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THE CANADIAN HO RTTCULTURIST 



October, 191 2 



The Canadian Horticulturist 



Publiahxl br Th* Horticullural 

 Publithinff Company, Limited 



PBTrKRBORO, ONTARIO 



The Only Horticultural Magazine 



in the Dominion 



OrriciAL OROiif or the Ontario, Qukbic, New 



BKDN8WICK AMD Prince Edward Island 



Fruit Q rowers' Associations 



H. BnoNSON Cowan, Managing Director 



1. The Canadian Horticulturist is published on 

 the 25th day of the month preceding date of 

 issue. 



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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 

 figures siven are exclusive of samples and spoiled 

 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 

 be interested in the growing of fruits, flowers 

 or vegetables. 



January, 1911 8,082 



February, 1911 g'260 



March, 1911 '.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.s',52i 



April, 1911 9 4^9 



May, 1911 g',78i 



June, 1911 10,178 



July, 1911 10,062 



August, 1911 10,043 



September. 1911 9,973 



October, 1911 ..; 9,991 



November, 1911 9,988 



December, 1911 ; 10,137 



Total 114,489 



Average each issue in 1907, 6,627 



" " " " 1908, 8,ti9.') 



" 1909, 8,970 



1919, 9.067 



'• 19II1 9,541 



September, 1912 (1,477 



Sworn detailed .statements will be mailed 

 upon application. 



OUR 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 advertis- 

 ers' reliability. We try to admit to our columns 

 only the most reliable advertisers. Should any 

 subscriber, therefore, have good cause to be 

 di.ssatisfled with the treatment he receives from 

 any of our advertisers, we will look into the 

 rratter 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 

 ^ve 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." 

 Compliins should be made to us as soon as 

 po.ssible after reason for dissatisfaction has 

 been found. 



Communications should be addressed 

 THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST, 



PETERBORO, ONT. 



THE JORDAN HARBOR STATION 



AVhilo tlic Oiilario (iovcrmuiiit ha.s <li>ne 

 much to promote the cause of horticulture, 

 its treatment of the Jordan Harbor Ex- 

 periment Station, from the inception of 

 that institution, has been disappointing to 

 those *who would like to see the station ac- 

 complish the purposes for which it was es- 

 tablished. Far from being sympathetic in 

 the first place, with the proposal to estab- 

 lish an experiment station in the Niagara 

 District, it was not until the land for the 

 station had been given to the government 

 free of ciyst that it consented to nibct the 

 expense involved in the equipment of the 

 .station and its management. Even in this, 

 however, it has appeared to be more anxious 

 to expend as little as possible than it has 

 been to expend whatever sum might be 

 necessary to enable the station to fulfil the 

 work for which it was established. 



Three years ago Tue Canadian Horticul- 

 turist protested when it was announced 

 that a man, who, while one of the most 

 successful ai)ple growers in the jirovince 

 lacked a knowledge of the growing of ten- 

 der fruit such as is tiroduced in the Niagara 

 District, had been appointed as a sort of 

 under manager of the station. Nearly 

 two years ago we protested again when it 

 was announced that the government, in- 

 stead of appointing a competent resident 

 superintendent at an adequate salary, had 

 decided to ve.st the management of the sta- 

 tion in the hands of an official of tlie de- 

 l>artment, resident iu Toronto, already 

 overburdened with other exacting duties. 

 We then pointed out that such manage- 

 ment was certain to interfere with the 

 efficiency of this official's services in other 

 directions or result in the work ci the sta- 

 tion being neglected. 



The ™sdoni of the stand we then took 

 has recently been confirmed by an editorial 

 contributor of the Weekly Fruit Glower, 

 jjublished at Grimsby, Ont., in the Niagara 

 District, who, after a visit to the station, 

 made a number of serious charges con- 

 cerning it in that tmblication. His charges 

 are that crops intended for revenue have 

 been planted upon the most unsuitable land 

 possible, and are naturally a failure, that 

 experiments are begun and suddenly aban- 

 doned without any apparent reason, and 

 that officials who have conducted experi- 

 ments at the station have left without 

 leaving any record of the work they have 

 accomplished, thereby making it impossible 

 for their successors to continue their work 

 where they left off. The writer in question 

 endorses the demand we made two years 

 ago that the station should be placed iu 

 charge of a competent resident head. 



