THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



not wonderful therefore, that at Senator 

 Ferguson's suggestion the Fruit Grow- 

 ers' Association, backed by the local 

 Government, asked the Minister of Ag- 

 riculture to place on the Professor's al- 

 ready well burdened shoulders, the de- 

 velopment of fruit culture in the " Gar- 

 den Province." Luckily the kindly feel- 

 ings which Islanders entertain for Pro- 

 fessor Robertson are reciprocated to the 

 full, and hence he took to the new work 

 with that earnestness and industry — 

 which are characteristic of the man and 

 can only enter where such occupations 

 are a labor of love. " Prince Edward 

 Island can grow excellent fruit," said 

 Professor Roberson ; " " we must only 

 fit up the old orchards, plant out judi- 

 ciously the new, teach the people to 

 graft, spray, and prune the trees they 

 have and pack and ship properly the 

 fruit, and, as with the cheese factories, 

 so with the orcharding, this interest will 

 go ahead with leaps and bounds." 



The Minister of Agriculture con- 

 vinced that the Federal Government 

 ought to do something for Prince Ed- 

 ward Island on the lines suggested by 

 Professor Robertson and backed by all 

 her representatives in the House and 

 Senate, began to cast about for an ef- 



ficient orchardist. There was little time 

 to waste as grafting time was on, so 

 luckily a well recommended Nova Sco- 

 tian, named George Kinsman, was se- 

 cured to take charge of this im- 

 portant work. Mr. Kinsman was sum- 

 moned to Ottawa for instructions, and 

 the most improved outfit left the Cap- 

 ital on the ioth of May and is now 

 hard at work in Prince Edward Island, 

 where the Fruit Growers' Association 

 had already a programme of operations 

 cut and dried. He will have several 

 young men with him, it is to be hoped, 

 and as the Island province is small, 

 compromising only three counties, he 

 will be able to get a goodly number of 

 old orchards top-grafted, and give valu- 

 able instruction in spraying at once. 

 The value of spraying will be demon- 

 strated on the lines followed in Ontario 

 and everything done to initiate the keen 

 Islanders into scientific methods of 

 orcharding without delay. The work 

 will be invaluable and Prince Edward 

 Island has already great reason to thank 

 heaven for a live Fruit Growers' Associ- 

 ation. 



P. E. Burke, 



Alberton, P.E.I 



TOMATO PULP WANTED IN ENGLAND. 



ENQUIRIES have been received in 

 Canada from a house in England 

 for large quantities of tomato 

 pulp. 

 The pulp must be put up in sealed 

 tins, and must be free from acids or pre- 

 servatives of any kind. 



Any information sent to this office 

 will be forwarded to destination. 



This may open up new possibilities 

 for the tomato industry. To what ex- 

 tent can only be ascertained by actual 

 experiment. It is to be hoped that 

 persons will be found sufficiently enter- 



prising to interest themselves in a practi- 

 cal way in the matter. 



Mr. J. S. Larke, the Canadian Trade 

 Commissioner in Australia, in his last 

 report to the Department of Trade and 

 Commerce, pointed out that there was 

 a maker of sauce in Australia who 

 wanted tomato pulp, for which he was 

 willing to pay $50 per ton. " At that 

 figure," says Mr. Larke, " British Colum- 

 bia ought to be able to supply the 

 article, though the freight might make 

 it impossible to bring it from Ontario." 

 — The Canadian Grocer. 

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