Vpril, 1916. 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



lOS 



111 a year of scarcity like last year, sucli 

 conditions occurred in many of our markets. 

 In a year of plenty we feel the need of ex- 

 tended markets, wliicti can best be sought 

 ,out by the central. 



The publicity of our business through 

 Ipducational propaganda and press agencies 



m be far better governed with lesser ex- 

 Ipense through a central head, and eventu- 

 ally return to the producer in dollars and 

 cents. The advertising of the apple and its 



aany uses will lead to a greater consump- 

 ion. The varieties of apples are very little 



aown by the consuming public. The Spy 

 heems to have found over-ruling preference, 

 Bven to the exclusion of many other good 

 irarieties in their season. We find it diffi- 

 cult to supply the high percentage of Spys 



sked for in our orders. Most of our or- 

 chards were planted by our forefathers, and 

 we find in them a great collection of 

 varieties, which is a sad mistake from a 

 commercial standpoint. Anyone contem- 

 plating a new plantation should give this 

 matter of varieties serious consideration. 



Possibly one of the greatest means of in- 

 creased profit to the grower is a closer con- 

 nection with the consumer. Doubtless the 

 West will ever continue to be one of the 

 best markets for Ontario apples. It will 

 need developing along the lines of coopera- 

 tion, the west with the east. Agricultural 

 organizations in the west have already been 

 securing a part of their supply of fruit from 

 our cooperative organizations in Ontario. 

 There seems to be an organized effort in the 

 west to defeat any such negotiations. Even 

 our local association, in their own com- 

 petition for this market, are hampering the 

 trade to a great extent. But the west, with 

 its ever-increasing population, will create 

 a demand for our Ontario apples that, with 

 proper attention, will mean better net re- 

 turns for our producers. In conclusion, I 

 would say, let us lend ourselves to a more 

 extended system of cooperation, and there- 

 by make for prosperity in our local associa- 

 tion work. 



Fruitgrower Wins Suit 



A case which has been hanging fire for 

 some time, and which is of unusual interest 

 to fruitgrowers in general, has just been 

 concluded in the County Court at Hamilton. 



This was an action brought by the Whit- 

 ing Nursery Company of Boston, U.S.A., 

 against C. Coulson, a Beamsville fruit- 

 grower, for $103, alleged to be due the nur- 

 sery company for fruit trees supplied him 

 by the plaintiff company. 



The defendant, Mr. Coulson, in his state- 

 ment of the defence, says that after giving 

 tlie order for the trees, and prior to their 

 delivery, he notified the company in writing 

 to cancel the order. Mr. Coulson also 

 claims that the order was secured through 

 misrepresentation, and because of this, and 

 his notice to the company to cancel the 

 order, he refused to accept the trees when 

 they were later shipped to him, returned 

 the shipment to the company, and refused 

 to pay them. 



The plaintiffs state that the order re- 

 ceived from Mr. Coulson in writing wa-s 

 marked "not subject to countermand," that 

 the trees were shipped according to agree- 

 ment, and that the order was not obtained 

 fJiTough misrepresentation. 



Mr. Whiting, manager of the nursery 

 company, under examination by Mr. Staun- 

 ton, said he did not grow the trees, but pur- 

 chased them from a nursery company in 

 Boston, and that the order taken from Mr. 

 Coulson reitumed the trees to his place the 



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