

SKETCH OF THE WORK OF MR .H H STE WART. 



they do perfectly although bagged, 

 they can receive pollen from no other 

 variety ; that is, they must become self- 

 pollinated, not cross-pollinated. 



If they produce fruit under these 



conditions the variety is self-fertile ; but 



if, repeatedly, in different years and in 



different vineyards, the flowers bear no 



fruits or but a few straggling berries, the 



variety is self-sterile, or practically so. 

 Fig. 1648.— Bag closed with wire label. 



SKETCH OF THE WORK OF MR. H. H. STEWART- 



Fig. 1649 — Mk. H. A. Stewart, 

 Hamilton, P. E. 1. 



President P. E. I. F. G .A. 



'E have pleasure in reproducing in 

 our columns this month the 

 p jrtrait of H A Stewart, Esq , 

 Prtsident of the Fruit Grower's 



Associaiion of Prince Edward Island. 



Mr. Stewart «as born at Hamilton, P E.I , 



on March 20th, 1850, and is consequent- 

 ly in the prime of life. He has always 

 taken an active and prominent part in 

 all movements in his native province, 

 having for their object the advancement 

 of agriculture, and the subordinate 

 science of horticulture. Before a Pro- 

 vincial F. G. A. was properly launched, 

 he was the President of the Prince 

 Edward County Association, which did 

 much good pioneer work for the general 

 association. Mr. Stewart is one of the 

 most advanced agriculturist and horti- 

 culturists of his native province, where 

 lately agriculture is followed with such 

 success in all its improved phases ; he 

 is also active in the organization which 

 brings the cultivator within reach of the 

 social, fraternal and economic advantages 

 of the age. Since 1897 he has been 

 President of the Agriculture Insurance 

 Company of P. E. I. Mr. Stewart is a 

 man of splendid presence, a good 

 speaker, a clear and forcible writer, and 

 a true lover of his country and Province. 

 Under him the F. G. A. of P. E. I. is 

 making a steady progress. 



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