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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



Floral Edition. 





PEERLESS 

 PERFECTION 



IS much heavier and stronger than common poultry t 

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 our farm fence. It is the best Canada Fence made 

 by Canadians and sold exclusively in Canada. 



The Fence Thai's Locked 

 Together 



It's close enough to keep small fowl in and strong 



enough to keep large animals out. Securely locked 



together at each intersection of the wires. It's 



many times heavier and stronger than poultry 



netting, and being well galvanized, will last 



many years longer. Top and bottom wires 



are extra heavy. No top and bottom boards 



required. PEERI<ESS Poultry Fence is 



built so strong and heavy, that but 



half the ordinary number of posts are required. It gives you real fence service Think 





of It— a poultry fence strong enough to withstand the combined weight of two big horses 

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 us. Ask for our literature. We also manufacture farm fence and ornamental 



Azints nearh everywhtrt, Uvt agtnts wanttd in unailiinid ttrritorj. 



gates. 



I THE BANWEU^HOXIE WIRE FENCE CO.. Ui, 



Winnipeg, Man., Hamilton. Onl. 



FOR SPRING, 1917 



We have a fine assortmsnt of Apple, Pear, Plum Cherry 

 Peach and Ornamental Trees, Grape Vines ' Shrubs' 

 Koses, Hedge and Summer Fruit Plants, all well assorted' 



Send for Catalogue. We deal direct. No Agents Over 

 35 years at it. 



A. G, HULL & SONS 



St. Catharines - - - . . Ont. 



GREENHOUSES 



MANUFACTURERS GREENHOUSE BARS AND SASH 



Batts Limited 



366-415 PACIFIC AVENUE 



WEST TORONTO 



box cars equipped with charcoal heaters 

 were put into service. The supply of this 

 variety greatly exceeded the number o? 

 proper refrigerators, but stili the required 

 number of cars ha^ not been reached, nor 

 is It likely to be. Low temperatures may be 

 expected through the Rocky Mountaina now 

 right along and it is a quastion whether 

 the makeshift of heated box cars will stand 

 the weather, even with the heaters 



The packing problem is getting to be a 

 serious one for the Valley. This season a 

 large proiponion of tliis work has been done 

 by young women. They gained their knowl- 

 edge for the most part from the winter 

 packing schools which the Provincial De- 

 partment of Agriculture has put into opera- 

 tion every year to help meet such emer- 

 gencies. Neverthele.ss, it is doubtful if the 

 situation could be met another ¥ear in this 

 way. If the apple crop showed even an or- 

 dinary increase. One suggested remedy ad- 

 vanced IS to bring up from California and 

 elsewhere professional men packers who 

 move around the country doing nothing else 

 but packing fruit. Their capacity for work 

 IS naturally greater than even the most ex- 

 pert young women, and it might be the 

 means of saving much valuable time 

 another year. 



The Okanagan is breaking its own records 

 this year an the matter of output. In one 

 week of October, an increa.se of seventy 

 per cent, over the corresponding week of 

 last year was apparent. In this period of 

 the present year two hundred and seventv- 

 seven cars of fruit and vegeUbles left the 

 Okanagan. The total for the same week 

 twelve months ago was only one hundred 

 and sixty-four. The Okanagan United 

 Growers the biggest shipping body in the 

 Valley, has been sending out lately nearly 

 a hundred cars of apples alone per week 

 Otlier bodies have also increased their busi- 

 ness over Ia.st year. This same organiza- 

 tion. It IS learned, has now .shipped out more 

 fruit and vegetables this year than they 

 handled in the whole of 1915. There is still 

 much to move yet, if the cars can be had 

 and the weather does not get too wintry. 



The growers cannot complain of the 

 prices their apples have been bringing. Few 

 sales have been made on any other basis 

 than a definite f.o.b. price. This Is the only 

 way to sell fruit from the grower's .stand- 

 point. For their No. I's, the orchardists 

 have been getting not le.ss than two cents a 

 pound, and often two and a quarter or two 

 and a half for outstanding quality. No. 2's 

 and No. 3's have been realizing to the 

 grower as a minimum about a cent and 

 three-quarters and a cent and a half respec- 

 tively. The orchard run pack, which has 

 come into favor in some quarters, has 

 realized a price somewhere between the No 

 2's and No. 3's. 



A gratifying feature of this year's ship- 

 ping operations has been the wide distribu- 

 tion obtained for Okanaj;an fruit by those 

 responsible for the marketing. The Prairies, 

 of course, absorbed a very large part of the 

 output. This in spite of the quasi-patrioUc 

 attitude of some grain growers' as.sociations, 

 who decided that since the growers in the 

 Okanagan were having a good year, it 

 meant that the prairie farmers were going 

 to be made pay more for their apples, and 

 therefore they imported American apples 

 and cheerfully paid the increased duty. But 

 this feeling was not widespread. Judicious 

 advertising undoubtedly helped sales at the 

 larger prairie centres, not only by emphasiz- 

 ing the foolishness of buying American 

 fruit, but al.so by pointing out the sea.son- 

 able varieties. Better business has also 

 been done at the Coast. Many carloads of 

 Okanagan apples went east as far as To- 

 ronto and Montreal. One car of extra fancy 

 grade Mcintosh was bought for $1.40 f.o.b. 



