Fruit Growers," H. L. Hutt, Professor of Horticulture at the O.A.C., Cuelpii. Questioii 

 Budget. 



4.00 p.m.— Adjournment to visit the town. 



8.00 pm. — Public meeting. Question Drawer. Talk on Bulbs, by Rev. W. Bacon, 

 Orillia Address on " Fertilization of Flowers in Orchards and Vineyards," Prof Beach, 

 Horticulturist, Geneva Experiment Station. Geneva, N.Y. Discussion. Address on "The 

 Codling Moth and Plum Curculio," Prof. James Fletcher, Entomologist, Central ?L\peri- 

 mental Farm, Ottawa. Discussion. 



Friday. 



9.00 a m. — Directors' meeting 



11.00 a.m — Public meeting. Question Drawer. "The Vegetable Garden," W. 

 Warnock. Goderich. " Fruit Growing in the Beaver Valley," John G. Mitchell, Clarks- 

 burg. Reports of Committees. 



2.00 p.m.— "Apples for Northern Ontario," J. H. Tool, Orillia. " The Future Market 

 for Ontario Apples," A. McD. Allan, Goderich. "Notes on Strawberry Growing," W. W . 

 Hillbom, Leamington. (Question 2.) "Grapes and Grape Growing," H. Pettit, Winona. 



Additional Papers. — "Rose Culture for the Farmer and Fruit Grower," T. H, Race, 

 Mitchell. "Pruning Trees, especially the Apple," W. S. Turner, Cornwall. "Packing 

 and Marketing Peaches and other Fruits," W. Boulter, Picton. "Bee-keeping and Horti- 

 culture," J. R. Howell, Bi^antford. Papers by George Street, florist ; J. Cuppage, Rev. 

 Thos. Williams. 



Question Budget. 



1. What can we do to prevent our markets being overstocked with green fruits, an J 

 thus injuring the sale of good fruit ? 



2. How can we get the greatest good from our expeiiment stations ? 



3. Could not the Dominion Government be induced to join the Australian (government 

 in opening a fruit depot for Canadian and Australian fruit in London, England ? (See 

 letter from Mr. Rutherford, N.S.) 



4. Would not Australia be a good market for Canadian apples? (See information in 

 journal. ) 



5. What work do fruit growers most desire should be carried on at our experiment 

 stations ? 



6. How can we best provide against the evils of a protracted drouth ? ( Mr. Craig). 



7. Can thinning of fruit be done in pruning ? 



8. Is there any prospect of finding a market in England for Canadian grapes, and if so? 

 for what varieties ? 



9. A fruit grower in Southern Ontario has twenty-five acres in grapes, peaches, peara 

 and plums. He wants to plant five acres more to either phims or grapes, the soil being 

 adapted for either. Which promises the most profit ? 



10. Fertilizers for the orchard and garden. What are the best ? 



11. Is there any preventive for the ravages of the cut worm in strawberry plantations ? 



12. Will a continued use of haidwood ashes induce the growth of chickweed and 

 purslane ? 



13. How often may potassium sulphide be safely used on gooseberries ? 



14. (a) Shall we drop the fruit inspection or push it forward ? (Read extract from 

 Fruit Trade Journal.) 



14. (/>) How can we prevent fraudulent packing of fruit ? 



15. Does it pay to grow tomatoes under glass ? 



16. Can we indiice hotel-keepers to use better samples of fruit? (See letter from Mr. 

 Larke. ) 



17. What beneficial results accrue to fruit growers from the exhibits at the Toronto 

 Exhibition ? 



NOTICE.— The membership fee of the A.ssociation is $1.00 per annum, and entitles one 

 to a bound volume of the Annual Report, a share in the plant distribution, and to the 

 monthly magazine, The Canadian Hokticulturist, for one year. Subscriptions received 

 at any time by the Secretary. 



T. H. Race, President. 



L. Vi'ooLVERTON, Secretary. 



