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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



Floral Edition. 



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X.YSTEM OF IRRIGATION 



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Items of Interest 



There may be those among our reader.-; 

 who imagine editor.s as having a tremendous 

 appetite for horticultural information. 

 Horticultural products, however, are de- 

 voured with even greater avidity than mere 

 facts. This appetite is perhaps partly re- 

 spon.sible for the rapidity with which ;i 

 goodly sample of pears sent in by Mr. W. M. 

 Turnbull, Gait, Ont., disa,ppeared recently lu 

 the office of The Canadian Horticulturist. 

 The main reas>on, however, was that the at- 

 tractiveness of the pears themselves both In 

 color and flavor was noticed by other mem- 

 bers of the staff as well as by the editors, 

 and — -well you know how it is. The pears In 

 question were grown and developed by Ml. 

 Turnbull, and have been named by him, 

 "Sunrise." While they were not so large 

 as they probably would be in a more moder- 

 ate season, their high color and flavor should 

 commend them to consumers. Although the 

 pears are gone, the memory lingers. We 

 strongly favor the origination of new varie- 

 ties of fruit of this quality. 



In South-Western Ontario frost has dani- 

 aged some of the tobacco and bean crops. 

 A recent report from Lambton County says 

 peaches and pears have been plentiful, but 

 plums below an average yield. Apples are 

 .small and scabby. Many orchards were not 

 properly sprayed, owing to wet weather and 

 lack of help in the spring. 



Recently 28 iced cars of fruit were shippeii 

 from Vineland Station .in one week. 



The potato crop in New Brunswick this 

 year is 10 to 15 per cent, short of last year. 

 The estimate is 7,300,000 bushels from 40,- 

 000 acres. The quality of the crop is ex- 

 cellent and no sign of rot visible. At $2.40 

 a barrel the returns will be $6,000,000. 



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Shippinj^ Suggestions 



Geo. E. Mcintosh, Transportation Sec'y., On£ 

 Fruit Growers' Ass'n., Forest, Ont. 



As the apple .shipping season is now on th 

 following brief notes may be of value to 

 shippers. It Is Important for the welfare .f 

 the shipper that specific data relative 

 each shipment be kept. Let this be the fit 

 consideration. It guards against loss to i: 

 shipper, and such records are a great assi- 

 ance in adjusting claims. 



Prospects are for a shortage of refrig. 

 ator cars. Car orders should be given 

 writing, the shipper keeping a duplic;i 

 copy. On the back of the copy notate 11., 

 date car is supplied, car number and initiaW 

 date shipped and arrival. Forty-eight hour* 

 is considered time in which Railway Co: 

 panics .should supply, cars. If po.ssible gi 

 them another 24 hours. 



It is the duty of the carriere to load < . 

 shipment's of apples. This, however, is 

 dom done, the shipper preferring to do 

 own loading. When the car is on a pubfl 

 team track insist on having a clear bill 

 lading without notation "Shipper's Coun^ 

 Before commencing to load the car notJ 

 the agent that a clear bill will be requird 

 It is then his duty to give it. For flooi? 

 placed in refrigerator cars not so equippe 

 or box cars when refrigerators cannot 

 supplied, the shipper is entitled to a reba 

 of $3.00 per car, and 500 lbs. will also be an 

 lowed to cover the weight of such floors. 



Indefinite notations such as "Protect fro • 

 heat or cold," may be refused by agents, 1 

 a carrier receiving a refrigerator car loadt. 

 with fruit must use ordinary care to ke 

 the car ventilated, though the bill of ladif 

 showing the car is loaded with fruit is silc 

 on the subject of ventilation. WTiere fr 

 is carried by a railroad in a refrigerator 

 there is an implication that the carrier 

 exerci.^e care. It is the duty of a carrier] 

 apprehend that at certain seasons of 

 year shipments of perishable produce af 

 liaole to freeze. 



There is no provision for sending attend 

 ants with refrigerator cars. WTien a box car 

 is used and a stove placed therein by the 

 shipper, an attendant is carried free one way 

 from Nov. 1st to March 31st, and relurt 

 transDortation will be granted at one-hall 

 first-class fare. 



The application of the railways to tin 

 Railway Commission for permission to mak< 

 an additional charge of one cent per car i"" 

 mile, minimum $2.00, for hejited car serv: 

 in addition to regular freight rate, has r. 

 yet been granted. Therefore, there is no ad 

 ditional charge for heaters supplied for car 

 load traffic moving from points east of Vo 

 Arthur. 



Agents, when requested, will undertake jj 

 change in transit the destination of carlo 

 traffic from one place to another, charg' 

 $3.00 for each such change, plus the diJ 

 ence which may exist betiween the 

 billed and the rate from shipping point j 

 ultimate destination. If out of the dir 

 run an additional charge of one cent 

 ton per mile (minimum 20 miles) will! 

 made for such extra haul. 



The business of a railroad is transp 

 fion. not storage; and a consignee has' 

 legal right to use a car as a warehouse; * 

 is to the interest of both caVriers and shSl 

 pers that cars be promptly released. Th' 

 detention charges are $2.00 a day for th> 

 first two days, and $3.00 a day thereaftt 

 Forty-eight hours free tJme is allowed f- 

 unloading. 



Where a shipment of perishable produce 

 made in a month when freezing weather 

 not unusual, and the shippers direct the c; 

 rier to leave open a vent in the car, th' 

 cannot recover for loss caused by sever 

 but not unprecedented, cold weather. 



