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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



April, 1909 



The Canadian Horticulturist 



PublUhed by The Horticullural 



Publishing Company, Limited 



PBTBRBORO AND TORONTO 



The Only Horticultural Magazine 

 in the Dominion 



Official Organ op Bkitish Columbia, Ontario 



Quebec, New Brunswick and Prince Edward 



Island Fruit Growers' Associations 



H. Bronson Cowan 



Mana^ng Editor and Business Manager 



A. B. Cutting, B.S.A., Horticultural Editor 



W. G. Rook, Advertising Manager 



1. The Canadian Horticulturist is published on 

 the 25th day of the month preceding date of 

 issue. 



2. Subscription price in Canada and Great Bri- 

 tain, 60 cents a year ; two years, $1.00. For United 



States and local subscriptions in Peterboro, (not 

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 year, including postage. 



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CIRCULATION STATEMENT. 



Since the subscription price of The Canadian 

 Horticulturist was reduced from $1.00 to 60 cents 

 a year, the circulation has grown rapidly. The 

 following is a sworn statement of the net paid 

 circulation of The Canadian Horticulturist for 

 the year ending with Dec, 1908. The figures giv- 

 en are exclusive of samples and spoiled copies, 

 and of papers sent to advertisers. Some months, 

 including the sample copies, from 10,000 to 12.000 

 copies of The Canadian Horticulturist are mailed 

 to people known to be interested in the grow- 

 ing of fruit, flowers or vegetables. 



January, 1908 7,650 



February. 1908 7,824 



March. 1908 8,056 



January, 1909... 

 February, 1909.. 

 March, 1909 



. .9,456 

 . .9,310 

 . .9,405 



April, 1908 S.av) 



May, 1908 8,573 



June. 1908 8.840 



July, 1908 9,01.') 



August, 190« 9.070 



September, 1908 9,121 



October, 1908 9,215 



November, 1908 9.323 



December. 1908 9,400 



Total for the year .. 104,337 



Average each issue in 1907, 6,627 



Average each issue in 1908, 8,695 



(Increased circulation in one year 2,068) 



Sworn detailed statements will be mailed upon 

 application. 



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 culturist to feel that they can deal with our 

 advertisers with our assurance of the advertisers' 

 reliability. We try to admit to our columns 

 only the most reliable advertisers. Should any 

 subscriber, therefore, have good cause to be 

 dissatisfied with the treatment he receives from 

 any of our advertisers, we will look into the 

 matter and investigate the circumstances fully. 

 Should we find reason, even in the slightest 

 degree, we will discontiue immediately the pub 

 lication of their advertisements in The Horti- 

 culturist. Should the circumstances warrant, 

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 "T saw your ad. in The Canadian Horticultur- 

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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 

 Toronto Office: PETERBORO, ONTARIO. 



72 Queen street west . 



MORE INSPECTORS NEEDED 



There is need for more Dominion fruit in- 

 spectors in the western provinces and Bri- 

 tish Columbia. This is pointed out in ar- 

 ticles that appear on pages 91 and 92 of 

 this issue. The need is felt not only for the 

 inspection of fruit designed for export, but 

 particularly for the examination of fruit 

 that is imported from the United States. 



Merchants are instructed by the Domin- 

 ion Department of Agriculture to mark all 

 imported fruit with their own name and 

 address and with its grade, and they must 

 become responsible for it. While there have 

 been comparatively few violations of these 

 regulations, they can be prevented only by 

 an adequate force of inspectors. At pre- 

 sent, there are only two inspectors in the 

 western and Pacific provinces. These men 

 have done excellent work, but they cannot 

 cover all this territory nor do all the work 

 required. The force should be doubled, at 

 least. It is hoped that the Dominion Min- 

 ister of Agriculture will make additional 

 appointments before the opening of the 

 next fruit season. 



BRANDING ONTARIO APPLES 



Ontario packers persist in branding their 

 apples "Canadian," whereas packers in 

 Nova Scotia and British Columbia have 

 been branding their apples "Nova Scotia" 

 and "British Columbia" respectively The 

 result is that if one picks up a price list in 

 England of apples offered for sale by Eng- 

 lish commission firms he finds the word "On- 

 tario" missing from most of them. They 

 are listed there as "Canadian," "Nova 

 Scotia" or British Columbia." 



It would seem that Ontario packets have 

 been too generous in this matter and their 

 patriotism has exceeded that of the sister 

 provinces. The apple growers of Ontario 

 should think this matter over and discon- 

 tinue the present svstem of marking and 

 brand all their apples "Ontario, Canada" 

 instead of simply "Canada." 



