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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



February, 191 5 



BLACK CURRANTS 



Last year we sold a larue quantity 

 of Black Naplee plant* to leading fruit 

 (frowers. and are looklnf forward to an 

 increased sale for the coming year. We 

 are prepared to sell No. 1 2-year-old 

 plants at $45.00 per 1.000. 



We have also a few thousand flrst- 

 claes Lawton Blackberry plants. 



J. E. HENRY 81 SON 



WINONA, ONT. 



The Qucbcc'';Pomological Society 



The Georgian Bay 



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TilE twenty-second annual meeting- of 

 the PoriiDloL'ical anil Fruit Growing 

 Society of Quebec, was held at Mac- 

 donald CollcKe in December. Among 

 pnpcrs read and addresses given were the 

 following: Distribution of Fruits, C. W. 

 Baxter, Fruit Branch, Ottawa; Lessons 

 from the 1914 Crop, Rev. Father Leopold, 

 La Trappe; Transportation of Fruit, D. E. 

 Mcintosh, Forest, Ontario; Life of Trees 

 of Different Varieties of Apples in the 

 Province of Quebec, W. T. Macoun, Do- 

 minion Horticulturist; Public Handling of 

 Fruit, F. W. Grindley, Fruit Branch, Ot- 

 tawa; Inter-cropping the Young Orchard, 

 Prof. A. MacLennae, Macdonald College; 

 Commercial Lime-Sulphur and Arsenates 

 of Lead, Mr. Newton, Montreal; Experi- 

 ences with Fire Pots, M. E. Davis, Assist- 

 ant to the Dominion Horticulturist ; Pre- 

 serving our Surplus Fruit, D. J. Wood of 

 the Quebec Department of Agriculture. 

 The closing address was delivered by Mr. 

 D. Johnson, Dominion Fruit Commis- 

 sioner. 



In all the addresses the most salient 

 point emphasized was the great need for 

 more cooperative effort. Much evidence 

 was available to show that the province of 

 Quebec could produce large quantities of 

 valuable fruit, more especially of the 

 Fameuse and Mcintosh varieties of apples, 

 and that to successfully market the pos- 

 sible crops, cooperation was necessary. In 

 the concluding address, Mr. Johnson traced 

 briefly the history of cooperation in On- 

 tario and offered suggestions for the or- 

 ganization of cooperative societies. 



Efforts were also made to initiate coop- 

 erative work with other societies, so as to 

 secure the holding of a combined exhibi- 

 tion in Montreal, and also annual meetings 

 where each society could conduct its own 

 work and hold joint meetings where general 

 methods could be discussed. This was pre- 

 sented in a motion by Dr. Harrison, prin- 

 cipal of Macdonald College, and Rev. H. 

 A. Dickson of Rectory Hill, Quebec: "That 

 the executive be instructed to ascertain the 

 possibility of bringing about cooperation 

 with the horticultural, florists', and vege- 

 table growers' societies of the province, 

 with the object of holding a provincial 



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 summer meeting. 



REBOLUTIONB 



Among the resolutions passed were the 

 following: 



Whereas, the work in connection with 

 better transportation facilities for fruit, 

 carried on by the Ontario Fruit Growers' 

 •Association, generously assisted by the 

 Omtario Government, has been Dominion- 

 wide in its effect, therefore, be it resolved 

 that the Pomological anH Fruit Growing 

 Society of Quebec desires to bring to the 

 attention of the Honorable Minister of 

 Agriculture and Mr. O. Johnson, Fruit 

 Commissioner, the necessity of federal aid 

 in furthering that work. 



Whereas, this Society approved of the 

 terms of Bill 85 (respecting the transpor- 

 tation of fruit and other produce) intro- 

 duced in the last session of the Dominion 

 Government by Mr. J. E. Armstrong, 

 therefore, be it resolved that we urge the 

 support of same by the several members 

 of Parliament from Quebec constituencies. 

 Resolutions of regret were also passed 

 on the death of the late Alexander Mc- 

 Neill and the late Dr. William Saunders. 



A feature of the convention was an ex- 

 hibit made by the Division of Horticulture 

 of the Central Experimental Farm, which 

 included a large number of seedling apples 

 originated and propagated by W. T. 

 Macoun, and an exhibit of corn showing 

 progress being made in the efforts to se- 

 cure an early, hardy variety of sweet com. 

 The officers elected for the ensuing year 

 were: President, R. A. Rousseau, .Acton- 

 vale; vice-president, Prof. Lochhead, Mac- 

 donald College; secretary-treasurer, Peter 

 Reid, Chateauguay Basin ; directors : G. 

 B. Edwards of Covey Hill, C. E. Slack, 

 Abbotsford, J. P. Hitchcock, Massiwippi, 

 Rev. H. A. Dickson, Rectory Hill, T. A. 

 Raymond, St. Vallier, A. Roy, L'Amge 

 Gardien, F. T. Gosselin, St. Famille, Rev. 

 Father Leopold, La Trappe, and R. Bro- 

 die, Montreal. 



Making Peaches Pay 



At the recent convention of the New York 

 State Fruit Growers' .Association, held in 

 Rochester, N.Y., Senator Orlando Harrison 

 of Marv'land, spoke on peach growing, and 

 also expressed some original ideas about 

 the conduct of agricultural colleges. He 

 contended that the colleges do harm in this 

 respect that the growers place too much de- 

 pendence in them, and sacrifice their owti 

 initiative. The parchment given the agri- 

 cultural student at his graduation should, 

 he contended, be withheld until the student 

 has had three years' practical experience in 

 state orchards and shown the practicability 

 of his theories. I 



The epitome of success in making peach- 1 

 es pay, as given by Senator Harrison is : 

 Right soil, sandy loam, timely pruning, 

 opportune spraying with right materials, 

 proper packing, fruit left on trees until 

 ripe, full packages that are good froni top 

 to bottom, placed on markets where high- 

 grade goods are wanted. „ , • j 



"Keep culls out of the market," advised 

 Senator Harrison. "In Maryland we urge 

 the use of the soft fruit for Pies and sim- 

 ilar purposes. This idea should be en- 

 couraged by all horticultural bodies. 



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