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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



Stra-wberry Plant S-windle 



A ntiinlii.'r of market ;;iir<lciicrs and farmers 

 in and about Owen Sound have been the vic- 

 tims of a .strawberry [)lant swindle. A man 

 named S. A. (Sordanier, of Camden East, a 

 village near Napanee, canvassed them and 

 succeeded in getting about 5() orders, repre- 

 senting about $2,()(H) in vahie. By false rep- 

 resentations, the farmers were dujied into 

 paying the high price of S2() a thousand for 

 plants that ortlinarily arc only worth $2, and 

 in this case, nothing — practically all the plants 

 died. Proceedings were taken in court recent- 

 ly. Three test cases resulted in giving judg- 

 ments to the plaintiffs. Others are expected 

 to follow unless Gordanier agrees to settle the 

 claims privately. The Owen Sound .S'm« makes 

 the following comments: 



"It is to be hoi>ed that the exposure made 

 in these cases will have a tendency to ])ul ]x;o- 

 ple upon their guard in future when dealing 

 with parties selling and calling for a written 

 contract, esjx'cially such a contract as Gordanier 

 put forward in this case and induced innocent 

 and confiding i)eople to .sign. No man pur- 

 chasing plants or nursery stock should be asked 

 to give a note or make payment until he has 

 had an opportunity to satisfy himself that the 

 stock is up to representations, and no reputable 

 jK-rson engaged in the business would ask for 

 anylliing more, and if he docs so, then the 

 would-be buyer should promptly refuse to 

 have any business with him." 



"Vegetable Gro^wers' Program 



The .second annual convention of the Ont, 

 Veg. Grs. A.ssn. will be held in a committee 

 room, City Hall, Toronto, Thurs. and Fri., 

 Nov. S-9, in conjunction with the Ont. Hort'l 

 Exhibition. On Wed. Nov. 7 at 2 p.m., a meet- 

 ing of the board of directors of the O.V.G.A. 

 will be held in the secty's office, Parliament 



Kldgs., Toronto. The following is the pro 

 gram of the convention; 



THURSDAY, NOV. 8 ' 



10 a.m. — Chairman's address, F. F. Reeves, 

 number Huy, Ont., Prcs. O.V.G.A. 



10.15 a.m. — "Experiments with Tomatoes," 

 Geo. A. Koliertson, St. Catharines. 



10.45 a.m. — -"Growing Tomatoes under Gla.ss," 

 C. Gibbard, Todmorden, Ont. 



11.15 a.m. — "IvCttuce Forcing and Bean Grow- 

 ing," Eugene Davis, Grand Rapids, Mich. 



2.00 p.m. — "Fertilizers in Relation to Vege- 

 table Growing," Prof. R. Harcourl, O.A.C , 

 Guelph. 



3.(M) i).m. — The prize essays entered in the com- 

 petition for 15 prizes, amounting to $125, 

 offered by the O.V.G.A. for the best essays 

 on the growing of potatoes, cauliflower, 

 celery, tomatoes, and onions, will be read. 

 I,cading growers will start discussion of each 

 pajM^r after it has been read 



THURSDAY EVE.MNG _ 



~ This session will be left open so that irieiiT- 

 bers of the assn. may have an opportimity to 

 inspect the exhibits and t(j hear the famous 

 Black Dike Band at the Ont. Hort'l Exhibition. 



FRIDAY, NOV. 9 



10.00 a.m. — "Forcing Early Vegetables," E. 



E. Adams, Leamington, Ont. 

 10.40 a.m. — "Onion Growing,'' E. G. Malcolm, 



Scotland, Ont. 

 11.20 a.m. — "Celery Growing," T. Benstead, 



Strathroy, Ont. 

 2. .30 p m. — "Melons and Melon Growing," W. 



G. Home, Clarkson, Ont. 

 3.15 p.m. — "A FewVVordson Other Vegetables," 



A. McMeans, O.A.C, Guelph. 



The work of the C.P.R. in encouraging horti- 

 culture among its employees is to be commended. 

 This fall 1,50,000 bulbs will be planted at various 

 points along the company's lines. 



Satisfied Advertisers — I. 



Among the many well-satisfied advertisers in 

 Thi; Ca.\.\oi.\.s- HoKTiciuTURisT is Mr. Etx-n 



James, the wide 

 ly known fruit 

 exjxirter of To- 

 ronto. For till- 

 past ',» yi 

 lias repn 

 Messrs, W 

 &Co.,I,i\ 

 the pii 

 and several oth- 

 er fruit auction- 

 eers in Great 

 Britain, and has 

 iK-en among the 

 largest handlers 

 of ajjplesin Can- 

 ada He has 

 always been in 

 sympathy with 

 anything that 

 tends to pro- 

 mote the inter- 

 ests of fruit- 

 growers, was 

 one of the first 

 to assist in framing the Fruit Marks Act, and has 

 been a hearty advocate of spraying and all 

 other methods whereby our apples can be 

 improved. He is manager of iierhaps the finest 

 apple storage in Canada, at Trenton, and is 

 widely known among apple men. He has always 

 advertised in The Horticulturist, and wTites 

 us that the reason he does is tx;cause he believes 

 "The Horticulturist is the best medium in 

 Canada for bringing fruit culture to a higher 

 standard." 



An evaporating plant at Napanee. owned by 

 Collier Bros., was destroyed by fire on Oct. 20. 

 About S4,(K)0 worth of apples was lost. 



Mr. Eben James 



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E. D. SMITH, WINONA, ONT. 



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