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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



April, 1912 



The Canadian Horticulturist i^^ 



PublMhad by The HartiGaltural 

 PublUhing Company, Limitad 



PSTTKHBORO, ONTik.»IO 



The Only Horticultural Magazine 

 in the Dominion 



OrFioiAL Organ or the Ontakio, Qokbkc, Nkw 



Bbonbwick and Prince Kdwarp Isi^nd 



Fruit Growers' Absociationb 



EDITORIAL 



H. Bbonbon Cowan, HkuaglnK Director 



A LAND BOOM IN ONTARIO 



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CIRCULATION STATEMENT 



The following is a sworn statement of the net 

 paid circulation of The Canadian Horticulturist 

 for the year ending with December, 1911. The flg- 

 uree given are exclusive of samples and spoield 

 copies. Most months, including the sample cop 

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

 Horticulturist are mailed to people known to 

 be interested In the growing of frultfl, flowers 

 or vegetables. 



January, 1911 8,082 



February. 1911 8,260 



March. 1911 8,523 



April. 1911 9.«5 



May, 1911 -VSS 



June, 1911 10.178 



July, 1911 10.06J 



August, 1911 10.M3 



September, 19U 9.m 



October, 1911 '•WJ 



November. 1911 -S-'M 



December, 1911 lO.lW 



Total 1M.«9 



Average each issue In 1907, 6,627 



•< •• " " 1908, 8,695 



•• " " " 1909, 8,970 



« " " " 1910, 9,0«7 



" " 1911, 9,541 



Sworn detailed statements will be mailed 



upon application. 



OUR PROTECTIVE POLICY 



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 onlturist to feel that they can deal with our 

 advertisers with our assurance of the advertlB 

 era' reliability. We try to admit to our columns 

 only the most reliable advertisers. Should any 

 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 

 degree, we will discontinue immediately the pub- 

 lication of their advertisements in The Horti- 

 culturist. Should the circumstances warrant. 

 we will expose them through the columns of 

 the paper. Thus we will not only protect our 

 readers, bat our reputable advertisers as well. 

 All that is necesflary to entitle you to the bene- 

 fit of this Protective PoUcy is that you include 

 in all your letters to advertisers the words. 

 1 saw your ad. in The Canadian Horticultunflt. 

 Complaints should be made 10 x>e /«,»«>".«« 

 possible after reason for dissatisfaction has 

 been found. 

 Oommunioatlons should bo addressed 



THE OAHADIAN HORTICULTUEIBT. 

 PETBBBOBO, ONT. 



Ontario is beginning to come into her 

 own. Her possibilities as regards the pro- 

 duction of high grade fruit are now being 

 appreciated at something like their real 

 worth. In all the principal fruit growing 

 sections of the province a new enthusiasm is 

 manifest among the growers as regards the 

 possibilities of their districts and a new 

 spirit of optimism is noticeable in the con- 

 tributions that reach our desk. 



Norfolk county was one of the first to 

 awake. The transformation that has been 

 made in portions of that county cannot be 

 appreciated by anything less than a visit to 

 the districts there where thousands upon 

 thousands of dollars are being invested in 

 lands and in the setting out of orchards. 

 Lambton county is now beginning to ad- 

 vertise her possibilities and there are indi- 

 cations that Huron county will soon be 

 heard from in no uncertain tone. A great 

 reformation is taking place also along the 

 north shore of Lake Ontario where are lo- 

 cated some of the largest orchards in the 

 province. A considerable number of these 

 orchards range from twenty-five to almost 

 one hundred acres in extent. On the farm 

 of Mr. W. H. Gibson, of Newcastle, On- 

 tario, there are rows of apple trees a mile 

 long, something, it is said, that it would be 

 hard to duplicate elsewhere on the conti- 

 nent. The Georgian Bay district, also, is 

 sharing in the incipient boom. 



