Septembar, 1912 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



221 





A Two-Three, Five- 

 Five Pack. One hund- 

 red and twenty- 

 five apples. 



A Two-Two, Eight 

 Eight Pack. One hund- 

 red and twenty- 

 eight apples 



tiite for elm will probably be birch, which 

 is comparatively plentiful. 



Slack cooperage is of vastly greater im- 

 portance than tight cooperage in Canada, 

 This because the majority of Canadian pro- 

 ducts are of a rough and dry nature, such 

 as lime, potatoes, apples, dry fish, flour, 

 and cerals, and because Canadian woods are 

 best suited to slack cooperage. 



White oak, the only wood which can be 

 used for containers of alcholic liquids, has 

 been practically exhausted in Canadi.an 

 woodlands. In 1911 only 2,768,000 oak 



staves were cut, while 7,293,000 were im- 

 ported. 



A rough estimate on the part of the For- 

 estry Branch places the minimum amount of 

 material used in the manufacture of all 

 classes of cooperage as 62,3.53,190 board feet 

 made up as follows : staves, 29,367,714 feet, 

 heading, 24,466,666 feet, and hoops, 62,353, 

 190 feet. 



Selling Associations Needed 



A. McNeil, Chief, Dominion Fruit Division, Ottawa 



The necessity of organization among all 

 classes of fruit dealers could not be better 

 illustrated than by an incident that occurred 

 in the Toronto market July 8th. Straw- 

 berries were particularly scarce this year; 

 that alone would have justified a high price. 

 A further consideration in connection with 

 the price is that the canners were buying 

 all the strawberries that were offered. 

 The Toronto market felt the consequence 

 of these conditions and strawberries for the 

 first week in July ruled very high, so high 

 indeed, that it was suspected that Toronto 

 fruit firms had formed a combination for 

 the purpose of "boosting" prices. 



The growers at Clarkson, and other 

 points in the strawberry district noted the 

 high prices in Toronto, and as there was no 

 arganization a large number of them shipped 

 independently to Toronto for Saturday's 

 market. The result wa* that the com- 

 mission merchants found themselves liter- 

 ally buried under strawberries. Had it 

 been the first of the week, perhaps some- 

 thing could have been done with the ber- 

 ries, but being Saturd.siy large consumers 

 could not use them, and fruit that would 

 quite readily command twelve or fourteen 

 cents a box, was offered at eight and nine 

 cents a box, and a large quantity of it was 

 not sold at all. Had the strawberry grow- 

 ers been organized, even at Clarkson, this 

 condition could not have prevailed. 



The losses on strawberries for this one 

 day would pay the expen.ses of a selling 

 organization for the season. 



There would have been some compensa- 

 tion if the consumers had benefitted from 

 this lowering of price*. As a matter of 



Douglas Gardens 



Oakville, Ontario 



The best time to plant Pseonies, 

 German Irises, Japanese Irises. 

 Delphiniums and Phloxes, is in the 

 early fall. The best time to g-ive 

 an order for these is NOW. 



We offer 67 varieties of Paeonies 

 at piices from 30 cts. to $3 per 

 plant ; 



J2 varieties of Irises at 15 cts. 

 to 25 cts. per plant ; 



Delphiniums, (Larkspurs), Gold 

 Medal Hybrids, a choice mixture, 

 at 15 cts. per plant ; 



And 6 varieties of Phloxes at 



15 cts to 20 cts. per plant. 



("Miss Lingard" Fhlox at 20 cts. 

 should be in every garden.) 



Daffodils must be planted in 

 early fall. We offer 8 fine sorts at 

 prices 2 cts. to 5 cts. each. 



Our Fall Planting- List, now 

 ready for distribution, describes all 

 of the above. Send name and ad- 

 dress for a copv. 



JOHN CAVERS 



Darr Farm, Niagara-on-the-Lake. 

 August ist, igii 



"Regarding the large block of Pedigreed Cher- 

 ries, Peaches, Pcirs, Plums and bush fruits we 

 planted last fall, am pleased to tell you the results 

 are in every way satisfactory. The few trees put 

 in this spring do not compare with the fall plant, 

 either in growth or take. We lost considerably 

 more of the spring planted trees, and the growth 

 is much shorter. In future we plant in the fall. 



D. A. RODGERS 



PEDIGREED CHERRIES, planted November 1910, 99 per cent, thrifty July. 1911. 

 The property of D. A. R. ROGERS, Darr Farm, Niagara 



We stronRly recommend the fall planting- of all fruits cxccptin^af yearling phims, which are inclined to frerzc 

 back, and should be planted in the spring. Where the land is suitable and the work well done, fall planting has in 

 every case proved more satisfactory than spring planting-. Particularly is this noticeable this dry season. The land 

 is usually in fine planting condition in the fall, the trees q uite dormant, the weather cool, and more time can be given 

 to plant carefully. Fall plantpd trees arc well established by spring, and make a much heavier growth than 

 spring planted orch;>.rds. These are a few reasons why fall planting pays. 



Orders should be sent in early, and we are prepared to ma ko quick delivery as soon as stock is thoroughly matured. 



Auburn Nurseries, Ltd., Queenston, Ont. 



