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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



November, 191 4. 



FREE LAND 



FOR THE SETTLER in 



NEW ONTARIO 



Million* of acre* of virgin *oil obtainable 

 free and at a nominal coat are calling for 

 cultivation. 



Thouaands of farmer* have reaponded 

 to the call of this fertile country and are 

 bfcing made comfortable and rich. Here, 

 right at the door of Old Ontario, a home 

 await* you. 



For full information a* to terms, regula- 

 tions, and settlers rates, write to 



H. A. MACDONELL 



Director of Colonization 

 Parliament Buildings., TORONTO 



HON. JAS. S. DUFF 



Minister of Agriculture 

 Parliament BIdgs., Toronto 



As regards fruits, the only line in which 

 Canada has captured any considerable 

 trade is in g-:illon apples, which reajly 

 provides the bulk of the Canadian business 

 in this country in canned fruits and vege- 

 tables, the California packers of peaches 

 and pears having obtained a hold on this 

 market with which it has sc far been dif- 

 ficult to compete. 



The Strawberry Root Weevil in British 

 Columbia, with Notes on other Insects At- 

 tacking .Strawberry Plants in the ].,ower 

 Fraser Valley, is the subject of Bulletin No. 

 18 of the Second Series of the Central Ex- 

 perimental Farm, Ottawa. This publication, 

 which has been prepared by Mr. R. C. Tre- 

 herne, B.S.A., is based upon a careful study 

 of the insect carried out in 1912 and 1913, 

 by the writer, under the supervision of Dr. 

 C. Gordon Hewitt, Dominion Entomologist. 

 The Strawberry Root Weevil constitutes 

 the greatest obstacle to the successful grow- 

 ing of strawberries in certain sections_ of 

 the Lower Fraser Valley; the investigations 

 carried nut demonstrated that the control 



Every farmer should hire him 



You pay him only $3.00 for 365 

 full 24-hour days a year — and no- 

 body knows how many years he'll 

 last, for he has never been known to 

 wear out. 



His board amounts to a drop of oil 

 every twelve months — that's all the 

 pay he asks. 



His work is getting the farm hands 

 in the fields on time, starting the 

 before-breakfast chores on time, and 

 telling the right time all day so 

 the women folks can have the meals 

 on time — these are easy jobs for 

 him. 



Bi^ Ben stands seven inches tall. 

 He is triple-nickel plated and wears 



an inner vest of steel that insures 

 him for life. His big bold figures 

 and hands are easy to read in the dim 

 morning light. His keys almost wind 

 themselves. He rings for five min- 

 utes straight, or every other half 

 minute for ten minutes as you pre- 

 fer. 



The next time you're In town just 

 drop in at yoiu: dealer's and ask to 

 see Big Ben. If your dealer hasn't 

 him, send a money order for $3.00 

 to Westclox, La Salle, Illinois, and 

 he'll come to you, transportation 

 charges prepaid, all ready for work. 

 Hire Big Ben for your farm and he'll 

 prove die promptest hired man on 

 the place. 



of this insect was dependent upon cultural 

 methods and the system of cropping, and 

 for this reason these aspects of the problem 

 are fully discussed. 



British Fruit Imports 



That there is an almost unlimited demand 

 for cheap fruit in the United Kingdom is 

 illustrated by the enormous quantities of 

 bananas which are now sold all over the 

 country, their appearance having created an 

 entirely new demand. Fruit from Canada 

 and Australia, South Africa and the We.si 

 Indies is sold throughout the country in 

 quantities which seem to be limited only by 

 the carrying capacity of the cold storage in 

 the steamships. 



The total value of fruit, not liable to duty, 

 imported to the United Kingdom in 1918 

 was as follows: 

 From — 



British possessions £ 1.671,955 



Foreign countries 10,406,000 



Total £12,077.955 



APPLES 



Of all the fruits which are the subject of 

 international trade, apples represent the 

 greatest aggregate value, though bananas 

 appear to be rapidly overtaking them. The 

 following table shows that forty-seven per 

 cent of the apples imported to the United 

 Kingdom in 1913 came from British Pos- 

 sessions: 



I. \f PORTS or .APPLES 



From — 



Canada £ 730,036 



Australia 296,245 



Channel Islands 11,844 



Other British 1,958 



Total British £1,040,083 



United States £1,000,074 



Other foreign 190.213 



Total foreign £1,190 287 



Total £2,230.370 



The exports of apples from Canada during 

 the eleven months ending February, 1914, 

 were 889,932 barrels, value $3,201,834. 



The following table shows the imports of 

 pears to the United Kingdom in 1913: 

 From — 



Canada £ 32.169 



Australia 30,650 



Cape of Good Hope 20.929 



Other British 2,498 



Total British £ 86,246 



United States £232.470 



Belgium 162.171 



France 99.765 



Netherlands 52,707 



Other foreign 16,725 



Total foreign £563.838 



Total £650,084 



The exports of fresh fruit from South 

 Africa in 1913 amounted in value to £54,315, 

 and included grapes £12,270, oranges 

 £11,530, pears £9,674. plums £5.961, 

 peaches £4,090, naartjes £2,217, and pine- 

 apples £1,687. 



Boxes vs. Barrels 



F. Due, Canadian Trade Commiisioner, Glasgow, Scotland 



InteiTiews with importers, brokers, and 

 the retail trade indicate that the box pack- 

 age is becoming a more important factor 

 in the apple trade than formerly. Which 

 is the better package cannot be answered 

 offhand. One class of package suits ome 



