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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



October, 1910 



APPLES 



Bought, Sold and Handled on Con- 

 signment for 



England, Gcrnvany and 

 Western Canada 



I REPKKSKNT THK OLD P'IRMS OF 



Ph. Astheimer & Son, Hamburg, Ger. 



Thomson & Mafhieson, Glasgow 



North of England Fruit Brokers, 

 Manchester 



W. Dennis & Sons, London 



D. Crossley & Sons, Liverpool 



ALSO FIRMS IN 



Winnipeg, Brandon, Regina, Saska- 

 toon and Edmonton. 



For information call or write 



A. S. CHAPIN 



APPLE BROKER 



75 Yonge St., TORONTO 



Phones Main 3547, College 3307 



vince. and considering the fact that it had 

 travelled across the continent, both the 

 cxindition of tho packaKos and the quality 

 of tho fruit was excellent. 



A feature of tho flower exhibits was a 

 display of gladioli by Campbell Bros., of 

 Simcce and Wm. Colvin of Gait, the prizes 

 being awarded in the order named. The 

 exhibits were located near the centre of the 

 hall and were much admired. An excellent 

 disjjlay of asters was also shown by T. H. 

 P. Hammett, of East Toronto. 



Ontario Horticultural Exhibition 



There promises to be a splendid showing 

 of fruit from the individual counties at 

 the Ontario Horticultural Exhibition in 

 Toronto, November 15-19. Norfolk county 

 will be to the fore again with a beautiful 

 exhibit, but will have strong competition 

 from Northumberland and Durham, who 

 are sending in 290 barrels of apples for 

 their display alone. Ontario county has 

 promised to put up something very fine 

 and Mr. H. Jones reports that Leeds and 

 Grenville will this year expend their grant 

 in exhibiting a unique collection of Mcin- 

 tosh, Snow and Scarlett Pippin and other 

 apples of that type for which these two 

 eastern counties are noted. The individual 

 exhibits will be very strong. 



There will be no changes in the pri/.e list 

 in the honey and vegetable sections, with 

 the exception that the special section call- 

 ing for canned vegetables will be cut out. 

 The frv.it list has been revised, a number 

 of extra varieties have been added to the 

 package classes as well as additional sec- 

 tions under the plate classes. It has been 

 decided to cut off the three classes which 

 were specially devoted to the northern 

 counties. Two other varieties, the Snow 

 and Wolf River have been added in the 



class calling for specimen apples with prizes 

 of $10.00 and $6.00 for the best single 

 fruit. 



The ])res<!rved fruit class will, this year, 

 be under the management of the Women's 

 Institute Branch of this Department, and 

 it is expected that there will be a big 

 competition for the prizes. In addition, 

 .special prizes wil) l)o awarded for displays 

 to be put up by individual institutes. Al- 

 ready a number of these have signified their 

 intention to enter. The floral prize list 

 is practically the same as in 1909. Only two 

 slight changes have been made which cut 

 out the section calling for double violets 

 and hamper arrangements in floral designs. 



Ottawa Vegetable Growers 



Mernbers of the Ottawa Branch of the 

 Ontario Vegetable Growers' Association 

 recentK visited the gardens of M. P. Cars- 

 tesen. Bailie Bros., and W. Hidl at Billing's 

 Bridge. The large native plum orchard of 

 P. Carst-esen, and his celery store house 

 drew much attention. Mr. Carstesen stored 

 15,000 celery and a lot of cauliflower in it 

 last year. He has used th" house for three 

 years and has never had any loss in it. The 

 house is in perfect condition. It is chea))lv 

 made. All the work was done by himself. 

 The walls are of concrete. One wall forms 

 the north wall of his greenhouse. 



Another interesting sight was a field of 

 10,000 late cauliflower at Bailie Bros., which 

 considering the dry summer, was a won- 

 derful crop. Practically all the plants on 

 the whole promised a good head. A ycung 

 orchard at Mr. Hull's had a very fine crop. 

 Two rows of Wealthy and .some Mcintosh 

 Red apples were extremely well laden. Re- 

 freshments were served the visitors by the 

 hosts. 



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HERBERT RASPBERRIES 



READ WHAT OTHERS SAY ABOUT THEM 



"W. J. Kerr, Esq., 



"Proprietor The Ottawa Nurseries, 

 "Woodrcffe, Ont. 

 "Dear Sir:— Let me express the pleasure I had in my visit 

 to your large block of Herbert Raspberries. I have seen these 

 fruiting now for a number of years, and have sampled the 

 fruit in every form, and believe that the Herbert is the com- 

 ing commercial berry in earliness, size and quality. This will 

 certainly be the case where the hardiness of the cane is of im- 

 portance. I have such faith in its merits that I propose to 

 supply the capital to a tenant of mine to make a plantation 

 of five acres of the Herbert this fall. 



"Eeally too much cannot be said for the Herbert on account 

 of its hardiness. The quality of the berry is, in my opinion, 

 rather better than Cuthbert. especially when canned, and it 

 also has the advantage in size. I do not know when I gave a 

 recommend with heartier good-will. 



"A. McNeill, 



"Chief Fruit Division." 



"Johnson, Nebraska, May, 13, 1910 

 "W. J. Kerr, Esq., 



"Woodroffe. Ont., Canada, 

 "Dear Sir:— The Herbert Raspberry plants came to hand O. 

 K., and were planted the same day, and seem to not feel bad 

 for changing their nationality, as they are starting to grow 

 nicely, and they certainly look as if they were built for busi- 

 ness. Tours respectfully, 



"Q. 8. CHRISTY." 



The above letters are evidence of the genuineness and quality 



of our Herbert plants. The Herbert has no equal as a heavy 

 yielder of strictly high class berries. We are the only nursery- 

 men who have ever secured plants from the originator. 



The originator, with Mr. W. T. Macoun, Dominion Horticultur- 

 ist, Alexander McNeil, Chief of the Fruit Division of the Dominion 

 Department of Agriculture, and a staff representative of The Can- 

 adian Horticulturist, inspected and approved our large stock of 

 plants, this past summer, so we are not ashamed of them. 



Write for descriptive circular and price list. 



THE OTTAWA NDRSERIES, Woodroffe, Ont., Canada 



Growers at Ottawa, of hardy trees, shrubs, vines, small fruit 

 plants, etc. We offer a large stock of strong rhubarb roots for 

 winter forcing. We have also a large stock of the new Hydrangea 

 Arborescens, or "Hills of Snow," and other hardy shrubbery, ever- 

 greens ,etc. 



