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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



September, 191 2 



BULBS AT SPECIAL PRICES 



I have Imported direct from the Growers A LARGE QUANTITY OF 

 EXTRA CHOICE BULBS for House and Garden Culture. Extra Good 

 Named Varieties for Beddinp. It will pay you to get my prices. Write at once . 



C. MORTIMER BEZZO, Bulb Importer, BERLIN, CANADA 



Cold Storage Fruit 

 Warehouse 



Finest Apple Rooms in the Dominion for 

 EXPORT AND LOCAL TRADE 



Special Rooms for All Kinds of Perishable 

 Goods 



THE CANADA COLD STORAGE CO. 



LIMITED 

 53 WILLIAM STREET, MONTREAL 



Send your consignments of APPLES to the 

 Home Country to 



Ridley Moulding & Co. 



COVENT GARDEN 



LONDON, ENGLAND 



who specialize in APPLET and PEARS dur- 

 ing the Season. Personal attention, prompt 

 account sales and remittance 



Correspondence invited 



iBuy Certainty With Your Wagon 



@ 'nr^HERE is no longer any need to speculate in wagons. Before you buy ^ 

 a I a wagon you can be sure of the quality of wood in hubs, spokes, ^ 

 ga felloes, axles, bolsters, stakes, and boxes; of the weight and quality |g|p 



W of metal in tires, skeins and ironing. I H C wagons ,. j 



Petrolia 



Chatham f 



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are the easiest running, longest lasting wagons you can buy because the 

 lumber used is carefully selected — first grade oak and hickory for wheels, 

 the finest yellow or bay poplar for box sides, and the very best long-leaf 

 yellow pine for box bottoms— all free from shakes, checks or other 

 defects which would interfere with their giving the best service. 



The construction of I H C wagons is worthy of the good material used. 

 The air-dried lumber is machined swiftly by accurate, automatic ma- 

 chines, doing the work uniformly well and at a cost away below that of 

 turning out wagon parts by old fashioned methods. The saving thus 

 made is returned to you in better quality of material. All joints fit 

 snugly. Skeins are paired, assuring easy running. All ironing and other 

 metal parts are extra thick and strong. 



Go to the I H C local agent who handles these wagons and ask him to 

 prove our claims. Remember, that our responsibility does not cease 

 when the sale is made. You are the person who must be satisfied. 



The 1 H C local agent will show you the kind best suited to your needs. 

 See him for literature and full information or write the near- 

 est branch house. 



EASTERN CANADIAN BRANCHES 

 INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER COMPANY OF AMERICA 



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At Hamilton, Ont. 

 Ottawa, Ont. 



(Incorporated) 



London, Ont. 

 Quebec. P. Q. 



Montreal, P. Q. 

 St. John, N. B. 



1 H C Service Bureau 



The purpose of this Bureau is to furnish, free of charge to all, the 

 best information obtainable on better farming It you have any 

 worthy questions concerning soils, crops, land drainage, irrigationj 

 fertilizers, etc., make your inquiries specific and send them to I H G 

 Service Bureau, Harvester Buildinii, Chicago, USA 



Market Prospects 



Th© conditions of the markets, so far as 

 Canadian apples are concerned, are fairly 

 re-assuring. The apple crop in Europe is 

 universally short, and this shortage, though 

 it may b© in countries such as Augtria- 

 Hungary, Switzerland and Italy, to which 

 Canadian apples are not exported, has a 

 direct influence upon the export price of 

 Canadian apples. Germany imports an 

 average of 3,000,000 barrels of apples from 

 the surrounding continental countries an- 

 nually. The imports from Canada and the 

 United States so far have not been large, 

 but there seems no reason why there should 

 not be a splendid opening this year in Ger- 

 many and probably in other countries on 

 the continent. The prospect for improved 

 transportation from Canada direct to Ger- 

 many is good. If the proper commercial 

 connections can be mad© at once, there 

 would seem to be a possibility of making up 

 by exports from Canada the shortage that 

 Germany will have in her imports from 

 Continental Europe. Franc© may be ex- 

 pected to take fairly large quantities of 

 late winter varieties. Ru,ssets and Ben 

 Davis have been favorities for this trade in 

 the past. 



The British markets offer more th.in 

 ordinary attractions this year. There is a 

 general shortage of fruit. The industrinl 

 conditions, while not without disturbing 

 elements, are not such as to discour.ige 

 generous buying on the part of the English 

 wholesale merchants. 



Some uncertainty surrounds the condi- 

 tions of the United States apple crop. It 

 is only an average crop in any particular 

 locality, hut this average crop is so widely 

 distributed that many large markets will be 

 supplied locally with the great bulk of fruit 

 required. The class of fruit that most con- 

 cerns the Canadian grower is the snppl.v of 

 winter apples or the quantity that will go 

 into cold storage that may come into con- 

 sumption during the months of December, 

 January, Februarv and March. This grade 

 of fruit is not abnormally large in the 

 United Stat©s this year and, if good indus- 

 trial conditions continue to exist, the great- 

 er part of this will be absorbed by the home 

 market at fair prices. Nevertheless, should 

 there be a special demand from European 

 markets, a large portion of this fruit would 

 be immediately available to meet it. 



The prospects, therefore, would seem to 

 be for a fair to medium demand in Great 

 Britain for fall and early winter fruit, and 

 perhaps a somewhat better market for win- 

 ter fruit. Should Canadian apples, suitable 

 for late winter shipments, pass into strong 

 hands prices may rule fairly high in Great 

 Britain. 



One of the disturbing elements in the 

 Canadian apple market is the large crop of 

 the American Pacific States. These apples 

 compete at a disadvantage in the English 

 market, but are practically on even terms 

 in the North-West markets. It is possible, 

 therefore, that the North-West will receive 

 this year a large quantity of imported ap- 

 ples. It is possible, too, that the British 

 Columbia shippers, having their first large 

 crop for export, may not be so well organ- 

 ized as to meet with advantage the competi- 

 tion of the American growers. — Bulletin, 

 Dominion Fruit Division, Ottawa, 



I think very highly of The Canadian 

 HoRTiOTJLTtrRiST, and find it a great help to 

 me in my work as a fruit grower. I have 

 thirty acres in orchard. — A. J, Turner, 

 Berwick, N. 8. 



