ONTARIO FRUIT GROWERS' ASSOCIATION. 



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display of the Fruit Experiment Stations 

 will be arranged, after which the meeting 

 will take up the reports of committees on 

 New Fruits, San Jose Scales, Codling- Moth 

 and Transportation. 



The afternoon of Tuesday will be devoted 

 entirely to the subject of Apples. *' Varie- 

 ties" will be discussed by Prof. John Craig, 

 of Cornell University; Mr. L. Woolverton, 

 G. C. Caston, Craighurst ; W. H. Demp- 

 sey, Trenton ; Harold Jones, Maitland ; T, 

 H. Race, Mitchell, and others. 



The subject of *' Packages" will be intro- 

 duced by Mr. W. H. Bunting, St. Catha- 

 rines, and Mr. A. McNeill, Acting Chief 

 Fruit Division, Ottawa. The Grading and 

 Packing of apples will be taken up by Mr. 

 McNeill, Mr. Carey and Mr. Lick, all Do- 

 minion Fruit Inspectors. These gentlemen 

 will at the same time explain the workings 

 of the "Fruit Marks Act." 



" Markets and Marketing " will be discussed 

 by Mr. E. D. Smith, Winona ; A. W. Peart, 

 Burlington ; H. W. Dawson, Toronto. 



"Controling Soil Moisture in the Orchard" 

 will be the subject of a paper by Prof. J. B. 

 Reynolds, of the O. A. C», Guelph. 



On the evening of Tuesday, December 

 2nd, Prof. John Craig, Cornell University, 

 Ithaca, N. Y. , will be on the programme, 

 also Mr. C. C. James, Deputy Minister of 

 Agriculture ; Prof. H. L. Hutt, and Prof. 

 Wm. Lochhead, of the O. A. C, Guelph, 

 and Mr. Wm, Orr, Fruitland. 



Wednesday morning will be devoted to 

 the work of the Fruit Experiment Stations, 

 when the Director of each Station will be 

 present and give an account of the work 

 done at his Station, the varieties recom- 

 mended for their localities, etc. The infor- 

 mation thus imparted ought to be extremely 

 valuable to the fruit growers of the Prov- 

 ince. 



On Wednesday afternoon unfinished busi- 

 ness, the St. Louis Exposition, and such 



matters as have been crowded out will be 

 taken up, and if the work of the Convention 

 is finished the meeting will then adjourn. 



FLORICULTURE. 



On Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday 

 morning separate meetings will be held, 

 where the programme will be devoted en- 

 tirely to Floriculture. Mr. Wm. Gammage, 

 London ; A. H. Ewing, Woodstock ; J. H. 

 Dunlop, Toronto; Hermann Simmers, To- 

 ronto ; T. H. Race, Mitchell ; Arch. Gil- 

 christ, Toronto Junction ; Dr. James Flet- 

 cher, Ottawa ; Prof. Macoun, Ottawa, and 

 Prof. H. L. Hutt and Mr. Hunt, of the O. 

 A. C, Guelph, and others have been invited 

 to take part at these sessions. 



With such a formidable array of talent 

 there should be no doubt about the success 

 of both meetings, and we trust that as many 

 members of the Horticultural Societies 

 throughout the Province as possible will 

 avail themselves of the opportunity and at- 

 tend the meeting at Walkerton. 

 G. C. Caston, Craighurst, 

 President. 



G. S. Creelman, 

 Parliament Buildings, Toronto^ 

 Secretary. 



Grafting Wax. — The following is Luther 

 Burbank's recipe : — One pound tallow or 

 raw linseed oil. Two pounds beeswax. 

 Four pounds resin. Slowly melt all to- 

 gether, stir well, and when partially cooled 

 pour into pans which have have been moisten- 

 ed or oiled to keep the wax from clinging 

 too tightly to them. For use it should be 

 melted and applied carefully over all exposed 

 cuts and open cracks around the grafts. 

 A small paint-brush is the most convenient 

 for this purpose. It can be applied safely 

 much warmer than can be borne by the hand,, 

 but care should be used not to have it very 

 closely approaching the boiling point of water. 



