THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



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At two o'clock P.M. the Grimsby 

 Association propose taking their visi- 

 tors out for a ride about this 



INTERESTING FRUIT SECTION, 



showing them some of the orchards, and 

 most interesting points of scenery. 



On Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock 

 there will be a public gathering in the 

 Town Hall to listen to addresses from 

 Mr. A. McD. Allan, Prof Wm. Brown, 

 and other gentlemen whom we cannot 

 yet name. 



Thursday, from 10 A.M. to 4.30 

 P.M., will be given up to the public 

 discussion of topics connected with 

 fruits, flowers, or forestry. 



Prof. Wm. Brown, of Guelph Agri- 

 cultural College, will be present and 

 help in the discussions. He has also 

 promised brief, crisp papers on (1) 

 Quality in Vegetable Soils, (2) Grapes 

 from High Altitudes in Ontario, (3) 

 Specimens of Walnut and Larch indi- 

 genous 850 feet above and north of 

 Lake Ontario. 



Mr. A. Blue, of the Department of 

 Agriculture, Toronto, will probably be 

 present and give an a'ldress on " The 

 Trade in Fruit and Fruit Trees between 

 Canada and the United States." 



Mr. Patterson, of Grimsby, will 

 speak on " Farm Mortgages in Canada." 



APPLE GROWERS 



and shippers are particularly urged to 

 attend this meeting, as their interests 

 will form a prominent to])ic of discussion 

 on Thursday. 



The subject of the Grape will also be 

 taken up if time permits. 



The meeting of Wednesday evening 

 and of Thursday are quite open to the 

 general public, both ladies and gentle- 

 men. 



American Pomological Society. — 

 As has been already stated the twenty- 

 first session of this Society will 

 convene on the 1 4th of Sept. next in 



the city of Boston. Such subjects as 

 the following have ' een chosen for dis- 

 cussion, viz. : Climate as Affecting 

 Color in Fruits ; Cross Fertilization of 

 Grapes ; Relation of Forest Destruc- 

 tion to Fruit Deterioration ; The 

 Apple Scab ; Some of our most Prom- 

 ising Wild Fruits ; Hardiness of 

 Fruits, Causes and Experience ; New 

 Vai'ieties of Fruits. The headquar- 

 ters for those attending will be at the 

 United States Hotel. Commvmica- 

 tions for the Convention should be 

 addressed, Chas. W. Garfield, care of 

 Secretary R. Manning, Horticultural 

 Hall, Boston, Mass. 



Circulars have been sent out to all 

 unpaid subscribers to this .J( urnal. 

 Should any person receive one who has 

 j)aid, he will please notify us of the 

 fact. A revision of the mailing list 

 will be made this month, and all names 

 not marked paid '87 will be dropped. 



Industrial Exhibition. — We have 

 just received from Mr. H. J. Hill, 

 Sec. Industrial Exhibition Association, 

 Toronto, a full programme of this ex- 

 cellent show, which begins on the 5th of 

 Sept. and closes on the 17th. It con- 

 tains a full list of the numerous special 

 attractions to be presented. 



Western Fair. — We have also re- 

 ceived from Mr. Geo. McBroom, Sec. 

 of the Western Fair Association, Lon- 

 don, Ont., a Prize List of the Exhibi- 

 tion which takes place Sept. 19-23. 

 The arrangements are most creditable 

 to the Committee. 



P. Curry, of Keokuk, la., claims the 

 championship for the biggest yield of 

 strawberries. He has a plantation of 

 Crescent, fertilized by Captain Jack, 

 which is 10 by 13 rods, and fiom which 

 he picked in 1886, 5,060 quarts, and in 

 1887, 5,100 quarts. The secret of the 

 yield is deep ploughing and heavy ma- 

 nurinj; and mulchinsr. 



