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THE CANADIAN H R T I C U L T U E I S T 



August, 1908 



The Canadian Horticulturist 



Published by The HorticuItHral 

 Publifthinc Company, Limited 



PBTERBORO AND TORONTO 



The Only Horticultural Magazine 

 in the Dominion 



Official Organ of British Columbia, Ontario, Que- 

 BBC, New Brun.swick and Princb Edward Island 

 Fruit Growers' Associations and of the Ont- 

 ario Vegetable Growers' Association 



H. Bronson Cowan, 

 Managing 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. siibscription Price in Canada and Great Brit- 

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

 States and local subscriptions in Peterboro, (not 

 called for at Post Office) 25c extra a year, in- 

 cluding postage. 



3. Remittances should be made by Post Office 

 or Money Express Order, or Registered Letter. 

 Postage Stamps accepted for amounts less than 

 $1.00. 



4. Change of Address— When a change of ad- 

 dress is ordered, both the old and the new ad- 

 dresses must be given. 



5. Advertising Rates quoted on application. 

 Copy received up to the 18th. Address all ad- 

 vertising correspondence and copy to our Ad- 

 vertising Manager, 72 Queen Street West, Tor- 

 onto. 



6. Articles and Illustrations for publication will 

 be thankfully received by the editor. 



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, 1907. The figures giv- 

 en are exclusive of sample 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. 



Circulation Statement 



January, 1908. . 

 February, 1908 

 March, 1908 . . . 



April, 1!)08 



May, 1908 



Juno, 1908 



July, 1908 



....7,<i50 

 . ... 7,824 



8,a56 



s.isn 



8„i73 



. ... 8,810 

 . . . . .9,015 



.January, lfl07 4,917 



February. 1907 5,520 



March, 1907 6,380 



April, 1907 6,460 



May, 1907 6,6'20 



June, 19<I7 6,780 



July, m)7 6,9-20 



Augu.st; 1907 6,880 



Kcjjtember, 1907 7,080 



(Jctober, 1907 7,210 



November, 1907 7,2.57 



December, 1907 7,500 



Total for the year, 79,525 



Average each i»sue in 1907, 6,627 

 Sworn detailed statements will be mailed upon 

 application. 



Our Protective Policy 



We want the readers of The Canadian Horti- 

 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 discontinue immediately the pub- 

 lication of their advertisements in The Horti- 

 culturist. Should the circumstances warrant 

 we will expose them through the columns of 

 the paper. Thus, we will not only protect our 

 readers, but our reputable advertisers as well. 

 All that is necessary to entitle yon to the bene- 

 fits of this Protective Policy is that you include 

 in all your letters to advertisers the words 

 "I saw your ad. in The Canadian Horticulturist." 

 Complaints should be sent to us as soon as pos- 

 sible after reason for dissatisfaction has been 

 found. 



Communications should be addressed: 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST, 

 Toronto Office: PETEEBORO, ONTARIO 



72 Queen Street West. 



BRITISH COLUMBIA INSPECTION 



Our editorial in the June issue, entitled, 

 "A Warninj):," was reproduced in the B. C. 

 Saturday Sunset, which, in an article 

 headed, "Be Fair," challenges our state- 

 ments in the following words : 



" Wc must admit that San Jose scale, 

 " and other pests, are prevalent in the 

 " neighboring' states, but they are also 

 " prevalent in Ontario, and we are quite 

 " sure that The Horticulturist is in error 

 " when it says that the ' blundering- in- 

 " spectors threw out one lot of Cox's 

 " Orange Pippins, because their appear- 

 " ance was unusual.' Cox's Orange 

 . " Pippin is not a stranger in British 

 " Columbia, and its appearance and hab- 

 " its are well known to the fruit-pest in- 

 " spectors, and notwithstanding the pos- 

 " sible mistakes of these inspectors, it 

 "is not true that 'the British Columbia 

 " Government discriminates against clean 

 " healthy Efistern nursery stock.' " 

 No person has denied that there is scale 

 in Ontario, but it is confined to a compar- 

 atively small area of the province, and, be- 

 sides, a number of Ontario nurseries are 

 not located in the scale-infested district. 

 The Ontario Government, to protect On- 

 tario growers, insists that all nursery 

 stock grown in the province shall be fumi- 

 gated under the direction of a Government 

 inspector. This fumigation covers the 

 stock shipped to British Columbia. Last 

 spring one of these inspectors personally 

 inspected all the shipments that were sent 

 to British Columbia, from one of Ontario's 

 largest nurseries, and wrote a letter testi- 

 fying that the stock was free of scale and 

 disease, and in a healthy condition, and 

 that it was fumigated under his personal 

 supervision. This letter was handed to the 

 inspectors at Vancouver, but they declined 

 to accept the statements in any way. It 

 would seem, therefore, that there should be 

 some reciprocity between the departments 

 of agriculture in the different provinces in 

 reference to this matter of inspection. 



