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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



October. 1913. 



The Canadian Horticulturist sss®a§s§i@@8§^^^^^^g 



OOMHINEI) WITH 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 

 AND BEEKEEPER 



With which has been incorporated 

 The Canadian Bee Journal. 



Publiihed by The Horticultural 



Publikhinff Company. Limitod 



PKTKRBORO, ONTARIO 



EDITORIAL 



The Only Magazines in Their Field in the 

 Dominion 



Official Oroans of thk Oktario and Quebec 



Fruit Gkoweks' Assochtions 



AND OF The Ontario Beekeepers' Association 



H. Bronson Cowan Managing Director 



UNITED STATES RERESENTATIVBS 



STOCKWELL'S SPECIAL AGENCY 

 Chicago OfBce— People's Gas Building. 

 New Yorlt Office— 286 5th Avenue. 



1. The Canadian Horticulturist is published in 

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

 ceding date of issue The first edition is known 

 as The Canadian Horticulturist. It is devoted 

 exclusively to the horticultural intereste of 

 Canada. The second edition is know as The 

 Canadian Horticulturist and Beekeeper. In this 

 edition several pag-es of matter appearing in the 

 first issue are replaoed by an equal number of 

 pages of matter relating to the bee-keeiping In- 

 terests of Canada. 



2. Subseriptioni price of The Canadian Horti- 

 onlturist in Canada and Great Britain, 60 cents 

 a ye&T; two years, $1.00. and of The Canadian 

 Horticulturist and Beekeeper, $1.00 a year. For 

 TJuited States and local sub,scriptione in Peter- 

 boro (not called for at the Poet Office), 25 cents 

 extra a year, including postage. 



3. Remittances should be made by Post Office 

 or Express Money Order, or Registered Letter. 



A. The Law is that subscribers to newspapers 

 aare held responsible until all arrearages are 

 paid and their paper ordered to be discontinued. 



5. Change of Address— When a change of ad- 

 dress is ordered, both the old and the new ad- 

 dressee must be given, 



6. Advertising rates, $1.40 an inob. Copy- re- 

 ceive d up to the 20th Addresa all advertising 

 corresiuondence and copy to our Advertising 

 Manager, Peterboro. Ont 



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 spoiled 

 copies. MoBt months, including the sample cop- 

 ies, from 13.000 to 15.000 copies of The Canadian 

 Horticulturist are mailed, to people known to 

 be intoresf-d in the growing of fruits, flowers 

 or vegetables. 



January, 1912 9,986 August, 1912 1114S 



February. 1912. .. .10.437 September. 1912 . 10 997 



March. 1912 10,877 October, 1912.... 10 971 



April. 1912 11.788 November. 1912. . .11,162 



May, 1912 12.112 December, 1912 11144 



.TuTie, 1912 10,946 



July, 1912 10,906 132,556 



Average each issue in 1907, 6,627 



" " " 1908. 8.695 



" " " " 1909, 8,970 



" " " "' 1910, 9,067 



" " " " 1911, 9,541 



" 1912, ll,0-!7 



September. 1913 12.298 



Sworn detailed statements will be mailed 

 upon application 



OUR GUARANTEE 



We guarantee that every advertiser in this issue 

 is reliable. We are able to do this because the 

 advertising columns of The Canadian Horticul- 

 turist are as carefully edited as the reading 

 columns, and because to protect our readers we 

 turn away all unscrupulous advertisers. Should 

 any advertiser herein deal dishonestly with any 

 subscriber, we will make good the amount of 

 his lose, provided such transaction occurs with- 

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

 reported to us within a week of its occurrence, 

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

 is a condition of this contract that ini writing to 

 advertisers you state: "I saw your advertise- 

 ment in The Canadian Horticulturist." 



Rogues shall not ply their trade at the expense 

 of our subscribers, who are our friends, through 

 the medium of these columns ; but we shall not 

 attempt to adjust trifiing disputes between sub- 

 scribers and honourable business men who ad- 

 vertise, nor pay the debts of honest bankrupts. 



Communications should be addressed 

 THE CANADIAN HORTICULTTTBTST. 



PETEEBOEO. 



RUINOUS DELAYS 



In spite of the efforts that have been 

 made to effect improvements, several ex- 

 ceedingly annoying delays in the handling 

 of fruit by the railway companies have been 

 reported lately. Two car loads of fruit 

 shipped from Forest that were on the road 

 for almost double the schedule time, re- 

 sulted in an almost total loss for the grow- 

 er. Growers in the Niagara district, who 

 had made shipments of tender fruit to 

 Cobalt, learned later that they were held 

 over in Toronto because of poor connec- 

 tions. 



Delays of this character not only cause 

 a deterioration in the condition of the fruit, 

 but tend to demoralize the market and re- 

 strict future orders. Cooperation and ad- 

 vanced marketing methods all go for 

 nought when the railways fail to get the 

 fruit over the road fast enough to ensure 

 its reaching the consumer in good condi- 

 tion. 



Complaints made to the Railway Com- 

 mission have only elicited the information 

 that the Commission has no power to 

 award damaeres for delays. Although re- 

 cords from one district show that delays 

 of more or less length have been the o'en- 

 pral rule, yet the Commission has ruled 

 that a few cars are not of sufficient im- 

 nortance to warrant action being taken. 

