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much as ours are under the Ontario Agricultural College at Guelph, only that 

 ours has the additional advantage of the advice of three prominent fruit growers on 

 the Board of Control. Their work is mostly in fruit testing, for which they have 

 five sub-stations, and the expenditure per annuni is $15,000 per annum, one- 

 third of which goes for salaries and one-third for labor. In addition to these 

 they are undertaking to control the two Forestry Stations, for which, however, 

 there is separate additional allowance of $2,000 This will be $17,000 per 

 annum for seven stations, while we only expend $2,500 per annum on our 

 twelve stations and probably obtain better results. 



Lecturers to Affliated Societies. — For the first time, lecturers have 

 been sent out by the Ontario Fruit Growers' Association, to speak on the '' Fruit 

 and Flower Garden," before the affiliated Horticultural Societies. The following 

 is a list of lecturers and societies addressed : 



Alexander McNeill, Windsor ; subject, " Window Garden and JFlowers for 

 Busy People " ; societies visited, Grimsby, Niagara Falls South, Port Colborne, 

 Hagersvilie, Port Dover, Leamington. 



T. If. Race, Mitchell; subject, " The Fruit and Flower Garden "; societies 

 visited, Port Hope, Trenton, Belleville, Napanee, Lindsay. 



D. W. Beadle, Toronto; subject, "The Fruit, Flower, and Vegetable 

 Garden " ; societies visited, Freeman, Paris, Woodstock. Chatham, Windsor, 

 Brampton, Waterloo. 



The following is a list of the Ontario Fruit Experiment Stations as now 

 established : — i. Southwestern, peaches ; W. W. Hilborn, Leamington, Ont. 

 2. Niagara District, tender fruits; Martin Burrill, St. Catharines, Ont. 3. 

 Wentworth, grapes ; M. Pettit, Winona, Ont. 4. Burlington, blackberries 

 and currants ; A. W. Peart, Freeman, Ont. 4)^. Halton Sub station, straw- 

 berries ; E. B. Stevenson, Freeman, OnL 5. Lake Huron District, raspberries 

 and commercial apples ; A. E Sherrington, Walkerton, Ont. 6. Georgian Bay 

 District, plums ; John G. Mitchell, Clarksburg, Ont. 7. Simcoe Station, hardy 

 apples and hardy cherries; G. C. Caston, Craighurst, OnL 7^. Simcoe Sub- 

 station, gooseberries ; Stanley Spillett, Nantyr, Ont. 8. East Central Station, 

 pears and commercial apples ; R. L. Huggard, Whitby, Ont. 9. Prince Edward 

 District, apples ; W. H. Dempsey, Trenton, OnL 10. St. Lawrence District, 

 hardy pears and hardy plums ; Harold Jones, Maitland, OnL Secretary for 

 Stations, L. Woolverton, Grimsby, Ont. 



The Sudduth Pear, which is illustrated in this number, is being tested at 

 our Station. The Fruit Growers' Journal, published in Illinois, the State in 

 which it originated, says there is a great diversity of opinion regarding its value. 

 Our readers will do well to wait the reports of our Ontario Stations before 

 investing in this or any other novelty. 



Errata.— On page no for "Fruit Exhibit," read "Plant ExhibiL" 



