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



October, 1908 



The Canadian Horticulturist 



Publiihed by The Horticultural 

 PublUhinff Company, Limited 



PETERBORO AND TORONTO 



The Only Horticultural Magazine 

 in the Dominion 



Official Groan of BRmSH Columbia, Ontario, Quh- 

 BBC, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island 

 Fruit Growers' Associations and of the Ont- 

 ario Vegetable Growers' Association 



H. Bronson Cowan, 

 Managins Editor and Business Manager 

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

 W. G. Rook, Advertising Manager 



1. The Canadian HortlcnltnrlBt Is published on 

 the 25th day of the month preceding date of 

 issne. 



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 tor at Post OfBoe) 25c extra a year, in- 

 cluding postage. 



3. Bemittancea should be made by Post OfBoe 

 or Money Express Order, or Registered Letter. 

 Postage Stamps accepted for amounts less than 

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

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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, flowers or vegetables. 



Circulation Statement 



.January, 1908 7,650 



February, 1908 7,824 



March, 1908 8,056 



April, 1908 8,250 



May, 1908 8,57,S 



.Tune, 1908 8.810 



July, 1908 9,015 



August, 1908 9.070 



September, 1908 9,121 



January, 1907 4,947 



February. 1907 5,620 



March, 1907 6,380 



April, 1907 6,460 



May, 1907 6.620 



June, 1907 6,780 



July, 1907 6,920 



August. 1907 6,880 



September, 1907 7,080 



October. 1907 7.210 



November, 1907 T,2,')7 



December, 1907 7,600 



Total for the year, 79,525 



Average each issue 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 reasonj 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: PETERBORO, ONTARIO 



72 Queen Street West. 



BRITISH COLUMBIA 



The comparatively new fruit growing pro- 

 vince of British Columbia can teach eastern 

 growers many pointers on growing and selling 

 fruit. This fact is recognized not only by en- 

 thusiasts in that province but also by eastern 

 growers who have vi.sited British Columbia. 

 Highest honors have been taken by British 

 Columbia fruit whereever it has been shown 

 ip competition. The growers have adopted 

 at the outset modern practices in growing 

 and modern methods in marketing. _ They 

 have taken advantage of all the experiences 

 of California and other Western States and 

 of the older fruit growing provinces and are 

 applying them to local conditions and im- 

 proving upon them. It might be said al- 

 most that they have started at the top of 

 the ladder. With this advantage combined 

 with the fact that nature has richly endow- 

 ed the province with soil and climate that 

 scarcely can be duplicated elsewhere in the 

 world, the growers of British Columbia are 

 fortunate. 



It would be folly to imagine that mistakes 

 have not been made and will not be made. 

 Many persons have gone into the business 

 without any knowledge of the principles 

 and the practise of fruit culture. In at- 

 tempting to apply up-to-date methods with- 

 out a thorough knowledge of the simpler 

 and just as necessary minor practices, some 

 have been and more are apt to be disap- 

 pointed. There is opportunity for educa- 

 tional work on the part of the older grow- 

 ers and of the Government. Many persons 

 also have bought land, through mis-repres- 

 entation on the part of fradulent land com- 

 panies (many of therri are not in this class), 

 that is little or no vfflue for anything. In 

 spite of these things, British Columbia is 

 becoming famous for her fruits. Eastern 

 growers will have to keep moving to hold 

 their own. 



SOME GRAFTING METHODS 



In these columns many references have 

 been made to the practices of agents of 

 certain American nursery firms. Recently 

 our attention was drawn to a troop of 

 agents, operating around Aylmer and St. 

 Thomas, Ontario, who claim to be connect- 

 ed with a Michigan firm, which we fail to 

 trace in the National Nurseryman's Direc- 

 tory. They are offering all kinds of absurd 

 inducements, which include a four-year 

 guarantee and a verhal agreement to trim 

 the trees every year for four years. They 

 are approaching farmers with bottles of 

 prepared fruit, and also a hunch of root- 

 grafts, which they use to demonstrate the 

 inferior practices of the Canadian nursery- 

 men. If they drop across a farmer who 

 knows nothing about root grafting, (and 

 there are many of them), they try to con- 

 vince him, that they have a method in 

 Michigan, of grafting apple trees and other 

 stock, that is known only to themselves, 

 and which cannot fail to result in strong 

 thrifty trees, which will grow ahead of any 

 .stock, propagated under Canadian systems. 



