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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



August, 1910 



at as high as 9d to 18d each. Tho English- 

 man wants fino stuff and is ready to buy 

 fine peaches at high prices. It would not 

 do fcr Canadian poach growers to flood tlie 

 market with small, inferior fruit. By mak- 

 ing a specialty of the trade it can be greatly 

 developed. 



"The same is true of tomatoes. I saw to- 

 matoes selling in the open market at three 

 cents a lb. Most of these were grown and 

 shipped from the Canary Islands although 

 thousands of pounds are grown in Eng- 

 land under glass at great expense. The 

 tomatoes we grow in Ontario are well suited 

 to the English market. The tomatoes our 

 growers sell at twenty-five cents a bus., 

 would bring four to twelve cents a lb., were 

 they sold in England in good condition. 



The Canary Island tomatoes are packed in 

 peat and saw-dii.st. It takes them seven 

 days to reach London. They keep there 

 without cold storage from one to two 

 weeks. They are packed in twelve pcund 

 boxes. 1 believe that if we packed our 

 tomatoes in peat and saw-dust we could 

 land them on the British markets in 

 good condition." 



The Norway, Ontario, Horticultural So- 

 ciety will hold its third annual show, 

 August 19 and 20th. A feature of the show 

 will be asters grown from seed by children 

 of the members. Tlie seed was distributed 

 by the society. Prizes will be offered for 

 canned fruits, jams, jellies, bread and cake. 



Peach Shipments to Great 

 Britain 



Hamilton Fleming, Grimgby, Ont. 



For the last three seasons I have experi- 

 mented in shipping peaches to Great Britain. 

 I have come to the conclusion that at pres- 

 ent there is no advantage in doing so. 



The class of peaches grown here, that it 

 is po.ssible to ship, do not compare in flavor 

 or appearance with the British grown or 

 with the best class of South African peaches. 

 Those wo now ship only reach the second 

 class market and the small retail shops, and 

 at the prices they bring, judging from 

 my own experience, I am financially ahead 

 when I place my peaches on the Canadian 

 market. 



—And The Feature That Made Them Famous 



The discovery of FUSED JOINTS made possible the perfect system of 

 warm air heating. 



When we first began to build furnaces, some thirty j^ears ago, the various 

 parts of the radiators were bolted and cemented together. No matter how tightlj' 



the iron andateel were fastened, the difference 

 in the expansion and contraction of the two 

 metals eventually pulled the bolts loose, 

 ground out the cement and left openings 

 through which gas, dust and smoke escaped 

 into the house. 



About 20 5'ears ago, we discovered and 

 patented FUSED JOINTS. 



Instead of bolting and cementing steel 

 and iron together, we fused the materials 

 at a white heat. 



The joints thus formed are permanent 

 and indestructible. 



Twent}' years use has proved the value 

 of Fused Joints. They will not leak — they 

 are absolutely gas, smoke and dust tight — 

 and will always remain so as long as the furnace is in use. 



Fused Joints insure "Hecla" heated homes being always supplied with an 

 abundance of fresh, warmed air, i:ntainted by gas or dust. 

 "Hecla" Furnace is the only furnace with Fused Joi nts. 



Fused Joints are only one of the patented features of "Hecla"' Furnace that 

 mean so much to every man who is going to put in a new furnace this season. 

 Our furnace book describes and illustrates them all. Write for free copy. 



Send us rough diagram of your home, and we will plan the heating arrange- 

 ment and give estimate of the cost of installing the right "Hecla" Furnace — free. 



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