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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



November, 19t3 



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Programme Arranged 



An unusually helpful and instructive 

 proj^ramme is being prepared for the con- 

 vention of the Ontario Horticultural Asso- 

 ciation, which will be held in Toronto on 

 Thursday and Friday, November 20th and > 

 21st, at the same time as the Ontario Hor- - 

 ticultural Exhibition and the first National 

 Live Stock and Dairy Show. At a meet- 

 ings of the directors of the association held 

 in Toronto tl\is fall, it was decided to 

 hold th;^ convention on the Kxhibition 

 Grounds, provided suitable arrangements 

 could be made and that the other conven- 

 tions that would be meeting about the same 

 time meet there also. It is understood 

 that dining privileges are to be arranged 

 for on the Exhibition Grounds. 



The programme this year will devote 

 more attention than usual to the work of 

 the individual societies in order that the 

 delegates who attend may be enabled to 

 obtain helpful ideas regarding the work 

 that may be undertaken by the societies. 

 Speakers are to be secured from societies 

 that have made a distinct success holding 

 lawn and garden competitions, regular ex- 

 hibitions, and of other similar work. 



Among the leading speakers it is ex- 

 pected will be iMr. John Nolan, of Cam- 

 bridge, Mass., who is an authority on 

 civic improvement, and whose address will 

 be illustrated. Mr. H. J. Moore, of Queen 

 Victoria Park, is to be asked to give an 

 address on the "Ornamentation of Town 

 Boulevards and Country Roads." 



In addition. Park Commissioner C. E. 

 Chambers, of Toronto, will be asked to 

 give an address on "Parks and Boulevards 

 for Small Towns." An effort is to be made 

 also to have an address by an authority 

 on school gardens. Copies of the pro- 

 gramme, as finally completed, will be 

 mailed to the horticultural societies at as 

 early a date as possible. 



Results from Prc-cooling 



Several car loads of fruit this fall wer.e 

 shipped from the pre-cooling plant which 

 was established last summer at Summer- 

 land, B. C. The first car which went 

 to Edmonton arrived in fine condition, 

 selling at $1 a box. A thermograph plac- 

 ed in the car showed considerable fluctua- 

 tion of temperature en route, going as high 

 as 70 degrees. Another car did not arrive 

 in such good condition, but the thermo- 

 graph record was better. The tempera- 

 ture of the fruit was from 48 to 65 degrees. 

 After loading the car, the teimperature 

 dropped rapidly, going down as low as 50 

 degrees. 



Tests of the plant have shown records "as 

 low as 28 degrees. The fruit itself regis- 

 tered 45, which is about as low as is 

 advisable to bring the temperature. A 

 different plan is to be adopted— that of 

 cooling the fruit before it is wrapped and 

 packed. Ripening will thus be checked 

 that much earlier. 



Recent bulletins and circulars received by 

 The Canadian Horticulturist include: Spec- 

 ial Bulletin 61, Spray and Practice Outline 

 for Fruit Growers. 1913; Special Bulletin, ; 

 60 Celery Culture m Michigan ; Special 

 Bulletin 59, Small Fruit Culture; Circular 

 No. 20, Starting a Lawn; all four issued 

 by the Michigan Agricultural College Ex- 

 periment Station. Bulletin No. 134, A Dry 

 Rot of the Irish Potato Ttiber, and Press 

 Bulletin No. 40, Potash Pointers, are is- 

 sued bv the University of Nebraska Agri- 

 cultural Experiment Station. Facts about 

 Flies and Mosquitoes, and How to Prevent 

 Them, are two pamphlets issued by the 

 Provincial Board of Health for Ontario. 