Canadian nurserymen, who propagate 

 their apple trees by graftinsr, use exactly 

 the same methods as these Yankee people, 

 only perhaps it is done a little hit better. 

 It may not be amiss to point out to our 

 readers, who do not know, the method fol- 

 lowed by Canadian concerns. The strong- 

 est of the young stocks, that have either 

 been grown at home or imported, are kept 

 in cool cellars durinc the- winter, until 

 about the beginning of January, when the 

 grafting takes place in these cool cellars. 



Whip or tongue-grafting is the method 

 usually employed. The only advantage one 

 nurseryman, may have over another is;— 

 that he uses a whole root for his graft, and 

 discards the first and second cuts. By the 

 first and second cuts, we mean, long tap or 

 finger roots, that are cut from the stock, 

 when the grafter is trimming his roots, and 

 these same roots that arc cut off are some- 

 times used by nurserymen and sometimes 

 discarded. There is but little advantage 

 in using the whole root, and there is no 

 reason why the strong root trimmings 

 should not be used, if they are thrifty 

 enough to take a scion. Our leading nur- 

 serymen make a practice of grafting en- 

 tirely on the whole root. 



It is plain to anyone, who knows the first 

 thing about grafting, that the United States 

 agents referred to are inventing some new 

 scheme, to gull the poor farmers again. We 

 take the opportunity of warning our readf i^ 

 against them and their methods. 



FRUIT MEN IN PARLIAMENT 



More horticulturists should be in Parlia- 

 ment and in our Legislative Assemblies. 

 There is need for men who know something 

 about fruit growing and kindred pursuits. 

 The enacting of legislation that has to do 

 with the progress of our fruit industry re- 

 quires the support of men acquainted with 

 the business. 



It is with pleasure, therefore, that we 

 learn of the nomination of Mr. Martin 

 Burrell to contest the Yale-Cariboo consti- 

 tuency in the next Dominion election. 

 Apart from politics (and we do not know 

 the party that he supports), Mr. Burrell 

 is eminently fitted for a place in Parlia- 

 ment, no matter to which side of politics 

 he belongs. His long experience as a fruit 

 grower, the excellent work that he did at 

 the Dominion Fruit Conference in 1906, 

 the manner in which he performed his 

 duties as representative for British Colum- 

 bia at the fruit shows of England and the 

 great interest that he takes in the develop- 

 ment of the fruit industry of Canada, make 

 him highly deserving of the confidence of 

 the electors. Furthermore, the retirement 

 of Mr. E. D. Smith, M. P., the Conservative 

 member for South Wentworth, Ontario, and 

 the fact that Mr. A. A. Wright, M. P., the 

 Liberal member for South Renfrew, will 

 not be a candidate at the next election, 

 both of whom have done valuable work in 

 the interests of our fruit industry, demand 

 the election of one or more men to con- 

 tinue the work. 



A COURSE IN FLORICULTURE 



The short course in horticulture that was 

 held at the Ontario Agricultural College 

 last January proved to be a commendable 

 feature. Its chief interest was for fruit 

 growers and good work was done. As we 

 understand that the program for the course 

 next winter is now in course of preparation, 

 we would suggest that a course in floricul- 

 ture also be established. The commercial 

 flower growers of the province feel that 

 their branch of horticulture has not re- 

 ceived the attention of the Ontario Agricul- 

 tural College that its importance warrants. 

 The industry is developing rapidly. To 

 keep abreast with its progress and its de- 

 mands, florists must keep in touch with all 

 that is known about tlie business and with 

 all that can bo discovered. From whence 

 can such information better be disseminat- 

 ed than from the Ontario Agricultural Col- 

 lege? It is supposed to be the fountain 

 head of knowledge in horticulture as well 

 as other branches of agriculture. Much 

 good work has been done . by the institu- 