No i)erson acquainted with the situation 

 will lay any blame at the doors of the pre- 

 sent director of the station, Mr. P. W. 

 Hodgetts. Fruit growers everywhere real- 

 ize the valuable work Mr. Hodgetts is doing 

 on their behalf and the numerous other de- 

 mands that are made on his time. Existing 

 conditions will not be remedied until the 

 government takes a more sympathetic in- 

 terest in the work of the station and appre- 

 ciates its possibilities more fully. When 

 this change of attitude takes place it will 

 be made manifest immediately by the ap- 

 pointment of a thoroughly competent resi- 

 dent director at an adequate salary, and 

 by the granting of sufficient funds to make 



poK,sib!p the conduct at the station of the 

 broad linos of work which fruit and 

 vegetable growers everywhere expect to see 

 it perform. 



RAILWAY GRIEVANCES 



The fruit growers of Ontario have been 

 n'i uniformly successful, since the e.stablish- 

 ment of the Dominion Railway Commission, 

 in obtaining an improvement in their 

 treatment at the hands of the railway com- 

 I)anies whenever they have laid their com- 

 plaints before the commission, they may 

 iook forward with confidence to receiving 

 a sympathetic hearing should they again 

 decide to lay their case before that Tribun- 

 al. Month by month, but more particular- 

 ly during the fruit shipping season, com- 

 plaint has been growing in regard to the 

 inadequate service given by the railway 

 companies in the handling of Ontario fruit 

 intended for the western markets. The 

 shipping rates west of Winnipeg are so ex- 

 orbitant as to practically shut Ontario fruit 

 out of the prairie provinces. This has 

 forced the auction of much of that fruit in 

 Winnipeg as soon as it arrives. 



When the railway companies last appear- 

 ed before the railway commission they 

 promised to provide a four and a half day 

 service to Winnipeg. It usually takes 



seven to eight days. This constitutes a 

 serious grievance both to the growers in 

 the east and the consumers of fruit in the 

 west. The imperative need for an im- 

 provement in these conditions is now ap- 

 parent. It should be possible to present a 

 -strong case before the Board of Railway 

 Commissioners. 



A NATIONAL DISH 



What is the national dish of Canada? A 

 correspondent i)oints out that England has 

 "roast beef," Scotland "oatmeal," and 

 Ireland the "potato," and that these divi- 

 sions of the Empire have also as their em- 

 blems the Rose, the Thistle and the Sham- 

 rock. Canada has the Maple Leaf, but 

 nothing that can 1k> recognized as our fav- 

 orite viand. Our correspondent suggests 

 that we constitute the apple as our premier 

 delicacy. 



The suggestion has much to commend it. 

 Apples are grown in Canada from the At- 

 lantic tc the Pacific. Even the prairie pro- 

 vinces are able to produce certain varie- 

 ties. Apples are beautiful to look upon, 

 delightful to taste, beneficial to the system 

 and are enjoyed by one and all. We rise 

 to move that our contributor be thanked for 

 his suggestion, and that we establish King 

 .\pple as our national dish. Speaking to 

 our motion we venture to suggest that com- 

 parison be made lK>twien a beautiful rosy 

 rt*d apple and beans, the emblem of that 

 great country to our south, to see what 

 prestige the adoption of our motion will 

 tonfer upon us as a nation. 



IMPROVEMENT OF SMALL TOWNS 



.Since the use of the automobile by the 

 more wealthy residents of our towns and 

 cities has become general, with the numer- 

 ous trips through the country districts that 

 their use involve, an added incentive has 

 been given tc numerous small towns and 

 villages to beautify their streets and the 

 surroundings of their homes. In a letter 

 to The Canadian Horticulturist, Dr. J. 

 E. Klotz. of Lanark, Ont., draws atten- 

 tion to this fact, and says: 



"It is now a well-known fact that when 

 "city autoists take a Saturday, Sunday or 

 "other holiday in the country they in- 



