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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



June, igro 



FOR SALE AND WANTED 



^Advertisements under this heading In- 

 serted at rate of two cents a word for each 

 insertion, each figure, sign or single letter 

 to count as one word, mlnlmun cost, 26 

 cents, strictly cash In advance. 



IMPORT BULBS and Perennials, direct from Hol- 

 land, at quarter price. Get import list at once. 

 Morgan's Supp ly Houfle, London, Ont. 



PIPE FOR SALE.— All sizes for steam, hot water 

 heating, post*, green house construction work, 

 etc.. very cheap. Send for price list, stating 

 your needs.— Imperial Waste and Metal Co.. 

 7 Queen Street. Montreal. 



MARKET GARDEN — One of the best in this 

 country, 11 acres, 2 story brick house, barn, root 

 house, 3 greenhouses; land all planted to crop 

 now; immediate returns: adjoining the City of 

 Brantford, one of the best markets in this coun- 

 try. Have a look at this. Stock, chattels and 

 crops can go with this going business. Address 

 E. J. Taylor, Eose Lawn Gardens, Brantford. 



WANTED — Young men who desire to learn the 

 trade of Blacksmithtng, Woodworking, Body 

 Making, Painting, Trimming or Machinist; also 

 men experienced in the above trades, with a 

 reliable concern, in one of the healthiest cities 

 In the world. Write full details, giving refer- 

 ences, age, experience, if any, and whether 

 single or married. Address H. V. Kimble, c. o. 

 Studebakers, South Bend, Indiana. 



FRUIT LANDS 



FRUIT FARM WANTED for rent. Might pur- 

 chase later.— Box 8.. Canadian Horticulturist. 



ALL KINDS of Farms for sale. Fruit Farms a 

 specialty.— W. B. Calder, Grimpbi'. 



FRUIT FARMS sold and exchanged. List with 

 us for quick sale. See us if you are thinking 

 of buying a fruit farm.— F. J. Watson & Co., 1275 

 Queen S treet W., Toronto^ Ont 



OKANAGAN FRUIT LANDS grow prize-winning 

 trnlts, commanding top prices. Ten acres irri- 

 gated land assure independence and delightful 

 home. Low prices; easy terms. Illustrated 

 booklet —Panton & Emsley, Vancouver, British 

 Oo lumbia. 



FORT GEORGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Grand 

 Trunk Pacific Eailway terminal. Centre richest 

 farming area. Banks, business establishments, 

 already purchasers— lots $150 up; % cash. Farm 

 lands also.— Northern Development Co., Van- 



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BRITISH COLUMBIA FARM LANDS.— 80,000 acres 

 on Grand Trunk Pacific Eailway. Fort George 

 District— retail or en bloc. Eich soil, ideal 

 climate, easy terms.— The Mercantile Trust 

 Co., Ltd., Vancouver, B. 0. 



BRITISH COLUMBIA— Fort George lands— 50,000 

 acres fertile wheat and mixed farming lands. 

 Send tor photographs and surveyors' reports.- 

 The Wright Investment Co., Dominion Trust 

 Tioilding, Vancouver, B. 0., C anada. 



IF YOU WANT to buy a good fruit farm, read the 

 advertisements in this column. If you have a 

 fruit farm you wish to sell, tell our readers 

 about it in The Canadian Horticulturist. 



LATEST— BEST— British Columbia Fruit District 

 — Kaleden in South Okanagan — 4 miles lake 

 frontage — Apricot and Peach Belt; high priced 

 high grade varieties of apples, European grapes. 

 Decomposed lava ash soil; reservoir gravity 

 pipe water system to every lot. Finest domes- 

 tic water. Very long summer season; early 

 spring; dry climate. Illustrated Booklet Free. 

 Send for it to-day.— T. G. Wanless, Kaleden, 

 B C. 



SALMON AR.M, Shuswap Lake, B. 0., has the 

 finest fruit and dairy land In B. 0. No irriga- 

 tion necessary, mild winters, moderate sum- 

 mers; no blizzards, or high winds; delightful 

 climate; enormous yields of fruit, vegetables 

 and hay; good fishing; fine boating amidst the 

 most beautiful scenery, and the Salmon Arm 

 fruit has realized 25 cents per box more than 

 other fruit in B. C. Prices of land moderate, 

 and terms to suit. Apply to F. 0. Haydock, 



' Snlmon Arm, B. C. 



OftOW APPLES AND GROW RICH — 10 acres in 

 British Columbia's finest fruit growing district 

 will support a family in comfort. Prize fruit, 

 enormous crops, high prices, big profits- $200 to 

 $500 per acre. Established settlement, no iso- 

 lation, plenty good neighbors, best transporta- 

 tion, good markets, grand scenery, hunting, 

 fishing, shooting; school, church, stores, post 

 office, hotel; daily trains. Splendid climate: 

 fine summers, mild winters; high winds and 

 low temperatures unknown. Prices right. Easy 

 terms. Proofs, plans, particulars.— Fruitvale 

 Limited, Land Dept., Nelson, B. C. 



