CA NADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



not merely the opinion of the writer, 

 but also that of his fellows who com- 

 pose the Fruit Growers' Association of 

 Grimsby, and who passed a unanimous 

 resolution at a i-ecent meeting giving 

 Mh. a. M. Smiti[ honorable recogni- 

 tion, as the one who had done more 

 tlian any other one man to encouiage 

 the development of that most promi- 

 nent and remunerative of all industries 

 in the Niagara Peninsula, the culti- 

 vation of large and small fruits. 



Mr. Smith is a native of Bi-andon, 

 Vermont, and therefore may be looked 

 upon as belonging to that class of 

 " Green Mountain Boys " whose char- 

 acteristic pluck was so praiseworthy 

 under the conduct of the historic Major 

 Ethan Allan. In 1X45 the family 're- 

 moved to the Ridge Road near Lockpoi't, 

 N.Y., where after his public school 

 life was over, and a short term at Yates' 

 Academy, he became an apprentice to 

 the nursery business with the well- 

 known firm of Messrs. E. Moody ^t Son. 



In 1S56, becoming accjuainted with 

 Mr. C. E. Woolverton, of (irimsby, On- 

 tario, and enamoured with the situa- 

 tion of his farm, lying between the 

 nmuntain and the lake, as one well 

 adapted for the growth of fruit and 

 of fruit trees, a partnership was estab- 

 lished which continued some fifteen 

 years, during which time honest per- 

 sonal dealings with the farmers brought 

 the tirni a very large local business. 

 The writer well remembers the general 



surpri.se, when in ISfJO, a peach orchaid 

 of five acres in extent was plant<'d, 

 with such varieties as Early Purple, 

 Karly York, Honest John, Early Pai- 

 nard, Morris White, Early Crawford, 

 Late Crawford, Old IVIixon, etc. ; and 

 the general (exclamation, " Surely you 

 will glut the market ! " But time lias 

 converted the critics them.selves into 

 peach growers, and now almost every 

 farm has its peacli orchard. The sanir; 

 was done with strawberry, raspberry 

 and blackberry culture, the possibi- 

 lities of each being proved by practical 

 results. 



He continued his nursery business 

 in other relations at Grimsby until 

 1S83, in connection with branches at 

 Drummondville, Lockport, and St. 

 Catharines ; though he moved to Lock- 

 port in 1869, to Drummondville in 

 IS72, and St. Catharines in 188U, at 

 which place he now resides. 



Mr. Smith was one of the constituent 

 members of the F.G.A. of Ontario, at 

 its formation in Hamilton in 1859; and 

 for ten years has been a director of the 

 same. 



We hope to be long favored with the 

 piesence of such men at our meeting.s, 

 who are able to give us the wise counsel 

 resulting from an extended experience. 

 For the benefit of those of our read- 

 ers who cannot attend, we have had 

 the accompanying engraving prepared 

 from a photograph which faithfully 

 represents his kindly face. 



HORTICULTURE AND THE YOUNG. 



BY A. M. SMITH, 



IT seems to me that if our children 

 were better instructed and thus 

 made more interested in Horticulture, 

 it would be a great step towards solving 

 the (juestion which we so often hear 

 asked and discussed, " How sliall we 

 keep the young folks on the farm V for 

 we who were brought up there all know 



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that some of the most pleasant recollec- 

 tions of our childhood are associated 

 with this subject. Who does not re- 

 member some favorite apple tree or 

 other fruit tree, under whose shade he 

 reclined when a boy, and listened to 

 the humming of the bees amongst its 

 blossoms, and the songs of birds on its 



