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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



November. 1912. 



I RHODES DOUBLK CUT 

 PRUNING SBEAIt 



RHODES MFQ, CO., 



»»« S. DIVISION AVE , ORAND RAPIDS. niCH. 



■THE only 

 prunei 

 madetnat culs 

 from both sides o( 

 the hmb and does not 

 bniise the bark. Made in 

 all styles and sizes. We 

 pay Elxpress charges 

 on all orders. 

 Write for 

 circular and 

 prices. 



STBATFORD 



EXTENSION 

 LADDER 



It is the safest and best on the 

 market. Fitted with automatic 

 hooks that lock at every runv 

 and unlock between the rungs 



LIGHT, STRONG 



EASILY OPERATED 

 AND DURABLE 



=H IF Intereited writ* for CataloKue F 

 THE 



StraKord Mfg.Oo. 



Limited 



STRATFORD, CANADA 



Makers of Ladders for every con- 

 ceivable purpose 



WILL 



I 1 n 1 o 



WILL YOUR 

 1913 CROP 

 BE BETTER9 



7 



It depends very larjfely on the seed 

 you ^sow You want seed of strong- 

 j;ermlnation and true to character, 

 such as can only be assured in 



CARTER'S TESTED SEEDS 



Carter's is one of the olde-t, and is certainly 

 the most scientific of the seed houses in the Brit- 

 ish Empire. Everything from Carter's is good. 

 Before you conclude ycur orders for spring, be 

 sure yon 



Write for our Catalotrue 



It is full of valuable information aiidjs^up- 

 to-date in every^particular. 



PA TTERSON, WYLDE & CO. 



Sole Ag-ents for Canada 



133 King St. East TORONTO 



Established 1896 

 Cable Address :— Rhubarb, Manchester. 



George Johnson 



Fruit and Produce Broker 



Smithfield Market, Manchester 



CONSIGNMENTS OF 

 APPLES SOLICITED 



Takes charge at Liverpool, Manchester 

 London, Hamburjr, Havre 



All Boxes or Barrels to be marked— 



Geo. Johnson M/c 



cAll correspondence and advices direct to 

 CManchester, Head Office 



Highest Possible Prices and Prompt Returns 



Imperial Bank 



Established OF CANADA 1875 



HEAD OFFICE TORONTO 



Capital Paid-up. . 6,555.000.00 



Reserve Fund . 6.555,000.00 



Total Assets . 72,000,000.00 



D. R. WILKIE, Presidont and General Manager 

 HON. R. JAFFRAY. Vice-President 



Branches and Ag:enclaa throuerhout 

 the Dominion o1 Canada 



Letters of Credit, Drafts and Money Orders 



Issued available in all parts 



of the world 



Special attention given to'coUections 



Savincs Departmant at all Branches 



Interest allowed on deposits at best current rates 



Sprayers 



Sulfur Dusters 



For Fighting Every Disease of Cultivated Plants 



Knapsack, Pack Saddle or Horse Drawn 

 Power Sprayers 



Send for Catalogues l/PDMADPf Manufacturer, 



and particulars to : 



(Rhone). FRANCE 



VILLEFRANCHE 



they could have cold storagre and better rail- 

 way and in:irket facilities. Mr. J. L. Let- 

 ourneau and Mr. J. C. Chapais also spoke. 



COOPERATION 



In a paper on "Some Featui^s of Coop- 

 eration," Mr. Robert Brodie of Montreal, 

 pointed out that notwithstanding the rath- 

 er stronjr opposition of certain int<'rests, 

 there were five cooperative societies in dif- 

 ferent parts of the province of Quebec. 

 "These societies," he asserted, "are yet in 

 their infancy, and have much to learn. It 

 may be," he added, "that competition is 

 the life of industry, but very often it is 

 the death of private industries." Mr. Brodie 

 .idvised fruit sfow'ers to combine for the 

 purpose of buyinjf machines and imple- 

 ments that were only required occasionally. 



Rev. Father Leopold, of La Trappe, read 

 a papeir upon"Tnsecticides and Funcricides." 

 In this (he dealt very thoroughly with the 

 physiolog-ical troubles that affect plant life, 

 indicating the causes of these diseases and 

 contributory conditions. He advocated that 

 disease in plants should be combatted bv 

 the community as a whole as well as by the 

 individual. At a later stage Father Leo- 

 pold gave an interesting demonstration 

 in the art of properly packing apples. 



In an informal talk on strawberry culti- 

 vation, Mr. F. X. Gosselin, director of the 

 Demonstration Orchard at Ste. Famile, dis- 

 cussed methods of planting. In the general 

 discussion tliat followed, those that took 

 part included Messrs. R. Brodie. Peter Reid, 

 Mr. Solyme Roy, Father Leopold, Mr. 

 Hitchcock and J. C. Chapais. 



Cold Storage the Solution 



Much money is lost annually by fruit 

 growers, who owing to lack of proper facili- 

 ties for holding their fruit till a favorable 

 market offers, are obliged to dispose of their 

 season's crop practically as soon as it is 

 harvested, no matter what the condition of 

 the market may be. Such conditions place 

 the .growers practically at the mercy of the 

 buyers, and with many it is a frequent oc- 

 currence to dispose of their season's crop at 

 a low price at the time it is harvested, and 

 then later on to see other growers who hnd 

 facilities for holding their crop without de- 

 terioration, sell at a considerably advanced 

 rate. 



Recent reports this season indicate that 

 quite a number of fruit growers who usual- 

 ly sell their crop to local buyers in bulk 

 have inot yet disposed of their season's crop. 

 The anxiety of some of these growers to 

 sell is apt to lead them to accept prices less 

 than what their fruit is really worth. A 

 grower in the Niagara District with a fine 

 crop of apples was recently seriously con- 

 sidering the prospect of sacrificing his 

 whole crop, for said he, "What else can I 

 do.? No one has come to buy it." And yet 

 in a few months fruit such as he had, if in 

 good condition, would find a ready market 

 at good prices. 



Anything which offers them relief from 

 local or temporary conditions in the hand- 

 ling of their fruit crop, means larger re- 

 turns to the fruit growers. Many coopera- 

 tive associations have accomplished this re- 

 sult for their members by the erection of 

 cold storage warehouses. But many grow- 

 ers are not in a position to take advantage 

 of the facilities offered by these cooperative 

 waireihouses. To such the large terminal 

 cold storage w;irehouses, such as that of 

 the New Brunswick Cold Storage Co.. Ltd., 

 of St. John. N. B., erected for just this 

 purpose, will appeal with special interest 

 as a means of maintaining their crop in 

 good condition until a favorable time for 

 selling. 



The advajntages of terminal cold storage 



