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VEGETABLES. 



Dr. Watt moved the appointment of a committee on vegetables of 

 recent introduction, who shoiihl make observations during the summer 

 and report at the next winter, meeting. The President appointed Mr. 

 Page, Chairman, Messrs. A. W. Taylor, Hood, Chas. H. Biggar, Dempsey 

 and Allan. 



A. M. Smith suggested that a committee should be appointed on 

 new fruits, who should take notes of all newly introduced fruits that 

 came under their observation, and report at the next winter meeting. 

 The President thereupon appointed A. McD. Allan, Chairman, Messrs. 

 Burnet, Dempsey, A. M. Smith, Arnold, Holton, Beadle, Gott, Morris 

 and Saunders. 



PRIZES BY THE AGRICULTURAL AND ARTS ASSOCIATION. 



A resolution was introduced by Mr. Anderson, of Ayr, and carried, 

 to the effect that the Provincial Agricultural and Arts Association be 

 requested to give prizes for the best apple picker, apple packer, apple 

 parer, and apple dryer. 



In regard to packing apples, Mr. Anderson remarked that it was 

 essential that the apples should be well pressed into the barrels, so as 

 to keep them from moving at all in the barrel when undergoing 

 handling in transportation. 



Mr. Beadle, St. Catharines, remarked that an apple picker was a 

 very convenient instrument for gathering a few specimens from the 

 extremities of the branches, but he never had seen anything that 

 would gather a crop of apples equal to a pair of human hands. It 

 was of great importance that the fruit should be carefully gathered by 

 hand without bruising, and put into the barrel in a sound condition, 

 and firmly pressed, so that the apples could not move no matter how 

 roughly the barrel was handled. He spoke also of the great importance 

 of putting only perfect apples into the barrel, rejecting all that were 

 imperfect, under size, wormy or in any way defective. He was glad 

 that any steps should be taken to call attention to the drying of fruit 

 in this Province. A great many of our most excellent autumn fruits 

 were lost by decay, because we had no drying and canning establish- 

 ments of sufficient capacity to work up the fruit before it perished. 

 There was certainly a most excellent opening for fruit drying and fruit 

 canning establishments in several of cur fruit centres. He had often 



