December, 1915. 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



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quite successful, and the association intend 

 to carry on a similar campaign next season, 

 only on a larger and more ambitious scale. 

 The annual meeting will be held next month 

 at St. Catharines. 



The chief subjects of discussion amongst 

 the fruit men of this district during the win- 

 ter are likely to be: "Advertising Our 

 Fruit," "Better Packages in Shipping Fruit," 

 and "A Larger and Better Co-operation of 

 the District in Marketing Our Fruit." 



Early on the morning of Nov. 7 occurred 

 the death in Chicago of Mr. M. F. Ritten- 

 house, the well-known millionaire lumber- 

 man, who was born at Vineland. and who 

 has been so generous, both to his native 

 land and to the Province of Ontario. Mr. 

 Rittenhouse spent thousands of dollars on 

 improvements in the neighborhood of Vine- 

 land. He erected at his own expense that 

 splendid public building, Victoria Hall, 

 where educational lectures and entertain- 

 ments are given, and added a beautiful park, 

 together with a band-stand. He purchased 

 and presented to the Ontario Government 

 the land on which the Vineland Experi- 

 mental Station has been established. He 

 bore half the cost of the Rittenhouse school, 

 famous for its beautiful gardens, added a 

 library and stocked it with two thousand 

 volumes. He also built a splendid, up-to- 

 date road, at great expense, extending from 

 Queenston and Grimsby stone road to the 

 lake, a distance of over three miles. For 

 ten years past Mr. Rittenhouse has con- 

 tributed in many ways to the welfare of 

 that part of the district, and his death will 

 be much regretted by all who knew of his 

 good work. 



Mr. Rittenhouse set a fine example to 

 other wealthy men in the admirable way in 

 which he spent his moneyjji^or the benefit 

 of his native place and province. His fun- 

 eral took place on Nov. 10 to Vineland 

 Cemetery. There was a large attendance 

 from all parts of the country. The follow- 

 ing, amongst many others, were present: 

 Municipal Council of Lincoln, Township 

 Councils of Louth and Clinton, Dr. Mills, 

 P. W. Hodgetts, Dr. C. C. James, of Ottawa, 

 and Dr. Creelman, of O.A.C., Guelph. 



The children of the Rittenhouse school 

 sang "Nearer My God to Thee," and the 

 flowers sent from friends and others were 

 very numerous and beautiful. 



The scarcity of potatoes is somewhat 

 serious here as well as in most other parts 

 of Ontario. - Locally, at Winona, potatoes 

 of fair quality have been freely obtainable 

 at $1.25 per ibag. Now, however, they are 

 soaring again, and have reached $1.75 in 

 Toronto. Two dollars a bag is spoken of 

 as likely by the end of February. 



Twenty thousand gallons of peaches and 

 also a quantity of pears have been put up 

 at the Vineland Experimental Station pri- 

 vate cannery, and will be sent to Great 

 Britain and France for use in the Canadian 

 hospitals. This fruit is a donation from the 

 Ontario Government. 



Robt. Buchart was recently fined $10 and 

 costs in Hamilton, being convicted on a 

 charge brought against him by F. L. Gabel, 

 Dominion Fruit Inspector, of having packed 

 apples for export in violation of the Inspec- 

 tion and Sales Act of Canada. 



After a remarkable season's "business the 

 Toronto fruit market at the foot of Yonge 

 S'treet closed in the second week of Novem- 

 ber. A very large business was done there 

 during the summer, but the prices of most 

 kinds of fruit, and of many kinds of vege- 

 tables were .so low as to constitute a record 

 for the past few years. 



Prof. Bottomley's discoveries and experi- 



ints with bacterial ipeat, or "Humogen," 

 nave roused great Interest in England, and 

 ::n Influential committee has been formed 

 to conduct experiments on a large scale. 



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We pay all express charges, give honest 

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Write to-day and be convinced. 



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You set the hour—he'll wake you up 



If it's two-thirty to 

 get then;ilk to town, he 

 calls you right on the 

 dot. If it's five o'clock 

 when work is light, Big 

 Ben lets you get the ex- 

 tra sleep. 



Dodge him around — two today 

 — five tomorrow — give him a 

 thorough try-out. Any hour 



you say suits Big Ben. Just 

 arrange it with him at bed time. 



It's hi.s business tofi.ot you up on 

 timeand hedoeslt loyally— punctu- 

 ally — cheerfully, lie stands seven 

 Inches tall; has great, stronfj keys 

 that make him easy to wind; a bift, 

 deep-toned flong that makes him 

 pleasln)^ to he:^r— a round, jolly face 

 that makes him easy to read. 



If your c^'^alcr hasn't him, a money 

 order adJrossed to his'makers, 

 Wcstclox, La .V.;lle, Illinois, will 

 brinft lilm toyou postpaid. $2.50 

 In the States— in Canada, $3.00 



