October, 1914 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



Quebec Pruit Growers Meet 



THE summer meeting of the Pomoligi- 

 cal Society of the province of Quebec 

 was held at Abbotsford, September 

 9-lOth, in conjunction with the ex- 

 hibition of the Abbotsford Fruit Growers' 

 Association. 



The programme included an introduc- 

 tory address by the President,, Prof. T. G. 

 Buntipng-, of Macdonald College, and an 

 address of welcome by J. M. Fisk, of Ab- 

 botsford ; Mr. C. E. Fetch, of the Experi- 

 mental Farm, Ottawa, spoke on "New 

 Sprays," Mr. Robt. Brodie, of Montreal, 

 on "An Amateur Rose Garden," Mr. M. 

 B. Davis, of the Experimental Farm, Ot- 

 tawa, on "Cooperation," and Rev. Father 

 Leopold, of La Trappe, on "Cherries." 



Among those present were delegates 

 from Quebec, who had been in attendamoo 

 at the Dominion Fruit Conference held in 

 Grimsby, Ontario, shortly before. Rev. H. 

 Dickson, of Rectory Hill, presented a re- 

 port of the proceedings at the conference 

 at the Thursday morning session. This 

 was followed by an address entitled "In- 

 sects of the Orchard," by Prof. Lochhead, 

 of Macdonald College, and a talk on "The 

 Packing of Fruit," by Mr. P. J. Carey, of 

 Toronto, representing the Dominion Fruit 

 Division. 



A keen interest was taken in the papers 

 which were followed by animaited discus- 

 sions. Much interest is now being taken 

 in orchard pests of all kinds and means of 

 control, and Prof. Lochhead's and Mr. 

 Fetch's papers were specially interesting. 



During the past four years there has 

 been a great improvement in the general 

 care of the orchards in regard to spraying 

 and as marked results are now showing in 

 these well-sprayed orchards the growers are 

 keen for information. The five demonstra- 

 tion orchards of the province have fine crops 

 of beautiful fruit this year, and the infiu- 

 onoe of these is being felt in their respec- 

 tive districts. From general reports there 

 will be a great increase in the number of 

 spraved orchards next year. 



Much interest was taken in Mr. Carey's 

 address on the packing of fruit, which had 

 special reference to box packing. In the 

 afternoon a practical demonstration in box 

 packing was given by Mr. Carey. As ydt 

 the box has not been adopted to any ex- 

 tent in the province, but now the growers 

 of the Fameuse and Mcintosh are begin- 

 ning to take to it as a package for these 

 varieties . 



A new mechanical grading machine was 

 in operation during the afternoon. It 

 made a very favorable impression. 



Between meetings a visit was paid to a 

 neighboring orchard owned by Dr. C. W. 

 Byers of Montreal. This orchard largely 

 consists of Fameuse and Mcintosh, and it 

 is about eighteen years old. It is estimat- 

 ed that there will be twelve hundred bar- 

 rels of these two varieties, and a finer, 

 cleaner or better crop was never grown. 

 The color and uniformity of the apples on 

 the trees was particularly noted by the 

 visitors. This orchard is considered one 

 of the best in the province. The annual 

 meeting of the society will be held at Mac- 

 donald College, December, 2nd and 3rd, 

 1914. 



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