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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



June, 1910 



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Arsenite o{ Lime 



L. Cae»r, O.A.C., Gutlph 



Prof. W. M. Scott of the Bureau of Plant 

 Industry, Washington, D. C, has reported 

 tliat in his experiments in Arkansas arsenit*; 

 of lime used with lime-sulphur hurnod apple 

 foliage severely. In my experiments on ap- 

 ples, pears and i><)tatoe8 the two substances 

 were u.sed together with safety. Prof. J. P. 

 Stewart of Pennsylvania also found them 

 safe. Professor Scott, however, is consid- 

 (>red a careful investigator ; so, it is just 

 possible that different weather conditions 

 this year in Ontario might cause this spray 

 mixture to be injurious. 



It seems wise, therefore, to advise the 

 fruit growers of the province not to use the 

 arsenite of lime in any but an experimental 

 way this year and to wait for another sea- 

 son until the question will have been dofi 

 nitely settled. Meantime investigators 

 agree that arsenate of lead, two pounds to 

 forty gallons, is the proper poison to use 

 with lime-sulphur, as it is both effective and 



Cold Storage of Apples 



J. A. RnJdick, Cold Storage Commisiioner, Ottawa 



The experiments in the storage of apples 

 which this branch of the department has 

 been conducting the past winter, by author- 

 ity of the minister of agriculture, has shown 

 conclusively the possibility of keeping ap- 

 ples in a sound condition and wthout waste 

 if placed in cold storage as soon as taken 

 from the tree, no matter what the condi- 

 tions are at harvest time. Seven carloads 

 of apples were purchased in the orchards 

 last fall and were removed to cold storage 

 immediately after being picked. They were 

 carried at a temperature of 30 to 32 degrees 

 all winter, and in April at London, St. 



John and .Montreal we had Baldwins, 

 (ireeningi and Spys in perfect condition, 

 crisp and juicy, shovting no appreciable 

 waste. Apples that were packed in barrels 

 in the orchards last fall were shipped in 

 April without re-packing. This saving will 

 l)ay the extra cost of cold storage. 



Cold storage of apples is not always so 

 Bucceasful, for the reason that they are gen- 

 erally allowed to remain too long after pick- 

 ing before they are put in storage. The 

 damage is u.sually done during the first week 

 or two after picking. There is no use of 

 depending on cold storage to preserve over- 

 mature, bruised or imperfect fruit Full de- 

 tails of these experiments will be published 

 in bulletin form as soon as the final results 

 are available. — From Census and Statistics 

 Monthly for April. 



The Can.^dian Horticl-i.turist is improv- 

 ing with every issue. There has been marked 

 improvement in the past year. — J. A. 

 Moore, Queens Co., P. E. I. 



I should have sent my renewal subscrip- 

 tion to The Can.^dian Horticulturist soon- 

 er, but I have been very busy. I cannot af- 

 ford to be without your excellent publica- 

 tion. — Sam L. Long, Yale-Caribou, B. C. 



"Weeds and How to Eradicate Them" is 

 a question of much concern to farmers, fruit 

 growers and gardeners everywhere. An ex- 

 cellent little book bearing this title was writ- 

 ten by Prof. Thos. Shaw when he was pro- 

 fessor of agriculture at the Ontario Agri- 

 cultural College. It treats the subject in a 

 thoroughly practical manner. Bound in 

 cloth and containing over 200 pages, it 

 makes a neat and valuable addition to any 

 book shelf. Copies may be had from the 

 Webb Publishing Co., St. Paul, Minn. 



VREELAND'S 



'ELECTRO' ARSENATE OF LEAD 



(FOR CONTROL OF ALL LEAF-EATINQ INSECTS) 



costs a trifle more than other brands. We 

 can send you five distinct reasons why it 

 should cost a great deal more. 



IT ALWAYS PAYS TO BUY THE BEST 



•'ELECTRO" 



is guaranteed to contain 20 % arsenic at an 

 average of 40 % water. 



We will send free three Agricultural Experiment 

 Station bulletins for 1907. 1908 and 1909, giv- 

 ing analyses of various brands on the market 



Write for full information to 



THE VREELAND CHEMICAL COMPANY 



Hudson Terminal Bldg., New York 



, (50 CHURCH STREET) 



Canadian Agents: 



THE NATIONAL DRUG & CHEMICAL CO., Ltd. 



(All Branched 

 Also Distributing in Canada: 



DUPUY & FERGUSON, MONTREAL 



