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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



April, 1914 



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GLORIOUS GARDEN! 

 i;om ENGLAND 



KE LW AY ' S famous Hardy 

 Herbaceous Perennials— Gail- 

 lardias, Pyrethrums, Paeonies, 

 Delphiniums and others— are from 

 strong, country-grown stocks which 

 flourish under almost all conditions of 

 soil and climate and make it possible 

 to reproduce successfully in this 

 country much of the charm and beauty 

 of the finest old English gardens. 



Choice named collections (specially 

 picked to suit Canadian conditions) 

 of Pseonies from $3.75 to $17.00; 

 Delphiniums from $2.25 to $13.50; 

 Gaillardias from $1.50 to $4.50 ; Pyre- 

 I'' thrums, $1.50, $3.00 and $5. 10 a dozen. 



Full particulars and iUustralions are given 

 in the KeVway Manual of Horticnlture 

 mailed Free on receipt of 60 cents, by 



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This is the Kelway 

 Book which every 

 Garden lover should 

 write for today 



it appeals to the consumer. Western deal 

 ers are accused of being unjustly prejudifl 

 ed as:ainst Ontario fruit, and while thef 

 is some truth in this, yet they also haV 

 reason to be prejudiced, to some extent 

 any rate. 



THE CRITICISM OF A FRIEND 



The following are the contents of a let- 

 ter, written from Regina, under date ot 

 January 13, 19H, and recently received by 

 P. W. Hodg^etts, Director of the Fruit 

 Branch, from one of Ontario's leading app' 

 glowers 



"Being desirous of finding out, for m- 

 self, first hand as to the requirements ' 

 the apple market at Regina and Moo 

 Jaw, I took our last car at the beginnii. 

 of December and accompanied it to R' 

 gina, where I placed it in storage. It coi 

 sisted of boxes and barrels, about half a 

 car of each. They were all Spy and No. 1 

 stock throughout. 



"I have met practically every dealer of 

 importance in Regina and Moose Jaw (re- 

 tailers only), and could find none who had 

 boxed apples from Ontario. Several cars 

 of Ontario barrel stock were placed here 

 and the most of it was horrible to behold. 

 The only barrel stock I saw, which I was 

 not ashamed of, was put up by a Fruit 

 Growers' .-Association, and sold at Moose 

 Jaw. 



"Fully 90 per cent, of the retailers here, 

 being so dubious of Ontario stuff, havr- 

 quit it entirely and stock up with the we 

 em fruits. 



"I have been able in almost every case to 

 interest the retailers sufficiently to have 

 them examine these apples, and they all 

 appear enthusiastic about the wrapped and 

 boxed apples. It was a big surprise to me 

 to hear most of them remark that 'this was 

 the first lot of Ontario boxed stuff they had 

 seen . ' 



"The one feature which has been most 

 gratifying is the fact that this car of fruit 

 is superior to any Western fruit I have been 

 able to find on sale. 



"I will list as briefly as possible my ob- 

 servations of conditions as they at present 

 exist at Regina, Moose Jaw, and surround- 

 ing country. 



"Ontario apples are admitted to possess 

 the highest quality. 



"Ninety per cent, of the dealers state 

 that they will never buy barrel apples 

 again. 



"Ninety per cent, of the dealers here 

 are stocked entirely with western boxed 

 apples now. They buy western stuff on 

 account of getting an honest and uniform 

 grade throughout. 



"Seventv-five per cent, of the retailers are 

 prejudiced against the Ontario pack. These 

 retailers state that they would favor the 

 Ontario apple if they could get it wrapped 

 and boxed and honestly put up. 



"Ontario can grow the best apples 

 known, but in spite of this Ontario apples 

 have a bad reputation. 



"It is high time that the crooked dealer? 

 wore roughly handled. 



"This lot of apples will net us approxi 

 mately five dollars a barrel and two dol- 

 lars a box." 



I believe I voice the desire of the greater 

 part of the fruit growers and shippers ot 

 Ontario when I say that we want the In- 

 spection and .Sales .Act changed as to give 

 us iinspection at point of shipment, and 

 that inspection there shall be final. — D 

 Johnson, Forest, Ont. 



