November, 1914. 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



and ice mixtures in brine tank cars for fruit 

 shipments to be forwarded by the Okana- 

 gan United Growers, Limited, Vernon. 

 Careful records have been kept in regard 

 to temperature in transit, ventilation and 

 humidity. 



The raspberry growers of the Mission 

 and Hatzic districts this year for the first 

 time began shipping raspberries in straight 

 carloads by refrigerator freight. Eleven 

 carloads were thus shipped with highly 

 satisfactory results, as the berries reached 

 the market im a vastly improved condition, 

 and the growers received from forty to 

 sixty cents more than they would have se- 

 cured under the old system of express 

 shipments and individual marketing. 



In pursuance of the policy of making 

 known the excellent quality of British Co- 

 lumbia fruit in outside markets, the Brit- 

 ish Columbia Fruit Growers' Association 



has just issued an attractive eight-page 

 booklet entitled ".'Vdvertising British Col- 

 umbia Fruit." One hundred thousand 

 copies were printed so as to cover a large 

 part of our Canadian markets. Sample 

 copies were sent to over twenty five hundred 

 retailers of fruit, and secretaries of farm- 

 ers' organizations in the prairie provinces 

 inviting them to ask for quantities to dis- 

 tribute to customers.lt is expected that this 

 demand will make excellent advertising. 



Consumers of fruit in Alberta and Sas- 

 katchewan are responding in numbers to 

 advertisements in their papers inviting 

 them to secure copies. The booklet con- 

 tains much information about British Co- 

 lumbia fruit and will be popular among 

 fruit users. It contains a few simple jam 

 making and canning recipes, tells how to 

 buy fruit, and the varieties to buy for dif- 

 ferent purposes, and the months when they 

 are in season. 



Transportation Problems' 



Geo. E. Mcintosh, Traffic Expert, Ontario 



MANY Ontario shippers take the view 

 that freight rates west of Winnipeg 

 are excessive, and that the blanket 

 rate covering western Canada for the fruit 

 shippers of the western states is an in- 

 justice, but the most s-erious complaints 

 of the shippers centres on lack of railway 

 equipment ; ineiBcient terminal facilities, a 

 service in transit that assures no certainty 

 of reaching a market in proper time ; de- 

 lays in supplying cars ; rough handling, 

 lack of shelters, pilfering, neglect in ic- 

 ing cars or attending heaters, according 

 to season, the need of a uniform express 

 rate, assembling rates, and certain privi- 

 leges now established, but not accorded 

 the shippers of fruit. All the provinces are 

 more or less interested in remedying these 

 grievances, because success for one means 

 better service for all. I would suggest, 

 therefore, that united action be taken to 

 solve some of these problems. 



They are important. For instance, that 

 of pilfering. From accurate information 

 received from the shippers of Ontario last 

 season, the fact was established that tern 

 per cent, of their express shipments were 

 pilfered. This meant a loss of approxi- 

 mately ten thouand dollars on local ship- 

 ments, and yet it is not so much the mone- 

 tary loss, as the dissatisfied customer, that 

 the shipper fears, because the industry 

 suffers thereby. 



The supplying of cars is another serious 

 problem, but the fault is not all upon the 



•Extract from a paper read at the recent Do- 

 minion Fruit Conference held at Grimsby, Ont. 



Fruit Growers' Association, Forest, Ont. 



railways. Consignees do not release cars 

 promptly, and on the other hand railway 

 terminals are not adequate for prompt 

 placing. If, however, through organiza- 

 tion or any other influence a quicker move- 

 ment of cars and their return to the rail- 

 road could be brought about, it would be a 

 factor which would eventually have to 

 enter into the basis of ratemaking. 



Refrigerator car equipment previous to 

 1913 was not increasing in proportion to 

 the growth of perishable tonnage handled. 

 For five years previous to 1913, the in- 

 crease only averaged one hundred and 

 thirty-one cars a year, while in 1913 it was 

 increased by eight hundred and twenty- 

 nine. Returns, however, show that even 

 that season with a small crop, the entire 

 refrigerator car equipment of Canadian 

 railways was required by the fruit shippers 

 during the movement of the apple crop 

 alone from the province of Ontario during 

 October and November. Therefore, we 

 should do all that is possible to encourage 

 the reileasing of cars, as it is evident the 

 supply of refrigerator cars is far short of 

 the demand. This shortage of cars is one 

 of the most serious grievances confronting 

 the fruit shipper, and is a matter demand- 

 ing careful attention. 



Present regulations all favor the carrier. 

 Perhaps they do all they can to meet the 

 demand, but legislation less stringent than 

 that appearing on the statutes of the state 

 of Texas might help some. In that state 

 the railways must supply ten cars or less 

 in three days ; over ten and not exceeding 



forty-nine in six days ; fifty or more in ten 

 days, under a penalty of twenty-five dol- 

 lars a day for each car failed to be furnish- 

 ed. This is pretty severe legislation, but 

 I venture to say, it guarantees prompt ser- 

 vice to the shipper, for while he is also 

 penalized the same amount for detention, 

 there would be prompt releasing of the 

 cars. In many other states the prompt 



SMALL FRUITS 



Gooseberries, Red and Yellow; 

 Currants, Red, Black and 

 White; Raspberries, Red, Pur- 

 ple and Yellow; Black Berries; 

 Grape Vines. Strawberries, 

 Rhubarb, Asparagus Roots, 

 etc., etc. Ask for Price List. 



W. FLEMING, Nurseryman 

 Owen Sound, Ont. 



PRUNING SHEAR 



EHODES DOUBLE OUT^., cuts from 



W<C^ both sides of 

 limb and does 

 not bruise 

 the bark. 

 We pay Ex- 

 press charges 

 on all orders. 

 Write tor 

 circular and 

 I -«<i«« prices. 



I 536 S. Divii^ion Ave GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 



RHODES MFG. 



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