The Canadian Horticulturi^ 



Vol. XXXVII 



OCTOBER, 1914 



No. 10 



Dominion Fruit Conference Resolutions 



THE results of the Dominion Fruit 

 Conference held in Grimsby, Ont., 

 which is in the heart of the Nia- 

 gara fruit district, on September 2 to 4, 

 are largely summed up in the resolutions 

 that were passed. Leading fruit growers 

 were present from all the leading fruit 

 growing provinces of Canada. Ontario, 

 Nova Scotia, and British Columbia were 

 particularly well represented. Delegates 

 were present also from all the other pro- 

 vinces, including the three prairie pro- 

 vinces. The meetings were presided 

 over by the recently appointed Dominion 

 Fruit Commissioner, Mr. D. Johnson. 

 Early in the proceedings the conference 

 passed a resolution congratulating Hon. 

 Martin Burrell upon having raised 

 the fruit division to the status of a 

 separate department and upon having 

 selected Mr. Johnson to direct the activi- 

 ties of that department. 



Elsewhere in this issue appears a gen- 

 eral report of the proceedings of the 

 conference. Separate reports are pub- 

 lished also of some of the most impor- 

 tant discussions. All the matters dealt 

 with were fully and carefully considered. 

 The more important resolutions adopted 

 were as follow : 



PATRIOTIC RESOLUTION 



"Resolved, That in this great struggle 

 into which Great Britain has been forc- 

 ed, in order to preserve her national hon- 



our, the ideals of freedom and demo- 

 cracy, and even her existence itself, that 

 the fruit growers of Canada contribute 

 liberally of their substance in order to 

 support and strengthen the Empire." 



FilUIT jNSi^jicriON 



"That fruit districts in the different 

 provinces shall be divided into sections. 



"That a sufficient number of inspectors 

 shall be appointed so that each inspector 

 shall have a certain section under his 

 charge so that he may be enabled to 

 make at least weekly visits, and when 

 instruction is required to either impart 

 such instruction himself or, when time 

 does not permit, that he be authorized to 

 employ for such purpose and such time 

 as may be required, a competent assist- 

 ant. 



"That in all cases when the pack is 

 not consistent with the Fruit Marks Act, 

 the offender, after receiving not more 

 than one warning, or when it may be 

 deemed advisable by the inspector to 

 allow the offender to grade his fruit 

 down, that on every occasion when the 

 warning is not heeded the full penalty 

 of the law be inflicted, and for every 

 additional offence the fines be inflicted 

 in accordance with the law. 



"That all packers and shippers of fruit 

 be compelled to register with the chief 

 inspector of the division in which they 

 reside. 



"Ever since the coming into force of 



the Fruit Marks Act there has been a 

 growing desire for some kind of report 

 of the result of inspection which could 

 be used as an assurance to the purchaser 

 that the fruit in that shipment which had 

 been inspected was up to the standard of 

 the Fruit Marks Act. We recommend 

 that as far as the plan can be worked 

 out without injury to the work of inspec- 

 tion that such certificate of inspection 

 be given to shippers requesting same ; 

 such certificate to be plainly stamped or 

 printed in such a way as to indicate that 

 it only applies to the packages inspected 

 which may, if found desirable, be stamp- 

 ed 'inspected' on such parts of the pack- 

 ages as seem likely to best serve as an 

 intimation that such packages have been 

 inspected." 



STANDARD PAOKAGES 



"Be it resolved, That a full, dry pint 

 berry box be considered a legal mea- 

 sure provided that in shape and form it 

 shall not be made to deceive the public 

 or imitate the four-fifth quart." 



"Resolved, That all forms used in the 

 manufacture of eleven and six quart bas- 

 kets shall be inspected by an officer of 

 the Fruit Branch appointed for that pur- 

 pose, and when conforming with the re- 

 quirements of the Inspection and Sale 

 Act shall be stamped with a Government 

 stamp : And further, that the Inspection 

 and Sales Act shall be amended to make 

 it a legal offence to manufacture from 



One of the Striking Exhibits of Fruit Made at the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto in September, wa« the One Here Shown. 



Imoliided in this exhibit were peaches. ajpa>Ie8. plums, grapes and some wonderfully well ]>re«erved epecimena of fruit that were shown in glaee 

 bottles. The exhibit Hhow<-d something of the fruit poesibiUties of Ontario. It was arranged bv tile Fruit Branch of the Department of Agriculture. 



