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THE CANADIAN HOKTTC ULTTJKTST 



Novambw, 1913 



The Canadian Horticulturist 



CO.MIirNKI) WITH 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 

 AND BEEKEEPER 



with which ha« been Incorporated 



The Canndlan Bee Journal. 



Publiihed by The Horticultural 



Publishins Company. Limited 



PKTKK BOiaO, ■ ONT Alt I O 



The Only Magazines in Their Field in the 

 Dominion 



OFKiriAL Okuank ok thk Ontario and Quebec 



Fruit Ghowehs' Associations 



AND OK Thk Ontario BEEKKKi'Etof' Association 



11. HiioNsoN CdwAN Managing Director 



UNITED STATES RERESENTATIVES 



STOOKWELL'S SPECIAL AGENCY 

 Chicago Office— People's Gas Building. 

 New York Office— 286 5th Avenue. 



1. The Canadian Horticulturist is published in 

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

 ceding da-te of issue. The first edition is known 

 as The Canadian Horticulturist. It is devoted 

 exclusively to the horticultural interests of 

 Canada. The second edition is know as The 

 Canadian Horticulturist and Beekeeper. In this 

 edition several pages of matter appearing in the 

 first issue are replaced by an equal number of 

 pages of matter relating to the bee-keeping in- 

 terests of Canada. 



2. Subscription price of The Canadian Horti- 

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

 Horticulturist and Beekeeper, $1.00 a year. For 

 United States and local subscriptions in Peter- 

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3. Remittances should be made by Poet Office 

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 c(>ive d 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 

 fiTures given are exclusive of samples and spoiled 

 copies. Most months, including the sample oop- 

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

 Horticulturist are mailed to people known to 

 b', interested in the growing of fruits, flowers 

 o- vegetables. 



Juiuary, 1912 9,988 August, 1912 11,146 



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



March, 1912 10.877 October, 1912 10,971 



April, 1912 11,788 November, 1912. ..Il.i62 



Miv, 1912 12,112 December, 1912.... 11444 



■lune, 1912 10,946 



Jily, 191.-' 10,986 132,556 



Average each Issue In 1907, 6,627 



' " 1908. 8,695 



" " " " 1909. 8.970 



' " 1910, 9,067 



' " 1911, 9.541 



' 1912. 11,037 



Oclober, 1913 14,100 



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 u ion app ication. 



OUR GUARANTEE 

 We guarantee that every advertiser in this issue 

 is reliablt. We are able to do this because the 

 alvertising columns of The Canadian Horticul- 

 ti;rist are as carefully edited as the reading 

 c< Inmns. ind because to protect our readers we 

 ti rn awaj all unscrupulous advertisers. Should 

 ■A iy advertiser herein deal dishonestly with any 

 .sr.bscriber, we will make good the amount of 

 h 3 loss, provided such transaction occurs with- 

 ii: one month from date of this issue, that it is 

 r ported to us within a week of its occurrence. 

 a id that we find the facts to be as stated. It 

 If a condJtion of this contract- that in writing to 

 aivertiseis you state: "I saw your advertise- 

 n ent in The Canadian Horticulturist" 



Rogues shall not ply their trade at the expense 

 o' our subscribers, who are our friends, through 

 tie meditim of these columns; but we shall not 

 attempt to adjust trifling disputes between sub- 

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 Communications should be addressed 

 THE CANADUN HOETICULTUTMST 



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I EDITORIAL I 

 PROTECTION OF SHADE TREES 



"The Province of Ontario sets a ffood ex- 

 ample in legislation for the protection of 

 shade and street trees to the rest of the Do- 

 minion. Under the Tree PlantimK Act of 

 the province trees planted or left standing 

 on the public highways (and also on toll 

 roads) become the property of the owner of 

 the land adjacent to the highway and near- 

 est to such trees. Thus any company or in- 

 dividual destroying- or damaging- in any way 

 (even tying- a horse to) such trees without 

 the owner's consent, is liable to a fune not 

 to exceed twenty-five dollars and costs, or 

 imprisonment for not more than thirty days 

 half of the fine to go to the informant. Tele- 

 ephone companies, who, in the stringing of 

 wires, very often seriously injure and muti- 

 late shade trees, are apt to justify them- 

 selves to the property owners by asserting 

 their legal right to do such 'pruning' be- 

 cause of established precedent. In this case 

 no such practice however long it has been 

 tolerated by property holders, becomes leg- 

 ally justifiable. However long a wire may 

 have been attached to a tree, the ownerif 

 he has property in the tree, can compel its 

 removal. 



