated Societies Experiment Sta,tion 

 Work. Open discussion. (Questions 2 and 5.) Report on New Fruits, by Prof. John 

 Craig. " Peach Growing," W. W. Hillborn, Experimenter, Leamington. Apple and Pear 

 Catalogue — Amendments to be considered. 



2.00 p m. — "Score Cards for Judging Fruits," L. Woolverton. "Roads and Road 

 Making," Andrew Patullo, Woodstock. Address by Prof. C. C. James, Deputy Minister 

 of Agriculture. " Frauds in Fruits," A. M. Smith, St. Catharines. Question Budget. 



7.00 p.m. — Meeting of Nominating Committee. 



8 00 p.m. — Public meeting. Music at intervals by Orillia talent. Address of wel- 

 come by the Mayor. Response by President. President's Annual Address. " Flowers," 

 a paper by Mrs. McKinnell, Orillia. "Floriculture as a Business for Women," Miss 

 Hodge, Orillia. Addresses by J. C. Morgan, of Barrie ; the Deputy Minister of Agricul- 

 ture, and others. 



10.00 p.m. — Business meeting of Association : — Election of Officers, Report of Plant 

 Distribution, Treasurer's Report by auditors, Finance Committee's Report. 



Thubsday. 



9.00 a.m.- Question Drawer. "Co-operative Apple Growing," E. B. Edwards, Peter- 

 boro'. " Fruits and Fruit Growing on the Southern Shores of the Georgian Bay," Dr. G. 

 M. Aylesworth, Collingwood. " Hardy Fruits for North Simcoe," G. C. Caston, Experi- 

 menter at Craighurst. " Fruit Inspection : Shall we drop it ?" L. Woolverton. (Questions 

 1 and 14.) Question Budget. 



2.00 p.m.— Public meeting. Question Drawer. "Cold Storage in Fruit Growing 

 Centres," A. H. Pettit, Grimsby; J. Craig, Ottawa. "Notes of Travel among Ontario' 



