July, 191 1 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



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when expressed three or four hundred miles, 

 with a continual jolting, they settle down to 

 two-thirds or three-quarters of a box full^ 

 and dealers have to fill them before they can 

 sell them. There is also this otlier feature 

 that slack filled boxes have so much more 

 room to play that when they are handled 

 roughly or jolted in a car they are mucli 

 more bruised than the well filled boxes. 

 1 will stick to my old text; The man who 

 will pick a qu.mtitv of surplus leaves and 

 put them in his ice house and when crating 

 any kind of small fruits will put a layer of 

 leaves between every layer of fruit, will find 

 that it will retain freshness in the berries 

 and help to prevent bruising. 



What a wonderful trade and consumption 

 of bananas in our city! Seventeen cars 

 arrived May 23rcl, and still there is a good 

 chance to extend the trade. To place a 

 small bunch in the hands of each family in 

 Montreal would take two hundred cars, 

 which would mean four large train loads. 



The man who puts in the bottom of a 

 crate of berries a layer of berries that are 

 covered with sand and two or three layers 

 of nice, clean berries is liable to a fine of 

 ten dollars. Sandy berries closed up twenty- 

 four hours in a crate in hot weather, even 

 if washed to get the sand all off the berries, 

 will ne.er have the nice flavor found in 

 clean mulching. It pays to take a little 

 extra pains, even when you are hurried in 

 trying, hot weather. 



British Columbia 



This year promises to establish new re- 

 cords all along the line as regards the fruit 

 industry of this province. The Horticul- 

 tural Department of the Provincial Govern- 

 ment, under the guidance of R. M. Win- 

 slow, i.s very active in the assistance it is 

 giving our growers. The province has been 

 divided into four districts, in each of which 

 Mr. Winslow has an assistant. It is the 

 duty of these assistants to study their 

 sj>ecial districts and to report their needs 

 and possibilities to the provincial deparl^ 

 ment. The assistants are : Messrs. M. S. 

 Middleton, C. C. Clarke, J. F. Carpenter, 

 1J..S.A., and Ben. Hoy. 



The experimental orcharcU that have been 

 established throughout the province have 

 been placed under the control of one man, 

 who will have charge of the planting and 

 growing of the fruit. Speaking about the 

 work of these orchards recently, Mr. Win- 

 slow said : 



"After we get the demonstration orchards 

 in good shape we propose to do some experi- 

 mental work — in spraying, pruning, fertili- 

 ^ zers, and in some districts in irrigation. 

 j Wo will also issue a complete set of buUe- 

 [tins on fruit growing and marketing." 



It is the intention of the Government this 



^year to confine its exhibition activities to 



the Dominion of Canada. It will not bo 



officially represented at the Old Country 



shows during 1911, although numerous 



board.s of trade and co-oi)erative fruit 



growers' asociations will make private and 



semi-official exhibits of British Columbia 



fruit. Government exhibits will be made in 



Canada at AVinnipeg, Brandon, Regina, 



Kdmonton, Toronto and London. Mr. W. 



J. Brandrith has been appointed Exhibition 



Commissioner. Daily shipments of the finest 



(British Columbia fruit in their season will 



»be forwarded to the exhibitions mentioned, 



ISO that the exhibits may be kept fresh. 



The fruit crop report of the Uritish Col- 

 umbia Fruit Growers' Association for the 

 f month of .June is very complete. It deals 

 with the prospects of all the different var- 

 ieties of fruit in each of the different fruit 

 districts, and includes rejjorts from Europe, 

 Ontario, Nova Sootia, as well as from the 



SANITARY. ARTISTIC and FIREPROOr is the verdict 

 of the critic concerning 



Metallic Ceilings and Walls 



and they are moderately priced and so easily laid. A splendid 

 •• Metaliu Ceiling, a,id WaU> are a range of new and standard 



designs to select from. 



Write us for artistic booklet tell 

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 MANUFACTURERS 



ffreat protection agairist Jire-algo do away 



wiCA the dunt and falling hits of plaster. " 



—The Philosopher 0/ Metal Town, 



.\gents wanted in some sections. Write for purticulars. 



like tare 0(6 Xiiofins 

 possess a tone that 

 improxies uiith use. 



w\\v boes a 5tra6i\janu5 occmjy 

 5urn an exaft^b pface among 

 liiofins.luhen oihers maj) be 

 bou^m for so much less. 



because oC its purity of tone. 



5o,Qfso, it is the purity of 

 tone in ^ourfaj) pianos that 

 has ujon for them such an 

 exafteb "pface in the esteem 

 of C!Iana6ian musicians anb 

 music-foxiers. 



Coxier -^00 (§ourfQp owners 

 are reaby to tesfifj) that 

 the tone improves mith use. 



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