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EDITORIAL. 



Tqe fanadian plortic^iItOrist 



Published by The Horticultural HublishiiiK 

 Company, Limited. 



TKe Only Horticult-ural Magazine in 

 tKe Dominion. 



Official OrKan of British Columbia, Ontario, Que- 

 bec aud I'riiice Kdward Isl:iii<l Fruit Growers' 

 Associations and of the Ontario Veee- 

 table Uroviers' Association. 



H. Bronson Cowan, Editor and Business Manager. 



J. Albert Hand, B.S.A., Associate Editor. 



W. G. Rook, Advertising Manager. 



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FREE TRADE OR AN EQUAL TARIFF. 



The vegetable growers have decided that 

 their plea before the tariff commission will be 

 free trade or an equal tariff. In deciding to 

 ask for an increase in the duty on only those 

 vegetables that are the most largely produced 

 in Canada and for only such an advance as will 

 protect the Canadian grower without prevent- 

 ing the importation of such vegetables the of- 

 ficers of the Ontario Vegetable Growers' Asso- 

 ciation have acted wisely. 



Many growers favored an increase in the 

 duty on such vegetables as asparagus and 

 melons. While an increase in the duty would 

 be of great assistance to some producers the 

 number is so limited while the consumption of 

 such vegetables is so general strong opposi- 

 tion to such an increase would be aroused. 

 This opposition would weaken the whole case 

 of the growers and might result in their fail- 

 ing to gain an increase in the duty on the more 

 important vegetables such as cabbages, cucum- 

 bers, tomatoes, etc. 



The cry of the growers for free trade or an 

 equal tariff is a just one and should strike the 



j)ublic and the commission as such. The peo- 

 ple of the United States are devoting more and 

 more attention to the matter of free trade with 

 Canada. In the demands of the vegetable 

 growers they can find no reason for further re- 

 prisals on their part. This move of the vege- 

 table growers is really in the direction of ulti- 

 mate free trade. 



THE HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITION. 



In the Ontario Horticultural Exhibition the 

 fruit, flower and vegetable growers of the pro- 

 vince have a great opportunity. No better 

 means of advertising the horticultural resour- 

 ces of Ontario than this exhibition could be de- 

 vised and with proper management it should 

 result in an increased demand for these pro- 

 ducts. The educational features, also, are of 

 great importance. 



This year four conventions will be held in 

 connection with the exhibition. For these 

 conventions several of the most noted speakers 

 on the continent have been secured. Arrange- 

 ments have been made for thorough discus- 

 sions of the various subjects dealt with and 

 nothing but good can result. With the pres- 

 tige gained from last year's show and the bene- 

 fit of having Massey Hall for this' year's effort 

 the exhibition this month should prove a credit 

 to the province. It will mean dollars in the 

 pockets of those fruit, flower and vegetable 

 growers who are able to attend. 



SUCCESSFUL COOPERATION. 



The success which this year has attended 

 the work of the various cooperative fruit grow- 

 ers' associations in Ontario is most gratifying. 

 The old associations at Chatham. Forest, Wal- 

 kerton and other points have disposed of their 

 apples in bulk at thoroughly satisfactory prices 

 as have also the two new associations at Oak- 

 ville and Thornbury. In most cases the apples 

 have been purchased by British importers. In 

 this way the growers who belong to the asso- 

 ciations have saved the commissions of the 

 dealers on this side who buy most of the crops. 



The number of British commission firms 

 which each year send representatives to 

 Canada to contract for fruit is rapidly increas- 

 ing. These men are glad to have the oppor- 

 tunity to purchase in bulk which the associa- 

 tions afford. Were there more associations in 

 Canada it would soon be possible for most of 

 our apples to be forwarded direct from the 

 storage house of the associations to the im- 

 porters and possibly to the retailers in Great 

 Britain. This would mean a great saving to 

 the grower and better satisfaction on the part 

 of the purchaser. The natural growth of the 

 cooperative movement is in the line of an in- 

 crease in the number of these associations. 



I consider The Horticulturist a vastly im- 

 proved paper and feel sure that it will do much 

 towards bringing the industry of fruit growing 

 before the public— (R. F. Robinson, St. Catha- 

 rines, Ont. 



