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THE CANADIAN H0RTICULTDKI8T. 



grow fine fruit. Tlie fact is, tliat the 

 country about Collingwood and well 



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EXHIBITION BUILDING, COLLINGWOOD. 



up the mountain, extending also to 

 Meaford and points similarly situated 

 along the Bay, is well adapted to the 

 production of all the leading varieties 

 of ap))les. The Spy, Baldwin, Green- 

 ing, Russet, cfec, all grow to perfection, 

 and some orchardists there claim they 

 can even grow the Early Harvest and 

 the Fameuse, without spots. 



The discussions at the day meetings 

 were very valuable, but as they have 

 been carefully taken down by an able 

 stenographer for our next Annual Re- 

 port we need not repeat them here. 



A. fine 



PUBLIC MEETING 



was held in the Town Hall, on Wed- 

 nesday evening, the 29th inst. The 

 place was literally full of ladies and 

 gentlemen, who, notwithstanding the 

 intense heat, listened with much evi- 

 dent interest to the addresses and music 

 which made up the programme. His 

 Worship the Mayor gave an address 

 welcoming our Association to Colling- 

 wood, and expressing his belief that 

 our coming would aid in advancing the 

 interests of the town. 



Our President gave a very valuable 

 address, indicating the improved pros- 

 pects now before Canadian fruit gi'ow- 



lent 



ers fur foreign shipments, largely as 

 the result of the Colonial Exhibition. 



It was certainly encouraging to 

 those of us who have invested 

 our money largely in apple or- 



^ chards, and were beginning to fear 

 that the fruit would be a drug, to 

 hear of the enquiries for Canadian 

 apples not only in the British mar- 

 ket but also on the Continent, and 

 that almost every steamer i.s 

 bringing over representatives of 

 English houses desirous of procur- 

 ing shipments from us. Mr. D. 

 W. Beadle, Colonel MaGill and 

 others also addressed the meeting, 

 and the intervals between the ad- 

 dresses were enlivened with excel- 

 music by some first-class local 



talent. 



On Thursday afternoon about four 



o'clock when the discussions wei'e 



ended, the Horticultural Society gave 



us all a 



DRIVE INTO THE COUNTRY. 



The procession of carriages formed at 

 the Grand Central Hotel, and the 

 whole party was conveyed out some 

 eight or nine miles through Notta- 

 wasaga township to Duntroon. The 

 scenery shown us was very beautiful, 

 both going out with the mountain as a 

 backgi'ound to the picture, and return- 

 ing along the "tenth line" where, at 

 many points, we were high up the 

 mountain with one of the most pictur- 

 esque views possible opening up at in- 

 tervals. Yonder, the stin-ing little 

 town of Stayner nestled among the 

 trees, and there, on the shore of the 

 Georgian Bay which curves away to- 

 ward Penetang and Parry Sound, lay 

 the thriving town of Collingwood, with 

 its five thousand inhabitants and its 

 busy wharves. 



Nottawasaga is pronounced to be one 

 of the finest wheat-pi'oducing townships 

 of Ontai'io, and we would infer as much 

 from appeai'ancesy for almost every 



