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THE CANADIAN IK) RT I C tT LTU R I ST 



July, 1913 



The Canadian Horticulturist 



CO.MHINKl) WITH 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 

 AND BEEKEEPER 



with which has been Incorporated 



The Canadian Bee Journal. 



Published by The Horticultural 



Publiihins CotnpenT. Limited 



PKXKRBORO, ONTAKIO 



The Only Magazmes in Their Field in the 

 Dominion 



OrrioiAL Okoanr ok thb Ontario aho Qcebeo 



FBUIT OROWEKH' ASgOCIAlIONII 



AND OF The Ontario Beekeepers Assooiation 

 H. Bbonson Cowan. MannKinK Director 



UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVES 



STOCKWELLS SPEOrAL AOENCT 

 ChicafSo Onice — Pwjple's Gas, Building. 

 New York Office— 286 5th Avenue. 



1. The Oanaxlian Horticulturist is published in 

 two edltione on the 25th day of the month pre- 

 ceding date date of issue. The first edition is 

 known as The Canadian Horticulturist. It is de- 

 voted exclusively to the horticultural intereets 

 of Canaxia. The second edition is known ae The 

 Canadian) Horticulturist and Beekeeper. In this 

 edition several pages of matter appearing in the 

 first issue are replaced by an equal number of 

 pagee of matter relating to the bee keeping in- 

 terests of Canada. 



2. Subscription price of The Canadian Horti- 

 culturist in Canada and Great Britain, 60 cents 

 a year; two years, $1.00, and of The Canadian 

 Horticulturist and Beekeper, $1.00 a year. For 

 United States and local eubsoriptione in Peter- 

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 ceived up to the 20th. Address all advertising 

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CIRCULATION STATEMENT 

 The following is a sworn statement of the net 

 paid circulation of The Canadian Horticulturist 

 for the year ending with December, 1912. The 

 figures given are exclusive of samples and sDOiled 

 copies. Most months, including the sample cop- 

 es from 13,000 to 15,000 copies of The Canadian 

 llorticultTirist are mailed to people known to 

 If interested in the growing of fruits, flowers 

 or vegetables, 



January, 1912 9,988 August, 1912 11,1« 



February, 1912. .. .10,437 September, 1912... 10,997 



March, 1912 101,877 October, 1912 10,971 



April, 1912 11,788 November, 1912. . .11,162 



May, 1912 12,112 December, 1912. . . lflJ,M4 



June, 1912 10,946 



July, 1912 10,986 1J2,556 



Average each Issue in 1907, S,627 



" " 1908, 8,695 



" " " " 1909, 8,970 



" " " " 1910. 9,0«7 



" " " " 1911, 9,541 



" 1912. ll.O.'i? 



June. 1913 12,003 



Sworn detailed statements will be mailed 

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OUR GUARANTEE 

 We guarantee that every advertiser In this issue 

 is reliable. We are able to do this because the 

 advertising columns of The Canadinn Horticul- 

 turist are ae carefully edited as the reading 

 coltimns, and because to protect our readers we 

 turn away all unaorupulous advertisers. Should 

 any advertiser herein deal dishonestly with any 

 subscriber, we will make good the amotint of 

 his loss, provided such transaction occurs with 

 in one month from date of this iesue, that it is 

 reported to us within a week of its occurrence, 

 and that we find the facts to be as stated. It 

 la a condition of this contract that in writing to 

 advertisers you state: "I saw your adTertisement 

 in The Canjadian Horticulturist." 



Rogues shall not ply their trade at the exjiense 

 of our subscribers, who ar« our friends, through 

 the medium of these columns; but we shall not 

 attempt to adjust trifling disputes between sub- 

 scribers and honotirable business men who ad- 

 vertise, nor pay the debts of honest bankrupts. 

 Oommunlcatlona should bo addressed 



THB CANADIAN HOUTIOULTURIST. 



PBTBEBOBO. ONT 



M EDITORIAL M 



BETTER PACKING NEEDED 



The time has come for a change in the 

 packinjf methods of some Ontario fruit 

 growers. A number of unscrupulous, or to 

 say the least, careless packers, are damag- 

 ing the reputation of Ontario fruit as a 

 whole. 



If Ontario fruit is to hold its own on the 

 rapidly growing market of the West, On- 

 tario growers must adopt more extensive- 

 ly the box pack, especially for 'number one 

 fruit. But with either the box or barrel 

 packs honest packing methods are a fun- 

 damental necesisity. 



In a letter recently received by The 

 Canadian Horticulturist, Rev. J. A. An- 

 drew, a Manitoba subscriber, says in part: 

 "A year ago last fall I purchased a 

 barrel of Ontario Fallawaters. All were 

 badly bruised, three-fourths were wormy 

 and ma.Tiy were punctured by having 

 fallen o.n stubble. A barrel of Golden 

 Russets also was small, wormy and 

 bruised. The entire carload wajs of about 

 the same quality. Last fall I got some 

 Spys. These were small, unevenly col- 

 ored and bruised. They had evidently 

 been picked too soon. These aples were 

 from western Ontario, were branded with 

 the shipper's name, and as number one 

 apples. When such fruit is received here 

 I fee! ashamed to say I am from On- 

 tario," 



P. W. Hod,getts, Director of Horticulture 

 for Ontario, speaking before the Northum- 

 berland and Durham Fruit Growers' Asso- 

 ciation, quoted a Western market commis- 

 sioner as saying: 



"There are just enough bad packers 

 in Ontario to give it a reputation as a 

 second rate fruit country." 

