February, 1913 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



43 



The election of oflficers resulted as fol- 

 lows : Patrons, Hon .Martin Burrell, Hon. 

 J. E. Caron, Hon. S. Fisher, G. A. Gi- 

 jfault and A. Dupuis. Honorary president, 

 Prof. W. S. Blair, honorary vice-president, 

 C. P. Newman ; president. Rev. Father 

 Leopold ; vice-president, C. P. Byers ; 

 Secretary-treasurer, Peter Reid. Directors : 

 G. B. Edwards, Covey Hill; J. Crossfield, 

 .A.bbotsford ; G. P. Hitchcock, Massiwippi ; 

 Rev. H. A. Dickson, Rectory Hill; A. D. 

 Verreau, Villag-e des Aulnaies ; N. E. Jack, 

 Chateaug-uay Basin ; F. X. Gosselin, W. 

 H. Thompson, Hudson Heights ; R. Bro- 

 die, Montreal. On the committee chargred 

 with demonstration work Prof. Blair's de- 

 parture necessitated another appoiintment. 

 and Prolf. Bunting- was elected in his place. 



DEM0N8TR.4T0R W.iNTED 



A resolution was passed requesting- the 

 Provincial Government to appoint a com- 

 petent man to act as demonstrator of each 

 experimental orchard. This officer would 

 also accept the office of local secretary 

 of the society's branch in the district, thus 

 combinimg the two offices. A resolution 

 asking the railroads to look into the mat- 

 ter of trying to induce their employees 

 to handle fruit in transit more carefully 

 was also adopted. 



Addresses were delivered by Mr. F. X. 

 Gosselin, Ste. Famille, Que., on "Straw- 

 berry Culure," and by Mr. J. C. Chapais, 

 St. Denis, on "Two Orchard Enemies." 

 These led to am interesting discussion. 

 Reports made by Messrs. Ben. Richardson 

 and Henri Cloutier, superintendents of the 

 Demonstration Orchards, as to the results 

 of careful experimemts they had carried 

 out, contained helpful information concern- 

 ing spraying. 



Mr. D. Johnson, Forest, Ont., president 

 of the Ontario Fruit Growers' Associa- 

 tion, spoke on "Cooperation, "and Mr. T.L. 

 Kinney, South Hero, Vt. , on "Why I Love 

 the Apple Business." The first address 

 showed that the cooperative societies in 

 Ontario were making great progress. 

 There the growers stuck tog-ether and did 

 not allow their societies to become too 

 large. They made large profits for the 

 members and increased their yield df No. 

 1 apples. A description of how he had 

 gone a step further, cut himself loose 

 from the cooperative societies, aind got 

 closer to the consumer by selling to the 

 retailer rather than the wholesaler, and 

 keeping his own travelling man out west 

 to sell his product, created a great deal 

 of interest. 



The Jordan Harbor Station 



Editor, The Canadian Horticultueist, — 

 Being a former resident of Ontario and of 

 the Niagara District, I ivas interested in 

 your recent editorial with regard to the 

 Jordan Harbor Station. I have always ad- 

 mired The Horticulturist for the fearless 

 way in which it defends the horticultural 

 interests ef the Dominion and the way in 



which it attacks injustice and inefiBciency 

 whenever the opportunity presents itself. 

 Your criticism of the administration of the 

 Jordan -Harbor Station, in my opinion, is 

 timely and commendable. The institution 

 has been running long enough to prove its 

 value and has been found wanting. 



I have made frequent visits to the station. 



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