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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



November, 1908 



Next Dominion Conference 



The satisfactory results that have ac- 

 curred from the Dominion Fruit Conference 

 held in Ottawa, March, 1906, make it pro- 

 bable that the conference promised for 1909 

 will 'be of even greater value. Kow is the 

 time to. start planning for it. Innumerable 

 problems of national importance require 

 a national understanding. Some letters al- 

 ready have been received by The Cana- 

 dian Horticulturist pointing out the 

 need for another conference and suggesting 

 subjects for discussion. Others are request- 

 ed. Send suggestions for publication. The 

 following ones indicate the general trend of 

 opinion on this matter : 



Mr. Norman E. Jack, Chateauguay Basin, 

 Que. : — "Another Dominion Fruit Confer.^nce 

 should be held soon, as the last one was at- 

 tended with such good results. Considering 

 the rapid development of the fruit-growing 

 industry in the Dominion it seems to me 

 that every two years is not too often for the 

 holding of such conferences. The results 

 which have followed the proper defining of 

 the grades of apples would warrant similar 

 conferences every two years, as the benefi- 

 cial results have far overbalanced ally ex- 

 penditure. More could be done in regard 

 to the transportation and refrigeration pro- 

 blems, and if some means could be devised 

 whereby the advantages of the co-operative 

 system could be more widely advocated, it 

 would be a great boon to the fruit interests. 

 It is to be hoped also that at the next con- 

 ference something will 'be done to separate 

 the fruit interests from the dairy interests, 

 and that we shall have a Fruit Commission- 

 er appointed who will revote his entire time 

 to the better development of this rapidly 

 growing industry." 



Mr. D. Johnson, Forest, Ont. :^"There 

 should be a Dominion Conference of fruit 



growers held at Ottawa this winter in order 

 to talk over and come to conclusions on 

 questions affecting the fruit industry of 

 Canada as a whole. Each of the provinces 

 have their annual conventions of growers 

 and the good effect that such meetings have 

 had on the industry no one will deny. — If 

 the Dominion Government is really desirous 

 of meeting the requirements of the people, 

 they surely should take advantage of such 

 opportunities to get in touch with them and 

 to legislate to promote their interest. The 

 transportation and marketing of fruit are 

 two questions which could well be discussed 

 with great profit. Freight despatch is so 

 slow and uncertain that it is impo.ssible to 

 ship tender fruit in that way to distant 

 points and express rates are so high that it 

 is equally impossible to ship beyond a cer- 

 tain radius. Thus it will be seen that the 

 growers are unable to ship their fruit beyond 

 a certain point and the consumer must do 

 without, simply bscause the transportation 

 facilities are so bad. Markets are also re- 

 quired and, if such are found, nearly every- 

 thing else will right itself in the efforts to 

 reach it. Many other questions could be 

 discussed and worked out with great value 

 to the country as a whole, if the Govern- 

 ment would do as it should and liold a 

 Dominion Conference this winter." 



Codling Moth Preventive 



A preventive of the codling moth, which 

 is as troublesome to apple growers in Aus- 

 tralia as it is in Canada, is reported as the 

 result of experiments made for some time 

 in the vicinity of Sydney, reports Mr. J. 

 S. Larke, Canadian Trade Commissionei- 

 for Australasia. Small bunches of herb 

 thyme and pennyroyal, are fastened s- 

 curely around the stem of each apple tree. 

 Over this is placed a close rain-proof band- 

 age to protect the herbs from rain. This 

 is said to be a perfect protection. The 

 moth crawls up the tree until it reaches 

 the herbs and then returns to the ground 

 where it is destroyed by ants. 



It is claimed that trees protected in this 

 way had perfect fruit, while others not 

 treated were worthless. The advantage 

 over the commonly used system of band- 

 ages is that there is no necessity for fre- 

 quent visits to the bandages and destruction 

 of the moths. 



The Dominion Government commissioned 

 Dr. Jas. Fletcher, Dominion Entomologist, 

 to make an inspection last month of the 

 orchards on Indian reservations in British 

 Columbia. 



A well-prepai-ed circular describing the 

 Herbert raspberry has been issued by the 

 Ottawa Nurseries, 253 Bell St., Ottawa. It 

 gives the experience of a number of leading 

 growers and of experiment stations w^ith this 

 excellent variety. Write for a copy. 



Blueberries in Nova Scotia 



R. J. Messenger, Bridgetown 



One uncultivated fruit, in which consider- 

 able business is done in Nova Scotia, is the 

 blueberry. From the western end of the 

 province in particular, large quantities are 

 shipped yearly to Boston. 



Raw, stewed, pied, puddinged — in any 

 shape or form of edibility, the blueberry is 

 delightful. If time and space would permit 

 I would write columns in eulogy of this dear 

 little fruit. 



Tliis fruit grows without cultivation. In 

 some of our pastures the bushes threaten . 

 to drive out the dairy cow. 



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