. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1889. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. 48 The Canadian ^^e C<^^<^^i^^ jporficuftutiei* SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, $ per year, entitling the subscriber to membership of the Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario and all its privileges, including a copy of its valuable Annual Report, and a share in its annual distribution of plants and trees. REMITTANCES by Registered Letter are at our risk. Receipts will be acknowledged upon the address label. The Dominion Farmep's Council and the Fruit Growers' Association. -^ COM I / \ met's COMMITTE
. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1889. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. 48 The Canadian ^^e C<^^<^^i^^ jporficuftutiei* SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, $ per year, entitling the subscriber to membership of the Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario and all its privileges, including a copy of its valuable Annual Report, and a share in its annual distribution of plants and trees. REMITTANCES by Registered Letter are at our risk. Receipts will be acknowledged upon the address label. The Dominion Farmep's Council and the Fruit Growers' Association. -^ COM I / \ met's COMMITTEE from this Far- 'sClub,which meetsmonthly at London, Ont., recently visited the Ontario Agricultural Col- lege at Guelph. Mr. Deadman, the member of the Committee who reported on the Horticul- tural department of the College, stated at a recent meeting of the club, that this department was a ''total ; The chief cause of failure he attributes to portion of the farm chosen for the orchard, and fruit gardens; it being the lowest on the farm, very wet in spring and fall, and subject at times to great overflow of water. Neither was it properly drained before planting, only a two foot drain being used, and this now out of working order. He further says, " We do not blame the present authorities for this, as Mr. Forsyth informed us that it was choesn by a deputation of the Fruit Growers' Association, Mr. Saunders and Mr. Beadle being members of the commit- ; Prof Robertson, being present, said that 'in justice to the Fruit Growers' Association he was forced to say that the selection of the site for the orchard was made by that body in winter, when there was fully two feet of snow, and that, at that time, the ground presented a much higher ap- pearance than it really ; Now, there is no doubt that the Committee's report is correct in regard to the unfortunate location d the orchard and fruit garden ; if it was a serious blunder to locate it so unfavo
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