April, 1910 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



99 



POTATO PLANTER 



1909 MODEL 



With or without fertiUzer attachment, opens the trench, 

 drops the seed, covers it, and marks for the next row all 

 in one operation. Does not bruise or mar the seed in 

 any way. One man and team can plant from 4 to 6 

 acres per day. 



Write for Catalogue 



Canadian Potato Macliinerj Co., Limited 



124 Stone Road - GALT, ONT. 



worth, J. Lockie Wilson, F. F. Reeves, C. 

 W. Baker and C. H. Weaver; directors on 

 Ontario Horticultural Exhibition, F. F. 

 Reeves, Thos Delworth, Geo. Syme, Jr. and 

 J. W. Rush. 



Hon. J. S. Duff, Minister of Agriculture, 

 who was present, expressed his willingness 

 to set aside a portion of the Driftwood 

 Experimental Farm for experiments with 

 potatoes so as to determine the most suitable 

 kinds for seed.— G. 



llhe confidence felt by farmers and 

 ^gardeners in Ferry's Stcds to-day 



1 would have been impossible to feel in _ 



I any seeds two score of y,ears^ 



\ ago. We have made a 



1 science of seed 

 \ growing. 



always do 1 

 exactly what you ' 

 expect of them. For sale ' 

 everywhere. FERRY'S 1910 SEED I 

 [ AKNCAL Free on request 



D. M. FERRY & CO., Windsor, Ont.1 



Improving Vegetable Varieties 



Fred ColliiM, Chatham, Ont. 



Out of the host of so-called new varieties 

 of vegetables that appear annually, I do 

 not think that many show very decided ad- 

 vancement. The man that accepts the opti- 

 mistic descriptions in the seed catalogues is 

 doomed to much disappointment. I am more 

 in favor of improvement of the very excel- 

 lent varieties we already have by a system of 

 plant selection. Take for instance, the 

 Earliana tomato. In my estimation, it is 

 the best early tomato we have but it has 

 many defects, among which are a hard green 

 stem and an irregular shape. My plan is 

 to select a plant which produces fruit freest 

 from tliese defects and keep all the fruits 

 for seed. It would be better to cover the 

 vine in some way to prevent cross fertiliza- 

 tion, but I do not take that much trouble 

 and I have a very much improved Earliana 

 tomato. 



One of the great difficulties I have to con- 

 tend with is to buy pure seed of good ger- 

 minating quality. Last year, I bought 

 muskmelon seed from one of our leading 

 Canadian seedsmen and it was so mixed 

 that it was diflScult to get a dozen fruits of 

 one variety. I also bought parsnip seed from 

 the same firm, and, after making two sow- 

 ings, I had not one parsnip for my table. 



Send me your order for 



STRAWBERRY 

 PLANTS 



Good plants that will grow 



I have the following choice varieties : 



ABINGTON 

 AMOUT 

 BEDERWOOD 

 CHESAPEAKE 



PRIDE OF MICHIGAN 

 PARSONS BEAUTY 

 RUBY 



SAMPLE 



COMMONWEALTH, SENATOR DUNLAP 

 GLENN MARY TENNESSEE PROLIFIC 

 GOOD LUCK THREE WS 



HAVERLAND VIRGINIA 



HUNDRED DOLLAR. WILLIAMS 

 MARGARET WM. BELT 



1910 Price List Sent on Application 



W. H. VANDERBURG 



POPLAR HILL, ONT. 



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Toronto, Ont. 



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