December, 1922 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



245 



Canada at Imperial Show 



LAST month in this magazine the Canadian 

 winnings in the Overseas section of the 

 Imperial Fruit Show, London, England. 

 Oct. 27 to Nov. 4, were reported by provinces. 

 Following are names of winners in detail. In 

 the case of Ontario, the entries were made in the 

 name of the Ontario Fruit Growers' Associa- 

 tion, but grown and packed in the orchards 

 of the growers here given : . 



Wealthy— I, W. L. Hamilton, CoUingwood; 

 2, Harry Ryrie, Oakville; 3, Quebec Pomological 

 Society. Snow — i, Hamilton; 2, Fred Schuy- 

 ler, Simcoe; 3, W. J. Littlejohn, Erickson. B.C. 

 Mcintosh— I, Hamilton; 2, W. F. W. Fisher 

 and Sons, Burlington; 3, J. Elliott Smith, Wolf- 

 ville, N.S. King— I, H. C. Breckon, Bronte; 

 2, Breckon; 3, F. A. Parker, Berwick, N.S. 

 Golden Russet— i, J. F. Osborne, Newcastle; 



2, Hamilton; 3, Elliott Smith. Spy — i, Fisher 

 and Sons; 2, P. W. Hodgetts, Clarkson; 3. 

 Parker. Blenheim — i, Breckon; 2, Breckon; 



3, no award. Jonathan — i, W. N. Langell, 

 Point Pelee; 2 and 3, no award. Cox's Orange 

 Pippin— I, Robert Stark, Creston, B.C.; 2, Ber- 

 wick Fruit Co., Ltd.. Berwick, N.S.; 3, J. C. 

 Smith, Burlington. Spitzenburg^i, Occidental 

 Fruit Co., Ltd., Kelowna, B.C.; 2, Smith Bros., 

 Bronte; 3. no award. Greening — i, Breckon; 

 2, Smitk Bros.; 3, Berwick Fruit Co. Newtown 

 Pippin- 1, C. W. Challand, Simcoe; 2 and 3, 

 no awards. Stark— i, W. H. Gibson, New- 

 castle; 2, Parker; 3, no award. Any Other 

 Variety— I, Stark; 2, Parker; 3, Littlejohn. 



Best Ontario Exhibit— Breckon (King). Best 

 Nora Scotia Exhibit — Parker (Gravenstein). 

 Best British Columbia Exhibit— Stark (Cox 

 Orange). Northard Prize— Parker. Pears, 

 any rariety, six half-boxes- 1. Stark; 2 and 3, 

 no awards. 



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Cooperation in Essex 



SSEX County, which is the most southern 

 part of Canada, has proved to the remain- 

 ing part of the country that, by a proper 

 system of cooperation, the various industries 

 may be developed on a much larger scale, and 

 also on a much more profitable basis, says the 

 Mail and Empire (Toronto). About nine 

 years ago the growers of garden produce de- 

 pended on selling only on the local markets, 

 whereas to-day onions and tomatoes from 

 Essex are shipped to all parts of Canada and 

 the United States through the Erie Co-operative 

 Co. and sales agents are stationed at Halifax, 

 Montreal, St. John, Toronto, Winnipeg, Regina, 

 Calgary and Detroit. 



In forming the Erie Co-operative Co., each 

 member was required to buy one SI 00 share, 

 for which he pays $25 down. From the sales of 

 the crop 1 per cent, of the gross sum is deducted, 

 and this funrl supplies the necessary amount for 

 current expenses, and at the close of the year if 

 there is a balance it is paid to the members. A 

 dividend of eight per cent, is paid on the stock 

 lach year, and the balance is divided according 



to the business transacted through the company. 

 This company has a membership of about 400 

 growers and handles 95 per cent, of the crop of 

 Southern Essex. 



The district of Leamington has a world-wide 

 reputation for early tomatoes and these are on 

 the market from early July until late in the 

 autumn. During the main part of the season 

 about 12,000 baskets are shipped daily, and 

 the Pelee district supplies the country annually 

 with about 150,000 bags of onions. The various 

 markets are studied daily and the good prices 

 realized by the growers through the company 

 are due to distribution to markets not glutted, 

 and not to any holding-up method. 



One aim of the Erie Company is to maintain 

 a high standard of quality, and in order to do 

 this each member is required to mark each 

 basket with his stamp. If any complaints are 

 filed, the grower is the responsible party. 



competitors, and added to these trophies, several 

 plate awards. Miss Chase whose home is at 

 Greenwich, has proved by her recent achieve- 

 ment, that well-taught theory is a fine step on 

 the road to successful practice. — Berwick (N.S.) 

 Register. 



Miss S. I. Chase, B.S.A., the first woman to 

 graduate from the Ontario Agricultural College 

 at Guelph, has been winning laurels for herself 

 and her college, by carrying off the first prize 

 at the Annapolis, Kings and Hants Co. annual 

 exhibition. This champion woman fruit farmer 

 did not win her honors lightly, as there were 

 eight competitors in the field and the quality 

 of the fruit shown was very high, special mention 

 being made of the beauty of color in display. 

 Miss Chase did not stop at one prize, for in the 

 best five-plate collection contest she again 

 captured first prize among a large number of 



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