There is only one surprising feature about 

 the situation : This change should have oc- 

 curred long ago. Land as good as people 

 would have to pay five hundred and six 

 hundred dollars for elsewhere may be pur- 

 chased in Ontario for seventy-five to one 

 hundred dollars an acre. The ubiquitous 

 land agent, gaining courage from the evi- 

 dence of a determination on the part of the 

 provincial government to encourage emigra- 

 tion as well as from the success of the pro- 

 vincial apple show and trial orchards, about 

 which so much has been heard during the 

 last few years, now foresees a chance to buy 

 and sell fruit land at a profit. Therefore, 

 he is making his appearance felt. As the 

 early robin foretells the near approach of 

 summer so the land agents now working in 

 Ontario presage by their operations a wave 

 of interest, during the next few years, in 

 the fruit lands of Ontario such as the pro- 

 vince has never known. In this connection 

 the Ontario Fruit Growers' Association and 

 the government itself should prepare to take 

 all possible steps to prevent the investing 

 public, including as far as possible the Bri- 

 tish public, from being defrauded by wild 

 cat schemes such as have injured many fruit 

 districts. The possibilities of the fruit lands 

 of Ontario are so great their best develop- 

 ment should not be allowed to be hampered 

 by frauds of any kind. 



THE DOMINION ORGANIZATION 



So many matters of importance pressed 

 for attention during the brief three days of 

 the recent Dominion Fruit Conference held 

 in Ottawa a number did not receive the 

 consideration that their importance de- 

 served. This was true of the proposal to 

 form a Dominion Fruit Growers' Associa- 

 tion It was decided to form such an as- 

 sociation and preliminary officers were 



elected, but pressure of other work did not 

 permit of the details of organisation being 

 J»J worked out thoroughly. 



rwi Canada is a large country. It's fruit dis- 



.^ tricts are scattered. They extend, at wide 

 il^ intervals, from the Atlantic to the Pacific. 

 This situation creates inherent difficulties 

 that will militate against the work of such 

 an organization. It will never be possible 

 to fully overcome the handicaps imposed by 

 the time required to conduct correspondence 

 and the expense of holding meetings. As 

 time advances, however, methods of reduc- 

 ing these to a minimum will be discovered 

 and the usefulness of the association will in- 

 crease. In the meantime, the officers of 

 the association can render valuable assis- 

 tance to the fruit interests by following up 

 as closely as possible the work done at the 

 recent conference in order that the deci- 

 sions there reached may be carried into ef- 

 fect with the least possible delay and in the 

 manner most likely to give the best results. 

 One of the duties of this organization should 

 be to urge that a date for the holding of the 

 next conference shall be set sufficiently 

 soon to ensure a greater interest being 

 taken in its deliberations thereby increasing 

 its possibilities for usefulness to the fruit 

 industry. 



Members of the Berlin Horticnltural So- 

 ciety waited on the city council during 

 March and obtained a grant of one hundred 

 and fifty dollai-s to assist in the carrying on 

 of the work of the society. A number of 

 other societies in Ontario obtain an- 

 nual grants from their town and city 

 councils. The Windsor Horticultural Society 

 has done especially good work in this re- 

 spect. Societies, especially those located in 

 the smaller towns and cities where there are 

 no park commissions or park committees 

 of the municipal councils might well fol- 

 low the example set by these societies. The 

 average council is willing to make a reas- 

 onable grant for. horticultural improve- 

 ments when once assured that the money 

 thus granted will be handled by responsible 

 men capable of spending it to the best ad- 

 vantage. Societias that will prepare a de- 

 finite plan of work, especially when they 

 gain the support of their local boacds of 

 trade, may have every reason to expect, 

 upon laying their plans before their muni- 

 cipal councils, to receive liberal financial 

 assistance. 



Horticultural societies that may be look- 

 ing for opportunities to render public ser- 

 vice this year might follow with advantage 

 the plan of picking out certain streets for 

 improvement and then offering prizes to 

 the residents along such streets for the best 

 boulevards, lawns, window-boxes and other 

 horticultural embellishments. By following 

 this plan for a period of a few years a won- 

 derful improvement can be worked in the 

 drivewavs'of any town or small city. Pro- 

 pertv holders along the streets to be im- 

 proved can generally be induced, when ap- 

 proached in the right way, to contribute to 

 the funds required for the carrying on of 

 the work. JIunicipal grants also are some- 

 times available. These streets soon consti- 

 tute driveways of which the municipality 

 becomes proud, and as the work increases 

 in prblio favor its extension to other dis- 

 tricts becomes possible. Such activities as 

 the'° ahvavs call for the expenditure of 

 much time and energy on the part of a few 

 public spirited persons who seldom receive 

 the nublic appreciation that their efforts de- 

 serve The love of horticulture, however, is 

 so deep in the hearts of at least -a few people 



