November, 19 lo 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



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ers. The peach shipments to Great Britain 

 will be fully discussed by Messrs. Dobson 

 of Hamilton, Onslow, cf Niagara, R. 

 Thompson, of St. Catharines, and W. W. 

 Moore, of the Cold Storage Branch, Ot- 

 tawa. 



Harold Jones of Maitland, will speak on 

 standards for the judginp; of fruits at ex- 

 hibitions. Mr. W. H. Bunting, of St. 

 Catharines, will give some attention to the 

 pilfering of packages by the express mess- 

 engers. This subject has been a burning 

 one with the growers, especially in the Niag- 

 ara District, the present season. 



Cooperation, while successful in some 

 places, is not spreading as it should. A num- 

 ber of men will touch on this siibject. Re- 

 ports will be given by some of the larger 

 associations as well as by some of the smaller 

 but equally successful associations. Mr. Le 

 Drew, of the Guelph College, will explain 

 some of the reasons for failure. He has 

 been investigating this subject for two or 

 three years. 



One session of the Conventicn will be de- 

 voted to a discussion of the box and barrel 

 packing exhibition at the show with demon- 

 strations as to the proper methods to be 

 employed. Mr. A. McNeill, cf Ottawa, and 

 Prof. Crow of Guelph, will bo in charge 

 and will be assisted by experts who will do 

 the actual packing. Demonstrations will be 

 given at the same session of the operation 

 of power and hand sprayers. A number of 

 the former will be on exhibition. This ses- 

 sion will be held at the exhibition arena. 



I enjoy reading The Canadian Horti- 

 CTTLTUR'ST very much. — Chas. L. Honeyman, 

 Toronto, Ont. 



Items of Interest 



The Pomological and Fruit Growing 

 Society of the Province of Quebec has 

 issued a premium list for the fruit ex- 

 hibition, open to the province, that will 

 be held in connection with the annual 

 meeting at St. Hyacinthe, December 6 and 

 7. Capies may be obtained from the secre- 

 tary, Peter Reid, Chateauguay Basin, 

 Que. 



Mr. W. Miles, of Peterboro, brought in- 

 to the office of The Canadian Hortioul- 

 TtTRiST recentl.v a specimen of a Glen Mary 

 strawberry partly ripe and of fair size, 

 which had been grown from seed this year. 

 Mr. Miles picked a number cf these ber- 

 ries between October 6 and 11. 



Indications are that the third National 

 Apple Show, which will be held in Spo- 

 kane, Wash., November 14th to 19th, will 

 exceed its predecessors. An apple pack- 

 ing contest will be held to decide the 

 championship of the world. The first prize 

 will be $100 in cash. An apple packing 

 school will be conducted free throughout 

 the show. Girls will give demonstrations 

 in the cocking of apples. One thousand 

 dollars will be given for the best carload 

 of fruit. 



The Crop Reporter, issued by the United 

 States Department of Agriculture, for the 

 month of October placed the percentage of 

 the apple crop for the whole of the United 

 States for this year as 46.4, compared with 

 43.9 for last year, and with a ten year 

 average of 53.8. Grapes were placed at 

 72.7 per cent, compared with 86.5 per cent, 

 for last year and a six year average of 

 84.1 per cent. Pears were given as 64.7 

 per cent, and cranberries as 74.7. 



1,000,000 Perennials 



One of the most complete collections in the 

 world, suitable for all soils and climates. 



CATALOGUES FRKE 



PERRY'S HARDY PLANT FARM 



ENFIELD, England 



APPLES 



REPRESENTING 



J. and H. Goodwin 



Manchester, Liverpool and Hull 



Thos. Russell 



GLASGOW 



E. H. Lewis & Son 



LONDON 



Will be pleased to keep you advised 

 regarding the condition of the Euro- 

 pean Markets. If you have any Apples 

 for export, call or write 



Fred Barker 



25 Church St., Toronto, Can. 



WHEHK THE FOUR COUNEHS OF THE EARTH MEET TO DRINK TEA 



A good many thousand people during the 

 recent Toronto Exhibition visited this booth 

 and sat long enough to drink a cup of de- 

 licious Red Rose Tea and pas.sod on rested 

 and refreshed to a fuller enjoyment of the 

 great fair. Next to the quality of the tea, 

 what most appealed to the visitors, was the 

 dainty way in which the tea was served. 



The plan of charging So and giving it back 

 again in the form of a ticket good for 5o 

 anywhere when buying a package of Red 

 Rose Tea was approved by everyone. During 

 tlio fair, hundreds of grocers and their 

 trionds visited the booth and were made 

 very welcome by the traveller in charge. 

 They were all enthusiastic in their praises 

 of the tea. Indeed, everyone who came 



went away praising: the tea and they came 

 from every province in Canada, every state 

 in the American union, and almost every 

 part of the empire. The delicate fragrance, 

 delicious flavor and smooth satisfying 

 strength of Red Rose Tea were to all a 

 real enjoyment and to many a revelation 

 in tea goodness and quality, convincing 

 everyone that Red Rose Tea "is good tea." 



