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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURISl. 



Mr. McLagan, of Stratford, sends us a 

 sample of this pear g-rown in his garden 

 from a tree sent him by the Ontario Fruit 

 Growers' Association in 1891. He finds the 

 tree healthy, vigorous and productive, and 



values the fruit quite highly. We shall be 

 pleased to hear from any other members of 

 our Association regarding its merits or its 

 faults. 



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WOODSTOCK FRUIT AND FLOWER GROWERS 



Fig. 2451. (Leave from our Artist's Notebook.) 



EETROSPECTIVE 



IN 1850 Woodstock became a town, and 

 in 1 90 1 a city. The growth has been 

 most rapid, owing to a combination of fa- 

 voring conditions, for example, its beauti- 

 ful situation, the net-work of railways cen- 

 tering here and giving convenient shipping 

 privileges, the consequent important fac- 

 tories, such as Mr. D. W. Karn's organ and 

 piano factory, the Woodstock wagon fac- 

 tory, the Bain wagon factory, the Anderson 

 furniture factory, the Hay Sewing Machine 

 Co., the Stewart stove works, etc., indus- 

 tries which suggested its title "The indus- 

 trial City." 



Her citizens point with considerable pride 

 to those pioneer noblemen whose presence 

 in early days gave character to the social 

 life of the town, such men as Admiral Van- 

 sittart, whose residence at Eastwood is full 

 of curios and paintings by great masters, 

 Lord de Blaque, Rev. Wm. Bettridge, dis- 

 tinguished both in military and clerical cir- 

 cles, and others. 



A RECENT VISIT 



THROUGH the courtesy of our respected 

 director, Mr. J. S. Scarff, ex-Mayor 

 of the town, we had the privilege of seeing 

 the town on a bright October day, and of a 



