. The Canadian horticulturist. Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario; Fruit-culture. The Canadian Horticulturist. 3 THE MEETING AT PETERBORO'.. CONSIDERABLE amount of very valuable matter for our report was elicited at the meeting in Peter- boro\ True, the local attendance was compara- tively small, but those who were present showed a deep interest in our work. The name of Mr I E. B. Edwards, President of the Peterboro' j| Association, deserves especial mention, as one who took the deepest interest in our \\ work, and rendered every assistance in his ^YV power to make our meeting a success. Th
. The Canadian horticulturist. Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario; Fruit-culture. The Canadian Horticulturist. 3 THE MEETING AT PETERBORO'.. CONSIDERABLE amount of very valuable matter for our report was elicited at the meeting in Peter- boro\ True, the local attendance was compara- tively small, but those who were present showed a deep interest in our work. The name of Mr I E. B. Edwards, President of the Peterboro' j| Association, deserves especial mention, as one who took the deepest interest in our \\ work, and rendered every assistance in his ^YV power to make our meeting a success. The Kieffer Pear.—This variety was spoken of by Mr. Pettit, as succeeding better in the West than in Ontario, but some samples shown by Ontario at the World's Fair were remarkably fine. Mr. Boulter, of Picton, said that the common notion that it was excellent for canning was not borne out in his experience, for it has one fault; it won't stand up through the boiling. Mr. A. M. Smith' said he had sold his crop to the canning factory at Grimsby who wanted all they could get. Quite a difference of opinion was also expressed regarding its quality, and all this goes to show how valuable to us all will be properly conducted experimental work. Spraying for Insects and Fungi is another important line of experimental work, and many questions are yet unsettled. Prof. Hutt, the newly appointed Horticulturist at Guelph Agricultural College, said he had been visiting the fruit farms of Messrs. Maxwell Bros., at Geneva, N. Y., and though they have large plum orchards they do not spray, but capture and cremate the curculio in the old-fashioned way. The curculio and stung fruit are gathered in a sheet ten or twelve feet in diameter, made like an inverted umbrella, and supported on a light two wheeled barrow. A slit in the sheet, opposite the handles allows the tree to enter to the centre. The limbs are jarred with a padded bumper, and everything on the sheet rolls into a tin drawer at the bott
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