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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



March, 1910 



The Canadian Horticulturist 



Publuhed \>t The Horticultiir«l 

 Publuhini Companr. Umilad 



PETKRBOKO, ONTARIO 



The Only Horticultural Magazine 



in the Dominion 



Official Organ ok Bkitish Colombia, Ontario 



Quebec, New Brunswick and Prince Edward 



Island Fkuit Growers' Associations 



H. Bronson Cowan, Managing Director 

 A. B. Cutting, B.S.A., Editor 



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CIRCULATION STATEMENT. 



Since the eubscription price of The Canadian 

 Horticulturist was reduced from $1.00 to 60 cents 

 a year, the circulation has grown rapidly. The 

 following is a sworn statement of the net paid 

 circulation of The Canadian Horticulturist for 

 the year ending with Dec, 1909. The figures giv- 

 en are exclusive of samples and spoiled copies, 

 and of papers sent to advertisers. Some months, 

 including the sample copies, from 10,000 to 12.000 

 copies of The Canadian Horticulturist are mailed 

 to people known to be interested in the grow- 

 ing of fruit, flowers or vegetables. 



January, 1910.. 

 February, 1910 . 



.8.925 



.8,967 



January, 1909 9,456 



February, 1909 9,310 



March, 1909 9,405 



April, 1909 9,482 



May, 1909 9,172 



June, 1909 8,891 



July, 1909 8,447 



August. 1909 8.570 



September. 1909 8,605 



October. 1909 8,675 



November, 1909 8,750 



December, 1909 8,875 



Total for the year .107,638 



Averase each iuue in 1907, 6.627 



1908. 8.695 



" " 1909, 8,970 



Sworn detailed statements will be mailed upon 

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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST, 



PETERBORO, ONTABIO. 



GRANT SHOULD BE INCREASED 



No moro deserving potition has been 

 placed before the Minister of Agriculture 

 for Ontario this session than that of the 

 Ontario Horticultural Association which 

 a.sks for an increase of $8,000 in the grant 

 to horticultural societies. Excellent work is 

 being done by these societies, and it is in- 

 creasing rapidly. The deputation that wait- 

 ed upon the minister pointed out that the 

 growing increase in memjjership requires at 

 least a proportionate increase in the grant. 

 Further reasons also were given, as report- 

 ed on page 72. 



The horticultural societies of Ontario are 

 engaged in a work that means much to the 

 province. Probably no other phase of agri- 

 cultural effort has such an important influ- 

 ence on the general welfare of the people. 

 The work should be encouraged. Each mem- 

 ber of the legislature should support it per- 

 sonally. The future adornment of our homes 

 and public parks depends largely upon 

 the aid that is given to our horticultural 

 societies. Personal gain does not enter into 

 the proposition in any way. The societies 

 are working for the general uplift of life 

 and living. Their petition for an increase 

 in the grant should be considered favorably 

 by the government and passed at this ses- 

 sion of the legislature. Failure to give the 

 increase asked for can be taken only as an 

 indication of ignorance, on the part of the 

 government, of the splendid educational 

 work the societies are doing as well as of 

 their pressing needs. 



A POSSIBLE INVADER 



One of the worst insects known to fruit 

 growers anywhere in the world is the 

 Queensland fruit fly. Unless preventive ac- 

 tion is taken, it may some day invade Can- 

 ada. Many other injurious insects have 

 been imported from abroad. The San Jose 

 scale, the apple maggot, the brown tail 

 moth, the currant worm and a host of others 

 have come from other lands. They gain 

 entrance to our country in spite of inspec- 

 tion at the ports of entry. If their pres- 

 ence is known at the beginning, their spread 

 can be and in some cases has been prevent- 

 ed to a large extent, as, for instance, in 

 the case of the brown tail moth in Nova 

 Scotia. It is well, therefore, always to be 

 on the watch for newcomers. From reports 

 of its operations in Australia, the most dan- 

 gerous possible intruder is the Queensland 

 fruit fly. 



