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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



December, 1914. 



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A crackerjack of a Xmas present 



Remember when you were 

 a kid? The presents that were 

 all shiny and bright, and that 

 "worked!" Were'nt they the 

 ones that you were proudest of? 



Something for your room — something 

 you could use all year — something like 

 big people had in their rooms. The 

 sensible presents appealed to you best 

 when you were a kid. Think back a 

 bit and see. Then think of Big Ben 

 for those boys and girls. 



Toys, of course, should never be 

 displaced. It wouldn't be Christmas 

 without them. But mix in usefulthings 

 — things that develop pride and that 

 make little people feel responsible. 

 Give them presents to live up to and to 

 live up with. Don't make the mistake 



of thinking they don't feel the com- 

 pliment. 



Let one thing that meets the eye of your little 

 boy and girl on Christmas Morning be that triple 

 nickel-plated, jolly, handsome, pleasant looking. 

 serviceable, and inspiring clock— BIG BEN. See 

 if yon don't hear them say: "Why! Isn't that 

 a crackerjack? Is that for me to use myself? 



Big Ben is a crackerjack-of-a-Christmas-pres- 

 ent to give to any friend. He's two presents in 

 one, a dandy alarm to wake up with, a dandy 

 clock to tell time a// (/ay by. He stands seven 

 inches tall. He's got an inner vest of steel that 

 insures him for life, —big, bold, black hands you 

 can see at a glance in the dim morning light 

 without ever having to get out of bed— large, 

 comfy keys that almost wind themselves and a 

 deep, jolly ring that calls just when you want, 

 and either way you want, five straight minutes or 

 every other half minute for ten minutes unless you 

 flag him off. 



Big Ben is sold by 23,000 watchmakers. His 

 price is $2.50 anywhere in the States. $3.00 any- 

 where in Canada. If you can't find him at your 

 dealer's, a money order mailed to Westclox, 

 La Salle, Illinois, will send him anywhere you 

 say, attractively boxed and express charges paid. 



"Pre-cooling of Canadiam Fruits" was 

 dealt with by Edwin Smith, in charge of 

 the Grimsby Cold Storage. F. M, Clement, 

 who has now been in charge of the farm 

 at Jordan Harbor for one ye;ir, told some- 

 thing of the work they are doing there, and 

 extended a hearty invitation to all fruit 

 growers to come and inspect the farm. Mr. 

 Robert Thompson and several others pre- 

 sent concurred in the statement that Mr. 

 Clement had wrought a wonderful change 

 on the farm. Of particular value to those 

 planning to set out orchards in Eastern 

 Ontario was Mr. W. T. Macoun's paper on 

 "Yields of Varieties of .Apples at Different 

 .Ages." Full reports of these discussions 

 .Tind papers will be given in future issues 

 of The Canadian Horticulturist. 



INCREASED ME.MBER8HIP W.\NTED 



Ways and means of increasing the mem- 

 bership of the association were discussed. 

 Ax present, of the fifty-four fruit growers' 

 associations of the province only seventeen 

 are affiliated with the Ontaiio Fruit Grow- 

 ers' Association. Of the growers outside 

 of the associations, only (ninety-one are 

 members of the cential organization. The 

 good work that the association might do 

 is thus greatly curtailed. .A committee ap- 

 pointed to consider the subject recommend- 

 ed that the director of each division be 

 requested to take a census of the local 

 organizations in his district and visit these 

 associations urging them to affiliate. 



Several members who have long beem 

 prominent in the membership of the asso- 

 ciation have passed away since the last 

 annual meeting. .Among these are Dr. 

 Saunders, Mr. Linus Woolverton, and .Alex. 

 McNeil. The convention expressed its ap- 

 preciation of the work of these men and 

 grief at their loss. The appointment of 

 Mr. D. Johnson as Fruit Commissioner was 

 endorsed, and thanks tendered to Mr. J. 

 A. Ruddick for his services in the past as 

 head of the fruit branch. Sympathy was 

 expressed for the secretary, Mr. P. W. 

 Hodgetts, who had been ill for some weeks. 

 The Hon. Mr. Duff, Minister of .Agricul- 

 ture, was thanked for his interest in the 

 association, personally and financially. 

 Government regulation for the business in 

 Nursery Stock to prevent the operations 

 of unscrupulous dealers was called for. .Any 

 one who has planted an orchard to find 

 several years afterward that the trees were 

 not true to name and of an inferior var- 

 iety will appreciate the importance of this 

 last resolutiom. 



The various districts of the province 

 were fully represented at this year's con- 

 vention, but on the whole the attendance 

 would not compare favorably with conven- 

 tions of previous years. This falling off 

 may be accounted for largely by the can- 

 celling of the fruit show. Next year, how- 

 ever, if the growers have their way, they 

 will hold the greatest fruit show in the his- 

 tory of the association. A special effort is 

 to be made to increase the attendance at 

 the convention of 1915. 



DIRECTORS ELECTED 



The directors for the following year 

 were elected as follow : J. B. Smith, Moun- 

 tain ; C. W. Beaven, Prescott ; F. S. Wall- 

 bridge, Belleville ; Elmer Lick, Oshawa ; 

 W. J. Bragg, Bowmanville ; H. G. Foster, 

 Burlington ; R. H. Dewar, Fruitland ; R. 

 Thompson, St. Catharines ; Geo. Schuy- 

 ler, Simcoe ; Dr. Grant, Thedford ; C. W. 

 Gurney, Paris ; Kenneth Cameron, Lucknow, 

 and W. J. Saunders, East Linton. .An ad- 

 ditional director, F. M. Clement, was 

 elected to represent the Jordan Harbor 

 Experimental Station. The directors elect 

 their own officers at their first meeting. 



