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Title: The Canadian horticulturist
Identifier: canhorticulturist1903 (find matches)
Year: 1878 (1870s)
Authors: Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario
Subjects: Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario; Fruit-culture
Publisher: St. Catherines (Ont. ) : Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario
Contributing Library: Fisher - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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44<5 THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST.
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Fig 2671. E. Morris, Fonthill, Ont. of eight hundred acres of land, he was early trained in the details of agriculture, but after landing in Canada, when still a boy, he was persuaded by his father to enter into the mercantile business, which is carried on with success for some years in the town of Oshawa. This experience gave him excel- lent business training. Having spent his boyhood days on the farm, he longed for outdoor business, and decided in 1866 to go into fruit growing, and bought a farm in Niagara District for that purpose—being perhaps the first man in Ontario to grow small fruits as a business. His success in this brought him many customers for plants, and he then resolved to go into a general nursery business, and bought a small estab- lished nursery of fruit trees, and soon after- wards purchased the Fonthill Nursery. Two years later, finding the business, in all its departments, more than he could pro- perly look after, formed a partnership with Stone & Wellington, under the firm name of Morris, Stone & Wellington, lately changed to Morris & Wellington. With Mr. Mor- ris' natural talent, and love for the business, he soon mastered the practical part of it, and is now acknowledged to be one of the best nurserymen on the continent. During our visit at Fonthill Mr. Morris gave us a carriage ride through a huge block of about 400,000 apple trees, ready for sale this fall and next spring. " We plant," said he " about 400,000 per annum, and sell about 300,000. That is, we classify the stock when selling size, into first class and culls. The latter we pull and burn, and only good stock goes out to fill the orders. We have to increase our planting each year, to trv and keep up with the increased de- mand; even then, like other nurseries, we often fall short on varieties that suddenly spring into demand." One feature of the business that is pleas- ing and shows prosperity of the country, is the greatly increased demand for all kinds of ornamental trees and shrubs. This branch of the business is increasing faster than any other, although it is very evident that apple growing is still at the front in Canada, and in our opinion it justly holds the first place for profit, taking one year with another, notwithstanding the low prices that sometimes prevail. FRUIT PACKING DEMONSTRATIONS AT THE FAIRS. SENIOR Fruit Inspector Alex. McNeill is still attending the fall fairs giving his interesting and instructive demonstra- tions of the proper packing and marking of apples and pears for the export trade. He was at Brantford on October 2, at Burford on October 7, and on the 15th at the Simcoe Model Fair.

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