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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURISi , 



the west is what Httle surpkis is left over 

 after the Ontario and Montreal demand is 

 supplied. In Nelson, B. C, one grower is 

 able to supply the local demand, with the re- 

 sult that all the other growers in that sec- 

 tion bend their energies to filling the de- 

 mand for the Winnipeg market and other 

 cities in Manitoba and thfe Territories. 



" Ontario growers might be growing 

 three times as many berries as they do, but 

 as long as they oscillate between the local 

 and distant markets, without bending their 

 energies to developing a profitable trade ex- 

 clusively with one or the other it will be im- 

 possible for them to work up a first-class 

 trade with the west. If they are going to 

 work \\\y such a trade it means that they 

 must keep their business engagements, even 



if it sometimes means a loss to them to do 

 so, as otherwise the buyers in the west will 

 not have confidence in them and will be 

 slow to give them orders. 



" Ontario growers will have, also, to raise 

 the varieties that will prove the best sellers, 

 and pick and pack these berries especially 

 for shipment. Only by definite work of 

 this kind will they be able to compete with 

 the British Columbia growers. One fail- 

 ure to fill an order has a worse efifect with 

 a buyer than even a shipment of poor fruit, 

 as a small amount of poor fruit can be sold, 

 if necessary, at a lower price, while if no 

 berries are shipped at all the buyer is left 

 in a bad position. When I was in Winni- 

 peg British Columbia fruit growers were 

 receiving $2 net per case for their berries." 



LONDON PARKS 



F(^R a city of 40,000 inhabitants Lon- 

 don is fairly well supplied with 

 parks. The greatest need in the future 

 will be small play grounds for the children. 

 There is a movement on foot, inaugurated 

 by Ex-Mayor Beck, to acquire small areas 



in dififerent parts of the city to be laid out as 

 playgrounds for children, so that we hope 

 to have this need filled also. 



VICTORIA PARK. 



Within three blocks of the center of the 

 city Victoria park is located. It has an 



Flower Bed in Victoria Park, London, Ont. 



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