January, 1916. 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



ix 



10-1S-2U 



Tears from now the Bissell 

 Silo will be giving good ser- 

 vice. It is built of selected 

 timber, trea-ted with wood 

 preservatives, that prevent 

 decay. It has strong, rigid 

 walls, air-tight doors, and 

 hoops of heavy steel. There- 

 fore it lasts, simply because 

 it can't very well do any- 

 thing else. Our folder ex- 

 plains more fully — write 

 Dept. N. 

 T. E. BISSELL CO , Ltd.. L|or>, Ont. 



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RAW FURS 



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At all times, whether peace or war, you 

 will do best by shipping your raw furs to 

 the fastest growing and most reliable fur 

 house in Canada. We have a large demand 

 for all kinds of raw furs, and are paying 

 highest market prices. It will pay you to 

 ship to us. 



We pay all express charges, give honest 

 assortment, and make remittances same day 

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 pumpiag, separating cream, pulping, 

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According to Mr. P. W. Hodgetts, Chiel 

 of the Ontario Fruit Division, Ontario can- 

 not hope to compete with British Columbia 

 and the Western States in the production 

 of high class apples for show purposes. 

 These showy apples are produced in an irri- 

 gation country. "We can't grow the splen- 

 did Spitzenbergs and Jonathans here that 

 they do," says Mr. Hodgetts, "and so it is 

 natural to expect that they will continue to 

 hold that trade." 



The Canadian Club Fruit Campaign Com- 

 mittee, which has already shipped from 

 this district, including -St. Catharines and 

 Niagara Falls, Ont, 53,000 quarts of canned 

 fruits for the Canadian soldiers .in the over- 

 sea hospitals of England and France, is 

 now engaged in a campaign to secure dried 

 fruit to be forwarded directly to the men in 

 the trenches. A case of fruit prepared for 

 the soldiers is also being made ready for 

 presentation to King George. A case of a 

 dozen jars will also be sent to the Cana- 

 dian High Commissioner's office in London, 

 England, to (be placed on exhibition, through 

 the courtesy of Sir George Foster, Minister 

 of Trade and Commerce. 



The following letter from Miss Strong, 

 Hospital Matron No. 2 Canadian iSta- 

 tionary Hospital, Boulogne, France, speaks 

 for itself: "The Secretary, Canadian Club, 

 Hamilton, Ontario. 



"Dear Sir, — Please accept my sincere 

 thanks on behalf of No. 2 Canadian Station 

 ary Hospital, foi; the delicious fruit which 

 came to us yesterday through the (Red 

 Cross Commissioner, Canadians. We have 

 a number of Canadian patients here at pres- 

 ent, and they were delighted at the thought 

 of fruit grown and preserved at home. 

 Signed, Sincerely Yours, Annie C. Strong." 



The Beamsvill© Preserving Company is 

 steadily receiving orders for canned goods 

 of all kinds, and expects, if the rush keeps 

 up, to have its big warehouse pretty well 

 emptied by spring. The cleaning out of 

 the various canning factories will be haileri 

 with delight 'by the growers, in view of the 

 conservative buying the past couple of sea- 

 sions by the factories, which were over- 

 stocked. 



A most important Improvement has been 

 accomplished at St. Catharines in the com- 

 pletion of the new steel viaduct over the 

 old Well.and Canal, connecting St. Cath- 

 arines with the West, at a cost of $165,000. 

 This was opened for traffic on Dec. 20th 

 last. 



Recently .there passed away at Dulverton 

 Fruit Farm, in the Township of Niagara, 

 Mrs. iLavina Fisher, widow of the late 

 Charles Fisher, and mother of Mr. Carl C. 

 Fisher, County Registrar, St. Catharines, 

 and 'Secretary of the Niagara Peninsula 

 FruitJffrowers' Association. Mrs. Fisher 

 was a daughter of Hamilton Goring, and 

 was born in Nia.gara Township, Nov IS, 

 1832. 



A case of considerable importance to 

 fruit growers was decided recently. Mr. 

 W. F. Geddes Is a fruit grower at Grimsby. 

 He had his products shipped by rail to 

 Cobalt, and he himself sold from the car on 

 the tracks to all comers. The town of 

 Cobalt charged him with breaking the tran- 

 sient trader's by-law, but the magistrate 

 found in his favor on the ground that he 

 was selling the produce of his own farm. 

 Cobalt appealed the case, but Chancellor 

 Boyd gave judgment in Geddes' favor, on 

 the ground that the Act did not apply to a 

 farmer selling his own product. 



A report from Grimsby says that tomato 

 growers are looking for the old price of 30 

 cents a bushel again next year on account 

 o'f the cleaning out of the canning factory 



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