THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



February, 191 5 



True to Name 



— Free Fron\ 



Disease 



Mr. Fruit Grower, you 

 are looking for the best 

 Apple, Pear, Peach, 

 Plum, Cherry and Quince 

 Trees you can buy, 



Kelly Trees are sold at Growers' Prices 



Shipped direct from our own nurgeriee in 

 Dansville, N.Y., and guaranteed sturdy, free 

 from disease and True to Name. 



For 3S years we have had the name of know- 

 ing how to srow trees risht. From eeed- 

 ling to froiifht car we watch our own trees 

 personally and know wo are shipping just 

 what you order. We have an up-to-date 

 nursery plant and can ship all orders 

 promptly, as well as srow and ship at a 

 low cost. We give you every advantage on 

 price. 



Write for our catalogue TO-DAY, and get 

 our prices. 



KELLY BROS. ^"^"'^JfJ^seHes 



305 Main Street, DANSVILLE, N.Y. 



Voull nei'er rr^et planiing Kelly Trees, 



The South African Market for Apples 



D. McKibbin, Canadian Trade Commissioner, Johannesburg, S. A. 



Classified Advertisenvents 



AdTertlsements In this department in- 

 serted at rate of 3 eents a word for each 

 insertion, each flgrure, sign or singrle letter 

 to count as one word, minimum eost, 30 

 eents, strictly cash in advance. 



REAL ESTATE 



ALL KINDS OF FARMS— Fruit farms aepecialty. 

 — W. B. Oalder, Grimsby. 



NIAGARA DISTRICT FRUIT FARMS. — Before 

 biiyiug it will pay you to consult me. I make 

 a specialty of fruit and grain farms.— Melvin 

 Gaymau & Co., St. Catharines. 



ASK DAWSON, He knows. 



IF YOU WANT to sell a farm consult me. 



IF YOU WANT to buy a farm consult me. 



I HAVE some of the beet Fruit, Stock, Grain 



ajid Dairy Farms on my list at right prices. 



H. W. Dawson, Ninety Colborne St., Toronto. 



FOR SALE— CONSERVATORY, situate in the 

 town of Owen Sound, in the County of Grey, 

 and Province of Ontario, containing 6 acres of 

 land, 3 greenhouses, 22^ ft. x 150 ft., fully 

 equiappcd ajid in a splendid location. There 

 is only one other florist in the town, which 

 has a population of 12,000. For terms, apply 

 to W. H. Smith, Owen Sound, Ontario. 



HONEY WANTED 



A QUANTITY OF HONEY WANTED— Montgomery 

 Bros., Merchants, Deloraiue, Man. 



POULTRY 



FREE— We will give free to any person interest- 

 ed in stock or poultry one of our 80-page illus- 

 trated books on how to feed, how to build 

 hen houses ; tells the common diseases of poul- 

 try and stock, with remedies for same; tells 

 how to cure roup in four days; tells all about 

 our Royal Ihirple Stock and Poultry foods and 

 remedies. Write W. A. Jenkins Mfg. Co., 

 London, Oani>.da. 



MISCELLANEOUS 



250 ENVELOPES printed with your name and 

 address, 90o postpaid.— Pearl Card Co., Olinton- 

 ville, Ot. 



THE experience of one of the largest 

 of the South African importers of 

 Camadian apples should be of value 

 to Canadian growers and shippers of 

 fruit. This dealer's first venture with Can- 

 adian apples was made during- the South 

 African War. The first shipment was a 

 dead loss. The second was a little more 

 encouraging. The third shipment netted 

 a fair amount of profit, and his profits have 

 increased with each succeeding year since 

 then. 



In his first shipment he was guided by 

 the advice of shippers catering to the 

 London market; and his shipments were 

 comprised largely of the far-famed Nor- 

 thern Spies, Greenings, Baldwins, and 

 Golden Russets. Although these varieties 

 were in favor at Covent Garden among 

 South African consumers they were not in 

 demand. The opinion was expressed that 

 the consumer was at fault and that "what 

 was good enough for London was surely 

 good enough for Cape Town." The Cape 

 consumer should be educated to the super- 

 ior merit of the Spy, the Greening, the Bald- 

 win and the Russet. The second shipment, 

 therefore, was again comprised principally 

 of these varieties, together with a few bar- 

 rels of Kings. Of this shipment the Kings 

 alone were sold. 



The Spy soon spots and decays when 

 exposed to the humid atmosphere of the 

 South African ports. And in the dry at- 

 mosphere of the up country markets it 

 soon shrivels and depreciates in appear- 

 ance. In a lesser degree the same stric- 



tures apply to the Baldwin. As for the 

 Greening and Golden Russet, except with 

 regard to the Canadian and American com- 

 munity, which is very small in South 

 Africa, these and other varieties lacking 

 in color have no sale. 



Guided by this experience, the importer 

 in question made up his next shipment for 

 the most part of Kings, and, as already 

 stated, made a fair amount of profit. His 

 present shipments are comprised of King, 

 Gravenstein, Mcintosh, Snow, Fameuse, 

 Gainey, and Swaar varieties in barrels, half 

 barrels and boxes ; and a few hundred 

 boxes of Baldwins, Ben Davies, and Golden 

 Russets for regular customers. 



This shipper inspects the fruit on t! 

 trees in the maritime provinces as well ,^ 

 rn Quebec and Ontario. He then buys 

 only that which has been Government in- 

 spected and selects the best quality, for 

 which he pays the highest market prices. 

 That he is able to do this is largely due 

 to the fact that the apples can be landed 

 in South Africa in prime condition, due to 

 the excellent cold storage chambers with 

 which the Canadian-South .African steam- 

 ships are provided, and just at a time when 

 mo other apples are on the market. Prime 

 high-colored varieties of Canadian apples 

 have an exclusive market in South Africa 

 during the months of October, November, 

 December, and the early part of January. 

 The prices commanded range from thirty 

 shillings a barrel at Cape Town to fifty- 

 five shillings a barrel in Johannesburg 

 wholesale. 



— best Man on the Farm 



To start the chores 

 ahead of the sun, and 

 keep the work ahead 

 of the seasons — Big 

 Ben. 



For a good full day's 

 work according to plans, 

 and plenty of time for din- 

 ner — Big Ben. 



He will get you up and 

 get you out — either way 

 you say — with a steady 

 calljor ten successive half- 

 minute taps. 



His price is $2.50 in the 

 States; $3.00 in Canada. If 

 your dealer hasn't him, a mon- 

 ey order to "Weslclox, La Salle, 

 Illinois," will bring him to yoo 

 postpaid. 