 Apnarently the only course onen to the 

 fruit (rrowers is to bring sufficient pres- 

 sure to bear uoon the Government to have 

 the necessary power given to the Railway 

 rnmmisioTi to deal with these matters. 

 Efforts to gain needful information are 

 being made bv the Ontario Fruit Growers' 

 Associption. Fruit growers can assist by 

 furnishing definite information to the 

 traffic expert of the association, Mr. G. E. 

 Mcintosh, of Forest, Ont. 



BETTER ACCOMODATION NEEDED 



It is cratifving to note that the directors 

 nf the Canadian National Exhibition this 

 var e-ive considerably mo'-e attention to 

 the ao-rirult'iTPl features of the fair. In the 

 bortirnltural denartment. however, there 

 wpc room for considerable improvement. 



The r"o=t outstanding need was that of 

 room. There were several exhibits, more 

 narticularly thos° of American railway 

 r-nm.^-.r,;.>c. that bad no rightful nlace in 

 the horticultural building. S'urely at an 

 exhibition of the character and reputa- 

 tion of the Canadian National the impor- 

 tant horticultural interests of the country 

 should be civen everv consideration. As 

 a result of the presence of the transporta- 

 tion exhibits, the vegetab'e displays were 

 relegated to a tent outside where hardlv 

 one in ten of the fair visitors would think 

 of looking for them . 



Then, too, the exhibits of seed and nur- 

 sery firms, while quite appropriate and 

 interesting, should not be so placed as 

 to break up the fruit exhibits as was the 

 case this year. The mamagement of the 

 horticultural building should be left en- 

 tirely in the charge of the horticultural 

 interests. The entire showing in the 



building could then be elaborated cm a com- 

 prehensive plan that would do justice to the 

 important fruit amd vegetable growing 

 industry. , 



Encourage Successful Methods 



The directors of the Ontario Horticul- 

 tural Assocation are arranging to give 

 more attention at the annual convention of 

 the association next month, to the work 

 of the local societies. This is a wise move. 

 The local societies are urged to send dele- 

 gates to the provincial convention. To do 

 so involves expense. The societies, there- 

 fore, naturally ask what benefit they will 

 be likely to receive by taking such action. 

 . When it is found that the programme is 

 largely filled with addresses on the culti- 

 vation of different varieties of flowers they 

 are apt to conclude that their delegates 

 would not be likely to learn much that could 

 be brought back and used for the benefit 

 of their members as a whole. 



Various societies in Ontario are making' 

 distinct successes of differemt lines of 

 work. There is much that other societies 

 might learn from their experiemce. Speak- 

 ers, chosen from the more successful socie- 

 ties, can always impart much helpful in- 

 formation to the delegates from sister 

 societies. It is well, therefore, that more 

 attention is to be given to these matters 

 at the approaching convention than has 

 been the case during the past year or two. 

 A well balanced programme will prove a 

 source of strength tq the convention. 



UNEQUAL RATES 



A matter of vital importance to the fruit 

 growers of eastern Canada is that of freight 

 and express rates to the prairie provinces. 

 A wonderful market is developing in that 

 great western country. While there is 

 room for all it is only just that no section 

 should be given more favorable rates than 

 another. It is in this regard that the 

 Ontario growers feel that they are getting 

 an unfair deal. 



Ontario apples are carried to Winnipeg 

 for fifty-three cents per one hundred pounds 

 and to Calgary for one dollar and four 

 cents. That is, the haul from Winnipeg 

 to Calgary costs the Ontario grower fifty- 

 one cents. On the other hand, Washington 

 and Oregon apples are carried to Calgary 

 for seventy-five cents per one hundred 

 pounds and on to Winnipeg for no addi- 

 tional charge. Thus the Amercan grower 

 can cover the whole western market at the 

 same rate. The Ontaro grower, while he 

 has some advantage in shipping to Win- 

 nipeg, if he wishes to cover the market 

 to Calgary must pay the one dollar and four 

 cents rate. This is a matter that should 

 be brought to the attention of the Railway 

 Commission at the earliest opportunity. 



In deciding to hold the Ontario Horti- 

 cultural Exhibition this winter in connec- 

 tion with the proposed National Live 

 Stock, Dairy and Poultry Show, the man- 

 agement of the exhibition should be on 

 their guard to see that they are not led 

 into a position from which it may prove 

 difficult to retreat. The control of the Hor- 

 ticultural Exhibition must not be allowed 

 to pass into the bonds of a general com- 

 mittee charged with the direction of a 

 larger venture of which the Horticultural 

 Exhibition would form only a part. The un- 

 satisfactory situation that exists in connec- 

 tion with the direction of the horticultural 

 department of the Canadian National Exhi- 

 bition illustrates how disastrous such a 

 change might prove. The date of the ex- 

 hibition this year was set back a week later 

 than usual at the request of the manage- 

 ment of the larger show. Other similar 

 concessions in the future might easily crip- 

 ple what is now a very successful horticul- 

 tural exhibition. 



