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AMERICAN POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY 
But I am interested also in the question of bees. No matter how good 
&ey may be in their place, without good weather conditions there are not 
good results in the orchard. In our country, in cold, rainy spring weather, 
the bees are not flying and we get practically very little fruit, regardless of 
whether you have two or twelve varieties. 
Mr. Pearson: I have noticed a little in regard to this pollination, and 
guess my attention was first called to it at the time I was at the Yellowstone 
Park. At the hot springs there, the proprietor had worked out a splendid 
scheme for growing cucumbers. He built a small house over a hot spring 
and the water ran out underneath a space as large as this room perhaps, and 
si kept that house plenty warm enough. I think I never saw cucumber plants 
growing bigger than in there — but not one single fruit. It was too cold out- 
side for any bees to work and besides they had none. What would you do 
in a case like that? 
Secretary: Cross pollinate by hand; I have noticed trees blossoming full 
and not bearing, and I think it universally true that on such occasions it was 
too cold or too wet at blossoming time for the bees to work, and therefore the 
pollen could not be distributed as nature intended it to be. 
President Goodman: We will have to close the discussion on this point 
now. The conclusion is that it is necessary in planting an orchard to have 
the varieties mixed; necessary to have bees in the orchard; necessary to 
lave good weather at the proper time that they are blossoming. 
THE PRESENT STATUS OF CANADIAN POMOLOGY. 
W. T. Macoun, Canada. 
Canada is regarded by most people of other lands as an agricultural 
gauntry, and justly so. We are proud of the agricultural possibilities of 
Canada and proud of her achievements. As an example of what Canada 
can do in the production of cereals, for instance, I have only to mention 
the winning of the sweepstake prize by a Canadian for the best bushel of 
wheat at the recent Dry Farming Congress at Tulsa, Oklahoma;, In p, 
competition open to the world. This is the third time in three consecutive 
years that such honors have been won.. 
The horticulturists of Canada believe that the kinds and varieties 
©f fruits which succeed there can also be grown of a quality and appearance 
second to none. At the international exhibitions held in the past, many 
prizes have fallen to Canadians, the latest honors being the winning of the 
President's Cup and Sweepstake Prize at the Exhibition of the International 
Apple Shippers’ Association held at Cleveland, Ohio, in August last, in com- 
petition with the States of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, 
Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. 
It is expected that as the years go by Canada will be regarded more and 
more by the people of other nations as a horticultural as well as an agri- 
cultural country. 
Great areas of land are suitable for apple growing in Canada. Areas on 
which could be grown apples to supply the world for some time to come. 
Her peach lands, while not as extensive are sufficiently so to provide 
