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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



Ontario Vegetable GroAvers are Wide A^vaKe 



THE Ontario Vegetable Growers' Associa- 

 tion is rapidly becoming one of the strong- 

 est associations of the kind in the province. 

 The annual meetings of the branch associations 

 were held during December and in most cases 

 were well attended and successful. According 

 to the constitution of the Ontario association, 

 the annual meetings of the branch associations 

 have to be held during December, at which time 

 the officers are elected. The branch associa- 

 tions, have the right to appoint a director to 

 act on the board of the provincial association, 

 and these directors form the Provincial board. 

 The membership fee of the branch associa- 

 tions is $1 a year, and they pay 50 cents per 

 member to the Provincial association, which 

 makes the members of the branch associations 

 members of the larger body, entitles them to 

 receive free copies of the official organ of the 

 association, free copies of the report of the On- 

 tario vegetable growers' convention, and other 

 printed matter. 



The report of the secretary of the provincial 

 association, Mr. H. B. Cowan, as read at the 

 meetings of the branch associations, showed 

 that the provincial association on December 1 

 had a balance on hand of $500, the paid up 

 membership of the association being 225. 

 Branch associations are located at Toronto, 

 Hamilton, Sarnia, Chatham, Leamington and 

 St. Catharines, with individual members scat- 

 tered all over the province. The branch asso- 

 ciations were asked to consider several impor- 

 tant matters at their annual meetings, and re- 

 port their decisions through their directors at 

 the first meeting of the provincial board. These 

 subjects included the advisability of the pro- 

 vincial association devoting a portion of its 

 funds to the securing of regular croj) reports 

 throughout the growing season for the benefit 

 of the members of the association; the advis- 

 ability of giving the directors the right to amend 

 the constitution of the Ontario association so 

 that an executive committee can be appointed, 

 and the advisability of petitioning the Domin- 

 ion Government to appoint an appraiser of 

 vegetables whose duty it would be to inspect 

 importations of vegetables into Ontario, to see 

 that they were not entered at too low a valua- 

 tion. The reports on these subjects received 

 from the branch associations have shown them 

 to be in favor of action being taken along all 

 three lines. The following are reports of the 

 meetings of several of the associations: — 



Toronto Vegetable Gro-wers 



,, At the annual meeting of the Toronto branch 

 of the Ontario Vegetable Growers' Association 

 officers were elected for the ensuing year, and 

 it was decided to hold monthly meetings dur- 

 ing the winter months. Great satisfaction 

 was expressed with the recently formed Ontario 

 Vegetable Growers' Association, and every mem- 

 ber of the 30 or more who were present was 

 anxious to do what he could to further the in- 

 terests of the larger association as well as of 

 the Toronto branch. It was thought that the 

 constitution should be revised so that the pro- 

 vincial association could select a suitable ex- 

 ecutive committee to deal with matters not of 

 sufficient importance to warrant the expense 

 of calling together the whole board of direct- 

 ors. It was also carried unanimously that the 

 Toronto branch was in favor of a reasonable sum 

 being exi)ended by the Ontario Association in 

 securing crop reports, and recommended that 

 this information be obtained in whatever way 

 the directors deemed best. Another point that 

 created much discussion was the appointment 

 of an official to appraise the value of vege- 

 tables imported into Ontario. It was agreed 

 that such an official should be appointed and 

 given power to prevent the importation of 

 vegetables invoiced at less than their real 

 value The proposal to ask the Ontario Gov- 



ernment to carry on experiments to devise rem- 

 edies for insects and fungous diseases was also 

 approved and Mes.srs. Delworlh and Rush were 

 appointed to draft a statement of the main 

 points that they considered to be most worthy 

 of special attention. 



The election of officers resulted as follows: 

 pres., Geo. Syme; vice-pres., R. Lankin. The 

 offices of secretary and treasurer were combined 

 and Mr. F. F. Reeves was selected secretary- 

 treasurer. The executive committee consists 

 of Messrs. Syme, Lankin, Reeves, Thos. Del- 

 worth, J. W. Rush, W. G. Carter and John Mc- 

 Kay. Messrs. Wm. Harris and W. G. Carter 

 were appointed auditors. The directors for 

 the board of directors on the provincial asso- 

 ciation are Messrs. Reeves, Lankin, Rush, Syme 

 and Delworth. 



Each member was requested to canvass his 

 section for new members, and the officers were 

 appointed to do special work in this line. 



Mr. Delworth, of Weston, suggested that 

 monthly meetings be held during the winter 

 months, so that the growers could exchange 

 ideas. It was decided, therefore, to hold the 

 first of these monthly meetings on the first 

 Saturday in January at the Albion hotel at 3 

 o'clock. The executive committee was ap- 

 pointed to arrange for the discussion. 



Messrs. Syme, Reeves, M. Hamilton, John 

 McKay and W. Elford were appointed to ar- 

 range for the annual banquet in January .1;% j"^, 



Sarnia Grcwers and tHeXariff 



The Sarnia branch held its annual meeting 

 December 14, on which occasion considerable 

 enthusiasm was shown, both in the work of the 

 local association, as well as in the work of the 

 provincial organization. The election of offi- 

 cers resulted in Mr. J. Baxter being appointed 

 president; Mr. WiUiam Gallic, vice-president; 

 Mr. John Atkin, secretary and director on the 

 board of the provincial association. 



