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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



September, 1908 



The Canadian Horlicullurist 



Published by The HorticultHral 

 Publishing Company, Limited 



PBTERBORO AND TORONTO 



The Only Horticultural Magazine 

 in the Dominion 



Official Groan of British Colombia, Ontario, Qub- 

 BBC, New Brunswick and Princb Edward Island 

 Froit Growers' Associations and of the Ont- 

 ario Vbgetable Growers' Association 



H. Bronson Cowan, 

 Maca^ns Editor and Business Manager 

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

 W. G. Rook, Advertising Manager 



1 The Canadian Hortlculturibt is published on 

 the 25th day of the month preceding date of 

 issue. 



2 Subscription 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) 25o extra a year, in- 

 cluding postage. 



3. Kemittances should be made by Post OfBce 

 or Money Express Order, or Eegistered 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 Bates 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, Bowers or vegetables. 



Circulation Statement 



.January. 1908 7,650 



February, 1908 7,8-24 



March, 1908 8,056 



April, iai8 8,250 



May, 1908 8,57.3 



June, 1908 8,840 



July, 1908 9,015 



August, 1908 9,070 



January, 1907... 4,947 



February. 1907 5,520 



March, 1907 6,380 



April, 1907 6,460 



May, 1907 6,620 



June, 1907 6,780 



July, 1907 6,920 



August, 1907 6.830 



September, 1907 7,080 



October, 1907 7.210 



November, 1907 7,257 



December, 1907 7,500 



Total for the year, 79,525 



Average each issue in 1907, 6,627 



Sworn detailed statements will be mailed npon 

 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 you 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 HOETICUI/TURIST, 



Toronto Office: PETEEBOEO, ONTAEIO 



72 Queen Street West. 



BE FAIR WHEN PICKING GRAPES 



Our market for grapes is almost ruined 

 every year by careless and dishonest grow- 

 ers, who persist in picking the fruit be- 

 fore it is ripe. Some fruits, like the pear, 

 are better picked before fully ripe, but the 

 grape has not this characteristic, as no 

 maturing development goes on after the 

 fruit is harvested. 



In scores of our vineyards, grapes are 

 picked too green. Sometimes Champions 

 are picked before they even turn red, and 

 are placed in baskets under green leno to 

 deceive the eye. Tons of Niagaras are har- 

 vested before they are fit to eat. Some 

 growers err so much in this respect that 

 all their grapes are off the vines and sold, 

 before honest growers have commenced to 

 harvest. They are after the few additional 

 dollars that grapes command at the begin- 

 ning of the season — but it is penny wisdom 

 and pound foolishness. By placing such 

 stuff on the market early in the season, 

 the confidence of the buyer and of the con- 

 sumer is sacrificed. One taste of green, 

 hard Champions, or any other variety pick- 

 ed before maturity, will cause the unfortun- 

 ate partaker to shun grapes for the balance 

 of that year. 



Grape growers, who respect themselves, 

 and their business, will do well to harvest 

 their fruit when it is ready to harvest, and 

 not before. By this means only, can the 

 grape market be made satisfactory 

 throughout the season. 



PROFIT IN GARDENING 



The value of home and civic improvement 

 has been emphasized many times in the 

 columns of The Canadian Horticulturist, 

 but it is a question so important to the 

 welfare of our country that it deserves every 

 good word that can be said in its favor. 

 There is nothing that is so pleasing to our- 

 selves and to wanderers in our country 

 from other lands as the effect produced 

 by sensible gardening about our private and 

 public places. 



The exercise of landscape art in our 

 country, towns and cities determines, to a 

 great extent, the class of people that will 

 be tempted to settle in these communities. 

 The communities will be better off when 

 their population is increased by newcomers 

 who are artistic in temperament and who 

 appreciate the beautiful. Persons of this 

 nature prefer to live in a community of im- 

 proved homes. To secure that privilege, 

 they will pay a higher price for such pro- 

 perty than they would for homes in an 

 ordinary, common-place locality. 