Tillage vs. Sod Mulch 



To dptt^rmino whother the apple thrives 

 bettor under tillapie or in sod, the New York 

 Experiment Stations at (ieneva is conduct- 

 ing two experiments. A preliminary re- 

 port on one of these is given in Bulletin 

 No. 314, of the station. The method of 

 tillage chosen was to plow in the spring, 

 cultivate until late July, and follow with a 

 cover-crop. The sod method chosen was 

 that known as the sod-mulch method, in 

 which the grass is cut as a mulch. The re- 

 .sults show that tillage seems to be better 

 than sod for the following reasons : 



"The results of 120 moisture determina- 

 tion in the orchard (where the tests were 

 conducted) show the differences in tree 

 growth and crop in the two plats of this 

 experiment are mainly due to differences in 

 moisture, the tilled plat having most mois- 

 ture. 



"As a consequence of the reduced water 

 supply in the sod plat, there is a reduced 

 food supply ; for it is only through the me- 

 dium of free water that plants can take 

 in food. Analyses show that the differences 

 between the actual amounts of plant food 

 in the two plats are very small. 



"Analyses show that there is more humus 

 in the tilled plat than in the sod plat, con- 

 tradicting the oft made assertion that the 

 tillage method of managing an orchard 

 "burns out the humus." 



"At a depth of six inches, the tilled soil 

 is 1.1 degrees warmer in the morning and 

 1.7 degrees at night, than the sod land; at 

 12 inces the tilled soil is 2.3 degrees warmer 

 in the morning and 1.8 degrees in the even- 

 ing. 



"We are justified, without the presenta- 

 tion of specific data, in saying that a tilled 

 soil is better aerated than sotiaed land. 



"Soil investigators are well agreed that 

 beneficial micro-organisms are found in 

 greater numbers in a cultivated soil than in 

 other soils. 



"The following application of the re- 

 sults of this experiment mav be made : 



"Nearly all the plants which minister to 

 the needs of man are improved by tillage; 

 the apple does not seem to be an exception. 



"Results as positive as in this experiment 

 can be made very comprehensive ; they 

 should apply to all v&rieties of apples and 

 to nearly all soils and locations. 



"The experiment does not show that ap- 

 ples cannot be grown in sod ; it suggests, 

 however, that apples thrive in sod, not be- 

 cause of the sod, but in spite of it. 



"While moisture is by no means the only 

 factor to be considered in the controversy 

 over the sod and tillage methods of man- 

 agements, it appears to be the chief one. 



"There is nothing in this experiment to 

 indicate that trees will become adapted to 

 grass. The sodded trees began to show ill- 

 effccts the first year the orchard was laid 

 down to gross ')ii'l ench succeeding ye^r 

 has seen greater injury." 



II COMING EVENTS 



E^ Under this headtnx, notices of forthcoming 



^^ exhibitions and meetinss of horticultural im- 



^J^ portance will be published. Send the infor- 



iy€ maiion as long in advance as possible. 



Calgary, Alberta Provincial. .June 30-July 7 

 Charlottetown, P. E. I. Provincial 



Sept. 20-24. 



Halifax, N. S., Provincial. . .Sept. 28-Oct. 6. 

 London, Eng., Royal Horticultural Show 



(for colonial-grown fruit and vegetables) 



Dec. 1-3. 



London, Ont., Western Fair Sept. 9-17. 



New Westminster, B. C, Provincial 



Oct. 4-8. 



Ottawa, Central Canada Sept. 9-17 



Regina, Sask., Provincial Aug. 2-5. 



Sherbrooke, Quebec Pomological Society 



(Summer Meeting) Aug. 30-Sept. 1. 



Sherbrooke, Que., Great Eastern 



^ Aug. 27-Sept. 3. 



St. John, N. B., Dominion Exhibition 



; Sept. 5-15. 



Toronto, Canadian National 



Aug, 27-Sept 12. 



Toronto, Ontario Horticultural. .Nov. 15-19. 



Vancouver Aug 15-20. 



Victoria, B. C Sept. 27-Oct. 1. 



Winnipeg, Industrial July 13-23. 



k very complete bulletin (No. 143) on 

 'The Codling Moth," has been issued by 

 the Agricultural Experiment Station at 

 Durham. N. H. Among the subdivisions 

 are life history, experiments in spraying, 

 <lirections for spraying, cost of spraying 

 and co-operative spraying. 



The plans for Welland Park at Welland, 

 Ont., that were submitted by Brown 

 Brothers Company, Nurseryrer!, were ac- 

 cepted and the planting was done this 

 spring. The plan provided for paths, lawn, 

 shade trees and shrubbery beds. Brown 

 Brothers Company supplied all the trees 

 and shrubs for the work. They are adepts 

 at landscape planning, and their nursery 

 stock is the equal of any grown on the con- 

 tinent. 



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