"While even the owner may not re- 

 move shade trees on highways without the 

 consent of the municipal council, yet _ on 

 the other ha-nd, not even the municipal 

 council may remove any live trees without 

 the consent of the owner of the property 

 in front of which the tree stands, unless 

 such tree is within thirty feet of other 

 trees, and even then the owner must be 

 given at least two days' notice and can 

 demand compensation if he has planted 

 and protected such tree or trees. 



"The property owner who is aware of 

 his rights in these respects will take great- 

 er interest in and greater care of the trees 

 bordering the highway opposite his prop- 

 erty. He "will also have more incentive to 

 plant shade trees." 



The foregoing is an extract from a bul- 

 letin issued bv the Dominion Forestry 

 Division. It proves that we are making 

 progress in our journev towards the beau- 

 tification of our roadsides. It is evident, 

 however, that such a by-law is only a pre- 

 ventive measure, a measure which owing to 

 the lack of trees on many of our highways, 

 will never effect a complete remedy. 



We hope the dav is not far distant when 

 steps will be taken bv municipal bodies_ to 

 encourage the planting of trees, to im- 

 prove the aspect of our highways and by- 

 ways, thereby broadening our aesthetic 

 taste. 



APPLES FOR QUEBEC 



Though manv of the best varieties of 

 apples growti in Ontario will also erow in 

 Ouebec, experience, as evidenced by old 

 plantings, teaches us th^i Quebec is not 

 suited to the rearine of Northern Spies, 

 Blenheims and such like. . , „ 



The French-Canadian province is learn- 

 incr anoth-r lesson, a lesson which does not 

 alone apply to her, that t^^. P'^"';^^^"^ 

 too manv varieties is not profitable from a 

 commercial standpoint. , ,, . ^v„ 



It is now generally admitted that the 

 Mcintosh Red, Fameuse, Wealthy, and Mil- 

 waukee are • among the most suitable tor 

 the province. No large exporting or ship- 



ping business can be successfully accom- 

 plished until the community agrees to go in 

 for a few of the best varieties. The for- 

 mation of cooperative societies, in the 

 pomological districts, which would give spc 

 cial attention to this phase of the business, 

 would go a long way towards concentrai 

 ing the choice of varieties on these con 

 mercial types already memtioned. 



•THE UNITED STATES TARIFF 



The new United States tariff, as it n 

 lates to fruit and vegetables, is bound t 

 have an important influence on the fruit 

 and vegetable growing interests of Canada, 

 particularly m Ontario and the east. The 

 southern counties of Ontario are particular- 

 ly well adapted for the growing of many 

 tender varieties of fruit, as well as early 

 vegetables. These products, hitherto, have 

 been shut off from the United State's mar- 

 kets by the high tariff wall that has pre- 

 vailed. It will take some years before our 

 growers will ascertain what the new United 

 States market will mean to them. Ulti- 

 mately a great increase may be expected 

 in our trade with the chief cities of the 

 northern and eastern States. In seasons 

 of scarcity across the border hundreds of 

 thousands of barrels of eastern apples will 

 cross the border with advantage to our 

 growers. 



It is altogether likely before long that 

 Canadian consumers will agitate for a re- 

 duction in the Canadian tariff. It will be 

 time enough to deal with this situation 

 when it arises. In the meantime our 

 growers should profit materially by exist- 

 ing conditions. 



BROWN ROT OF PEACHES 



During the ripening season many peach 

 growers may have found that their fruit 

 instead of ripening became brown. On 

 closer examination, these brown fruits will 

 be found to be decayed underneath the skin 

 This is a very serious disease of peaches, 

 and these fruits, though they do not all fall 

 from the tree in winter, should be re- 

 moved and carefully destroyed. 



The reason for this is that the fruit is 

 responsible for carrying the disease over to 

 next year's crop, and if left to remain in 

 the tree may even affect the twigs and 

 branches to the detriment of their vitality. 

 Infected fruits which are f6und on the 

 ground should not be allowed to remain 

 there, as the wind is capable of carrying 

 the spores of the disease to the next year's 

 crop. This infection can only be prevented 

 bv the absolute destruction of all diseased 

 fruit in the fall. 



It is only natural to expect that with 

 the decided shortage in the world's fruit 

 crop, prices will be higher. The Ontario 

 crop will not be over half of a full yield. 

 In Nova Scotia early varieties are excep- 

 tionally light, while late kinds will only 

 '->e a fair crop. The average for the whole 

 Dominion is estimated at only forty-ei"-ht 

 per cent, of a full crop. The United States 

 crop is estimated at fifty per cent, of last 

 year's. Nova Scotia growers are expect- 

 ing extra good prices for the few Graven- 

 steins that will this year be shipped. They 

 also expect the Inter varieties to be in 

 good demand. English orchards recently 

 sold have commanded unprecedented 

 prices. If proper marketing methods ar"^ 

 followed there is no reason why Canadian 

 apple producers should not receive remun- 

 erative prices. 



