THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



January, 191 4 



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Fruit Growers' Requests 



Durinir December Messrs. D. Johnson 

 and G. E. Mcintosh, represemting the On- 

 tario Fruit GroT\'ers' Association and a 

 larsre delegation of the fruit growers of 

 Lambton County, met J. E. Armstrong, 

 M. P. for East Lambton, at Forest, and 

 laid before him certain complaints regard- 

 ing railway facilities and service in hand- 

 ling fruit shipments. The resolutions, as 

 annroved by the Ontario .Association and 

 submitted to Mr. .Armstrong, were as fol- 

 lows : 



That an effort be made to have all navi- 

 gation companies handling freierht and op- 

 erating upon Canadian waters placed under 

 the jurisdiction of the railway commission. 



That power be given the railway commis- 

 sion to adjudicate claims against steam- 

 boats, railway and express companies.which 

 have not been settled in sixty days. 



That an amendment be made to the crim- 

 inal code whereby handlers of perishable 

 shipments will be liable to a fine for rough 

 handling and for pilfering. 



That fruit inspectors be also made cargo 

 inspectors. 



That where a privilege has been given by 

 a railway company under section 317 of the 

 Railway Act, the railway commission be 

 given power to order the extension of such 

 privilege. 



REQIESTS REASONABLE 



Mr. .Armstrong said 'he believed the rr 

 quests reasonable, and he would see they 

 were placed before Parliamemt, with a view 

 to bring about legislation that would ad- 

 just at least some of them. 



Mr. Armstrong touched upon a mat- 

 ter that met with approval, that of nation- 

 alizing the express companies of Canada. 

 The express companies are demanding six 

 million dollars for handling the parcel post 

 husimess to be inaugurated very soon, and 

 Mr, Armstrong thought that the Postmas- 

 ter-General should direct attention to gov- 

 ernmental control of the express companies. 



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Nova Scotia 



The annual meeting of the Xova Scotia 

 Fruit Growers' -Association will take place 

 at Kentville, January 20th. 21st and 22nd. 

 \ three days programme is being prepared 

 The question of the control of black spot 

 uill be especialy dealt with. 



British Columbia 



Developments in the system of fruit pro- 

 duction and distribution in British Colmu- 

 bia, which may involve changes in methods 

 now used by the orchardists, are possible as 

 a result of a recent toiir of the Pacific coast 

 undertaken by J. Kidston of Vernon, a 

 member of the Provincial .Agricultural 

 Commission, and R. M. Winslow, provincial 

 horticulturiist and secretary of the B. C. 

 Fruit Growers' .Asociation. They have re- 

 cently returned from a trip which took them 

 through .American fruit grooving districts 

 extending from the boundary line south 

 into the heart of the California ••trus beit. 

 They interviewed the officers of many 

 growing and selling organizations and se- 

 cured a large amount of valuable informa- 

 tion covering the growing and distribution 

 of deciduous and citrus fruits. 



In the orchard districts of the Northwest 

 the idea of close cultivation between trees 

 is not looked upon with general f.ivor, al- 

 though this method is accepted ;here in 



