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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



February, 1912 



Hardy 

 Small Fruits 



Conditions o{ soil and 

 climate make it pos- 

 sible for us to produce 

 stock that is hardy, 

 vigforous, and that will give good satisfaction 

 in almost any locality. We exercise great 

 care in the cultivation and handling of our 

 stock, give personal supervision to packing 

 and shipping, and warrant all stock absolute- 

 ly true to name. This explains why we have 

 built up a large list of satisfied customers. 



We specialize on small fruits — Raspberries, 

 Gooseberries and Currants — also Garden 

 Roots, including Rhubarb, Asparagus, etc. 



Lilt of Varieties : — 



RASPBERRIES 



Herbert--- : Cuthbert 

 Marlboro | Brinckle's Orange 

 Golden Queen 



GOOSEBERRIES 



Josselyn Red Jacket 



Downing Pearl 



Houghton 



CURRANTS 



Perfection Fay 



Ruby Cherry 



White Grape Lee's Prolific 

 Champion Black Naples 



Black Victoria 



Order now while the li.st of varieties is com- 

 plete. Send post card for catalogue and 

 price list. 



WM. FLEMING 



OWEN SOUND Bqx 54 Ontario. Can. 



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Strawberry 

 Plants 



That &n Great Yielders 



Buy your strawberry plants from 

 one that ha.8 made a suoceea of 

 growing berries for the market for 

 many years. 



I grow the Williams Improved, 

 Parsons Beauty, Splendid and 

 Michel's Early. 



Last year the yield from 2 3-4 

 acres was 31,500 boxes, and in 1910 

 the yield) from 1 1-S acres of 

 Williams Improved wae 16,770 

 boxes. 



I have for sale a fine lot of plants 

 of above varieties. Prices: 75 cts. 

 per 100; $5.00 per 1,000. 



W. WALKER 



Port Burwell, Ont. 



EUln Co. 



Strawberry Plants 



That Grow 



Great orops are obtained by setting our 

 plajits Strawberry, Raspberry, Blackberry 

 and all small fruit. Apple. Pear, Plum. 

 Ollerry and Onamental Trees. Beet Vari- 

 eUee. Lowest Prioee. For large orops, 

 Gr1)WN*''sT0CK™ "'*°* "^ ^^^^■''HERN 



We guarantee onr Plants to be flrst- 

 olasB and true-to-name. packed to reach 

 you in growing condition, or your money 

 back. Write for price-list and free de- 

 livery offer. Discount for early orders. 



Brookside Nurseries '**n?^'*' 



been placed in this market at a good price, 

 and only the lack of properly con8triicte<i 

 caj-8 has hindered the continuance of tho 

 trade all winter. When we learn from good 

 authority that tho west is increasing in 

 population at the rate of almost half a mil- 

 lion a year and that the west will take set^ 

 tiers at this rate for half a century, we 

 have a right to feel that our market there 

 is safe. 



Some of the methods our growers are 

 adopting to ensure tho delivery of their 

 fruit in the west in good condition is shown 

 by the fact that recently six refrigerator 

 cars, transformed into "warm cars" by the 

 means of oil heaters and containing one 

 thousand two hundred barrels of apples, 

 Vandeveres and Spys, passed through Kent^ 

 ville, en route to Winnipeg. The consign- 

 ment was in charge of Mr. F. M. Chute 

 manager of the Waterville Fruit Company! 

 Mr. Chute intended to attend to their tran- 

 sit and safe delivery in tho western city. 



British Columbia 



A vast amount of valuable educational 

 work IS being conducted this winter by the 

 provincial department of agriculture in the 

 line of improving the methods followed by 

 the fruit growers and others interested in 

 horticultural pursuits. In all likelihood, 

 we will have very close to fifty packing 

 schools this winter, with a total attendance 

 of over SIX hundred pupils. During the 

 past few months we have seen a great deal 

 of improvement in many districts, due to 

 the packing schools. If this work is con- 

 tinued conscientiously for the next two or 

 three years, we will, as a province, outstrip 

 Washington, or even Oregon, in the gene- 

 ral character of our fruit pack. A com- 

 parison of the class of instruction furnish- 

 ed here with that of Oregon and Washing- 

 ton, has demonstrated its efficiency for the 

 purposes of meeting all modern competition 

 in fruit packing. 



The policy of placing the local adminis- 

 tration of the packing schools in the hands 

 of a responsible local body, such as the 

 Farmers' Institute, the Fruit-Growers' As- 

 sociation, or the Board of Trade, has prov- 

 ed entirely satisfactory, and is being con- 

 tinued this year. 



The department provides the instructor, 

 and pays his expenses. The department 

 also bears the cost of the packing paper, 

 tho fruit, and all other legitimate expenses, 

 except that of the eecretarial work and of 

 the hall rent, which it has been found 

 most satisfactory to leave to local arrange- 

 ment. 