ONTARIO vs. BRITISH COLUMBIA 



The friendly rivalry that exists between 

 the fruit grower.'! of Ontario and British 

 Columbia should be encouraged rather than 

 disparaged. It stimulates effort and dis- 

 courages carelps'iness. Its influence is 

 more apparent, however, at the coast than 

 in the province by the lakes. Our represent- 

 ative, who visited British Columbia, some 

 time ago, noted that in that province., and 

 particularly in the Oknnagan Valley, there 

 is a feeling of conternpt for eastern fruit. 

 There is a general impression that Ontario 

 is a land of old infested orchards and cull 

 fruit. The idea is born of the fact that 

 Ontario has been slower than British Col- 

 umbia in adopting the most advanced meth- 

 ods of grading and packing fruits and even 

 of orchard management. Ontario has not 

 been keeping herself before the world. The 

 states of California, Washington and Oregon 

 have and the people of British Columbia 

 take them as their ideals. 



There is some cause for this attitude of 

 British Columbia. The growers of that 

 provinc" are hustlers. They have been 

 ready to tfke advice from California and 

 other Pacific States that have raised the 

 standard of fruit growing to perfection. 

 British Columbia has learned in short time 

 the art of fruit packing and, in this respect, 

 can teach a few things to Ontario. Further- 

 more, British Columbia has the advantage 

 of new lands and new orchards which means 



for a while comparative freedom from in- 

 sects and disease. These will come later; 

 some are coming now. 



Ontario can grow just as good fruit as 

 British Columbia. She excels in firmness 

 and flavor. No British Columbian will cre- 

 dit this, (unless he was raised in Ontario), 

 but impartial judges know it. The Pacific 

 province excels in size and usually in color 

 and she leads in methods of packing and, 

 greatest of all from the business viewpoint, 

 in advertizing her country, its resources 

 and products. These differences excite 

 rivalry which is a good thing if not carried 

 to the extreme of bitterness. There is no 

 need that this shall occur. Both provinces 

 are superior in one or more particulars. 

 It is up to the growers and government of 

 Ontario to make her particular points of 

 excellence more widely known as British 

 Columbia does hers. It pays to advertize. 



A CHANGE NOT NEEDED 



To change the name of the Ontario Veg- 

 etable Growers' Association to the "Ontario 

 Vegetable and Small Fruit Growers' Associ- 

 ation," as has been proposed, would be un- 

 wise. Becatise some of its members grow 

 fruits as well as vegetables is not sufficient 

 reason for adopting such a cumbersome ap- 

 pellation. Furthermore, the proposed name 

 overlaps and enters the field of other organ- 

 izations. The vegetable growers' and the 

 fruit growers' associations should be kept 

 distinct in purpose and in name. 



Many of the members of the Ontario 

 Fruit Growers' Association grow vegetables 

 but 1 they would not feel justified in chang- 

 ing the name of their organization to the 

 "Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers' As- 

 sociation." To avoid confusion in names 

 and in interests, it woidd be well to leave 

 the name of the Ontario Vegetable Grow- 

 ers' Association intact. 



Naming New Stsawbcrrics 



Editor, The Canadian HoRTicfLTtiiisT : — 

 I noted the editorial on "Naming According 

 to Sex" in the January issue of The Cana- 

 dian HoRTicuLTi'RiST. If the plan which 

 you suggest were universally followed it 

 would be something of a guide to prospec- 

 tive planters with regard to the character 

 of the blossoms of the varieties from which 

 they were making selections for planting, 

 but for several years, there would undoubt- 

 edly remain the confusion of sex names 

 which now exists, and this would continue 

 until our present varieties became obsolete. 

 Theoretically the plan is good but practical- 

 ly I think it would be very difficult to secure 

 its uniform operation. — S. A. Beach, Hort- 

 iculturist, Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa. 



The Home Market For Apples 



Alex, McNeill, Chief, Fmit DivisioD, Ottawa 



It is a recognized principle in political 

 economy that the best paying market is the 

 home market, up to the limit of its capacity. 

 Unfortunately, this market, can be overdone 

 in some particulars. In order to determine 

 whether the home market was properly 

 supplied with apples this winter I made 

 inquiries from the merchants in the prin- 

 cipal smaller towns and cities of Ontario. 

 In almost every case it appeared that there 

 was a shortage of good fruit and an excel- 

 lent demand for all the winter varieties. 

 Prices ranged high, from if7 a barrel in 

 Montreal for choice Spys to $4.50 and $5 in 

 the smaller towns. 



There is not the slightest doubt but what 

 thousands of barrels would have been con- 

 sumed in the neighborhood of where the 

 apples were grown if they had been properly 



