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•ctober, 190? 



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with dispatch and properly. When Canadian Express Company. Mr. 

 cars arrive at times when it is impos- Spence referred also to the unsatisfac- 



Fruit is sold at a disadvantage in Toronto market. There is no room and poor light. 



sible to transfer the fruit at once, it tory methods of handling fruit on the 

 is kept in a shed and not dumped out docks. There, packages from the Str. 

 in the rain and sun, as is done by the Lakeside and other boats are 



thrown around like sacks of potatoes. 



■'We have no facilities for handling 

 fruit, and no place to show it," said 

 Vance & Co. "Already the fruit men 

 have paid the Grand Trunk Railway 

 ten times as much as the building is 

 worth, and yet the company will not 

 give us proper accommodation." "Not 

 one man on the market has enough 

 space," said Mr. H. W. Dawson. "The 

 appearance of the market is a disgrace. 

 Sometimes we have to crowd two or 

 three shipments together, and it causes 

 confusion. From the grower's stand- 

 point the situation is bad, as his fruit 

 does not receive the care and attention 

 that it should and, as buyers cannot 

 examine it properly, it does not always 

 bring as good prices as it might. Some- 

 times the packages are piled so high 

 that they get smashed and the fruit is 

 injured. I think that the wholesale 

 men should do business in- the St. 

 Lawrence Market. Some 25,000 pack- 

 ages are handled in this market every 

 day." Messrs. H. J- Ash, McBride Bros', 

 and others expressed similar opinions 



From these interviews, it would seem 

 that this market is not satisfactory to 

 any person concerned Something 

 should be done and done soon. The 

 opinion is general that a new building 

 is required, and that the city of Toronto 

 should erect it. It is to be hoped 

 that the corporation will see the need 

 and remedv it. 



Feed Orchard Trees with Proper Manures 



As soon as the fruit harvest is past, 

 growers will commence once more 

 to think of the fall and winter care 

 of their orchards. An important item 

 in the work that should be performed is 

 the application of manuresandfertilizers. 

 This is necessary to maintain the fertility 

 of orchard soils. Xo orchard can con- 

 tinue to bear abundant crops of good 

 quality year after year, unless the trees 

 are fed with essential fertilizers. All 

 up-to-date orchardists use fertilizing 

 materials either applied directly to the 

 soil or in the form of cover crops. Some 

 of the methods practised by readers of 

 The Cax,\di.\n' Horticulturist are as 

 follows : 



ORCH.VRD KEKTILIZATIOX 



The proprietor of the Auburn Or- 

 chards, Queenston, Ont.. Mr. Walter O. 

 Fkirgess, wrote: "I have given the mat- 

 ter of orchard fertilization a great deal 

 of attention, particularly since my 

 orchards have come into heavy bearing. 

 I think highly of Marchment's manure 

 and, where a heavy wood growth is de- 

 sired, find it more desirable than ordin 

 ary barnyard manures, and prefer it , 



even at the high price it costs laid down 

 in the orchards. I shall probably use 

 several hundred tons of this manure 

 during the coming season. I do not use 

 manures on bearing orchards or vine- 

 yards, however, as I do not care to run 

 the risk of introducing fungous troubles 

 in this way. 



"In feeding bearing orchards, I prac- 

 tise a system of green manuring, in con- 

 junction with chemical manures. I put 

 our orchards in crimson clover or hairy- 

 vetch, the end of July, plowing this 

 cover crop under the following spring, 

 and at once drilling in, with a fertilizer 

 drill, 600 to 800 pounds of a home-made 

 mixture of one and one-half parts of 

 granulated bone, and one part muriate 

 of potash, well mixed together. This 

 routine is followed annually. It does 

 not give us a superabundance of nitro- 

 gen, as with our system of intense 

 cultivation, we can use large quantities 

 of humus. As our light soils require a 

 large quantity of nitrogen, we some- 

 times add a little nitrate of soda to the 

 mixture. We are satisfied with home- 

 mixed fertilizers. We are not onlv sure 



of the purity of the goods, but save con- 

 siderable money, as we have no make- 

 weight to pay for nor handle." 



SPREAD MANURE BROADCAST 



.A well-known gardener in Clarkson, 



Fruit Collections at Niagara District Exhibition. 



Tlu'se Wfre wt-ll arranged Spi-ctators and judges 

 <<tuld observe and examine fmm all sides. .\ few flower^ 

 ,idded to the attractiveness of tllc displin'. 



