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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



ORCHARD MEETINGS CONDUCTED BY 

 DOMINION FRUIT INSPECTORS. 



The Fruit Division of the Dominion Depa t- 

 ment of Agriculture is co-operating with the Pro- 

 vincial Departments of Agricull|iie in the holding 

 of practical orchard meetings to demonstrate such 

 subjects as pruning, grafting and spraying. In 

 Ontario, these meetings have baen held ander the 

 auspices of the Farmers' Institutes. Messrs. Mc- 

 Neill, Lick and Carey, Dominion Fruit Inspectors, 

 each accompanied a delegation of speakers at a 

 series of meetings lasting about three weeks, 

 These were held in the orchards and, as stated, 

 consisted chiefly of practical demonstration in or- 

 chard management. The farmers, who attended 

 in goodly numbers, also took part freely in the 

 discussions which ensued ; thes3 were usually con- 

 tinued at evening meetings held in a local hall. 

 In many cases local fruit growers' associations 

 were formed with the object of meeting regularly 

 during the season and carrying on similar work 

 amongst themselves. 



A series of orchard meetings has just been ar- 

 ranged for certain counties in Quebec. The Quebec 

 Dep-irtment of Agriculture will co operate with 

 this department, and furnish a speaker on the del- 

 egation. The lepresentatives of the Dominion 

 Fruit Division are Inspectors Scriver and Dery, of 

 Hemmingford and Montreal respectively. These 

 meetings begin on the 2o;h of April and will last 

 nearly the end of May. A similar series has been 

 organized in conjunction with the New Brunswick 

 Department of Agriculture, extending through the 

 same period. At these meetings. Inspector Mc- 

 Neill of Walkerville, Ont , and Inspector Vroon of 

 Middleton, N. S., will be the speakers representing 

 the Dominion Department of Agriculture, 



A NEW AND VALUABLE RASPBERRY. 



R. B. Whyte, a director of the Ontario Fruit 

 Browers' Association, some time since de- 

 veloped a raspberry which has been spoken of 

 most highly by those who have tested its qual- 

 ity. The origin of the raspberry was peculiar. 

 Some years ago Mr. Whyte kept chickens, and 

 amongst other refuse given them was some 

 raspberries. Finding that his chickens inter- 



fered with garden work, he killed them off and 

 pulled down the hen house. Where the hen 

 house had stood there grew thirty raspberry 

 virnes, started from the seeds in the berries 

 which had been thrown to the chickens. These 

 were such hardy, vigorous plants that the 

 owner transplanted them and kept them well 

 cultivated. Of the thirty vines one of them, 

 the Herbert, by name, proved of special value, 

 and this was kept, whilst the rest were de- 

 stroyed. This was the origin of the new rasp- 

 berry which Mr. Whyte has recently sold to a 

 nursery for $450. 



THE WORLD'S FAIR AT ST. LOUI-. 



According to press notices of the World's 

 Fair, St. Louis, sent out by Mr. F. W. Taylor, 

 there will be twice the space devoted to fruit 

 at St. Louis that has been given it at any pre- 

 vious World's Fair. All states, societies and 

 individuals are urged to begin at once to make 

 preparations for an exhibit that shall surpass 

 anything ever yet attempted. We trust that 

 Canada will be creditably represented. 



The American Park and Out Door Art Assoc- 

 iation will this year hold its annual convention in 

 BuiTalo, N. Y., on July 7-9. One day will be spent 

 in the beautiful park reservations about Niagara 

 Falls. Special Sessions will be devoted to School 

 Gardens and Park Interests. 



The Industrial Fair will this year be made a 

 Dominion exhibition. and will no doubt be the best 

 fair ever held in Canada. With the new main 

 building completed, and the other buildings reno- 

 vated ; and with the prospect of a liberal grant 

 from the Dominion and of special grants from the 

 Province of Ontario, there is no reason why it 

 should not surpass the most sanguine expectations. 

 The Experimental Station exhibit of fruits will 

 attract more attention thn ever because of the great 

 number of new varieties of fruits now in bearing, 

 concerning which planters will want information 

 before purchasing. 



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AUSTRALIAN APPLES. 



An important factor in the future of our long 

 keeping varieties of apples, like the Bald- 

 win and Ben Davis, is the shipments of Tas- 

 mania and Australian apples. These shipments 

 have been increasing from year to year, and 

 the New York Fruit Trade Journal has received 

 definite advices of shipments amounting during 

 the season of 1902 to 307,400 (Denis & Sons 

 makes the shipment 415,000) cases to London 

 and Liverpool. The nrst of these shipments 



will reach London about March 30th, and there 

 will be regular arrivals until June 15th, when 

 the season closes. 



Ottawa. A. McNBILL. 



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By the February number of Horticulturist, 



