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was taken in Michigan. It simply appointed 

 a committtee to confer with the growers there in 

 regard to the matter. Incidentally, it pointed 

 out that Canadians are anxious to participate 

 in the good feeling suggested by the Michigan 

 resolution, and that such should exist between 

 growers in both countries. 



SUBSTITUTION OF NURSERvf STOCK 



An animated discussion took place on the 

 substitution of varieties by nurserymen. It 

 was thought that nursery stock should be 

 guaranteed true to name by law. A committee 

 was appointed to draft a scheme regarding the 

 matter, the personnel being Geo. A. Robertson, 

 Robt. Thompson, and W. H. Bunting, all of St. 

 Catharines. Nurseries should be held respons- 

 iblefor guaranteed stock, and the grower should 

 be protected by a written agreement that would 

 bind the nurseryman and hold him liable for 

 losses through negligence. 



A committee composed of A. A. Wright, M.P., 

 and Alex. McNeill, was appointed to interview 

 the postmaster-general regarding the establish- 

 ment of a parcel post for fruit and other produce, 

 somewhat similar to that in G. Britain. There, 

 it is satisfactory to the growers of fruit and 

 vegetables. It makes the handling of small 

 consignments convenient. It has the effect of 

 causing railway companies to compete with 

 the government in collecting, carrying and 

 delivering parcels. It enables the producer to 

 deal direct with the consumer. 



THE COOPERATIVE MOVEMENT 



Considerable discussion took place regarding 

 the organization throughout the province of 

 additional cooperative fruit growers' assns. 

 The value and progress of the cooperative 

 movement to date was referred to briefly by A. 

 E. Sherrington, of Walkerton, and others. A 

 committee was appointed to wait upon the 

 Minister of Agriculture at Ottawa in the interests 

 of the cooperative assns.: Harold Jones, Mait- 

 land; Elmer Lick, Oshawa; A. A. Wright, M.P., 

 South Renfrew; E. D. Smith, M.P., South 

 Wentworth; J. E. Armstrong, M.P., Lambton; 

 and Peter McKenzie. The general cooperative 

 committee for the year consists of 5 members: 

 A. E. Sherrington, Walkerton; D. Johnson, 

 Forest; Robt. Thompson, St. Catharines; W. 

 H. Dempsey, Trenton; and J. E. Johnson, 

 Simcoe. 



The Ont, Hort'l Exhibition was the subject 

 for some discussion, as one of the directors felt 

 that the paying of $2,000 for the Black Dike 

 Band had not proven to be a good business 

 proposition. With this one exception, the 

 consensus of opinion was in favor of the band. 

 ( It increased the educational advantages of the 

 show. Through its presence, the exhibition 

 has taken a forward step. Although $2,000 

 was paid for the engagement, the band actually 

 did not cost the show anything. It practically 

 paid for itself. The deficit last year was not 

 so large as the one the year before. 



OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES 



Officers for the ensuing year were elected as 

 follows: Pres., Harold Jones, Maitland; v.-pres, 

 Elmer Lick, Oshawa; sec.-treas., P. W. Hodgetts. 

 Toronto ; executive, the foregoing, W. H. Bunt- 

 ing, St. Catharines, and A. E. Sherrington, 

 Walkerton. Transportation committee: W. 

 H. Bunting and Robt. Thompson, St. Catharines; 

 W. L. Smit'h, Toronto; D, Johnson, Forest; H. 

 W. Dawson, Toronto; R. J. Graham, Belleville. 

 Show committee: W. H. Bunting, Elmer Lick, 



A. W. Peart, P. W. Hodgetts. Directors on 

 Board of Control of Fruit Expt. Stas. : A. M. 

 Smith and Geo. A. Robertson, St. Catharines; 

 W. T. Macoun, Ottawa. Director on Board of 

 the Hort'l Pub. Co., Elmer Lick. Representa- 

 tives on Fair Boards: London — A. O. Telfer, 

 Ivan, and J. S. Scarfe, Woodstock; Ottawa — R. 



