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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



July, 1914 



The Canadian Horticulturist ^^mmmmmmmm^mmm§ 



OOMBINBD WITH 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 

 AND BEEKEEPER 



with which has been Incorporated 



The Cnnadlnn Bee Journal. 

 Published by The Horticultural 

 Puhliih:ng Company, Limited 



PKTKRBORO, ONTARIO 

 H. Bronson Cowan Managing Director 



Tlie Only Magazines in Their Field in the 

 Dominion 



Official Organs op the Ontario and Qoebec 



Frc:t Growkbs' Associations 



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Beekeepers' Associations. 



REPRESENTATIVES 



UNITED STATES 

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GBEAT BRITAIN 

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1. The Canadian Horticulturist is published in 

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

 ceding date of issue. The first edition is known 

 a« The Canadian Horticulturist. It is devoted 

 exclusively to the horticultural intereets of 

 Canada. The second edition is known as The 

 Oanadian 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. 



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 culturist in Canada and Great Britain, 60 cents 

 a year: two years. Sl.OO, and of The Oanadian 

 Horticulturist and Beekeeper, $1.00 a year. For 

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CIRCULATION STATEMENT 



The following is a sworn statement of the net 

 paid circulation of The Canadian Horticulturist 

 tor the year ending with December, 1911. The 

 figures given are exclusive of samples and spoiled 

 copies. Most months, including the sample cop- 

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

 Horticulturist are mailed to people known to 

 be Interested in the growing of fruits, tiowers 

 or vegetables. 



January. V)1S ....11,570 August. 1913 12 675 



wf "■k^'TcW"'^ ■■•.^•o^„^ September, W13 .',:i3',729 

 March, 1913 11,209 October ign t?77S 



^r"- 1^ J1.9J» Nov°ember."mj ' l '.S? 



•f"'y- 1513 12:626 Total .. ..150 293 



Average each issue in 1907, '6,627' 



uZ°'lJr:^iti statements will be mailed 



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Kogues shall not ply their trade at the expense 

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 scribers and honourable business men who ad- 

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Communioationa should be addiressed 

 THE OAJJADIAN HOBTIOUI/TURIST, 



PETEEBOBO. ONT. 



^ EDITORIAL 

 UNITED ACTION NEEDED 



Cooperation and united effort have scored 

 another point. Elsewhere in this issue ap- 

 pears an announcement of the obtaining of 

 better shipping: facilities for the local fruit 

 KTow-ers at Niagara-on-the-Lake. This is 

 welcome news both to the srrowers directly 

 ■concerned and to fruit growers as a body. 

 It speaks well for the work done by Mr. G. 

 E. Mcintosh, the transportation agent of 

 the O.F.G.A., and should be a source of 

 encouragement to all. 



The Canadian Horticulturist has always 

 pronioted the fight for better transFKJrtation 

 facilities. The lean years, when an almost 

 hopeles fight was maintained by the efforts 

 of individual growers, will soon, we trust, 

 bo only a memory. The full years of con- 

 certed action are coming with the growth 

 of cooperation. 



Much has been done; much still remains 

 to be done. A matter deserving of im- 

 mediate action is the ■equalization of ex- 

 press rates. Where two express companies 

 are m the field, rates are maintained at a 

 nominal level by competition. But where 

 only one company handles the traffic of a 

 district the excessive charges often made 

 :ire unreasonable. 



Every grower can be of assistance bv 

 rollecting in his own locality concrete evi- 

 dence of over-charging. This should be 

 forwarded to Mr. Mcintosh in such a form 

 that he can make the best use of it. Grow- 

 ers by furnishing evidence of failure on the 

 part of railway companies to place cars, de- 

 lays in transport, delays at terminals 'and 

 jiinction points and insufficient icing, can 

 aid materially and the fruit growing indus- 

 try will benefit accordingly. 



A PLEA FOR PARKS 



Someone has said "God made the coun- 

 try a:nd man made the town." And as we 

 look out upon the green fields and the 

 sparkling streams or stroll through sylvan 

 glades, how insignificant does man's work 

 seem. Nature has plumed herself in all 

 her glory to coax us from our man-made 

 burrows in city and town that we might 

 •enjoy to the full the peace and restfulness 

 that she offers. 



