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New Fruits — We are reminded by a letter from Mr. D. W. Beadle, the well 

 known Canadian pomologist, that the Fruit Growers' Association has a duly 

 authorized Committee on New Fruits, consisting of Horticulturists, John Craig 

 Ottawa and H. L. Hutt Guelph, and the Secretary of our Association. It will 

 be a public benefit, as well as an individual advantage, if those having new fruits 

 of merit will forward the same to any of the members of this Committee. 



Messrs. Woodall & Co's. Apple Diagram for 1 896 has come to hand. It 

 shows that Canadian Baldwins still hold their place at the top for value in the 

 Liverpool market. The second place is held by Main Baldwins, while the third 

 and fourth place is in dispute between New York and Boston Baldwins, Canadian 

 Baldwins started out last October at 17 touched 15/6 in November, and reached 

 23/ in April. 



The quantity of apples imported into Liverpool market in 1894-5 was 857,- 

 215 barrels, and in 1895-6,438,354 barrels. This year will no doubt break 

 all records. 



Dwarf Apples. — Mr. Lodeman, Assistant Horticulturist at Cornell, has 

 issued a bulletin (No. 116) on " Dwarf Apples," in which after discussing their 

 merits and productiveness, as compared with standards, he does not recommend 

 them for profit. For fancy or dessert purposes dwarf trees answer an excellent 

 purpose, often yielding finer fruit than standards while the trees of course 

 occupy much less room. Apple trees are usually set 30 to 40 feet apart, but 

 dwarfs may be set 8 or 10 feet apart. Two kinds of stocks have been used for 

 dwarfing the apple, viz., the Paradise, comprising several European varieties of 

 small growth : and the Doucin an Italian variety of stronger growth than the 

 French Paradise, but not so valuable, and therefore almost wholly discarded 

 by nurserymen of late. The yield from dwarf apple trees usually averages two 

 or three pecks per tree, and possibly 300 trees might be set to an acre. 



Flower Shows are all important to the successful Horticultural Society — 

 especially those affiliated with our Association. We do not mean those cumber- 

 some affairs at which the chief object of the officials is to enrich their treasur}-, 

 so that every kind of objectionable feature is introduced to draw the crowd ; and 

 at which the exhibitors themselves, aim only at carrying off" the prize money. 

 We refer to an exhibition of another character entirely ; a much simpler under- 

 taking for the officials and a much more enjoyable and successful affair for the 

 members of the Society generally, because all share equally in the results. 



First, let our Societies lay down the ruling principle that the first aim is the 

 general good of the members and the encouragement of a taste for floriculture 

 and fruit culture. Then in the summer let the directors plan upon at least one 

 special meeting of the Society, at which flowers and fruits are shown by the 

 members, for comparison, but no money prizes allowed. Art work may also be 

 shown if thought advisable. Let some flower be prominent, something which 

 has been distributed by the Society, as sweet peas or gladioli. The room or 

 hall should be in charge of a Committee of Arrangements, who should place the 

 flowers on tables up and down the centre of the hall in the afternoon, and then 

 in the evening, say at 7,30, let it be thrown open to the members and the public 

 generally, either with or without admittance fees. The first hour should be a 

 conversazione, the visitors walking about among the floral exhibits and compar- 

 ing notes. Then the last hour the President should call the meeting to order 

 for a formal programme of music, readings and addresses. A meeting like this 

 is held every year about the ist of September by some of our societies, and 

 is looked upon as the social event of the season. 