B. Whyte and A. A. Wright, M.P.; Toronto — 

 W. H, Bunting and P. W. Hodgetts. No 

 changes were made in the other committees. 



Frviit Gro-wers Divided 



Emphatic protests against any semblance of 

 a reciprocal tariff in fruits between Canada and 

 the U. S. were made at a meeting of the fruit 

 growers of the Grimsby-Winona district, on 

 Jan. 18. The following resolution was presented 

 and carried : " That this meeting of the fruit 

 growers of the Niagara district desire to express 

 our disapproval of the action of the directors of 

 the Ont. Fruit Grs. Assn. in appointing a com- 

 mittee to confer with a committee of Michigan 

 State fruit growers, with a view to arrange a 

 reciprocal tariff on fruits and fruit products. 

 The present tariff on fruits is too low when we 

 consider the increasing expense in fighting the 

 many insect enemies and diseases, the very high 

 price of labor, the scarcity and high prices of 

 fruit packages and the enormous cost of and 

 loss in transportation. We can produce all the 

 domestic fruits required for home consumption, 

 and the home market should be protected for 

 Canadian growers." 



A largely attended meeting of the Niagara 

 Peninsula Fruit Grs. Assn., held in St. Cathar- 

 ines on Jan. 19, showed that the fruit growers 

 of the Niagara district are not all so opposed 

 to the action of the Ont. Fruit Grs. Assn. in 

 appointing a committee to confer with the 

 growers of Mich., as are those of the Grimsby 

 district. It was unanimously resolved: "That 

 this association wishes to place itself on record 

 as being in harmony with the Ont. Assn. in 

 regard to meeting the Michigan growers. We, 

 however, feel that this association of fruit grow- 

 ers can hold out no hope of any reciprocity in 

 the matter of fruits between the two countries." 



Officers were elected as follows: Pres., W. H. 

 Bunting; v.-pres., F. A. Goring and W. C. 

 McCalla; sec.-treas., C. E. Fisher; executive 

 committee: R. Thompson, J. H. Brodrick, W. 

 O. Burgess, Geo. A. Robertson, C. B. Hare, 

 Alex. Muir, C. Lowery, F. Blaikie, Wm. Arm- 

 strong, C. Pettit, D. Pew, Wm. Henderson, S. H. 

 Rittenhouse, George F. Stewart, Major Hiscott, 

 Isaac Wismer, Carl Munro, F. Berriman, Wm. 

 Gallagher, C. M. Honsberger, S. M. Culp, R. W. 

 J. Andrews, R. F. Robinson, Geo. Brown, J. 

 Carpenter and W. A. Emery. 



Ontario Fruit Stations 



The following letter was received recently 

 from P. W. Hodgetts, sec, O.F.G.A., a member 

 of the Board of Control of the Fruit Expt. Sta. 

 of Ontario: "The names of the experimenters in 

 New Ontario are S. B. Bisbee, New Liskeard, 

 and R. Chapman, Judge. Neither of these men 

 have been officially appointed experimenters; 

 but some material was sent them last year, and I 

 believe some more will be sent them this year, 

 for them to test. The soil was so much in pock- 

 ets in that country and seemed to be so much 

 influenced by lakes and rivers, that the Board 

 decided it was hardly wise as yet to settle any- 

 thing definitely. 



"The Minister of Agriculture has started a 

 pioneer farm in Temiscamingue similar to the one 

 started by Mr. Dryden at Dryden, Ont. It is 

 likely that we will set out some hardy fruits there 

 as soon as the place is properly cleared and the 

 man appointed to look after it. 



