)ecember, 1910 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



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and bird enemies of the garden. He show- 

 ed how the eggs of the moth of the 

 Stalk Borer are deposited ou weeds, etc., 

 in October, althovigh the borers do not 

 enter the Btulk until later. One remedy is 

 to burn all stalks and weeds in the fall. 

 Wire worms, white grubs, cutworms, etc., 

 are too prevalent, due ic the slaughter of 

 insect eating birds. They flourish where 

 land has been long in sod. When the in- 

 sects get into their cell and are not dis- 

 turbed they die quickly. Plowing the 

 land up late in the fall is one way of get- 

 ting rid of them. Insects are divided in- 

 to those that masticate and those which 

 suck the sap. Against these latter poi- 



sons are no use. The proper way to des- 

 troy them is to apply an irritant or some- 

 thing that will choke the pores of the in- 

 sects. English soft soap is excellent for 

 this. Caustic potash, two pounds, to one 

 gallon linseed oil makes soft soap. Ar- 

 senate of lead, two or three pounds, to 

 forty gallons water is the best spray for 

 insects which masticate. If more tree 

 planting was practised birds would in- 

 crease, and there would be a decrease in 

 injurious insects. Toads are an important 

 factor in destroying insects. The pro- 

 ceedings of the convention should result 

 in much benefit to the work of the horti- 

 cultural societies of Ontario. 



Ontario Fruit Groivcrs' Important Discussion 



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ited. 



MATTERS of tmusual importance to 

 the fruit growers of Ontario were 

 discussed at the annual convention 

 of the Ontario Fruit Growers' As- 

 sociation held in Toronto, November 16 

 and 17. The directors of the association 

 were instructed to consider the advisability 

 of holding a National Apple Show in On- 

 tario next fall. There is a strong proba- 

 bility that such action will be decided 

 upon. Resolutions were passed dealing 

 with the pilfering of fruit by express com- 

 panies, advocating the ajipointment of 

 special inspectors to deal with the diseases 

 Little Peach and Peach Yellows, advising 

 that no reduction be made in the tariff 

 on fruit without the Fruit Growers' Asso- 

 ciation being consulted and aavocating the 

 giving of lectures in public schools deal- 

 ing with insects and fungous pests. The 

 announcement was made that a Dominion 

 fruit conference will be held in Ottawa 

 next fall and delegates were appointed. 

 The following directors were appointed : 



Wm. Alford. Ottawa; Harold Jones, Mait- 

 land; W. H. Dempsey, Trenton; Wm. 

 Stanton, Oshawa; W. H. Gibson, New- 

 castle ; L. A. Hamilton, Lome Park ; J. W. 

 Smith, Winona; A. Onslow, XNiagara-on- 

 the-Lake; Jos. Gilbertson, Simcoe; D. John- 

 son, Forest; R. R. Sloan, Porter's Hill; 

 F. M. Lewis, Burford ; Adam Brown, Ow«n 

 Sound ; and Prof. J. W. Crow, of the On- 

 tario Agricultural College, Guelph. 



BDUOATIONAL FEATURES 



The demonstrations in spraying and in 

 fruit packing given at the Ontario Horti- 

 cultural Exhibition, proved an interesting 

 educational feature. The practical talks 

 on box and barrel packing by Mr. Alex. 

 McNeill, Chief of the Fruit Division, Ot- 

 tawa; Mr. P. J. Carey, Dominion Fruit 

 Inspector, Toronto ; and Prof. J. W. Crow, 

 O.A.O., Guelph, were of special value. 

 These experts showed by example how to 

 pack properly, and explained the varioBs 

 steps in detaiL 



Most of the subjects discusaed were of 



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POTASH MEANS PROFIT 



Experiments on Potatoes in 1909 Conducted by H. J. Dunn^ Victoria, B. C> 



To the Progressive Market 

 Gardener and Orchardist 



Decide now to test the truth of this statement 

 next season by using a fertilizer containing Nitro- 

 gen, Phosphoric Acid and Potash. 



J£Potash improves the quality of pro- 

 duce and promotes maturity, thus en- 

 suring a higher market value and can be 



obtained from all leading fertilizer dealers and 

 seedsmen in the highly concentrated forms of 



Sulphate of Potash 

 Muriate of Potash 



Write us on any matter pertaining to the culti- 

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1102-1103 TEMPLE BUILDING - - TORONTO. ONT. 



Unfertilized. (oniplele 



103 Bus. fertilizer. 252 Bus. 



This experiment shows an increase of 91 bushels directly due to the application of POTASH 



Fertilizer without 

 Potash. l«(l Hub. 



