The Rural Voice, 1988-09, Page 108acres, and he endured many of the
hardships incident to backwood life.
However, through the sympathy and
generosity of his indulgent parents, he
enjoyed a liberal education, having
attended the Stratford Grammar
School, and afterward pursued a
course of classical studies in Toronto.
His fondness for his classical
studies is shown by the various nomes
de plume which he signs when writing
for the agricultural and horticultural
press, viz.: Agricula, Hortus, and
Fractus. Articles from his pen are in
great demand by the press of Canada
and the United States, and he is widely
known on both hemispheres as a
writer and a practical horticulturist.
He has a magnificent fruit garden
in Goderich, where he delights in
conducting all sorts of experiments.
He has been the means of drawing the
attention of the people in Britain to
our immense possibilities as a fruit -
growing country, and is now the king
of fruit dealers on this continent.. He
is also widely known in continental
Europe, having extensive correspon-
dence, the result of his attempts to
place our fruits on foreign markets.
Some years ago he entered local
journalism, having been editor of the
Huron Signal, but having a strong
mind of independent methods of
thinking he developed no taste for
politics, and therefore quitted the
profession.
His sphere is not confined to horti-
culture alone; he still delights in agri-
culture and livestock, and he enjoys
the honour of having originated the
Dominion Draft Horse Studbook. He
has never sought preferment; it has
been thrust upon him, and he under-
takes his manifold public responsibili-
ties as a matter of duty, not on account
of ambitious designs.
Unlike other government organiza-
tions, the Fruit Growers' Association,
largely through the honourable and
independent career of Mr. Allan, is
accomplishing excellent work. So
strong is he in his avocation, so enthu-
siastic in his horticultural pursuits, that
he is above all party jealousies and
preferments, and he would be the first
to resist stoutly any attempts made to
introduce party corruption or ungener-
ous designs into the association of
which he is now president.0
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