The garden of Canada : Burlington, Oakville and district . e. But if, in place of that we put before you an array of fruit,and in addition to magnificent-looking apples we add peaches, andpears, and grapes and flowers of all kinds, I think you will all admitat once that a country that will produce fruit so attractive in appear-ance, and so delicious in flavor, must be a grand country to live in,no matter where it is. That is why Canadians feel it so importantto put before the people of other countries, not simply our gold as anattraction, not simply our wheat, not simply our cattle, and horses
The garden of Canada : Burlington, Oakville and district . e. But if, in place of that we put before you an array of fruit,and in addition to magnificent-looking apples we add peaches, andpears, and grapes and flowers of all kinds, I think you will all admitat once that a country that will produce fruit so attractive in appear-ance, and so delicious in flavor, must be a grand country to live in,no matter where it is. That is why Canadians feel it so importantto put before the people of other countries, not simply our gold as anattraction, not simply our wheat, not simply our cattle, and horses,and sheep and swine, but first and foremost, to place before them thefruits of the country, knowing full well that the old saying, Bytheir fruits ye shall know them, has in this connection a signifi-cance that does not belong to gold, or wheat, or live stock. It is true that a country which produces fruit has raised itselffar above the level of a country which simply digs gold out of theground, or a country which simply produces wheat to feed the and far above a country which has its great flocks and herds. Acountry that has a large and important class of fruit growers in itsmidst has already assumed a very high position as an agricultural orproductive nation. And so, when you come in contact with thehorticulture of this country and with its fruit-growing, you arecoming in contact, not with the lower levels of our agricultural pro-duction, but with the higher levels, and you have only to come incontact with a few of the men who are concerned in it; or have theprivilege of attending the conventions of the Ontario Fruit Growers*Association to know that what I am sajdng is more than true. Iwill guarantee that there cannot be found in the Province of Ontarioany association of men in connection with our great city indus-tries or in connection with our professional lines who will canvassmore thoroughly the questions with which they are vitally concerned,or do the work of the
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