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THE CANADIAN 11 OUTIC U LT URIST 



September, igio 



NOTES FROM THE PROVINCES 



Annapolis Valley East, N. S. 



Eunice Wattt, A. R. H. S. 



Growing crojjs arc still being hont'fitcd by 

 periodical showers, — so far the season has not 

 been excessively hot. The shortage in the 

 apple crop is already beginning to influence 

 other industries. Coojjers have turned away 

 their men owing to orders for apple barrels 

 being cancelled ; this in turn affects the 

 store-keepers and others who sell goods or 

 hire labor. On the mountains the orehardists 

 were more fortunate in escaping the frosts, 

 but it is going to be a hard year f t r many 

 ;j;:owers in the valley. 



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Fall web-worms with their nests stand out 

 conspicuously, while various other caterpil- 

 lars in less (luantities are scattered through 

 the orchards. The brown beetles are attack- 

 ing the cherry trees, but they are controlled 

 by Paris green or other internal poisons. 



The first shipments of apples, Crimson 

 Beauties, went oil during the first week in 

 August ; Astrachans and Duchess soon fol- 

 low. Gravensteins come in about September 

 10th. The first ripe tomatoes were gathered 

 here on Augu.it 10th. 



Experiments were tried in the nursery of 

 spring budding, but as these were not suc- 

 cessful, the stocks are being re-budded. The 



The Fonthill Nurseries 



ESTABLISHED 1837 



FOR FALL PLANTING 



Barberry Purple 

 Barberry Thunbergii 

 Currant Flowering 

 Deutzias in variety 

 Forsythia Fortunii 

 Hydrangea P. G. 

 Hydrangea Arborescens 



Japan Quince 



Spiraea Blue 



Spiraea Anthony Waterer 



Spiraea Van Houttei 



Siberian Bogwood 



Snowballs 



Syringas in in variety 



Flowering Thorns 

 Golden Elder 

 Honeysuckles in variety 

 Lilacs, New Japan 

 Viburnum Lantana 



Weigela Eva Rathke 



Weigela Rosea 



ORNAMENTAL SHADE TREES 



American Elms 

 Beech, Purple Leaf 

 Beech, Fern Leaf 



Catalpa 



Linden (Basswood) 

 Mt. Ash Oak-Leaf 

 Carolina Poplar 



Mt. Ash, Weeping 

 Maple, Norway 

 Maple, Silyer 

 Laurel Leaf Willow 



PLANTS for the OLD-FASHIONED FLOWER GARDEN 



Oriental Poppy 

 Shasta Daisy 

 Sweet William 



Hollyhocks 

 Helianthus 

 Iris German 



Iris Japan 



Phlox 



Paeonias 



Boltor.ia 

 Coreopsis 

 Fox Glove 



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STONE & WELLINGTON 



TORONTO, ONTARIO 



IjikIs ari' i>rcffral)lv iii.sertcd uii thf iiortli 

 sicU> of the yo\iii(» trrc and are tivd in nitli 

 raffia which is cut iiway when the bud has 

 swollen. These little scions remain dormant 

 until the spring when they send out a vig- 

 orous shoot if the stock has been properly 

 IHuried and cultivated. 



Herbs should now be cut and dried fcr 

 winter use, they are better if gathered while 

 in flower. 



This has been an exceptionally bad year 

 for bees. At the besinninK of the season 

 they stored a lot of honey, but owing to so 

 much wet weather they were unable to fcr- 

 age and consumed their surplus stores. Kven 

 where they have not been treated for non- 

 swarming, they have shown very little in- 

 clination to leave the hive. 



Montreal 



£. H. Warlman 



The arrivals of various kinds of fruits 

 from Ontario this season have not l>een in 

 excess of the demand. Therefore they have 

 brought a good average return. We find 

 to-day crates and baskets of uniform sizes 

 adapted well for the carrying of fruits safely 

 to our markets. Cherries and Cuthbert 

 raspberries were exceptionally fine and 

 prices high. 



Apples coming forward in 11 quart baskets 

 have been generally of poor quality and 

 poorly graded. The few that were properly 

 graded and packed brought full prices. 



Melons of the Montreal type are coming 

 in quite large quantities in crates eight 

 inches each, and have met with quick .sales. 



The world-famed Montreal melons are said 

 to be below an average crop, although some 

 patches are yielding well. I counted 400 

 melons on about one-sixteenth of an acre 

 at Macdonald College Farm that were cf 

 superior quality, 10c per lb. is the usual 

 price at tliis farm. , 



Peaches are coming forward from Ontario 

 largely in 11 quart baskets, Cling Stone 

 type, largely ungraded and selling low, while 

 California, large Elberta and Crawfords are 

 selling at $1.25 per two layer wrapped boxes. 

 These jieaches keep for 10 days in order, 

 which gives dealers a good chance to dis- 

 pose of them. Our own early kinds rot very 

 quickly on arrival, therefore, dealers buy 

 cheap and in limited quantities. 



I fancy that the man who would grade 

 his peachets, pears, plums anrt apples in 

 baskets to a uniform size, large or medium, 

 and put a slip of ps'iier under each netting 

 with the word "graded" and stick to such 

 prinoi])les would be ".mplv re ' "rded. We see 

 these words cu the boxes of Mediterranean 

 lemons from top to bottom. I have seen 

 these lemons sold and the prices ra7i high 

 because this brand had been handled over, 

 individually, and found true to uniform 

 grading. It is a name we want for good 

 grading and profits will follow. 



Niagara District, Ontario 



The berry crop is almost over now. black- 

 berries and black currants being the only 

 small fruits now coming on the market. The 

 raspberry crop was somewhat disappointing 

 not turning out much over half a crop. 

 Blackberries have been a good crop and are 

 bringing a fair price. 



Karly peaches are abundant and are bring- 

 ing a fair price. The market is keen for 

 them. 



■•"arly phims are scprce except Burbank, 

 which is a fair crop. Many Biirbanks from 

 here are being ship])ed to the west. They 

 carry well and are bringing a good price 

 there. 



Early pears are nearly over and Bartletts 



