THE 



Canadian Horticuuurist 





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THE BRANTFORD MEETING— I 



lONSIDERING the extreme value to 

 farmers and fruit growers of the 

 discussions at our meeting in Brant- 



^5^ I. ford, and the talented gentlemen 

 who were invited to speak, it was surprising 

 what a little local interest was aroused. 

 We had a large outside attendance, but 

 Brantford people were conspicuously absent. 

 In future we shall take good care not to ac- 

 cept an invitation unless guaranteed a good 

 local attendance and interest. Six places 

 have competed for the next meeting, and 

 we have accepted the invitation to Cobourg 

 because backed up by a good live affiliated 

 horticultural society, which insures a local 

 interest. Many who are not able to attend 

 our annual meetings will be pleased to see 

 in our frontispiece our present directorate, 

 and compare it with that of 1892 shown last 

 month. This one is engraved from a photo- 

 graph by Park & Co. , of Brantford. 



We are fortunate in being able to include 

 H. L. Hutt, Professor of Horticulture of 

 the O. A. C, Guelph, and W. T Macoun, 

 Horticulturist of the C. E. F., Ottawa, who 

 by virtue of their positions well deserve a 

 place on our directorate. 



Mr. W. H. Bunting reported for the Com- 

 mittee on Transportation, showing that 

 while much yet remained to be sought for, 

 some more reasonable concessions had been 

 made on carloads of fruit to about 20 per 

 cent. The making of 20,000 lbs. a carload 

 made it impossible to get the advantage of 

 the reduction in the case of this fruit, be- 

 cause, owing to the light weight of this 

 fruit and room occupied by the baskets, this 

 weight of grapes could not be put in a car. 

 The committee was continued with one or 

 two additional members. 



Dr. Saunders, of Ottawa, contributed 

 very largely to the interest ot our meeting 

 and to the value of our report, by his very able 

 address upon Canadian fruits at the Paris 

 Exhibition. Canada had won more medals 

 and prizes in fruit than in any other depart- 

 ment, and had created a most favorable im- 

 pression among foreigners, leading to much 

 inquiry for purchase. 



The fruit forwarded by the Secretary by 

 by the Manchester Commerce on September 

 J 5th and on the Manchester Trader on 

 October 5th had arrived in capital condition, 

 although five days out of cold storage from 



