November, 1908 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



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Fruit Growers' Program 



The convention oi the Ontario Fruit 

 Growers' Association to be held in Toronto 

 on November 10 and 11, promises to be of 

 great interest and value. The following is 

 the program, subject to changes and addi- 

 ' tions : 



' NOV. 10 MORNING SESSION 



President's annual address.— A. W. Peart, 

 Burlington. Reading of correspondence and 

 -^ appointing of committees. 



Eeport of Standing Committees: New 

 Fruits.— W. T. Macoun, C. E. F., Ottawa; 

 H. L. Hutt, 0. A. C„ Guelph; E. Morris, 

 Fonthill. Co-operative.— Jas. E. Johnson, 

 Simcoe. Transportation.— W. H. Bunting, 

 St. Catharines. 



"Toronto Fruit Market."— H. St.C. Fisher, 

 Queenstown. 



AFTERNOON SESSION 



"Commercial Spraying of Apple Or- 

 chards." — D. Johnson, Forest. Discussion 

 by J. C. Smith, Burlington; J. C. Harris, 

 Ingersoll; Jas. E. Johnson, Simcoe. 



"The Apple Maggot and Blister Leaf 

 Mites."— Prof. Wm. Lochhead, Macdonald 

 College. 



"The Handling of the Strawberry Planta- 

 tion."— S. H. Rittenhouse, Jordan HaAor. 

 Discussion led by A. E. Sherrington, Walk- 

 erton. 



EVENING SESSION 



"Results of Orchard Surveys in New York 

 State."— Prof. Chas. S. Wilson, Cornell Uni- 

 versity, Ithaca, N. Y. 



"Observations in the Use of Fertilizers in 

 German Orchards." — Prof. R. Harcourt, 

 O. A. C, Guelph. 



NOV. II — MORNING SESSION 



"The Commercial Status of Our Standard 

 Varieties of Fruits." — Open discussion by 



members as to the present value of our com- 

 mon varieties, their susceptibility to disease, 

 etc., on the following: Apples, peaches, 

 pears, grapes, plums. 



"Prevalent Fungous Diseases of Ontario 

 Orchards." — "Fire and Twig Blight" and 

 "Peach Yellows."— Prof. M. B. Waite, Path- 

 ologist, United States Department of Agri- 

 culture, Washington, D. C. 



"The Shipment of Early Apples and Ten- 

 der Friiits to Great Britain." — J. A. Eud- 

 dick. Commissioner Cold Storage, Ottawa. 



AFTERNOON SESSION 



"Observation by the District Representa- 

 tives of the Department of Agriculture of 

 Fruit Conditions": I.Essex County. — A. 

 McKenney, Essex. 2. Prince Edward Coun- 

 ty. — R. M. Winslow, Picton. 3. Simcoe 

 County. — R. S. Mortimer, Collingwood. 

 4. Ontario County. — J. H. Hare, Whitby. 



"Marketing Our Fruit"; "Packing." — 

 Elmer Lick. "Packages." — H. L. Roberts, 

 Grimsby. "Markets."— E. G. H. Pattison, 

 Winona. 



"The Western Provinces as an Outlet for 

 Our Fruit."— J. W. Crow, O. A. C, Guelph. 



At the annual meeting of the Pomological 

 and Fruit Growing Society of Quebec, to be 

 held at Macdonald College, Dec. 2 and 3, it 

 is expected that there will be a large fruit 

 exhibit. The premium list has b en issued. 

 Write to the secretary, Peter Reid, Chateau- 

 guay Basin, Que., for a copy. 



Readers of The Canadian Horticul- 

 turist in the western provinces and in Bri- 

 tish Columbia should not forget the coming 

 convention of the Northwest Fruit Growers' 

 Association to be held in Portland, Ore., 

 Dec. 2-4. The Oregon State Horticultural 

 Society will meet at the same place on 

 Dec. 1. 



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