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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



Nov. 2, for the purpose of determining the sha|x; 

 or form of baskets for the coming season. It 

 was a representative gathering of delegates from 

 the difterent fruit growing sections ot the lower 

 mainland and Vancouver Island. For straw- 

 berries, a shape 2 inches deep by 5)/^ square, 

 holding 4-5 of a qt. and for raspberries, black- 

 berries and Loganberries, the half size, 1 inch 

 deep by 5^ square, holding 2-5 of a qt., were 

 agreed upon. In addition, they agreed to use 

 the J^ size of the standard apple box for crab- 

 apples and pears in addition to the full sizes. A 

 committee was appointed to interview the Supt. 

 of the Dom. Ex. Co here with a view to obtain- 

 ing a lower billing weight on crates and also a 

 lower rate to Winnipeg and other points. 



Items of Interest 



A successful orchardist is Mr. H. Curen, Huron 

 Road, Ont. He advocates the fall cleaning of 

 orchards to destroy insect and fungous pests. 

 A recent issue of The Goderich Star gave an 

 account of Mr. Curen's methods and achieve- 

 ments. 



Recently Mr. M. F. Rittenhouse of Chicago, 

 who donated a farm for fruit and vegetable 

 experiments in the Niagara district, had a con- 

 ference with Hon. Nelson Monteith and Hon W. 

 J. Hanna. He purposes building a model piece 

 of macadam road from the G.T.R. at a point 

 where a station eventually may be established to 

 the lake, passing the farm. 



At a recent meeting of the Toronto branch, 

 Ont. Veg. Grs. Assn., Mr. Jas. Stevens, Tod- 

 morden, discussed "Growing Early Vegetables," 

 particularly as affected by the tariff. He said that 

 he cannot grow early cabbage and cucumbers 

 and compete favorably with similar products 

 from the U.S. Canadian growers should have 

 more protection, he claimed, so that they can 

 have the full benefit of the home market. At 

 the next meeting of the branch, Dec. 1, H. E. 



Reed, Danforth Road, will discuss "Growing 

 ].ettuce under Gla.ss," and J. \V. Rush, Humber 

 Hay, "Growing Radish under Glass." The 

 annual election of officers will also take plac-c. 



Satisfied Advertisers 



"Our advertisements in The Canadian 

 Horticulturist have brought us more business 

 than any advertising we have done elsewhere. 



We are much 

 l^leascd with the 

 results that have 

 been received 

 from same. The 

 Horticultur- 

 ist gave partic- 

 ular attention to 

 the matter of 

 setting up our 

 advts. in an at- 

 tractive man- 

 ner." Thus 

 wrote Mr. O. G. 

 Palm, manager 

 for the Little 

 (iiant Sprayer 

 Mfg. Co., 41 

 Col borne St., 

 Toronto. The 

 c o m p a ny is 

 erecting a large 

 factory in Sim- 

 coe for the man- 

 ufacture of their 

 well-known ma- 

 chines. The change in the location of their 

 factory has been brought about by the great 

 increase that has taken place in their business 

 during the past year. Their new auxiliary pump 

 is proving a great success. Other improvements 

 just as valuable will be found in The Little 

 Giant for 1907. Fruit growers should place 

 their orders early. 



Mr. O. G. Palm 



CKanges in Constitution 



Some imixjrtant changes were made in the 

 constitution of the Ont. Fruit Grs. Assn. at 

 their recent convention. The following clauses 

 now read as follows : 



7. The directors shall be elected at the morn- 

 ing session of the last day of the annual meeting, 

 and shall be 13 in numlx;r, representing the 13 

 agricultural divisions as .set forth in Schedule 

 "A" of the Ont. Agri. and Arts Act. Those 4 

 directors who have occupied positions on the 

 board for the longest period tliall not be eUgiblc 

 for re-election. It is provided, however, that 

 these directors shall be eligible for re-election at 

 the end of one year. 



The clauses 24 to 28 are substituted by clauses 

 24 to 27 as follows: 



24. Fruit growers in any section of Ont. may 

 form a local assn. which may become affiliated 

 with the Ont. Assn. when it has a membership 

 of 10 or over upon the payment to the treasurer 

 of the Ont. Assn. of §.5 for the first 25 members 

 or fraction thereof above 9 and 25 cents a member 

 for every additional member, which payment 

 shall entitle the members to all the privileges and 

 advantages of membership in the Ont. Assn. 



25. It shall tje the duty of the officers and 

 directors of the provincial assn. to encourage the 

 formation of such local associations. 



26. Fruit growers who are members of 2 or 

 more local assns. shall be accepted as members 

 of the Ont. Assn. from that affiliated association 

 only which is the first to forward their member- 

 ship fee. 



27. Such affiUated assns. may appoint 1 

 delegate to the annual meeting of the Ont. 

 Assn. for the first 25 members or fraction thereof, 

 and an additional delegate for every 25 members 

 or major portion thereof above the first 25. 

 The actual railway fare of such delegates in 

 attending the annual meeting shall be paid by 

 the Ont. Assn. 



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