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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



Floral Edition 



the acriiigc inspcctctt in that province l.isi year 

 was Krcalcr than in the jprcvious .year. In 

 Qiiehoc also the lUimWr of acres inspfctcd is 

 much larycr th.in in tile otlitT provinces. It is 



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from damage by mice in 

 early spring 



Mice will "jjirdle" any fruit tree up to six 

 inches in diameter, in the early spring. When 

 the snow at the base of the trees melts the 

 hungry rodents gnaw the tender bark close to 

 the ground. Thousands of valtiable young 

 trees are injured in this way every year, in- 

 volving an enormous loss to orchardists. 

 But you can easily circumvent the mice by 

 using Pedlar's " Perfect" Tree Protectors. 

 They are made from strips of galvanized metal 

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EstabUsbtd I86I 



EXECUTIVE OFFICES! OSHAWA, ONT. 



Factories: Osbaw«» Ont.. and Montreal. Que. 



Braachesi — Montreal. Ottawa. Toronto. Hamilton. 



Winnipeg, Calgary. Vancouver 



thought that it the ^■.l■.uh^r luiu ocwii more pro- 

 pitious in the early part of the season last year, 

 the general improvement shown would have 

 been still more im^)rissivc. Rogueing, advised 

 by the inspectors in New Brunswick in 1920, 

 owing to the presence of mosaic among the 

 Green Mountain variety, had the effect of in- 

 creasing the percentage of that province from 

 46.8 to 67.2 last ye.ir. Wilt was responsible for 

 the slight falling off in Prince Edward Island, 

 and the hot dry season particularly affected 

 Nova Scotia. 



Transportation Matters 



Frait Branch, Ottawa 



SPECIAL express commodity rates will be 

 effective on carload and less carload ship- 

 ments this season on fruits <ind vegetables 

 moving from points in the Bowmanville- Belle- 

 ville and Picton-Consecon districts in Ontario 

 to Winnipeg, Man., and to Eastern Canada 

 points. 



Reduced carload express rates have been 

 agreed upon for fruit moving from Ontario points 

 to Prince Edward Island. 



Express rates somewhat lower than a year ago 

 will be effective this season from points on the 

 Port Rowan Branch of the Grand Trunk Railway. 



The railway and express companies operating 

 in Canada will co-operate with the Fruit Branch 

 this coming season in compiling daily records of 

 arrivals of deciduous fruits, also tomatoes, 

 potatoes and onions at the larger distributing 

 centres. This information will be extremely 

 helpful in bringing about a more even distribu- 

 tion of these conditions. 



The Dominion E.xpress Company have ex- 

 tended application of special fruit tariffs from 

 British Columbia points to cover additional 

 points in western Canada and have made a re- 

 duction in rates to Cardiff, Alta., St. Boniface, 

 Man , and Yorkton, Sask. 



The Canadian National Express Company 

 have consented to join the Dominion Express 

 Company in Joint rates from Dominion Express 



g)ints in British Columbia to Canadian National 

 xpress points in western Canada, the basis of 

 rates to be decided later. 



Old Grades Still Stand 



IT is quite certain that the new apple grades 

 will not be effective this season, and it is 

 possible that they may not be for next season, 

 if tne experience with some other farm products 

 is any criterion. There is some proposed legis- 

 lation with regard to potatoes, which has now 

 been waiting its turn for more than two vears. 



With regard to the amendments ot the Fruit 

 Marks Act, the difficulty is more apparent. 

 The Fruit Branch points out that many other 

 changes to the Act were contemplated, which 

 could not have been put through this session in 

 veiw of so much other legislation ahead of it. 

 At the Fruit Conference, in February, several 

 amendments were suggested. 



For the present season, fruit will be marketed 

 under the same conditions as last year. Even 

 if the Act could have been put through, it would 

 have been necessary to allow a certain time to 

 elapse before applying it in order to allow the 

 public to become educated. There will likely be 

 a fall session and it may be brought in then. 



On the Toronto Market 



THE summer market at the foot of Yonge 

 Street opened for this season's business on 

 Monday, June 12. The change of location 

 from their permanent warehouses to this market 

 is made each year by the commission firms soon 

 after the local strawberry season starts. The 

 first consignment of Ontario strawberries ar- 

 rived on June 7, and sold at 25 to .'5.T cents; they 

 came from Queenston. A top price of 30 and 35 

 cents was secured for fancy l>crries, which were 

 scarce, with the average going at 10 cents less, 

 until June 12, when prices commenced to go 

 down rapidly. The bottom was reached on 

 Tuesd.-»y, June 20, when the bulk of arrivals 

 moved at 8 to 10 cents. From that date, prices 

 advanced a cent or two a day until the end of 

 the month, when 14 to 16 cents were received for 

 the average run. 



A noticeable feature of the berry market all 

 through the month was poor quality and con- 

 dition. While there were daily exceptions in 

 the case of odd lots of prime goods, the bulk of 

 arrivals was poor in one or more respects — too 

 many green tips; berries sandy, wet or bruised; 

 no attention paid to facing the bo.xes, hulls in- 

 stead of fruit often being the first thing seen; 

 boxes slack, sometimes only two-thirds full. The 

 reference to "facing" the boxes should not be 

 confounded with " topping '' which means putting 

 the best berries on the top. A box of berries can 

 be faced honestly, and one of the essentials is not 

 to face with stems up. Better quality and con- 

 dition prevailed on this market during the last 

 10 days of the month. 



Cherries commenced to arrive about the 10th, 

 but they were small and immature. Not until 

 about the 20th did sweet cherries of good grade 



Tulips, Hyacinths, Daffodils, 

 Paeonies, Etc. 



Import and Retail. Write for List. 

 MORNINGTON GLADIOLUS GARDENS 



Stratford, Ontario 



VAN GINHOVEN & CO. 



32 Pearl Street New York, N.Y. 



Your address for Holland-grown Hyacinths, Tulips, 

 Crocus, Gladioli, Iris, Paeonies and all miscellaneous 

 bulbs and roots. Please write for illustrated catalogue. 



We Solicit Your 

 Consignment 



Good Prices Always 



For Your Fruit and Vegetables 



OUR facilities enable us to realize top prices at al( times for your fruit, veget- 

 ables or general produce. Aside from our large connection on the Toronto 

 Alarket, we have establishctl Irancli warehouses, with competent men in 

 charge, at Sudbury, North Bay, Colialt and Timmins. In time of congestion on the 

 Toronto market we have a ready outlet through these branchesi We never have to 

 sacrifice \out interests. 



Send for 

 Shipping Stamp 



Branch Warehoases: 

 Sudbtiry, North Bay, 

 Cobalt and Timmins. 



Peters, Duncan Limited 



88 Front St. East, Toronto 



Referencest The Bank 

 of Nova Scotia, King 

 and Victoria Brancht 

 and Commercial Agen- 



