July, 1912 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



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Convenient Shipping Device 



The ilhistration shows the manner of shipping 

 single layer Truit oases which was adopted for 

 the peaches and choice dessert fruit sent to 

 the Festival of Empire Exhibition in London 

 last year. Three cases are fastened together 

 by the use of the iron clips shown in the illus- 

 tration. These clips are driven on with a mini- 

 mum of labor and time and hold the cases to- 

 gether very firmly. The cost is three and a 

 quarter cents a crate of three cases. The clips 

 may be obtained from John N. Warminster, 207 St. 

 James St., Montreal.— Illustration furnished by J- A. 

 Ruddick, Gold Storage Commissioner. 



the convention of the British Columbia 

 Fruit Growers' Association the growers 

 were unanimously in favor of adopting our 

 Canadian export box as the standard box 

 for the homo trade also." 



Robt. Thompson : "If we allow this mat- 

 ter to stand as it i.<? they will still be able 

 to use the Canadian box if they want to." 



R. W. Shepherd. Como, Quebec: "Our 

 present Canadian box answers all require- 

 ments. We will be retrograding if we do 

 not adopt a standard box." 



Maxwell Smith, Vancouver, B.C. : "Our 



present Canadian box was approved for use 

 at the last Dominion Conference not only 

 for export purposes but for the home trade 

 as well. Pressure was brought to bear on 

 the government, however, which led to the 

 words "for export" being inserted in the 

 Act establishing it as a standard box, al- 

 though it was not intended by the confer- 

 ence that these words should be added. We 

 have made a start at uniformity by adopts 

 ing this box as a standard box for the ex- 

 port trade, and we should complete this 

 work by adopting this box for use for the 

 home trade as well as abroad." 



On the question being put to the confer- 

 once the resolution in favor of adopting the 

 export box as a standard box for home use 

 also was carried by a large majority. 



Fruit Distributing Facilities* 



W. H. Bunting, St. Catharines, Oot. 



The proper distribution throughout Can- 

 ada of the increasing supplies of fruit will 

 necessitate a close study of transportation 

 facilities. In this resr>ect there is room for 

 great improvement. The officials of our 

 larger railway companies are becoming 

 more and more interested in the fruit trade; 

 they realize that it is an important addi- 

 tion to the volume of traffic, but are not 

 yet sufficiently impressed with the claims 

 of the fruit-grower for better equipment, 

 service and despatch. In many cases very 

 unsuitable cars are supplied ; unusual delays 

 in transit are frequently experienced; 

 serious losses occur which are very difficult 

 to adjust: rates of carriage are in many 

 cases excessive and absorb too much of the 

 ultimate value of the product. Some relief 



Douglas Gardens 



=Oakville, Ontario= 



•Extract from a paper read at the recent 

 Dominion Fruit Conference in Ottawa. 



We lead in 



PEONIES 



in Canada. 



The following facts go to sub- 

 stantiate this claim, viz: — Our Fall 

 Planting List, — to be issued 1st 

 August, next,— will describe and of- 

 fer 67 varieties. Of these varieties 

 63 are double and 4 are single. Of 

 the double varieties, the American 

 Peony Society classifies 33 as "Ex- 

 tra" or "Very Good"; 25 as 

 "Good"; 4 as "Medium," and one 

 not classified. The same Society 

 has published a list of 50 varieties 

 recommended for Cut Flower pur- 

 poses, and a list of 60 for Land- 

 scape purposes. Of the former list 

 we offer 29 varieties, and of the 

 lattfer list 30 varieties. 



We strongly recommend garden 

 owners to procure some of these 

 fine Peonies for planting in Sep- 

 tember. 



The prices are quite reasonable. 

 Send name and address and re- 

 ceive a copy of our Planting List. 



JOHN CAVERS 



Announcement 



The demand for Pedigreed Nursery 



Stock during the past season has 

 been so heavy that we could not 

 supply all our customers, and we have 

 therefore very greatly extended our 

 business. 



Stock planted last fall has come 

 through the severe winter in excel- 

 lent condition and we feel warranted 

 in again advising fall planting for most 

 varieties of fruit. 



We shall be glad to answer all en- 

 quiries and quote prices for October 

 delivery. 



AUBURN NURSERIES 



QUEENSTON, ONT. 



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 Fall Packing Number for September. Those of 

 you who saw our splendid issue of last September 

 will not need to be urged to take advantage of this 

 special number which promises to eclipse its pre- 

 decessor in every way. 



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