November, 1909 



THE CANADIAN H R'i T C ULTURIST 



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greatly in advance of the assistance that 

 they are given. Let every society send a 

 delegate to Toronto for this purpose. The 

 lant shonld be increased by at least 

 >r,,000. 



ORGANIZE A SOCIETY 



All cities, towns and villages in Ontario 

 where horticultural societies have not been 

 organized should take up the work at once. 

 It is indisputable that those places wherein 

 ! active horticultural societies are at work, 

 are the most beautiful, the cleanest and the 

 iiujst attractive in the province. Every 

 municipality should have a horticultural 

 society. 



Under the Horticultural Societies' Act, 

 these organizations must be formed before 

 the second week in January to participate 

 in the government grant. Further informa- 

 tion will be given on this and other points 

 on application to Mr. J. Lockie Wilson, 

 Superintendent of Horticultural Societies, 

 Parliament Buildings, Toronto. Towns and 

 cities that would like to take up the work 

 should send a delegate to the convention of 

 the Ontario Horticultural Asssociation this 

 month in Toronto. Any person that is in- 

 terested mav attend. 



WHAT IS A CRAB APPLE? 



What is the difference between an apple 

 and a crab apple? Can any of the read- 

 i. ers of TuE Canadian Horticultlrist givo 

 a definition for oup or loth of these types? 

 Bailey's "Cyclopedia of American Hor- 

 ticulture" says: "The term 'crab apple' is 

 an indefinite application." 



During the past month, specimens of small 

 apples or crab apples were received from 

 various sources by The Canadian Horticul- 

 turist for identification. With some of 

 them it was difficult to tell whether they 

 were crab apples or apples. Some of them 

 had more apple characteristics than crab 

 characteristics and vice versa. Crabs and 

 apples have been so intercrossed in recent 

 years that it is difficult to say which is a 

 crab and which is an apple. What con- 



»stitutes a crab apple and wnat is an apple? 

 We would like to know of any modern de- 

 finition which separates these. 



sioners in the various parts of the world 

 will be notified immediately and the same 

 information will be systematically indexed 

 in their respective offices. Our fruit grow- 

 ers and dealers who have trade relations 

 with other countries and who wish to in- 

 crease same should fill out the blank form 

 that is published with the notice on another 

 ))age and send same at once to the ad- 

 dress there given. 



In a recent issue of "Better Fruit" ap< 

 pears an illustration of a cold storage 

 ])lant which that paper claims is the onbj 

 cold storage owned by an association. If 

 the editor of that publication would visit 

 the great fruit districts of Canada he would 

 find that that statement is not correct. 

 Our largest and best equipped cold storage 

 plant owned by fruit growers is at St. 

 Catharines, Ont.— the plant of the St. 

 Catharines Cold Storage and Forwarding 

 Company. 



PUBLISHERS' DESK 



The proposal of the Dominion Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture to establish an ex- 

 perimental fruit station in British Colum- 

 bia is a good one as far as it goes, but tlio 

 varied fruit interests of the province and 

 the diversity of the climate there warrants 

 the establishment of more than one station. 

 At least four fruit stations are needed in 

 British Columbia besides the experimental 

 farm at Agassiz. It cannot be hoped, how- 

 ever, that the Dominion government will 

 establish more than one and that probably 

 will be a large one situated where it will 

 do the most general good. This could be 

 supplemented by smaller stations establish- 

 ed and controlled by the provincial gov- 

 eriunent witliin whose sphere this work more 

 properly falls. 



In the interests of the development ot 

 Canada's export trade, a notice is published 

 on page 264 of this issue asking for 

 the names of exporters from the Atlantic 

 to the Pacific with a detailed list of the 

 goods that they are in a position to sell 

 abroad. This information is wanted by the 

 Department of Trade and Commerce, Ot- 

 tawa. It is hoped that it can be made tho 

 basis of a permanent list which will be im- 

 mediately available at all times in the ad- 

 vancement of the foreign trade and com- 

 merce of the Dominion. When this informa- 

 tion is obtained, Canadian Trade Commis- 



Gratifying evidence of the standing of 

 The Canadian Horticulturist with its 

 leading advertisers has been furnished with- 

 in the past few months. Seven firms have 

 signed the largest advertising contracts in 

 the history of The Canadian Horticultur- 

 ist. The firms in question are Canada's 

 four large nursery firms, Brown Bros., Nur- 

 serymen, Limited, Brown's Nurseries, Ont. ; 

 E. D. Smith, of Winona, Ont.; Stone & 

 Wellington, of Toronto; and the Canadian 

 Nursery Company of Montreal. Brown 

 Bros., Nurserymen, Limited and E. D. 

