OUR ANNUAL MEETING. 



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"Freight on fruits" — H. W. Dawson, 

 Toronto. 



" Organized eflfort for fruit exhibit at St. 

 Louis " — H. Jones. 



The Fruit Marks Act. 



Report of inspectors — E. Lick, Oshawa, 

 Alex. McNeill, Walkerville, and others. 



A f te rn oon — Practical. 



" Our Affiliated Horticultural Societies." 



Reports of representatives — "What we 

 have done and how we did it." 



Reports of lecturers. 



" Amateur rose growing" — John S. Jack- 

 son, Port Hope. 



"Spraying" — J. E. Orr, Fruitland. 



"Pruning" — W. N. Hutt, Southend. 



Evening — Music and literary programme 

 by local talent. 



Question drawer opened and answered. 



Introduction of visitors and representa- 

 tives of sister societies. 



Address — G. C. Creelman, Toronto. 

 "Horticultural Societies; their relation to 

 the home, the school and the province." 



Address by the Hon. John Dryden, Min- 

 ister of Agriculture. 



Illustrated address on the orchard — Prof- 

 Waugh, Horticulturist V^ermont Experi. 

 ment Station, Burlington, Vt. 



N.B. — Headquarters vi ill be at 



Friday. 



Morning — Reports of cotnmittees — 



Fruit exhibit, cold storage apples from 

 Buffalo, resolutions, etc. 



Address by Prof. Macoun, Central Ex- 

 perimental Farm, Ottawa. 



Afternoon — Unfinished business — 



Our Experiment Stations. 



Profitable varieties of grapes — M. Pettit, 

 Winona. 



The best gooseberries — S. Spillett, Nantyr. 



The new strawberries — Rev. E. B. Ste- 

 venson. 



How to grow raspberries — A. M. Smith, 

 St. Catharies. 



Our best commercial apples — W. H. 

 Dempsey, Trenton. 



Cherries for Northern Ontario — G. C. 

 Caston, Craighurst. 



How to produce fine apples — H. Jones, 

 Maitland. 



Our export trade in fruit — E. D. Smith, 

 Winona. 

 Topics suggested for Question Drawer — 



The expensive tree protector. 



The cherry aphis. 



The torch and trap lantern in the orchard. 



Perennial flowers. 



Date of our annual meeting. 

 the Dunham House, Cobourg. 



Our Fruit Inspectors are at work, and 

 although only seven in number, they are mak- 

 ing their presence felt in all the provinces. 

 Several times, for example the Toronto 

 and Hamilton markets have been surprised 

 by them, and, while no actual convictions 

 have been made, a wholesome dread of 

 the penalty which they have the power 

 to inflict has resulted in more honesty 

 of packing and better satisfaction for 

 the fruit buyer. On Tuesday, Oct. 15th, 

 we were favored with a call from Mr. 

 W. A. McKinnon, chief of this depart- 

 ment, and Mr, Alex. McNeill, one of the 

 inpectors. They reported that the educa- 



tional feature of their work seemed more im- 

 portant than the prosecution for fraud, at 

 least for the first season. Consequently 

 Mr, McNeill is holding demonstration meet- 

 ings with farmers, at which he is showing 

 them how to properly pack their own fruit, 

 and thus, combining together they can save 

 to themselves the profits of the speculator. 

 The inspectors at work are : Alex. McNeill, 

 Walkerville, Elmer Lick, of Oshawa, E. H. 

 Wartman, of Kingston, E. J, Carey, of 

 Cobourg, J. F. Scriver, of Montreal, George 

 Vroom, of Middleton, N,S., and Richard 

 Burke, of Charlottetown; P.E.I. 



