The Canadian Horticulturist. 75 



THE DOMINION CONVENTION OF FRUIT GROWERS. 



ORGANIZATION— ENCOURAGEMENT OF FRUIT GROWERS— BRITISH 



COLUMBIA AS A FRUIT COUNTRY— TRANSPORTATION 



OF FRUIT. ETC. 



THIS first Dominion Convention of fruit growers was a complete suc- 

 cess. Indeed so important was it regarded as a means of furthering 

 the interest of the fruit industry of Canada that a permanent organi- 

 zation was effected under the name of " The Dominion Horticultural 

 Association," and a grant has been requested from the Dominion Govern- 

 ment for the sum of $3,000 per annum to cover the necessary expenses. 

 The following officers have been elected for the first year, viz.: President, 

 Prof. i). P. Penhallow, of Montreal ; Secretary-Treasurer, Mr. W. W. 

 Dunlop, of Montreal ; Vice-Presidents, the presidents of the provincial 

 fruit growers' associations ; Statistician, Mr. Geo. Johnson, of Ottawa. 



Anyone may become a member of this Association upon payment of the 

 annual fee of $2.00 and be allowed to compete for the very liberal prizes 

 offered for fruit exhibits at the annual meetings ; but members of any one 

 of the provincial associations may become members of this one on payment 

 of $1.00. Voting power is, however, confined to delegates, and the votes 

 are distributed among the various provinces in the following manner, viz.: 

 Ontario, six ; Quebec, four ; Nova Scotia, three ; British Columbia, two ; 

 and one each to the Provinces of Manitoba, New Brunswick, Prince 

 Edward Island, and one to the North-West Territories. A larger number 

 of delegates may be sent, but the number of votes is fixed as above. 



We have not sufficient space to give anything like a complete report of 

 the proceedings, which have been taken down verbatim and will be pub- 

 lished in due time, but a few notes may be of interest to those who had 

 not the privilege of attending. 



The meeting was opened by the Hon. John Carling, who, in a few well 

 chosen words, welcomed the delegates to Ottawa, and expressed the deep 

 interest which the Dominion Government had taken in the extension of the 

 fruit industry and the readiness with which both sides of the House had 

 provided the grant required for the successful conduct of this convention. 



Prof. Penhallow, in his address as presiding officer, gave some account 

 of the various provincial organizations, and, in speaking of the Ontario 

 Fruit Growers' Association, paid it a high tribute for the excellent work 

 which it had accomplished in the introduction of new and valuable varieties 

 of fruit and in the publication of a monthly journal which he characterised 

 as the best work on Canadian horticulture extant. 



Prof. Saunders, in his address, said it might be interesting to know that 

 the Ontario Fruit Growers' Association owed its first legislative grant to the 



