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Satisfied Advertisers 



That advertisements in The Canadian Horti- 

 culturist bring good results is evidenced by the 



many letters to 

 that effect that 

 are received at 

 our office. A re- 

 cent communi- 

 cation from Jas. 

 C. Ford, Mngr., 

 Oakville Basket 

 Co., Oakville, 

 Ont., stated : 

 "Since placing 

 our advt. in 

 The Canadian 

 Horticultur- 

 ist, we have had 

 many orders 

 that otherwise 

 would not have 

 been received. 

 We consider 

 your columns 

 the best adver- 

 tising medium 

 we have ever 

 used. Through 

 The Horticulturist we received recently an 

 order from N.S. and another from Calgary. 

 May The Horticulturist have success." The 

 Oakville Basket Co. manufacture a full line of 

 packages for handling fruit and vegetables, 'he 

 experience of last season's basket famine in 

 some districts indicates the advisability of 

 placing orders in advance. 



is increasing much more rapidly than even the 

 dealers anticipated. Mr. Philp also says that 

 the merchants generally speak very highly of 

 this year's grading and packing. While not yet 

 perfect, the improvement has been so great that 

 the merchants are fairly well satisfied. 



The inspector for Sask. and Alta. also reports 

 a shortage in winter stock. To make matters 

 worse, much of the fruit was received too late 

 and shows signs of having been touched by frost. 

 Excellent warehouses are being constructed at 

 Regina, Moosejaw, Lethbridge, Edmonton and 

 Calgary. No doubt shippers in the future will 

 make allowance for the closing in of the season 

 somewhat earlier in the west and will not suffer 

 this unfortunate loss by frost. 



Mr. Jas. C. Ford 



Notes from the "West 



Mr. Philp, Dominion Fruit Inspector in Man- 

 itoba, reports that the stock of winter apples 

 held by merchants in the outlying towns and 

 cities in Manitoba are very low. This is another 

 indication that the market for apples in the west 



'Why Has It Not Been Done? 



Toronto Weekly Globe. 



The College of Agriculture of Cornell Univer- 

 sity has established a short winter course in 

 horticulture, with especial reference to orchard 

 management. The idea of the college author- 

 ities is to interest middle-aged farmers and 

 women, as well as young men, in taking up this 

 course. The attention of our readers was called 

 to this effort some weeks since. Owing to the 

 possibilities of the fruit industry in Ontario and 

 the annually increasing importance of apple 

 growing, such a short course as this ought to be 

 arranged and conducted each winter at the Ont. 

 Agric'l College. 



What the farmers and fruit growers of Ont. 

 D?:-d is instruction and inspiration in develop- 

 iug this important phase of agriculture. If 25 

 or more young men, middle-aged men and wo- 

 men wotild spend a few weeks at the college 

 studying this subject, and the college authorities 

 would exert themselves to make the course a 

 success by advertising for students and planning 

 an attractive and helpful curriculum, the results 

 would be far-reaching, and a material aid in ad- 

 vancing the industry of fruit growing. 



Books for Fruit Growers 



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Plums and Plum Culture 



By F. A. Waugh. A complete manual on all 

 known varieties of plums and their successful 

 management. Plum culture is one of the most 

 complicated of fruit specialties, and Prof. Waugh 

 is one of the best known of the specialists, and 

 this work represents in an unusual degree the 

 original discoveries of the author. Nevertheless, 

 the discoveries and practical experience of others 

 have not been disregarded. The book will be 

 found indispensable to the scientists, to the 

 nurseryman and to the cultivator. Illustrated. 

 391 pages. 5 x 7 inches. Cloth $1.50 



Systematic Pomology 



By F. A. Waugh, professor of horticulture and 

 landscape gardening in the Massachusetts agricul- 

 tural college, formerly of the university of Ver- 

 mont. This is the first book in the English . 

 language which has ever made the attempt at a 

 complete and comprehensive treatment of sys- 

 tematic pomology. It presents clearly and in de- 

 tail the whole method by which fruits are studied. 

 The book is suitably illustrated. 288 pages. 

 5x7 inches. Cloth $1 .00 



Fruit Harvesting, Storing, Marketing 



By F. A. Waugh. A practical guide to the 

 picking, storing, shipping and marketing of fruit. 

 The principal subjects covered are the fruit 

 market, fruit picking, storing and packing, fruit 

 storage, evaporating, canning, statistics of the 

 fruit trade, fruit package laws, commission deal- 

 ers and dealing, cold storage, etc., etc. No 

 progressive fruit grower can afford to be without 

 this most valuable book. Illustrated. 232 pages. 

 5x7 inches. Cloth $1 .00 



These are but a few of the books we handle. 

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