December, 1909 



THE CANADIAN HOETIC ULTURIST 



273 



Preiident E. D. Smith 



tain seasons. Pears are wanted that will 

 not blight and peaches and plums that will 

 ship to the West. The speaker compliment- 

 ed the Dominion government on the work of 



its fruit insjjectors in 



the Niagara district 

 and complimented the 

 G.T.R. and C.P.R. on 

 their improved freight 

 service to the West. 



PROPOSED LEGISLATION 



A draft bill was 

 placed before the asso- 

 ciation and passed that 

 will repeal the present 

 . provincial acts tha^ 

 have to do with the 

 control of yellows, 

 black knot, and nox- 

 ious inects. It is to be 

 called the Fruit Pests 

 Act, and is similar in form to the 

 present San Jose Scale Act. The bill as 

 carried by the association includes San 

 Jose scale, codling moth, little peach, black 

 knot, yellows, crown gall, pear blight and 

 pear psylla. This bill differs from the San 

 Jose Scale Act, besides the addition of other 

 insects, only in requiring that "25 or more 

 fruit growers," instead of "15 or more rate- 

 payers," shall sign a petition for the ap- 

 pointment of inspectors to enforce the pro- 

 visions of the Act. The government will 

 be asked to have the proposed Act passed 

 at the coming session of the legislature. 



The Ontario government will be asked also 

 to amend the Pharmacy Act so that white 

 arsenic may be added to the list of poisons 

 that may be handled by grocers and others 

 outside of druggists and chemists. This is 

 a commodity that is becoming largely used 

 by fruit growers and it should be more 

 easily purchased. 



It was decided also to ask the Dominion 

 government to pass an Act that will con- 

 trol the adulteration of chemicals used in 

 the control of orchard and garden pests. 

 The framing of the bill was left to a commit- 

 tee. The idea is to prevent the manufacture, 

 sale or transportation of adulterated or 

 misbranded fungicides, Paris green, lead 

 arsenate and other insecticides and for 

 regulating traffic therein. 



ELECTION OF DIRECTORS 



The directors elected for the various dis- 

 tricts are as follows : 1, R. B. Whyte, Ot- 

 tawa ; 2, Harold Jones, Maitland ; 3, F. S. 

 Wallbridge, Belleville; 4, W. H. Gibson, 

 Newcastle ; 5, R. W. Grierson, Oshawa ; 

 6, L. A. Hamilton, Lome Park ; 7, E. D. 

 Smith, Winona ; 8, A. Onslow, Niagara-on- 

 the-lake ; 9, J. E. Johnson, Simcoe ; 10, 

 J. L. Hilborn, Leamington; 11, F. Met- 

 calfe, Blyth; 12, C. W. Gurney, Paris; 13, 

 Adam Brown, Owen Sound. 



COMMITTEE REPORTS 



A report on new and promising fruits 

 was made by Air. W. T. Macoun, C.E.F., 

 Ottawa. This report was illustrated by 

 specimens of many of the varieties and 

 seedlings mentioned. The report of the 

 transportation committee was presented by 

 Mr. W. H. Bunting, and that of the co- 

 operative committee, by Mr. Jas. E. John- 

 son. These reports will appear in full in 

 a later issue of The Canadian Horticultur- 

 ist. 



SMALL FRUIT culture 



The history of small fruit culture in 

 Ontario during the past 50 years was told 

 by Mr. A. W. Peart of Burlington. Fifty 

 years ago there were few strawberries grown 

 in Upper Canada and altogether only about 

 50 or 75 acres of small fruits. The speaker 

 referred to some of the old varieties that 



have gone out of date. There is no part 

 of the province where some varieties of 

 small fruits cannot be grown. Mr. Peart 

 reviewed the history of small fruit culture 

 by periods of 10 years. The most recent de- 

 cade has been marked by much progress. 

 Canning and jam factories absorb thous- 

 ands of cases. They consume one-third to 

 one-half of the strawberries and raspberries 

 grown in the province. Mr. Peart's esti- 

 mated acreage in 1909 is : Strawberries, 

 4,500; raspberries, 2,000; blackberries, 

 1,000; currants, 1,000; gooseberries, 500; 

 total 9,000 acres and a value of $3,150,000. 

 The following varieties were recommended 

 by the speaker : Strawberries, Bederwood, 

 Splendid, Warfield, Grenville, Williams, 

 Sample, Saunders, Irene, Buster ; red rasp- 

 berries : Marlboro, Cuthbert, and probably 

 Herbert ; black raspberries : Hilborn, Old- 

 er, Gregg, Smith's Giant; purple raspber- 

 ries : Columbian, Shaffer ; white raspberries : 

 Golden Queen; red currants: Fay, Cherry, 

 Pomona, Red Cross, Wilder; white currants* 

 White Grape; black 

 currants : Victoria, 



Champion, Lee, Nap- 

 les, Saunders ; black- 

 berries : Agawam, Sny- 

 der, KittBtinny ; goose- 

 berries ; Pearl, Down- 

 ing, Red Jacket. The 

 adaptability of some of 

 these varieties is very 

 local. 



"Many questions are 

 pressing for solution," 



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adapted to certain soils and localities; 

 proper care, cultivation and pruning; 

 how to dispose of injurious insects; low- 

 ering the cost of production ; and iinding 



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