March, 1922. 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



67 



Niagara P.F.G.A. Convention 



THE annual convention of the Niagara 

 Peninsula Fruit Growers' Association, 

 held at Grimsby and St. Catharines, 

 March 1 and 2, not only was well attended, 

 but was one of the most interesting and 

 most impoftant in years. The various ses- 

 sions were conducted by the president, A. 

 Onslow, Niagara-on-the-Lake, assisted by 

 the secretary, C. E. Fisher, St. Catharines. 

 The programme comprised both cultural 

 and business topics, and several important 

 resolutions were adopted. W. H. Bunting 

 presented the various transportation reso- 



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lutions that had been adopted at the Do- 

 minion Fruit Conference. These concerned 

 matters affecting minimum express weights, 

 a carriers' protective service for the east, 

 car equipment, carload commodity rates, 

 experimental shipments, rate classification 

 of fruits and vegetables, 'freight and ex- 

 press rates in general. All these were ap- 

 proved unanimously. 



Resolutions Passed. 



The Dominion Department of Agriculture 

 was petitioned by resolution to continue 

 and extend, through its Fruit Branch, its 

 investigations into the best methods .of 

 transporting fruits and vegetables under 

 the supervision of G. E. Mcintosh, transpor- 

 tation specialist, and to undertake further 

 shipments from the Niagara district during 

 the coming season, with a view to the solv- 

 ing of several pressing problems as to the 

 best methods of reaching distant markets. 



A resolution recommended that the con- 

 vention of the association in future be ex- 

 tended in period of days and expanded to in- 

 clude exhibits of Implements, fruit growers' 

 supplies and accessories. Following the 

 adoption of this resolution, a committee to 

 arrange next year's convention was named 

 by President A. Onslow as follows: W. H. 

 Bunting, St. Catharines; S. H. Rittenhouse, 

 Vineland Station; J. B. Fairbairn, Beams- 

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 need for immediate and substantial reduc- 

 tions in the present railway rates on the 

 transportation of fruits and vegetables, 

 which at present were discouraging plant- 

 ing, curtailing consumption and interfering 

 with the free movement of supplies. 



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