APPLE GROWERS' AND EXPOETEES' 



ASSOCIATION 



NOTES OF MEETING HELD IN ROCH- 

 ESTER, AUGUST 6th and 7th, 1902 



C>ANADA was represented at this meet- 

 X ing in the persons of Peterson Bros., 

 Toronto ; W. McWilliams, Toronto ; H. 

 Dempsey, Rednersville ; James Depew, 

 Southend ; J. M. Shuttleworth, Brantford, 

 and W. N. Hutt, of the Ontario Department 

 of Agriculture and others. 



This association differs somewhat from 

 the Ontario Fruit Growers' Association in 

 that its efforts are devoted almost entirely 

 to the commercial aspect of apple dealing. 

 The membership fee is $5.00 per annum, 

 and being somewhat exclusive the member- 

 ship is limited and made up only of those 

 who have gained the confidence of the asso- 

 ciation. It aims at estimating the extent 

 and value of the apple crop throughout 

 North America, and the collaborating of all 

 information which would assist in establish- 

 ing a fair price to offer for apples during the 

 season. 



Monthly reports are issued by the associa- 

 tion giving the number of barrels of apples 

 in storage in all parts of the country, and 

 the clearance from these houses during the 

 month. 



The practical, orchard side of the apple 

 question was treated by Prof. Craig, of 

 Cornell University, who gave a very inter- 

 esting and instructive paper on the manage- 

 ment of orchards in relation to trimming 

 and pruning, fertilizing, the use of cover 

 crops, the conservation of moisture, thinning 

 and marketing of fruit. This paper was 

 much appreciated by all at the convention 



and gave a great deal of information in a 

 very interesting way. 



Prof. W. A. Taylor, Pomologist, in charge 

 of Field Investigation in the United States 

 Department of Agriculture, Washington, 

 gave an illustrated address on " The Com- 

 mercial Areas of the United States." A map 

 marked out with the areas under orchard 

 throughout the different States showed a very 

 wide extent and showed also that Missouri 

 particularly was a large grower of apples. 



Prof. A. S. Beach, of the Agricultural 

 Experiment Station at Geneva, gave a 

 valuable report on ''The Keeping Quality 

 of Apples," and brought out many points 

 that were rather a surprise to the audience. 

 One of these was that the Northern Spy was 

 not a valuable keeper in New York State. 

 This was rather a striking contrast to the 

 splendid Spys raised in the Province of 

 Ontario which keep well until the following 

 summer. Prof. Beach remarked that apples 

 from orchards in sod were higher colored 

 and better keepers than apples raised under 

 cultivated conditions, though of course the 

 apples are not so large nor the crop so 

 heavy. 



W. N. Hutt, of the Department of Agri- 

 culture, Toronto, gave an address on 

 " Pruning of the Orchard" illustrating his 

 remarks by means of sections of limbs of 

 trees showing the proper formation of the 

 tree, and also injury that might be done to 

 the tree through careless or injudicious 

 pruning. 