 Smith have taken a half page space in 

 every issue of The Canadian Horticultur- 

 ist for the next three years at an advance 

 in rate. Stone & Wellington, and The Can- 

 adian Nursery Company, have signed con- 

 tracts for a quarter page space in every is- 

 sue for three years, also at an advance on 

 the regular rate. The Oakville Basket 

 Company, Batts Limited, and the King 

 Construction Company of Toronto, all of 

 whom have been regular advertisers in 

 The Canadian Horticulturist have each 

 signed contracts for a quarter page space 

 in each issue for the next thr>se years. The 

 increase in the demand for preferred posi- 

 tions in our advertising columns affords a 

 striking evidence of the improved stand- 

 ing of the paper. The Canadian Horti- 

 culturist has been growing so rapidly in 

 influence and jirestige, that advertisers are 

 finding it necessary, in order to secure 

 good positions, to sign long term contracts. 



We were much pleased with the many com- 

 plimentary remarks about The Canadian 

 Horticulturist made by our friends and 

 new acquaintances at the various exhibi- 

 tions held in Canada this fall and at the 

 meetings of the American Pomological So- 

 ciety in St. Catharines. It has been our 

 purpose to make the publication worthy of 

 favor and even of compliment. To know 

 that our efforts have been successful is 

 gratifying. Our aim continually will be to 

 make The Canadian Horticulturist the 

 best paper of its kind on the continent. 

 Suggestions and criticisms are invited. 



Our cover illustration this month shows 

 a plate of Yellow Transparent apples 

 grown in British Columbia. 



Send photographs of lawns, hedges, or- 

 namental trees and shrubs, flowers and other 

 horticultural subjects. 



Ontario Horticultural Exhibition 



The prize list for the sixth annual On- 

 tario Horticultural Exhibition to be held in 

 Toronto Nov. 9-13, offers exceptional induce- 

 ments to exhibitors. Large prizes are of- 

 fered for fresh and preserved fruits. A 

 new feature is the offering of 1st prizes of 

 $10, and 2nd prizes of $o for the best sin- 

 gle specimen apples of the following varie- 

 ties : Baldwin, Greening, King, Mcintosh 

 and Spy. The county councils of Brant 

 Halton, Huron, York and of the united 

 counties of Leeds and Grenville, have grant- 

 ed a sum of money to be given as prizes for 

 the best plates of apples grown within theii 

 respective counties. 



Special sections in the prize list are set 

 aiiart for exhibits from the counties of Wel- 

 lington, AVaterloo, Dufferin, Simcoe and 

 all other portions of the Province north of 

 a line from Orillia to Kingston. There are 

 prizes for everywhere and for everything 

 in the fruit liiie. Prizes are offered also 

 for the best box or barrel brand of an as- 

 sociation or individual. The vegetable and 

 flower departments are equally favored in 

 the way of general and special prizes. Ex- 

 hibits from manufacturers of all kinds of 

 horticultural supplies will add to the edu- 

 cational features of the show. 



National Apple Show 



Word has been received by the secretary 

 of the National Apple Show to be held at 

 Spokane, Wash., Nov. 15 to 20, that Kel- 

 owna. Nelson, Vernon and Vancouver will 

 send exhibits for a dozen classes. Other 

 districts, also, have announced their in- 

 tention of making displays. 



Canadian growers may compete in all 

 classes except in the special state group 

 disnlavs. $2-5.000 in prizes and premiums 

 will be distributed by Prof. H. E. Van 

 Deman and the associate judges in 20 class- 

 es ranging from a full car, 630 boxes or 

 210 barrels, to a single pfate of five an- 

 nles. The chief prize and sweepstake is 

 $1 ,500 in the car-load class. Canada should 

 win this and a large proportion of the other 

 handsome premiums. The secretary is Mr. 

 Ren. H. Rice, Spokane. 



Colorado Apple Show 



Apple growers in Canada should take a 

 deep interest in the Colorado National Ap- 

 ple Exposition, Denver, Jan. 3 to 8, 1910. 

 Among the prizes that they would have an 

 especially good chance to win would be the 

 Long Distance prize which is $50 for the 

 barrel or box that comes the greatest dis- 

 tance to the show and the Foreign Country 

 special of $100 first prize and $50 second 

 prize for the best barrel or three boxes from 

 a foreign country. 



The other prizes run from $25 for the 

 largest single apple to $1,000 for the best 

 carload. The plate and box prizes are all at- 

 tractive and any grower desiring full in- 

 formation can secure it by writing to Clin- 

 ton Lawrence Oliver, secretary, P.O. Box 

 1504, Denver, Colo. The entire prize list 

 aggregates nearly $30,000 and the object of 

 tho exposition is to stimulate the apple in- 

 dustry of the American continent. 



The horticulture of Saskatchewan is as 

 yet but slightly developed. Many people 

 think that this is a country where nothing 

 but wheat can be grown successfully. This 

 is a groat mistake. No country is better 

 suited to the growth of common vegetables, 

 while small hardy fruits can be grown to 

 perfection. However, to attain success in 

 some lines of horticulture, special methods 

 must bo used in growing — Brenda E. Ne-t 

 ville, Cottonwood, Sask. 



