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who is interested and who makes application to 

 The Canadian Horticulturist. \\'e will be 

 able, in future, to furnish our readers with any 

 of the standard books on horticulture. 



THe Ontario Horticultural Association 



The Ontario Horticultural Association should 

 only help the various horticulturial societies 

 the province in their work, but should serve 

 protect and advance their interests in other 

 's. This association is the missing link that 

 societies have long needed. By its means 

 >y will be kept informed in regard to different 

 ;s of work that have succeeded with the 

 ious societies. It will serve, also, to more 

 ^_^ iroughly advertise the good work that is 

 " being done by them and thus prepare the way 

 for a larger government grant when the increase 

 in the number of the societies warrants such 

 action. The success of the association will de- 

 pend upon the coojieration of the local societies. 

 It will pay the latter well to do everything in 

 their power to aid the provincial organization. 



A number of fruit growers in Canada are 

 using carbolic acid gas as a source of power for 

 their spraying machines. Many more would 



, do so were it not for the duty imposed on the 

 containers in which the gas is imported from 

 the United States. At the recent convention 

 of the Ontario Fruit Growers' Association, a 

 resolution was adopted asking the Dominion 

 Government to admit the containers, subject to 



- some system of registration, so that they may 

 be admitted free, duty to be levied on the gas 

 only. This is a matter of much importance to 

 our fruit industry. It is to be hoped that the 

 request of the growers will be given an early 

 hearing, so that a new and satisfactory arrange- 



■ ment may be effected before the beginning of 

 spraying operations during the coming winter. 



While The Canadian Horticulturist is not 

 in favor of the general introduction of the 

 Spencer Seedless Apple into Canada until it has 

 been tested at our experiment stations, it has 

 not been our intention to say anything that 

 would cast a reflection on the business integrity 



' of the Canadian company that is offering the 

 trees for sale. We have no reason to believe 

 that the company is other than honorable and 

 commercially sound. In fact, at its head are 

 some of the leading business men of Toronto. 

 Our remarks in recent issues have been directed 

 at the apple, not at the company. We wish 

 this to be under.stood. Further comments, in 

 this issue, on the apple are unnecessary. The 

 Ontario Fruit Growers' Association has dealt 



[ with it and found it wanting. 



It was with regret that we heard of the death 

 of Mrs. Juliet McNeill on November 18. She was 

 the wife of Mr. A. McNeill, Chief of the Fruit 

 Division, Ottawa. Mrs. McNeill had not been 

 well for several months, but only during the 

 three weeks previous- to her decease did her 

 illness assume a serious character. The 

 Canadian Horticulturist and fruit growers 

 all over the Dominion condole with Mr. 

 McNeill in his sorrow. Only a few months have 

 1 passed since he lost a son. 



Farmers' Institute speakers assembled at the 

 O.A.C., on Nov. 20-23, for special instruction 

 in the various branches of their work. Among 

 the fruit men who delivered lectures were Robt. 

 Thompson, St. Catharines; D. Johnson, Forest; 

 ] E Orr, Fruitland; A. E. Sherrington, Walk- 

 er! on, and Prof. H. L. Hutt, of the O.A.C. 



IJefore Kolnj? to the store for that article you 

 \vant, get a catalog from the advertisers of 

 similar articles in this paper, and then when 

 vour dealer makes his estimate, you make your 

 comparison. It will end in your recognizing 

 the advantage of securing the article direct from 

 the manufacturer at the ground floor rates. Be 

 sure, when answering an advertisement, to men- 

 tion this paper and thus take advantage of our 

 Protective Policy, as outlined on editorial page. 



ENTHUSIASM marked the convention of 

 the delegates from the various horticul- 

 tural societies of the province, which met 

 in Toronto, Nov. 9, at the time of the Ont. 

 Horticultural Exhibition. About one-third of 

 the societies in the province were represented. 

 The main features of the convention were the 

 final adoption of a constitution perpared by a 

 committtee appointed at the last convention, a 

 discussion of the new Act governing horticultural 

 societies, and the election of officers. 



In his annual address, the pres., Mr. W. B. 

 Burgoyne, of St. Catharines, reported that the 

 govt, had agreed to give the assn. an annual 

 grant of $100 to help defray the expenses con- 

 nected with the bringing of speakers to the con- 

 vention. This will do much to place the assn. 

 on a sound basis. The govt, had consented also 

 to secure a shorthand report of the proceedings 



Pres. W. B. Burgoyne 



of each convention and to pubHsh these as a 

 govt, report and to send copies to the officers of 

 the various hort'l societies throughout the 

 province. This means that the societies all 

 through the province will be benefited by the 

 discussions that take place at the annual con- 

 ventions. 



