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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



Form. 



I agree to take the following stock to be 

 delivered at the undermentioned place and 

 at prices not to exceed those mentioned 

 below. 



. . Apple barrels at ... . each Delivered .... 02 



. . Apple boxes at ... . each Delivered 02 



. . Fruit baskets at each Delivered 02 



. lbs. Paris Green at per lb. Delivered 02 



. .lbs. Blue Stone at. . . .per lb. Delivered 02 



Signed 



Place of Delivery 



Suggestions: - 



The Secretary at the same time asks for 

 any suggestions that would be for the 

 general welfare of the Association, and asks 

 the ideas of each member upon the following 

 subjects : 



Co-operative buying of supplies, trees ; 

 also what they think of establishing an in- 

 formation bureau for the purpose of collect- 

 ing data on the transportation question, and 

 also to keep the members informed as to 

 fruit prices and other matters of special 

 interest to fruit growers. 



In the Lake Huron District. 



Reports from this district show a decided 

 interest in the meetings, and the series closed 

 with 108 paid members, and the formation 

 of six societies. These separate societies 

 hope to join hands and send delegates to 

 a central point at an early date when they 

 will organize the Lake Huron Fruit Growers' 

 Association. With Mr. Sherrington in 

 charge of the fruit work at Walkerton we 

 have no doubt this Association will always 

 be a useful organization. 



In the St. Lawrence Valley. 



Here Mr. Harold Jones, Director of the 

 Experimental Fruit Station, Maitland, held 

 a series of five meetings. An association 

 was formed at each place, and local parties 

 have written to say they do not regret having 

 travelled, some of them on foot, ten miles to 

 the meeting. At each place an orchard 

 meeting was held and in many instances 



local men took an active part. This is 

 especially true in Iroquois, where Dr. Hark- 

 ness, who has always been an active worker 

 for the fruit interests, met with the farmers 

 and took part in the discussions. 



In this district, strange to say, it was 

 necessary to clear up some superstitions. 

 At one point Mr. Jones was confronted with 

 the statement that it was understood they 

 had been sent there by the Ontario Govern- 

 ment to cut down their trees, because they 

 believed there was an insect called the San 

 Jose Scale, working in their orchards. Mr. 

 Jones was able to inform them that there 

 was no scale in that part of the country, 

 and took occasion to tell them how serious 

 the pest was in other parts of the province. 



The Lake Erie District. 



Here again, a fruit experiment station 

 man takes part in the work, Mr. W. W. 

 Hilborn, of Leamington. A fruit man writ- 

 ing to us after the meeting in Kingsville 

 says : 



"I was present yesterday at the meeting 

 of the fruit growers and heard Mr. A. 

 McNeill and Mr. W. W. Hilborn discuss 

 the subject of 'Care of Fruit Trees.' We 

 afterwards adjourned to an orchard where 

 they splendidly demonstrated how to prune 

 the different kinds of trees and bushes. It 

 was very instructive and I wish it could be. 

 done in every neighborhood each season." 



In Halton County. 



Commencing at Bronte, on the lake front, 

 and working back to Waterdown and George- 

 town, a series of good meetings was held, 

 Mr. Murray Pettit being the local director in 

 charge. A full report of one of these meet- 

 ings appeared in the " Weekly Sun," 

 March 29th. 



Lake Ontario District. 



Here good meetings were held, commenc- 

 ing in York County and working east to 

 Prince Edward County. The series is not 



