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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



Items of Interest 



At the Winnipeg Indus. Kxhbtn., the B.C. 

 fruit exhibit attracted a great deal of attention. 

 It was a credit to the province. 



Mr. M. R. Baker, B.S.A., Guelph, has been 

 appointed to a position at Ottawa, as assistant 

 to Mr. Alex. McNeill, Chief, Fruit Division. 



Apple packers are warned against misunder- 

 standing the Fruit Marks Act. If you are in 

 doubt, write to the Fruit Division, Ottawa, or 

 to The Horticulturist for information. 



The 10th annual exhibition of the Kincardine 

 Horticultural Society was held on Aug. 30. The 

 display of cut bloom, flowering and foliage 

 plants was up to the average and did credit to 

 the flower lovers of Kincardine. 



Four new subscriptions for The Cana- 

 dian Horticulturist for only $1.00. Can't 

 you get up a club? 



On Aug. 15, the Hamilton branch of the 

 Ont. Veg. Grs. Assn. held its annual picnic at 

 the Hotel Brant, Burlington. Several thousand 

 people attended. Hon. Mr. Monteith, Minister 

 of Agriculture, was present and spoke. 



Mr. Bois, the B.C. fruit expert, that gave 

 demonstrations in fruit packing last year for 

 the Dom. Fruit Division, is now engaged to 

 superintend apple packing operations for Mr. 

 R. J. Graham, of Belleville. 



/ 

 Early in Aug. a conference was held in Toronto 

 between a delegation representing the fruit 

 growers and the traffic officials of the C. P. and 

 G.T. Rys. Arrangements were discussed that 

 will lead to a better handling of fmit in shipment 

 to the west and to the sealx>ard. 



At Scotland, Ont., a branch of the Ont. Veg. 

 Grs. Assn. was formed in Aug. The officers are: 

 McKenzie Malcolm, pres. : Fred. Smith, vice- 

 pres. ; K. G. Malcolm, sec; and Samuel Hunter, 

 director. At the initial meeting, 16 growers 

 became members and it is expected that others 

 will join soon. 



Mr. J. P. Taylor, of Cape Town, South Africa, 

 is in Canada buying apples for shipment to 

 South Africa. He visited The Horticulturist 

 and said that he wants good fruit and will pay 

 good prices for it. Only the best stock is ad- 

 mitted to South Africa, as the law requires that 

 all apples affected with disease or worms shall 

 be destroyed at the port of lading, without rec- 

 ompense to the shippers. 



In the vicinity of Colbome, Ont., which is one 

 of the leading apple sections of the province, 

 most of the largest orchards have been sold as 

 they stand. The buyers will do the picking and 

 packing, and the growers the hauling. Among 

 the orchards sold are those of Jas. Thomas, for 

 $1,12.5; John Coulter's, $1,000; Wilbert Eddy's, 

 $1,000; John Usher's, of Wicklow, $750; Wilber 

 Winter's, of Wicklow, $850; Chas. Doolittle's, 

 of Wicklow, $450, and Dr. Robertson's, of Col- 

 bome, $450. All these orchards are within a 

 radius of four miles. 



The Evaporator Manufacturers' Association of 

 Ontario held a meeting in Toronto recently and 

 elected officers for the ensuing year, as follows: 

 Pres., Geo. Mahler, Bothwell; vice-pres., R. J. 

 Graham, Belleville; sec.-treas., O. E. Robinson, 

 and 6 directors. The inspector is J. R. Finkle, 

 Bowmanville. 



We are offering The Canadian Horti- 

 culturist during September for a mere 

 song. A postal note to the tune of 

 $1.00 will pay for 4 new subscriptions 

 for a year. 



A series of demonstrations in box-packing i-~ 

 being given in Ont. by Mr. Stewart, an exiJert 

 from Oregon, brought by the Fruit Division 

 specially for the purjxise. The schedule so far 

 for this month is as follows: Sept. 1, OakvilK- 

 6, Walkerton; 7, Owen Sound; 8, Thomburv , 

 10, Orillia; 11, Brighton; 12, Newcastle; 13, 

 Oshawa. Demonstrations, also, will lie given 

 at the Toronto Exhibition on Sept. 3-4 and at 

 the Niag. Dist. Exhibition in St. Catliarines, on 

 Sept. 14-15. The method of packing practised 

 by Mr. Stewart differs from the one in Ont. One 

 side, instead of the top, is removed, so that the 

 contents may be readily seen and inspect e<l. 

 As there is less pressure on the sides than the 

 top, the former may be taken off and replacet! 

 with greater ease. 



See our special subscription rate for 

 September. Clubs of four new sub- 

 scriptions for 1 year accepted for $1.00. 



In a letter to The Horticulturist, Mr. 

 Francis Wayland Glen, of Brooklyn, N.Y., 

 writes: "I have taken The Canadian Horti- 

 CtTLTtiRiST for 20 years and only once in that 

 time have I failed to receive my number regularly. 

 I did not receive the one for July; kindly send me 

 a copy. Fruits of all kinds are fine this year, 

 and the price remains high for prime quality. 

 The demand for the best is never fully supplied. 

 We should have free trade in fruits between 

 Canada and the United States. It will come 

 soon. W'e are getting tired of monopoly. We 

 are entering upon a radical revolution. We 

 shall restore to power and influence the Declara- 

 tion of Independence. I wish The Canadian' 

 Horticulturist great prosperity." 



At a meeting of the shareholders of the Ham- 

 ilton, Grimsby and Beamsville Railway, recently, 

 it was definitely decided that the route of the 

 proposed extension of the line to St. Catharines 

 would not be by way of Vineland. 



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