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CA A' A DIA N IIOKTIC UL TUB 1ST. 



SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, $1.00 per year, entitling the subscriber to membership of the 

 Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario and all its privileges, including a copy of its valuable 

 Annua! Report, and a share in its annual distribution of plants and trees. 



REMITTANCES by Registered Letter are at our risk. Receipts will be acknowledged upon 

 the address label. 



Notes and Comments. 



Reliability of Commission Houses. 

 — We sometimes receive inquiries re- 

 specting the reliability of commission 

 houses advertising in this journal. We 

 shall u-se great care to admit to our 

 columns only those whose standing is 

 first-class, and so soon as we hear any- 

 thing unfavorable concerning any of 

 them we shall lose no time in giving 

 notice to our readers. We shall thank 

 any of our readers for information in 

 this line which may prove of general 

 benefit. Regarding the standing of 

 Messrs. Pitt Bros., advertising in the 

 September number, we have so far 

 failed to secure any satisfactory infor- 

 mation. 



The Winter Meeting at Hamilton. 

 — Our friends of this "Ambitious City," 

 seem much pleased at the prospect of 

 another meeting of our Association 

 there ; and will, we doubt not, do 

 everything in their power to make our 

 meeting one of unusual interest and 

 profit. Should the proposed Dominion 

 Convention, of Fruit Growers take place 

 as proposed at Montreal on the 7th of 

 January, our meeting at Hamilton will 



be held in December ; otherwise in 

 February. 



The first session will be held on a 

 Tuesday evening, when the retiring 

 President, Mr. A. McD. Allan will de- 

 liver his annual address, and the elec- 

 tion of directors and ofiicers will take 

 place. The Wednesday and Thursday 

 following will be devoted to discussion 

 of topics which may be classed under 

 the head of fruits, flowers or forestry. 

 We shall be much pleased to receive, at 

 once, lists of subjects, or questions for 

 the meeting, so that they may be enter- 

 ed upon our printed programne. 



The Plant Distribution for next 

 spring is, we think, an unusually valu- 

 able one, and although primarily in 

 tended only for general testing afid 

 reporting upon new varieties, is indeed 

 no mean advantage to be considered by 

 those who are invited to become mem- 

 bers of our Association. Now is a 

 good time for securing a list of new 

 subscribers in every town, and we will 

 cheerfully send sample copies and blank 

 forms to those applying. In place of 

 commission for the trouble of securing 

 new names, the club raiser may take 



