December, 1912. 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



287 



The Exhibit of Onions wa» a Feature at the Ontario Horticultural Exhibition 



Storing of vegetables in the proper way, 

 so that they can be brought on the mar- 

 ket when the market is in the best con- 

 dition and the growers can realize the 

 best prices. 



POOH RAILWAY 8EBVI0E 



Mr. E. E. Adams, of Leamington, 

 showed how most of the markets were 

 spoiled through lack of proper railway 

 service. He gave an instance of this 

 which he had experienced. He had sent 

 out a car of produce every day for a cer- 

 tain time, but instead of arriving on the 

 market one car a day, they came in 

 bunches of four and five, thus causing 

 a glut, and as a consequence he could 

 not realize the price he otherwise would 

 have, had the cars arrived in the order 

 he had sent them out. Mr. Adams hop- 

 ed that in the near future something 

 would be Jone to have freight rates ar- 

 ranged on a more equable basis and to 

 (•nsure not only more prompt delivery at 

 'crminals, but better car service as well. 

 Each branch was advised by one 

 grower to take up the matter of freight 

 rates and secure definite information 

 which could then be laid before the rail- 

 way commissioner. As transportation 

 was a burning question with the vege- 

 table growers, it was thought it should 

 receive first consideration rather than 

 cooperation, and the one point to be kepi 

 to the front was to gather definite evi- 

 dence, and then to hit while the iron was 

 hot. 



.\ resolution was carried appointing 

 a committee to act in conjunction with 

 a similar committee from the Ontario 



Fruit Growers' Association to meet the 

 railway commissioner in regard to ad- 

 justing the freight rates. 



Mr. J. J. Davis, of Byron, gave a 

 short but interesting address on green- 

 house work, describing the methods he 

 employs in his own greenhouse in the 

 growing of different crops, but more 

 especially lettuce. Mr. Davis believes 

 the Skinner system is the best method 

 of watering lettuce, as the spray is light. 

 Mr. Roy Ellis, Leamington, a large 

 grower of vegetables under glass, dealt 

 with the growing of cucumbers in the 

 house. He recommended the planting of 

 cucumbers on the ground and not on the 

 benches, and of having bees to fertilize 

 the blossoms. 



.^t the evening session an address was 

 given by Hon. J. S. Duff, Minister of 

 Agriculture, Toronto. Following this. 

 Prof. Hutt, of the Guelph Agricultural 

 College, gave an appreciated address on 

 "The Ornamental .Side of Market Gar- 

 dening," which w-as illustrated by a 

 number of fine steriopticon views . 



Bean Growing Under Glass 



John Gall, Inglewood, Ont. 



While beans are not grown commer- 

 cially under glass, they are very accept- 

 able for the private table, and far super- 

 ior to any that can be procured on the 

 market during the winter months ; there- 

 fore, for private greenhouses, beans are 

 to be highly recommended as'' a forced 

 vegetable. When successfully grown, it 

 is surprising the number which can be 



gathered . 



There are two methods of growing this 

 vegetable — on raised benches or in pots. 

 If grown in pots, half fill seven-inch pots 

 with fairly rich porous soil, then plant 

 six or seven beans in a pot. As the beans 

 grow keep adding soil by degrees until 

 filled. It takes about eight to nine weeks 

 to mature a crop in a temp TAture of 

 fifty-five degrees at night, with seventy 

 to seventy-five during the day. The 

 bench system is preferable, us there is 

 less labor and attention required, and re- 

 sults are equal, if not better. 



Greenhouse vegetable forcing has 

 come to be one of the important branches 

 of the profession. The product appeals 

 readily to the consumer, as the plants 

 are not subjected to extreme tempera- 

 tures such as our early garden vegetables 

 are at times. The results are they are 

 tender and can be appreciated by all. 



Marketing Early Vegetables 



E. E. Adamn, Leamington, Ont. 

 Before one enters the early vegetable 

 business, he should get some informa- 

 tion as to the probable chances he may 

 have of marketing his products. I find 

 many go into this, without giving the 

 real business end of it much thought, in 

 fact, many do not even try to find a pur- 

 chaser until they have their goods in the 

 package. One should be ahead of that 

 system or no system and get busy before 

 there is anything to market, and have 

 arrangements made so that they may 

 have some idea what they are doing. 



A reasonably good system is for a 

 shipper to procure a line of dealers 

 throughout a greater or lesser territory, 

 as occasion may require, giving these 

 dealers prices on the different products 

 as they mature, and soliciting their busi- 

 ness for large or small quantities. It 

 pays to explain to dealers what there is 

 to offer either by description or when 

 making out price sheets have cuts of the 

 different stock representing their type as 

 nearly as possible. Some dealers do not 

 know much about some kinds of products 

 and an idea expressed by a cut or en- 

 graving aids them. 



Weekly quotations should be sent out 

 by mail about the last of each week, 

 covering the week following. I have 

 found this method very satisfactory dur- 

 ing a number of years and only consign 

 to commission men my surplus stock each 

 day. In this way I keep my packing 

 house cleared out of each day's gather- 

 ing. 



Some growers form an association anfl 

 have a manager to attend to the distri- 

 bution. This is a good method provided 

 the manager understands the business. 

 The same methods are employed in sell- 

 ing the goods with the expense of sell- 

 ing deducted pro rata acording to the 

 quantity of goods handled during the 

 season. 



