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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



October, 1907 



The Canadian norticulturisl 



Published by The Horticultural 

 PublUhlni Company-, Limited 



The Only Horticultural Magazine 

 in the Dominion 



OMcIkI Orcan of British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec 



aad Prince Edward Island Fruit Growers' 



Associations and of the Ontario Vec- 



ctable Growers' Association 



11. Bronson Cowan, 



Mana^ns Editor and Business Manager 



A. B. CtrrriNO, B.S.A., Horticultural Editor 



W G. Rook, Advertising Manager 



Gaiwbtt Wall, Circulation Manager 



1. Thb Canadian Hon-ncuLTtjiiisT is published on 

 tlie 25th day of the month preceding date of issue. 



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Circulation Statement 

 Since the subscription price of The Canadian Horti- 

 CULTXIKIST was reduced from $1.00 to 50 cents a 

 year, the circulation has grown rapidly. The following 

 is a sworn statement of the net paid circulation of The 

 Canadian Hoktictjlturist for the year ending with 

 July, 1907. The figtires given are exclusive of sample 

 and spoiled copies and of papers sent to advertisers. 

 Some months, including the sample copies, from 8,000 to 

 10,000 copies of The Canadian HoRTicuLxnEiST ar- 

 mailed to people known to be interested in the growing 

 af fruit, flowers or vegetables. 



August, 1906 4.220 



September 1906 4^300 



October, 1906 4,330 



November 1906 4',775 



December 1906 4814 



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 



Total for the year 66,066 



Average each issue 5,505 



August, 1907 6380 



September, 190 7 7,o78 



Sworn detailed statements will be mailed upon ap- 

 phcation. 



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EXHIBITORS SHOULD PROTEST 



It is becoming more evident each year that 

 the main object of continuing the Canadian 

 National Exhibition is to make money. The 

 original purpose for which the show was organ- 

 ized, namely, the display of the agricultural 

 products of the country, is being sacrificed for 

 gain. The excuse given by the management 

 IS that the horticultural hall costs more for 

 attendants, and so on, than any other building, 

 and it must produce a revenue. The cost for 

 labor during the show for the building should 

 not warrant the management endeavoring to 

 overcome this expenditMre by permitting booths 

 to obstruct the building, spoil the display and 

 decrease the space for the proper exhibiting of 

 large groups and individual plants, merely for 

 the . sake of a revenue. The exhibitors were 

 unanimous in their protest against the curtailing 

 of the space and what promises to become a 

 nuisance. 



A few improvements could be made in the 

 building that were impossible to see before the 

 building had been in actual use. More light from 

 the roof would show up the exhibits to better 

 advantage. Although the prize list has been 

 slightly altered, there is still room for originality. 

 There is nothing so attractive to the public as 

 something that they cannot see every day. 

 The chairman of the horticultural committee 

 deserves great credit for introducing some new 

 features. It would have shown interest on the 

 part of others on the committee if they had 

 attended and given their support and assistance 

 in placing the exhibits. Greater enthusiasm 

 on the part of the committee should be produc- 

 tive of new ideas. Such could make the horti- 

 cultural hall a leading attraction, instead of 

 being a place for fakirs and the selling of pink 

 lemonade. 



DISGRACEFUL FACILITIES 



The fruit dealers of Toronto and the growers 

 who supply them have strong reason for the 

 dissatisfaction they feel with the treatment 

 afforded them by the Grand Trunk Railway 

 and the Canadian Express Company. The 

 fruit market in Toronto, which belongs to the 

 former company, is a disgrace, and the manner 

 of handling fruit practised by both companies 

 is abominable. While the trouble is not 

 altogether a new one, it has been accentuated 

 during the past few weeks. The difficulty lies 

 in the fact that the fruit growers of Ontario and 

 their representatives in the city are naturally 

 animated by a desire to secure the most rapid 

 and most satisfactory connection between 

 the growers and the general public. In the 

 accomplishment of this desire they find that 

 the two companies mentioned are not helpful 

 factors. 



There is much delay in the matter of unload- 

 ing fruit after the cars arrive at Toronto. 

 The staff employed by the Canadian Express 

 Company is not large enough or capable. 

