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Have patience with the man who has 

 made mistakes and despise not the counsels 

 of your neighbor who has failed — he may 

 have paid the price of your successes — but 

 seek to avoid the errors which resulted in 

 that failure, and if he still remains, co- 

 operate with him for your mutual advant- 

 age and the world will be better for your 

 both having lived in it. 



Fruit growers should come together and 



mutually profit by past experiences, obser- 

 vations, successes and failures ; cooperate 

 in determining what is best to plant ; co- 

 operate in methods of planting, pruning, 

 spraying and cultivating ; cooperate in pick- 

 ing, sorting and packing ; cooperate in ship- 

 ping and marketing; cooperate in main- 

 taining uniformity of prices according to 

 grade, so that every man may receive the 

 just reward of his labor. 



TRIAL SHIPMENTS TO THE WEST 



GOOD work is being done b} the St. 

 Catharines Cold Storage and For- 

 warding Co. in the matter of experimental 

 shipments of small fruit and tomatoes to 

 Winnipeg. An attempt is being made to 

 have two cars go each week. " This year 

 the work is being done to supple- 

 ment that done last season by Prof. Rey- 

 nolds, of the O. A. C, Guelph," said Mr. 

 W. H. Bunting, of St. Catharines, honorary 

 president of the Ontario Fruit Growers' As- 

 sociation. 



Different types of cars fitted with differ- 

 ent cooling systems are being tested. Mr. 

 W. W. Moore, of the Markets Division, De- 

 partment of Agriculture, Ottawa, has pro- 

 mised to furnish thermographs for the cars. 

 " The Provincial Fruit Growers' Associa- 

 tion," said Mr. Bunting, " purposes send- 

 ing along practical men to superintend the 

 shipments, watch conditions en route, and 

 sales in Winnipeg. 



" A new package is being tested for 

 peaches and the finer fruits. The dimen- 

 sions are 20 x 14 x 4^ inches, and four 

 small baskets can be placed in each of these. 

 When full of peaches the total weight is 



I have observed that the bark of your 

 trees in Canada is much rougher than with 

 us in the Eastern States. It must be due 

 to the colder climate. — (A. N. Brown 

 Wyoming, Delaware. 



about 18 pounds. At present it is being 

 used for western shipments, but we intend 

 to introduce it on the Ontario markets also 

 for the extra fine fruits." 



The first shipment was made August 18, 

 but owing to the light tomato crop and to 

 the fact that some factories are paying 30 

 cents per bushel it was difficult to obtain 

 sufficient tomatoes to make up the load. 



" The packing," remarked Mr. Robert 

 Thompson, " is being done in boxes chiefly 

 after the California style. This is strictly 

 a business deal of our own. Express 

 charges are $2.40 per 100 pounds, whereas 

 by sending a carload we get the 66 cent rate. 

 In addition to this we have to pay for the 

 icing. Past experience has shown that the 

 heavy express charges run away with the 

 profit. 



" W^e are trying the fancy packages to 

 find out whether it will pay to put them on 

 the western market. In Toronto and Mont- 

 real it pays early in the season when fruit 

 is scarce, but later on the cheaper package 

 is necessary. As soon as the consigners 

 are educated to pay the price, the growers 

 \\\\\ put the fruit in the proper packages." 



Bandages on Trees are a good means of 

 fighting the canker worm, provided they are 

 properly looked after. Where they are left 

 on pear trees blight sometimes starts under 

 the band.— (M. Pettit, Winona, Ont. 



