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farmers, to sit down and wait for the other fel- 

 low to act is at the bottom of the whole diffi- 

 culty. There is nothing to prevent the grow- 

 ers in any section, who are anxious to act, froin 

 doing so. Full particulars as to the constitu- 

 tion and by-laws of companies already formed 

 can be readily obtained on request from half a 

 dozen different sources. The Horticulturist 

 will gladly furnish such information to any 

 grower who asks for same. Why should not 

 some of these companies be formed this fall ? 

 Don't wait; start the ball rolling now. 



There can be no doubt that Canada's fruit 

 exhibits at St. Louis are proving the best ad- 

 vertisement the Dominion is receiving at the 

 big exposition. It has been generally known in 

 the States for a number of years that Canada 

 is an excellent agricultural country, but in spite 

 of this there is a widespread impression that 

 our, to us, unpopular title, " The Lady of the 

 Snows," has been well deserved. The revela- 

 tion, therefore, that Canada can grow finer fruit 

 than most of the States of the Union comes as 

 a great surprise, to our southern cousins, par- 

 ticularly those who are unaware of the fact that 

 a large section of Ontario is farther south than 

 almost all the northern border states, and much 

 farther south than such states as Maine and 

 Vermont. Our fruit exhibits are proving, as 

 none of our other exhibits can, the really mode- 

 rate nature of the climate in many of the pro- 

 vinces, and in this way are undoubtedly accom- 

 plishing much good. 



A great many fine papers are read, from time 

 to time, at the women's institute meetings held 

 throughout the province. Through the kind- 

 ness of Supt. G. A. Patnam, The Horticulturist 

 has secured copies of a number of these ad- 

 dresses which bear directly on the- growing of 

 flowers and fruit, fruit receipts, etc., which will 

 be published from time to time in this maga- 

 zine, and should be of great interest to our 

 readers. The first of these articles appears in 

 this issue. 



Owing to its importance at this season, the 

 subject of fruit packing is given considerable 

 prominence in this issue of The Horticulturist. 

 We trust those of our readers not directly in- 

 terested in this matter will understand the cir- 

 cumstances and realize that a monthly maga- 

 zine, if it is to be up-to-date, must give par- 

 ticular attention in each issue to the topics of 

 greatest interest during that month. 



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tisement in the back of this magazine. The 

 ships advertised as having cold storage were, 

 fitted up at the request of the government and 

 are of the most modern description, with thor- 

 oughly insulated chambers in which a tempera- 

 ture of 25 degrees can be maintained, if de- 

 sired. These chambers, of which there are 

 four, can be kept at different temperatures to 

 suit the cargo. The steamers advertised with 

 cool air were also fitted out at government re- 

 quest. 



Cool air storage is simply a refrigerator in 

 a modified form, and is specially adapted for 

 carrying cheese and early apples. The cham- 

 bers are insulated and outside ventilation com- 

 pletely cut off, while fresh dry air from the 

 cooler is forced, by use of ducts, to the cooler, 

 where the process of cooling and purifying is 

 again gone through and the air serit again into 

 the chambers. The advantage of this system 

 is that the air is first of all purified, all foreign 

 gases are removed and deterioration prevented. 

 Growers will do well to look into the ventila- 

 tion and refrigeration of the steamers by which 

 they consign their shipments of fruit. 



Well Equipped Steamers. 



The attention of fruit growers is called to 

 the Donaldson and Thomson line of steamships, 

 whose dates of sailing are given in the adver- 



Our Fruit Advertises Canada. 



(Coutinued from page 359.) 



fruit growers in the Eastern Townships. 

 Montreal, etc. A small collection from 

 Eastern Quebec was sent by Mr. Dupuir, of 

 Village des Aulnaies. The Ontario collec- 

 tion was representative of the whole pro- 

 vince, while Thos. G. Earle, of Lytton, B. 

 C, made the selection from his province a 

 very fine one. 



Manitoba and the Northwest provinces 

 are represented by bottled fruits, which 

 con- prise all the leading small fruits, be- 

 sides many kinds of vegetables, which are 

 capable of being shown in' bottles. These 

 were put up at the experimental farms at 

 Brandon and Indian nead. 



Canadians may well be proud of the ex- 

 hibits made by Canada at St. Louis in all 

 the departments. Her forestry, fish and 

 game ex'hibits are easily first ; the same mav 

 be said of her agricultural display, while her 

 mineralogical exhibit is second to none, 

 where the whole is beyond praise. The 

 fruit exhibit, however, tells more of Canada's 

 fine and varied climates than all the rest put 

 together. 



