October, igio 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTUEIST 



picked from the tree, and which was re- 

 moved from cold storage on August 11, was 

 sent to The Canadian Horticulturist re- 

 cently by J. A. Ruddick, Dairy and Cold 

 Storage Commissioner. It was in practi- 

 cally a perfect state of preaervaticn, the 

 color and flavor both being of the best. 



Mr. P. W. Hodgetta, the Director of the 

 Horticultural Branch of the Ontario De- 

 partment of Agriculture, while speaking at 

 a meeting of the Lincoln Farmers' Insti- 

 tute at Vineland recently stated that there 

 are now 875,000 peach trees in the Niagara 

 district, as compared with 684,000 in 1901. 

 Of these 500,000 are new, and 375,000 old 

 ones; and the increase is but beginning. 

 The eastern area can produce five and ten 

 times the present amount of fruit. Peaches 



are new being introduced into Norfolk, 

 Kent and Essex, and even in Lambton 

 counties. The western claim for the re- 

 duction of duty on fruit compels growers 

 to be on the alert for new markets. 



We are in receipt, from the Helderleigh 

 Fruit Farms and Nurseries at Winona, of 

 E. D. Smith, of sample leaves taken from 

 ycung trees growing in the nursery. The 

 leaves include those of the Golden Dog- 

 wood, Ampelopsis heterophywlla variegata, 

 the Variegated Ampelopsis and the Japan- 

 ese Maple. The variegated coloring of the 

 leaves is most unique. The fact that these 

 trees are being grown successfully in the 

 Helderleigh nurseries is of considerable 

 interest. 



The Third National Apple Show of the 



United States will be held in Spokane, 

 Nov. 14 to 19, and will be followed by an 

 exhibition at Chicago, Nov. 28 to Dec. 4th. 

 The first show in 1908 cost $41,000. Last 

 year's show cost even mere. The people of 

 Spokane have been contributing about 

 $25,000 a year to the show. 'The citizens 

 of Toronto contribute about $1,000 to the 

 Ontario Horticultural Exhibition. 



A local paper in Nova Scotia reports that 

 Londcn, England, capitalists are conduct- 

 ing negotiations for the purchase of con- 

 siderable areas of fruit land for the pur- 

 pose cf growing fruit. It is expected that 

 upwards of $500,000 may be invested in 

 this way. The work is to be conducted en 

 a cooperative basis. It is intended to 

 market the fruit in London, England. 



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 without extra cost and without trouble or risk. 



The enormous increase of our Mail Order Business now enables us to respond to your good will 

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 best equipped mercantile building in the Dominion 

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Its immense stocks bought direct from the manu- 

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The worthy, honest goods, made for service, and 

 the prompt response to your request for return or 

 exchange, mean comfort and satisfaction to you. 



The latest, most stylish and up-to-date merchan- 

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 each order as large as possible. 



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