October, 1912 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



251 



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Nova Scotia 



Tlie United Fruit Companies of Nova 

 Scotia, Limited, organized early for the 

 work of the fruit-shipping season. Mr. A. 

 E. McMahon has been appointed chief in- 

 spector. It will be his duty to examine 

 fruit in warehouses, and in process cf pack- 

 ing and placing on cars. Capt. C. O. Allen 

 has taken charge of the shipping business at 

 Halifax, looking carefully after the treat- 

 ment accorded to the fruit from time of 

 arrival of loaded cars until placea on Doard 

 the steamers. Mr. John N. Chute will be 

 sales agent in Europe, attending to the 

 marketing of the fruit in Great Britain and 

 in Germany. He left for Europe recently 

 and was tendered a farewell banquet by his 

 fellow growers. 



Most of the apples hitherto exported from 

 Nova Scotia have been shipped to two or 

 three British ports only. This year mere 

 is tc be a change in this respect. Arrange- 

 ments have been concluded with brokers in 

 twenty-eight of the larger towns of Great 

 Britain to sell Nova Scotia apples. In this 

 way extra freight charges and sometimes a 

 double commission will be avoided. Similar 

 arrangements have been made with brokers 

 in Holland, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, 

 and Newfoundland. This widening of the 

 market will bring about an increasing de- 

 mand for Nova Scotia apples. Farmers of 

 the Annajjolis Valley are therefore plant- 

 ing more orchards, finding that th« fruit in- 

 dustry in Nova Scotia is a splendid invest- 

 ment. 



Horticultural Exhibit at the 

 Canadian National 



The quality of fruit shown at the Toronto 

 Exhibiticn is steadily improving year by 

 year. Whereas on former occasions it was 

 frequently not difficult to find faulty speci- 

 mens, especially in the case of apples, it was 

 difficult this year to find fruit with even 

 small blemishes. The practice of spraying, 

 which is becoming more general among all 

 commercial fruit grewers, and the increas- 

 ing thoroughness with which this branch 

 of fruit growing is being carried out, is 

 having its effect. 



While the quality was excellent and prac- 

 tically all classes of fruit were fairly well 

 represented, there was not the same quan- 

 tity of fruit on exhibit as one one or two 

 former occasions. The backward season had 

 much to do with this. Owing to the fact 

 that more ajjace was available for the horti- 

 cultural exhibit tliis year, and also that 

 cold storage facilities were x'l'ovided for the 

 more jjerishable fruit, the general appear- 

 ance and arrangement of the fruit exhibit 

 from the standiJoint of visitors to the e-v- 

 hibition was much superior to previous 

 years. 



B.\RLY APPLES 



The quality, as regards both size and 

 coloring of the early varieties of apples, 

 was excellent. The fruit was smooth, well 

 formed and very clean and free from de- 

 fects. The later varieties lacked coloring, 

 but this was easily explained by the back- 

 ward season. The box exhibits were well 

 displayed and the individual boxes of fruit 

 were we'l graded and the majority of them 

 well packed. Practically all the boxed 

 fruit, both apples and pears, came from 

 the vicinity of .St. Catharines and else- 

 where in lihe Niagara District. A good 

 range of varieties was shown in the plate 

 exhibit. The cone collection was confined 

 almost altogether to the early varieties, such 

 as Diuh'ss and Astrachan. 



He Bought Her a 1900 Washer 



ONE OF OUR READERS TELLS 

 HOW HER HUSBAND LEARNED 



What Washday Means to a Woman 



Dear Editor:— Most men have no realization 

 of what "wash-day" means to a woman. Jly 

 husband is one of the best men that ever lived, 

 but he laughed when I asked hira one day to gret 

 ne a 1900 Gravity Washer. I told him it would 

 wash a tubful of 

 clothes In six min- 

 utes. "Why, wife," 

 said he, "a w^ashing 

 machine is a luxury. 

