THE CANADIAN HOKTICULTUKIBT. 



143 



(e) Best modes of storing. 

 (/) Cultivation of the Orchard, 

 {g) Fertilizers for the Orchard' 

 yPaper hy Dr. HoskitLS, New- 

 port, Vt.'\ 

 (h) Summer pruning of " 

 {%) Drainage of the " 



Injurious Fungi, with special reference 

 to the Black Knot and Apple Scab. 

 \Paper by Prof. Panton, of Guelph 

 Agricultural College.^ 



WEDNESDAY EVENING. 

 QUESTIOIC DRAWER. 



8 P.M. — The Foreign Markets. 

 [Subject introduced by the President]. 



(a) What fruits and vegetables can be 



profitably shi2Jped. 



(b) How to pack for foreign ynarkets. 



(c) How to ship. 



THURSDAY MORNING. 

 QUESTION DRAWER. 



10 A.M.— The Plum. 



(a) Kinds which succeed in Counties 



of Simcoe and Grey. 

 (6) Care of a Plum Orchard. \^R. 



J. Doyle, Esq., Owen Sound.^ 



(c) Packing for the Market. 



(d) Yield per acre. 



The Strawberry. 



(a) Extent of Strawberry Plantations 



in the Counties of Grey and 

 Simcoe. 



(b) Best early variety. 



(c) Best variety for main crop. 



(d) " " " table. [T. C. 



Robinson, Owen Soicnd]. 



(e) Cultivation and Fertilizers. 



(f) Gathering. 



(g) Packages. 



(h) Newer Varieties. 



THURSDAY AFTERNOON. 

 THE QUESTION DRAWER. 



2 P.M. — Lawns and Lawn Decora- 

 tions. 

 Groups of Shrubbery — suitable for 

 this latitude. 

 Ornamental Trees. 

 (a) Shade. 



(b) Shelter. 



(c) Ornament. 



THURSDAY E\T;NING. 



Public Meeting, 8 P.M. Free to all. 

 Ten-minute addresses will be given by 

 various speakers. The President will 

 speak on " The Colonial and its Ben- 

 efits to Fruit Growers." Music will 

 be furnished by local talent. 



Papers and addresses are expected 

 from other gentlemen whose names we 

 are not yet prepared to give. 



A committee will be appointed to 

 examine all fruits or flowers which may 

 be placed upon exhibition during the 

 meetings, and to report thereon. Pack- 

 ages of fruit for exhibition may be sent 

 by express to the care of the Secretary 

 of the Fruit Growers' Association, Col- 

 lingwood. Ont. 



First-class accommodation may be 

 had for all in attendance, at the Cent- 

 ral Hotel, or at the Globe Hotel, at the 

 reasonable rate of 81.00 per day. 



We will gladly give our candid opinion of any books, 

 magaziiies or catalogues received, especially if they 

 are likely to interest or benefit Canadian' fruit 

 growers, but will not insert cut and dried reading 

 notices in favor of any publication whatever. 



Transactions of the State Agricultural, 

 Horticultural, Dairymaids Associa- 

 tion, and Department of Agriculttire 

 of the University, Wisconsin, 1881-2, 

 1883, 1884, 1885, and 1886. Clin- 

 ton Babbit, Beloit, Secretary. 

 These five volumes are neatly bound 

 in cloth at the expense of the State, 

 and are full of interesting matter. In 

 the Agi'icultural Report we notice a 

 valuable paper by F. H. King on the 

 Economic Relations of Wisconsin Birds, 

 which deals largely with the food upon 

 which they subsist, showing con- 

 clusively what birds are positively 

 beneficial to the farmer and to the 



