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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



October, 191 4 



FOR PROFIT 



Plant our Top Notch FRUIT. SHADE 

 and ORNAMHNTAL TREES this 

 Fall. EVERGREENS, SHRUBS. 

 ROSES. VINES. BUSHES. Ask 

 for l>rlce List (No Acenls) at Central 

 Nurseries. 



A. G. HULL & SONS 

 St. Catharines - Ontario 



WE AfiE now BOOKING ORDERS 



Foj- Fall I'lantiiig, which ia the beet time to 

 plant. My apple treee are grown from 

 French Crab Seed, which t<5 the hardiest and 

 best for Orohaid I'lanling; also a long list of 

 leading varieti<« of Fruits and Ornamenmlfi. 

 FRUITLAND NURSERIES - FRUITLAND, ONT. 

 G. M. HILL, Prop. 



FLOWER POTS 



Large stock of all 

 sizes for the Spring 

 trade. 



Send ua your order 

 NOW and receive 

 your supply before 

 the Spring rush. 



THE FOSTER POTTERY CO.,iLtd. 



HAMILTON, ONT. 



'Ht B|^T MAllt 



FOSTERS 



1 STANDARD 



Cold Storage 

 Fruit Warehouse 



finest Apple Rooms in the Dominion 

 for Export and Local Trade. 



Special Rooms for All Kinds of Per- 

 ishable Goods. 



THE CANADA COLD STORAGE CO. 



Limited 



533Winiam St., MONTREAL, Que. 



SMALL FRUIT PLANTS 



Gooseberries, Josselyn! Joaeelyn!! Bed Jacket. Downing. Pearl, 

 Uougrhton.~Currant«, Perfection! Perfection!! Baby, Cherry, White 

 urape, Lees Prolific. Champion, Black Naples, Bla,ck Victoria. Boe- 

 coop.- Raspberries, Herbert! Herbert!! Herbert!!! Outhbert, Marlboro, 

 ariiickles Orange. Golden Qneen. Strawberry - Raspberry. — Garden 

 Koots, ABparagus, Bhubarb. Write for Ca.talo«n«. 



WM. FIEMIMG, Nnrseryman, 496 ■ 4th Avenue W., OWEN SOUND, ONT. 



True to Name— Free From Disease 



Tji ^'^- ^"i' Grower, you are looking for the best Apple, Pear, Peach, 

 Plum, Cherry and Quince Trees you caji Buy. 



Kelly Trees are sold at Growers' Prices— shipped direct from our own 

 nuijenes m Daneville and guaranteed sturdy, free from disease and True 

 to Name. 



For !J8 years we have had the name of knowing- how to grow trees right. 

 From seedling to freight car we watch our own trees personally and know 

 we are shipping just what you order. We have an up-to-date nursery plant 

 and can ship all orders promptly, as well as grow and ship at a low cost. 

 We give you every advantage on price. Plant apples this fall. 

 Write for our catalog TO DAT, and get our prices. 



KELLY BROS., Wholesale Nurseries, 216 Main St., Dansville, N.Y. 



You'll never regrrt planting Kelly Trees 



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Fairbanks- 

 Morse 

 Farm 

 Engine 



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Serves every power pur- 

 pose on the average farm. 



Easy to operate, 

 slmplyanddurablymade, 

 reliable at all times and 

 will run on cheap fuels. 



Of the 160,000 Fair- 

 banks-Morse Engines 



built during the past 35 

 years, 90% are still in activ c 

 service. The best possible evi- 

 dence of their dependability. 



Many types and powers. Ver- 

 tical and horizontal— portabl e 

 and stationary— 1 to 200 h.p. 



Send for free booklet, "Farm 

 Power." 



The Canadian Fairbanks • Morse Co., Limited 



Montreal Toronto 



Quebec OtUwM 



St. John H*mihori 



Ft. Waiijim 



Winnipeg Calcary 



RcKina Edmonton 



5.ukstoon Vancouver 



Vicloria 



than unwrapped as any packer skilled in 

 both methods will testify. The fruit stays 

 where it is placed. 



As to the benefit to the fruit of wrap- 

 ping-, there is no question. It prevents 

 the rapid spread of disease, the fruit keeps 

 longer, it is protected from outside influ- 

 ences, as sudden changes of temperature 

 and excessive moisture. It tends to pre- 

 vent the apples bruising one another, it 

 makes an elastic but firm pack much less 

 liable to shift than unwrapi>ed fruit, and 

 it gives a more finished appearance to the 

 package. It presumes a high grade pro- 

 duct so finding a readier sale and a higher 

 price. 



In wrapped fruit, the top of the box 

 should be packed last, while in unwrapped 

 fruit the top is packed first. Packing the 

 top of wrapped fruit first is a poor method. 

 It wastes time and should be discouraged. 

 PACKING FOE EXHIBITION. 



Packing for exhibition is essentially the 

 same as commercial packing in so far as 

 the actual operation is concenned. Great 

 care should be taken, however, to choose 

 only apples that are as near perfect in 

 regard to color and freedom from blem- 

 ishes as it is possible to get them. A 

 single wormy apple in a box is enough to 

 disqualify that box in the eyes of most 

 judges, if the competition is at all keen. 



It is good practice to clip the stems of 

 the top layer of apples so that the apples 

 may be packed stem end up. They pre- 

 sent a better appearance than if packed 

 caJyx-end up. 



Im competitions where more than one 

 box is called for, have the (samje pack 

 and the same number of apples to each 

 box. In fact, have the boxes as nearly 

 alike in every respect as possible. Uni- 

 formity counts many points in judging. 



Before shipping your fruit to the exhi- 

 bition, take every precaution to ensure its 

 arrival in perfect condition. It is a good 

 plan to line your boxes with corrugated 

 paper, double wrap your fruit, and re-pack 

 at the exhibition. It takes only a short 

 train journey to loosen up what looks like 

 a perfect pack. Needless to say the pack 

 should be firm at judging time. 



Above all things keep to the letter of 

 the rules as given in the prize list. In 

 close competitions judges often have to re- 

 sort to technicalities to simplify their 

 work, and if you don't agree with the 

 judges' decision— don't kick. He has a 

 thankless job at best. 



Items of Interest 



Philip J. Gabler. Cargo Inspeaor for 

 Canada at Liverpool, reports in the Census 

 and Statistics Monthly as follows. "It will 

 be generaly admitted that in these days of 

 keen competition continued improvement is 

 necessarv if we are to hold our own or 

 keep ahead, and I would like to call the 

 attention of Canadian packers to the fact 

 that the Western New York State people 

 are making a big effort to capture the 

 best of this market. Their fruit is of veiy 

 good quality generally, and very well grad- 

 ed, and they go sometimes to the extent of 

 what mav be termed fancy packing in bar- 

 rels (i.e.', fancv paper lace for the face of 

 the barrels and a pad at top and bottom.) 

 These apples easily command top prices. 



An association with 50,000 or 100,000 bar- 

 rels to sell can command a better price 

 than an association with 2,000 to 8,000 bar- 

 rels because the cost of making sales in 

 large bulk is much less than the cost of 

 making a number of sales in small bulk. 



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