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year per acre. This is certainly a remarkable showing 
but is the result of intensive cultivation and thorough bus- 
ness management. 
Additional evidence was brought in to support the fast 
accumulating proof that lime and sulphur is to be relied 
upon as a fungicide suitable for summer use. Experi¬ 
ments by the officers of the Ontario Agricultural College, 
supported by fruit growers in the Niagara district, all 
sustain this belief. It would seem as though Bordeaux 
mixture w r as to be supplanted in the near future. 
PROFITS FROM GRAPES AND PEACHES CONTRASTED 
Papers on the subject of grape growing appeared to give 
the impression that this industry was not as stable and as 
sure a profit bearer as many others which fruit growers 
might engage in. The Niagara district grape growers were 
not enthusiastic in regard to the future, in fact looked upon 
it rather dubiously. Markets were apt to be glutted. The 
expense of growing the fruit was increasing, the difficulties 
of warding off fungus and insect enemies were growing 
greater each year and the outlook generally was not promis¬ 
ing. 
In contrast to this was the report from the peach growers. 
Many instances of striking successes in peach growing w^ere 
recounted and marvelous tales of great returns filtered 
around among the members between sessions. It seems 
certain that the peach industry in the Niagara district is on 
the rise. It has largely supplanted the apple between 
Hamilton and St. Catherines, down the Niagara River, and 
now that San Jose scale is not feared in the peach orchard 
and the markets of Manitoba and the Northwest are made 
accessible and available by good transportation the outlook 
is cheerful for the Southern Ontario peach grower. 
READJUSTMENT 
The whole trend of discussion showed that there was a 
considerable readjustment going on in the fruit growing 
sections of the province. In the early days apple trees 
had been extensively planted in Southern Ontario, but in 
this favored lake region the peach, the plum, the peai and 
the grape are now the dominant fruits, while the apple-is 
taking its rightful place in the colder sections where 
natural conditions are more favorable for its production. 
In the Lake Erie region fruit growers have suffered se\ ere 
reverses in the last ten or fifteen years. For a time peaches 
were very profitable and the area extended rapidly. The 
hard winter of 1903—04 destroyed a large proportion of the 
peach area and rudely awakened the fruit growers from theii 
dreams of early opulence and affluence. The severe freeze 
causing extensive root killing, wiped out nearly all the 
peach orchards, particularly those which were clean culti¬ 
vated, destroying peach growing ambitions in the minds of 
many people, but now that a few years have gone by hope 
and confidence in the future are returning and peach 
orchards are once more being replanted. Experience will 
teach caution and methods of culture will be revised to the 
advantage of peach growing in that section. 
The Ontario Fruit Growers are demonstrating the 
possibilities of co-operative effort in the marketing of their 
products. Notable instances of the value of this kind of 
effort are to be seen in St. Catherines and vicinity. There 
are also many co-operative packing and shipping stations in 
the apple sections. These have been largely promoted 
through the efforts of the fruit divisions of the provincial 
and Dominion governments. 
Business JVIovements 
The Jackson & Perkins Company at their last meeting 
elected Mr. John Watson, secretary. The other officers are: 
C. H. Perkins, president; G. C. Perkins, vice-president 
and treasurer. The election of Mr. Watson as secretary 
means recognition of faithful efficient service. 
The Frank Kadlec Nursery has recently established itself 
at Evanston. Its former home was Johnston Avenue, 
Chicago. Evanston provides better shipping and storing 
facilities. 
THE UNITED STATES COMPANY 
This Company was organized at Wilmington, Del., by 
E. L. Squire, G. W. Dorsey, Jr., and L. Rothstein. The 
firm starts business with a capital of $100,000. 
THE VILLE DE BOIS PLANTING COMPANY, LTD. 
This Company was recently organized at Napoleon- 
ville, La., by Camille R. Alleman, Edgard Jumondville and 
Alexander Jumondville. The Company has incorporated 
with a capital of $30,000. 
MOOREFIELD NURSERY AND ORCHARD COMPANY 
This company organized with a capital of $50,000, of 
which $36,000 has been subscribed, has headquarters at 
Moorefield, W. Va. Incorporators are, J. William Gilke- 
son, J. C. Fisher, H. C. Baker, C. B. Welton and Benjamin 
Dailey, all of Moorefield. 
T. C. Thurlow’s Sons Nursery, West Newberry, Mass., 
has been incorporated with capital of $15,000. 
The Yakima Independent Nursery of Wapata, near 
Olympia, Wash., has organized for incorporation with a 
capital of $10,000. The incorporators are W. A. and Ethel 
Berg. 
OTHER NEW NURSERIES COMPANIES 
The Crystal Springs Nursery Company has been 
organized with headquarters at Seattle, Washington, 
capital $xo,ooo, directors—M. Furura, W. L. Gazzam, 
W. A. Kuene. 
The Granville Nursery Company has been incorporated 
at Granville, N. Y. Directors are John A. and John 
Farmer of Granville, and Edgar B. Farmer of Quincy, 
Mass. 
