September, 1914 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



them. In placing^ these varieties on the 

 market, however, Mr. Hart reminds us that 

 it is not only the name that sells, but the 

 apple itself. Even a good sample may find 

 a poor market ; a No. 2 or 3 grade shipped 

 west will likely result in loss this year. 

 Particular attention should, therefore, be 

 paid to the grading: at packing- time and 

 no inferior fruit allowed to go through to 

 spoil (he chances of sale. Nothing but the 

 very best should at any time be put in 

 boxes, but more particularly so this year. 



Occasionally fault has been found with 

 the Ontario pack in the west. It is not 

 necessary to inquire into the justice of the 

 criticism. It is enough to know that the 

 criticism exists and Ontario packers should 

 be careful not to justify it by an inferior 

 pack in a single instance. What is true of 

 boxes for Saskatchewan and Alberta is 

 equally true of barrels for Manitoba. This 

 excellent chance of putting up a good pack 

 for the west should not be lost. 



Canadian Horticultural Association Convention 



The Canadian Horticultural Association 

 is planning to extend the scope of its work 

 and make it more truly national iin char- 

 acter. It has serious difficulties to sur- 

 mount but a wide field of usefulness before 

 it. Wi'hout receiving any govermment as- 

 sistance the association has accomplished 

 much good work in the past. This pro- 

 mises well for its future. 



The European war promises to seriously 

 affect the European apple market. The 

 now conditions thus created call for the 

 highest possible efficiency in marketing 

 this year's crop. Some losses on this 



vcar's crop may be unpreventable, but 

 there are prospects that by good manage- 

 ment these may largely be avoided. 



For several years the annual conventions 

 of The Canadian Horticultural Association 

 have shown a yearly increase in the general 

 attendance and enthusiasm. This improve- 

 ment was continued at this year's conven- 

 tion, the seventeenth, held since the Asso- 

 ciation was organized which took place in 

 Toronto Tuesday to Friday, August 4th 

 to 6th. On the Friday following the con- 

 clusion of the convention tne members of 

 the Association went as the guests of the 

 Gardeners' and Florists' Association of To- 

 ronto for a trip across Lake Ontario to 

 Niagara Falls. A remarkable feature of the 

 convention was the fact that out of the six- 

 teen past-presidents of the Association, one 

 of whom held office for two years, fourteen 

 were present at the convention. The two 

 absentees are both alive. 



The social features included a visit on 

 Tuesday afternoon to the green houses of 

 Miller & Sons at Bracondaie, and later on, 

 the same afternoon a visit to the magnificent 

 residence of Sir Henry Pellatt. On Wed- 

 nesday afternoon the members were the 

 guests of the Dale Estate of Brampton, and 

 were taken by special train on a visit to the 

 wond.;rful establishment of the Dale Estate 

 which is the largest in Canada. The green- 

 houses of Wm. Fendley and some of the 

 other well-known Brampton florists were 

 also visited. On Thursday afternoon the 

 members were the guests of the Richmond 

 Hill Horticultural Society where the green- 

 houses of W. J. Lawrence. Harold Mills, J. 

 H. Dunlop and Endeau's Nursery were in- 

 spected. The green-houses at Richmond 

 Hill have all been erected in the past three 

 years and include, particularly those of Mr. 

 John H. Dunlop's, many innovations and 

 modern improvements that were a revela- 

 tion to all who were present. 



The following officers were elected: Pres- 

 ident, H. B. Cowan; First Vice-President, F. 

 W. Adams, Toronto; Second Vice-President, 

 Jas. Fraser, Prescott; Secretary-Treasurer, 

 Julius Luck, Montreal; Executive Commit- 

 tee, F. Dicks, London; Geo. Douglas, To- 

 ronto; Luke Williams, Ottawa; R. L. Dunn, 

 St. Catharines; R. J. Eddy, Montreal; S. 

 Jordan, Peterboro; A. Ferguson, Montreal: 

 John Milford, Sherbrooke, Quebec, and 

 Frank Wise, Peterboro. 



BUSINESS SESSIONS 



A number of extremely interesting ad- 

 dresses were given. Park Commissioner 

 Chas. Chambers of Toronto, gave an illus- 

 trated lecture entitled "Park Systems." Mr. 

 H. J. Moore, of Qu^en Victoria Park, Nia- 

 gara Falls, Ontario, advocated the establish- 

 ment of a National Plant Registry, this to 

 be supplemented by trial grounds in which 

 new introductions could be tested before 

 being registered. The matter was consider- 

 ed to be an important one, and Mr. Jas. Mc- 

 Kenna, of Monfeal, Mr. Moore and Mr. VV. 

 T. Macoun, Dominion Horticulturist, of 

 Ottawa, were appointed a committee to 

 gather further information and submit it to 

 next year's convention by which time it may 

 be known whether or not ttie Association is 

 likely to receive a government grant. 



THE CONVENTION CITY 



London, Ontario, was selected as the 

 place for the holding of the next conven- 

 tion. Mr. A. C. Wilshire, of Montreal, spoke 

 briefly on "Greenhouse Construction," set- 

 ting for'h the mierits of the single against 

 block houses. The following papers were 

 read: "Cyclamen," by E. I. Mepsted, 

 Ottawa; "Recent Rose Introductions." by 

 Walter Muston, Toronto, and "New Green- 

 house Plants," by E. F. Collins. 



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