"The Board met on Jan. 7 and confirmed the 

 appointment of J. L. Hilborn as fruit experi- 

 menter at Leamington, and of E. E. Adams as 

 vegetable experimenter at the same place, sub- 

 ject to the approval of the Lieut. -Governor in 

 Council. These gentlemen have already been 

 conducting some work along this line, and have 

 sent in reports for our report of 1906. It was 

 decided to have Mr. Hilborn carry on some tests 

 next year as to the protection of roots from 

 winter-killing and the use of hardy plum roots 

 for peach stock; Mr. Adams will be asked for 

 certain suggestions along his special line of 

 work. A special committee was appointed to 

 outHne work for, not only the new stations,' but 

 the older stations that had been testing varieties 

 for the last ten years. The policy of the Board 



will be not to give very much new work to those 

 stations in the Niagara district, namely those of 

 Messrs. Peart, Woolverton and Pettit, nor to the 

 stations of Sherrington, Jones and Mitchell, 

 until the Niagara District Station of Jordan 

 Harbor is in running order and some idea of the 

 scope of the work to be undertaken theJ-e is 

 definitely settled. The strawberry station, as 

 conducted by Mr. Stevenson, will be closed." 



TO EXTEND AREA OF PEACH CULTURE 



The secretary of Ont. Fruit Expt. Sta., Linus 

 Woolverton, kindly furnished the following: "One 

 of the topics discussed at the meeting cf the 

 Board of Control Ont. Fruit Exp. Sta., on Jan. 

 7, was the best method of withstanding the'loss 

 of peach trees from winter-kilhng of the roots, 

 such as occurred in Essex in 1899 when tens of 

 thousands of trees were destroyed. It was 

 decided to have a quantity of peach trees budded 

 upon hardy plum roots, on purpose for this ex- 

 periment; and then to have these distributed 

 for a thorough test. No doubt these would be 

 much hardier than on peach roots, and also 

 would succeed on clay soils where the peach 

 root proves too tender. The secretary was 

 ordered to make arrangements for the special 

 propagation and distribution of such trees." 



The Cooperative Associat'ns 



The directors of the Ont. Cooperative Fruit 

 Grs. Assn. met in Toronto on Jan. 8, and dis- 

 cussed matters that will tend" to promote the 

 interests of the cooperative movement in the 

 province. The directors were unanimous in 

 expressing the opinion that the organization of 

 a provincial association last summer had been 

 a good move. It was pointed out that the fruit 

 trade in Europe can be increased to the advan- 

 tage of the associations by getting into close 

 touch with the retail merchants. The a^ 

 ciations should have a man there to cam 

 the retail trade and all merchants who buy 

 direct. It is probable that such a representa- 

 tive will be appointed before long. Mr. Mc- 

 Neill, Chief, Fruit Division, was present, and 

 intimated that it would be well to induce the 

 English buyers to place representatives in this 

 country. Some members of the board concurred 

 with this view. 



Among the resolutions passed at the meet 

 was one dealing with the control of the ban 

 Jose scale, as follows: "That the Government 

 be asked to aid in the suppression of the San 

 Jose scale, in Kent county and in the other 

 districts to which the scale is spreading, by 

 holding meetings for the purpose of educating 

 the growers on the nature of the pest and on 

 the best methods of spraying for its control, 

 by having the question of parasites taken up 

 by the authorities at the O.A.C., and, further, 

 to be more vigorous in enforcing the law respect- 

 ing the fumigation of nursery stock; and th~* 

 any work that is to be done this year shouli: 

 done early and thoroughly, and that a copv „i 

 this resolution be forwarded to the Min. of Agri. 

 for Ont." 



A resolution was carried respecting the sub- 

 stitution of varieties by nurserjTnen, as follows; 

 "That it is the opinion of this association that 

 legislation should be enacted to require nursery 

 firms to produce nursery stock that will be 

 true to name, that the nurseries be held respon- 

 sible for such stock, that a law be made to 

 protect the grower by binding the nurservman 

 to give a written guarantee that will hold him 

 liable for losses to growers, on account of negli- 

 gence on the part of the nursery, and that a 

 copy of this resolution be forwarded to the 

 directors of the Ont. Fniit Grs. Assn. as a 

 means of strengthening the action taken by 

 them on this question at recent meetings." 



It is just a year since I became a subscriber 

 to The Horticulturist for the first time. In 

 the future, I should not like to do without the 

 magazine. — L. C. Clarke, Morden Man. 