The constitution adopted explains that the 

 objects of the assn. are to assist the various 

 hort'l societies of Ont. The fee for membership 

 of each society was placed at $2 a year. Eleven 

 societies joined at the convention, and the dele- 

 gates from other societies promised to send their 

 fees as soon as possible. Every society in the 

 province will have a right to send delegates to the 

 convention, but only those societies who join the 

 assn. can vote through their delegates. 



A lengthy discussion took place over the new 

 Act governing hort'l societies. The discussion 

 was led by H. B. Cowan, supt. of hort'l societies, 

 who explained the disadvantages under which the 

 societies had worked in the past and the objects 

 of the various provisions of the new Act. Several 

 clauses in the Act were discussed at considerable 

 length, I)Ut no important amendments were 

 suggested. The unanimous opinion of those 

 present was that the societies throughout Ont 

 will be greatly benefited by the new Act, and 

 that a great increase taken in the work of hort'l 

 societies may be expected. 



In the afternoon two interesting discussions 

 were held. The first related to the holding of 

 garden competitions by hort'l societies and was 

 led by Mr. S. Short, of Ottawa, who described 

 the benefit that has followed from the Lady 

 Minto and Lady Grey competitions in that city. 

 Work of a similar kind conducted in Hamilton 

 was described by Messrs. J. O. McCuUoch and 

 A. Alexander of that city. The second discus- 

 sion referred to the giving of seeds to school 

 children and the holding of exhibitions of 

 flowers grown by the children. It was led by 

 Mr. J. Thos. Murphy, of the Simcoe society, and 

 by Mr. Walter Brooks, of the Brantford society. 

 Reports of these discussions will be given in The 

 Horticulturist later. They were taken part in 

 by a number of the delegates. 



The election of officers resulted as follows: 

 Pres., W. B. Burgoyne, of St. Catharines; 1st 

 vice-pres., Maj. H. J. Snelgrove, of Cobourg; 

 2nd vice-pres., R. B. Whyte, of Ottawa; direc- 

 tors, Messrs. Rev. Mr. Scott, of Perth; H. 

 Jeffers Diamond, of Belleville; H. R. Frankland, 

 of Toronto. 



Among the resolutions passed was one ex- 

 pressing pleasure over the great improvements 

 that had been made in The Canadian Horti- 

 culturist. The feeling of the meeting was 

 that The Horticulturist is doing much to 

 promote the interest of the hort'l societies of 

 the province and that the societies should sup- 

 port it in every way possible. 



THe Need for ColdllStorage 



, R. J. Cochrane, Colbome,5 Ont. <; 

 he question of cold storage for fruit is an 

 important one. The need for cold storage 

 buildings at various points in Canada is plainly 

 evident. If such were located in every apple 

 section of the country, it would make it pos- 

 sible to hold the fruit and sell when the market 

 is most favorable. 



Cold storage supplants spraying in that, if a 

 small percentage of fungi escape the spray- 

 motor, or if a small percentage of codling moth 

 enclosed in the apple in the springtime succeeds 

 in finding its way into the baiTel, a low tempera- 

 ture prevents development. Cold storage assists 

 the packer in conforming to the Fruit Marks 

 Act, in that when apples are properly packed 

 and cooled they do not ripen or decay. The 

 apples retain that rough, bright, lustreful ap- 

 pearance that fills the eye, the snappy texture 

 and quality that satisfies the palate, and that 

 brings money to the pocket of the producer. 

 They will not be wet, slack or wasty. Cold 

 storage is of still vastly more importance in the 

 marketing of apples. Our harvest apples, fall 

 apples and winter apples are hurled onto the 

 market almost simultaneously, the harvest 

 apples overripe, the fall varieties and winter 

 varieties not ripe enough, and many in bad 

 condition. With cold storage within a wagon 

 haul of the farmer he can pick each variety and 

 place it in cold storage when it is properly ripened 

 and properly colored. With local cold storage 

 each variety goes onto the marbet in its proper 

 season and in good condition, and the market 

 will last the year round. The fruit business will 

 be as safe and reliable to the producers as is the 

 cheese business to-day. The consumer will have 

 apples the year round that will be a credit to the 

 Dominion of Canada. 



A movement is on foot whereby these advan- 

 tages may be secured to the Canadian farmer. 

 The government can assist the farmers and 

 place cold storage within their reach. Before 

 this will be done, the people must show some 

 interest in the proposal. They_ must realize 

 the enormous loss and waste that is taking place 

 annually in the fruit industry. Every newspaper 

 should give this matter close attention, so that 

 the fruit growers may feel that they have the 

 press behind them. 



