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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



June, 1909 



The Canadian Horticulturist 



Published hy The Horticultural 



Publishinir Company, Limited 



PBTBRBORO AND TORONTO 



;rurei 



The Only Horticultural Magazine 



in the Dominion 



Official Organ of British Columbia, Oktario 



QuBBKC, New Brunswick and Prince Edward 



Island Fkuit Growers' Associations 



H. Bbonson Cowan, Managing Director 

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



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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, 1909 9,456 



February, 1909. 9,310 



March, liK)9 9,403 



April, 1909 9,482 



May, 1909 9,172 



January, 1908 7,650 



February, 1908 7,824 



March, 1908 8,056 



April, 1908 8,250 



May, 1908 8,573 



June. 1908 8,840 



July, 1908 9,015 



August, 1908 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 iMue 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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 Should we find reason, even in the slightest 

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 lioation of their advertisements in The Horti- 

 culturist. Should the circumstances warrant, 

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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST, 

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EDITORIAL 



DISAPPOINTING CONDITIONS 



The Session of tbe Ontario Legislature 

 which closed recently was not a very satis- 

 factory one as far as those who are interest- 

 ed in the work of the horticultural societies 

 of Ontario are concerned. The Legislature 

 failed to increase the grant to Horticultural 

 Societies from $8,000 to $10,000 as it had 

 been requested to do by the societies through 

 the Ontario Horticultural Association. 

 Thus, although the mefloibersnip of the horti- 

 cultural societies this year will be almost 

 double what it was a couple of years ago, 

 the societies are forced to carry on their 

 work with the old grant which is now so 

 small as to seriously handicap the work of 

 the societies. 



In addition, the Legislatvire failed to 

 pass a small grant of $100, that was given 

 to the Ontario Horticultural Association by 

 Hon. Mr. Monteith, to assist in carrying on 

 its work. It was understood that this grant 

 was to be continued from year to year. It is 

 true that the grant is a small one, but 

 nevertheless, it is needed by the Association 

 which has to depend on the Government to 

 a considerable extent for its financial 

 support. 



Furthermore, the legislature amended the 

 Horticultural Societies' Act so as to li'mit 

 the grant any society shall receive hereafter, 

 to not over $800. This amendment will ser- 

 iously restrict the work of the Ottawa and 

 St. Catharines Horticultural Societies. These 

 are the only two societies that so far have 

 been entitled to such a grant. While $800 

 may seem a large grant, the principle in- 

 volved in this legislation is a bad one. If 

 the Government says that the larger cities 

 shall not receive over $800, it should be 

 consistent and say that the smaller cities 

 shall not draw over, say, $600, the towns 

 $400 and villages $200. 



After a society secures a certain member- 

 ship it is a very diflBcult matter for it to 

 obtain additional members. Why then 

 should a society be discouraged from obtain- 

 ing additional members by the restricting 

 o fits grant? A feature of this last amend- 

 ment, which is most unsatisfactory, is, that 

 it was passed without any intimation being 

 given to the officers of the Ontario Horti- 

 cultural Association. They should have been 

 given an oportunity to make their views 

 known to the Department. 



The officers of the Horticultural Societies 

 of Ontario represent the best classes 

 of citizens in the cities, towns, 

 and villages of the Province. They 

 are public spirited to an unusual degree as 

 they give their services in the cause of horti- 

 culture free of cost and often at great 

 inconvenience and under discouraging cir- 

 cumstances. It is unfortunate, therefore, 

 that the Legislature instead of granting 

 the reasonable assistance required to still 

 further encourage the work of the societies 

 has taken action that will tend to discourage 

 and hamper them. 



JOURNALISM AT GUELPH 



About ninety per cent, of the students 

 that graduate after taking the full four 

 years' course at the Ontario Agricultur- 

 al College secure positions that demand 

 ability and experience in public speak- 

 ing or in writing and, in many cases, 

 in both. The natare of the positions that 

 are offered by agricultural colleges and high 

 schools, experiment stations, departments of 



agriculture, agricultural publications and 

 by other employers of these experts, requires 

 men not only well informed in their respec- 

 tive branches of the profession, but also 

 able to impart information in a compet- 

 <nt and acceptable manner. During the 

 past six or eight years, the Guolph college 

 has given some instruction and practise in 

 public speaking and much good has result- 

 ed. In the last annual report of the col- 

 lege the professor of English urges the ap- 

 pointment of an assistant who would Le 

 competent to take charge of the public 

 speaking classes and to assist in the other 

 branches of the English department. This 

 recommendation should receive the favorable 

 consideration of the Ontario government, 

 and be acted upon before the college again 

 opens next fall. 



As a large number of Guelph graduates 

 are now connected with the agricultural 

 press of Canada and the United States, and 

 as there will always be a demand for men 

 qualified to fill such positions, we would 

 suggest that classes in agricultural journalism 

 be also made a branch of the department of 

 English at the college. There is a wide dif- 

 ference between instruction in ordinary 

 composition, which is invaluable in itself, 

 and in journalism. The former is a neces- 

 sary part of the education of every stud- 

 ent and is of a more or less general nature ; 

 the latter embodies the former and includes 

 further instruction of a special character 

 — it is a business and a profession that re- 

 quires distinctive training. At Guelph, 

 where so many embryo journalists are train- 

 ed, courses should be given in the history 

 and principles of journalism, newspaper ad- 

 ministration, illustration, photography, the 

 libel law, news gathering, reporting, edi- 

 torial writing and so forth, besides the ac- 

 ademic branches of the study. Such in- 

 struction would be invaluable not only to 

 students who may become journalists, but 

 also to those who may accept other posi- 

 tions in professional agriculture and, by no 

 means least, to those students who go back 

 to the farms and who should be able to teach 

 others by writing for the press. It would 

 spread the gospel of good agriculture and 

 good horticulture more rapidly. To make 

 our agricultural college graduates even more 

 efficient than they are, it would be in the 

 interests of the college and of the country 

 to have classes in agricultural journalism 

 established at an early date. While this 

 15 a question more for the consideration of 

 the college than of the government, it could 

 have an important influence on the charac- 

 ter of the appointment suggested by the 

 professor of English. 



Each co-operative fruit growers' associ- 

 ation in the province should be represented 

 at the annual meeting of the Co-operative 

 Fruit Growers' of Ontario, to be held in 

 Toronto on June 8. This organization is 

 becoming stronger each year and is work- 

 ing in the interests of all persons connected 

 with the co-operative handling of fruits. 

 It should receive liberal and strong sup- 

 port. 



We were given an opportunity last month 

 of determining for ourselves whether or not 

 Lake Erie apples are good keepers. Through 

 the kindness of Mr. Jas. E. Johnson, of 

 Simcoe, Ont., we received a basket of Spy 

 apples which were apparently as firm and 

 as beautiful as when picked. The flavor 

 was excellent. As pointed out by Chief 

 McNeill on another page of this issue, Lake 

 Erie apples, properly grown, handled, 

 packed and stored, will keep as well as those 

 grown in any other part of the province. 



The third annual report of the Horticul- 

 tural Societies of Ontario contains much 



