January, 1912 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



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caro they escape disease. As with man, 

 strength and resistance go together. 



SPRAT MIXTURES 



Mr. L. Caesar, of the O.A.C., Guelph, 

 was very much at home when speaking of 

 spray mixtures and their applications. He 

 said lime sulphur is destined to taice the 

 place of bordeaux, although bordeaux is 

 probably the better fungicide, but when 

 we consider that lime sulphur has an in- 

 secticidal value as well, its field becomes 

 large. The formula as now used by him 

 is twenty pounds of lime, one hundred 



The Extremes Agree 



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 culturist very much. — J. K. Ross, 

 Charlottetown, P.E.I. 



Send me The Canadian Horticul- 

 turist for another year. 1 cannot do 

 without it. — D. W. Spice, Vernon, 

 B.C. 



pounds of sulphur and forty gallons of 

 water. It is essential that the lime should 

 be ninety per cent. pure. This concentrat- 

 ed spray is diluted with water and applied 

 at a specific gravity of one and three-hun- 

 dredths per cent, before buds burst, one and 

 nine-thousandths per cent, before blossoms 

 burst and one and eight-thousandths per 

 cent, just after blossoms fall. He recom- 

 mended nothing new in the way of mak- 

 ing or applying same. For grapes and po- 

 tatoes the bordeaux mixture is still much 

 superior to lime sulphur. The only relia- 

 ble arsenical to use with lime sulphur is 

 arsenate of lead, while a number of poi- 

 sons may be used with the bordeaux mix- 

 ture. 



The morning of Wedne-sday was given 



over to business. An interesting feature 

 was th© report of Mr. Richardson, super- 

 intendent of the demonstration fruit farms 

 at Covey Hill and Abbotsford. These dem- 

 onstration fruit farms were a new ven- 

 ture. The work had been undertaken and 

 fostered by the cooperative societies in 

 conjunction with the Pomological Society 

 of Quebec. The report of the first year 

 of the work done, and the results achieved 

 were encouraging. The fruit conference to 

 be held at Ottawa also received a share 

 of attention. 



RESOLUTIONS 



After dinner a number of important res- 

 olutions were discussed and carried, viz. : 



First. Resolved — Tliat a committee of 

 the Association be appointed to procure the 

 latest information with regard to the best 

 style of iiacking fruit, and that they re- 

 port to the directors of the Association for 

 publication. 



Second. That the Ontario Governm'ent 

 1)6 requested to provide a short course for 

 fruit inspoctors at the O.A.C., Ouelph, and 

 that they grant certificates to each suc- 

 cessful student. Also that schools to in- 

 struct apple packers b© provided in the 

 counties. 



Third. That the Dominion government 

 be requested to send a capable man to 

 Kurope to study cooperation and market 

 conditions and report to the government. 



Fourth. That the Dominion government 

 have daily market prices of fruit collect- 

 ed from their agents in the Old Country 

 and published in the daily papers in all 

 provinces of the Dominion. 



Fifth. That the Dominion government 

 l)e requested to have forms issued to bas- 

 ket manufacturers, so as to insure uni- 

 form size of fruit basket. 



Sixth. That the A.ssociation convey oon- 

 gratulations to Hon. R. L. Borden on his 



Douglas Gardens 



Oakville, Ontario=^ 



Wishes all the readers of 

 The Canadian Horticulturist 



The Compliments of the Season 



OUR 



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Will be issued on I st February next- 

 It will describe and offer a 

 goodly list of 



Bedding Plants : 



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Herbaceous Perennials: 



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erocallis, Kniphofia, Pentstemons, 



Spiraeas, Etc. 



Summer-Flowering Bulbs : 

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PEDIGREED CHERRIES 



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