To those who are denied the pleasure 

 of spending the summer months in the 

 opee country, how soothing is a quiet hour 

 or two spent in some shady park. .'Vnd 

 how pleasing to the eye is a tastefully 

 planted corner nook that has escaped the 

 operations of the builder. Yet in our mad 

 rush for more factories, smoking chim- 

 neys, and bigger business, the providing 

 of breathing places for the increased popu- 

 lation has received scanty attention. On 

 the occasion of the recent visit of the St. 

 Thomas Horticultural Society to Rochester, 

 .V.Y., Rev. Father West, who was one of 

 the party, stated that "cities are measured 

 to-day more than ever before by the hap- 

 piness of the people, and that city is great- 

 est which gives to its citizens the most in 

 proteiction, leducation, recneation, amiuse- 

 ment, and beauty." 



By what means can such ideal city con- 

 ditions be ttained.'' "City cleaning" is 

 one method. In several cities of the Uni- 

 ted States, "Ckan-Up Leagues" have been 

 organized among the boys, and wonders 



have been accomplished. Rubbish of all 

 kinds was collected, ash heaps and small 

 garbage dumps carted away, and a general 

 cle:in-up effected. In other cases public- 

 minded citizens have had vacant lots plow- 

 ed and attractively planted. 



But above all, the crying need is for 

 parks of considerable area where a swel- 

 tering population can find relief and quiet. 

 While our cities are growing is the time 

 to take action and have suitable blocks of 

 land set aside. In after years it may be 

 too late. Great responsibilities and oppor- 

 tunities rest with horticultural societies, 

 town planning associations, and similar 

 organizations which the populace as a 

 whole expect to take the lead. 



FIGHTING ORCHARD PESTS 



Th'e battle is still on. This year a more 

 determined effort than ever is being made 

 by fruit inspectors and others to eradicate 

 and check orchard pests. Mr. Cae.sar, of 

 the O..A..C., Guelph, who has charge of a 

 large portion of this work, is most opti- 

 mistic. Vellows and little peach are far 

 less prevalent. Where several seasons ago 

 sixty thousand trees were removed because 

 of this disease, the last season only six 

 thousand were taken out. Indications are 

 that San Jose Scale can be controlled if con- 

 certed action is taken. 



Here lies th.e part that must be played by 

 the fruit grower. The inspectors can lo- 

 cate the disease; the grower must do the 

 rest. There has been a gijeat awakening 

 among fruit men in this respect. More 

 cleaning up of scale has been dome durinif 

 the past season than in any previous five. 

 Thorough spraying has proved a certain 

 co-itrol m'easure. 



.\ determined effort is being made, and 

 rightly so, to protect those who are mak- 

 ing an honest fight against orchard pests, 

 from the carelessness of their Ifess pro- 

 gressive neighbors. .All orchards that are 

 fouird to have scale and are not properly 

 sprayed are being destroyed. Nor is tljere 

 any injustice in such a course. Once an 

 orchard has become seriously infested with 

 scale us days of usefulness are numbeitpd. 

 The owner loses little by its destruction 

 and his neighbors are protected. 



The good work that has been done thi^> 

 spring should be continv^. Spasmodic 

 efforts count for little. Fruit growers 



should cooperate with the inspectors and 

 with one another to do all in their power 

 to stamp out scale, yellows, and other fruit 

 tri°e diseases. 



MORE SCHOOL GARDENS 



A m:itter of Rreat importance is the 

 place of the school garden in the education 

 of the city child. The broad outlook and 

 wide sympathy that characterize the really 

 great man or woman are almost invariably 

 traceable to a more or less constant inter- 

 course with nature. The child that is 

 denied such a privilege is heavily handi- 

 capped. A great responsibility rests upon 'i 

 the parents and educators of city children. 

 Some theite are who have shown how to 

 take advantage of the assistance that nat- 

 ure offers. 



A splendid opportunity awaits horticul- 

 tural societies. Good work has been done 

 by those societies which distributed sf)eds 

 nnd awarded prizes to school children. The 

 aim of all interested in this work should 

 be to have a school garden, or system of 

 home gardens, among the pupils in con- 

 rlection with every school in this province. 



