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The Canadian Horticulturist. 



annual meeting. Directors' Report. kj'%'^snj»«r's Report. President's Address. Election of Officers, 



social conversation and introductions. Hfe-I ij^-.ifSkr-i^'ruits.by tVie secretary. Appointment Of Committees, 

 (1) Fruit Exhibit, (2) on Legislation, (3) oiiT***- i-iuits. Miscellaneous business. 



lif^ednesday ITIorning', l>ecein1>er 17t]i. 



10 o'clock. The District Fruit List, Thomas Beall, chairman of the committee. Appointment of committee.s 

 to carry out fruit catalogue on pears, grapes, peaches, cherries, etc. 



Horticultural Institutes, the Secretary. Our Fruit Markets, A. H. Pettit, Grimsby. 



Questions. — (l) Would it be wise to seek legislation seeking uniformity in the size and shape of fruit packages ? 

 Ought not grape baskets, e.g., to hold out the full weight of five or ten pounds, as the case may be, and the peach 

 basket be kept to the full number of quarts for which it is sold ? Should not all fruit be sold by the pound, and 

 every pa'.-kage marked with the number of pounds it contains? 



(2) Which is the best remedy for the curculio, spraying or jarring in the trees ? 



(3) Does it pay to grow the Kieffer pear? 



(4) Which pays better, sweet or sour cherries? What varieties of the Morello class are to be most commended ? 



Wednesday Afternoon. 



2,p.m. Question Drawer. 



The Carrying of our Domestic Fruits, E. D, Smith, Winona. 



Fruit Growing of 1889 and 1890 in Western New York, S. D. Willard, Geneva, N.Y. 



Addresses by visitors, Hon. John Dryden, Hon. J. M. Gibson and others. 



Experimental Horticulture in various parts of our Dominion, Wm. Samiders, Director of the Experi- 

 mental Farms of Canada. 



Questions.— (5) Would it be well to ask the Department of Agrisulture to make some provision for a register of 

 all new fruits which receive the commendation of this association, with drawings of the same accompanied by a full 

 aiid accurate description ? 



(6) In connection with this register, would it not be wise to ask the department to provide for the granting of a 

 rertificate of ownership to the introducer of such commended fruit or fruits for a certain length of time, on payment 

 of a registration fee of say SIO.OO? All such details, including the engravings and description to aid in identifying 

 the plant, and the names of persons to whom any such certificates are granted du'ing the year, to be entered as an 

 appendix to our annual report. 



^Vednesday Evening'. 



8 o'clock. Question Drawer. 



Wild Flowers, tlieir Preservation and Dissemination, J. A. Morton, Winghan-, Ont. 



The Rose Garden, Mr. Webster, of Webster Bros., Florists, Hamilton. 



The Commercial Fruit Growers' Outlook, D. W. Beadle, St. Catharines, Ont. 



Questions.— (7) Will it pay to export summer and fall apples ; and if so, what varieties? 



(8) Can grapes, peaches, pears or quinces be exported with profit ? How should they be packed ? 



(9) Would it be wise for the Department of Agriculture of Ontario to establish a local experiment station, under 

 tlie charge of the Ontario Fruit Growers' Association with the especial object of testing new fruits originating in 

 Ontai-io, and the keeping of living samples to aid in identification of them in connection with the proposed plant 

 re^'ister ? 



(10) Is the Niagara grape more productive than the Concord ? 



(11) Which red grape has paid the grower best during the season of 1890 ? 



Xliiirsday Iflorning. 



10 o'clock. Question Drawer. 



Protection of Tender Plants Requiring the Heat of our Canadian Summer to Ripen their Fruit, 



P. E. Bucke, Ottawa. 



Winter Apples, Still one other Variety Needed, D. Nichol, Oataraqui, Ont. 



Hardy Ornamental Trees and Shrubs for the Lawn, Jas. Goldie, Gueiph, Ont. 



Questions.— <10) Dres it pay the fruit gro»er to make bis own commercial fertilizer, providing he can buy 

 wood ashes at ten cents a bushel, delivered ? What other fertilizer should be mixed with wood ashes to make a 

 complete fertilizer? Are wood ashes suitable to all kinds of soil ? 



Xiittr»«day Afternoon. 



2 o'clock. Question Drawer. 



Hardy Apoles'for the North and for Export, G. C. Gaston, Craighurst, Ont. 



ThelFruit Grower's Packing House, Geo. Cline, Winona, Ont. 



Grape Growing in Ontario, M. Pettit, Winona, Ont. 



Questions.— (12) which is the better mode of sellingr fruit, ' hrough agents or direct to retailers ? Is the commission 

 business worked as it should be in order to give the grower a fair price for his goods, considering the high prices which 

 are paid by consumers in our'near city markets ? 



(13)'Is the present accommodation afforded by the railway and express companies equal to the needs of shippers 

 to our home markets ? 



(14) What is the value rer acre of an apple orchard at the age of one, ten and twenty years, respectively, supposing 

 the ground before planting to be worth .'SlOO per acre? Could not this association appoint a committee to prepare a 

 table of such values and to present it at our next meeting? 



A. M. SMITH, President. L. WOOLVBRTON, Secretary. 



