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OUR ASSOCIATION, 



WAY back in the year 1859, a few 

 g"entlemen interested in fruit grow- 

 ^ ing, met in the Board of Trade 

 Rooms, Hamilton, and formed the 

 Fruit Growers' Association of Upper Canada, 

 with the Hon. Judge Logie, President, 

 George LesHe, Esq., Toronto, 1st Vice- 

 President, Chas. Arnold, Paris, 2nd Vice- 

 President, and Delos W. Beadle, St. Cath- 

 arines, as Secretary and Treasurer. 



Nine years later, in 1868, at a meeting 

 held in the Court House, Hamilton, a Con- 

 stitution and By-laws were adopted, under 

 the provision of the Agricultural and Arts' 

 Act, with the title of the Fruit Growers' 

 Association of Ontario. The membership 

 then was 242. 



In October, 1877, the question of publish- 

 ing a monthly magazine devoted to the 

 objects of the association was discussed at 

 great length, and the whole question left in 

 hands of a committee consisting of Messrs. 

 Burnet, Saunders, Leslie and Beadle, to 

 inquire into the cost and report. This 

 committee reported favorably, advising the 

 publication, and estimating the cost of a 



sixteen page monthly at $860 per annum. 

 The report was adopted and it was ordered 

 that the journal be published on the 15th of 

 each month, beginning with the January 

 number and as soon as possible to catch up 

 with the date. 



For ten years the journal was ably edited 

 by Mr. D. W. Beadle, one of the foremost 

 horticulturists in Ontario, and in 1887, he was 

 succeeded by the present Secretary and Edi- 

 tor. The growth of our association as a re- 

 sult of this publication has been phenomenal. 

 In 1886, the number was 1652; in 1900, the 

 paid members numbered 4500, with promise 

 of considerable increase in 1901 ; while the 

 little sixteen page monthly of 2000 copies, 

 published for $860 per annum, has grown to 

 be a 48-page monthly, of 5500 copies, pub- 

 lished at a cost of $2,500 per annum, and 

 given free of charge to each member. 



In the year 1889, at a meeting of our 

 Association in the Court House, Hamilton, 

 a photograph was taken showing the 

 Directors and others as they came out of 

 the meeting at noon. This will be of espec- 

 ial interest to some of our friends of to-day, 



