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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



May, 1915. 



Strawberries so varieties 

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Resolutions Passed by British 

 Columbia Fruit Growers 



IN addition to the resodutlons passed at 

 the last annual convention of the lirlt- 

 Islh Columbia Fruit Growers' Assoclii- 

 tion, some of the more Important of whicn 

 were published in the March issue of The 

 Canadian Horticulturist, the following 

 le.soJutions were adopted: 



That whereas the American product ta 

 apples i.s getting too great a proportion of 

 the Canadian north-west and Pacific coast 

 markets to the exclusion of British Colun 

 b!a fruit: "This Association, while appi. 

 elating the assistance that has In the past 

 been given by the British Columbia Govern- 

 ment, would urge on them that this Indus- 

 try, as yet In its infancy, is in urgent need 

 of financial help, and more particularly Iti 

 advertising (so as to reach the consumer) 

 for fruit grown in British Columbia." 



Resolved. That this Association heartily 

 endorses the advertising campaign insti- 

 tuted by both the Dominion and Provin- 

 cial Governonents, and in the opinion of this 

 . Association the system of. advertising 

 should be continued and extended. 



. Co-operation of Selling Agencies. 

 Whereas the great growth of the fruit 

 mdustry both in Canada and the United 

 States has caused It to he more difficult 

 to get profitable markets; and whereas It 

 has been pretty well proved and is gener- 

 ally agreed that the cutting of prices, In 

 order to obtain sales by agents, dealerF, 

 and others, including growers themselves, 

 has greatly lessened the amount of money 

 that rai^i'it have been received for the fruit; 

 and whi^reas the getting together of tliose 

 handling fruit at least in some way that will 

 keep prices from being unnecessarily low- 

 ered, to the ruin of the grower and injury 

 of fhe whole papulation. Is necessary: Be- 

 it therefore Resolved, That all Fruit- 

 growers' Associations, Farmers' Institutes. 

 Boards of Trade, husiness^men, newspapers, 

 and the Government of the Province be 

 asked to help create such a public senti- 

 ment tlhat will demand that fruit be not 

 slaughtered by unseemly competition. And 

 be it further Resolved. That the British 

 Columibia Fruit-growers' Association ap- 

 point a committee to seek to solve this 

 problem and to help to bring together the 

 heads of the various sedling agencies. 

 Tariff. 

 Resolved, That this Association should 

 make the strongest possible representa- 

 tions to the Dominion Government as to 

 the pressing need of increased protection 

 by duty on apples. 



Cheap Money. 



(1) Resolved, That in the interests of the 

 fruit-igTowers tliere should he some moans 

 of procuring loans at a cheaper rate and 

 on ibetter terms than is possible imder pre- 

 sent conditions. 



(2) Be it therefore Resolved, That we 

 unite with other agricultural bodies in ask- 

 ing the Government as speedily as possible 

 to arrange for loans to settlers at a low 

 rate of interest, for improvements to farms, 

 purchase of stock, etc., and that the funds 

 should be administered by an impartial 

 non-political Commission. 



Control of Fruit Pests. 



Resolved, That we hereby commend the 

 Department of Agriculture and the Govern- 

 ment for their efforts to keep fruit pests 

 out of the Province and to clean out the 

 blight, and we hereby pray that their ac- 

 tivities 'n these lines may continue, and w3 

 pledge ourselves to co-cxperate with them 

 in this as far as possible. 



Reciprocity With Australia. 



Whereas Canada is in a position to sup- 

 ply the apples required by Australia during 

 the montlhs of September, October, Novem- 



