Twenty-Fourth Annual Report of the Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario, 1892 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Twenty-Fourth Annual Report of the Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario, 1892 Principal dymond said It is certainly not by reason of any claim of a standing in the Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario, or of any connection with fruit culture that I have the honor to preside over your meeting tonight 5 but as the representative of this Institute, in welcoming you here, I express, I am sure, the hearty feeling of all my colleagues and those under my charge at seeing you with us. If there be any who can appreciate the work of the fruit grower, I presume it is the fruit consumer. I speak of those who, although they may never yet have raised an apple tree to perfection, or become adepts in the description of a grape or pear, are not the less able to appreciate the labors of those who do enter upon those vocations. I had the honor some years ago of meeting your president, when acting on the Agricultural Commission, and I then tried to find out how much, or little, some of these gentlemen knew about fruit culture. I rejoice to know that the result of that undertaking, and of the intelligent efforts of some of those who have been laboring in the cause of fruit cul ture, has been the extension of the export of fruit to the mother country. Very little things sometimes produce an impression with regard to the character of a people, and, though packing a barrel of apples may seem a small thing. Yet barrels of apples by the hundreds of thousands are sent to the mother land and the character of the people who send them is discernible from the character of the packing. But, as one who values above all the character of Canada in the mother land, I would desire perhaps more. Than most people that the feeling ol'a¿'ection between Great Britain and Canada should be nurtured, and I desire to see this friendship promoted by your Association. Principal Dymond then called upon the vocal class, composed of about fifty pupils of the Institute, to render The Bridal Chorus (cowen). His Worship the Mayor (dr. Secord) then addressed the meeting. He said I am sure it gives me considerable pleasure, not only from my personal capacity, but also from my representative capacity as Mayor of this city, to be present and welcome the Ontario Fruit Growers' Association to Brantford. I am only sorry that the good opinion which possibly the gentlemen frbm a distance might have entertained of our constantly pleasant climate, should have been marred by unfavorable weather, but I can say that Brantford, in other respects, compares favorably with any other part of Ontario. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.