THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



A STEP FORWARD. 



N important change takes place from 

 the ist of January, 1902, in the 

 % manag-ement of the Ontario Fruit 

 Growers' Association. Mr. L. 

 Woolverton, of Grimsby, Ont., who has held 

 the combined office of Editor of this Journal 

 and Secretary-Treasurer of the Association 

 for fifteen years, finds the work growing- 

 upon his hands until the responsibility is 

 too heavy for one person to carry. In order, 

 therefore, that he might give more attention 

 to the journal and make it more useful to 

 the fruit growers of every part ot the Prov- 

 ince, Mr. Woolverton asked for a division 

 of his work, and that he be relieved of the 

 Secretary's duties. At the Cobourg meet- 

 ing this request was granted and Mr. G. C. 

 Creelman was appointed to this work for 

 the year 1902. 



With this change we anticipate a great 

 advance in our work all along the lines. 

 No doubt arrangements will be made by 

 Mr. Creelman whereby local fruit grow- 

 ers' institutes will be held in every part of 

 our province, and all sections will work har- 

 moniously for the general good ; while the 

 editor hopes to be able to come into closer 

 touch with the fruit growers of the various 

 districts both by visits to their fruit farms 

 and by attending many of their local meet- 

 ings. 



THE NEW SECRETARY. 



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Mr. George Christie Creelman, who was 

 at the last annual meeting of the Ontario 

 Fruit Growers' Association elected to the 

 position of secretary-treasurer of that organ- 

 ization, is a native of this province, born in 

 the town of Collingwood and reared on a 



Fig. 2203. Mr. G. C. Creelman. 



fruit farm on the side of the Collingwood 

 mountain. In 1888 Mr. Creelman gradu- 

 ated from the Agricultural College, Guelph, 

 taking the degree of B. S. A. from the Tor- 

 onto University. Immediately on graduat- 

 ing Mr. Creelman accepted a position on 

 the staff of the Agricultural and Mechanical 

 College of Mississippi, where he remained 

 as Professor of Biology for nearly ten years. 

 For the last three years Mr. Creelman has 

 been Superintendent of Farmers' Institutes 

 for the Province of Ontario, and last year, 

 at the request of the Executive Committee 

 of the Fruit Growers' Association he took 

 charge of the lecture work in connection 

 with the horticultural societies. 



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