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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



September, 1969 



somewhat spotted. Buyers are offering 75 

 cents to $1.00 on trees. ±'luins generally 

 will be light.— A.E.S 



ESSEX CO., ONT. 



Ruthven. — Peaches are a splendid crop. 

 Pears are good. Apple crop will not be full, 

 ad will be poor in quality. — J.O.D. 



M.\NITOBA 



'St. Charles. — Raspberries are a fair crop. 

 Red currants were badly affected by cur- 

 rant fly and dropped from bushes ; black 

 currants, good crop. Phims and crab ap- 

 ples are heavily loaded with fruit which is 

 maturing under favorable conditions. — 

 D.W.B. 



S.\SKATCHEW.\N 



Prince Albert. — There is every prospect 

 of a fine crop of fruit. The wild fruit was 

 bountiful, raspberries, blueberries and cran- 

 berries being in great abundance. — G.T.B. 



KOOTENAY CO., B.C. 



Nelson. — The pear crop is considered 

 good ; apples, two-thirds of average ; plums, 

 good ; peaches, poor. — J.E.A. 



NEW WESTMINISTER CO., B.C. 



Hammond. — Crop of black currants and 

 gooseberries, good; early blackberries, light; 

 late blackberries, fair; plums, fairly good; 

 Italian prunes, medium ; peaches very 

 light. Almost all varieties of apples will 

 be light and rather scabby. — C.P.M. 



NANAIMO CO., B.C. 



South Salt Spring. — Apples will be a short 

 crop owing to a late frost in May, about 

 the first on record. Wealthy apples with me 

 are a fair crop. Pears are short with Bart- 

 lett the best ; plums, short ; prunes, half a 

 crop ; sour cherries, fair ; blackcherrics, 

 good ; Loganberries, full ; walnuts and fil- 

 berts, heavy. — W.J.L.H. 



Quebec Pomological Meeting 



The 17th anual summer meeting of the 

 Pomological and Fruit Growing Society of 

 the Province of Quebec, held at La Trappe, 

 Que., on Aug. 24 and 2.5 was one of the 

 most successful in the history of the asso- 

 ciation. The gathering was a representative 

 one, fruit growers from the principal fruit 

 sections of the i)rovince being present. 



The Trappists are agriculturists, having 

 about 500 acres of their 1,000 acre-estate 

 under cultivation. Their fruit ijlantation 

 covers some 70 acres and is in excellent 

 condition. Professor Reynand is doing val- 

 uable work for the province, not only 

 through his demonstration commercial or- 

 chard, but also in the good quality of in- 

 formation imparted to the 40 odd students 

 in attendance at this college. The fruit crop 

 is excellent, the trees on the whole being 

 well covered. The fine stock of cattle in- 

 dicates thoroughness in all branches and 

 one is impressed on all sides by the fact 

 that the Trappist Fathers are successful 

 scientific farmers. 



President Reynand welcomed the fi 't 

 growers of the province to La Tirppe. h> 

 expressed satisfaction that through the co- 

 operation of the Right^Rev. Father Abbot, 

 he was able to entertain the associ.ition 

 during their stay at La Trappe. Fourteen 

 years ago a similar meeting was held here 

 and since that some of the then active mem 

 bers have disappeared. As those have gone 

 new members are coming along to fill their 

 places, imparting new life and energy to 

 the society and adorning the horticultural 

 interests of the province. A similar evolution 

 is evidenced in not only this particular but 

 also in respect to varieties of fruits which 

 are taking the place of older ones which 

 in their day served their purpose well. 



More attention should be paid to selection 

 of variations in varieties in the propagation 

 of our principal fruits and also in the use 

 of good strong stock, for grafting on. 



Forestry and its influence on tho agri- 

 cultural and horticultural problems deserv- 

 edly was receiving more attention, for, in 

 Older to protect ourselves and develop the 

 best agricultural and horticultural condi- 

 tions, this subject must receive the thought 

 and careful consideration of all fruit 

 growers. 



Lack of knowledge rather than lack of 

 good-will retarded advancement in horti- 

 culture, concluded the president. Definite 

 and concrete examples were looked for by 

 those interested in fruit culture, and the 

 aim of such institutions as Macdonald Col- 

 lege and the community of the Trappist 

 Fathers is to give this knowledge on a sound 

 and practical basis. This community 25 years 

 ago started in the virgin forest and the re- 

 sult shows what well directed effort will do. 



The regular programme of the meeting 

 was followed. Dr. J. Od Beaudry, presented 

 an able paper on "Melon Culture." This 

 paper will appear in full in a later issue. 

 Professor Blair outlined the method follow- 

 ed in developing the Montreal market mel- 

 on. He advised njore care in the selection 

 of strains, some of which were much better 

 than others. Mr. Brodie followed, dealing 

 with many of the good points of Dr. Beaud- 

 ry's paper. 



Capt. R. W. Shepherd's iiaper on the 

 Fameuse was a plea for more care in the 

 selection of the best strains of this var- 

 iety. He thought the variety in some in- 

 stances showed marked signs of decline. This 

 may be due to selection of scions indis- 

 criminately, or to the use of stock which was 

 not vigorous. It seems that the lack of vi- 

 tality may also be due to lack of care in the 

 development of the orchard. No doubt all 

 of these factors contribute in a certain de- 

 gree to the lack of vitality which is more 

 or less noticeable in the trees of Fameuse 

 now planted. Mr. Shepherd thinks the Fam- 

 euse should be considered the best variety 

 for this province and that every effort 

 should be made to keep it up to its old 

 standard. Some effort should be made to 

 encourage nurserymen to jjropagate from 

 the best and most productive strains.. 



The address by Rev. Father Athanase, of 

 La Trappe, on the cultivation of tomatoes 

 and the canning of same was well presented. 

 This paper will appear in a later issue. It 

 contained many points of great value, es- 

 pecially in regard to the profits from this 

 crop when home canned. 



In discussing the reason why we loose 

 money in the- handling of orcnards, Mr. R. 

 Brodie thought more care should be paid to 

 spraying, pruning, cultivation and market- 

 ing. Without careful attention, the result 

 of years of work may not return a profit. 

 He had yet to know of a year when, if the 

 ]:roper attention were given to these essent- 

 ials, profit would not result. More care in 

 selection of varieties and care in selection 

 of the location were of prime importanco. 

 Some other valuable papers were read. 

 These will be reported in ])art or in full in 

 the next issue of The Canadian Horticul- 

 turist. 



A resolution was passed unanimously and 

 heartily thanking the Trappist Fathers for 

 their kind hospitality, for the manner in 

 which they facilitated the business of the 

 sessions, and for their work in the in- 

 terests of Quebec horticulture. A resolu- 

 tion was carried asking the government of 

 Quebec for $1,000 to defray the expenses 

 of gettinir up an exhibit of fruits for Great 

 Britain this fall. 



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