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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



April, 191: 



The Government Slogan: 



"PATRIOTISM and PRODUCTION. 



Plant RENNIE'S SEEDS 



Send a postal for a catalog'ue to-day. 



Wm. RENNIE Co., Limited, 



ADF.LAIDE and JARVIS STREETS, TORONTO, ONT. 

 Also at Montreal, Winnipeg, Vancouver. 



Roses Roses 



Large aasortment of best varieties, none 

 better, none cheaper, also TREES, SHRUBS, 

 VINES, PERENNIALS. 



If not alrea<ly on our mailing list, let ue 

 place you there, our new sprine list will im- 

 lereet you. Ask for it. 



Special Prices giuen on Roses and Shrubs to 

 Horticultural Societies. 



A. W. GRAHAM, ST. THOMAS, ONT. 



Sweet Peas 



You remember their fraeranoe and want 

 more and better ones this year. This you are 

 sure, to get, if you order from our, true to 

 color, perfect germinating seed. All 1914 pro- 

 ductioni and raised on our own erounds. 



Send postal NOW, for list of latest varie- 

 ties, many bein^ not yet on the Canadian 

 market. Our competition closes shortly, 



HILLSIDE FRUIT FARM 



(Dept. C) 



SIMCOE, ONT. 



Look Over Your Greenhouses 



ARE they larg^e enough to accommodate all your needs? Are they up-to-date and 

 efficient in every way ? Would a new house or an overhauling^ of your old ones 

 save you money in operating or give you better growing facilities ? 

 Every day, almost, brings forth new ideas in greenhouse con- 

 struction, tending to more economical operation and better growing. 

 The plant which keeps up with them is the money-making plant. Remember that 

 to-day's expenditure is to-morrow's saving. 



Write Dept. B. for booklet— and further information. 



GLASS GARDEN BUILDERS, LIMITED 



iValters of Greenhouses, Heating and Ventilating Apparatus, etc. 



201 Church Street 

 P.O. Box 1042 



TORONTO 

 MONTREAL 



tf> be the umpires of the selline- sraine. Thi^ 

 Hoard will .nccomplish much in the prevei 

 tion of consignments, and auction sales an.: 

 price cutting. It is proposed to establish 

 an f.o.b. zone on the other side of the line, 

 .iikI Canada is to be included in this zone. 

 Ml fruit which fails to sell at a price fixed 

 on the day of shipment will be passed 

 through the f.o.b. zone and sold in the 

 large city markets of the east. This will 

 mean, to a large extent, the cutting out of 

 consigned American fruit. All these things 

 ( ticourage us to hope that there will be no 

 repetition this (oming season of the havoc 

 which was created in our markets last year. 



Better Methods of Marketing 

 Required 



(Continm d jiuiit paije 10.j> 



lor this barrel of apples. What did you 

 give for it " This barrel of apples was 

 shipped to Winnipeg, land the consumer re- 

 plied that he paid $5.50 for it. This in- 

 cident was recorded vn the newspapers in 

 Winnipeg and started a controversy which 

 was taken up by newspapers from coast to 

 coast. Growers and dealers in the east en- 

 deavored to place the blame on the westeri 

 dealers, both wholesale and retail, until th' 

 responsibility was finally placed upon th' 

 retailer, who was branded as an "extor- 

 tioner." 



It is not necessary to go further into thi 

 details of this incident. However, there are 

 two points which might be of interest. 

 First, the individual grower claimed to 

 to have received only 50 cents a barrel for 

 his fruit, while numbers of organized co- 

 operative associations received from $1.25 

 to $1.95 net per barrel for their fruit sold 

 on the same market. These prices are, of 

 course, for unpacked fruit only. Second, 

 we might note the custom, which has be- 

 come an annual affair, of abusing the dis- 

 tributor whom producers are compelled to 

 use to market their product. 



The public discussions and controversies 

 on the question of the high cost of living, 

 and the great difference between the price 

 paid to the producer and the price paid by 

 the consumer usually terminate with the 

 responsibility being placed upon the re- 

 tailer. Is this public condemnation of the 

 retailer justified ? Does the producer gain 

 anythino- by it? Such a policy is contrary 

 to present-day business methods. Large 

 corporations and manufacturers do every- 

 thing possible to gain the sympathetic co- 

 operation of the distributors who handle 

 their goods, at the same time retaining the 

 control of distribution, and to a great ex- 

 tent the price. They make a special study 

 of the trade requirements and endeavor to 

 please, knowing the value of a satisfied 

 customer in creating a greater demand for 

 their product. 



The Dominion Department of Agriculture 

 has issued Bulletin 234 by S. C. Johnson, 

 Vegetable Specialist, entitled "Greenhouse 

 Construction." It has also issued Bulletin 

 226, entitled "Plum Culture in Ontario," by 

 F. M. Clement. B.S..A. 



Foreign bulletins include the following : 

 "Comparative Cooking Qualities of some of 

 the Common Varieties of ."Xpples Grown in 

 Orerron," and "Windbreaks, Hedges and 

 Ornamentals for Irrigated Sandy Soils of 

 Eastern Oregon." both issued by The Ore- 

 gon Ap-ricultural College, Corvallis, Oregon. 



The Ohio .Agricultural Experiment Sta- 

 tion, Wooster, Ohio, has issued circulars 

 148 and 149, entitled "Spraying the Farm 1 

 Orchard by the Club Plan," and "A Spray- 

 ing Program for Orchards wi'h the Conibin* 



anions Reg<3mTOende(J," 



