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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



May, igii 



five weeks had elapsed was turnod out on 

 a table for repacking. The part of the 

 apple surrounding the hole of the snake 

 apple was in sound condition and bright 

 in ooIcr.Tbo snako had partaken of the only 

 food available, which was not healthful to 

 one of his kind. 



I hope fruit exporters do not think it a 

 profitable thing to ship No. 3 apples to 

 England. Let them average up returns 

 for the nast ton years and then as.k them- 

 selves the question, How much more would 

 I have received for mv No. I's and No. 2'8 

 if I had shipped no No- S's? 



WmScc Ontario First 



To th« Editor, The Canai^ian Horticul- 

 turist, — I hope you will allow me to ex- 

 nress to you personally my opinion on your 

 leading article in the January issue under 

 the heading, "Insult tc Injury." During 

 the last eight years I have very closely fol- 

 lowed the development of Canadian fruit 

 growing. I have rend tho literature issued 

 by the different Provincial governments 

 ■ .-..rlv everv year. I have also watched the 

 display of Canadian fruit at the office,? of 

 the Canadian Pacific Raihvny, the Canadian 

 ■Emigration offices, the Ontario Grovern- 

 ment office and the Grand Trunk Railway. 

 T think Ontario is just as well up-to-date as 

 British Columbia as regards the advertise- 

 ment and display of fruit. 



The only reason why so many English 

 settlers go direotlv to British Columbia is 

 ''n my oninion the climate. For the Eng- 

 lishman seems to be afraid of the snow and 

 cold weather as yon have it in Ontario, 

 while in British Columbia he happens to 

 find a climate more like the South of Eng- 

 land has. 



Further, the Province of British Colum- 

 bia has many Land Companias offering land 

 in small lots of five and ten acres, while 

 Ontario has none as far as T know. So the 

 averasre Englishman thinks there is a certain 

 difficultv of acquiring land '"n Ontario. Then 

 some of the li+/erature on fruit growing in 

 British Clumbia says that there are no in- 

 sects and pests, which are usually met in 

 older districts as Ontario and the United 

 States. I have lately received a lot of in- 

 formation on fruit growing in Nova Scotia. 

 Ontario and British Columella and I mu.st 

 admit, that I would prefer British Columbia 

 to any other part of Canada. 



1 am not quite sure whether I shall oome 

 cut this spring or next year, but I shall cer- 

 tainly not pass Ontario without having a 

 good look in. My intention is to work one 

 year in Ontario before going to British 

 C.)liimbia. I have just received pamphlets 

 from a land company in wMch a fruit farm- 

 er writes that he was engaged in fruit grow- 

 ing in Ontario nearly all hi.s life but for the 

 la.st .seven years ho has been in Kootenay 

 and says that one acre of bearing fruit trees 

 in Kootenay is worth ten acres in Ontario. 



Statements like the above are certainly 

 no advertisement for Ontario and if the 

 average Englishman reads such testimonials 

 he does not care to inquire any further 

 about Ontario. — Martin Winkler, subscrib- 

 er to Thk Canadian Horticuiturist, Lon- 

 don, England. 



Co-Opcration In The Niagara 

 District 



Mr. F. G. Pattison, of Winona, is greatly 

 interested in the development of the fruit 

 industry and very favorable to fruit in- 

 spection. He says that the town.ships of 

 Saltfield and Grimsbv are the be-st inspected 

 in the province. This is due to the fact that 

 the growers uphold the council in this work 

 as they realze that it is their only salvation 

 from the little peach and yellows as well 

 as scale. The inspectors for these townships 

 are the best paid of any in the province. 

 There are three for each town.ship while 

 other townshins have only one or in many 

 cases none. He thinks that it ifi a weak- 

 nos.s to have them appointed by the Council 

 and that they should be provincial appoint- 

 ments. Mr. Pattison is enthusi.Tstically in 

 favor of the adoption of a system of co- 

 operative selling for the entire Niagara Dis- 

 trict. He says that the large dealers who 

 were formerly atrainst this method are be- 

 .-;.iT.'nrr t." realize that it is the only way 

 in which they can keep a uniform price, a 

 .steadv market and prevent gluts. A com- 

 bination of 25 men would do it. He does 

 not expect a general combination of the 

 Cooperative Association and larcje dealers 

 as yet. But some style of a Board composed 

 of one man from each concern to meet 

 weekly to set prices to keep outside dealers 

 from coming, in shipping out inferior goods, 

 then cutting prices and thus demoralizing 

 tbp trade. They could thus keep up qualitv 



of fruit, prevent the shipping of green 

 grapes and plan a better distribution, so 

 that gluts would not occur in one market 

 while another would have no fruit. As evi- 

 dence of the middleman's profit he cited a 

 case that while attending a fruit meeting 

 in Toronto he i)laced some grapi« in a fruit 

 stand at thirty-five cents per basket when 

 the same grapes oould be bought in Grimsby 

 for twelve and a half cents to fourteen centa 

 and two cents would pay the freight. In 

 this case the grower received very little 

 more than thirty per cent, of the consun 

 er's dollar. 



Oyster Shell Bark Louse 



Lime siilphvir ha.s not been as successful 

 in the subjection of the oyster shell bark 

 louse as the advocates of its use had desire<l . 

 From experiments conducted at the Experi 

 mental Farm, Ottawa. Prof. Macoiin woiild 

 advise the addition of twenty pounds ot iiuie 

 to the barrel of lime sulphur as mixed 

 ready for application. He reporte that the 

 use of this mixture has been very success) n I 

 in controlling the oyster shell bark Ion . 

 during the past season. The caustic natu; 

 of the lime dissolves the glutinous matter < 

 the scale and allows the lime sulphur to 

 work under the scale and kill the insect. 



Enforce the Fruit Marks Act 



The only roinedv that I can see for the 

 betterment of this industry is the strict 

 enforcement of the Fruit Marks Act, and 

 this can only be done right at the point 

 of shipment and by educating our fruit 

 packers what apples are to be packed. By 

 the enforcement of this Act at the point of 

 shipment the buyer will soon find it not 

 policy to buy unsprayed orchards. .\s long 

 as the grower can sell his apples at ordi- 

 nary prices without spraying it is certain 

 that he wll not take much care of his 

 orchard. The summary in a few words is 

 the enforcement of the "Fruit Marks Act" 

 at the point of shipment by competent 

 inspectors, who can also act as instructors. 

 — Jas. E. Johnson, Simooe. 



Fresh peaches are to be exported from 

 the Delaware and Georgia orchards to Eng- 

 land as the result of the successful experi- 

 ments made from the Niagara district. 



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