TIhe responsible organization in each case 

 is required to guarantee a minimum of 

 twelve pupils, but not more than fifteen, 

 with the proper qualifications, at a fee of 

 three dollars each, to take the twelve les- 

 sons of two and a half hours a lesson, the 

 school extending over one week. The de- 

 partment, as far as possible, usee local fruit, 

 paying for the same the legitimate market 

 price. About three boxes per pupil are 

 used. The harder varieties, such as Ben 

 Davis and Gano, are preferred. The fruit 

 has to be in good condition, but need not 

 be graded, and none runs under two and a 

 quarter inches in diameter. 



It is hoped that by means of these classes 

 the invasion of Japanese and Ghineee pack- 

 ers, so successful in California, will be large- 

 ly prevented in this province. Another ad- 

 vantage is the development of a uniformly 

 good pack from all districts. 



INSTRtJOTIVB MEETING 8 



The Department of Agriculture is holding 

 a series of short courses in fr&it and 

 vegetable growing conducted hy the officers 

 of the horticultural branch. They are be- 



lt Is Safe and Easy to Order 



Your Seeds By Mail 



" Safe Arrival is Guaranteed, and il for any 

 reason you are not thoroughly satibfied your 

 "say-so" alone is sufficient to get your 

 money back without question or quibble. 

 We will not knowingly have a single dissatis- 

 fied customer. 



In the "KEITH'S SELECTED STRAINS" 



will be found what we consider to be the best 

 varieties of every prominent vegetable fam- 

 ily. Tlfe varieties are not necesaarily "novel- 

 ties." but are what wo consider after long 

 years of experience the best varietiee in each 

 reepective class that it is possible to produce. 

 They are not only tho finest type in them- 

 selves, but the seed is of the freehest and 

 Itieet obtainable. 



Select from the Following List : 3 pkts. for 

 15c.; 12 for 50c. Postpaid. 

 Early Beet Lettuce (Head) Early Peas 



Late Beet Musk .Melon Pumpkins 



Butter Beans Water .Melon Radish 



Early Cabbage Citron Summer 



Late Cabbage Golden Globe Squash 



Cress Onion Winter 



Carrot Pickling Onion Squash 



Celery Parsley Early 



Early Corn Parsnip Tomato 



Cucumber Lettuce (Curled) Turnip 



Oz. pkta. of any of the above, 15c each. 

 Postpaid. 



Select from the Following List of Flower 



Seeds, 3 pkte., 15c.; 12 for 50c. Potrtpaid. 



Aster (Red, White, Blue or Mixed) Pink 

 Alyssum I.nrkspur Poppy 



Balsam Morning Glory Portiilacca 



Candytuft Marigold Salvia 



Cosmos Mignonette Summer Cypress 



Carnation Nicotiana Sweet Peas 



Daisy Pansy Verbena 



Hollyhock Petunia Zinnia 



Oz. pkts. of the following, ISc each. Poet- 

 paid. 



Morning Glory, Scarlet Runner Beans. Sweet 

 Peas, Nasturtiums Tall. Nasturtiums Dwarf. 



Oz. pkts. any of the followine. 35<- each. 

 Aster, Alyssum, Candytuft. Poppy, .Migno- 

 nette, Lawn Grasses, 30c per lb. Postpaid. 



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Send for Catalogue 



Geo. Keith SI Sons 



Seed Merchants Since 1866 

 124' King St. E. TORONTO/ ONTARIO 



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TKe Bissell 



With wings attached, 

 BISSELL ORCHARD DI80 

 HARROW extends over 12 

 feet wide. Detached it is 

 a compact, regnlar-size 

 Harrow. You can regu 

 late gangs to follow any slope of ground. 

 You can throw weight on outer ends of 

 gangs so that they will run even and cut 

 tough sod away from trees or vines. It's 

 reversible — Out-Throw to In-Throw. Write 

 Dept. N for catalog or consult looal dealer. 



T. E. Bissdl Co.^Ltd. Elora, Ont. 



See atl. of Garden Harrow, page 62. 



PRUNING SAW 



OptTiiWs from grounih No brt-akiug of limbs 

 hj ciimbtng. No moriag- of ladders. No sawiog 

 of wroDg limbs. Can reach topmost branch<:'a and 

 shape tree belter than br old melhods. Wilt sare its 

 costinoneday. Nothing to get out of order. Will last 

 for years. Thoosands in use. Recommend^ by all Qsers. 

 If your dealer cau't fumfsh It, write for loll dfacriptiTe 

 cfrciilar and prices, Sattsfaclion iniaranteed. Adiirv* 



FRUITOROWERS' SAW CO., Scottsvllle. N. Y. 

 Representative for )ntarlo. Jas, E. John- 

 son. Simcoe, Ont. 