 And besides, there's 

 no better exercise 

 than rubbing- clothes 

 on awashboard. It's 

 good for the back. I 

 think we had better 

 wait 'til we get the 

 farm paid for before 

 fooHng away money 

 on such new-fangled 

 things as washing- 

 machines." 



That set- 

 tledit. Igave 

 up the idea 

 andkeptriKht 



n washing 

 in the same 

 old way. I 

 confess that 



1 felt hurt, but 

 I knew John 

 hadnonotion 

 how hard it 

 was to do the 



washing 

 fora fam- 

 ily of five 

 — three of 

 • .,«.„ -. „ them lit- 



John* Bu«yDay" jle tots. 



I am not very strong, and the washing, with all 

 my otherwork, finallygot thebetterof me. I had 

 Quite a sick spell, and after things had gone at 

 sixes and sevens for nearly two weeks, I sug- 

 gested to John that he had better do the washing. 

 We couldn't hire a girl for love or money, and 

 the situation was desperate. 



So one morninghe started It. My, what a com- 

 motion there was in the kitchen! From my bed- 

 room I occasionally caught glimpses of poor 

 John struggling with that mountain of dirty 

 clothes. 



If ever a man had all the "exercise" he wanted, 

 my husband was that man ! Couldn't help feel- 

 ing sorry for him, and yet it made me laugh, for 

 I remembered how he made fun of me when I 

 hinted so strongly for a 1900 Gravity Washer. 

 When he finally got the clothes done and on the 

 line, he was just about "all in." 



That evening John came to myroom, and said 

 Ttind of sheepishly— "What's the name of the firm 

 Uiat makes those washers you were telling me 



about?" I looked up their advertisement and 

 found the following address: 



K. L. MORRIS, Manager 



THE 1900jWASHER CO., 

 357 Yonge St. TORONTO, CAN. 



That's all he said, but he lost no time in send- 

 ing for their Free WasherBook. Thebookcame 

 in due time and with it an offer to send the 1900 

 Gravity Washer on thirty days' free trial. My 

 husband jumped at the chance to try the Washer 

 without having to spend a cent. "We'll have 

 four weeks' use of the Washer anyway, even if 

 we don't decide to keep it," he said! So he told 

 the Company to send on the Washer. 



It was sent promptly, all charges paid, and the 

 1900 Washer Company offered to let us pay for 

 it in little easy payments. The next week I felt 

 well enough to use it. It is the nicest Washer I 

 ever saw, and It almost runs itself. Takes only 

 six minutes to wash a tubful. and the garments 

 come out spotlessly clean. 



We were all delighted with the 

 Washer, and wrote to the Company | 

 that we would keep it and accept their I 

 easy payment terms of 50 cents a 

 week. We paid for it without ever ' 

 missing the money and 

 wouldn't part with the Washer 

 for five times its cost if we 

 couldn'tgetanotherjustlikrit- 



If women knew what a won- 

 derful help the 1900 

 Gravity Washer is, 

 not one would be 

 without it. It saves 

 work and worry 

 and doctor's bills. 

 Takes aw^ay all the ^ 

 dread of wash-day. 

 I feel like a differ- 

 ent woman since I 

 have quit the use 

 of the washboard. 

 And if any wo- 

 man's husband ob- 

 jects to buying one 

 of these labor-sav- 

 ing machines, take a hint from 

 my experience. Let the man do just one big 

 washing by hand-rubbing on the old-fashioned 

 washboard, and he will be only too glad to get 

 you a 1900 Gravity Washer. 



Anybody can get one on free trial, by first 

 writing for the Washer Book. 



Excuse me for writing such a long letter, but I 

 hope, Mr. Editor, you will print it for the bene^ 

 of the women readers of your valuable paper. 

 Sincerely yours. MRS. J. H. SMITH, 



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Have a Fine Assortment of 



Trees, Vines, Plants, Ornamentals, Etc. 



For Fall Planting 



Mr. OaTerly tells us the 700 CHERRY Trees Bent him 

 la«t Fall came through the Winter fine. Only lost ONE 

 Tree. The finest lot in the Township. 



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