 N. B. Ireland, now of Saskatoon, Sask., 

 states : 



"Having had years of experience on 

 the market at Hamilton, Ont., I feel 

 safe in saying that Ontario can send us 

 as good fruit as comes in from any other 

 place. What is wanted is a strict law 

 that will make dishonest packing im- 

 possible." 



These opinions, coming as they do from 

 widely divergent points in the west, should 

 convince Ontario growers of the need of 

 an immediate improvement in packing 

 methods. The status of Ontario fruit on 

 the western market is at a critical stage. 

 British Columbia irrowers are organizing 

 on a large scale and are making every ef- 

 fort to better their chances on that mar- 

 ket. Their emternrise deserves .to and will 

 meet with succ"<;s. Nova Scotia growers 

 ;ire now competinq- for the same markets. 

 It is time for the Ontario grower to be up 

 and doing. 



PACKING LATE VARIETIES 



There is an old saving, "It is better to 

 take pains than to let pains take vou." 

 This axiom possesses additional signifi- 

 cance wh°n apnlied to the fruit grower. 

 Tiida-inK- from a receint report of E. H. 

 Wartman. Provincial Fruit Tncpector, pos- 

 siblv some consumers, who this nast soring 

 nurch.''sed late keeninir varietieis. wished 

 th:it the nackers had taken a little more 

 pains and saved them the oainful feeling 

 of having been "done" on their purchases. 



Referring to the packing of late keeping 

 varieties, Mr. Wortman says: 



"During early May, while examining 

 Golden Russets. Spy, Ben Davis and oth- 

 er varieties, I found all the way from 

 ten per cent, to fifty per cent, in num- 

 ber one barrels of these varieties in a 

 rotten condition. Upon taking up speci- 

 mens I could see that each one had re- 

 ceived an injury when placed in the bar- 

 rel or box, such as a puncture caused 

 by handling, a diseased spot or an in- 

 sect mark. I put this condition to the 

 credit of a little oversight or careless- 

 ness on the part of the manipulator." 

 A lack of good judgment on the part of 

 the packer is responsible for the presence 

 of most of this damaged fruit. Imstead 

 of saying, "This apple is practically as 

 sound as a dollar; a little blemish like 

 that doesn't amount to anything," the 

 packer should ask himself the question, 

 "What effect is that blemish going to have 

 on that apple six or seven months from 

 now ?" 



In the packing of late varieties directly 

 from the orchard,. the most rigid care is 

 necessary. It needs a sharp eye indeed to 

 detect all the slight injuries that will after- 

 wards cause decay. Many growers prefer, 

 when possible, to store the fruit until 

 about the Christmas season and pack 

 them. Slight bruises, which at picking 

 time were hardly noticeable, will then hp 

 easily detected. By eliminating all fruit 

 so affected and by careful packing, the 

 keeping qualities may be assured as well 

 as greater satisfaction on the part of the 

 buying' public. 



SMALL PARCELS BY POST 



The Federal Government has promised 

 the early adoption/ of a parcels post system 

 for the Dominion. The enormity of the 

 business transacted through the medium 

 of the parcels post in the United States 

 since its adoption at the first of the year, 

 justifies the Government in moving slow- 

 ly. It will take time to evolve a system 

 that will be adequate to cope with the large 

 amount of business that will undoubtedly 

 be forthcoming. 



There is no reason, however, why we 

 should not have an early installment of 

 this much needed addition to our postal 

 facilities. A parcels post for packages 

 weighing up to five pounds would not un- 

 dul\- tax the present facilities, and would 

 serve as a guide to the Government when 

 arranging for the extension of the sys- 

 tem. It is on small parcels that the ex- 

 press companies' charges, both in Canada 

 and the liuited States, are the most ex- 

 tortionate. The following figures show 

 the comparative parcels post and express 

 rates existing in New York in January last. 

 We quote three "zones" that are repre- 

 sentative of the eight: 



(1) Not over 50 miles- 1 lb. 5 lbs 11 lbs. 



Kxiress Rate 25'^ 30c 353 



Parcels Post 5? 17c 55c 



(4) 30O to 6C0 mile*— 



Express 25c S5c 75o 



Parcels Post 8c 32c 68c 



l7i 1 4C0 to 1.800 miles- 

 Express 3'~c 80c .W.SI 



Parcels Post 12» 60c $1.32 



As the table shows, the difference be- 

 tween the express and postal rates on 

 large parcels is not great, but the mini- 

 mum express charge of twenty-five cents 

 for earning a small package a few miles is 

 unreasonable. The Government should 

 adopt as expeditiously as possible a parcels 

 post for small parcels at least, and p-ive the 

 public a measure of relief from existing 

 conditions. 



