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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



February, 1910 



CANADIAN 



FRUIT GROWERS 



OF MOST PROMINENCE 

 are buying the NEW 



'FRIEND' POWER SPRAYER 



Hand Pumps, and the CELEBRATED 

 "FRIEND" Nozzles, Ancle and Regular- 

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GASPOHT, N. Y. 



Annapolis Valley, N. S. 



Eunice Watti, A. R. H. S. 



Tho fiftli annual Soi^d Fair took place on 

 Jan. 19, at Victoria Hall, Berwick. Special 

 arrangements were made with the D. A. 

 Railway for excursions from the east and 

 the west to Berwick. Tho money for the 

 prizes wa.s given by the provincial depart- 

 ment of agriculture at Halifax. The seed 

 branch of the Dominion department aided 

 by i)aying the expenses of the judges. The 

 Seed Fair gives farmers an opportunity of 

 l/Uying or disposing of good seed. The com- 

 petition in fruit is always inspiring and 

 shows our people what our land is capable 

 of producing. Lectures were given during 

 the afternoon and evening on agricultural 



lopi<-,s while the Berwick Brass Band at- 

 tracted tho lay folks. 



On .Jan. 18, the Berwick Fruit Company 

 held a public meeting in Foresters' Hall, 

 Berwick. Mr. L. D. Itobinson spoke on tho 

 "Cultivation and Fertilization of the Or- 

 chard." Mr. Willis Huntley, a practical 

 and experienced packer, described "Profit 

 and IjOsh in Fruit Growing as learned from 

 the Packing Table." Mr. S. C. Parker 

 spoke on the "Size of Apples for the Dif- 

 ferent Grades." Mr. Henry Shaw who re- 

 cently returned from England related his 

 experience in the English markets. 



The apple returns are very disappoint- 

 ing. Speculators have lo.st heavily, but ap- 

 ples sent through the packing company show 

 better results. In the western part of the 

 valley, the apple warehouses are full, buy- 

 ers will not buy any more and the farm- 

 ers have a quantity of fruit left on their 

 hands. 



At a meeting of shareholders of the Wa- 

 terville Fruit Company, it was unanimously 

 agreed that orchardists could no longer af- 

 ford not to thin their apples, which should 

 be done in July. As an object lesson, bar- 

 rels thinned and unthinned fruit w^ere ex- 

 hibited. 



spread on browm bread makes the 

 most delicious sandwiches. A tea- 

 spoonful of 0X0 to a cup of hot 

 water makes an appetizing, nour- 

 ishing drink. Children love OXO. 



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Garden, orchard and farm implements 

 and tools of all kinds are listed in the new 

 catalogue of the Bateman Manufacturing 

 Co., Grenlock, N. J. The famous "Iron 

 Age" implements and tools are described 

 and illustrated in a most interesting man- 

 ner. These implements have an enviable 

 reputation. They are known to all persons 

 that keep in touch with the latest improve- 

 ments and inventions for making the work 

 of gardening and orcharding more easy. 

 Readers of The CANADIAN HORTICULTUR- 

 IST should write to this firm for a copy of 

 this catalogue. 



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The cut is from a photo of one bunch of 20 stalks which 

 weighed two pounds. After photographing, the bunch was cooked 

 and served to four people. There was no waste, the whole stalk 

 eatable and no woody fibre. Quality ahead of anything in the 

 asparagus line grown. We have cut fine, eatable asparagus second 

 year from seed. This bunch on being shown to a leading fruit and 

 green-grocer in Toronto, created great admiration. Such bunches, 

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