. Ontario Sessional Papers, 1905, . R. Cot-trelle, of Milton, looked after most of the nurseries, but was assisted byMr. Fred. Broderick, of St. Catharines, who visited those in central On-tario and the vicinity of Toronto. Mr. Cottrelle was already experiencedin this work, having acted as assistant to Mr. Hutt some years Dominion Ciovernnient Fumigation Station at Windsor, in cliaivc of Mr. C. Wright. During the fall, I visited those nurseries that intended doing anyshipping for fall planting or digging for early spring shipments. Outsideof the large nurseries in the Niagara di


. Ontario Sessional Papers, 1905, . R. Cot-trelle, of Milton, looked after most of the nurseries, but was assisted byMr. Fred. Broderick, of St. Catharines, who visited those in central On-tario and the vicinity of Toronto. Mr. Cottrelle was already experiencedin this work, having acted as assistant to Mr. Hutt some years Dominion Ciovernnient Fumigation Station at Windsor, in cliaivc of Mr. C. Wright. During the fall, I visited those nurseries that intended doing anyshipping for fall planting or digging for early spring shipments. Outsideof the large nurseries in the Niagara district that own extensive frost-proof houses, the digging of fruit stock in the fall is almost a past pracUce-With the larger firms mentioned, it is becoming a custom to dig extensivelyin the fall, and heel in the stock in trenches in large frost-jiroof houses-Shipments can then be sent out very much earlier in the spring, as no de-lay is occasioned waiting for the land to dry up. In the last few yeari a [r^l 6 THE REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR No. ig number of very large substantial buildings have been erected on thegrounds of E. D. Smith, Winona; Brown Bros., Browns Nurseries; andMorris & Wellington, Fonthill, and these firms are constantly increasingthe space for this purpose. Other nurseries are following their example,thus pl


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