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TFTE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



Floral Edition. 



DUPUY & FERGUSON'S 

 High -Grade Seeds 



We especially recommend our "SELECTED 

 STRAINS" of llswer and vegetable seeds to those 

 who desire the best. They are sold direct only. 



Here are some specials sent prepaid anywhere 

 in Canada. 



BEANS: Ferguson's Innproved Golden 

 Strlnglesa Wax. Pkt. lOc, % lb. 25c, 1 

 lb. 45c. 



BEET: Ferguson's Improved Dark Red 

 Beet. Pkt. 5c., oz. 20c. 



CABBAGE: Ferguson's Copenhagen Mar- 

 ket. Pkt. lOc, % oz. 35c., 1 oz. 60c. 



CORN: Ferguson's Early Malcolm. Pkt. 

 lOc, % lb. 25c, 1 lb. 40c. 



CUCUMBERS: Ferguson's Extra Lone 

 • White Spine. Pkt. lOc. oz. 26c. 



SWEET PEAS: Ferguson's 



Pkt. 



LETTUCE: Ferguson's Wayahead. 



lOc, oz. 26c. 

 ONION: Ferguson's Selected Red Globe. 



Pkt. 5c., oz. 35c. 

 PEA: Ferguson's World Record. 



10c. , hi lb. 30c., 1 lb. 50c. 

 RADISH: Ferguson's White Icicle. 



5c., oz. 15c. 

 TOMATO: Fergruson's O.K. Pkt. 



V4 oz. 75c 



Exposition, 1916 Collection 



Pkt. 

 Pkt. 



15c.. 



15 of the finest giant Exhibition sorts In one grand collection, $1.25. 



Debbie's Cream: Best Cream Spencer. 



Elfrlda Pearson: Best and largest light 



pink. 



George Herbert: Best rose crimson. 



Helen Lewis: Best orange. 



Helen Pierce Spencer: Ijarge white 



flaked blue. 



Illuminator: Beautiful salmon orange. 



King Edward Spencer: Best red. 



King White: Best white. 



Mrs. Cuthbertson: Giant rose and light 



pink. 



Write for our big FREE Catalogue on 



New Margaret Madison: Best pale lav- 

 ender. 



New Miriam Beaver: HUB novelty and 



best light cream pink. 



Nubian: Best maroon. 



R. F. Felton: Best lavender. 



Royal Purple: Best purple. 



Wedgwood: Best blue. 



D. & F.'s Waved or Countess Strain 

 Mixed Sweet Peas, a splendid assorted 

 collection, Pkt. lOc, oz. 30c., Vt lb. 90c.. 

 1 lib. $3.00. 



"SEEDS OF KNOWN QUALITY" 



DUPUY & FERGUSON 



38 Jacques Cartier Square - - MONTREAL 



OF BDYING PAIMLIMRECE. 



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U p. W. PAINTS 



Direct From Our Plant to You 



At Factory Prices 



Our new paint folio is prepared 

 with your requirements in mind. 

 You will find it interesting. It 

 explains the economy and satis- 

 faction of buying from us — not 

 from stock — right from the mill. 



This folio is yours without cost. 



Send us a postal asking for folio No.DlS 

 DOMINION PAINT WORKS, Limited, 



OF WALKERVILLE, 

 ONTARIO 



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It is a rough, uaattractlve looking package, 

 and does not, aa a coasequence, do Uie fruit 

 justice, k is easily pilfered, and in car lots 

 loads very badiy on accoiuit of the tiandles. 



Its greatest fault is m the dividers. These 

 are of veneer and rest on the fruit rather 

 than on the boxes, in this way the whole 

 weight of the two upper layers is on tho 

 lower ones and the separators resting on Ui< 

 fruit crush It. WitA this form of separators 

 or dividers it is impossible to fill the cup» 

 -without crushing, and if not the fruit In 

 spector will have you over the coals foi 

 not filling them. It has been found also 

 that the fruit upon suipment settles so thai 

 it appears to have been only partly filled 

 Here, again, the inspector may get after a 

 man even when he filled the boxes before 

 shipment. 



An experimental shipment was made 

 through our plant last summer by the Vine- 

 land Growers Cooperative Company. These | 

 berries were in Ontario twenty-four-quan 

 crates and were shipped by Refrigerated Ex- 

 press. Included in the car were lots of the 

 B.C. 4-'5 quart and B.C. full pint crates. 

 These are the two packages used by the 

 shipping districts of the western States and 

 British Columbia. 



The fruit in the Ontario crates was found 

 to be rather unattractive in appearance 

 The crates were somewhat damaged and the 

 berries were badly settled in the cups. 



The B.C. 4-5 quart was in better shape, but 

 here, again, the berries were settled in the 

 cups so as to look as if they had not been 

 properly filled. 



The B.C. full pint was in the best shape. 

 The berries were not settled and were 

 brig'ht and attractive, and along with the 

 4-0 quart this package was much more at- 

 tractive to look at. 



However, it was when the financial re- 

 turns were examined that the big difference 

 was apparent. It was found that the B.C. 

 4-5 quart was only selling for 20c more a 

 crate than the B.C. pint, which, in turn, was 

 selling for 10c more than the Ontario crate. 

 Figure that out. The B.C. pint was selling 

 for 10c more than the Ontario twenty-four- 

 quart crate, although it contained only about 

 half as much fruit. 



This package, the western full pint. Is the 

 one used principally by the shippers of 

 Hood River, Oregon and Spokane, Washing- 

 ton, and British Columbia. It has very 

 largely supplanted the larger 4-5 quart, as 

 It brings higher net returns. In Winnipeg 

 it brings from $3.00 to $4.00 to the -whole- 

 saler. 



So far I have considered only shipments 

 to the west, where I feel safe in saying that 

 if we are to comTiete in that market we must 

 use the Pint Hallock Crate. 



In the western markets we have a sepai- 

 ate and distinct problem. As stated, the 

 Ontario twenty- four-quart crate is unsatis- 

 factory, and is of no use for western ship- 

 ments. Now, the pint package is not likely 

 to ever find favor in the east, as It is a 

 package for use where high prices rule. 

 Then as for the 4-5 quart, it is also rather 

 doubtful, as the easterners look askance at 

 the raised bottom and call them "cheaters." 

 The package that is more likely to be of 

 use is one of the type of the American crate 

 or our twenty-seven-quart or thirty-six-quart, 

 •with thicker stripes in the dividers. This 

 would tend to reduce crushing, and would 

 still retain the cups the market is used to; 

 also this type is larger and more pilfer proof, 

 and is easier to load as It has no handles. 

 Further, it is more attractive in itself and 

 displays tlie fruit better. 



In summing up the strawberry work it 

 seems to resolve itself into this: For ship- 

 ments to the ^weat use the B.C. full pint 