In regard to the Cox's Orange Pippin 

 blunder, these trees were claimed by the 

 British Columbia inspectors to be infested 

 with San Jose scale. The consigning 

 nursery firm demanded that specimens 

 be sent to them. This was done. Later 

 the trees were sent to the Experimental 

 Farm, at Ottawa, and, upon close inspec- 

 tion, were found to be aflfected only with 

 the oyster-shell scale, a comparatively 

 harmless pest. 



The Canadian Horticulturist has re- 

 ceived numerous letters from British Col- 

 umbia growers, to the effect that they want 

 Ontario stock, but do not feel that they , 

 can accept the risk of planting such stock 

 when it is subject to double fumigation, 

 and an over-handling at Vancouver. The 

 following is an extract from one from 

 Kelowna : " Ontario trees are just what we 

 want in this province, as they are from a 

 colder climate, and are hardy, but they are 

 too long on the road. They should come 

 direct to Vernon, instead of goin'r first to 

 Vancouver." 



The B. C. Saturday Sunset fails to see 

 that eastern nursery stock is discriminated 

 against. Even accepting the fact that 

 scale is in the east, as well as in the west, 

 why do eastern nursery concerns have to 

 ship for inspection right across British 

 Columbia to Vancouver, while United 

 States stock can be shipped only across the 



border, and be inspected, practically, at 

 the port of entry? The British Columbia 

 Government does not compel United States 

 stock to be shipped for inspection across 

 the province to Revelstoke or Golden. The 

 Canadian Horticulturist thinks that 

 Ontario, and other eastern provinces, as a 

 part of our great Dominion, should be en- 

 titled to, at least, as much consideration 

 as the Western States. All that eastern 

 nursery men ask, and all that our British 

 Columbia correspondents desire, is another 

 inspection station established at some east- 

 ern point in British Columbia, so that 

 nursery stock from eastern Canada can be 

 imported without any extra delay and any 

 extra expense in shipping. And that is the 

 position of The Canadian Horticultur- 

 ist. We do not ask for discrimination 

 against United States concerns, nor against 

 the nurseries of the Coast. We ask for 

 no favors for eastern nurserymen that arc 

 not given to those of the west. We do 

 ask the British Columbia Government to 

 establish another inspection station, and 

 The B. C. Saturday Sunset to " be fair." 



INPSECTORS FOR ASSOCIATIONS 



To give distinction to The Co-operative 

 Fruit Growers of Ontario, an organization 

 with which is affiliated most of the local 

 co-operative fruit associations in the prov- 

 ince, and to aid its recognition in foreign 

 markets, it should adopt a brand for the 

 use of all affiliated associations that are 

 worthy. The brand need not necessarily 

 be used by the local associations exclusive- 

 ly, but in addition to the local brand. It 

 would identify them as members of the 

 provincial organization, which will soon be 

 powerful and strong, partcularly if incor- 

 porated, as is now proposed. 



No local association should be allowed 

 to use the provincial brand, however, un- 

 less it grades and packs its fruit in accord 

 with The Fruit Marks Act, and with the 

 standard set by the central organization. 

 The Dominion Department of Agriculture 

 can lend a helping hand in this matter by 

 appointing special inspectors to watch the 

 work and output of the local associations, 

 so that the latter may know that the de- 

 sired standard is being reached. Such 

 special inspection would be the means of 

 ad'vertising Ontario fruit through the asso- 

 cations in a manner more satisfactory than 

 any that has been tried in the past. 



SIGNING NURSERY CONTRACTS 



Is there any line of merchandise in which 

 there is so much fraudulent practice and 

 over-charging as there is in the case of nur- 

 sery stock? We have recently received a 

 contract for stock signed by a customer, 

 which reads as follows: 



"Please furnish me the following bill 

 "of nursery stock for the purpose of im- 

 "proving my property. Notice to be sent 

 "me of the date of delivery and if not 

 "called for on that day and a personal 

 "delivery made, I agree to pay expen.se8 

 "of same. 



"I hereby waive all set off or exemp- 

 "tion law rights. 



"I also agree not to countermand this 

 "contract; any article not furnished to be 

 "deducted from the bill. All nursery 

 "stock dying within five years will be re- 

 "placed at half original price." 

 The bill calls for four trees of the com- 

 monest kind, one Concord grape vine and a 

 dozen raspberries, for which the customer ^ 

 is charged $5.00. There would be excellent I 

 profit in it if they had charged $2.00. 

 It will be noted that the customer waiv- 



