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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



May, 1910 



NOTES FROM THE PROVINCES 



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British Columbia 



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At the convention of the British Colum- 

 bia Fruit Growers' Association hold at Vic- 

 toria last February Mr. Rublee, a whole- 

 sale fruit dealer of Winnii>eg, gave an in- 

 teresting address on the marketing of fruit. 

 He said that up to the present British Co- 

 lumbia had been able to consume its own 

 fruit, but now that the production was in- 

 creasing so rapidly, we must look for out- 

 side markets. The prairie provinces also 

 have grown and, not being much at fruit 

 production, are desirous of dealing with us. 

 A great deal of the British Columbia fruit 

 marketed in these provinces has been poor 

 and poorly packed, which has naturally in- 

 jured its success. Much of the fruit has 

 looked unattractive and has arrived in poor 

 condition. What is wanted for these mar- 

 kets IS a standard pack of standard size 

 and quality, and until this is attainetl, 

 prices will not reach their maximum. Prunes 

 have either been slack packed, causing 

 bruises ; or too tightly packed, whereby they 

 are crushed. Instruction in packing is all 

 that is needed to remedy this. 



The operation of packing requires atten- 

 tion. Tne fruit must be in exactly the right 

 stage, neither too ripe nor too green, to 

 produce the best results. As to shipping 

 cars, many carloads are ruined before leav- 

 ing the siding. For instance, strawberries 

 have been loaded without ice, with the re- 

 sult that on arrival at their destination 

 every crate has been condemned and de- 

 stroyed. 



Always load with least possible handling 

 and see that each crate is properly packed, 

 stripped for ventilation and firmly braced, 

 i'ruit should be properly cooled and iced and 

 then if the ear is not over-filled, and if a 

 space of at least two feet be left at the top 

 for ventilation and a space in the centre 

 between the doors, the fruit should reach 

 its destination in good condition. 



Mr. Rublee believed the transportation 

 companit^ to be civil and considerate, giv- 

 ing good care and attention to the consign- 

 ments in his e.xi>erience. A higher charge 

 for transportation is made for the more per- 

 ishable fruits than for those which will stand 

 the journey better. It is impossible to safely 

 ship 20,000 i)Ounds of strawberries in one 



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When Mr. Edison invented the Ambcrol Records he 

 invented the longest Record ever made for a sound- 

 reproducing machine But the Amberol Record is not 

 only longer; it is better. It is made from a new com- 

 position which makes a more perfect reproduction of 

 music or the voice than any known method. 



An Amberol Record in an Edison Phonograph is 

 the most perfect reproduction of a song or a piece of 

 instrumental music that you have ever heard. 



But do not accept our statement. Go and hear it There is a 

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 you so much real, genuine fun and pleasure as the Edison Phonograph. 



Edison Phonographs 116.50 to $162.50 Edison Amberol Records (twice as long) .65 

 Edison Standard Records .40 Edison Grand Opera Records - .85 



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carload, 15,000 pounds, or even less, being 

 about the limit. Mr. Kublee is not in favor 

 of auctioning fruit as a means of selling it 

 unless it is necessary to dispose of it quickly. 



Mr. Brydon did not agree with Mr. Hub- 

 lee's estimate of the transportation com- 

 panies and quoted some of his experiences, 

 which were not so fortunate in meeting with 

 the promi)t transportation attention the case 

 demanded. He had been present at a meet- 

 ing between the railway company and the 

 fruit growers. Fortunately he had expected 

 no satisfaction and got exactly what he ex- 

 pected. All their protests were shelved, the 

 government officials sitting beside those of 

 the railway company and coinciding with 

 them. Mr. Johnston did not quite agree 

 with this speaker, as he met Mr. Stout, who 

 promised all kinds of facilities ; result, no 

 rebates ; but the price of $2.25 per crate 

 was realized for strawberries. 



Mr. Rublee was asked how British Colum- 

 bia fruit contrasted with Ontario and said, 

 in reply, that there was no comparison as 

 to packing, the Ontario fruit being very 

 inferior, and that if Ontario desires to com- 

 pete with us it must imitate our methods. — 

 W. J. L. H. 



Manitoba 



T. Albert Scholu, Killamcf 



With care and proper selection, Manitoba 

 may raise many fruits successfully. In the 

 neighborhood of Killarney, especially in the 

 valleys of Long and Pembina rivers and at 

 Turtle Mountain, wild plums (some of fair 

 size and quality), black currants, saska- 

 toons ( which are somewhat like huckleber- 

 ries), high-bush cranberries, pin-berries, 

 choke cherries and good-sized strawberries 

 grow abundantly and raspberries are plenti- 

 ful in parts of the Turtle Mountain. One 

 thing to be noticed and worth considering 

 by the would-be grower of fruit is that the 

 slope facing north is where the luxuriant 

 covering ot trees, fruit bushes, wild pea 

 vines, hawthorns, hop-vines, hazel-nuts, and 

 so forth, are to be found, while the south 

 slope does not even grow good grass unless 

 in some hollows. 



The home-keeper that desires success must, 

 therefore, try to have his fruit bushes anU 

 trees sheltered from the hot glare of the 

 morning sun. Let the shelter be either a 

 hill, a building, a south-shelter belt of trees 

 or even a woodpile. It is not the severe 

 frost of our winter that kills, but the night 

 frosts and hot suns of Aj^ril and early part 

 of May. 



Around and in my own garden, I planted 

 seeds of the Manitoba maple and cuttings of 

 willow about 14 years ago, and have since 

 then grown ash trees from seed. The trees 

 now give shelter from the south and east 

 and also from the strong west winds. 



I grow with success, without laying them 

 down in the fall, four varieties of red rasp- 

 berry, the hardiest of which are the Turner 

 and the Herbert, and one yellow raspberry. 

 Golden Queen. The Shaffer (purple) and 

 the Hilborn and Cumberland black raspber- 

 ries need to be bent over a little mound of 

 earth and covered with earth or coarse man- 

 ure in the fall and left covered until the 

 second week in May. 1 have not had any 

 success in producing a properly ripened 

 blackberry from Mersereau, Ever-bearing 

 Tree or Rathburn blackberries. Cultivated 

 strawberries do well without other covering 

 than snow and the dead leaves from the 

 surrounding willow and apple trees. 



The different varieties of red and white 

 currants and American gooseberries do 

 well with mulching. I have not had goOd 

 success with black currants. 



About 10 years ago, I received from the 

 Ottawa Experimental Farm, some seeds of 



