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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



QUEBEC FRUIT GROWERS. 



HK eighth animal meet'mg^ oi the 

 Pomological and Fruit Growers' 

 Society of the Province of Quebec 



^Tj was held on the ^rst of January 

 and ist of February at Muir Hall, Hunting- 

 ton, Que. Morning, afternoon and evening 

 meetings were held. The meetings were 

 well attended and a great deal of interest 

 shown, and different subjects were well 

 discussed, many in the audience joining in 

 the discussions. 



The meetings was ably conducted by the 

 President, Dr. H. W. Woods, St. Johns, 

 Que. The society was particularly favored 

 bv having such a large number of professors 

 to attend their meeting. 



Mr. J. M. Fisk, Abbotsford, gave an 

 address on Horticultural Exhibitions and 

 advised the adoption of judging by points. 

 In the discussion that followed single judges 

 were thought advisable, and the system 

 of judging by points was thought to 

 work well on single plates but at times 

 lead to confusion in collections. 



Dr. Saunders, director Experimental 

 Farms, Ottawa, gave a very interesting 

 address showing the important position the 

 fruits of Canada have taken in all the large 

 exhibitions of the world from the Centennial 

 at Philadelphia in 1876 to the Paris Exposi- 

 tion of last year. 



Dr. F"letcher, Entomologist Central Exper- 

 imental Farms, in a well chosen address, 

 showed the value of the honey bee to the fruit 

 growers as a pollenizer, and explained why 

 the bee did not injure fruit, and that there 

 had never been a case known where the bee 



had broken the skin of the tenderest fruit. 

 Mr. Selwin, of Ottawa, also gave a paper 

 of great \alue to the bee-keeper. Mr. 

 Hamilton, of Grenville, and Mr. Shepherd, 

 of Como, closed the afternoon meeting of 

 the second day with well chosen remarks on 

 cold storage and the possibilities of the fruit 

 grower as an exporter under more favorable 

 conditions. 



The feature of the evening was an 

 illustrated address by Prof. John Craig, 

 Cornell University, Ithaca, X. \'., who 

 showed some excellent lime light views of 

 some of the most profitable orchards in 

 western New ^'ork and the views of several 

 packing and evaporating plants, closing 

 with a photo of the Directors of the Quebec 

 Association taken at the time of the first 

 meeting of the board. 



Prof. Waugh, Horticulturist, Burlington, 

 Vermont, spoke of the selection of varieties 

 and drew attention to the Fameuse type as 

 being of special value as grown in Quebec. 



Mr. R. B. Whyte, of Ottawa, in address- 

 ing the meeting showed the advantages to 

 be derived from Local Horticultural 

 Societies being- connected with the 

 Provincial Society and cited the benefits 

 gained by affiliated societies in Ontario. 



The subject received great attention and 

 was discussed at some length, and it is 

 probable that in the near future steps 

 will be taken to form affiliated societies on 

 the same general plan as in Ontario. 



Your representatives were very cordially 

 received and entertained while at the 

 meeting. Harold Joxes, Maitland. 



