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lish address, but we hope in time to be put 

 in a position to correspond with him so that 

 the fruit interests will be benefited as much 

 as possible by his work. 



Mr. Alexander McNeill, our well known 

 director for Essex, has been made chief 

 fruit inspector for Ontario and is one of the 

 most efficient workers in our interest. Un- 

 der his oversight the Fruit Marks Act will 

 surely work out a revolution in the brands 

 of Canadian apples. 



Show at Wolverhampton. — Mr. A. McD. 

 Allan of Goderich has the appointment to 



take charge of the Canadian Fruit Depart- 

 ment at Wolverhampton. He writes as 

 follows : — 



" I will leave about the ist of May for 

 Britain, where I shall remain all season at 

 the Exhibition. I will be glad to hear from 

 all our good fruit shippers who desire to put 

 up fine brands and sell direct. I think there 

 will be no trouble in doing this, with proper 

 care in establishing reliable brands so that 

 our shippers can sell at a price F.O.B. here. 

 My address will be 'The Fruit Department, 

 Wolverhampton, England,' and I will be 

 glad if you will kindly make a note of this in 

 the Horticulturist. I hope to give you an 

 occasional letter." 



NOTES FROM OUR SECRETARIES. 



CONTRIBUTED BY MR. G. C. CREELMAN. 



Mr. Frank Metcalf, secretary of the Lake 

 Huron Fruit Growers' Association, reports 

 that their association is attracting consider- 

 able attention among the farmers. On 

 Monday May 12th an orchard demonstration 

 meeting was held in the orchard of Mr. A. 

 W. Sloan. Mr. Alex. McNeill, of Walker- 

 ville, Dominion Fruit Inspector, and Mr. A. 

 E. Sherrington, of the Experimental Fruit 

 Station of Walkerton, gave practical demon- 

 strations in spraying and talks on general 

 orchard management. 



Mr. R. CuIIis, secretary West Durham 

 Farmers' Institute, writes us of a successful 

 orchard demonstration meeting held on the 

 8th inst. , at Camborne, in the orchard of 



Mr. Wm. Parsons. Messrs. E. Lick, of 

 Oshawa, and T. J. Carey, of Cobourg, 

 Dominion Fruit Inspectors, were the speak- 

 ers. As a result of the meeting a Local 

 Fruit Growers' Association was organized 

 to be known as the Township of Hamilton 

 Local Fruit Growers' Association. The 

 following officers were elected : — 



President — Mr. Thos. Davidson, Cam- 

 borne. 



Vice-President — Wm. S. Carr, Cobourg. 



Sec.-Treas. — R. Cullis, Camborne. 



Nearly everyone present joined the Asso- 

 ciation. An adjourned meeting of the 

 society will be held in Cobourg on June 

 loth, at 2.30 p.m. 



A Fruit and Produce Directory is to be 



issued in Boston, in July. We are asked to 

 give a list of the apple growers of Ontario 

 for this work. No doubt those whose 

 names are inserted will be put in touch with 



buyers in foreign countries. We shall be 

 glad if every apple grower will send in his 

 name and address and we will include it in 

 our list. Address L. Woolverton, Editor 

 Canadian Horticulturist, Grimsby. 



