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THE CANADIAN TTORT TC ULT UR TST 



Septemljer, 1014 



FACTORY CLEARANCE SALE 



ROOFING 



95 



C 



Per Roll 



108 Square Feet 



Regular S2.00 



Quality. 



ASPHALT FELT ROOFING 



100 per cent. Saturation 

 Contains no Tar or Paper 



Lowest price for Government Standard 

 Roofing ever offered in Canada. Sale neces- 

 sitated by business conditions. 



Send for Free San\ple 



THE HALLIDAY COMPANY, LTD. 



Formerly SUolcy Mills & Co. 

 HAMILTON CANADA 



True to Name 



— Free From 



Disease 



.Mr. Fruit Grower, you 

 are looking for the best 

 .\pple, Pear, Peach, 

 Plum, Cherry and <,}uince 

 Trees you can buy. 



Kolly Trtfs are Bo!d at Growers' Priceti— 

 Shipped direct from our own nurseriee in 

 Dansville and guaranteed sturdy, free from 

 disease and True to Name. 



For 28 yearB we have had the nam© of know- 

 ing how to grow trees right. From »eed 

 ing to frpight car we watch oar own trees 

 p.>r6onally and know we are shipping joy' 

 what you order. We have an up-to-date 

 uursery plant and can ship all orders 

 promiptly, a« well as grow and ship at a 

 low coet. We giv^' vou every advantage on 

 price- Plant apples thia fall. 



Write tor our catalogue TO-DAY. and get 

 our prices. 



KELLY BROS. ^'^«"y»iLries 



216 Main Street, DANSVILLE, N.Y. 



YouU never regret planting Kelly Tree's. 



WANTED, APPLES 



AND BASKET FRUITS 



GEO. VIPOND & CO 



Montreal, Quebec 



Branches : 



OTTAWA 



WINNIPEG 



REGINA 



BRUCE'S REGAL FLOWERING BULBS 



We offer a complete asaortment of Bulbs for Winter Flowering in the 

 house and Spring Flowering in the garden— Planting time Oct. Ist to 



Pkicss at HAMII^TON 

 Crocus, in 4 Colors - - - 

 Freezias, Refracta Alba, large 

 I^illies, Calla, White, large 

 Lillies, Chinese Sacred, large 

 Hyacinths, Roman, 4 Colors 

 Hyacinths, Dutch, 4 Colors 

 Narcissus, Paper White Grandiflora 

 Narcissus, Sintrle, 6 varieties - 

 Narcissus, Double, 4 varieties - 

 Scilla Siberica - - - - 

 Snowdrops, Single - - - 

 Tulips. Single, named, 6 colors 

 Tulips, Single, choice mixed - 

 Tulips, Single, good mixed 

 Tulips, Double, named, 6 colors 

 Tulips, Double, choice mixed - 

 Tulips, Double, good mixed 



TheTANGO Tufip, a beautiful Tango colored var- 

 iety, with very sweet perfume, Doz. .35, 100 for $2.50. 

 Where Bulbs are to be mailed (parcel post) add one- 

 fifth to amount of order for postage— where there 

 are Express Offices, Express is cheaper than rat.il on 

 all orders amounting to 82.50 and over. 

 FREE— Write for our 28 page Illustrated Catalogue 



of Bulbs, Plants, Seeds, Poultry SuppUes, Etc. 

 This offer subject to the contingencies of war. 



JOHN A. BRUCE & CO., LIMITED 



SINGLE NARCISSUS 



SEED MERCHANTS 



Established 1850 



HAMILTON, ONT. 



I 



The Effect of the War on Frul 

 Prices 



Fruit growers everywhere are wonderinv 

 what effect the war will have on fruit 

 prices. The folhjwing views on this point. 

 of well known authorities, have been ob 

 tained by The Canadian Horticulturist: 



P. W. Hodgctts, Secretary (Ontario Fruii 

 Growers' Association, Toronto, Ont.: 

 "Without doubt the European war will 

 Icwcr the prices of our apples and v/e must 

 be prepared to accept just enough to make 

 livinK wages and fair returns on our invest- 

 ments, perhaps less. The crop over the 

 entire continent is good and prices would 

 have been lower than last year if the war 

 had not occurred. With millions of people 

 affected by the shutting down of factories, 

 absence of soldiers and breadwinners at 

 the front in all larije countries except the 

 United States, disturbed trade conditions, 

 both here and abroad, the outlook is far 

 from favorable. About three million bar- 

 rels of our apples, besides millions of 

 pounds of dried apples arc sent yearly to 

 Germany, Great Britain. Denmark. France, 

 Holland and Belgium. The greater part of 

 the trade will be lost, and the fruit must 

 be consumed at home, adding a large vol- 

 ume to that usually marketted here. The 

 only policy seems to be to sell as inuch as 

 possible this fall at lower prices, then pre^ 

 pare to pack and store the balance await- 

 ing more favorable conditions of trade 

 later in the year. By all means, pick and 

 pack only the best grades this year." 



Senator E. D. Smith, Winona, Ont.: "I feel 

 that the effect of the war will be very in- 

 jurious on the prices of Canadian fruits. 

 Fruit is more or less of a luxury and in 

 times of financial stress people are sure to 

 cut off luxuries first. Furthermore, the 

 shipping of apples to the Old Country will 

 be under less favorable conditions than 

 usual, not only as to freight rates and in- 

 sui^ance, but the consumptive power of the 

 British people will be impaired by the war. 

 The two kinds of fruit which I look to be 

 affected seriously will be apples and grapes. 

 We have no peaches of any consequence in 

 the country to be affected. Our plum and 

 pear crops are comparatively light, and will 

 be sold at reasonable prices, though not 

 nearly so high as they would bring under 

 normal conditions." 



A. Prominent Government Official: "I 

 hesitate to venture an opinion as to the ef- 

 fect the present European war will have 

 on the demand and prices for Canadian 

 apples and Canadian fruit generally, be- ■ 

 cause there are many uncertain factors in 

 the situation which may change rapidly in 

 the course of a week or two. With ship- 

 ping, freight rates and marine insurance :' 

 rates in a state of fiux and the exchange., 

 market demoralized it will likely be those| 

 vyho know the least about the actual situafl 

 tion who will be most ready at this time toj 

 offer a hard and fast prediction. In Grea€ 

 Britain the question of unemployment wil| 

 have an important bearing on the demand 

 for Canadian fruit. A great many largeJ 

 maufacturing industries in the Old Coun- 

 try, which depend absolutely on the export 

 trade, will be closed for an indefinite per- 

 iod and the purchasing power of a large 

 section of the public will therefore be con- 

 siderably diminished. In another week or 

 two it is probable that the question of un- 

 interrijpted shipping, freight rates and the 

 financing of export shipments will be bet- 

 ter determined and that a forecast can then 

 be made with some degree or confidence." 



Dominion Fruit Division: In its August 

 report this division says: "With European 

 countries in their present unsettled state, it 

 would be imprudent to give any but the 

 most indefinite prediction until some more 

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