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EDITOR! A I.. 



Trie Canadian Hortic(:iIt'Orist 



TKe Only Horticultural Magazine in 

 tKe Dominion. 



OFFICIAL. OKGAN 



ONTARIO FRUIT (iROWEKS' ASSOCIATION. 



THK POMOLOr.ICAL AND FRUIT GROWING SOCIETY 



OF THE PROVINCE OF C^UEUEC. 



I'RINCE EDWARD ISLAND FRUIT GROWERS' 



.\SS0CIAT10N. 



H. ItKoNsoN CowAN, Editor and Business .Man.-iger. 



W. (!. Rook, .Advenisiiig Manager. 



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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST, 



TORONTO, CANADA 



A. DOMINION CONFERENCE REQUIRED. 



Fruit growers should press the proposal to 

 hold a Dominion conference. This matter has 

 been discussed and approved of by several of 

 the provincial fruit growers' associations and 

 the assistance of the Hon. Sydney Fisher, Min- 

 ister of Agriculture, has been promised. The 

 first move must come from the Dominion De- 

 partment and a gentle reminder, at this time, 

 from the fruit growers may, therefore, be in 

 order. 



Such a conference is greatly needed. There 

 are many ma.-ers pressing for a solution 

 which the fruit growers are unable to settle 

 satisfactorily through their provincial associa- 

 tions. Several of the provinces are using ....... 



ferent sized boxes, barrels and baskets for the 

 shipment of fruit and considerable confusion is 

 sometimes caused thereby. Certain sizes should 

 be agreed on by the different provinces and 

 adopted as the standard Canadian packages. 

 Present conditions are little better than chaotic. 



The marketing of fruit is a question which 

 requires a great deal of careful consideration. 

 An effort might well be made to see if anything 



can be done to ensure growers receiving proper 

 returns fiom commission dealers not only on 

 this side of the Atlantic but on the other side 

 as well. While the great majority of commis- 

 sion men are perfectly honest expeiience has 

 shown that some are dishonest, and protection 

 against such is what fruit growers desire. 

 Many important phases of the transportation 

 question could be dealt with more satisfactorily 

 through a Dominion organization than provin- 

 cially. Some provisions of the Fruit Marks 

 Act and possible additions to it might well be 

 dealt with. 



Through the Dominion Department of Agri- 

 cultuie the leniJing dairy authorities in the dif- 

 ferent provinces have been enabled to holu two 

 valuable conferences at Ottawa. A year ago 

 the live stock men held a similar gathering. 

 The fruit men should now press their case. No 

 better time or place for such a meeting could 

 be selected than the next provincial Fruit, 

 Flower and Honey Show- in Toronto. 



CO-OPERATIVE ASSOCIATIONS. 



The Ontario F^iuit dowers' Association acted 

 wisely last month when it decided to make an 

 active effort to form more local fruit growers 

 cooperative associations. More good will ac- 

 crue to fruit growers through these local asso- 

 ciations than in any other way. This is the 

 'best form of cooperation. 



After growers have learned how to work to- 

 gether through their local associations the foun- 

 dation will have been completed for a strong 

 provincial organization. A provincial organi- 

 zation composed of scores of local cooperative 

 associations would be in a position to settle 

 many of the difflculties growers have to contend 

 with in the marketing of their fruit. Without 

 the local organizations to start with it will be a 

 difficult matter to form a strong provincial as- 

 sociation. Many of our growers have yet to 

 learn the first simple principles of cooperation. 



VALUE OF FERTILIZERS. 



Evidence of the great advances that are be- 

 ing made in the methods of growing fruit, flow- 

 ers and vegetables may be found in the in- 

 creased attention that is being given to the use 

 of commercial fertilizers. A few years ago the 

 man who purchased fertilizers was considered, 

 by many, to lack in brains. To-day it is recog- 

 nized th'it the judicious use of fertilizers, on 

 most soils, is a profitable investment. 



The reason there has not been a more rapid 

 increase in the use of commercial fertilizers Is 

 due to the many mistakes that have been made 

 by growers. Many growers, when they have 

 heard the use of a certain fertilizer has proved 

 profitable to some of their neighbors, have pur- 

 chased the same fertilizer and used it in the 

 same manner as their neighbor w'ithout stop- 

 ping to consider the special requirements of 

 their soil. These men. when not satisfied with 

 results, have loudly proclaimed commercial 

 fertilizers to be a fraud when the trouble has 

 really been due to their own ignorance. 



