June, 1916. 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



157 



allowance is collected. Such informatioa 

 may be reciuired at a later date. 



Because of the heavy production of ber- 

 ries at Vineland and Jordan, the early ar- 

 rival of the fruit train, and the fact that they 

 have but one outlet for their shipments, a 

 9tter service was considered an absolute 

 cessity, and we therefore supported an 

 ppeal by the local associations before the 

 lilway Commission. The result which fol- 

 bws may in time lead to improved service 

 (iroughout the district, and we therefore 

 ope the shippers at other points will not 

 Dk upon the matter as discrimination 

 (►wards them. It was impossible at the 

 tesent time, because of the delay of train 

 making connections doubtful, to have the 

 prvice extended even to St. Catharines, 

 [rhere it would also be beneficial, but our 

 Torts are in the rigit direction, and partial 

 access should be satisfactory to all. 

 Order 24976, dated the 15th of May, 1916, 

 rovides 



(a) That Ottawa shipments be accepted 

 daily, except Sunday, on train 97 from Jor- 

 dan and Vineland, and when necessary, 

 train 97 be held at Vineland for three min- 

 utes, the shippers to help place ehipments 

 in car. 



(b) That a car be placed at Jordan, daily, 

 except Saturday and Sunday; that ship- 

 ments for the following points be accepted 

 in such car: Port Hope, Cotourg, Trenton, 

 Belleville, Napanee, Kingston, Gananoque, 

 Brockville, Prescott, Morris'burg, Cornwall, 

 Lancaster and Montreal, said car to be 

 picked up by train 97 and transferred to 

 train 20 at Hamilton and train 18 at To- 

 ronto. 



(c) That, when necessary, train 18 to be 

 held five minutes at Toronto, or until 8.35 

 p.m., in the event of No. 20 being late, to 

 enable the transfer of said car. 



(d) The service mentioned is to be fur- 

 nished from July 1st to August 31st. 



The dtecision of the Board will be appreci- 

 ated by the shippers at the points con- 

 cerned, because of the great benefit it will 

 be in marketing the berry crop in particu- 

 lar, and I therefore urge the shippers not 

 to abuse the privilege of the pick-up car or 

 train 97, by holding back shipments from 

 the regular fruit train. In other words, 

 every basket that can possibly be loaded on 

 the fruit train should go forward by that 

 train. In order to hold the service for an- 

 other year, it will prdbably be necessary to 

 show a good tonnage via the pick-up car 

 at Jordan, and for this reason I also urge 

 the Vineland shippers not to hold back 

 shipments for train 97 at Vineland, which 

 can be loaded into the Jordan car. 

 Icing Charges. 



The railways issued a new tariff on April 

 11th, to 'become effective May 15th, increas- 

 ing the charge for ice from $2.50 to $3.00 

 per ton, and making a charge for hauling 

 the ice, based on the distance the car 

 travels, ranging from $2.60 per car for 350 

 miles or less, to $10,90 per car for 1,450 

 miles. An appeal was made in behalf of 

 the fruit shippers, and on May 3rd the 

 effective dates of the new tariffs were sus- 

 pended until further notice. Therefore icing 

 charges in effect last season will at least 

 stand until the proposed new charges are 

 considered by the Railway Commission, 

 when you will be duly notified. 



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Niagara District Notes 



F. G. H. Pattison, Winona, Ont. 



AY up to date (May 22) has been 

 characterized by constant rain and un- 

 certain weather. The season is early 

 indeed much earlier than last year — and 

 there is an abundant bloom on almost every 

 kind of tree fruit. Sunday, May 21, was 

 "Blossom Sunday," and as it was a beauti- 

 ful day, immense, crowds journeyed: down 

 to see the fruit country in the beutiful sea- 

 son of bloom. Many came down by electric 

 car, and as many or more by the automo- 

 bile route. 



Early in the month fruit growers had con- 

 siderable difficulty getting on the land to 

 do their spraying, but as the month went 

 on conditions improved, and nearly all 



(lanaged to give all their fruit a thorough 

 pplicatlon. 

 fe Birds are peculiarly plentiful this year. 

 nbins, blackbirds. Indigo Buntings (blue 

 prds), song sparrows, wrens, yellow bunt- 

 ngs, mourning doves, orioles, etc., are par- 

 ticularly numerous. 



A report from Port Dalhousie says "that 

 the fruit growers there have completed both 

 their first and second sprayings. Several 

 stude^.ts from the OjA.iC, Guelph, arrived 

 at the Vineland Experimental Station early 

 in May to spend the summer there acquir- 

 ing some practical experience." 



A report from Beamsville says: "Cherry, 

 plum, peach and pear blossom is very 

 abundant. The Beamsville Preserving 

 Company will get water from the town coun- 

 cil at the rate of 6 cents per gallon for the 

 year 1916, and the rentals of the meters 

 will be 10 per cent, of the cost of the meters 

 per annum." 



Fruit farm labor i» very scarce through 

 the district. Men who would have been 

 available in other years have got more re- 



munerative posts in munition, powder and 

 steel works. Hamilton factories absorb the 

 men from one end of the Peninsula, and St. 

 Catharines factories from the other. Wo- 

 men help for berry picking will be harder 

 to get than ever because husbands and sons 

 are getting good wages either in the fac- 

 tories or the army, and the major part of 

 this pay in 75 per cent, of the cases Is 

 coming home to the wives and daughters 

 to take care of. They seem to have plenty 

 of money for all purposes without working. 



A conference was recently held at the 

 executive offices of the Canadian Red Cross 

 Society in Toronto to consider the question 

 of putting up fruit for the Canadian hos- 

 pitals in England and France this season. 

 The executive expressed themselves as 

 greatly pleased with the results of last 

 year's work, and they will, at the first meet- 

 ing, consider the plans to be adopted for 

 the season. The Canadian Red Cross will 

 largely finance the work this year, receiv- 

 ing such subsicriptions as may voluntarily 

 come in for the work. 



The permanency of the splendid road 

 along the township line between Clinton 

 and Louth, commenced by the late Mr. M. 

 F. Rittenhouse as a model thoroughfare to 

 Victoria Hall and the Government Experi- 

 mental Station near the lake, is likely to 

 be maintained^ The two townships are 

 contributing together $600, and the Provin- 

 cial Government $300, to be expended on 

 this piece of road. 



Strawberry plants have come through the 

 winter exceptionally well and present a 

 healthy appearance. They are of a fine 

 dark green color, with but few gaps in the 

 rows. Some of the early varieties are 

 blooming freely. 



Douglas Gardens 



OAKVILLE, ONT. 



IBISES. 



In order to encourage the plant- 

 ing of Irises in the month of Au- 

 gust — the best time for setting 

 out Rhizomatous Irises — we offer 

 a special diseount of 20% on all 

 orders for any Irises named in our 

 Planting List, except Japanese 

 Iris and Monspur and Orientalis, 

 received up to the 31st August; 

 and carriage to any part of Cana- 

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 orders. 



16 vars. of TaU Bearded Iris. 



5 vars. Interregna Iris. 



6 vars. Pumila Hybrids. 



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