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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



were merely nominal, the object being- to 

 almost give away the fruit at first with the 

 hope of ultimately creating a demand. 



The importance of sending out an expert 

 lecturer to speak on floriculture or fruit cul- 

 ture, before our affiliated horticultural socie- 

 ties, was delegated to a committee of our 

 association. The association has been fur- 

 nishing lecturers for the local horticultural 

 societies throughout the Province for some 

 vears past. These have now become so 

 numerous and important that we are anxious 

 to have the work recognized by the Depart- 

 ment ot .Agriculture, and special provisions 

 made for sending out an expert lecturer to 

 speak before them. To secure an expert 

 professional gardener to do this would re- 

 quire an expenditure of $4.00 or $5.00 a day 

 and travelling expenses. Mr. Dryden prom- 

 ised to lay the request before his colleagues. 



Prof. J. W. Robertson interviewed a 

 representative meeting of our fruit growers 

 at Grimsby on Tuesday the 15th January. 

 Several resolutions were passed covering the 

 following requests : — 



(i) That special provision be made for 

 weekly shipments of fruit in cold storage 

 during the season of 1901, and for trans- 

 shipment from car to boat at Montreal safe 

 from extremes of heat and cold. 



(2) The rental of the cold storage build- 

 ng at Grimsby for further experimental 

 work. 



(3) That an expert fruit grower be sent 

 to Great Britain during the fruit season 

 whose duty it shall be to report minutely 

 and promptly upon the shipments of tender 

 fruits on their arrival ; and 



(4) That the export shipments of grapes 

 be continued and extended in such a manner 

 as is best calculated to develop the export 

 trade. 



tender fruit in Great Britain, and it is evident 



that unless we push forward heartily and 



capture this trade ourselves some one else 



will step in and carry off all the profits. 



Here is an extract from the 1900 Report of 



VVm. A. Taylor, Acting Pomologist of the 



United States : — 



Some of the most serious problems that confront 

 the fruit giower are those connecttd with the ques- 

 tions of harvesting, packinj^, and marketing the 

 product. This has Letn found especially irue in 

 relation to the export trade in fresh fruits. In 

 numerous instances efforts to increase the sale and 

 use of American fr<..sh fruits in foreign markets 

 have tailed through the imperfect understanding 

 that exists among growers, packer;;, and shipper?, 

 as well as tran^po.tation companies and the:r em- 

 ployees, m regard to the requirements of the mar- 

 kets to be sui phed and the methods of harvesting, 

 packing, storing, and shipping ntcessary to meet 

 tnose requirements. The development of that 

 steady demand which is nece-sary to build up trade 

 is in many cases retarded by the variability in con- 

 dit'on of con-ignmcnts on arrival. A shipment 

 which arrives perfectly sound and in every rcspect 

 satisfactory is frequently followed by one or moie 

 that arrive in bad condition. The result is loss of 

 confidence in the reliability of American fruit as a 

 staple article of trade and a dis :sirous lowering of 

 prices. For these reasons it seems highly important 

 that provision be made for a careful study of meth- 

 ods of hi rvesting packing, s'oring, and transport- 

 ing fresh fruits, both at home and abroad, with 

 special reference to the dev lopmtnt of the export 

 trade in them. Authoiity to make experimental 

 shipments should also be provided for in this con- 

 nection. In add tion to the immediate beneficial 

 effect re'^ulting from such an investigation, it would 

 have a direct bearing on the selection of varieties 

 for the commercial orchards now being planted in 

 many sections of the country, and thus exercise an 

 important influence on the character of the com- 

 meicial fruit supply of the next two decades. It is 

 therefore strongly urged that provision be made for 

 the prosecution of this work during the coming fis- 

 cal year. 



Our neighbors seem to be stirred up by 

 our successful experiments in landing our 



Spirea, Anthony Waterer, is very highly 

 spoken in the Garden, 1894, drawing 

 especial attention to its surprising beauty, 

 its free-flowering habit and lasting flowers. 

 The Garden proceeds to say, "The old 

 Spirea Bumalda is now well-known for its 

 hardiness, easy cultivation and neat, com- 

 pact habit, and before this variety of Mr. 

 Waterer's appeared, we valued it also for 

 the beauty of its carmine flowers. Com- 

 pared with the brilliancy and depth of color 

 in this new comer, however, it appears poor 

 and washed out." 



