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EDITORIAL. 



jqe Qnadian f|ortic{iIt<irist 



The Leading Horticultural Magazine in tlie 

 Dominion. 



growers as to what they would like to see done 

 are invited. 



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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST, 



TORONTO, CANADA 



Congratulations, Mr. MacKinnon ! Con- 



gratulations, Mr. McNeil ! A good chief of 

 the fruit division has left us and a good one has 

 been gained. 



THE SAN JOSE SCALE. 



The reports published in this issue from a 

 number of the township San oose scale inspec- 

 tors in the province show that the situation is 

 still a critical one and that muoh careful con- 

 sideration of the position of affairs is called for. 

 The most disappointing feature is the fact that 

 in spite of all that has been done the area af- 

 fected by the scale is increasing. The most en- 

 couraging point lies in the demonstrated fact 

 that spraying, if promptly attended to and pro- 

 perly done, will not only serve to check the 

 ravages of the scale but that in many instances 

 it will effect a cure. The fact that many grow- 

 ers now realize this and that more spraying was 

 done this year than ever before is also cheering. 



A serious aspect is presented when it is con- 

 sidered that there are a number of districts 

 where thousands of trees destroyed by the scale 

 are still standing, a danger to all the healthy 

 orchards in the neighborhood. So discouraged 

 are the growers they have refused to 

 continue the fight to save their orchards, and 

 the township councils decline to even appoint 

 local scale inspectors. Has not the heavy loss 

 already sustained been sufficient to show the 

 folly of allowing the scale .^ spread unchecked? 

 Right here is the danger point. The views of 



LET US HEAR FROM YOU. 



Many readers of The Horticulturist could add 

 greatly to the value of this magazine by very 

 little effort on their part. Every month edi- 

 torial representatives of The Horticulturist visit 

 the homes of practical fruit growers in different 

 parts of the province. 'Seldom is there a man 

 met with who has not got some valuable ex- 

 perience to relate or who cannot hunt up one 

 or more good photographs of his house, orchard 

 or garden. Let us have these photographs. 

 With them send a few lines that will describe 

 their interesting features and add to the value 

 of their publication. If our readers will only 

 do this they will not only take more interest in 

 The Horticulturist themselves but their friends 

 and neighbors likewise. 



Every month, also, meetings are held by 

 various of the numerous horticultural societies 

 in the province at which instructive papers are 

 read by members or talks given. Many of 

 these papers deserve presentation to a much 

 wider audience than those present to hear them. 

 Send them in that they may be published in 

 The Horticulturist for the benefit of our several 

 thousan^i readers. Would it not be a good idea 

 for societies at their meetings to appoint some 

 member to secure anu send a full report to The 

 Horticulturist. We ask lor and count on re- 

 ceiving the help of all our readers. 



START THE BALL ROLLING. 



A remark made by Mr. John Pullen, general 

 freight agent of the Grand Trunk Railway, 

 when giving evidence during June before the 

 Railway Commission, is deserving of attention 

 by fruit growers. The statement was made 

 that the Grand Trunk at one time appointed a 

 representative to see what could be done to im- 

 prove the facilities for handling the fruit car- 

 ried by the company over its lines. It was de- 

 cided that if the fruit growers would cooperate 

 and builu central storehouses and shipping sta- 

 tions it would be possible for them to keep 

 their fruit in better condition while waiting for 

 cars and for the company to give such organi- 

 zations better service than could be rendered 

 individual shippers. Attempts made to organ- 

 ize the growers in certain sections had, how- 

 ever, to be abandoned because it was found the 

 growers could not agree among themselves. 

 The truth of this statement was admitted by 

 the -growers present. 



How long are these conditions to continue? 

 It is true growers in a few districts in the pro- 

 vince have organized and that they are reaping 

 the benefits which follow prudent cooperative 

 effort. It is equally true that there are scores 

 of sections in the province where the value of 

 the fruit interests could be greatly enhanced 

 were the growers to set to work to place the 

 handling of their fruit on a better business 

 basis. The tendency on the part of so many 