A lively discussion took place in regard to the 

 matters referred to in the report of the secretary 

 of the provincial organization and a committee 

 was appointed to draft a resolution embodying 

 the views of the members of the branch. The 

 meeting considered each suggestion separately 

 and adopted them all. The question of the 

 tariff on vegetables was considered at length, 

 and a committee was appointed to draft a resolu- 

 tion to be presented to the local member of the 

 House of Commons, with a request that he use 

 his influence on behalf of the vegetable growers. 

 The members decided to recommend to the 

 other branches throughout the province, that 

 they should speak to their members and ask 

 for their influence in the same direction. 



Chatham Branch.- — The members of the Chat- 

 ham branch of the provincial association elected 

 the following officers at their annual meeting: — 

 Pres., Richard Everitt; vice-pres., H. Hudson; 

 sec.-treas., F. Collins; directors, James Green, 

 R. A. Tompkins, John Colby, Wm. Abbs, and 

 Charles Ross. 



St. Catharines Growers. — The St. Catharines 

 growers have completed the formation of a 

 branch at that point. Mr. Robert Thompson 

 is president and Mr. W. C. McCalla, secretary. 



The Toronto branch of the Vegetable Growers' 

 Association will hold their annual banquet at 

 Webb's on January 24. The following pro- 

 gram has been arranged for the first of the 

 monthly meetings that is to be held at the 

 Albion Hotel on Saturday, January 6, at 3 

 o'clock: — Cauliflower Growing, by J. McKay; 

 The Best Way to Market our Produce, by Geo. 

 Syme, jr. ; Forcing Vegetables under Glass, by 

 J. Westwood, and Bunching for Profit, by R. 

 Lankin. 



Hamilton Gro-wers Organize 



The Hamilton branch of the Ontario Vege- 

 table Growers' Association held its annual 

 meeting December 21. Unfavorable weather 

 prevented the majority of members from at- 

 tending, but those present transacted con.sid- 

 erable important business. The auditor's re- 

 port showed a large cash surplus on hand. 

 Many members spoke highly of the work now 

 being done by The Canadian Horticulturist 

 to further the interests of the Ontario Vege- 

 table Growers' Association. 



The following officers were elected for the com- 

 ing year: pres., W. A. Emory, of Aldershot; 

 vice-pres., R. H. Lewis, of Hamilton; sec.- 

 treas., Jas. A. Stevens, of Hamilton; auditors, 

 B. Bumiston, of Aldershot; Frank Crosthwaite, 

 of Bartonville; director on executive of the On- 

 tario Vegetable Growers' Association, R H. 

 IvCwis.-j 



Frviit Gro-wers* Organizations 



The Ontario fruit growers decided, at their 

 recent convention, that local associations or 

 horticultural societies organized in any locality 

 may become affiliated with the Ontario Fruit 

 Growers' Association by paying in advance the 

 sum of one dollar for each member. This fee 

 is to be paid to the local secretary-treasurer, 

 who is to forward 75 cents per member to the 

 secretary of the provincial association. This 

 entitles the members of local associations to 

 all privileges of the parent organization. 



In the discussion relating to the clause of the 

 constitution referring to affiliated societies, sev- 

 eral members claimed that only 50 cents should 

 be forwarded to the provincial secretary, but 

 it was objected that, as 60 cents per member 

 had to be transferred to The Horticultural Pub- 

 lishing Company for The Horticultirist, 

 local organizations, by paying 50 cents to the 

 parent association, would be getting that mag- 

 azine for 10 cents less than the actual cost and 

 the Ontario association would be out that much 

 for each member secured through the local 

 organizations. 



"The point was referred to a committee and 

 finally settled that 75 cents be paid. In return 

 it is expected that the local associations shall 

 send one delegate for each 50 or more members 

 to the annual convention and that the expenses 

 of that delegate shall be borne by the parent 

 organization. ■ 



A Fine SteamsHip Service 



Fruit growers who export their fruit, are find- 

 ing that the Allan Line Royal Mail Steamers 

 are specially adapted for the carriage of im- 

 ported fruits, the ships being well fitted with 

 modern stowage, in addition to being fast and 

 absolutely regular. Consignees would do well 

 to give this matter careful consideration. It 

 frequently happens about the Christmas sea- 

 son, that fruit is not delivered as promptly as 

 the occasion requires. 



The Allan Line Royal Mail Steamer "Tunis- 

 ian" left Moville at 1 p.m., Dec. 1st, for Halifax, 

 and delivered her Christmas fruit at Montreal 

 on Monday, Dec. 11th. Consignees in Ontario 

 might compare this service with arrivals via 

 other routes and find it in their interests to do so. 



Fitzsimmons, Derry & Co., fruit dealers of 

 Duluth, have a branch office at Sault Ste. Marie, 

 Ontario. This firm is strongly in favor of the 

 Canadian Fruit Marks Act Situated as they 

 are in American territory, where there is no 

 Fruit Marks Act, as well as on Canadian terri 

 tory, they are in a particularly favorable position 

 to judge the merits of this piece of legislation. 



Mr. W. Carter, Canadian Cargo Inspector'at 

 Liverpool, thus describes the British Columbia 

 fruit that took the gold medal at the Royal 

 Horticultural Show: "The quality of this fruit 

 was most excellent. I have never seen finer 

 apples anywhere; this was the opinion of all 

 who saw them." 



