September, 191 1 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



219 



PRE-COOLING FRUIT 



Commissioner Euddick's contribution in 

 this issue, on the pre-cooling of fruit, calls 

 attention to an improvement in our meth- 

 ods of handling fruit that the future still 

 has in store. Its day is fast coming. There 

 are sections already in British Columbia 

 where the growers, being forced to ship 

 their fruit long distances, already recognize 

 the need for some such system. 



Already growers in the Niagara district 

 have been gathering information with the 

 view of installing a pre-cooling plant. The 

 time for such action may not yet be ripe, 

 but the necessity will become so great ere 

 long that further delay will not longer be 

 advisable. 



Our request in our last issue for informa- 

 tion concerning the late Charles Arnold, 

 who originated the Ontario apple, has borne 

 fruit. We now have the address of a son 

 and daughter of Mr. Arnold, both of whom 

 are familiar with his work and one of whom 

 has kindly consented to furnish an article 

 concerning the same for an early issue of 

 The Canadian Horticulturist. 



A reader of The Canadian Horticultiirist 

 who resides in the Niagara District, and 

 who has had some experience with irriga- 

 tion problems, has written us heartily com- 

 mending our suggestion that the Ontario 

 government shovild investigate the possibili- 

 ties of irrigating portions of the Niagara 

 fruit belt from the Welland canal. More 

 on this subject will be published later. 



As far as the holding of a national apple 

 show is concerned Ontario apple growers 

 seem to have forgotten the motto, "Nothing 

 venture, nothing win," or have they got it 

 twisted into nothing venture nothing lose? 



PUBLISHER'S DESK 



This Issue 



While not the largest in number of pages, 

 we believe that this issue of The Canadian 

 Horticulturist is the strongest from an edi- 

 torial and news standpoint, and in its edu- 

 cational character, that we have ever is- 

 sued. We venture to say that numerous 

 bulletins have been issued under govern- 

 mental auspices. Loth in the United States 

 and Canada, dealing with the packing of 

 fruit, that do not contain the same amount 

 of helpful, valuable, timely information as 

 does this issue of ' The Canadian Horticul- 

 turist, nor are they as profusely ilhi.strated. 



Nevertheless we are sorry that this num- 

 her is not still better. Some of our best 

 articles, unfortunately, have been crowded 

 out. These include one on "Cooperation in 

 Ontario," b.v P. W. Hodgetts, provincial 

 director of horticulture, which we purpose 

 running as the introductory article in our 

 next i.^ue. Another strong article, "Edu- 

 cational Work in Fruit Packing," by R. M. 

 Winslow of British Columbia, has also had 

 to be held over although it was Mr. Wins 

 low's main article, the information on fruit 

 packing, given elsewhere in this issue, hav- 

 ing been sent by him merely to illustrate 

 the photographs. However, these and some 

 other good ones will be published later when 

 thev will probably be all the more interest- 

 ing for having been kept over. 



Should any of our readers who love flow- 

 ers best feel that their departments have 

 been somewhat overshadowed in this issue 

 we trust that they will forgive us this time. 



We are planning to more than make it up 

 to them. Next year we purpose publishing 

 a series of twelve articles in The Canadian 

 Horticulturist, one in each issue, describing 

 some of the best amateur gardens we know 

 of in Canada. These gardens are now being 

 selected with a view to the interest of their 

 special features. This much we can say. 

 Some of them are located in Ottawa, To- 

 ronto and Hamilton. We expect to choose 

 the others in smaller places. If you know 

 of any gardens that you would like to see 

 described we invite you to write to us. Bach 

 article will be profusely illustrated. Al- 

 ready three well known authorities on gar- 

 dening subjects have kindly consented to 

 assist us in the preparation of these arti- 

 cles. They will be the most interesting 

 series of artices that have ever appeared in 

 The Canadian Horticulturist. 



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