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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



fruit on it in season, everything else 

 being equal. Simon Roy. 



Berlin, 16th Feb., 1885. 



THE GRIMSBY FRUIT-GROWERS' 

 ASSOCIATION. 



To THE Editor of thk Canadian Horticulturist. 



Dear Sir, — Having taken a few 

 notes of the discussion at the regular 

 Winter Meeting of the Grimsby Fruit- 

 Growers' Association, I forward them 

 to you, believing they mi\y be of some 

 interest to the readers of tlie Horticul- 

 turist. 



The meeting was held on Friday, 27th 

 Februaiy, and about fifty gentlemen 

 were pi-esent, nearly all of whom took 

 part, more or less, in the discussion. 



For subjects of discussion the meet- 

 ing was almost wliolly dependent upon 

 a "question drawer." This method was 

 very successful, being the means of 

 bringing up just those suTjjects most in- 

 teresting to members present. 



The first question was, " Is there a 

 more profitable grape than the Concord?" 

 Mr. Smith said the Concord is the most 

 profitable grape for neglectful people, 

 but other kinds are better for those who 

 take proper care. We could make more 

 money, for example, out of a good pack- 

 ing grape, as perhaps the Vergennes. 

 Dr. Millward thought that in the near 

 future the Concord would be displaced; 

 first by an earlier grape, and second, by 

 a later grape that would keep. Mr. 

 Orr said the Champion has paid him 

 better than any other grape he had 

 grown. The Delawai-e had paid him 

 better than the Concord. He had 

 averaged only about 4c. per lb. for Con- 

 cords, which was too low a price for 

 profit. Mr. Cline thought Niagara or 

 Pocklington promised to be far more 

 profitable than the Concord. Mi-. E. 

 J. Woolverton, the president, said that 

 this year the Pocklington had paid him 

 better than the Concord by 50 percent. 



Mr. Murray Pettit, a prominent grape 

 culturist, said if the Champion were 

 planted extensively, as the Concord is, 

 they would be a drug on the market. 

 The market could soon be glutted even 

 with Moore's Early. The Delaware, as 

 a rule, does not receive sufficient care 

 from growers to make it profitable. It 

 requires great quantities of manure. 

 He attributed his success with them to 

 a compost in which the most important 

 element was dead horses. Grapes for 

 jKicking, too, might soon overstock the 

 market. And so even with the Niagara 

 or Pocklington. If planted in large quan- 

 tities, the market might soon be as full 

 of white grapes as it now is of black. 



The next question was, ''What action 

 has been taken by the Municipal Coun- 

 cil to stamp out the Yellows, and whott 

 course should be ta^ken to aid in the etc- 

 complishrnent of this object r' Reports' 

 wei'e received by members of the Village 

 and Township Councils, from which it 

 appeared that inspectors were annually 

 appointed, who did their work well, but 

 the difficulty was that many owners of 

 orchards would neglect to destroy the 

 trees even after they were marked by 

 the inspector. A resolution was passed 

 to encourage the Councils in compelling 

 owners to destroy diseased trees. 



The question next taken up, is per- 

 haps the most prominent one just now 

 in the minds of the fruit-growers about 

 Grimsby, viz., "Is it advisable, after the 

 experience of the last three years, to con- 

 tinue planting Peach trees in this sec- 

 tion ?" With this question was also 

 coupled a second, viz., "What propor- 

 tion of Peach frait buds have survived 

 the winter ? " The writer being called 

 upon to introduce the subject, said he 

 would not be entirely discouraged in 

 the culture of the peach. He would, 

 however, plant on a much more limited 

 scale, and give more room to small 

 fruits, grapes, &c., instead of depending 

 so largely on an uncertain crop. He ex- 