That rural or civic improvement increases 

 the value of property is a self-evidfiiit fact. 

 Every day farms and town lots are being 

 bought and sold. The prices paid for them 

 depend not only upon their value as pro- 

 perty, but also upon their value as homes. 

 In many cases, the appearance of the build- 

 ing and its surroundings closes the deal. 



Some persons may deem this kind of 

 improvement an extravagance. Such, how- 

 ever, is not the case. When they consider 

 the probability of a remunerative reward 

 for their efforts, they will see the fallacy of 

 the contention. What is the price of a small 

 plot of ground devoted to this purpose, the 

 price of a few trees and shrubs and a little 

 grass and flower seed, compared with the 

 improved appearance, the pleasure and 

 pride afforded the owner or occupant and 

 the increase in the value of the property.' 



Every Canadian citizen who is fortunatr 

 enough to be so situated as to have tin 

 opportunity, should be a personal factor in 

 making all Canada a place "of beauty and 

 a joy forever." 



STORING LOW GRADE APPLES 



Last season's experience showed dealers 

 that the shipping of "No. 3" grade apple? 

 or "culls" with the hope of making a profit 

 is little short of madness. There were stor- 

 ed in Colborne, Brighton and Trenton last 

 year for the purpose of re-packing, 100,000 

 barrels of absolute trash. It has been shown 

 that if this large amount had been given 

 to the dealers free of cost they would even 

 then have lost money by handling it. And 

 this was not the only effect. The placing 

 of this large quantity of disreputable stuff 

 on the market had the tendency of reducinj.' 

 the price of the "No. 2" grade perhaps 

 half a dollar a barrel. 



There are two ways in which the grower 

 can meet the "cull" proposition. First, 

 reduce the proportion of "culls" in his ap- 

 ple crop by taking proper care of his or- 

 chard; and secondly, take those that he 

 may have to the evaporator, the canning 

 factory, or the cider mill, where they be- 

 long. 



That one or more fruit inspectors shouM 

 be appointed for the Niagara peninsula ha- 

 been pointed out in these columns mon 

 than once. Recent reports from leading' 

 growers in that district state that each sea- 

 son the need becomes more acute. Such an 

 appointment would benefit both the grower 

 and the buyer. -It would insure more uni- 

 form and honest packing, the use of a 

 correct package and it would enable thr 

 buyer to purchase fruit almost on a guaran- 

 tee basis. The grower then would get mori 

 money. . This matter should receive th. 

 consideration of the Dominion Government 

 at once so that an inspector may be appoint- 

 ed at an early date. 



That the Fruit Marks Act is a valuable 

 and important asset to fruit growers, i.- 

 evidenced by the attempts at copying it or 

 at observing similar regulations that are 

 being made by the apple growers of tli' 

 United States. One of the latest report- 

 from across the line states that a co-opera- 

 tive association has been formed in Maine 

 and that all of its members must pack and 

 grade their fruit according to the require- 

 ments of the Canadian Fruit Marks Act. 



Fruit growers who get together and or- 

 ganize co-operative fruit growers' associa- 

 tions assume a responsibility that is not 

 always recognized. They have in theii 

 hands the reputation of Canadian fruit in 

 a greater degree than the individual growii 

 or shipper. The foreign markets look t' 

 our co-operative associations for the highe>t 

 quality of fruit, packed correctly and honest- 

 ly. The associations are the models fie, 

 others to imitate. It behooves them, there- 

 fore, always to maintain and even to ad- 

 vance the standard that they have establisli- 

 ed. They should be imbued not only with. 

 the purpose of gain but also with the spirit 

 of patriotism. 



A Foreign Visitor 



Mr. B. W. Heikel, State Poniologist, Fin- 

 land, recently visited The Canadian 

 Horticulturist, at its Toronto office. Mr. 

 Heikel is visiting Canada and the United 

 States on behalf of the Finland Goverment. 



