HE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST February, 1912 



The Late Charles Arnold 



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INTERNATIONAL STOCK FOOD 

 is a splendid Poric Producer 



The successful hogf-raiser is the man who bends every effort 

 to prevent disease and—KKEl' HIS HOGS HKALTHY. 



He provides his hogs with warm, clean quarters — and adds 

 a little "INTERNATIONAL SI OCK I-OOD ' to every feed. 



This wonderful tonic keeps the blood pure— regulates the 

 bowels— makes the animals eat well — and thus fortifies them 

 against those banes of the breeder— Hog Choleraand Pneumonia. 



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3 FEEDS for ONE CENT 



You can easily raise " Fall Figs" and have them fine 

 and fat for the market in May or June, if you feed 

 "INTERNATIONAL STOCK FOOD." 



Your sows will raise two good mtteks of strong healthy 

 _j KACH YEAR if you feed INTERNATIONAL STOCK 

 _ 50D. For fattening- pi^a for market, at the rate of a to 3 

 pounds extra a day, there is nothing in the world to compare 

 with it. 



The big hogs — prize winners, weighing from 500 to 600 

 pounds-are regularly fed "INTERNATIONAL STOCK 

 FOOD." Why don't you feed it and make more money out of 

 your hogs? 3 Feeds for one cent. For sale at all Dealers. 



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International Stack Food Co., Limited, Toronto 



SPRAMOTOR 

 SAVES TREES 



Two carloads of the Traction 

 Spramatofs were shipped to Water- 

 down and Burliogton last year^ 



The farmers there prefer them 

 to all others for general ptirposes 



They are well adapted to spray- 

 ing fruit trees of any size, and by 

 a simple change of spray pipes, 

 are equally suitable for vineyards, 

 row crops and weed destruction- 



The greatest care is taken in their manufacture, as they are most difficult machines to manufacture 



They have all the features of the larpe power machines, and in addition, have a Nozzle 

 Protector, Patented Nozzle Adjuster, 12 gal. Air Tank and a motor of the largest capacity: yet 

 owing to the control, one nozzle can be used as effectively at 12 (the limit) and yet maintain an 

 equal pressure of from 80 to 20O lbs., or any pressure you desire. 



All of the highest grade throughout. 



Everything in its construction made in the Spramotor Factory. 



HEARD SPRAMOTOR CO. 



1388 King Street, London, Canada 



Park Cotntnissioner 



For TORONTO, Ont. 



^applications for the above-named vacant position will be 

 received by the undersigned. Applications should be accom- 

 panied writh fxll particulars as to applicant's ability and ex- 

 perience, with testimonials, etc. 



G. R. GEARY (Mayor), Chairman Board of Control 



CITY HALL, TORONTO 



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On the editorial page of the .July issue 

 of The Canadian Ho«ticui.turi8t, acting 

 upon the suggestion of one of our subscrib- 

 ers in British Co- 

 1 u m b i a, wo in- 

 quired for informa- 

 tion al>out the late 

 Charles Arnold, of 

 P.iris, Ont. the 

 oriKinator of thf 

 Ontario apple, the 

 merits of which are 

 becoming better 

 understood as the 

 years pass. The in- 

 quiry led to our 

 locating one of his 

 daughters, Mrs. E. 

 W. Movie of Lang- 

 .staff, wlio has kind- 

 ly furnished us 

 particulars about her 

 Movie writes : 



The La!e Charles Arnold 



with the following 

 father's work. Mrs. 



It is with a great deal of pleasure, after 

 thirty years, to have inquiries made regard- 

 ing my father's work. The late Mr. Chas. 

 Arnold of Paris spent many years hybrid- 

 izing and 1 can safely say he was among 

 the fir.st, if not the first, in Ontario to put 

 some of his own v.irieties on the market. 

 His earliest experiments were with roses, in 

 which my youngest brother was interested, 

 but he did not live long enough to continue 

 the work, so father carried on the work 

 alone. Some of his varieties of grapes aro 

 still grown in France, their hardiness ena- 

 bling them to withstand the ravages of the 

 Phloxera better than the native stock. 

 Among these are the Othello, Cornucopia, 

 Autuchon, Brant and Canada. 



A few varieties of raspberries were also 

 originated, among them a white one consid- 

 ered pretty good, but. as Dr. Beadle said 

 in a late article, "it was apt to revert to 

 the original Antwerp." In 1872 Mr. Ar- 

 nold gained the gold medal at the Hamil- 

 ton Exposition for a new hnrdy wheat. 



A gentleman living near Paris told me 

 a few weeks ago that he grew some of this 

 wheat for seed for father. One of his most 

 successful ventures was a hybrid pea known 

 now as " Bliss' American Wonder." The 

 statement has been made that he received 

 $2,000 for it, but this is a mistake, as Mr. 

 Bliss gave father $1,000 for a Bushel, and 

 then wrote him a very kind letter saying 

 he thought he had not paid enough and 

 forwarded a beautiful gold watch. At the 

 time of his death he was working on a new 

 pea which was never put on the market 

 l)ut grown by members of his own family. 



His apples, of which there were four, 

 were shown at the Royal Horticultural So- 

 ciety of London. England, and for the.se 

 he received a bronze medal and certificate 

 of honor, highly prized bv the family. The 

 apples were "Arnold's Beauty," "Ella," 

 "Dora" and "Ontario." The last one was 

 chosen by the Ontario Fruit Growers' As- 

 .sociation for distribution among the mem- 

 bers, Mr. Arnold being a life-long worker 

 in the association. 



This apple was a cross between the Spy 

 and Wagner and is still grown in Canada. 

 This was not his favorite, as he considered 

 Arnolds Beauty a much finer dessert apple, 

 but not so showy as the Ontario or as good 

 a shipper. The "Ella" and "Dora" are lit- 

 tle known, but Arnold's Beauty are still 

 grown in several orchards around Paris. 

 This is but a short sketch of my father's 

 special work, but if this is not sufficient Dr. 

 Wm. Saunders of Ottawa, who was a life- 

 long friend and knew more about his work 

 than almost any other might give addition- 

 al information. 



T reioember hearing father gay once that 



