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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



such subjects in connection with Fruits, 

 Flowers, Vegetables, or Forestry, as 

 shall be proposed in the meantime to 

 the Secretary. 



The subjects thus far suggestetl are — 



(1) The Apple. 



(a) Varieties adapted to Co. Simcoe 

 (/>) " forjhreic/ii markets. 

 (c) Best modes q/' (fathering. 



(f/) '* " packing, 



(e) " " storing. 



(/) Cultivation of the Orchard. 

 {(/) Fertilizers for the " 



(h) Summer Pruning of the " 



(2) Injurious Fungi, with special refer- 



ence to the Black Knot and Appile 

 Scab, to be introd^iced by Prof. 

 Panton, of Gueljih Agricultural 

 College. 



(3) The Plum. 



(rt) Care of a Plum Orchard. 



(b) Packing for Market. 



(c) Yield per acre. 



( d ) Kinds grown about Collingw^od 



(4) The Foreign Markets. 



( a) What fruits and vegetables can 



be jyt'ofitablij shipped. 



{b) How to pack for foreign mar- 

 kets. 



(c) How to ship. 



(5) The Strawberry. 



(«) Best early variety. 



(b) Best variety for main crop. 



(c) " " " table. 



(cZ) Cultivation and Fertilizers. 



(e) Gathering. 



(f) Packages. 



(g) Newer varieties. 



(h) Extent of Straioberry Planta- 

 tions in the County of Grey. 



A fuller programme will be given in 

 the June number, and in the mean- 

 time any questions or suggestions for 

 the meeting will be gladly attended to, 

 if addressed to the Secretary. 



A. Question Box will also be upon 

 the table and opened at the beginning 

 of each session. 



Eight months for 50c. — In order to 

 enlarge the sphere of usefulness for the 

 Canadian Horticulturist, we offer to 

 send it to new subscribers for the rest 

 of this year for fifty cents. Will our 

 friends please help us by this means to 

 introduce it into many homes where it 

 is at present unknown. 



LETTER FROM S. JACKMAN & SON, 



FRUIT AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, TORONTO, ONT. 



The Editar Canadian HnrticuUurist. 



Sir : — In the February numVjer of 

 your paper a letter appears from Jos. 

 Bourne, of Niagara Falls South, hint- 

 ing that we had received his grapes 

 and never let him know the prices the}'^ 

 were sold at till the season was over ; 

 and inferring that we had not treated 

 him fairly. 



We have placed the matter in the 

 hands of our solicitor to compel Mr. 

 Bourne to withdraw his untruthful 

 statements and apologize for publishing 

 them ; but as he is in England, we write 

 to say that we only received twenty-five 

 baskets of grapes from Mr. Bourne last 

 season, and these, upon two days in the 

 same week, that we made up his ac- 

 count of sales on the following Monday 

 and sent the money to him ; and we 

 don't believe any other person or firm 

 could or would send it more )>romjjtly. 

 We ask you to publish this letter, as 

 your editorial remarks on the letter 

 imply tliat you believe his statements 

 and infer we are unreliable. Mr. Boui'iie 

 never complained to us as to any of our 

 dealings with him, and it is in bad taste 

 for him to write you, for publication, a 

 letter comjjlaining about us, when he 

 never hinted we had been negligent or 

 careless in our business dealings with 

 him. S. Jackmax & Son. 



[Note. — We much regret if any in- 

 justice has been done this firm through 

 anything in our columns. We sup- 

 posed Mr. Bourne was simply stating 

 facts for the benefit of his fellow fruit- 



