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THE CANADIA^N HORTICULTURIST 



January, 1912 



The Canadian Horticulturist i^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 



Publiahed by The Horticultural 

 Publishing Company, LiHited 



PSTSXtBORO, OI7XJLRIO 



EDITORIAL 



Th* Only Horticultural Magazin* 

 in the Dominion 



Offioial Oroan of the Ontario, Qubbio, Nbw 



Brunswick and Princb Edward Iiland 



Fruit Growers' Asbociationb 



H. Bronson Cowan, ManairinK Dlreotor 



1. The Canadiaji^ Horticulturist ia published on 

 the 25th day of the month preceding da,te of 

 lasTie. 



2. Subscription price in Cajiada and &reat 

 Britain, 60 cents a year; two yeai's, $1.00. For 

 United States and local subscriptions in Petej- 

 boro (not called for at the Post Office), 25 centa 

 extra a year, including postage. 



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6. Advertising Rates quoted on application. 

 Copy received up to the 18th. AddTeas all ad- 

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CIRCULATION STATEMENT 



The following is a sworn statemeait of the net 

 paid circulation of The Canadian Horticulturist 

 lor the year ending with December, 1911. The fig- 

 ures given are exclusive of samples and spoield 

 copies. Most months, including the sample cop 

 ies, from 11,000 to 12,000 copies of the Canadian 

 Horticulturist are mailed to people known to 

 b© interested in the growing of fruits, fiowers 

 or vegetables. 



January, 1911 8,082 



Februai-y, 1911 8,260 



March, 1911 8,523 



April, 1911 9,469 



May, 1911 9,783 



June, 1911 10,178 



July, 1911 10,063 



August, 1911 10,043 



September, 1911 9,973 



October, 1911 9,991 



Novemoer, 1911 9,988 



December, 1911 10,137 



Total 



.114.489 



Average each issue In 1907, 6,627 



1908, 8,695 



" " 1909, 8,970 



" ' 1910, 9,067 



" " " " 1911, 9,541 



Sworn dertailed statements will be mailed 

 upon application. 



OUK PROTECTIVE POLICY 



We want the readers of The Canadian Horti- 

 culturist to feel that they can deal with our 

 advertisers with our assurance of the adveirtis 

 ers' reliability. We try to admit to our colunme 

 only the most reliable advertisers. Should aay 

 subscriber, therefore, have good cause to be 

 dissatisfied with the treatment he receives from 

 any of our advertisers, we will look into the 

 matter and Investigate the circumstances fully. 

 Should we find reason, even in the slightest 

 degiree, we will discontinue immediately the pub- 

 licatiop of their advertisements in The Horti- 

 cul/turist. Should the circumstances warrajit, 

 we will expose them through the columns of 

 the paper. Thus we will not only protect our 

 readers, but our reputable advertisers as well. 

 All that is necessary to entitle you to the bene- 

 fit of this Protective Policy is that you include 

 in all your letters to advertisers the words, 

 'I saw your ad. in The Canadian Horticulturist." 

 Complaints should be made to us as soon as 

 possible after reason for dissatisfaction has 

 been found. 



Oommonications shoulld be addressed 



THE CANADIAN HOETICULTUEIBT, 

 PETERBORO, ONT. 



HON. MR. DUFF SHOULD ACT 



At the rocent annual convention of the 

 Ontario t'ruit Growers' Association a reso- 

 lution WHS passed endorsing the propoBaJ 

 that has been made frequently in these col- 

 umns that the Ontario government Sihould 

 take the appointment of the fruit pest iji- 

 spectors out of th© hands of the township 

 councils and conduct the work on a provin- 

 cial basis. This sJjould have been done long 

 ago. The government has been wajiied re- 

 peatedly that injurious posts like the San 

 Jose scale would continue to inereaso rap- 

 idly until such action was taken. Hon. Mr. 

 Uuif, th© provincial minister of agriculture, 

 has slumbered through it all, hoivever, un- 

 til there seems reason to believe that little 

 less than the discharge of a blast of dyna- 

 mite will lead him to take action. Out 

 minister of agriculture does not seem to 

 comprehend that his ability to liold the po- 

 sition h© occupies can best be shown by an- 

 ticipating the needs and demands of ttie 

 public instead of delaying action until pub- 

 lic ojjinion forces liim to move. 



When work of this character is left in 

 tlie hands of local municipal bodies it is 

 never discharged satisfactorily. While 

 some may take effective action others de- 

 cline to assert themselvee at . all, and the 

 inertia of such more than offsets the good 

 work done by others. The government rec- 

 ognized this weakness in this system of law 

 enforcement by local bodies when a few 

 years ago it took th© enforcement of th© 

 sanitary regulations pertaining to oiieese 

 factories and creameries out of the hands 

 of the local boards of health and placed it 

 in tlie liands of provincial officials. The 

 benefits that followed th© change were most 

 marked. 