 Sometimes fruit that arrives early in the morn- 

 ing is not unloaded until that evening. Where 

 from twenty-five to thirty men ought to be 

 actively engaged in handling the 30,000 packages 

 of fruit that pass through the Toronto market 

 on an average day, on one occasion recently, one 

 foreman with three assistants were engaged 

 in the work. It is not surprising, therefore, 

 to hear the retail dealers in the city complaining 

 of the poor condition in which they receive fruit. 

 Under the conditions mentioned, it is impossible 

 to deliver fruit early and in a fresh condition. 



It is charged, also, that the fruit is not proper- 

 ly sorted when taken from the cars, that great 

 difficulty arises sometimes in straightening 

 things out, and that not a little is injured in 

 transmission. The company does not forget, 

 however to present its bills of charges, and 



often before the cars are unloaded and the 

 contents checked off. 



The fruit market itself is unfit for the proper 

 handling and display of fruit. It is altogether 

 too small. There is not enough room for the 

 immense quantities of fruits that pass through 

 it. While the fruit industry is increasing rapidly 

 and continually, the Grand Trimk Railway is 

 not providing facilities in keeping with the 

 requirements. Sometimes the packages must 

 be piled twcnty-fiVe and thirty high to make 

 enough room in which to move about. It is 

 impossible, even on ordinary days, and much 

 less on rush days, for buyers to examine fruit. 

 It will be seen, therefore, that not only do the 

 dealers suffer but also the men who grow the 

 fruit. Thousands of dollars are lost each season 

 to the fruit growers of Ontario through inade- 

 quate facilities afforded the commission men 

 to whom they consign. 



In view of this fact, it would seem that some- 

 thing should be done to remedy the situation. 

 The city coimcil of Toronto has been approaclied 

 on different occasions by the dealers and asked 

 to build a suitable market. Promise after 

 promise has been made but nothing has been 

 done. While it would cost a few thousand 

 dollars to erect a suitable building, the expense 

 would be mitigated by the fees collected. Ar- 

 rangements should be made to have a joint 

 deputation of fruit growers and dealers wait on 

 the city coimcil. This deputation should be 

 sufficiently large and influential to command 

 immediate attention and thus ensure some- 

 thing being done to improve the prevailing 

 unsatisfactory conditions. 



A USEFUL ORGANIZATION 



The horticultural societies of Ontario will be 

 acting in their own best interests if they rally 

 to the support of the Ontario Horticultural 

 Association. This association was organized 

 with the object of assisting the individual horti- 

 cultural societies of the province. Its success 

 to date has been remarkable. 



It was through the efforts of those enthusiasts 

 who first interested themselves in the organiza- 

 tion of the Association, that the need for a new 

 act relating to horticultural societies, and for a 

 larger grant for the work, was first drawn to the 

 attention of the department of agriculture. 

 Later, when the department was considering 

 the new act governing horticultural societies, it 

 discussed its main provisions with the officers 

 of the Horticultural Association, who thus were 

 enabled to make suggestions that since have 

 proven to be of great value to horticultural 

 societies. More recently the Provincial Associa- 

 tion has succeeded in securing a government 

 grant to assist its work and in inducing the 

 department of agriculture to print annual 

 _ reports relating to the work of the horticultural 

 societies of the province. The first report of 

 this nature has been distributed recently. Its 

 contents should be of great interest to the 

 members, and particularly to the officers of 

 horticultural societies. 



It is hardly to be expected that any society 

 in the province will refuse to identify itself with 

 the Horticultural Association, the membership 

 fee of which is only $2.00. The next conven- 

 tion of the Association will be held in Toronto 

 at the time of The Ontario Horticultural Ex- 

 hibition. An outline of the subjects to be 

 discussed is published elsewhere in this issue. 

 It is to be hoped that the horticultural societies 

 of Ontario will be well represented at the 

 meeting. 



The action taken by the Board of Control 

 for Toronto, in expressing themselves in favor 

 of cooperating with the Dominion Government 

 in the appointment of a local fruit inspector for 

 Toronto, and paying part of the expense, is 

 commendable. Such inspection is necessary on 

 account of the increased export of fruit which 

 leaves the poorer grades in the domestic market. 



