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The New Cooperative Fruit Movement 



A group, taken after the meeting, when many of the delegates had left to catch their trains. Only about one-half the immber of delegates and others are to be 

 seen in the cut. Their names are as follows : I. A. K, Sherrington, Walkerton, President; 2. D. John'-on, Korest, 1st Vice-President ; 3. W. H. Dempsey, Trenton, 2nd 

 Vice-President: 4. A. B. Cutting. Toronto, Sec.-Treas. 5. W. A. D. Ross, Chatham: 6. Wm. Leary, Parkhill; 7. W. R. Davis, Oakville; 8. W. H. MacNeil, Oakville; 

 '). H. B. Cow an. Toronto; 10. A. S. Chapin, Toronto; 1 1. Fred Barker Toronto; 12. A. E. W. Peterson, Toronto; and 1.1, E. T. Boland, Toronto. 



when the pollen is ripe and the ])istil is 

 ready to receive it, and make fertiliza- 

 tion successful. 



Possibly the orchard may be ex- 

 posed to cold winds. If so, he must 

 plant wind breaks of quick growing 

 trees to protect it. Perhaps it is situat- 

 ed in a low spot subject to frost. For 



that, I know of no protection except a 

 strong smudge of smoke on the wind- 

 ward side during the cold nights when 

 the trees are in bloom. 



"I have been growing apples all my 

 life, but I have never had such an ex- 

 perience in orcharding as that described 

 by your correspondent. Consequently 



I am not in a position to do other than 

 make suggestions, which may be alto- 

 gether astray from the case, as I know 

 so little of the real facts and conditions 

 of the orchard. If it were mine I should 

 try a great many things, and make 

 many experiments before I tried the 

 last resort, pruning close to the ground." 



E^xpert Opinions on PeacK Problems 



THEKE are some prominent defects 

 in the methods of handling and 

 marketing peaches in this coun- 

 try. A few of them were mentioned 

 in the last issue of The Horticul- 

 turist. That peaches should not be 

 picked green, nor handled roughly, 

 nor packed on end, as is the custom in 

 most orchards in our peach districts, is 

 the opinion of those who are in close 

 touch with the industry and with the 

 trade. Thr Horticulturist is in re- 

 ceipt of various letters that discuss these 

 questions in more or less detail 



GREEN PEACHES IN TORO.\TO MARKET 



The following article, taken from The 

 Canadian Grocer, shows the effect, on 



the trade, of green peaches and of pack- 

 ing peaches dishonestly: 



"If the grocer who usually supplies 

 a prominent Toronto financier with 

 peaches could have seen him one Satur- 

 day recently, on the Niagara wharf, 

 buying half a dozen baskets of 50-cent 

 early Clingstones at a dollar a basket 

 because the top layers were large and he 

 thought they were Crawfords, he would 

 have regarded it as a huge joke. It il- 

 lustrates the unsatisfactory basis of the 

 fruit trade in Ontario. The millionaire 

 had a perfect right to buy them and to 

 cart them home. The probability is he 

 blames the grower and will buy his next 

 peaches at the grocer's. 



"That is but one instance. A work 

 ing man with his wife and family were 

 standing at a fruit stall in Toronto. 

 They were on their way to Island Park 

 for an afternoon out and husband and 

 wife were debating whether or not to 

 buy a basket of early peaches. They 

 were 35 cents. 



'"We can't afford it,' said the little 

 woman. 



"'Oh, it's only 35 cents and we don't 

 go often. You can can what are left 

 to-night. I'll help you,' replied the 

 good-natured man. 



"They got the peaches and got on the 

 boat and the children danced around an- 

 ticipating a treat. It was agreed they 



