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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



November, 1909 



Imperial Bank 



OF CANADA 



HEAD OFFICE-TORONTO 



Capital Authorized, $10,000,000.00 



Capital Paid-up. . 5,000,000.00 



Reserve Fund . 5,000,000.00 



D. B. \ni,K.IK, President 

 HON. B. JAFFBAY, Vice-President 



Branches and Agencies throughout 

 the Dominion of Canada 



Drafts, Money Orders and Letters of Credit 



issued available in any part of the world 

 Special attention given to collections 



SaWnffs Department — Interest allowed on de- 

 posits from date of deposit. 



$65 



eOCS LIKE SIXTY 



BELLS LIKE sixty; 

 ELLS FOR 



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lNGINE 



r Pumping, Creani 

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^ Cartage Charges in Toronto 



Editor, The Canadian Horticulturist : It 

 was somewhat refreshing to read the re- 

 marks on "Cartage Charges in Toronto," 

 in the September issue. The Clarkson 

 growers have been thinking that they were 

 a pretty good lot of fellows around Burling- 

 ton and Aldershot, in fact we were told by 

 some of the commission men that the grow- 

 ers there did not object to the extra charges 

 On the face of it the charges did not seem 

 very much, but upon investigating, it is a 

 big consideration, especially on the six and 

 eleven quart baskets. Take for instance, the 

 11 quart : When the contents sell for 20 cents 

 a basket, expenses are for basket 3 1/( cents ; 

 cover IJ^ cents; express charges 5 cents; 

 commission 2 cents ; cartage 1 cent ; total 

 13% cents. The remaining 6]4 cents goes 

 to the producer. There are thousands upon 

 thousands of baskets sold for this figure and 

 thousands are sold much less and of course, 

 the cheaper the sale, the harder the cartage 

 hits. 



If the commission men did all their cart- 

 ing, they would draw forth a little sym- 

 pathy but such is not the case. As it is, it 

 is well known that they do not do one half. 

 The Clarkson people are well aware of that. 

 The Clarkson shippers have kicked most vig- 

 orously from the very first. In fact, our as- 

 sociation resorted to a kind of boycott, per- 

 haps not a laudable action. It occurred to 

 one member that there were too many com- 

 mission men in the business to make it pay 

 and he suggested that the Clarkson Fruit 

 Growers' Association pledge themselves to 

 ship to six out of the eleven commission 

 houses and it was acted upon, but it caused 

 a certain amount of discomfort at a certain 

 time of year. If the whole fruit growing dis- 

 trict had taken such a step, it would have 

 caused greater discomfort still. This way of 

 course would be a bit drastic, but it would 

 almost have served them right. I certainly 

 agree with Mr. Fisher in this respect that 

 if thev want more for their work, that a 

 straight amount of percentage be added. — ■ 

 W. G. Home, Clarkson, Ont. 



"WindsorTableSaltis 

 the salt for us. We pay 

 our money for good salt 

 — made right here in 

 Canada — that every one 

 knows is absolutely pure. 



We certainly won't 

 pay fancy prices for an 

 imported salt with a 

 fancy name." 



Windsor salt is all salt 

 — ptire, dry, dissolves in- 

 stantly, and lends a de- 

 licious flavor to every 

 I dish. 



\ irs 16/ 

 >VIJVDSOR 



Growers and lovers of bulbs should send 

 to The Steele Briggs Company for a copy 

 of their autumn catalogue. Besides bulbs 

 it offers a large collection of plants and 

 seeds. 



A short course in fruit growing will be 

 given at the Ontario Agricultural College, 

 Gnelph, from Jan. 25 to Feb. 5, 1910. 

 AVrite to President G. C. Creelman for a 

 copy of the calendar that describes it. 



The Canadian Horticulturist is just the 

 paper an intending fruit and vegetable 

 grower needs. — R. A. Bageley, Kootenay 

 Co., B.C. 



The Ontario Fruit Growers' Association 

 has been successful in having the applica- 

 tion of the Canadian Freight Association, 

 for an increase in rates on fruits to the 

 West, dismissed by the Board of Railway 

 Commissioners. This will be of great ad- 

 vantage to Ontario frviit growers, particu- 

 larly to those in the Niagara district. 



In connection with the fruit exhibit at the 

 annual meeting of The Virginia State Horti- 

 cultural Society, to be held at Winchester, 

 Va., Jan. 5 and 6, 1910, a special pre- 

 mium is offered by Dr. J. B. Emerson of 

 Albermarle Co., Va., open to competition 

 from any State or Canada, of $50 for the 

 best five boxes, one box each of any of the 

 following : Albemarle Pippin, Winesap, York 

 Imperial, Ben Davis, Grimes Golden, Jona- 

 than, Spitzenberg, Baldwin, Paradise Win- 



ter Sweet, Rome Beauty. All fruit growers 

 in the countries named are invited to enter 

 for this competition and to notify the sec- 

 retary, Mr. Walter Whately, Crozet, Va., 

 of their entries by Dec. 25th. 



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REPRESENTING 



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Manchester, Liverpool and Hull 



Will be pleased to keep you advised 

 regarding the condition of the Euro- 

 pean Markets. If you have any 

 Apples for export, call or write 



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25 Church St., Toronto, Canada 



