The garden of Canada : Burlington, Oakville and district . oints,and an electric service, afford splendid shipping facilities. The samemorning they are picked Burlington fruits are placed on the breakfasttables of Toronto hotels still wet with dew. Unaided ahd alone the Burlington fruit growers were pioneers inexporting perishable fruits in cold storage, and continue their weeklyshipments with gratifying results. Whether the unrivalled successof these shipments is due to the superior quality of our fruit or to-the management I will not undertake to say, but certain it is theyhave attracted the
The garden of Canada : Burlington, Oakville and district . oints,and an electric service, afford splendid shipping facilities. The samemorning they are picked Burlington fruits are placed on the breakfasttables of Toronto hotels still wet with dew. Unaided ahd alone the Burlington fruit growers were pioneers inexporting perishable fruits in cold storage, and continue their weeklyshipments with gratifying results. Whether the unrivalled successof these shipments is due to the superior quality of our fruit or to-the management I will not undertake to say, but certain it is theyhave attracted the attention of horticulturists all over this continent,and the horticultural press of the United States speaks of Burlington,Ont., as the only point outside of California where this is beingdone regularly by the growers themselves. Much correspondencehas passed regarding this work. Even from the south of Franceletters have come expressing concern at our competition in Britishmarkets and enquiring as to the capabilities of this section. Geo. E. Fisher. -4-. OFFICERS OF THE BURLINGTON FRUIT-GROWERS ASSOCIATION, Geo. Fisher, Esq., Hon. President Burlington Horticultural Society,.is one of the largest fruit growers in the Burlington District and one-of the most useful men. He has done much for the fruit growers,having originated the idea of shipping fruit to the old country, whichhas been in force for fifteen years. He was for ten years member ofthe County Council and would be yet only he has too many calls onhis precious time. He is the originator of instituting an ofiicer toexamine the books of the County Council. He is recognized by allas a worthy citizen and a practical business man. A. VV. Peart, , the energetic President of the BurlingtonHorticultural Society, is a member of one of the oldest and most-prominent families in Halton County. Born on the family home-stead he finished his education at the Toronto University, where hegraduated as , after which he showed his e
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