About two years ago. The C.\n.\di.\n Hor- 

 ticulturist wrote to the late Dr. James 

 Fletcher, then entomologist and botanist for 

 the Dominion Experimental Farms, regard- 

 ing the possibility of this i)(*st gaining an 

 entrance to Canada through British Colum- 

 bia, and received the following reply, now 

 published for the first time: "The Quefns- 

 land fruit fly (Dacus tryoni) is described as 

 a serious pest of orchards in Queen.sland 

 and New South Wales, but I do not remem- 

 ber what kinds of fruits it infests. If fruit 

 is imported into British Columbia from Aus- 

 tralia, it is possible that this insect might 

 be introduced ; but I do not know what 

 fruits would be brought from Australia, and 

 even if the insect were introduced I should 

 think it would be hardly likely to propa- 

 gate and spread there. I have never heard 

 of a specimen of this fly beins; taken in 

 British Columbia." 



If fruit is imported from Australia into 



British Columbia, it is quite probable that 

 this insect will arrive some time, if it has 

 not already done .so. That a trade in fruits 

 is carried on between these two countries is 

 stated in the following extract from an in- 

 terview with Mr. W. E. Scott, Deputy Min- 

 ister of Agriculture for British ColumLia, 

 given to and published a few weeks ago in 

 Cnnada, an English publication : "With 

 Au.stralia we carry on a kind of exchange 

 trade. She supplies us with fruit in our o£F 

 season, and in return buys our apples in 

 her oB season, the seasons being opposite, 

 so each of us gets an all-vear-round sup- 

 ply." 



To get information regarding the Queens- 

 land fruit fly from one who knows the pest 

 at first hand, we wrote recently to Mr. W. 

 R. Dewar of Fruitland, Ont., "who was for 

 five years and until a year ago, entomologist 

 for the Orange Free State and the Eastern 

 Province, (/ape Colony, consecutively. 

 Amongst fruit insects Mr. Dewar spent 

 more time on the Queensland fruit fly than 

 on any other He replied to our letter in 

 part as follows: "I think that there is lit- 

 tle danger of the fly being established in 

 British Columbia. In warmer climates, it 

 spells disaster to fruit growers, but I doubt 

 if it would adapt itself to our climate. It 

 infests nearly all cultivated fruits and many 

 wild ones." 



As Mr. Dewar states, it may be that the 

 pest would not be able to exist in our cli- 

 mate. Nevertheless, the pogsibilitv remains. 

 Vigilance on the part of our fruit pest in- 

 spectors and of our fruit growers, particu- 

 larly in British Columbia, is necessary in 

 order to be safe. We are not in the "war 

 scare" business, but it is always best to 

 "keep your powder dry." 



ADVERTISE YOUR PRODUCTS 



Growers of fruits and vegetablrs for lo- 

 cal markets should advertise their goods. It 

 is thought by most market gardeners, if they 

 think about it at all. that advertising is an 

 unnecessary and expensive luxury. This is 

 not the case. Advertising means salesman- 

 ship and, as a result, increased business. 



There is no reason why men who have 

 fruits and vegetables, for sale in a local 

 market should not tell people about them 

 through the home newspapers. The man 

 who does this will step in advance of his 

 neighbor. His produce will become better 

 known and consumers will look for it and 

 ask for it. Advertising is being done more 

 and more each year by the leading growers 

 in the United States, and they are unani- 

 mous in its favor. It can be made equally 

 successful in Canada. Further suggestions 

 will appear in our next issue. In the mean- 

 time, gardeners and fruit growers that have 

 tried advertising, through the press or 

 otherwise, are asked to tell others through 

 The CA>f.\Di.*N Horticulturist what they 

 think of it. Advertising pays in all other 

 lines of business. Why should it not pay in 

 gardening? 



Our cover cut this month illustrates an 

 evening view of the Penticton benches, Brit- 

 ish Columbia. 



Do you want an index to Volume XXXII 

 of The C\n\di.\n Horticilturist.'' The 

 titles of leiding articles and subjects dealt 

 with during 1909 have been arranged alpha- 

 betically into convenient form for ready 

 reference. This index is useful to all of our 



