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THE CANADIAN HORTIC L LT U KIST. 



August, 1913 



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KELWAY'S famous Hardy 

 Herbaceous Plants are modern 

 developments of the old English 

 favourites. The cottage "Piny 

 Rose " has become the Pasony, 

 incomparable in form, colour and fra- 

 grance. I he old-fashioned Larkspur 

 has developed into the stately blooms of 

 the Delphiniums ; Gaillar- 

 dias, Pyrethrums and the 

 rest, all serve to bring back 

 the charm of the old-world 

 English garden. Special 

 care is taken in packing 

 plants to arrive in Canada 

 in good order, and they can 

 ^ be relied upon to thrive w^ith 

 FjliPlWvT a minimum of attention. 



Full particulars and illustra= 

 tions given in the Kelway 

 Manual of Horticulture mail- 

 ed free on receipt of (iOc by 



KELWAY 81 SON 



LANPORT. . SOMERSET. 

 England 



said allowance from the freight charg 

 payable by him ujwn the shipment 

 such ■car in which the said slatting li 

 been furnished; the shipper's receipt : 

 the amount so allowed to be jjiven i 

 railway company's af^ent at the forwa.' 

 inK station, and to be accepted by him 

 so much cash in the prepayment of : 

 freight charges. 



"(Signed) H. L. Drayton, 



"Chief Comissionei 

 The commission's rulings upon this n; 

 ter means considerable to a great m^i 

 shippers of fruit. The cost to some 

 the Niagara district has run over thi 

 hundred dollars in one season for slatti 

 cars. From all over come reports of il 

 extra expense in fitting cars before ' 

 same are suitable for cairying the fn, 



Ontario Fruit Crop Conditions 



The latest report on the crop prospects 

 for the Niagara district issued by '■ 

 Fruit Branch of the Ontario Department 

 Agriculture, under the direction of Mr. 

 W. Hodgetts, is not over-optimistic. '1 

 apple crop is estimated at forty-five ; 

 cent, of an average yield. The early sea 

 prospects were good, but the cold weaiii. . 

 has resulted in a heavy falling off. Bald- 

 wins and Spys are light but Greenings 

 and Kings will average better. • 



The outlook for early peaches, includ- 

 ing St. John's and Crawfords, is for 

 light crop. Late p>eaches promise bet! 

 The following percentages show the t 

 mate of the general crop of the distn 

 Red currants, 73 per cent. ; gooseberry 

 70 per cent. ; raspberries, 84 per cei 

 cherries, 76 per cent. ; Japan plums, 70 p. r 

 cent. ; European plums, 66 per cent ; early 

 peaches. 72 per cent. ; late peaches, 76 per 

 ent. ; pears, 75 per cent. : grapes, 75 per 

 cent. ; tomatoes, 86 per cent. 



Canadian Fruit in Holland 



Canadiaa Trade CommistioDcr, Rotterdam, Holland 



Judging from the number of enquiries 

 from firms in Holland in regard to the 

 output of evaporated apples in Canada, it 

 is certain that a great market exists here 

 for these products. ExperieiVre in the 

 United Kingdom leads to the belief that 

 the lower grades of fresh apples sold in 

 barrels at very small prices might, when 

 carefully packed and boxed, be marketed 

 to better advantage as evaporated. A 

 high class and dependable brand of evap- 

 orated and dried apples should take well 

 here even in competition with the Cali- 

 fornia dried fruit. 



The fruit crop throughout this country 

 will be light. Late in May a severe hail 

 storm did much damage. The apple crop 

 promises fair but conditions are far' from 

 satisfactory. Because of frost during Tune, 

 plums will be very light : English Dam- 

 sons almost a failure. Pears bloomed 

 abundantly, but are not bearing well. 



National Land and Apple Show 



Considerable interest is being taken in 

 the Land and Apple Show to be held at 

 Winnipeg from October 10th to 18th. This 

 is the first National Land and Apple SI 

 to be held in Canada. The manageni 

 report that it is to be distinctly for 

 oroducts of the land, not for the I 

 itself. It will provide opjxirtunitv for ■ 

 nlays of the products of the orchard, 

 farm, the forests and the waters of C.i 

 da. Eastern fruit growers will be gr 

 an opportunity to show what the east ■ 

 produce in the line of good f'uit. Of ' 

 vcars Ontario fruit has '■eceived a n> 

 ber of bad reports from that market. I 