In certain portions of the iNiagara dis- 

 trict during the past two years the spread 

 of the Kan Jos© seal© has been alarming. 

 i\ct only have fruit trees been alfected, but 

 in some cases thoirn trees, dogwood and oui- 

 ©r trees and sihrubs have been almost wiped 

 out Hheie attacked. Some new diseases, 

 the nature of which is not even yet under- 

 stood by the growers, are now working 

 great havoc in many orchards. It has 



been demonstrated that th© local inspectors 

 ar© utterly incapable of dealing with the 

 situation as it sliould b© handled. Ail eyt», 

 in oomsequenoe, are on Hon. Mr. Duff. The 

 question is, what is h© going to do to see 

 tiiat the fruit interosts are proi)©rly pro- 

 tected? 



ENCOURAGE APPLE CONSUMPTION 



On© of the main explanations of th© tre- 

 mendous oonsumjition in our Canadian cit- 

 ies of tropical fruits, such as the orange, 

 grape fruit, dates and figs, may be found 

 in the attractive manner in which these 

 fruits are tlisplayed in the windows and 

 stores of oiu: city grocers and fruiterers. Of 

 late years apples have received more at- 

 tention at their hands, but not nearly to 

 th© extent that is desirable. 



The Commercial Club of Walla Walla, in 

 the state of Washington, as a means of iu- 

 ci-easing the interest taken in the apple in- 

 duslry, as well as to increase the consump- 

 tion of apples, has held two annual apple 

 window displays which have proved so suo- 

 ccesful it is planned to conduct them every 

 year hereafter. Three prizes, of twenty- 

 five, fifteen and ten dollars, ar© offered to 

 the merchants of the city for the beet deco- 



rated windows during a specified week. Ap- 

 ples must comprise at least hialf the mate- 

 rial used in the decoration. Allowance is 

 made for the shape and size of the win- 

 dows, so that th© smaller store* have an 

 equal chance with the larger ones. The 

 windows are marked on points, as follows: 

 Attractiveness, forty ; originality, twenty ; 

 most advantageous use of apples, ten; in- 

 expensiveness of display, ten; arrangements 

 of signs, show cards, etc.. ten. The judges 

 are men brought in from outside citiee. 



Does this not offer a sugKe.stion to some of 

 our fruit growers' as.sociation I' Th© offer- 

 ing of a few prizes in this way in certain 

 of our Itvading cities would arouse interest, 

 increase the demand for apples and set ex- 

 amples of window decorations that would 

 soon be followed in smaller c<'nters. Some- 

 thing of this kind requires to be done in 

 order that our Canadian apjiles may take 

 their proper place in our home markets. 



COMPULSORY SPRAYING 



British Columbia has had a law for some 

 years making the proper spraying of or- 

 chards compulsory. So far we have heard 

 no complaints against this law. While this 

 may mean that it has not been strictly en- 

 forced, still we have reason to believe that 

 the law is being applied as conditions re- 

 quire and that it is being attended by sat- 

 isfactory results. 



The state of Ohio, whore conditions are 

 closely similar to those whicli prevail in On- 

 tario, has now followed this example. A 

 law passed by th© last legislature requires 

 all orchards in which there are ten or more 

 trees to be sprayed at least once between 

 November first and April thirtieth. Th© 

 preparation used must be such as will de- 

 stroy San Jose, oyster shell and scurfy seal©. 

 A fine of twenty-five to one hundred dol- 

 lars is to be imposed for each year spray- 

 ing is not performed. This law goes into 

 force next May. 



We are so afraid of preceding public 

 opinion in Ontario there is reason to be- 

 lieve that we are falling beliind other prov- 

 inces and states in several important re- 

 spects. A compulsory spraying law in On- 

 tario, as well as in our other ©astern prov- 

 inces, would not be any more drastic or 

 any more of a hardship tlian the sanitary 

 laws now generally in force which require 

 the patrons of cheese factories and cream- 

 eries to keep their stables clean, wash their 

 separators and other dairy utensils regu- 

 larly and to maintain cleanly conditions 

 generally in connection with the handling of 

 their dairy products. This matter of com- 

 jjulsory spraying deserves to be given more 

 consideration than it has yet received in 

 our eastern provinces. 



So much interest was aroused by th© 

 trial shipments of Ontario tomatoes to the 

 British markets made last year, the On- 

 tario government might well issue in bul- 

 letin form the excellent paper on "Tomato 

 Growing and the Possibilities of the British 

 Market," read last month at the annual 

 convention in Toronto of the Ontario Vege- 

 table Growers' Association by Mr. Geo. 

 Cooper, of Grimsby. While Mr. Cooper 

 did not hold out hope for any speedy de- 

 velopment of this trade between Ontario 

 and Great Britain, he showed in a masterly 

 manner that the development of such a 

 trade is practical. He also showed plainly 

 the difficulties in the growing and shipping 

 of tomatoes, as well as in the marketing 

 of them in Great Britain which confront us. 

 We venture to say that Mr. Cooper's paper, 

 which we purpose to publish in full in The 

 Canadun Horticttlturist, contained infor- 

 mation that it would have cost th© govern- 



