September, 191 1 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



221 



way tlie markets of the Midlands, the North 

 of England and Scotland handle Ontario 

 apijles to better advantage than the South 

 of England and Ireland. The latter are the 

 apple growing districts which keep the Lon- 

 don market and those of Ireland compar- 

 atively well supplied. However, these ap- 

 ples are largely of cooking sorts, so that 

 even in these markets little competition 

 can be feared with dessert varieties. 



Tiien again the Midlands, typified by Bir- 

 mingham, are very strong purchasers of 

 Russet apples of all sorts, including the 

 Hibviton, Roxbury and Golden Russets. The 

 north of England and Scotland also seem 

 to want red apples, wiich means that the 

 Spy, Baldwin, King and Ben Davis are pre- 

 ferred by the Northern consumers. For 

 large quantities of box apples Glasgow ap- 

 pears to be one of the best markets, while 

 i.iiverpool is equally as good for large ship- 

 ments of barrels. Both these places are 

 lieavy distributing centres, buyers from 

 other towns and cities purchasing their 

 .supplies in them. Bristol is developing into 

 a good market, but nothing should be sent 

 there before November first, since it is in 

 the heart of an apple growing district. Hull 

 has an export trade with the continent of 

 Rurope, and for this requires Baldwin, 

 King, Ben Davis and Golden Russet in 

 boxes. The important factor in their trade 

 is that the fruit must be capable of long 

 shipments. 



I want to express my appreciation of 

 "The Canadian Horticulturist." I have 

 been reading it for three years and find it 

 very helpful. — Miss A. Moyle, Richmond 

 Hill, Ont. 



Room for Improvement 



E. M. Straight, Macdonald College, Qne. 



_ Some days ago we visited the fruit auc- 

 tion rooms in Montreal. The display of Cal- 

 ifornia fruit was large and very fine. The 

 thing which struck us as being the most 

 remarkable was the way in which it was 

 packed. We have a long way yet to go, in 

 Quebec, before we may successfully compete 

 with the California packer. Care in placing, 

 care in grading, care in the arrangement of 

 color characterized every package. The 

 package goes farther than we think — much 

 farther. We could point you out stuff that 

 (lay that the farmer, used to first-class fruit 

 and vegetables fresh from the fields, would 

 not eat ; yet, largely because of its pack- 

 age, it Bold. 



Not only beauty of package must be con- 

 sidered, but strength is equally important. 

 In every case the Western fruit man did 

 not give sufficient attention to this, al- 

 though he usually did. In car lots the 

 weight on the bottom layer is very great. 

 Any breakage in these packages or others 

 means much loss to the grower. 



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A gentleman from Canada, travelling in 

 Egypt, writes to the Department of Trade 

 and Commerce to say that apples in Egypt 

 cost two shillings each. He recently had 

 eaten some which were of a very fine var- 

 iety. He states that there is a splendid 

 opportunity for Canadian apples in the 

 Levant, and adds: "These wealthy princes 

 and people of Egypt who own half the Bos- 

 phorus pay any price when they want any- 

 thing. My friend seemed not the least 

 concerned that apples should cost him 50 

 cents a-pieoe." If an attempt were made 

 to ship apples to Egypt, the correspondent 

 of the department believes that a harvest 

 would be reaped. 



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DOUGLAS GARDENS I 



OAKVILLE = 



ONTARIO 



PEONIES 



The foUowine collections are eelcctionR from 

 the General List of U varieties described— 

 with other good things— in our Fall Planting 

 List now ready, viz : 



One Dollar Coll., 3 varieties . . $1.00 

 Norlake Coll., 10 varieties . . 3.50 

 Douglas Coll., 10 varieties . . 6.00 

 N. W. Special $5 Coll., 7 varieties, 5.00 



Send name and address if your name is not 

 now on our mailing list. 



JOHN CAVERS 



J. O. SIMS t 



FRUIT BROKER AND AUCTIONEER 



For SIXTEEN years I have received 

 enormous consignments of APPLES from 

 Nova Scotian growers and Associations, 

 always giving complete satisfaction to 

 senders. 



Your Consignments Are Solicited 



Best Sales, Personal Attention and 

 Promptest Returns Guaranteed 



Offices, Warehouses and Wharf : 



15 Stoney St, Borough Market, Ltndon, S.E. 



Sale Rooms: 18 Podding Lsne, London, E.C. 



Ball Farm, Niagara-on-the-Lake, 

 August 1st, 1911. 



"Regarding the large blocks of Pedigreed Cherries, 

 Peaches, Pears, Plums and bush fruits we planted last 

 fall, am pleased to tell you the results are in every way 

 satisfactory. The few trees put in this spring do not 

 compare with the fall plant, either in growth or take. 

 We lost considerably more of the spring planted trees, 

 and the growth is much shorter. In future we plant in 



*^^ ^^"- D. A. R. RODGERS 



Pedigreed Cherries, planted November 1910, 99 per cent, thrifty July, 1911 

 The property of D. A. R. ROGERS, Darr Farm, Niagara 



We strongly recommend the fall planting of all fruits excepting yearling plum.s, which are inclined to freeze 

 back, and should be planted in the spring. Where the land is suitable and the work well done, fall planting has in 

 every case proved more satisfactory than spring planting. Particularly is this noticeable this dry season. The land 

 is usually in fine planting condition in the fall, the trees quite dormant, the weather cool, and more time can be given 

 to plant carefully. Fall planted trees are well established by spring, and make a much heavier growth than spring 

 planted orchards. These arc a few reasons why fall planting pays. 



Orders should be sent in early, and we are prepared to make quick delivery as soon as stock Is thoroughly matured. 



AUBURN NURSERIES, Queenston, Ont. 



